MTL - The Black Technology Era of Xueba - Chapter 897 Cut off the supply chain

As the era of dragons gradually came to an end, as arcane masters left countless riches and legends under the starry sky, one awakened youngster after another began to set foot on their journey.

What if something made Naruto the dead-last that everyone perceives him to be? What if he really wasn't as weak as he appeared? The true Naruto, unleashed upon the shinobi world! AU story starts at the Konoha Invasion arc and continues from there..

No one knew that the aloof, god-like Jasper Lockwood had fallen for Chloe Sterling at first sight, secretly loving her for a long time.Chloe Sterling was found by her birth parents and returned to Crestfall from the countryside.What awaited her was not a mother's affection and a father's love, but indifference and contempt.“You're worthless, how could you possibly compare to your sister!”“The gap between you is as wide as heaven and earth!”Her heart turning cold, Chloe Sterling left the Sterling Family, only to have a flash marriage with Jasper Lockwood, the CEO of Crestfall's number one prestigious family.After marrying, The Big Boss Lockwood became a wife-doting maniac, like a besotted monarch. Everyone couldn't stand it, wondering what right a mere country bumpkin had.It wasn't until Chloe Sterling's identity was exposed that the crowd realized they were the ones who had been blind!

Long Chen, a crippled youth who cannot cultivate, is constantly targeted and bullied by his fellow noble heirs. After a particularly vicious beating, he wakes up and realizes a Pill God’s soul has somehow merged with him, giving him some additional memories. Within those memories is the mysterious Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, a cultivation technique that even he can train in, but whose secrets and origin are still a mystery to him. Relying on his improved instincts as he finally begins to cultivate, he realizes a huge conspiracy is underfoot within the Phoenix Cry Empire, one involving his father, members of the imperial family, and even the Emperor himself.

In order to solve the mysteries around him, he must rely on his new alchemy techniques and the powerful but baffling Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Countless enemies block him as he attempts to climb to the peak of the cultivation world.

Fate destined him to be only a chess piece, but he would not bow to the will of the Heavens.