Ghostly Blessing

In my previous life, I was half a move short and ultimately failed to reach the summit.
Having traveled back to the past, this time... I want to become the strongest in this world!
To become the strongest in this world, one only needs three simple steps:
1. Pick up a newly-transferred Demonic Sect Enchantress off the streets.
2. Subdue and vanquish the demon.
3. Take her cultivation technique for myself.
Awesome! I'm already invincible!
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Years later, Yan Yu, who had earned the title of "the strongest," was interviewed on television:
Host: To whom do you want to give thanks for your success today?
Yan Yu: I'd like to thank a very important woman to me.
Host (eyes lighting up): Oh, is she your wise and virtuous wife?
Yan Yu: No, consider her a stepping stone, I suppose.
Host (wiping sweat): Then... what about the other members of your team? They must have helped you as well, right?
Yan Yu: ... How could there possibly be only one stepping stone on the path to godhood?

Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

In the evening, a group of people arrived at Shengjing Prefecture in Liaoyang Province.


Representatives of the Zhendong Army, led by Li Weiguo, were invited by the Dingbei Army for dinner. After all, it was a high-level meeting, and etiquette was paramount.


Of course, everyone else was also invited, but whether to go or not was voluntary.


The civilian staff and military cultivators, upholding their usual spirit of collectivism, thought: If the boss goes, I go too,


but Chen Lingyun had no plans to attend.


"That's because Lord Master will definitely be at the banquet," she said with a grin. "We've just arrived in Shengjing, and we can't spoil our appetites at the sight of that face."


"You make some sense," Yan Yu said, stroking his chin. "One Chen Lingyun is enough; another one would indeed be too much to handle."


Chapter 39 First Encounter with the Valkyrie