She closed her eyes in despair, waiting for death to descend.
However.
The icy annihilation she expected never came.
Instead, an incredibly overbearing wave of heat, accompanied by a tyrannical, low roar, crashed ruthlessly into her embrace.
"Shut up!!"
A large hand roughly tore away the tattered cloth hindering its path over her lower abdomen. Radiating a scorching heat, it pressed down directly and without hesitation onto the cluster of pale, deadly light that was wildly spreading.
Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Scripture, running at full power!
The utterly unyielding and masculine Golden Crow Fire surged domineeringly through his palm and into Su Wanyin's body. Like a sovereign patrolling his domain, it launched the most frenzied siege against that pale cluster of Nine Nether Corpse Fire.
Sizzle!
The moment flesh made contact, the collision of ice and fire provoked a burst of teeth-aching white smoke.
Gu Yang furrowed his brows fiercely.
It hurt.
But this bone-piercing, sinister cold only further stimulated the ferocity of the Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Scripture within his body.
This trash fire actually dared to touch his private property?
"Trying to hog it all to yourself? Have you asked me first?!"
Gu Yang roared in his heart. Not only did he not withdraw his hand, but he also changed his palm into a claw. His five fingers sank deeply into the skin of Su Wanyin's flat, taut abdomen like iron hooks.
"Spit it out... for me!!"
Boom!
The five-colored lotus platform within his body rotated madly. The Great Sun True Fire, like golden magma, surged barbarically down his arm and crashed into Su Wanyin's dantian.
This time, it was not to heal.
It was to plunder!
It was the absolute crushing dominance of an apex predator over a lesser being!
...
Buzz—
At the exact moment the Great Sun True Fire and the Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame converged within Su Wanyin's body.
Both of their bodies trembled violently at the same time.
The reason the Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame ranked ninety-ninth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking was precisely because of its bizarre soul-locking characteristic.
At this moment, in order to resist Gu Yang's invasion, it instinctively and forcefully locked their divine souls together.
An invisible soul bridge was instantly erected.
Time seemed to stand still in this instant.
Su Wanyin's previously unfocused pupils suddenly contracted.
She saw it.
On a soul level, she clearly felt the truest, most violent emotions deep within that man's heart at this very moment.
It was a possessiveness capable of incinerating heaven and earth.
It was an extreme protectiveness over his food, going by the name of greed.
However, in the perception of the dying Su Wanyin, this greed directed at the heavenly flame was subjected to a beautiful, fatal misinterpretation by her consciousness that was hovering on the brink of collapse.
...
Gu Yang (furious): This fire is mine! Who allowed you to ruin my spoils of war! I won't let even a single trace of its spiritual essence slip away!
Su Wanyin (trembling): He is angry... because the grim reaper is trying to take me away? He is roaring at the Heavenly Dao, saying that I am his?
Gu Yang (anxious): Lock it down for me! Don't let it dissipate! If it dissipates, I won't be able to level up!
Su Wanyin (captivated): He is ordering me... not to let my soul scatter? Even if it means defying the heavens, he wants to lock my life to the mortal realm?
...
"Look at me!!"
In reality, Gu Yang's explosive shout forcefully pulled Su Wanyin's consciousness back.
That ordinary, unremarkable face was now covered in sweat and ferocity. Those eyes, which were originally as placid as an ancient well, were now burning with golden flames, frighteningly bright.
He stared fixedly at Su Wanyin, the force in his hand so great it felt as if he was going to crush her bones.
"You are not allowed to die!!"
"Did you hear me!!"
You are my quest NPC! You are not allowed to die before the rewards are issued!
This incredibly overbearing declaration, accompanied by the resonance deep within her soul, instantly shattered Su Wanyin's final reserves and defenses as the Demonic Sect's Saintess.
In this cultivation world full of deception, where everyone calculated for their own benefit.
Even Mo Yuan, whom she was as close to as a grandfather, only thought of refining her into a human pill.
Only this man.
This Li Feiyu whom she had met by chance.
To save her, he did not hesitate to risk his own life to touch the lethal Nine Nethers Netherfire.
To keep her here, he did not hesitate to burn his divine soul, playing tug-of-war with the King of Hell in this rainy night.
"Li... Feiyu..."
"How can you be so foolish..."
A clear tear slid from the corner of Su Wanyin's eye, mixing with the rainwater, so poignantly beautiful it broke the heart.
So, this was what it felt like to be needed so domineeringly by someone?
It was like a lone boat that had drifted for half a lifetime, finally crashing into a hard, scalding, yet incomparably safe harbor, despite its roughness.
"Alright..."
Her pale lips moved slightly, letting out a broken murmur.
"I won't die... I am... yours..."
She gave up all resistance, even taking the initiative to open her most vulnerable dantian qi sea, allowing that man's spiritual energy to drive straight in.
Rumble!
Having gained Su Wanyin's active cooperation, Gu Yang's Great Sun True Fire instantly gained the absolute upper hand.
The golden flames transformed into a giant net, firmly covering the cluster of pale heavenly flame that was wreaking havoc.
"Collect... for your granddaddy!!"
Gu Yang forcefully yanked backward.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—
That cluster of Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame let out an unwilling shriek as it was forcibly uprooted from Su Wanyin's dantian!
The intertwining of pleasure and emptiness in that instant caused Su Wanyin to let out a trembling scream.
"Ugh— Ah..."
...
Rainwater washed over the mess on the ground.
Gu Yang sat cross-legged on a scorched black rock. In the center of his palm, that pale cluster of Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame was madly darting left and right, letting out shrieks like a vengeful ghost.
But under the absolute suppression of the Great Sun True Fire, it was like an ice cube dropped into boiling oil, helplessly being stripped away and melted layer by layer.
Gu Yang raised his eyelids slightly. The five-colored lotus platform in his dantian rotated with a rumble.
A domineering suction force erupted from his palm.
Whoosh—
That cluster of heavenly flame, enough to make late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators tremble in fear, was actually sucked alive into his body like a noodle!
There was none of the imagined pain.
The Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Scripture had long been dying of thirst and hunger.
The moment that surge of extremely yin and freezing energy entered his meridians, it was instantly enveloped, shredded, and devoured by the ravenous golden spiritual energy within his body.
Yin and yang transformed, water and fire complementing each other.
The originally tyrannical and scorching Great Sun True Fire, after devouring this extremely yin heavenly flame, unexpectedly gained a trace of bizarre profoundness.
In the center of the golden flames, a heart-palpitating pale white faintly emerged.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully devouring the Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame (Incomplete Version).
Proficiency of the Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Scripture has increased!
Great Sun True Fire has successfully evolved! Awakened new special effect: Soul Scorch.
Soul Scorch: The Great Sun True Fire will carry true soul damage. For those burned by the true fire, their divine soul will collapse before their physical body is destroyed. Deals extra damage to ghost cultivators, soul entities, and body snatchers.
Beside the scorched rock, Gu Yang lay flat on his back among the mud and gravel.
His eyes were half-closed, his chest heaving violently. Every breath he took brought out a pale golden, scorching white mist.
That was the pure energy overflowing after the Nine Nethers Soul-Locking Flame had been forcefully refined.
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?"
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
