By a stroke of luck, Bu Xiaoyao unlocks the Fate River Chart game.
In the game, the greater a character's future achievements, the more generous the rewards he receives.
As luck would have it, Bu Xiaoyao knows exactly how to push characters to grow.
Within the Fate River Chart...
He protects a girl born with a crippled physique, fighting his way through the cultivation world. Then he smiles and tells her, “Tong'er, they say that once you become a Heavenly Emperor, you can reverse life and death and undo every tragedy. So don't cry. Now pull this sword from my chest and use it to take my spiritual root. Then live well.”
He teaches a girl the merciless path for ten years, personally tempering her into the sharpest sword in the world. On the day she completes her Dao, he sits cross-legged before her sword and smiles. “Congratulations. You're one step away from mastering the merciless path. I'm the last trial of your heart. Come, overcome it, then go and kill your enemies with your own hands.”
He takes in an abandoned little girl and spends sixteen years lying to her, telling her she has a crippled meridian. On the day the truth is revealed, he turns his back to her and pulls out his spine one bone at a time. “Xiao Yin, your meridians aren't crippled. You're the last true dragon in this world. I've hidden your spine where no one can find it. Come, take it, then fly.”
While Bu Xiaoyao is so engrossed in completing missions and collecting generous rewards that he can't tear himself away,
he opens his eyes inside the Fate River Chart, then freezes.
One holds a sword, one still has dragon horns, and one wears an expressionless face.
The one with the sword steps forward and gently lays a sword before him.
“Liar.”
“I've become an Emperor.”
“But I searched all three realms...”
“And I still couldn't find you.”
Wait, what?
Wasn't this supposed to be just a game?
How did it become real?
