4: The original owner living under the female lead's script 2

[Introduction to the plot of this mission is complete.]

After reading the plot, Qin Jiuge's mission began.

"Poor child, let me change your destiny."

...The setting sun was like blood, splashing onto the mass grave on the outskirts of Qingyang City.

Qin Jiuge curled up behind a half-collapsed earthen grave, clutching the yellowed silk booklet tightly in his arms.

The three cinnabar words "Swallowing Heaven Art" on the cover stung his eyes.

In the Original Owner's memory, this trashy cultivation method made up by Shen Qianqiu was the executioner that pushed him into the abyss of eternal damnation.

"Heh, making up plays to trick people, this Shen Qianqiu really knows how to have fun."

A cold sneer curled the corner of Qin Jiuge's mouth.

A system prompt sounded in his mind:

[Detected that the host has taken over the Original Owner's body.]

[For this mission, you can designate a 'Golden Finger' or modify an existing item.]

"Modify an item?"

Qin Jiuge's eyes lit up.

"System, I don't want any other Golden Finger,"

"just change this fake 'Swallowing Heaven Art' into an ultimate version that can directly reach the peak of cultivation in this world!"

"Remember, the appearance must be exactly the same as the original,"

"and Shen Qianqiu must not be allowed to see any flaws,"

"I want her to believe until she dies that I am practicing that broken booklet of hers!"

[Ding! Host's request confirmed! The ultimate version of the 'Swallowing Heaven Art' is being modified!]

[Modification complete! The cultivation method's appearance is identical to the original fake version. Cultivation level has been synchronized to the peak of the current world—the Heavenly Dao Realm!]

The moment the system prompt ended, a power as vast as a sea of stars suddenly exploded from within Qin Jiuge!

The earthen graves in the mass grave collapsed with a bang, and spiritual energy from thousands of miles around surged wildly toward him, yet it couldn't even fill the gaps in his meridians.

The Heavenly Dao Realm, the absolute peak of this great world!

Yet on his face, he still feigned the Original Owner's ignorance and ecstasy, clutching the silk booklet tightly, his shoulders even intentionally trembling slightly from "excitement."

Far away on the tower of Qingyang City, Shen Qianqiu was leaning against the railing, twisting a pinkish-white flower petal between her fingertips.

Looking at the "hooked" Qin Jiuge in the mass grave, a cat-and-mouse playfulness hung at the corner of her mouth:

"The greed of mortals is indeed a sure catch."

"A made-up booklet is enough for him to treat it like a treasure."

"Miss, shall we send Zhang San to deliver the 'opportunity' as planned?" the maid asked with a bow.

"Send him, of course."

Shen Qianqiu applied pressure with her fingertips, and the petal instantly turned into powder.

"I want to see how many jokes he'll make while practicing the cultivation method I made up, which is full of flaws."

She didn't know that in the mass grave, Qin Jiuge was looking down at the silk booklet in his arms.

A cold light flashed in his eyes. Zhang San? It was just the first play he was acting out for Shen Qianqiu.

Half a month later, on the main street of Qingyang City.

Zhang San, leading seven or eight thugs, blocked the middle of the road and arrogantly patted Qin Jiuge's shoulder:

"Kid, if you know what's good for you, hand over the money, or I'll break your legs!"

Qin Jiuge intentionally showed a "flustered" look, hurriedly "operating his cultivation method."

In reality, the power of the Heavenly Dao condensed in the center of his fist as he threw a seemingly clumsy punch!

Boom!

With a loud bang, Zhang San and the thugs behind him were instantly smashed into meat paste. A chasm several zhang deep split open in the ground, and rocks flew everywhere!

The surrounding commoners fled in terror, but Qin Jiuge clutched his fist and intentionally murmured in "shock":

"This... this 'Swallowing Heaven Art' is actually this powerful? I only practiced it casually for a few days!"

When the news reached Shen Qianqiu's ears, she was nonchalantly sipping tea. Hearing this, she burst out laughing:

"Killing a Third-rank Martial Artist after just a few days of casual practice?"

"This mortal has good luck; he must have hit the mark by sheer chance with the bit of spiritual energy I mixed into the cultivation method."

She didn't take it seriously and turned around to arrange an "injured expert" in a cave on the back mountain.

That was a Xiantian Realm attendant under her command, specifically sent to "deliver" a sword manual to Qin Jiuge.

Three days later, in the cave on the back mountain.

"Young hero, this old man was pursued by villains and is heavily injured... I grant this 'Flowing Cloud Sword Technique' to you, only asking that you avenge me in the future!"

