"Xiaobai!"
He turned his head abruptly, looking at Xiaobai who was sitting on his shoulder, continuously swinging her little feet. "Tell me the truth, does this Qingxuan Sword have a sword spirit?"
Ye Shu had learned his lesson this time. He asked proactively, rather than waiting until the threat was already in his face, only for the idiot Xiaobai to say with an innocent look, "Actually, I forgot to tell you again."
"Ah? What?"
Xiaobai turned her head back with a bewildered expression.
"What is a sword spirit?"
".................."
Ye Shu fell silent for a moment, then waved his hand.
"Alright, this has nothing to do with you anymore. Go play."
"Oh."
Xiaobai nodded, held onto his shoulders with both hands again, and resumed swinging her tender white feet.
Seeing her foolish appearance, Ye Shu was at his wit's end.
Why on earth was he stuck with such a child bride?
He shook his head helplessly and continued to stride forward.
As he ventured deeper, the path became increasingly flat.
Conversely, the mountain mist grew thicker.
This wasn't ordinary mist, but spiritual mist. The spiritual energy in this space had become so dense that it was liquefying. Taking just a single breath, Ye Shu felt the inner world within his body expand by more than ten meters.
Spiritual herbs grew in thick, wild clusters all around.
He walked another few dozen steps.
The spiritual mist suddenly dispersed, revealing a wide, open space.
Boundless golden light cascaded from the sky. A cyan-white longsword was thrust at an angle into the ground. Phantom-like spiritual mist wrapped around the blade like a veil, making it look like a beautiful maiden faintly visible through sheer silk.
Countless intricate runes flowed slowly from the golden light in the sky, resembling a river made of characters that converged at the sword's hilt. Tadpole-like ancient text swirled along the blade.
Those were the laws of the Great Dao.
It was as beautiful as a piece of art, like a painting.
Ye Shu couldn't help but hold his breath.
He suddenly felt his mind clear; the cultivation bottlenecks that had troubled him in the past were easily resolved, no longer posing a problem.
His inner world now had heaven, earth, and life.
What was it still missing?
It was missing... the Dao!
Without the Dao, it would ultimately remain a fake world.
It would be as ridiculous as stuffing some live chickens and ducks into a storage space and calling oneself the Creator. There were no rules, nor was there any order.
And this Qingxuan Sword was practically custom-made for him.
At the same time, Medusa poked her head out from his cuff. Seeing the Great Dao runes swirling on the Qingxuan Sword, her expression turned joyful.
As expected, the opportunity to restore her cultivation was right here.
Because that bastard thief Ye Shu had interrupted her, she hadn't had the time to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao when advancing to the Void Reversion Realm. As a result, she was still one final step away from the true Void Reversion Realm.
As long as she completed this final step.
From then on, the sky would be the limit, and she would be completely free.
She could return to the Snake-man Tribe, lead her people out of the desert, and give them a good life.
"Let's get this straight first. The laws of the Great Dao this time belong to me."
"Second, you are not allowed to force yourself on me."
The miniature Medusa took on her human form, pointing at Ye Shu's nose with a vigilant look.
"Since I promised you, I will naturally do it."
Ye Shu's reaction was very plain.
He had to be plain. For the past few days, this girl had been nagging in his ear non-stop, annoying him to death. His main goal was still to refine the Qingxuan Sword and revive his master.
As for the laws of the Great Dao, with the Qingxuan Sword in hand, would he lack rules?
Others stole eggs.
He was stealing the chicken!
"Because I am the destined master of the Qingxuan Sword."
Ye Shu muttered softly, then strode toward the Qingxuan Sword. The closer he got, the stronger the spiritual pressure became. A heavy pressure pressed down on his shoulders like a mountain.
The Heavenly Stars revolved on their own, frantically absorbing the energy.
A massive amount of spiritual power instantly poured into Ye Shu's body, all flowing toward the ring on his left ring finger.
At this rate, it shouldn't be long before his master would wake up.
Thinking this, Ye Shu grabbed the hilt of the sword.
The next moment.
A bizarre suction force instantly swept over him, firmly gluing his palm to the hilt. At the same time, a heart-wrenching pain shot through him.
"Are... are you kidding me?"
Ye Shu's expression changed drastically.
This sword was sucking his blood; or more accurately, it was draining his life force.
"Didn't you say I was the destined master of the Qingxuan Sword?"
"What is going on?!"
Ye Shu gritted his teeth and looked at Xiaobai, who was sitting on his shoulder, pale-faced and looking extremely guilty.
"Uh............"
Xiaobai's eyes darted around, and she said sheepishly.
"Actually, I forgot to tell you again. If you want to take the Qingxuan Sword, you have to pass two tests."
"The first test is vitality."
"Only humans with sufficiently powerful life force are qualified to proceed to the next test. Those who fail to endure this step will be weakened for a very long time."
".........."
Ye Shu's face was pale. Feeling his vitality continuously draining away, he didn't even have the energy to curse Xiaobai's treacherous actions anymore. He could only silently endure it until he felt his vitality stop draining and even begin feeding back from the Qingxuan Sword.
Only then did his heart relax a little.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "So, what's the next test?"
"The next test is a trial of the Dao Heart. If you fail, you will die."
"Huh?!"
Ye Shu's eyes widened abruptly, full of shock. "What did you say? If I fail, I'll straight up die???"
"Is it too late for me to stop now?"
"Uh........."
Xiaobai scratched her head. "If you hadn't passed the first test, you could have chosen to give up."
"But you've already passed."
"So....... you can't stop."
"Anyway, that's how things are right now. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back to the inner world." With that, Xiaobai vanished from the spot like a guilty thief, leaving behind Ye Shu, who was so angry he was about to cough up blood.
"Xiaobai! You massive scammer!!!!"
In the back mountains of the Qingxuan Sect, spiritual mist lingered.
The cyan sword was planted diagonally in the ground. A young man in white robes sat cross-legged, gripping the hilt. His eyes were tightly closed as the runes on the blade slowly flowed through his palm and into his dantian.
"Goddamn Xiaobai...."
Ye Shu clenched his jaw, his whole body trembling with anger.
"How many times has it been? Just how many times? Five, six times? Every time she only tells me the risks when I'm at death's door. This treacherous little thing! I'm so mad I could die."
"Even the system hasn't scammed me as many times as she has."
"What use is this idiot anyway? Aside from crying, acting cute, swinging her feet all day, and getting jealous over others, she doesn't provide a bit of help."
"Such a useless thing!"
"She's going to get me killed sooner or later!"
Ye Shu cursed angrily.
Hiding in the inner world, Xiaobai clung to a large tree, shivering. Her big eyes were filled with panic and fear. She had never seen Ye Shu look so angry before. That expression... it looked as if he might abandon her at any moment.
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?"
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?"
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
