Above the lotus dais, the cyan fire flickered.
Su Xiao's palm passed straight through it. His arm remained in the heart of the flame, yet he felt no burning sensation whatsoever.
It just floated there quietly.
As if it didn't exist in this space.
Visible, but untouchable.
Su Xiao was stunned.
He withdrew his hand and tried again.
Once again, it passed right through.
"What exactly is going on?!" The system looked at the untouchable fire lotus, completely dumbfounded.
This... this shouldn't be happening.
According to the fragments it intercepted from the Heavenly Dao, there clearly should be a fire here!!!
And it was indeed here.
Why?
Why on earth was this happening?
"Heh..."
Just then, Medusa, who was fighting with the crowd, let out a cold laugh and glanced coldly at Su Xiao. "Since I set up this trap in advance, how could I possibly place the genuine Cyan Lotus Heavenly Fire here for you to easily obtain? Do you take this Queen for a fool?"
"This fire is nothing but a projection relying on a formation."
"Its aura, its appearance—everything is identical to the real Cyan Lotus Heavenly Fire, all just to lure you here."
"How is that possible!"
Wu Tianxing's eyes widened as he let out an exclamation of shock.
"Strange fires are born of heaven and nurtured by earth. If forcibly moved, they will inevitably trigger a backlash. How could it possibly leave its birthplace?"
"Just because you say it's impossible makes it impossible? There are many things you don't know." Medusa sneered. This was also a method she learned from that little booklet.
Wu Tianxing's face turned livid, but he couldn't say anything.
Because the truth was right before their eyes.
They had all been played by this woman.
"Senior Brother..." Looking at Su Xiao, who stood frozen in place, Qin Ke'er and the others, who were joining forces to block the snake-men warriors, couldn't help but look at him with a pitying gaze.
Going through so much trouble, only to come up empty-handed.
Anyone would feel awful, right?
Little did they know, Su Xiao's heart was currently filled with wild ecstasy. He was overjoyed, screaming internally.
Great! This is great!
I knew things wouldn't be this simple.
The Child of Destiny is the Child of Destiny; no one can steal the fortuitous encounters that belong to him!
Thinking that all his previous worries were for naught, Su Xiao couldn't help but want to laugh.
No, no! I can't laugh yet. If I laugh right now, my character persona will collapse. Better wait a bit longer.
Su Xiao sighed, pretending to be disappointed as he swiped at the air again, then turned and flew toward where his junior sisters were to help share the pressure from the snake-men warriors.
As for Ye Shu...
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he had long since retreated to a safe corner, silently watching this farce.
"Can I only say, as expected of Queen Medusa?"
He suddenly remembered that time in the courtyard when Medusa paid a sudden visit. She didn't watch the dance but merely built a high platform in the center of the city for them, letting the girls perform for everyone.
He still remembered her saying—watch his performance astound the crowd.
So from that moment on, she had already seen through his identity, and then used her rebirth memories to set a trap, aiming to lure everyone here and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
But... but...
Ye Shu looked up at the battlefield above.
Even if her trap succeeded and she borrowed the Imperial Dragon Aura to raise her strength a level above the others, it was still impossible for her to take down the four Soul Formation cultivators present.
Let alone Bingxuanzi, who was in the same realm as her.
Did her intelligence gathering go wrong, failing to anticipate that so many people would come?
But why did she still forcibly keep everyone here?
Why?
Why exactly?
Just as he was pondering, right at the moment when everyone was shocked that the spiritual fire wasn't here, causing them to lose their target and briefly pause their fighting...
A sword light, like a flash of lightning, arrived in an instant.
It violently pierced through... Ye Shu's chest!
Pfft!
Blood splattered everywhere. Ye Shu spat out a mouthful of blood and stumbled backward, his fingers covering the bowl-sized hole in his chest, disbelief lingering in his eyes.
He looked up toward the direction the sword light came from. There, a purple-clad figure was slowly retracting her longsword.
Everyone was stunned, including Queen Medusa.
No one expected that Mu Yunxi would take advantage of this gap to kill a minor Foundation Establishment figure.
However, her eyes were cold, without the slightest hint of guilt.
Since there was no fire here, killing this menace who would bring disaster to the Azure Profound Sect in the future made the trip worthwhile.
Thump!
Su Xiao, who had just been beaming with joy internally, fell to his knees. He stared blankly at the gaping hole in Ye Shu's chest, his mind filled with one thought: It's so over!!!
The male lead is dead, how is the plot supposed to continue?
Ye Shu clutched the hole in his chest, standing frozen for three seconds before he finally reacted.
I seem... to be dead?
Just like that... dead?
He looked up, a pale smile appearing on his face. It seemed like sorrow, like a sigh, but ultimately settled into relief.
"Originally a seed of the cosmos, alas, tribulation fills the firmament.
When the false is taken for true, the true becomes false; vainly striving for form, form turns to emptiness.
Blood stains the lotus dais without regret, this life has not failed a hero's sword.
If you ask where destiny belongs, a predestined floating life ends in nothingness."
With the fall of his final sigh, he could no longer hold on, his body falling straight backward.
Ye Shu.
Dead.
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?"
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.
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!
