"Please invite any three of the following beings to create a new power... This is real..."
Su Yie sat in the back row, reading the text displayed on his mobile phone screen, his expression complex and his eyes sweeping down a list of names that dazzled him.
Sword Immortal Wang!
Meng E'long!
Blood Crow Ancestor!
Wux Qingyao!
Mount Tai Li Immortal!
Thunder Wolf King!
...
The names all seemed extremely imposing, causing Su Yie to take a deep breath.
He was in a university classroom, in his first-year second semester, while the instructor was discussing the start of term matters on stage, only half of the fifty-six students were listening, most were playing with their phones.
Su Yie sat alone in the back, appearing rather forlorn.
At that moment, his heart was caught between shock and excitement, as just a while ago, his mobile phone had suddenly sent a current into his palm, throwing him into a brief daze.
During that time, a flood of unfamiliar memories entered his mind.
It turned out his phone was possessed by a Dao, no longer an ordinary mobile phone, capable of creating powers, then it was up to Su Yie to personally select, forcibly pulling other humans, demons, evil forces, gods, and so on into this new power, each member also able to construct a scene in their minds like a mobile group chat, communicating with each other.
As the master of this power, Su Yie would possess the ability to wipe out, expel, or mute members, and the phone also created an independent mustard seed space where many things could be stored, except living things.
Even though he had assimilated these memories, Su Yie still found it hard to believe.
"Is this the protagonist's golden touch? Are these names all from another world?"
Su Yie thought excitedly yet apprehensively, heaven doesn't give pie for no reason, could there be a huge conspiracy hidden behind this?
With that thought, he began to ponder the list of names on the screen.
After hesitating for a while, he tapped three names on the phone screen, which were Wux Qingyao, Demon Lord Qing Yan, and Black Tiger Emperor.
Wux Qingyao, that name suggests a beauty, the other two names are mighty; Su Yie, who loved to play games, preferred to choose demon characters, free-spirited and unrestrained.
At that moment, the scene on the phone screen changed, displaying: "Please name yourself."
Name myself?
Interesting!
Su Yie's lips curved up, his handsome face revealing a clean smile as he quickly typed two characters: "Emperor Su!"
As the master of power, of course, it had to be imposing!
"Please name your new power!"
"Emperor Su's Sect!"
Then, the phone screen changed again, turning into a group chat page:
Emperor Su invited Wux Qingyao to join Emperor Su's Sect!
Emperor Su invited Demon Lord Qing Yan to join Emperor Su's Sect!
Emperor Su invited Black Tiger Emperor to join Emperor Su's Sect!
...
Then, the group chat page fell silent.
After a while,
"So now? No one?"
Su Yie was speechless, thinking he might have been deceived.
Just then, someone finally spoke up, causing Su Yie to burst out laughing upon seeing it.
Only the phone screen displayed:
Black Tiger Emperor: What is this? Why is it in my mind?
Demon Lord Qing Yan: Eh? Can others see this too?
Black Tiger Emperor: Demon Lord Qing Yan? One of the Four Kings of the Demon Sect?
Demon Lord Qing Yan: Black Tiger Emperor? Such an arrogant name, dare to compare with me?
Black Tiger Emperor: I dare not...
Wux Qingyao: You two demons, what are you discussing? Are you planning against the Orthodox Path?
...
Su Yie found it more and more amusing as he watched, and even burst out laughing.
"Su Yie! What are you doing? Aren't you going to put in effort this new term, or do you think you're honoring your parents? Be careful or you'll end up poor like them for the rest of your life!"
At that moment, the voice of the counselor came through. The counselor was a man in his early thirties named Li Fei, known for his greed, as he often accepted gifts from students and red envelopes from parents. Su Yie was one of the few students who did not give gifts.
Coupled with his poor family background and depending on student loans for university, Li Fei looked down on Su Yie and often took his anger out on him.
He could not do anything to the rich students, so he bullied the poor students instead.
Upon hearing this, Su Yie's expression darkened; he hated it when others spoke about his parents.
With a loud bang!
Su Yie slammed the desk and walked towards the classroom door.
Normally, he might have endured it, but now, having established Emperor Su's Sect, he felt somewhat inflated and could not restrain himself.
"Dare you leave! Be careful, I'll dock your credits!"
Li Fei pointed and shouted at Su Yie, while the other students in the classroom cast sympathetic glances his way.
"Poor guy, scolded again!"
"He deserves it, just look at his impoverished appearance!"
"Hahaha, Li Fei can only pick on him anyway."
"He's obviously poor, yet he insists on joining our major."
The students all laughed and ridiculed Su Yie, who had worked diligently both in school and jobs the entire semester, and had no friends in class.
Su Yie gave Li Fei the middle finger and then walked out of the classroom door.
Livid, Li Fei stomped on the spot.
Just then, a voice that seemed to come from the heavens resounded in everyone's minds:
"I am Xuanyuan Human Emperor! The Demon Clan has annihilated the Human Clan, and I cannot accept this. Using Supreme Mystical Power to alter time and space, I have chosen thee as the people of destiny and send thee to the Ancient Wilderness, hoping ye can bring new life to the Human Clan, slay Tai Yi and Di Jun, and change the fate of our clan!"
Immediately afterward, everyone's vision went dark.
Including Su Yie's.
...
After what felt like an eternity, Su Yie finally woke up, shook his head, and clambering up using the edge of the classroom door, looked back and saw the students were still asleep, while Li Fei had collapsed in front of the lectern.
Xuanyuan Human Emperor?
Ancient Wilderness?
Tai Yi?
Di Jun?
Su Yie's heart was filled with dread. He had heard these names in mythical stories, and the mention of the Ancient Wilderness didn't sound like a pleasant place.
Could it be that he had received Emperor Su's Sect because he was about to be transported to the Ancient Wilderness?
Assassinate Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun?
If the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and Buddha Tathagata couldn't do it, how could they, mere humans, manage?
Su Yie tried to calm himself, then turned around, walked back into the classroom, gave Li Fei seven swift kicks, stripped him down to his underwear, and then walked away nonchalantly.
When Li Fei woke up, it would be a nightmare!
As Su Yie walked, he took out his phone.
He now needed to possess the means to protect himself, in order to face the unknown Ancient Wilderness.
In the meantime, inside the chat screen of Emperor Su's Sect, the Black Tiger Emperor was still incessantly flattering the Demon Lord Qing Yan, while the latter was curious about what Emperor Su's Sect was. Occasionally, Wux Qingyao would interject with righteous words about demon-slaying.
Su Yie smirked and began typing. After graduating from high school and first entering society, he encountered many agents while job searching who were eloquent and initially swayed him into believing he would become the next richest person in Xia. However, as he gained more experience job searching, he also learned a lot.
Emperor Su: I am Emperor Su. This is your opportunity. Join Emperor Su's Sect and you will gain the chance to transcend everything!
Black Tiger Emperor: Emperor Su? How come I've never heard of you?
Demon Lord Qing Yan: Daring to claim the title of Emperor, he must be no ordinary person; otherwise, why wouldn't we be able to sense his spell?
Wux Qingyao: Master, are you of the righteous path or the crooked way of evil demons?
Emperor Su: With thousands of paths, why confine ourselves to righteousness or evil? What I pursue is freedom and invincibility in the world!
Black Tiger Emperor: Well said! Truly worthy of being our predecessor, Emperor Su!
Demon Lord Qing Yan: Why is this old lady always targeting us? Did we kill your ancestors?