Villain System: Stealing the Protagonist's Harem and Luck

Chapter 027: The God King Reborn, Elder Ming’s Secret Identity

The Central State was divided into eight domains, with the Central Heaven Domain being the crown jewel—the most prosperous and spiritually dense region.

Sects stood like forests, and Dao traditions were as numerous as the stars.

The Daoji Academy was the pinnacle of them all. Known as the “Academy of Heaven’s Chosen,” it was a melting pot where geniuses from every major power gathered to compete. To study here was a guarantee of a glorious future; many of the current Holy Lords and Emperors of the Central State were once alumni.

However, in a quiet lecture hall, there was a glaring exception.

A gray-robed woman stood at the podium, her beautiful eyes frosted with anger. Her aura surged with frustration.

Below her, the other disciples wore expressions of mockery and disdain. They looked down at the youth sprawled on his desk, snoring loudly as if he were in his own bedroom.

“How did this trash get into the Daoji Academy? He’s an embarrassment to us all.”

“Heh. If he weren’t from the Ancient Lin Family, and if his sister weren’t an Academy Elder, do you think he’d be breathing the same air as us?”

“Elder Lin Qiuhan is truly unlucky to be saddled with such a useless brother.”

The whispers were venomous.

The subject of their ridicule was Lin Tian.

He was infamous in the Daoji Academy. Not for his talent, but for his breathtaking mediocrity. He was lazy, untalented, and spent his days sleeping. A textbook waste.

In stark contrast, his older half-sister, Lin Qiuhan, was the youngest and most beautiful Elder in the Academy’s history. Suitors lined up around the block for her, including Saint Sons and Imperial Princes.

The gap between the siblings was like heaven and earth.

“Lin Tian…”

Seeing him still asleep, Lin Qiuhan’s patience snapped. She marched down from the podium, her voice sharp with anger.

“Lin Tian! Wake up!”

The shout jolted the youth. He jerked awake with a miserable scream.

“Ah! This King is unwilling…!”

He sat up, gasping for air, his eyes wild and confused. He looked around the room, bewildered.

“Where is this? Who are you people?”

The class erupted in laughter.

“‘This King’? Hahaha! Did you hear that? The trash thinks he’s a king!”

“What kind of delusions was he dreaming about?”

Lin Qiuhan’s face flushed with second-hand embarrassment and fury.

Sleeping in my class is one thing, but pretending not to know me? Do you want to die?

“The Azure Realm… Central State… Central Heaven Domain…”

The youth muttered to himself, ignoring the mockery. Slowly, the confusion in his eyes faded, replaced by a sharp, ancient gleam.

I see. So that is how it is.

To think that I, the mighty Slaughter Heaven God King, would be reborn through body possession.

The soul inhabiting this body was no longer the trash Lin Tian. It was an ancient God King who had dared to slaughter the heavens. He had perished in a spatial rift during his Ascension but, by a stroke of luck, his remnant soul had survived and seized this body.

Wait… the cultivation system here is different.

Lin Tian quickly analyzed his memories.

In my old world, one needed to reach the God King Realm to ascend. But here… the Void God Realm is enough?

Heh. This world is weak.

With his memories and experience, standing at the apex of this world would be child’s play.

As for his current situation?

Ridiculed by clansmen? Despised by peers?

I am the Slaughter Heaven God King. Sooner or later, I will slap the faces of everyone who looked down on me until their teeth fall out.

He glanced at the beautiful woman scolding him. Memories of the original host’s secret, forbidden love for his sister surfaced.

You wanted to possess her but lacked the guts? Don’t worry. This King will handle your obsessions for you.

As for bloodlines and ethics… to an existence like me, those are mere shackles for mortals.

“Lin Tian! What are you grinning at?”

Lin Qiuhan frowned, her tone heavy with disappointment.

“If you don’t break through to the Spirit Sea Realm this month, you will be expelled. Not even the Family can protect you then. Do you understand?”

She was harsh because she cared. As a concubine’s son with poor talent, Lin Tian’s position in the Lin Family was precarious. She was his only shield.

“A mere Spirit Sea Realm? How could that trouble me?”

Lin Tian leaned back, a look of supreme arrogance on his face.

“Give me half a day. I will break through.”

Lin Qiuhan shook her head, sighing. He was hopeless.

The class exploded in laughter again.

“Half a day? He’s still dreaming!”

“Did he sleep his brain away?”

Lin Tian ignored them. An elephant does not concern itself with the opinions of ants.

Laugh while you can. In a few days, I will teach you the meaning of power.

…

Boom!

High above the clouds, the void trembled.

A massive, luxurious flying boat tore through the sky, surrounded by radiant divine light and flowing runes. It crossed the border into the Central State.

On the deck, Gu Changge stood with his hands behind his back, his robes billowing in the wind. He looked down at the landscape below.

[Ding! New Child of Providence detected.]

The System prompt made him pause.

Ye Chen isn’t even dead yet, and a new one has already appeared?

The leeks in this world grow fast.

“To think this old servant would see the Central State again…”

Behind him, Elder Ming gazed at the unfamiliar mountains and rivers with a heavy heart.

“It has been 30,000 years. The seas have turned to mulberry fields; ancient cities have turned to dust.”

He felt a pang of “proximity fear”—the anxiety of returning home after too long.

Are my descendants still here? Did the family survive?

“Elder Ming ascended from the Central State?” Su Qingge asked, surprised. She had assumed he was a native of the Upper Realm.

“Indeed,” Elder Ming smiled nostalgically. “Before I ascended, I founded a small family here…”

“Few people know this, but my real surname… is Lin.”