"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…"
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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!
