I manage female characters in all the heavens.

No matter how strong you are, your power is still limited.

You can shatter a mountain with one punch, but can you shatter an entire world with one punch?

You can't.

But I can.

Pudu Cihang slowly clenched his fist hidden beneath his wide monk's robe, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He not only possesses Buddhist magical powers and supernatural abilities that are almost enough to make him a laughing man, but he is also a centipede spirit who has cultivated for thousands of years and possesses unparalleled demonic power.

Whether it is his Buddhist golden body or his true form as a great demon, both are equally unparalleled, possessing the power to overturn rivers and seas.

Buddha and demon are one, god and demon are one.

This is true power!

Even if a mere martial artist cultivates his skills to the highest level, he would still be no match for Pudu Cihang!

For the past few months, he had been carefully observing, probing, and enduring, all to ascertain Nie Yan's true background.

And now, he has confirmed it.

Nie Yan is not a demon, but a peerless martial artist.

A perfect meal.

The desire to devour, like a venomous snake, slowly rose from the depths of his heart.

His main purpose in coming to the central court as the national advisor was to devour the officials and emperor who were blessed with good fortune.

Firstly, they devour flesh and blood essence to enhance their cultivation; secondly, they use the dragon energy and fortune within them to cleanse themselves, shed their demonic nature, and transform into true dragons.

The goal of transforming into a dragon is actually very far away. He himself doesn't know if he can succeed. He is just doing it with a try-it-out mentality.

But devouring living people to improve one's cultivation level is a real benefit.

Over the past few decades, he has already reaped small-scale gains in the imperial court several times.

He secretly orchestrated several partisan struggles, causing those disgraced officials to "accidentally" disappear, all of whom ended up in his belly.

Each harvest significantly improved his cultivation level.

And now, Nie Yan has arrived.

He was a high-ranking official of the third rank in the imperial court, and because of his own great strength, he had a great influence in the court. He was practically a faction in himself and carried the great fortune of the dynasty.

A peerless martial artist, possessing a vast amount of pure true energy within his body.

These two identities combined make Nie Yan almost a walking treasure trove in Pudu Cihang's eyes.

Once it is swallowed—

Pudu Cihang could hardly imagine what a rich reward that would be!

Perhaps, this one person's gains will exceed the sum of his previous decades!

Greed burned within him like a raging fire, which he could no longer suppress.

He sat cross-legged inside the stupa, chanting sutras with his eyes closed, his expression remaining calm and serene.

But beneath the calm chanting of sutras, a strange and chilling undercurrent was quietly spreading.

That was the greed and murderous intent that he could not suppress deep in his heart, which was transmitted to the hearts of the demons under his command who were also disguised as monks and sorcerers through some unique way.

Deep within the Golden Light Temple—

In a secluded room, a young monk who was copying scriptures suddenly stopped writing.

He raised his head, a blood-red light flashing in his eyes, and slowly grinned, revealing a bloodthirsty smile.

On the east side of the Zen temple, in a Buddhist hall, an old monk who was striking a wooden fish suddenly stopped.

He clasped his hands together, and beneath his lowered eyelids, his pupils became vertical, gleaming with a cold, eerie green light.

On the west side of the Zen temple, in a quiet room, a middle-aged monk who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes.

A sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and a low, beast-like growl escaped his throat.

In an instant, all the monks in the Jin Guang Zen Temple, who were usually compassionate and dignified, revealed their true colors.

They understood—

Another exhilarating devouring is about to begin.

While the Lord ate meat, they could at least have a sip of soup.

This time, however, the Lord's suppressed desire was far more intense than ever before.

perhaps--

It's time to completely annex this dynasty.

Thousands of miles away.

Tianqiong Mountain.

Nie Xiaoqian slowly opened her eyes as she began her cultivation.

She sat cross-legged on the cliff behind the Danyang Sect, with a dazzling starry sky above her and a surging sea of ​​clouds below. The night wind blew her clothes, making them flutter.

