With such a huge commotion, it was difficult for the Empire to pretend they hadn’t seen it. But even if they did, they wouldn’t say anything.

It was just exasperating.

Or rather, anyone in the Empire who knew Wen Yuncheng and was woken up by the fireworks in the night sky found it exasperating. The First Princess was the most exasperated of all.

As for those who had only heard of Wen Yuncheng, or those she had saved, they were filled with a mix of envy and shock.

Of course, the Dragon Race and the Huanling also had complicated emotions. A sneak attack, explosions, fireworks-this clearly indicated that Wen Yuncheng had long since figured out the locations of the Huanling troop strongholds. But she hadn’t acted rashly. Instead, she had planted bombs and other devices, deliberately saving them for today. Not only did she blow up countless Huanling soldiers and the dragons who rushed over, but she also set off fireworks in their territory to celebrate her fiancée’s birthday.

The Dragon King couldn’t comprehend such arrogance and disdain. Wen Yuncheng’s actions brought the Dragon King and the Huanling generals more than just shock and humiliation. It also meant one thing-she had the ability to set all of this up right under your noses, and you knew nothing about it.

For a moment, the Dragon King felt the urge to kill Wen Yuncheng with all its might, even if it meant leaving Dragon Island. But its subconscious and intuition told it that it could not leave Dragon Island.

That night, the Dragon King watched the fireworks exploding in the sky with a grim face. Through the fireworks, it looked at the boundless starry sky and something beyond it. The feeling of being watched had only appeared recently-to be precise, it had started on the day of the strange celestial phenomenon.

After the Starry Sky Consciousness gave the Heart of the Plane to Lin Jinyu, it had set its sights on the Dragon King-a new workhorse. Because the energy from 1947 was abundant, the Baby Voice had time to do these things. But since the Dragon King wouldn’t leave Dragon Island, it wasn’t easy for the consciousness to break through the great formation and the dragon veins to capture it. Such an intervention would be too large and excessive, violating the laws of the plane.

The Dragon King was a Saint-level being, and the Baby Voice hadn’t bothered to conceal itself much, so the Dragon King had sensed it. It stared at the starry sky until three hours passed, the fireworks vanished, and Dragon Island returned to silence.

The young, ignorant dragons only thought the fireworks filling the sky were beautiful, snuggling beside their mothers as they watched. They did not yet understand war, nor did they understand death.

The Dragon King walked silently through the dragon valley. It truly regretted its decisions.

But the Huanling would not let it off the hook. Having come this far, it was also unwilling to give up. But it regretted dragging Dragon Island into this.

The Dragon King remained silent, concealing its aura as it went to find the surviving Emperor-level dragons of its race. No matter what, as the Dragon King, it had to leave a way out for Dragon Island.

[Mission: Defend the Starry Sky – Phase Three (Completed)]

[Mission Reward: 100,000 EXP, 5,000 Points]

[Detecting data contributing to Phase Three progress-]

[Additional Reward: The Fu organization has been annihilated. Its members have defected or been routed. From this day forward, the Fu organization no longer exists in the Starry Sky. 80,000 EXP, 3,000 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Earned the regret of the treacherous Demonic Beast Sovereigns. 30,000 EXP, 1,000 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Earned the regret of the Dragon King. 50,000 EXP, 1,500 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Annihilated over half of the Dragon Race’s Emperor-level members. 30,000 EXP, 1,000 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Your name and the name of the Child of the Plane are now etched in the memories of the living beings of the Starry Sky Continent and the Huanling Continent. 50,000 EXP, 2,000 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Enraged the Phantom Saint, causing him to disregard his own safety to come to the Starry Sky Continent to fight. 15,000 EXP, 500 Points awarded!]

[Additional Reward: Ensured the safe growth of the Child of the Plane. 10,000 EXP, 800 Points awarded!]

The day after the birthday celebration, Wen Yuncheng was woken up by a series of notifications.

Yesterday, after giving Lin Jinyu her gift and celebrating on Dragon Island, she had shuttled back to the Imperial Capital. After all… blowing up someone’s home and then setting off fireworks to celebrate was probably quite dangerous if you stuck around. Wen Yuncheng had no desire to make a hasty escape with Lin Jinyu on her birthday.

But what was this? Wen Yuncheng was jolted awake by the massive influx of experience and points, yet she still felt like she was dreaming.

“…What’s wrong?” The Little Ice Mountain also looked like she had just woken up, her cool voice a little soft. She nuzzled Wen Yuncheng’s shoulder. “Did the Dragon Race attack again?”

“…Doesn’t seem like it. I got the rewards for Phase Three, but there seem to be way too many.” Wen Yuncheng lay in bed, still feeling an unreal, dreamlike sensation. There was no other reason for it. If it were you, and you woke up to an extra 365,000 experience and 14,800 points, you’d be stunned too.

Host: Wen Yuncheng

Race: Human

Age: 24

Class: Mechanical Overlord

Level: 88

Experience: 122855/161000

Points: 38753

“I’m Level 88… I’m suddenly Level 88, and not far from 89 either,” Wen Yuncheng said in a daze. As she finished, she noticed that Lin Jinyu, who was nuzzling her shoulder, had also frozen.

Lin Jinyu sat up. “What… exactly did you do last night?”

“Nothing, I really didn’t do anything,” Wen Yuncheng said with an innocent look. “I just placed a hundred C-04 Self-Destruct Dogs and some firework devices at the Huanling troop base. I’d set them up before. Yesterday, I just went over to activate the fireworks, used an attack scroll to lure the dragons and Huanling troops over, and then shuttled back to detonate the Self-Destruct Dogs.” Wen Yuncheng rubbed her face, feeling like she was in a dream. She rolled out of bed. “I’m going to wash my face first, then I’ll tell you what the additional rewards were.”

