"Gurgle."
The kettle was boiling, and in this rare quiet morning, Ye Chuan sat at the dining table, enjoying a breakfast he hadn’t had in days.
Though it had been some time for Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang, for Lan Xiaoke and the others, it had only been a single night.
Bai Qianshuang stared blankly at her breakfast, perhaps still adjusting after returning from the Tianxuan Continent. She simply held her bread, lost in thought.
"What’s wrong, Qianshuang? Not hungry?" Luo Xi noticed Bai Qianshuang’s dazed expression and asked, "Should I make you some noodles instead?"
Bai Qianshuang slowly snapped out of it. She instinctively glanced at Ye Chuan before shaking her head lightly and starting to eat the bread.
"Ye Chuan…" she began.
"Hmm?"
"Is this… how you live every day?"
Ye Chuan paused, but he understood the underlying question—whether he traveled between worlds daily.
"Pretty much," he replied with a smile.
"Doesn’t it… tire you out?"
The question caught him off guard.
Tired?
He had never really considered whether constantly moving between worlds was exhausting. But he understood why Bai Qianshuang asked. The stark contrast between the Tianxuan Continent and this world must have left her feeling disjointed.
For Ye Chuan, the adventure worlds were more like a game.
Log in, play.
Log out, sleep.
"It’s fine. I’m used to this pace," he answered.
Bai Qianshuang quietly continued eating.
To the others, however, their cryptic conversation carried a completely different meaning.
Especially Lan Xiaoke, whose ears perked up—
[Ye Chuan, is this how you live every day?] (Ye Chuan, do you do it every night?)
[Pretty much.] (Yeah, every night—either with you, Xiaoke, or Luo Xi.)
[Doesn’t it… tire you out?] (Isn’t doing it every day exhausting?)
[It’s fine. I’m used to this pace.] (No problem. I can handle it daily.)
Lan Xiaoke gently patted Bai Qianshuang’s shoulder.
"Don’t worry, Qianshuang. You’ll get used to it."
Bai Qianshuang: "…"
"Xiaoke, have you… been there too?" Bai Qianshuang was taken aback. Had her junior sister also visited the Tianxuan Continent?
"Been there?" Lan Xiaoke blinked, then grinned mischievously. "Oh, heh… yeah, I’ve been there a few times. Mostly ‘cause Ye Chuan’s really good at it."
Bai Qianshuang thought of how Ye Chuan had saved her and nodded in agreement. "Yes, Ye Chuan is very strong."
"Right? Super strong!" Lan Xiaoke nodded vigorously.
Ye Chuan: "…"
Wait, why does it feel like you two are on completely different wavelengths?
But he didn’t bother correcting them.
"Chuan, we have school after breakfast," Luo Xi reminded him.
"Ah, right." Ye Chuan checked his phone. "I have to go out this afternoon."
"Where to?" Luo Xi asked curiously.
"Work stuff."
Now that his pharmaceutical company and the Superhuman Alliance were steadily progressing, he, as the behind-the-scenes boss, had to check in occasionally.
Superhumans often hunted monsters near dimensional rifts, and injuries were inevitable—most couldn’t even make it to a hospital in time. That’s where his potions came in.
Even the most basic healing potion, just enough to keep a superhuman alive, was worth a fortune.
In other words, Ye Chuan no longer had to worry about money in this world.
If not for the system requiring spirit stones, magic crystals, and other rare materials to unlock higher levels, he could have maxed everything out with his wealth alone.
Well, except for that one item needed to ascend to the Heavenly Emperor realm.
"Work, huh? Alright." Luo Xi wanted to spend more time with him, but knowing it was business, she didn’t push further.
She knew she couldn’t help much, so she focused on not being a burden and being the best support she could be.
That’s why she woke up early every day to buy ingredients and cook for everyone. With her storage ring, she even found joy in preparing meals for her loved ones.
Breakfast ended, and Lan Xiaoke tugged at Bai Qianshuang’s sleeve.
"Qianshuang, wanna play games? Or are you gonna cultivate?"
"I need to cultivate," Bai Qianshuang said.
Though the Soul Transformation realm made her nearly invincible on the Tianxuan Continent, facing the Qingyun Sect’s elders—also at the same realm—had made her feel vulnerable.
She wasn’t just seeking revenge for the Jade Void Sect. She refused to be a burden to Ye Chuan.
She couldn’t afford to die.
"Alright, I’ll just—" Lan Xiaoke’s words were cut short as Bai Qianshuang grabbed her collar.
"OvO?" Lan Xiaoke turned her head.
"Xiaoke, cultivate with me. You’ve been slacking," Bai Qianshuang said softly.
"I’m a pet."
"You’re human," Bai Qianshuang insisted. "You’re my junior sister of the Jade Void Sect."
Lan Xiaoke: "…"
"Meow." She blinked innocently.
"Resorting to meowing to avoid cultivation?" Bai Qianshuang’s voice turned icy. "Come. Inside. Now."
"Nooo!" Lan Xiaoke wailed as Bai Qianshuang dragged her into the room. Before the door closed, she could still be heard struggling pitifully.
"Ah—!"
"…"
Once the door shut, faint sounds of Bai Qianshuang lecturing Lan Xiaoke drifted out—like an elder sister disciplining her wayward junior.
Ye Chuan understood Bai Qianshuang’s insistence. With the Jade Void Sect’s revival at stake, strength was the only way forward.
"Hopefully, Xiaoke can improve enough to help me unlock more items from the system’s shop," he mused aloud.
"Chuan, let’s go," Luo Xi said, wrapping her arms around his.
Ye Yue clung to his other arm. "Brother, let’s go~"
Trapped between two pairs of soft, differently-sized "slimes," Ye Chuan coughed lightly. "Yeah, let’s go. But… how do we walk like this?"
"Luo Xi, you should let go first. Brother can’t move like this," Ye Yue teased, her crimson eyes glinting beneath her ash-white hair.
"Fine." Luo Xi reluctantly released him, seeing his discomfort.
"Ahem, it’s fine. You can both hold on."
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]
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?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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!