Her gaze was calm and profound, as if piercing through layers of clouds and looking towards the distant void.

After a moment, she sighed softly.

"It still doesn't work..."

The true energy within her body had reached an astonishing level of ten thousand years of cultivation.

His magical power also increased significantly, reaching a level that ordinary cultivators might not be able to achieve even after a hundred years of cultivation.

but--

These are all quantitative improvements, not qualitative changes.

She sensed the genetic energy within her body—the energy she had painstakingly brought back from the Swallowed Star World, only to have it decompose back into true qi and magic power upon returning to the A Chinese Ghost Story World—and a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

She had actually anticipated this outcome.

Genetic energy is a product of the rules governing the swallowing of the starry sky.

She can use her true energy and magical power to devour the starry sky and transform it into higher-level genetic energy, but that's because of the ability of the pilots of the heavens, which allows her to bring the energy into higher worlds for adaptation and transformation.

The worldview of Swallowed Star is extremely vast, capable of encompassing an unbelievably wide range of systems; true energy and magical power do not exceed the scope of that world.

But the reverse is not true.

The world of A Chinese Ghost Story possesses a system of true qi and magic power, but lacks a genetic energy system.

The lower world cannot contain the rules and products of the higher world.

Even if you bring back high-level power from a higher world, as soon as you return to a lower world, this power will be forcibly dismantled by the rules of that world and transformed into a form that this world can accommodate.

The energy boost she gained over several months in the Swallowed Star World was regenerated into true qi and magic power upon her return to this world.

Although the quantity has increased dramatically, even exceeding ten thousand years in total true energy, the quality has not undergone a radical change.

same--

In the world of Swallowed Star, she used the rules of that world to transform her spiritual power into mental energy, which was also restored in this "return".

The basic benefits of those advanced worlds only apply in the world of Swallowed Star.

In the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, if she wants to transform spiritual energy into spiritual power and directly unleash its might, she has to find a way herself; the world itself is not capable of doing it for her.

High energy naturally governs low energy, but if low energy tries to govern high energy, it's like someone who's not fully awake.

This means that her previous plan to use her mental powers to return to the Ling Cage world and beat up Bai Yuekui has also fallen through.

"As expected, my cheat code has its limits..."

She now truly feels that her cheat system has its limits, and it is clearly no longer able to help her make great strides in a high-level world like Swallowing the Stars.

She murmured to herself, but there was little frustration in her eyes; instead, there was a hint of relief.

For the past few months, she has been thinking about a question—

How should I walk my own path?

The ability to be a pilot of the heavens did indeed give her great convenience.

It can travel through countless worlds, take on various roles in different worlds, gain clones, and share power...

These abilities, in any lower-level world, would be enough for her to do whatever she wants.

but--

What if we place it in a higher world?

For example, Swallowing the Stars.

These clones of hers are probably top-tier beings in many worlds.

In the vast universe of Swallowed Star, this is nothing more than an ordinary chance.

Not to mention her few clones, there are still many people in the Devouring Star universe who have dozens or even hundreds of clones.

But of those people, how many will ultimately become cosmic masters? And how many will become cosmic rulers?

The vast majority of them could not even achieve immortality or godhood.

The drivers of the heavens can give her an advantage at the start, give her shortcuts, and give her opportunities that others don't have.

But it cannot complete the entire journey for you.

True strength ultimately depends on one's own efforts.

"However, this may not necessarily be a bad thing."

Nie Xiaoqian stood up, stretched her limbs, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"What can make you stand out in a lower world may be nothing in a higher world."

"This is a helpless situation for me, but it is also an opportunity."

"This means that I might be able to rely on myself to obtain something beyond cheat codes in the higher world and become stronger."

Her starting point was already much higher than Luo Feng's, and whether she could eventually surpass him was too far off; no one could guarantee that. But for now, she was at least still stronger than Luo Feng.