Creating a card capable of opposing a deity?
Unrealistic.
The resources and level required for that far exceed what the current points can support.
Sometimes, you don’t need actual force—just something to make them scare themselves.
What Su Qi needed was a… bluff. Something that appeared overwhelmingly powerful, capable of instantly dominating the scene and unsettling the deity’s mind.
A hollow card.
The core lay in "deterrence," not "combat."
What concept carried the most deterrent power?
Destruction? Annihilation?
Or… nothingness?
Neither.
Su Qi’s gaze fell on the mere 2 points of【Crystalline】he possessed.
The rarest, most mysterious points.
So far, he’d only obtained them twice.
Hopefully, it would be enough…
"I want to create a card that can mimic the aura of the Lord of the Stars."
The thought arose, and the system responded.
【1 Shimmer = 1 second】
What?
Su Qi’s eyes widened.
How was this not outright robbery?
After saving up for so long, he couldn’t even sustain three seconds?
Fine.
Two seconds would have to do…
Two seconds was still something.
This time, the card-making process wasn’t just about condensing light points.
It was more like… using【Shimmer】as fuel to pry open a higher-tier law, even if only to simulate the faintest wisp of its presence.
The air grew viscous.
In that moment, Su Qi felt as though he’d glimpsed the end of the universe—all stars, matter, energy, even time and space itself, slowly but inexorably marching toward oblivion, dissolving into absolute "nothingness."
The visualization was mentally exhausting.
The two points of【Shimmer】spread like ink dropped into water, staining the void.
A kind of… ultimate darkness and emptiness took shape.
The card’s outline stabilized amidst the distortion.
The face of the card bore no concrete image—just an abyss of pure darkness so deep it seemed to devour all light. At its center, a singularity spun, annihilating the surrounding radiance.
Merely watching the card’s formation sent chills down the spine, evoking a profound sense of insignificance.
Finally, as the card solidified, the darkness shattered.
Countless stars blazed to life in unison.
Su Qi gasped for breath, sweat beading on his forehead.
The mental fatigue was unlike anything he’d ever felt.
He looked down at the newly forged card in his hand.
【Card Name: Illusory Shadow】
【Type: Consumable】
【Rarity: None】
【Energy Level: ? (Tier 1)】
【Projection: You may become the shadow of a certain existence for two seconds】
【Description: None】
Su Qi silently slotted the card into his deck.
A trump card didn’t need to be used—but it had to exist.
Worst-case scenarios had to be accounted for.
Now, everything was ready except for the final push.
These cards were all Tier 7, and he was just one step away.
The aftereffects of visualizing "nothingness" now acted like a peculiar catalyst—his spirit, though exhausted, had never been more refined.
With that thought, Su Qi hesitated no longer.
The breakthrough would happen now.
He sat cross-legged, regulating his breathing and steadying his mind.
The accumulated soul force within him had long reached the peak of Tier 6.
Now, it surged like a flood finding release, crashing against the invisible barrier.
Once.
Twice.
Each impact brought soul-rending agony.
But with every strike, the membrane barring the higher realm grew thinner.
Sweat soaked Su Qi’s hair, yet his expression remained calm as he guided the energy within, launching assault after assault.
He could feel the barrier trembling.
Just a little more!
Focusing his will, Su Qi gathered all his power into a single point.
Like a dam-breaking deluge, it smashed into the final obstacle!
Crack—
A crisp shattering echoed through every corner of his soul sea.
The intangible film trapping him finally gave way, fracturing into pieces.
A torrent of newfound power, vast and unstoppable, burst forth.
Like the first light of dawn, it surged through his limbs, nourishing his soul.
The exhaustion from gazing into ‘nothingness’ rapidly faded under this baptism of energy.
His senses expanded infinitely, as if he could touch the flowing essence in the air.
The scope of his soul sea multiplied.
Tier 7—Dawn Realm!
Success!
Paired with the overpowered stats of a legendary equipment card and a mythical one, even an ordinary Tier 9 opponent would regret underestimating him.
As for someone like Li Hu at Tier 6? The mere aftershocks of a fight would reduce him to ashes if he dared step within thirty meters of Su Qi.
Of course, the cost had been steep.
First, 70% of materials worth over 20 million had been consumed.
The points situation was also… less than ideal.
【Shimmer: 0】
【Crystalline: 0】
【Jubilance:】
Maybe he should make another card for his sister?
Su Qi thought it over.
After all, the wool came from the sheep’s back.
No need to be stingy with family.
He pushed the door open.
Liu Yuan was still sprawled on the couch, browsing shopping sites.
"Yuan, want me to make you a card for the martial exam?"
Hearing this, Liu Yuan glanced back at him.
For some reason, Su Qi seemed… drained.
Probably overexerted from card-making?
"No need. Brother, go look in a mirror—you’re practically a ghost. Take a day off."
"Who’re you calling a ghost?!"
Su Qi was furious!
He wasn’t sure where the sudden rage came from…
Wait…?
【Gun Mania: When provoked, there’s a chance you’ll lose control of your urge to draw your gun. (Any gun applies—not limited to this equipment.)】
This counted as provocation?
What kind of logic is that?!
In the end, Su Qi couldn’t resist the system’s judgment.
He drew his gun.
Another round of friendly sparring ensued.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
