After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

A soft cracking sound, like an eggshell bursting, traveled along the villa's load-bearing pillars from the deepest part of the ground to the garage.

The next second, the top-of-the-line security system of the entire Xiao family manor was activated, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded, and a red light flashed.

That was a formation set up by Zhou Ran.

The highest level alarm will only be activated when a large amount of spiritual energy is detected!

"You all go back first. No one is allowed to approach without my permission!"

The car door was flung open with a bang.

Zhou Ran burst out of the Maybach, his eyes gleaming with a purple-gold light.

As the car door slowly closed due to inertia, he had already disappeared into the entrance leading deep into the Purple Bamboo Forest.

This little thing hatched way too fast!

It's only been a few days, and it's already hatching?

......

Inside the Xiao family's detached villa.

Lin Qingxue and the others were already standing at the door waiting.

The Su sisters, in particular, had changed into black and white maid outfits.

Their cheeks were rosy.

Sister Xiao said that since we are family, we must serve Zhou Ran well.

At this moment, one person was holding slippers and another was holding a clothes rack, preparing to help Zhou Ran change her clothes.

Instead of Zhou Ran, they saw their eldest sister walking over excitedly.

"While the men are out there conquering new territories, we shouldn't be idle either."

Chen Ya pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. The tenderness in her foxy phoenix eyes had vanished, leaving only calculation and longing.

She opened her tactical tablet, on which was a diagram of the liquidation of the Wang family's assets.

"Lin Qingxue".

"The Wang family owns thirteen pharmaceutical companies and manufacturing plants in Jiangnan Road, as well as more than fifty core distribution channels."

Before sunrise tomorrow, I want you to use the name of the offshore company to buy it all at a 20% discount.

Not a single scrap can be left.

"no problem."

Lin Qingxue's lips twitched, revealing a chill.

"I recently acquired a top-tier medical research institute; I might even make a fortune!"

"Red Glass".

Chen Ya swiped her finger across the screen.

"You will personally take over the Wang family's ocean-going fleet."

Within three days, I need the waterway from Jiangcheng to Tianjin to carry only one of our flags.

"Leave it to me."

Xiao Hongli tossed her long hair, her eyes resolute.

"If those old fogies in Beijing dare to stall, I'll send them to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish."

Chen Ya nodded in satisfaction, then turned her gaze to the two bewildered maids.

"My two younger sisters, outside the manor, Tide Saint Body fully activated."

Tonight, don't let even a fly in.

"Understood, Sister Chen Ya."

Azure light spread out like a tide, protecting the entire manor.

These women did not compete for his affections.

They were all using their own methods to solidify their position by this man's side, so that they could keep up with his footsteps as he shattered the stars.

……

Purple bamboo forest, underground secret chamber.

The heavy gate collapsed inward after Zhou Ran kicked it.

The scene behind the door made Zhou Ran's eyes narrow.

The entire secret room presents two completely different scenes.

On the left side, the extreme cold and deathly aura condensed the air into eerie blue ice crystals;

On the right half, blazing flames flowed like lava across the wall.

Two completely opposite, out-of-control energies are colliding violently in the center of the magic circle, devouring each other.

At the eye of the storm was the dragon egg that had absorbed all of Zhou Ran's primordial energy.

This was the method of stimulating childbirth that the old Taoist Master Xuyun taught him.

That is to forcibly use one's own blood and demonic energy to recognize a master.

Even a powerful figure like Li Chengfeng could only suppress the dragon, but he could not subdue it.

Therefore, Zhou Ran needs to start from a young age.

At this moment, he held his breath and focused on the dragon egg.

The original stone-like patterns on the eggshell have all fallen off, replaced by dragon scale patterns that look like they've been cast in black gold.

Cracks spread across the eggshell like ink lines.

A powerful aura belonging to the four-thousand-year-old dragon, mixed with the destructive intent of the calamity at the bottom of the river, burst forth from the crack.

Instead of retreating, Zhou Ran advanced, striding forward into the spiritual energy storm that could easily tear apart a Golden Core cultivator.

"town!"

He shuddered, activating his Primordial Overlord Body, and dark gold scales emerged from under his skin, covering his entire body. He then slammed his hands into the void.

The power of origin was released outward, forming a huge vortex that forcibly pushed all the overflowing spiritual energy back into the center of the magic array!

The eggshell shattered.

A burst of rich, dark gold light exploded out.

Zhou Ran fixed his gaze with his Purple-Gold Demon Eyes and saw a creature the size of a house cat lying in the center of the shattered eggshell.

Its body is covered with rhomboid black and gold scales, its four claws are strong and powerful, two bulges are slightly raised on the top of its head, and a dark red thorn runs from head to tail along its back.

Although it is a juvenile, its pair of vertical pupils are open, and the savagery and ferocity within them are marks etched in its blood!

Born with a golden elixir!

"roar--"

The little dragon let out a tender yet extremely penetrating roar.

It locked onto Zhou Ran at first glance.

Without the slightest hesitation, the young dragon transformed into a black and gold afterimage and pounced straight at Zhou Ran's face.

This is not an attack.

It landed steadily on Zhou Ran's arm, crawled up the Taihuang scales to his palm, opened its small mouth full of fine barbs, and bit Zhou Ran's index finger.

Zhou Ran felt a sharp pain in her fingertip; the flesh had been bitten through.

He didn't shake it off, letting it greedily suck the blood from his fingertips.

As the young dragon absorbed the blood, the wildness in its eyes was gradually replaced by a deep sense of submission.

The soul blood pact has been formed.

Zhou Ran felt that a clear spiritual connection had been added to his sea of ​​consciousness, and the life and death of this young dragon were in his hands.

"That's interesting."

Zhou Ran withdrew his finger and touched the young dragon's cold, hard head.

The young dragon snorted comfortably, and two thin streams of frost-like yin energy shot out from its nostrils.

"Are you so craving yin energy?"

Zhou Ran noticed its abnormality.

This little thing, being newly born, disliked the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but instead showed a strong interest in the residual yin and death energy in the corner of the secret room.

Just as he was about to study the new pet further.

The temperature inside the sealed room suddenly dropped.

This chill did not come from flesh and blood, but directly froze the soul.

The Yin-gathering Banner, placed on the other side of the magic circle, moves automatically even without wind.

On the banner, the originally dim spider lily patterns suddenly lit up on their own, with an eerie red light flowing through them.

A visible black wind pierced through all the top-level defensive formations surrounding the manor.

They bypassed the Su sisters' tidal domain and directly penetrated into this underground chamber, which was covered with barriers.

Everything around slowed down, even the dust seemed to freeze in the air.

Even the young dragon on Zhou Ran's shoulder had its scales standing on end and let out an uneasy growl.

"Having taken a soul that shouldn't have been taken, how dare you indulge in worldly pleasures?"

A female voice rang in Zhou Ran's ears; its tone was ethereal, yet devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

The space in front of Zhou Ran rippled.

The black wind gathered and took shape.