Honestly, seeing this scene—any guy would feel something.
Celia Xiao is basically a goddess-tier beauty. No matter where you look, she’s the absolute cream of the crop—and right now, those proud curves are right in Ryan’s face!
"Nope, I can’t let myself think like that!" Ryan instantly slapped his hands over his eyes. He knew perfectly well he was still a million miles away from being Celia Xiao’s real husband.
But just as that thought flashed through Ryan’s mind, a completely useless drop of drool suddenly fell—smack onto Celia Xiao’s sensitive skin, no less.
In that instant, Ryan felt like he’d been struck by lightning.
He didn’t dare to move a muscle!
Celia Xiao’s mood wasn’t great to begin with, and Ryan’s move was basically blasphemy against a goddess.
"Wife, I—I swear I didn’t mean to..." Ryan blurted out, scrambling to apologize.
But before he could finish, Celia Xiao suddenly smiled and said, "Your drool landed on me, and honestly? It feels kinda nice!"
"Pfft!" Rich girls really do think differently—Ryan was totally caught off guard.
"I don’t want to leave tonight!" Celia Xiao immediately followed up with a second line.
Ryan swallowed hard. Staring at Celia Xiao looking all seductive, he seriously wanted to just pin her down right here.
But Ryan knew he couldn’t actually do that. His current tribulation power might barely let him touch Celia Xiao for a second, but doing the real thing? Not gonna happen—her internal energy would fry him on the spot.
"Look at you, all scared—I just meant put your hand down here!" Celia Xiao giggled, then grabbed Ryan’s hand and slowly pressed it against her silky skin.
Instantly, a wave of tingling pleasure shot through Ryan—he felt like he might die from how good it was!
And Celia Xiao was clearly super into it too, her breathing turning all soft and heavy.
Ryan was convinced Celia Xiao was a total perv—he’d barely touched her, and she was already acting like she was in bliss. If he actually did something wild with her, she’d probably go completely nuts.
Ryan swallowed again. Right now, he really wanted to take things further.
But just as he was about to touch one of Celia Xiao’s sensitive spots, a jolt of pain like an electric shock blasted through his whole body. Ryan yanked his hand away, breaking out in cold sweat.
Clearly, forget about getting lucky with Celia Xiao—he couldn’t even properly touch her right now!
"It’s fine, hubby—just take it slow. You massaging me like this already feels amazing, so keep going!" Celia Xiao cried out, sounding like this rich-girl from the Immortal Domain had never let a guy touch her before. Plus, she was crazy sensitive—just a little contact and she was a goner.
But for Ryan, just a couple quick touches really didn’t cut it!
Who knew how many years it’d take before he could actually get lucky with Celia Xiao for real!
Ryan felt like crying but had no tears!
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That awkward night finally passed. The next morning, Ryan had only one thought in his head: keep leveling up!
In the human world, the Kunlun League was wiped out; in the Netherworld, Damon, Lord of the West, was destroyed!
It looked like both big baddies had been swept away, but behind them was the mysterious power of the Immortal Domain. And in that world, even the weakest expert was at least Human Immortal or Ghost Immortal level—wiping out any Earth powerhouse would be a total speedrun.
And yeah, that Void Immortal was actually crushed by Celia Xiao, but to everyone else, it looked like Ryan did the deed. So that score was gonna be settled with him, and Ryan was sure the power behind that Void Immortal wouldn’t just let it slide!
So, just in case, he had to keep leveling up—himself and his whole crew!
Compared to the Immortal Domain, both the human world and the Netherworld were way too weak!
And whether it was Foundation, Gold Core, Nascent Soul or Tribulation, all those stages were just prep work for becoming immortal. The real immortal path started at Human Immortal. Ryan had tasted a bit of that power now, but he hadn’t truly reached it yet—so he had to get way stronger!
