Spirit Energy Continent
Deep within the Hundred-Thousand Mountains, a man in a green robe stared hopelessly at the gathering of great demons before him. His face was filled with worry and confusion.
"Where did this mess suddenly come from?"
Is this still the homeland... no, is this still Earth?
"My Lord, the humans are bullying us too much! You must stand up for us!" declared a half-human, half-snake demon king, flicking his tongue aggressively.
One by one, the other demon kings began speaking up, all begging Jiang Chen to seek justice for their kind.
"Our spirit monkeys are just adorable creatures. Do we deserve to be captured by humans as mere pets? Just yesterday, an old Taoist from Haotian Sect arrived with his disciples for 'training' and kidnapped more than a dozen of our precious monkey cubs!" one complained bitterly.
"What about my fox clan?" another chimed in. "Everyone knows how many of us have been captured! Whether from the demonic or righteous paths, the number of fox demons caught each year could circle the entire Hundred-Thousand Mountains two and a half times!"
"Heh!" The macaque king gave a desperate smile. "You spirit monkeys can at least be pets, but what about us macaques? Humans capture us to be used as circus performers! Some even lock us in gardens just because we look 'ugly,' letting human children visit freely, humiliating us daily with bananas, apples, and kiwis."
"That's nothing!" interrupted the blue lion king. "Because of our majestic manes that make us look fierce and brave, how many of us have been captured as mounts? Who has suffered more than us?"
"I HAVE!"
The tall and mighty tiger king stepped forward, his face etched with sorrow.
"You?" The other demon kings looked skeptical.
"Tiger King, don't act weak. Everyone knows your tiger clan's fighting power rivals human sacred lands. Who would dare mess with you?"
"Ha, hahaha!" The tiger king laughed bitterly, looking around at everyone.
"Do you know there's a saying among humans, both righteous and demonic? 'Eat what you want to strengthen yourself with.'"
"Our tiger clan is indeed powerful, but because of that, human cultivators take pride in consuming our flesh and blood. Especially the major sacred lands—they love our reproductive organs the most. Tell me, who has suffered more than me?!"
Damn!
Many male demon kings felt a chill run through their bodies and instinctively clenched their legs.
So... the tiger clan truly suffered the most.
Jiang Chen finally understood his situation. He had transmigrated into the body of a demon clan leader.
But the demon clan's situation was dire; their survival was extremely threatened, oppressed jointly by the human race's righteous and demonic paths.
No, "oppressed" was an understatement.
More accurately, neither the righteous nor demonic paths even regarded the demon clan as equals—though demons weren't human either.
"My Lord," interrupted a new voice, "my Jade Rabbit clan had a market stall raided by those wretched demons. Thousands of rabbits were captured to grind medicine!"
"Rabbit King sister," countered the White Elephant King, "your clan reproduces quickly—only thousands of rabbits lost. The urgent matter is my White Elephant clan—over a dozen great demons at the demon core realm had their tusks forcibly removed by the Hun Yuan Sect and turned into chopsticks! My Lord, you must stand up for us!"
Hearing this, the cute Rabbit King's ears perked up, her red eyes fixed angrily on the White Elephant King.
"What do you mean? Our thousands of rabbits are not worth a few broken tusks of your elephant clan?"
The White Elephant King wore a proud expression.
"Of course not. In terms of rarity and value, our White Elephant clan, especially our ivory, is far more precious than rabbits."
"My Lord!" The Jade Rabbit hopped to Jiang Chen's side, tugging his sleeve pitifully.
"First, I accuse the White Elephant King of racial discrimination! Second, their elephants only had their teeth pulled, but we rabbits were captured alive by demons! How can that be the same?"
"The infamous demon clan's cruelty needs no elaboration."
"They captured us rabbits to help grind medicine. Our wages are less than half of their native demons, and even the righteous cultivators imprisoned by demons get three times our pay!"
"The captured rabbits work seven hours a day, with only five days off per month! Exploitation—blatant exploitation!"
"During holidays, we can't leave the demon territory, supposedly for our 'protection.' Imprisonment—blatant imprisonment!"
"When medicine production falls short, demons feed us pills to boost cultivation and force overtime! Oppression—blatant oppression!"
So miserable!
Even the White Elephant King fell silent, admitting that if true, the Jade Rabbit clan was indeed more miserable than his own.
They only lost half their cultivation when their tusks were removed by Hun Yuan Sect and could recover gradually.
But the rabbits' psychological trauma would be hard to heal!
"My Lord, reliable intelligence says the human race has a three-year plan and five-year strategy to annihilate our demon clan within five years!"