She had been half-asleep just now, but she thought she saw something about the Fu organization being annihilated. That… had to be fake, right?

Weren’t you supposed to be like rats in a sewer, with tenacious life force, impossible to kill?!

After Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu quickly washed up, Wen Yuncheng bought breakfast from the system store. It wasn’t expensive-just century egg and pork congee with fried dough sticks-but the high-quality food from the store was incomparable to anything made on the Starry Sky Continent.

“The Fu organization was annihilated. That’s so strange, I didn’t do anything. Did the Empire do something?” Wen Yuncheng wondered aloud while sipping her congee.

“You destroyed many of their strongholds and killed quite a few of their Emperor-level members,” Lin Jinyu mused. Her previous guess that the Fu organization didn’t have many Emperor-level members left seemed to have been an understatement. For them to disband completely, they probably… only had one Emperor-level member left at most, right? Otherwise, it wouldn’t have come to this.

“Even the treacherous Demonic Beast Sovereigns had regrets…” Wen Yuncheng swallowed a mouthful of congee and pondered. She suspected the Dragon Ape King was the most regretful. After all, a three-day pursuit was no joke. The Dragon Ape King had fled for three days with almost no rest, only to be killed by her in the end. It probably regretted its choices the most. As for the Green Flood Dragon King and the Lynx King? Wen Yuncheng picked up a fennel-flavored dough stick and ate it. She thought she had killed them quite cleanly. How did those two sovereigns have time for regrets?

The next additional reward was even more ridiculous-the Dragon King’s regret. That 150,000 guy actually regretted it?

“Good thing the system mission doesn’t have regrets. It said 150,000, so it’s 150,000. No discounts,” Wen Yuncheng said with a look of relief.

And just like that, she had shot up to Level 88? 1947, are the rewards for Phase Four going to be even more generous? If I kill the Dragon King and that Phantom Saint who wants to come over, can I just ascend to Level 100 on the spot?

[Yeah, right,] the old father, busy submitting an application to the higher planes, replied curtly. It had originally planned to order custom-made, artificially glowing stars after Wen Yuncheng reached Level 90, but its kid’s leveling pace seemed a bit fast now. The old father thought for a moment and decided to start the process now. It wouldn’t hurt to get it done early; after all, it was the one who decided when they would be delivered and launched.

Waking from the pleasant surprise of her rapid leveling, Wen Yuncheng started to worry about Protector Chu and the others’ ability to cope. After all, not everyone could easily accept someone who was a Star Emperor, First Layer a month ago suddenly jumping to the Third Layer. Wen Yuncheng sighed inwardly. But there was nothing she could do. This was the thrill of having a cheat template!

Regardless, Wen Yuncheng had to make a trip to the Imperial Palace. She needed to tell the Empire about the Phantom Saint’s plan to come to the Starry Sky Continent so they could heighten their defenses. She didn’t expect them to be able to resist him, but they at least needed to be the first to notice if something was wrong. As for the teleportation location, Wen Yuncheng wasn’t sure if the Phantom Saint would still go to Dragon Island. After all, in their minds, Dragon Island probably wasn’t very safe anymore.

Lin Jinyu quietly drank her congee, then squeezed the Heart of the Plane in her sea of consciousness. A massive surge of Star Power gushed out, instantly filling her to the brim. Lin Jinyu frowned slightly as she digested the Star Power while drinking her congee. Wen Yuncheng was improving way too fast now, wasn’t she? And based on the additional rewards, Phase Four would be the battle brought on by the Phantom Saint’s invasion. A battle between Saint-level beings… She was only a Star Emperor, First Layer right now. If she wanted to participate, she would need to reach at least the Third Layer, right?

As for Wen Yuncheng, Lin Jinyu no longer had any doubt that she would break through to Level 90. Although there weren’t many dragons left on Dragon Island, there were still plenty of Huanling soldiers. Yesterday’s explosion had completed two tiers of kill rewards, but there were still many soldiers stationed there. Wen Yuncheng felt that completing the 5,000, 6,000, or even 10,000+ kill rewards wouldn’t be a problem. All those bits and pieces added up to a lot of experience.

After breakfast, Wen Yuncheng eagerly went to find the First Princess to tell her about the Phantom Saint. But the moment Wei Qingyu saw Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu, she felt a headache coming on. She didn’t meet them, instead having Zero lead them directly to Chu Han.

Protector Chu was still smiling when he saw Wen Yuncheng. “You two certainly made a big scene last night. Young people really are romantic, you-” Chu Han’s kind and benevolent smile suddenly stiffened, because he abruptly realized that Wen Yuncheng was now a Star Emperor, Third Layer.

“Ahahaha, it was just a little trick, nothing worth mentioning. It’s the thought that counts in these matters.” Seeing Chu Han’s expression freeze, Wen Yuncheng knew he had discovered her cultivation level. She laughed awkwardly, quickly changing the subject to their reason for coming. “Yesterday, while scouting Dragon Island, I obtained a piece of crucial intelligence!”

“The Phantom Saint from the Huanling Continent is about to arrive here through a planar passage. However, it seems the Huanling are still preparing the passage, so the exact time is unknown, and I don’t know the specific teleportation location either. I originally thought they would open it on Dragon Island, but given the situation there… they might change their minds.” Wen Yuncheng said it all in one breath, not trying to build suspense. She looked at Chu Han. “I can guarantee this information is reliable.”

Upon hearing such important news, Chu Han no longer had the mind to dwell on Wen Yuncheng’s abnormal talent. He said with a grave expression, “Call an imperial meeting immediately!”