Dark Shadow Island.
Around this small courtyard, many people were bustling about.
Some were watering flowers, others hoeing the ground, all busy and content. Hope for the future sparkled in everyone's eyes.
Jiang Zhi, responsible for watering the flowers, wiped the fragrant sweat from her brow and stood up, gazing at the distant Black Sea.
The time spent here had not only dissipated the violent power within her, but also allowed her to breakthrough from the Reincarnation Immortal Realm to the True Essence Immortal Realm.
For some reason, an image floated into her mind.
It was of the young Human Immortal she had encountered when she first arrived here.
Although she had always scoffed at and even found ridiculous what that young man had said back then, she had to admit that he had actually caused a great impact on her inner self, influencing her imperceptibly.
Because when she had once wanted to give up, it was his optimistic attitude that had strengthened her resolve to live on.
If she hadn't persevered then, she would never have met Gong Chen, let alone have the opportunity to come here and receive such tremendous good fortune.
"What a pity that you died so early. If you could have come here too, you might have fulfilled your wish and been able to leave before long, as you had hoped."
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but sigh deeply.
But she also knew in her heart that this was just a vain hope.
Even if this Human Immortal hadn't died, he probably wouldn't have qualified to come here.
After all, the minimum requirement to come here was the Reincarnation Immortal Realm.
Just then, a commotion arose from inside the martial arts hall, and everyone was seen hurriedly rushing inside with excited expressions.
"What's happening?" Jiang Zhi quickly asked.
"The master has returned with Gong Chen. Hurry, let's go pay our respects to the master!" an old man shouted excitedly to Jiang Zhi while jumping up and down on the spot.
"That person has returned?" Jiang Zhi's body trembled, her heart filled with surprise.
She had long admired this person's strength and grand gestures.
But in all her time here, she had never seen this person, so she had been constantly thinking about their return.
And today.
That person had finally come back?
Thinking of this, she quickly put down the watering can and asked the old man, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to when meeting the master?"
She asked nervously.
While adjusting her clothes to ensure she looked her best when meeting that person.
"Don't worry, you don't need to be so nervous. The master is very easygoing," the old man smiled. "Come on in quickly, let's go pay our respects to the master together."
After speaking, the old man lowered his head and walked towards the martial arts hall.
Although she had heard the master was easygoing, Jiang Zhi was still very nervous.
She didn't dare to be careless and quickly followed behind everyone else, head lowered, walking towards the martial arts hall.
Of course, she was more excited than anything else.
Before they knew it, everyone had arrived inside the martial arts hall.
"Greetings to the master."
The crowd's voices rang out in unison.
Jiang Zhi also called out along with the others, bowing.
Even though this person was right before her eyes, she didn't dare raise her head to look, fearing she might displease them.
But she couldn't help being curious in her heart.
What did the master look like?
White-haired and elderly?
With the air of an immortal?
It should be like that, right?
Otherwise, how could they be worthy of the title 'master'?
Just as she was thinking this, a lazy voice came from the seat of honor. It was Yi Feng, who had just returned after spending some time eating and drinking heartily outside with Gong Chen.
"Everyone, no need to stand on ceremony. Please be at ease!"
"Huh?" Jiang Zhi was startled upon hearing this.
It wasn't an old person's voice?
But a young person's voice?
Could the master be a young person?
And moreover.
Why did this voice sound so familiar?
When everyone relaxed after paying their respects and raised their heads, she finally dared to look up at that person.
He was lazily lounging in a reclining chair, fanning his belly with a palm-leaf fan.
Dressed in white robes.
Immaculate.
He didn't exude an overwhelming aura, but rather gave off a very approachable feeling.
Scholarly, otherworldly.
This was the best way to describe him.
"The master really is a young man."
Jiang Zhi's gaze moved upwards, silently amazed.
She had countless guesses about this person's appearance in her mind.
But the reality exceeded all her expectations.
However.
Even though it exceeded all her expectations, now that she saw him, she felt that the master should be exactly like this.
No appearance could be more fitting than the feeling before her eyes.
What exactly.
Did he look like?
She bit her red lips, finally looking at his face.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
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."
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?!
