Divine Dao Sect, Western Region, Qingyuan Continent—
"Ji Chang, I've come. I only hope that once you achieve your desires, you'll spare the Ling Clan and Xiao Feng!
Come on, I'll just pretend I've been bitten by a dog!"
Luo Nichang, a bewitching beauty radiating mature allure, stood with a face as cold as frost, her words resolute as if she were facing death. Yet her heaving, restless chest betrayed the turmoil within.
Across from her stood a man in a Profound Purity Daoist Robe, his features extraordinarily handsome, as if born to nobility. He wore a faint smile, but if Luo Nichang dared to meet his gaze, she would have seen a flicker of bewilderment and shock in his usually dignified double pupils—an expression he had never shown before.
I've transmigrated!
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core...
Demon Beasts, Demon Race, Dao Alliance...
I've come to a world of immortal cultivation!
I'm Ji Chang, the Divine Dao Sect's most promising Inner Sect Heavenly Pride, destined to become a True Inheritance Disciple!
And this woman glaring at me, this mature and alluring cultivator, is Luo Nichang—the matriarch of a third-rate family under the Divine Dao Sect's jurisdiction?
Wait! Ji Chang? Luo Nichang?
The shock in his eyes deepened. As a veteran reader of harem novels for over a decade in his previous life, and a frequent visitor to certain forums, he quickly recalled a recent viral hit:
*The Records of the Elegant Immortal Maiden*!
Ever since the Divine Maiden novel craze began, countless authors had jumped on the bandwagon, churning out their own versions of immortal cultivation stories featuring divine maidens. Among these imitators, this particular work stood out as one of the better ones.
He had been following the daily updates religiously—how could he possibly forget it?
"Ji Chang, the Heavenly Pride of the Divine Dao Sect's Inner Sect... his surname is Ji! I've become the Ji Clan's main villain in that Divine Maiden... *green hat*... wish-fulfillment novel!"
He clumsily channeled his internal spiritual energy to calm his racing thoughts, but couldn't suppress the joy in his eyes.
The Divine Dao Sect's Inner Sect was nothing special. What truly mattered was his surname: Ji!
The Western Wilderness Ji Clan was an Eternal Longevity Clan, a power that could rival even a top-tier sect like the Divine Dao Sect.
What was an Eternal Longevity Clan? A lineage that had endured for over ten thousand years without falling, with Nascent Soul True Monarchs presiding over the clan every millennium, watching the rise and fall of the world's tides!
In the current Azure Origin Cultivation World, where Transformation God Heavenly Monarchs had withdrawn from public life, Nascent Soul True Monarchs served as the standard by which a power's strength was measured. Only those with a Nascent Soul True Monarch in their ranks could be considered major sects or clans.
The Western Wilderness Ji Clan, known as the Eternal Longevity Clan and even hailed by some as the foremost family in the Western Wilderness, naturally possessed terrifying power.
The Ji Clan maintained a permanent garrison of three to five Nascent Soul True Monarchs. Their Ancestor had reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul over a thousand years ago, just one step away from attaining the status of Heavenly Monarch.
Over the past millennium, many powerful figures speculated that the Ji Clan Ancestor had already taken that final step and achieved Transformation God.
With such a formidable background, no one dared provoke the Ji Clan.
Moreover, Ji Chang was the sole direct descendant of the current Clan Head.
Ji Chang's father had achieved Nascent Soul two centuries ago. With the aid of the Ji Clan's Dao Soldiers, he had earned a fearsome reputation during the Western Wilderness beast tide, proving himself unmatched by ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
Ji Chang's mother, though not a True Monarch herself, was a genuine Golden Core True Person and the direct daughter of an Artifact Refining Grandmaster. After marrying into the Ji Clan, this Grandmaster was also recruited, establishing the Artifact Refining Hall. This hall not only generated immense profits but also enhanced the overall combat prowess of the Ji Clan's cultivators by approximately twenty percent.
