Under the piercing sunlight, Xu Que woke up, squinting his eyes slightly.

My face feels a bit itchy, and it seems like I'm surrounded by a patch of grass.

"Didn't I die in a car accident? How am I alive again?"

He was somewhat surprised, but before he could figure out how he had escaped death, the scene before his eyes made him immediately widen them in excitement.

Immediately, he was dumbfounded!

He saw a girl dressed in ancient attire, looking like a fairy, slowly lifting her traditional skirt bit by bit, aiming at the spot where he lay in the grass, and then she seemed about to squat down..

Oh my God!

This girl, could it be that she wants to..

No way! That can't be!

How could such a beautiful girl relieve herself just anywhere? And as an upright person like me, it's impossible for me to peek..

Xu Que widened his eyes.

Just like that, he watched helplessly as the beautiful girl completely removed her skirt in front of him. Her undergarments were also slowly taken off, revealing a tender, pale expanse, accompanied by a unique feminine fragrance.

This immediately made Xu Que unable to stay calm.

Seeing that the girl was about to aim at his head, Xu Que hurriedly pulled his head out of the dense bushes and shouted:

"Miss, what are you doing? You can't relieve yourself just anywhere!"

The scene instantly became awkward.

The woman half-squatted on the ground, her whole body stiffened, and then..

"Ah..."

She let out a scream, hastily dropped her skirt, and sprang up from where she stood, astonishingly stepping on a sharp sword and soaring away through the air.

What the heck is this? Sword flying?

So, she really is a damn fairy?

Xu Que was startled, and at the same time, a large segment of unfamiliar yet familiar memories suddenly surged into his mind, as if he had experienced them from birth.

Time travel! I freaking time traveled!

Immediately accessing the memories that did not originally belong to him, Xu Que sorted everything out.

This is actually a world of cultivation, where people can practice various techniques to become immortals, just like the little fairy flying on her sword in front of me, who is furious.

The owner of this body turned out to be the current imperial son-in-law, but this imperial son-in-law was an absolute unlucky fellow.

He himself was merely a poor orphan, yet he possessed a unique spiritual root that was a once-in-a-millennium rarity.

In his youth, he was chosen by the emperor to become a prince consort by chance, provided with countless rare treasures for his cultivation. In just six short years, he formed his core and stepped into the Golden Core stage.

On the day he entered the Golden Core stage, he finally consummated his marriage with the princess. They spent seven days and seven nights in the bridal chamber, and as a result, the enchantingly beautiful princess, as seductive as a fox, drained all his cultivation and even took away his spiritual roots and innate talents.

The genius consort had just been newly married when he was reduced to a cripple. Deemed worthless, he was quietly sent out of the palace overnight. On the way to his exile at the border, he was struck dead by someone arranged by the emperor, and his lifeless body was abandoned here.

"Alas, what a pity!"

Having sorted through these memories, Xu Que's face was full of regret. He shook his head, sighed, and said in frustration, "Damn it! Why couldn't I have crossed over a bit earlier, to the time when I was having wild fun in bed with the beautiful princess?"

Thinking of that beautiful princess's enchanting allure on the wedding bed, her proud figure, and her myriad seductive breaths, Xu Que felt even more regretful—he had arrived just a moment too late!

"Bold scoundrel, how dare you spy on me while I'm using the restroom! Prepare to meet your end!"

At this moment, a delicate rebuke suddenly echoed; it was the fairy who had returned.

Her face was flushed with shame and anger, but her eyes carried an endless killing intent. She stepped on the icy, gleaming sword and charged towards Xu Que.

"Damn, fairy, this is definitely a misunderstanding! Clearly, you sat down right where I was lying, and... even if you want to kill me to vent your anger, could you at least pull up your pants first? The way you are now, I really have no motivation to run away!"

Xu Que shouted loudly and took off running.

The woman's face changed instantly, blushing furiously as she pulled up the undergarments beneath her skirt. She spat and angrily shouted, "Lecherous thief, seeking death!" The speed of the flying sword beneath her feet suddenly increased, whizzing towards Xu Que.