The old man lay on the ground, his face "pale," acting with great emotion.

Qin Jiuge took the sword manual, flipped through it intentionally fast, and scratched his head with a "confused" expression:

"Old uncle, why is your sword technique so much worse than the 'Swallowing Heaven Art' I'm practicing?"

"Even if I just swing once according to the moves in the booklet, the power is stronger than this."

Before he finished speaking, he "followed the scribbled diagrams of the fake cultivation method" and casually swung a sword.

In reality, the power of the Heavenly Dao transformed into a longsword, and a golden sword qi instantly sliced through the cave, splitting a boulder several zhang high behind the mountain in half!

The old man was so scared he suddenly sat bolt upright, the "weakness" on his face instantly collapsing, replaced by extreme horror:

"This... what kind of move is this?! This cultivation method of yours... is definitely not something from the Mortal Realm!"

"It's just the 'Swallowing Heaven Art,' written in that booklet I picked up."

Qin Jiuge spread his hands, intentionally acting simple and honest.

"Maybe it's because my comprehension is good?"

The old man scrambled back to the Xuanling Immortal Realm and wailed to Shen Qianqiu:

"Miss! That mortal practiced the 'Swallowing Heaven Art' you made up and sliced through a cave with one sword strike!"

"That power is even more terrifying than a Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator of the Immortal Realm!"

The teacup in Shen Qianqiu's hand fell to the ground with a "clatter," tea splashing everywhere, and her face instantly darkened:

"Impossible! The cultivation method I made up has no sword moves at all, only some plausible-sounding energy circulation methods. How could he..."

Before she finished, an absurd thought flashed into her mind:

Could it be that this mortal really comprehended something heaven-defying from the broken cultivation method she made up?

This thought, instead of making her panic, made her even more excited!

A mortal who could turn a fake cultivation method into something spectacular would be even more fun to play with!

In the following days, Shen Qianqiu proceeded with the "script" step by step.

She had merchants deliver gold, and "Demonic Cult evildoers" (who were actually criminal slaves of the Shen Family banished to the Mortal Realm) go to "harm villagers."

She even personally stepped onto the stage to act out "hero saving the beauty" on the day Qin Jiuge "broke through to the Xiantian Realm."

A moon-white figure descended from the sky. Shen Qianqiu, holding a longsword with a graceful posture, intentionally clutched her chest and fell toward Qin Jiuge with a "pale" face:

"Young master, I... I was passing by and saw you in danger, so I stepped in to help. I hope I haven't caused you any trouble?"

Qin Jiuge caught her as she fell, intentionally showing a "flattered" expression, while a cold smile was hidden in the depths of his eyes:

"I will never forget your life-saving grace, Miss! May I know your name?"

"My name is Shen Qianqiu."

She looked up, her eyes filled with "gentle" tears.

"If you don't mind, young master, I will temporarily stay in your mansion to accompany you in your cultivation, alright?"

"Good! Of course!"

Qin Jiuge intentionally tightened his grip on her hand in excitement.

"It is my honor to have Miss Shen accompany me."

Leaning in his arms, a barely perceptible sneer curled Shen Qianqiu's lips.

Practicing the fake cultivation method she made up, he'd be lucky just to keep his life!

But she didn't know that Qin Jiuge had already begun laying his plans.

Using the gold delivered by the merchants, he secretly won over various major forces in the Mortal Realm.

When encountering "Demonic Cult evildoers," he would "follow the cultivation method" and suck dry the opponent's spiritual energy in one breath.

In reality, it was the power of the Heavenly Dao crushing them, obliterating all the Shen Family's criminal slaves.

Even the "disciples" Shen Qianqiu arranged to be by his side were won over by the illusion of his "cultivation breakthrough," obediently defecting to become his spies.

In just half a year, Qin Jiuge became the "Swallowing Heaven Sword Venerable" revered by everyone in the Mortal Realm.

But in Shen Qianqiu's eyes, he was still a clown practicing a fake cultivation method, being toyed with in the palm of her hand.

Until that day, when Qin Jiuge said he was going to "attempt ascension," Shen Qianqiu specifically came to watch the joke.

She wanted to see how a mortal practicing a fake cultivation method would crash open the gates of the Xuanling Immortal Realm.

But when Qin Jiuge raised his hand to "operate the Swallowing Heaven Art," what condensed at his fingertips was not Mortal Realm spiritual energy, but the power of the Heavenly Dao that tore through heaven and earth!

The closed ascension passage was instantly torn open, and the world-protecting array of the Xuanling Immortal Realm even emitted an overwhelmed hum!

