(3.14, it's been a whole day since the second trial with no response. Who knows if they even work on weekends? Unbelievable.)
Another ten minutes passed.
Su Qi finally emerged from his meditative state.
The nine shimmering stars surrounding him flickered intermittently, signaling they had reached the limit of his current control.
According to the cultivation manual’s description, this was merely the first stage, known as [Glimpsing the Stellar Dawn].
Only when Su Qi could continuously manifest ninety-nine stars would he truly begin to grasp the fundamentals.
After completing this cycle, Su Qi didn’t rest—now was the critical moment.
Stages 1 to 4 were called Spark.
Stages 5 to 6 were called Candle’s Shadow.
A spark could ignite easily, but even if a candle burned itself out, it might not last till dawn to greet the morning light.
This was the origin of the stage names.
For most people, the sixth stage was the absolute limit of their lifetime potential—just like Li Hu.
Those with courage would venture into the Source Realm to seek a breakthrough.
Those without would settle into a quiet job and live out their days in peace.
The seventh stage of a Cardholder’s mental sea transformation was fundamentally different from the earlier stages.
Before the seventh stage, one only needed to convert Source energy into soul force and fill the soul sea to achieve qualitative evolution.
But breaking through from the sixth to the seventh stage required "overflowing Source energy, condensed into a sea."
In other words, one had to use unconverted Source energy to expand the volume of the soul sea—a process of "dilation."
Under normal cultivation, the sixth-stage soul sea’s capacity could no longer accommodate the shift from quantity to quality.
Only by raising this limit could one lay the foundation for the eventual transformation.
The time this process took varied from person to person.
Some might need ten or twenty years—or even longer—to condense it.
Others might achieve it in just a few years.
And then there were the rare prodigies, the true freaks of nature, who accomplished it in even less time.
Slowly, he submerged his consciousness inward, sensing the abundant Source energy within.
Guided by his will, he directed the scattered Source energy in his body to expand his soul sea.
Su Qi estimated it would take him one to two months.
Perhaps it was because his soul sea had been severely damaged years ago—after healing, it had become more resilient and could endure greater strain.
If the average person had to tread this path like crossing a narrow log bridge, cautious to avoid a single misstep that could damage their soul sea…
Then Su Qi was practically sprinting on flat ground.
Not that he’d call it a blessing—after all, the time spent recovering might have been longer than the process itself.
...
Late at night, the moon hung bright amidst a scattering of stars.
Su Qi pushed open the tent flap.
Pale moonlight spilled over him.
After the exertion of gathering Source energy and expanding his soul sea, Su Qi’s body and mind were utterly drained.
If someone asked Su Qi what the downsides of being a Cardholder were—aside from the financial cost—
He might answer: No matter how high you cultivate, even up to the twelfth stage, you can’t escape basic human needs like eating, drinking, and pissing.
Time to find a secluded spot to relieve himself and then get some sleep.
He walked about three hundred meters from the tent—
Like how guys instinctively leave an empty urinal between them in the restroom.
This was just beyond the edge of Old Li’s sensory range.
Unless Old Li activated a perception-enhancing card.
Just as Su Qi reached to undo his belt, his hair stood on end.
His soul sea trembled violently, screaming a desperate warning.
Something—some unseen force—was closing in on him from behind at terrifying speed.
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...
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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?"