While sprinting wildly, Xu Que frantically thought of ways to escape.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.

He immediately stopped in his tracks, reached into his robe to pull out a familiar token, and turned to shout at the woman, "Audacious demoness, I am the prince consort of the Fire Yuan Kingdom. How dare you show me disrespect? Beware, or I will exterminate your entire clan!"

At that moment, a series of system notifications suddenly rang in Xu Que's mind.

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"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for activating the Pretentious Slap System. This system will safeguard you, help you show off, and help you soar!"

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully showing off, rewarded with 1 point of show-off value. Would you like to enter the shop to redeem?"

"The system has detected that the host 'Xu Que' has low abilities and will find it difficult to survive in this world's level of difficulty. A beginner's gift pack is specially awarded. Would you like to check the gift pack?"

At the same time as the prompt sounded, a light screen window popped up in front of him, displaying several pieces of information.

"Host: Xu Que

Realm: Mortal (Powerless)

Experience Points: 0/100

Pretentiousness Level: 1 point

Cultivation Technique: None

Occupation: None

Status: Prince Consort of the Fire Yuan Kingdom in the Eastern Wilderness Continent

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"Hiss... hahaha..."

Xu Que first gasped, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

What kind of pretentious face-slapping system is this? It sounds tailor-made for me, a heaven-defying system to help me dominate the skies! This is going to be fun.

"Scoundrel, facing death, what do you find so amusing?"

Suddenly, a sharp rebuke pulled Xu Que back from his ecstasy.

The young woman had somehow already positioned herself about a dozen meters in front of him, holding a flying sword pointed at him, her large, watery eyes warily and suspiciously fixed on him.

Xu Que's eyes narrowed slightly as he thought for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "I am the prince consort of the Fire Yuan Kingdom! Even the noble royal princess, I can look at whenever I want. You are merely somewhat attractive. It is your good fortune that I am willing to look at you! Don't think that just because you have a flying sword, you can shout and kill. This prince consort is a once-in-a-century genius in the art of cultivation. Do you think I would be afraid of a little girl like you? Come, come... Do you want to fight me? If you have the guts, take one step closer and see what happens!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully showing off, reward: 1 point of show-off value."

Sure enough, the system prompt that only Xu Que could hear sounded again in his ear, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud once more.

It turns out that this pretentious face-slapping system really lives up to its name. As long as you act pretentious, you can earn pretentious points, level up, and receive various rewards from the system..

"Right, there seems to be a gift pack." Xu Que's eyes suddenly lit up, and he called out in his mind, "Check the gift pack."

Suddenly, the image on the light screen window changed, revealing a square gift box. The box was opened, and several streaks of light leaped out, disappearing in a flash.

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for obtaining a Beginner Experience Pill. Consuming it will grant ten thousand experience points."

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for obtaining two beginner-level Divine Escape Talismans. After use, you can instantly move to any place within a five-kilometer radius."

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for obtaining the beginner-level 'Ancient Five Elements Technique' (Note: The beginner-level chapter can only be cultivated up to the Foundation Establishment stage, subsequent chapters can be exchanged in the mall)."

"Ding, the host 'Xu Que' has been detected with incomplete spiritual roots, not meeting the cultivation requirements. The system will complete all your spiritual roots for you."

Immediately, Xu Que felt as if a current of electricity surged through his body, making his scalp tingle instantly.

But what followed was a sense of comfort, as if every pore in his body had been completely opened, greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

Boom!

Soon, he felt a tremendous change in his body, becoming closer to nature, as if he could merge with all things and control everything.

But he was very familiar with this feeling. Back when his Heavenly Fire Spiritual Root had not yet been taken by the princess, he had felt this same closeness to flames. Now, not only had the system repaired his Heavenly Fire Spiritual Root, but it had also completed the other elemental spiritual roots.