Shen Qianqiu's face changed drastically, and she screamed out:

"Impossible! You are clearly practicing the cultivation method I made up, how could you have such strong power?!"

"That's right, I am practicing the 'Swallowing Heaven Art' you made up."

Qin Jiuge turned to look at her, smiling meaningfully.

"Maybe it's because my talent is too good."

The moment he stepped into the Xuanling Immortal Realm, Qin Jiuge began to "operate the Swallowing Heaven Art," the power of the Heavenly Dao sweeping across the scene.

The Shen Family's mountain-protecting array shattered like paper!

Shen Qianqiu's father, the current head of the Shen Family, was about to bring out a dharma treasure to resist.

But he was struck by Qin Jiuge's palm, which "followed the moves of the fake cultivation method," shattering his skull. Blood splashed all over Shen Qianqiu's face!

"Father!"

Shen Qianqiu shrieked piercingly and rushed forward like crazy.

But she was casually imprisoned on the spot by Qin Jiuge.

She watched helplessly as Qin Jiuge stepped into the Shen Mansion like a god of death.

Shen Qianqiu's second uncle was sucked into a dried corpse by the "cultivation method," her third uncle was split in half by sword qi, and her five-year-old niece was turned into fly ash with a casual wave of Qin Jiuge's hand.

Even the Shen Family's ancestor, startled awake from seclusion, couldn't last a single move against Qin Jiuge, his soul completely destroyed!

"Qin Jiuge! Stop! That's the cultivation method I made up! What right do you have to use it to kill my family!"

Shen Qianqiu's voice was hoarse from screaming, tears mixed with blood sliding down, her eyes full of desperate regret.

"What right?"

Qin Jiuge looked down at her, his eyes bone-chillingly cold.

"By the right that you let countless people suffer in the scripts you arranged, by the right that you treated me, Qin, as a plaything and arranged one play after another."

"By the right that you treated others' lives as a game for your own selfish desires. Is that not enough?"

He intentionally slowed down, letting Shen Qianqiu clearly watch the Shen Family disciples fall one by one.

Watching the Shen Family's ancestral hall be crushed by the power of the Heavenly Dao, watching the family she was proud of be completely annihilated under the "cultivation method" she herself had made up!

After annihilating the Shen Family, Qin Jiuge didn't stop.

Carrying the imprisoned Shen Qianqiu, he swept across the entire Xuanling Immortal Realm—immortal families, hidden sects, as long as they dared to resist, they were all obliterated by him with the "Swallowing Heaven Art"!

In just three years, the Xuanling Immortal Realm all belonged to him.

But that was not enough.

He then took Shen Qianqiu and trampled over seven surrounding immortal realms.

Every time he conquered a place, he would lean into Shen Qianqiu's ear and intentionally say:

"Look, using the 'Swallowing Heaven Art' you made up, even other immortal realms can be conquered. Tell me, isn't this cultivation method very powerful?"

Shen Qianqiu was completely stupefied.

She watched as Qin Jiuge used "her cultivation method" to unify the entire great world, watched as ten thousand immortals worshipped him and honored him as the "Supreme Sovereign of the Heavenly Dao."

She watched as the pride that once belonged to her was crushed into mud and then stepped into the dust—her eyes were hollow, saliva hung from the corner of her mouth, like a puppet that had lost its soul.

On this day, Qin Jiuge stood at the peak of the great world, with ten thousand immortals kneeling behind him and the walking-corpse-like Shen Qianqiu in front of him.

"Shen Qianqiu, what you wanted to see and what you didn't want to see, I've let you see it all."

His voice was calm as he raised his hand and tore open a spatial crack. Inside was a foul stench, and green-faced, fanged Goblins were emitting piercing roars.

"Now, it's time to send you where you belong."

"No... don't..."

Shen Qianqiu finally reacted, shaking her head frantically, her eyes full of terror.

Qin Jiuge sneered and casually threw her in:

"Stay here for all eternity. Let the Goblins 'serve' you well. In short, enjoy yourself, ahahaha!"

The moment the spatial crack closed, a piercing scream from Shen Qianqiu came from within, mixed with the excited roars of the Goblins.

Qin Jiuge looked down at the "Swallowing Heaven Art" silk booklet in his arms, his fingertips brushing over the cover, and whispered, "Original Owner, your revenge is taken."

The shouts of ten thousand immortals worshipping him shook the heavens. Qin Jiuge looked up at the sky, the majesty of the Supreme Sovereign of the Heavenly Dao in his eyes. From now on, this great world would have only one master.

And Shen Qianqiu would endure the torment she deserved in the Goblin Lair for all eternity.