"How unusual, Luo Xi, you're actually late for class." In the next lecture, An Shiyu, sitting in the large classroom, blinked in surprise as she watched Luo Xi sneak back in through the rear door. It was unexpected for a diligent student like Luo Xi to be late.
After all, Luo Xi had always been punctual before. Though many students tended to be late for this laid-back lecture, this was a first for her.
She had just gone back to return some equipment and taken a shower in the changing room—surely that shouldn’t have taken so long?
An Shiyu rested her chin on her hand, her narrowed eyes suggesting she had figured something out.
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"Ah… the equipment room door was broken, so it took some time, haha…" Luo Xi scratched her cheek with a finger as she explained, though her voice lacked conviction. She really had spent quite a while there.
The shower had taken longer than expected.
"Isn’t it normal for girls to take longer in the shower?" Ye Chuan chimed in, only to have his foot stepped on by Luo Xi.
Seeing the girl puff up her cheeks cutely at him, Ye Chuan smiled.
...
After school in the afternoon, the windows were bathed in a faint golden hue, casting a warm glow on the walls.
As usual, Luo Xi and An Shiyu went off to their respective club activities, while Ye Chuan headed straight home.
He wasn’t particularly interested in clubs, and with plenty of things to do every day, he preferred to dedicate his time to cultivation-related matters. Club activities felt like a waste of time to him.
When he arrived home, the living room was quiet, with no sign of Lan Xiaoke.
Ye Chuan extended his spiritual sense slightly and could feel Lan Xiaoke and Bai Qianshuang in their respective rooms. What they were doing wasn’t his concern.
"Tonight, I’ll head to the Tianxuan Continent to break through to the Crystallization Realm."
Since the dungeon hadn’t reset yet, Ye Chuan wasn’t in a hurry to advance. It would happen at midnight anyway—he just had to wait for the refresh.
Sitting on the sofa, he pulled out his phone and began refining Deer Blood Pills. He had promised Wang Yanran to deliver them for the upcoming Super Martial Assembly, so he needed to prepare in advance.
As for the Revitalizing Pills, those would take a bit more time. Wang Yanran probably hadn’t used them yet, so their effects remained unknown.
For now, he focused on refining the Deer Blood Pills.
Fortunately, Ye Chuan had upgraded his alchemy furnace multiple times, making the refinement of a basic-grade pill as easy as flipping his hand. He didn’t even need to use acceleration—one pill could be produced every minute.
After refining thirty Deer Blood Pills, he was about to take a break when he noticed a bedroom door slowly opening.
A long-haired girl stepped out. Bai Qianshuang was dressed in simple sleepwear, and upon seeing Ye Chuan on the sofa, she spoke softly,
"Ye Chuan, are you still struggling with the Crystallization Realm?"
Hm?
Ye Chuan hadn’t expected Bai Qianshuang to ask about this.
"It’s fine. Maybe I’ll break through any day now?" Seeing her misunderstanding, Ye Chuan simply smiled, choosing not to mention the Crystallization Pill.
If he advanced, he could just claim it was due to his natural talent—no need for external aids.
[I don’t know anything, I just woke up like this.]
[Maybe I’m just gifted at cultivation.]
[What? You became an Immortal Emperor just by sleeping too?]
Bai Qianshuang sat beside him, her hands resting on her lap, her expression calm and unmoving.
Just as Ye Chuan wondered what she was planning, the girl suddenly reached out and pushed him down onto the sofa!
Ye Chuan: "?!"
"I can help you compress your spiritual energy." Bai Qianshuang’s gem-like eyes lowered slightly as she spoke softly.
Her dark hair cascaded over Ye Chuan’s face, tickling him.
Ye Chuan froze for a moment, staring at the delicate face and ample curves so close to him. He swallowed reflexively. "Compressing spiritual energy is good, but… does it require such a strange position?"
For a second, he thought Bai Qianshuang was about to pounce on him.
"Apologies." Bai Qianshuang straightened up, seemingly unaware of what she had just done.
The process of reaching the Crystallization Realm was unique, requiring the fusion of spiritual energies between two individuals—something Bai Qianshuang had been contemplating all day.
"There’s no rush with the Crystallization Realm." Ye Chuan, however, wanted to ask Bai Qianshuang more about the Tianxuan Continent.
Since he would be venturing there tonight, gathering more information beforehand wouldn’t hurt.
"Qianshuang, can you tell me a bit about the Tianxuan Continent?"
"The Tianxuan Continent…" Though unsure why he was asking, Bai Qianshuang nodded gently. "Of course. What would you like to know?"
Ye Chuan decided to start with the basics. "The general situation—like the distribution of factions, for example."
"The Tianxuan Continent is divided into four continents and one forbidden domain—comprising the Eastern, Western, Southern, Northern, and Divine Continents, along with the Forbidden Domain. The power structures are complex, and the population is vast. Beyond ordinary mortals, even rogue cultivators are countless." Bai Qianshuang continued,
"My Jade Void Sect was one of the top three sects of the Donghua Divine Continent. However, after the Qingyun Sect colluded with the demonic race, our sect was annihilated in a massacre. I was hunted down and slandered by those people…"
As she spoke, Bai Qianshuang’s eyes dimmed, and even the stray hair on her head drooped, as if weighed down by painful memories.
"The Jade Void Sect was a righteous sect, yet we were framed. Even my master and the sect leader were besieged and killed."
Her body trembled slightly—whether from sorrow or anger was unclear.
The next moment, she felt her hand being held, warmth spreading through her fingers.
"It’s alright. Once we find a way back, I’ll go with you and tear that Qingyun Sect apart." Ye Chuan’s soothing words seemed to ease Bai Qianshuang’s turmoil, calming her emotions slightly.
"The Qingyun Sect’s leader and their elders are at the Enlightenment Realm, with the leader reaching the peak of that stage." Bai Qianshuang explained.
The cultivation realms of the Tianxuan Continent were divided into ten stages—
[Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Crystallization, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Enlightenment, Great Ascension, Heavenly Tribulation, Immortal Ascension.]
In short, revenge would be difficult.
Faced with such a blood feud, Bai Qianshuang only wanted to drag a few down with her. She didn’t want Ye Chuan to risk himself for her vengeance.
"I can handle it myself." Bai Qianshuang said.
"No, didn’t we promise to stay together forever?" Ye Chuan held her hand, gently stroking the back of it. "What if I become a cultivation powerhouse one day?"
"I’ll fight by your side."
Bai Qianshuang gazed at him silently, the words on her lips left unspoken.
"Alright…" A thousand thoughts condensed into a single word.
She lowered her head, pressing her forehead against the back of his hand, her voice trembling slightly.
"Thank you…"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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."
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