Only by stepping onto the Human Immortal path could he shoot for even higher realms—Void Immortal, True Immortal, Earth Immortal, maybe even Heavenly Immortal. At that level, he might be able to create a whole new world, just like Earth, with a snap of his fingers!
Opening up a whole universe would be as easy as breathing!
Of course, the real reason Ryan wanted to get stronger was to protect the world he grew up in. Only if the whole environment leveled up could his friends, family and everyone else live in peace—instead of facing constant disaster.
But besides all that, Ryan had another reason for wanting to power up—so he could finally get lucky with Celia Xiao.
Ever since he’d been forced to grope her all night, the girl seemed totally hooked.
Ryan was super frustrated—just a little touching was like trying to quench your thirst with salty water, it only made him thirstier!
Ever since he’d sprinted to fifth-layer Tribulation, he hadn’t really blown off any steam. If this kept up, he was seriously gonna hit his limit!
But if he really wanted to get strong...
Ryan still needed to get back to the human world!
After all, his breakthrough was toward Human Immortal, not Ghost Immortal!
As for the Netherworld, he left it to his old man Lord Yama to run—dealing with all that complicated business. Ryan was definitely not cut out for that stuff.
Plus, he left all of Damon’s blood-essence to Lord Yama, Marshal Zhong Kui, and the rest. Ghost Elder and Granny Soul stuck around to help, while Ryan just took the Divine Dragon and headed back to China!
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The land of China had finally broken free from the Kunlun League’s grip, and now it was bursting with new life.
His brothers and friends were busy rebuilding their hometowns, all while constantly leveling up their own skills.
Ryan knew full well his power had just rocketed up to fifth-layer Tribulation, but to break through again he’d need time—his last two jumps happened way too close together.
Of course, he wasn’t in a huge rush. Not only had he absorbed a Void Immortal’s essence, but now Primeval Heavenwood could drink up even more immortal qi—which was a massive boost for his next breakthrough!
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But just when everything seemed to be going great, some shocking news suddenly came through.
"You’re saying Anqi Chen and the others disappeared?" Ryan asked when Jinbiao Chen rushed in, reporting that Anqi Chen had gone to the top of Mount Tai for training with some Chen family women—like Rose Yates and her aunt Jean Chen—and suddenly vanished. The family had searched for a whole day and night and still couldn’t find them!
So, with no other options, Jinbiao Chen hurried to Jinling. He’d planned to ask Kenneth Li for help, but once he heard Ryan was back, he rushed to find him instead.
"That’s right, I’m really out of options. They’ve totally vanished, and there were even signs of a struggle at the scene. I found some scraps of Anqi’s clothes—I’m terrified something bad happened!" Jinbiao Chen was clearly freaking out.
Ryan was worried too. Logically, all the factions in the human world had already been taken care of—this kind of weird incident shouldn’t be happening.
"Don’t panic, I’ll go look for them!" Ryan steadied himself—the Netherworld was sorted, so what could possibly trip him up in the human world now?
But just as he was about to head out, suddenly Daniel Deng arrived from distant Yan Capital, bringing Kenneth Li, Gabriel Xue and other top military brass—all rushing to find Ryan.
"Something’s seriously wrong!" Daniel Deng blurted out the moment he saw Ryan.
"What happened? Slow down, just tell me." Ryan saw Daniel drenched in sweat and quickly helped him sit down. Ever since Daniel took charge of China again, he’d been working nonstop—his hair was way grayer now!
"Master Ryan, never mind all that—just look at this!" Daniel Deng swallowed hard and handed Ryan a photo. It looked like a satellite shot, black-and-white and kind of blurry, but the moment Ryan saw it, he knew something was way off.
The photo looked like a giant bomb—judging by the scale, it had to be at least a hundred kilometers across, basically a small satellite.
And on its surface was a timer, with the chilling words: 'The Earth is about to explode.' It showed a countdown—about three days left. The whole thing was insane. Someone was actually planning to blow up the planet...