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—suddenly, all five spiritual roots were present, and each one was of the highest "heaven" grade.

Oh my gosh, this is defying the heavens!

Thinking of this, Xu Que could no longer hold back and raised his arm, shouting, "With the system in hand, the world is mine. What nonsense about the Fire Yuan Kingdom's princess and emperor? When I, Xu Que, return upgraded, I'll crush you all under my feet, smashing you to pieces."

"Audacious scoundrel! You claim to be the prince consort of the Fire Origin Kingdom, yet you dare to utter such wild words and plot regicide?" The woman beside him was a bit stunned. Had the prince consort lost his mind? How could he dare to say such treasonous things?

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully showing off, earning 1 point of show-off value."

Xu Que finally came to his senses, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. Damn it, he had been so focused on showing off and looking to the future that he almost forgot about the current trouble. He needed to quickly find a way to escape.

"Right, the experience pill!"

He suddenly remembered that there was still a beginner's experience pill in the novice gift pack.

Without any hesitation, he quickly used his mind to operate the system interface, opened a package, and three items suddenly appeared inside.

"Use, use." Xu Que stared at the two items, shouting in his heart.

A series of system notification sounds instantly echoed in my mind:

"Ding, congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully cultivating the 'Ancient Five Elements Technique'."

"Ding, host 'Xu Que' has consumed a Beginner Experience Pill and gained ten thousand experience points."

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for leveling up. Current realm: First level of the Qi Refining stage."

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for leveling up. Current realm: Second Layer of the Qi Refining Stage."

"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for leveling up. Current realm: Third level of the Qi Refining stage."

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"Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for leveling up. Current realm: Tenth level of the Qi Refining stage."

In just a few breaths, Xu Que transformed from an ordinary person with no strength to bind a chicken into a cultivator, directly advancing to the tenth level of the Qi Refining stage, just one step away from the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, his current strength was actually countless times more powerful than that of a normal tenth-level Qi Refining stage cultivator.

The reason is that he possesses five heavenly spiritual roots, which is equivalent to having five times the strength of an ordinary person.

Even under the mutual generation and restraint of these five different spiritual energies, the power that erupts is far more than just five times as simple.

"This time there's nothing more to say. If I'm not invincible, who is?"

Xu Que couldn't contain his excitement.

But at that moment, the woman opposite swung a streak of light, slicing through the sky. The razor-sharp blade, gleaming with a deadly edge, darted forward like a venomous snake in the blink of an eye.

"Damn it, fairy! I just called you over so this prince could get a good look at you, little beauty. Who told you to draw your sword? This is an ambush! It's a sneak attack!"

Xu Que saw the flying sword coming at him and was immediately startled, cursing out loud.

Though he cursed, his movements were precise. He slid backward smoothly, and a wisp of water elemental energy gathered at his fingertips, which he flicked lightly against the oncoming blade.

"Clang!"

A sharp, trembling sound rang out as the sword was flicked away by him.

"This... how is this possible?"

The woman was instantly stunned. In the sect, those who could so effortlessly counter this sword strike, aside from the unmeasurable masters and uncles, would at least need to be at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment stage!

"I’m really puzzled. I already said what happened just now was a misunderstanding, yet you keep pestering me, and you even want to kill me? Don’t think that just because you look like a fairy, I won’t hit you. Anyway, I didn’t get a good look earlier, so this time I’ll take a proper look."

Xu Que cursed angrily, his feet moving in a peculiar pattern. The earth elemental energy instantly merged with the ground, his speed suddenly doubling. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the woman.

Immediately, a stream of water elemental energy surged from the palm, encircling the surroundings. Before the woman could react, she was instantly restrained.

"Lewd... lewd thief, what do you intend to do?" The woman was shocked, feeling the fire elemental energy within her being completely suppressed.

"Heh heh! Since you've already called me a lecherous thief, I can't just take the blame for nothing."

Xu Que wore a mischievous grin, raised an eyebrow, and reached out to lift the woman's skirt.