With such illustrious parents, Ji Chang was undoubtedly the Western Wilderness's most privileged second-generation heir.
But that wasn't all. What made him truly terrifying was his innate talent. Born with double pupils, his birth was accompanied by celestial phenomena and Daoist chants that echoed through the heavens.
The World-Dwelling True Monarchs of the Ji Clan had declared that Ji Chang possessed the potential to become a Heavenly Monarch!
Naturally, one might ask: if he was such an unparalleled Heavenly Pride, why didn't the Ji Clan cultivate him themselves instead of sending him to the Divine Dao Sect? After all, the Ji Clan's power rivaled that of the Divine Dao Sect.
The reason was that the Divine Dao Sect's True Inheritance Dao Technique was uniquely suited to Ji Chang. Legend had it that this technique had been left behind ten thousand years ago by a cultivator with double pupils.
Thus, Ji Chang entered the Divine Dao Sect.
If Ji Chang could live up to expectations by rising swiftly through the sect's ranks, perhaps even becoming its leader, the combined might of these two supreme powers would make the Western Wilderness a domain where his word was law—a prospect the Ji Clan eagerly anticipated.
In the original story, Ji Chang nearly succeeded. He even tasted the pleasures of countless peerless beauties—immortal maidens and divine goddesses—with the twists and turns of his conquests forming a true masterpiece in certain versions.
Tragically, the male protagonist, Ling Feng, ultimately endured humiliation and hardship to stage a stunning counterattack. He ascended to the upper realm with the divine goddesses, now broken and even pregnant, to begin anew.
The foster mother before him, Luo Nichang, was one of these female leads!
The Ling Clan, Ling Feng's family, was merely a Foundation Establishment clan without even a single Golden Core True Person. In the Western Wilderness, they were considered cannon fodder, not even qualifying as second-rate forces.
Ling Feng was the pride of his clan, their hope for future glory.
The Inner Sect's competition to ascend to True Inheritance status only granted a single spot. Despite his extraordinary fortune and exceptional talent, Ling Feng could never match Ji Chang, who possessed countless divine abilities, spiritual artifacts, and talisman scrolls.
Yet why was Ji Chang so popular in the novel, even surpassing the male lead at times?
It was because his character perfectly embodied the essence of a true villain: ruthless, cunning, and wielding overwhelming power to crush his enemies.
Take this moment, for example. Though the Divine Dao Sect's competition forbade the use of Talisman Treasures and higher-grade Magic Treasures, Ji Chang had secretly ordered his followers and vassal forces to attack Ling Feng's clan. He even forced Ling Feng's most revered adoptive mother to beg for mercy at his cave residence.
He was certain that upon hearing this news, Ling Feng would be thrown into utter chaos, unable to unleash even half his true strength.
In a typical novel, the original Ji Chang could have easily been portrayed as a cunning and cautious protagonist. But what made *The Records of the Elegant Immortal Maiden* achieve a similar impact to the legendary *Records of the Divine Maiden*, written by the sect's founder, was that its male lead, Ling Feng, had even fewer moral boundaries. Once you've worn enough hats, what's one more?
Ji Chang believed his scheme had succeeded, forcing the Ling Clan to beg for mercy. Little did he know, Ling Feng was turning his plot against him.
Of course, on the surface, it would appear as if the Ling Clan had no choice but to comply.
Luo Nichang had long harbored a rare poison within her body. The moment Ji Chang and she engaged in yin-yang union, the poison would spread through his body, crippling his qi sea and dantian.
With his cultivation rendered useless, how could Ji Chang possibly compete with Ling Feng, let alone seek revenge?
By then, Ling Feng would have won the competition and been promoted to True Inheritance Disciple—a True Inheritance Disciple of a top-tier power. Even the Ji Clan, another top-tier power, couldn't simply kill or target him at will!
Similarly, once Ling Feng became a True Inheritance Disciple, the Ling Clan's predicament would be resolved effortlessly!