"I meant this?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Huh?" Lan Xiaoke didn’t understand what Ye Chuan was trying to do. She shuffled closer to him and suddenly spread her arms open.
"Then… wanna hug?"
Ye Chuan pinched Lan Xiaoke’s chubby, baby-faced cheeks. "What do you think?"
"Then I got nothin’ else for ya." The white-haired girl squatted on the ground and began drawing circles in the air.
"I was telling you to grab more clothes. Is one piece enough?"
"Me?" Only then did Lan Xiaoke realize she’d misunderstood.
Ye Chuan couldn’t be bothered to tease Lan Xiaoke further, but she really was like a soft, squishy dumpling—easy to mold however he pleased. Not that it mattered, since the household already had enough firepower. Keeping a mascot around wouldn’t hurt.
Though "mascot" wasn’t entirely accurate—Lan Xiaoke was more like Ye Chuan’s unlimited Ghost Void transformation accessory.
Time flew by, and evening arrived. While Bai Qianshuang and Lan Xiaoke busied themselves with dinner preparations, Ye Chuan stayed in his room and made sure to summon Lilith.
After all, the issue of those disguised monsters still hadn’t been resolved, and Lilith, being from the Aiser Continent, would surely have some insight given her knowledge and abilities.
"Lilith, you there?"
"Liiii~liiiith~~~~~"
The jade pendant finally emitted a purple glow, revealing the familiar twin-tailed figure. Lilith floated mid-air, sitting cross-legged with her arms folded, her petite face twisted in mild disgust.
"Just call me normally. Why the gross tone?"
Ye Chuan’s sickly sweet voice had nearly given her goosebumps.
"Nothing, come sit." Ye Chuan grinned. "Got something to talk about."
Lilith obliged, floating over to perch on the edge of his bed.
She propped her cheek on one fist, tilting her head at him. "What is it?"
"There’s a type of monster that can disguise itself as a human—really good at it. Any magic that could expose them?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Human-disguising monsters?" Lilith’s lashes fluttered as she pondered.
"[Disguise] attribute, huh? Well, there’s something we could try."
"Right. I heard a long time ago about an empire that had an uprising of disguised monsters. They even replaced the king." Lilith flicked her fingers, conjuring a small magic circle in front of her.
"I haven’t used incantation magic in ages… since I’ve already mastered the [Essence of Magic]."
She deconstructed the spell with disinterest, like she was toying with a basic math problem—utterly unimpressed.
"This spell was recorded in ancient texts. Supposedly, it’s how that empire solved their monster problem."
As she spoke, the magic circle’s light seeped into Ye Chuan’s mind, instantly imparting the spell’s usage to him.
"A variant of detection magic?" Ye Chuan asked.
But with this, he should be able to identify those monsters now.
Lilith really was reliable.
"Pretty much. A modified detection spell." Lilith glanced at him. "Anything else you need me for?"
"Can I?" Ye Chuan smirked. Lilith seemed unusually agreeable today.
"Absolutely not." Her face instantly soured. "What am I, a tool to you?"
"Hmph." She tossed her twin tails with a light scoff.
Ye Chuan immediately started massaging her shoulders. "Lady Lilith, you’ve been so good to me. Of course I’d remember."
He’d practically been treating her like a genie—summoning her for every little issue.
Lilith seemed to enjoy the shoulder rub. "Harder."
"Got it."
"Leg." She stuck out her stocking-clad little leg.
"Right away."
Ye Chuan kneaded her tiny foot.
"Much better." Lilith finally seemed satisfied. She really was easy to please—just a few sweet words and she’d happily cooperate.
"Hey Lilith, is there a spell to… create gold coins?" Ye Chuan suddenly asked.
"Gold coins?"
"Yeah!" He grinned.
Free money, baby.
"There is, but I won’t teach it to you." Lilith folded her arms. "So forget it."
"It actually exists?" Ye Chuan’s eyes sparkled as he leaned in. "Lady Lilith, don’t hold out on me!"
He then sniffed her hair.
"You smell amazing today. Truly the cutest Lilith."
"You—!" Lilith instantly teleported away, her face red as she glared at him. "Do that again, and I’ll blast you into next week!"
Ye Chuan blinked innocently, which only annoyed her further.
How dare he act like the victim after taking liberties!
"That kind of magic is forbidden for your own good." Lilith huffed. "Breaking [Taboos] invites retribution."
"Taboos?"
"Natural laws. The mortal world has order, and even we can’t defy the rules set by the gods." Lilith narrowed her eyes. "Don’t think your magic immunity makes you invincible. Taboos are non-negotiable!"
"Ah…" Ye Chuan paused, as if cooling his head. "Right, my bad. Shouldn’t have asked."
"Hmph. Glad you realize it."
"So… any spells for silver coins?"
"..." Lilith stared at him blankly, magic already gathering in her palm.
"Kidding! Geez, no need to get worked up."
Just as the tension eased, the door suddenly swung open—
"Ye Chuan, dinner’s ready~!" Lan Xiaoke barged in, then froze.
Her eyes locked onto Lilith sitting on the bed.
"Oops, wrong room, lil’ sis. My bad~!" Lan Xiaoke quickly shut the door—only to reopen it seconds later. "Huh? I don’t remember this tenant?"
"Who are you calling ‘lil’ sis’?" Lilith deadpanned. "I’m far older than you, brat."
"Excuse me?" Lan Xiaoke bristled. "I might look 18, but if you count the years after I died, I’m decades old!"
Lilith arched a brow.
Ye Chuan: "..."
Where did this competitive streak come from?
"Forgot to lock the door." Ye Chuan sighed, though Lilith wasn’t exactly a secret.
"Lilith, wanna join us for dinner?" He smiled. "Qianshuang’s cooking is great. You’d like it."
Lilith absently twirled a strand of hair, not objecting.
"She your sister?" Lan Xiaoke whispered, sidling up to Ye Chuan.
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
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, 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?"
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."
