Like many people in the martial arts world, Jiang Yuyan didn’t quite understand Zhang Weihao’s choice.

You’re already so capable, with your family’s wealth and power, why do you still want to take the imperial examination? Do you really intend to become an official in the court?

Zhang Weihao thought for a moment and then explained in a very unconventional way: “In this world, if you want to break through to a higher realm beyond the Innate Realm, you can’t rely on your own cultivation alone. Because once you reach a certain level, you have to ascend directly to a higher-level world; you can’t stay there any longer.”

To break these rules and defy the heavens, there is only one way: through destiny. By harnessing the world’s destiny for protection, becoming a chosen one, a protagonist of heaven and earth, one can remain in this world while attempting to reach higher realms.

Jiang Yuyan, still not quite understanding, asked, “Isn’t ascension good? Why stay in such a poor, remote place?”

“To explain it in a way you can understand, in this world, a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm can rule as king. Beyond the Innate Realm, one is an invincible being. Thousands of troops would flee at the mere sight of you. You are truly a one-man army that can rival a nation and dominate the world.”

But in a higher-level world, any martial arts expert might be a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, and any truly powerful master would be above the Innate Realm, or even a terrifying being beyond your comprehension.

It means you have to start from the bottom again, trying to rise to the top step by step. What if you encounter a formidable villain or enemy before you rise up and they insist on killing you?

Therefore, many ambitious individuals, like myself, will choose a relatively ordinary small world, then colonize it through various means, utilizing its resources to cultivate themselves until they can ascend to the upper realms—a level considered powerful. They’ll be at the very top from the start, then continue challenging even higher realms. Which do you think is safer?

Jiang Yuyan and Shangguan Haitang were both extremely intelligent people, and they instantly realized that this was a true reincarnated powerhouse. He must have been extraordinary in his previous life and deliberately reincarnated into this world to cultivate again. No wonder he was so terrifying.

Xue Qianxun suddenly realized. After all, she knew quite a bit of the inside story; this was the real reason why the young master and the others were here.

“Then why did you participate in the imperial examination…”

“Because of the dynasty’s fortune, winning six top honors in a row is a great fortune, it’s quite remarkable. You sent out those divine weapons and artifacts in the martial arts world to harvest the fortune of the martial arts world, didn’t you?” Shangguan Haitang understood immediately and immediately drew inferences from one instance to another.

“That’s right. The so-called Three Great Demons of the Spring and Autumn Period do not refer to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of this world, but to the Spring and Autumn Period of another world. Three powerful beings devised three methods to harvest fortune and strengthen themselves, so they were called the Three Great Demons of the Spring and Autumn Period by the people of that world.”

Here I unexpectedly discovered the Sword-Eating Ancestor, who is also a descendant of the Sword Burial Man, one of the three great demons of the Spring and Autumn Period, so we reached a cooperation agreement.

After all, this is also very advantageous for him. With his current cultivation level, it would be very difficult for him to remain in this world, and it would be hard to hide. He needs my help, so I inherited the lineage of the itinerant swordsman.

“Ah, there really is a Sword-Eating Ancestor? And he really lived for three cycles of sixty years?”

“Let alone three cycles of sixty years, he could live for several more cycles of sixty years without any problem. It’s just that this is a small world, and the fortune is not enough to allow him to advance to the Confucian Sage level, but he could live for another thousand years without any problem.”

Well, it’s really like listening to a myth. Maybe these are the real gods. They are indeed too young and superficial. I’ve really learned something new.

“Does the Sword-Eating Ancestor really intend to eat a sword?”

Having already completely fooled the three girls, Zhang Weihao continued to deceive them, saying, “Well, I’ve found a peerless swordsman who is at least a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm and has the potential to become a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm. I’ll lend him my divine weapon, and when he dies, I’ll retrieve his sword and his corpse. The Sword-Eating Ancestor will eat the sword, and I’ll take his corpse. We’ll each get what we need and share the fortune of the martial world together.”

Don’t spread this around. The Sword-Eating Ancestor might not do anything to me, but you and everyone else who knows these secrets are doomed. I’m no match for him; I’m far too weak. I’ve only been cultivating for a few years; we’re not even on the same level.

Jiang Yuyan was the first to pat her chest and guarantee, nodding repeatedly and saying, “Yes, yes, I definitely won’t talk about it outside.”

Shangguan Haitang hurriedly made her promise, but then asked her last question that she was very curious about: “Since they are the three great demons, who is the last one? Or what kind of legacy does he have?”

Upon hearing that there was still one empty seat, Jiang Yuyan, who was already extremely ambitious, immediately asked, “Yes, what is the last lineage?”

“This cannot be revealed. Knowing too much will not do you any good. All you need to know is that if the last lineage really appears, it will not be a good thing for the entire martial arts world. We don’t know if any geniuses will come up with such a method of reaping. Don’t underestimate people. This world is not lacking in smart people. It’s not surprising that other people think of the methods that people come up with.”

The more Zhang Weihao acted this way, the more curious Jiang Yuyan and Shangguan Haitang became. The main reason was that both women were truly intelligent, and intelligent people are sometimes more easily deceived, so they were completely fooled by Zhang Weihao.

Just like Tang Zichen, Feng Cai, and Yan Yuanyi back then.

Zhang Weihao doesn’t dare to ascend quickly because his first wife, Tang Zichen, has already ascended, and there’s a high probability she’ll encounter ascenders from the Snow World. He wonders how she’ll react when she realizes she’s been tricked.

So Zhang Weihao wouldn’t dare to ascend recklessly without some real strength. What if she got angry and actually planned to murder her husband?

Although he couldn’t see any loyalty, Zhang Weihao could sense the change in the two women’s attitudes towards him. They were already showing signs of turning into little fangirls, and he had indeed successfully won them over. After that, he could have sex in the car all the way… well, he could add fragrance to their lives as they went to the examination hall to take the provincial examination.