"I say we fight the humans to the death! Forget righteous or demonic paths—let's go all out!"
"Yes, if we keep getting eaten away like this, our demon clan will be extinct!"
"Exactly! Humans have bullied demons too much in recent years! One step back leads to disaster, two steps back means extinction. I second that!"
"My tiger clan volunteers to be the vanguard! Better to die fighting than live in shame!"
"My Lord, let's revolt!"
At this moment, Jiang Chen's face turned pale.
Revolt? Impossible!
After all, he had just become the demon clan leader, and he hadn't even enjoyed a single peaceful day before war was about to break out?
Anyone could see the demon clan was merely a plaything to humans.
If war broke out now, defeat was certain!
If these demon kings had made Jiang Chen feel that even in dire circumstances, he could use his transmigration knowledge for tactical maneuvering, then their following "strategic suggestions" completely crushed his hope.
"My fox clan will send a beautiful saintess to seduce the sacred son of the Great Qian Sacred Land!"
"Then my White Elephant clan will poison our own ivory! We'll kill those high-level cultivators who consume ivory!"
"My spirit monkeys will no longer act cute for humans or provide them emotional comfort!"
"My macaque clan will issue an order: after being captured by humans, we will starve ourselves rather than eat their food, so cultivators lose the joy of feeding us!"
"I... I..." The petite Rabbit King's chest heaved as her mind frantically plotted how to retaliate against humans.
"I'll have the Jade Rabbit clan slack off when grinding medicine! Normally they grind 5,000 jars a day, but from now on only 3,000—no, 3,000 is too few, easy to get fined... let's say 4,000... 4,500 jars a day. Let them lose money!"
Uh...
Possibly the most pathetic revenge plan so far.
No way!
Seeing one ridiculous "war plan" after another, Jiang Chen made up his mind.
Absolutely no war!
There was no hope of winning!
Using memories from his original body, Jiang Chen didn't reveal any confusion. He gave some excuse about the matter being serious and needing careful planning, then temporarily dismissed the many pathetic demon kings.
[Ding! Detected host transmigrated to another world. Invincible System successfully bound]
[Scanning current world...]
[Building current world network...]
[Loading current spatial teleport function...]
[Loading complete!]
[Decompressing...]
[Friendly tip: Loading does not consume data]
Jiang Chen: ?
Invincible System?
Such a lame name?
But I really like it!
Though systems like consumption rebate, cultivation acceleration by ten thousand times, copying others' talents, or saintess and witch falling in love with me are also good and more fun.
But when transmigration really happens to you, the plain and simple "Invincible" seems quite appealing.
Steady as a rock!
But why build a network?
The memories from his original body had no mention of needing a network in this world.
Finally, after decompression finished, he eagerly opened the system interface in his mind.
Gift Crab?
Jiang Chen: (꒪_꒪‧̣̥̇)…
Is this the "Invincible" system?
"Come on, system, tell your master, what use is this thing?"
Market Invincible System? Isn't this just a system mall?
A mall is fine.
Selling immortal arts, immortal energy, immortal pills—paying to get stronger is acceptable for a demon lord like him.
But why is this a phone app store?
Looking around, he saw all kinds of apps.
TikTok, Honor of Kings, Dungeon and Goblins, Rabbit Tea Princess...
Basically, all the apps that existed on phones in his previous world were here, and those that weren't on phones weren't here either.
Most of the icons were greyed out, showing "not yet on the mall, cannot purchase."
Oh.
There was one thing he could buy.
Good news: He could buy a phone.
Bad news: This was a cultivation world. Was he supposed to smash powerful humans with a phone?
"Purchase requires 1 emotion point?"
The bottom right showed 100 emotion points.
Gained by absorbing the emotions of phone users—joy, anger, sorrow, happiness.
[Invincible System bound successfully. First binding grants a lottery chance.]
[Congratulations host, you got the first free app: Douyin (TikTok) app.]
Douyin?
Which version?!
After cycling through several expressions, Jiang Chen used 1 emotion point and got a phone in his hand.
Its functions were minimal—only camera, flashlight, and basic features.
The only special thing was it could absorb surrounding spirit energy and never needed charging.
Except for the lonely Douyin app on the screen.
With an excited heart and trembling hands, he bound his divine sense and powered it on!
Inside was indeed empty...
Completely empty, though the functions were normal and complete: he could take photos, chat, even use special effects and background music.
But no content had been published.
"Oh! I get it! I finally understand the true meaning of the Invincible System!"
[Invincible System: You are teachable...]
"Because you are already invincible, right? 👌😏"
[Invincible System: ....]