(3.13, failed review, can only keep revising and aim for a Friday release—otherwise it’ll have to wait until next week… Sorry for the lack of updates during the review period, but 94K words is such a tricky number. Once it hits 100K, it’ll automatically trigger the debut promotion, and we can’t waste that opportunity while stuck in the "black room"...)
The night deepened.
The nights in Yuanjing were eerily quiet.
Only the occasional chirping of insects broke the silence.
Su Qi glanced at Liu Yuan, already asleep in her hammock.
That brat didn’t even bother to guard against anyone—she had her back turned to him.
Honestly, that just left her even more exposed.
What’s more, with the martial exam approaching, Su Qi hadn’t seen Liu Yuan practice even once today.
He couldn’t make sense of it.
But Su Qi was different.
No matter how terrifying one’s talent was, it had to be converted into real strength as soon as possible.
He’d only broken through to the sixth rank a month ago, yet he’d casually mentioned to Xiao Yuanwei in the afternoon that he was close to the seventh.
And there wasn’t a hint of exaggeration in that claim.
[Card Name: Heaven’s Forged Strings]
[Type: Illusion]
[Rarity: Primordial]
[Energy Level: ? (First Tier)]
[Description: The sky that humans must gaze up at is nothing more than strings for Him to pluck at will.]
[Special Skill: Pleasing Strings’ Chime]
[Upon activation, the wielder automatically gains the strongest known source-energy absorption technique in human history. In exchange, after each breakthrough, the wielder must complete an "interesting" task as "equivalent exchange" to continue using it.]
At first, Su Qi assumed this "strongest" referred to the best in Great Xia—or perhaps on Earth.
But as time passed, he realized his imagination had been too limited.
It wasn’t the strongest technique humans possessed—it was the strongest one they knew of.
And humanity’s traces might not be confined to Earth alone.
In fact, this technique might not even be designed specifically for absorbing source-energy—it’s just that source-energy was the only valuable energy on Earth.
Su Qi combined this with the name of his unique talent and the celestial patterns that manifested around him during cultivation…
From this, he deduced that this was likely a technique once used by the "Him" repeatedly mentioned in the card’s description.
And "Him" was typically the pronoun reserved for deities.
In other words, if Su Qi stayed on this path, he might very well become the first person on Earth to shatter the twelve-rank limit.
But…
Su Qi closed his eyes.
In the void of his vision, stars ignited.
The first glimmer of nascent radiance slowly unfurled its brilliance.
Even if this technique were placed before the most talented individual in Great Xia, they might spend their entire life grasping only a fraction of it.
Yet, thanks to the card’s special skill, Su Qi could comprehend it effortlessly, following its guidance step by step.
Under Su Qi’s meticulous control, the celestial patterns gradually brightened.
The process was slow—his mastery over the stars remained clumsy.
A full two hours passed before he completed the simplest cycle.
Had Liu Yuan opened her eyes then, she would have seen nine dim stars orbiting Su Qi.
Then again…
Even that faint starlight would appear dazzling to an outsider.
Unseeable. Unthinkable.
A forbidden sight—one that would evaporate reason in an instant for those who dared to glimpse its truth.
The nine stars formed a vortex around Su Qi, a whirlpool of condensed source-energy!
Like a whale swallowing the sea, it voraciously devoured everything.
But soon…
Su Qi’s brow furrowed.
Tonight’s source-energy "quality" felt off.
Normally, source-energy was somewhat like oxygen—
invisible to the naked eye yet renewable.
In the short term, the amount in any given area was limited. If one person absorbed it more efficiently, others would find their own absorption rates dropping.
But since everyone’s daily cultivation time was finite, and source-energy regenerated quickly enough, this rarely caused major issues.
At most, people just avoided overlapping their sessions with those above the tenth rank.
Yet, based on the "quality" Su Qi sensed, this level of interference would require at least four seventh-rank cultivators practicing simultaneously within five kilometers.
Other class instructors?
But Old Li was only sixth-rank.
Was he such a bad actor that he couldn’t even fake his cultivation level?
Or was he genuinely weak—hence why he had to compensate with acting skills?
nce】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Ultimate Gentleman's Novel】【Viewer Discretion Advised for Under 16】 The mightiest human hero, Sharen Morian, is resurrected after a thousand years by his wife—the Demon King. This is not your typical hero-vs-demon-king tale.
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
