The Heavenly Alliance headquarters was the most secure location in the Eastern Continent — a sprawling fortress-palace perched on floating islands, surrounded by seven layers of arrays, nine legions of guards, and one very overpaid immortal librarian.
Or so they thought.
The Emergency Council
The twelve highest-ranking members of the Heavenly Alliance gathered in the Hall of Judgment.
Elder Tian, their spokesperson, slammed his fist on the jade table.
"This 'Napocalypse' cannot be allowed to continue! Entire armies have been rendered unconscious without a drop of blood spilled!"
Elder Huo, squinting over his monocle, muttered, "It's… almost admirable, really."
Elder Tian glared. "Admirable?! The man is a threat to order itself!"
The council unanimously agreed: they would capture Jin Ye, seal his cultivation, and destroy his technique.
Meanwhile, in Skyward Leaf Sect…
Mu Shun was mid-lecture about "international consequences" when a messenger pigeon arrived.
It was wearing a tiny suit of armor and carrying a scroll sealed with golden wax.
Jin Ye cracked it open and read aloud:
"By order of the Heavenly Alliance, you are hereby summoned to stand trial for the crimes of:
Unauthorized large-scale napping.
Collusion with the Demonic Sect.
Repeated and flagrant disrespect to official correspondence.
You may surrender peacefully, or we will retrieve you by force.
Love and righteousness, Elder Tian."
Jin Ye smirked. "Cute."
The Alliance Elite Arrives
By sunset, the sky above the Skyward Leaf Sect was filled with streaks of light — the Heavenly Alliance's elite strike team, thirty cultivators strong, each radiating enough Qi to make the air hum.
Their leader, a woman in gleaming silver armor, announced herself:
"I am Commander Ling Yue of the Heavenly Alliance! Sect Leader Jin Ye, surrender at once!"
Jin Ye strolled out to the courtyard in his slippers.
"Do you have an appointment?"
"This is not a joke!" Ling Yue's sword flared with golden light. "We will take you—"
Yawn.
Half the strike team dropped where they stood.
The Napocalypse Begins
Ling Yue gritted her teeth and activated her protective Qi barrier — only to feel her eyelids getting heavy.
"What… are… you…" she mumbled before faceplanting into the grass.
The remaining conscious Alliance elites tried to retreat. Jin Ye lazily extended the radius of Instant Nap Zone, and they all slumped mid-air, drifting down like dandelion fluff.
Mu Shun pinched the bridge of his nose. "Senior Brother, you just declared war on the Heavenly Alliance."
Jin Ye poured himself tea. "No, they declared war on me. I declared nap time."
[Heavenly System Log]
User: Jin Ye
Cultivation: Qi Condensation – 8th Stage
New Passive Skill: "Napocalypse Aura" – Your nap technique now spreads faster when enemies are hostile.
Side Effect: World leaders have begun drafting countermeasures against you.
The Continent Reacts
By morning, the story was everywhere.
Markets, taverns, even sect training grounds buzzed with the same headline:
"One Man Defeats Heavenly Alliance Elite… Without Standing Up."
The Demonic Sect sent Jin Ye a congratulatory fruit basket.
The Coalition of Righteousness announced a joint bounty of 50,000 spirit stones for his capture.
And the Heavenly Alliance declared a continent-wide state of emergency.
The Heavenly Countermeasure
Three days later, Mu Shun came running into Jin Ye's courtyard, pale as a ghost.
"They've built something! They call it… the Wake-Up Array!"
Jin Ye raised an eyebrow. "That's adorable. How's it supposed to work?"
Mu Shun handed him a blueprint smuggled from a spy. It showed a massive magical formation powered by constant sound waves and vibrating spiritual energy — in other words, the largest alarm clock in history.
"They're going to use it against you," Mu Shun said.
Jin Ye stretched. "Good. I've been meaning to sleep through something interesting."