Midnight.
"Should I go sleepwalking again tonight?"
Qin Yuzhi yawned as she walked in from outside, but her footsteps suddenly halted at the doorway.
She stared blankly at the two figures on the rooftop.
This... wasn't this the exact scene she'd seen in her dreams?
"Am I dreaming right now? No, I don't feel like I'm dreaming at all..."
"Did someone drag me into a dream? But whose mastery of dream techniques could possibly surpass mine? Unless..."
"Could it be... could it be that I'm still in the Cloud Dream Palace and never actually woke up?"
"Am I still living in a dream?"
Qin Yuzhi stood frozen, clutching her head as she muttered to herself.
Her incessant murmuring successfully froze the two figures on the roof in place.
Ying Bing lifted her head from his neck: "Let's... stop the sealing here for today."
"Mm, sealing isn't something that can be done overnight. We shouldn't rush it."
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"When the seal weakens again..."
Little Li, shamelessly seizing the opportunity, declared that such wicked and terrifying ticklishness would surely break through the seal again!
This called for repeated, long-term sealing measures!
Perhaps struck by the sheer audacity of this calculation, the ice block (Ying Bing) remained silent for a long moment before standing up.
Startled, Little Li quickly gathered the hem of his robe, hunching over to hold it protectively.
Ying Bing's beautiful phoenix eyes refused to look at him - ever since her peripheral vision caught that sight, she'd been reacting as if electrocuted.
Leaving the temporarily indisposed Little Li on the rooftop, she returned to her room alone.
The moment she closed the door, the avoidance system chimed with notifications:
[Congratulations, Host. Punishment task successfully completed.]
[Rewards being distributed...]
[Reward One: Tribulation Body Jade.]
[Reward Two...]
The system continued listing rewards, each a legendary treasure rarely seen in the world.
But the ice block sat on the bed, mechanically making tea while gripping a big-headed doll tightly.
Only after giving the doll several tea baths did she snap out of her daze.
[Tribulation Body Jade]: "After absorbing sufficient natural energy, can unleash heavenly tribulations to temper the physical body, including but not limited to wind tribulation, fire tribulation, thunder tribulation, heart demon tribulation... Usable twice."
The jade took form as a small seal carved with dizzying inscriptions.
The biggest gap between her and Li Mo currently was physical strength.
If only this had come sooner...
[Host, even if you took first place, you'd have ended up doing the punishment task eventually. Why lie to yourself?]
Creak—
The big-headed doll's shiny skull emitted pitiful squeaks as it was crushed in her grip.
The system wisely fell silent.
[Ming Sha Jing Fan Body]: "A superior-grade divine cultivation method for body tempering. Upon mastery, skin becomes jade-like yet soft as precious gauze, with stillness like deep flowing water that absorbs external force impacts and converts them for endless personal use."
"Note: Your appearance and temperament will progressively improve without aging, eliminating the unsightly bulkiness typical of body tempering. Exceptionally effective."
In her previous life, Ying Bing hadn't focused on body cultivation.
The tempering from lunar energies had always kept her ahead in that regard.
Now she was paying the price.
[Divine Sky Heart Sword - Forms 4, 5 & 6]: "These three complete the divine sword technique - replacing heaven's will with one's own heart! Wielding heaven's merciless justice as its agent!"
Ying Bing picked up the golden scripture pages.
She could instantly possess a complete, ultimate sword technique. With her talent, mastery wouldn't take long.
Her index finger lightly touched her crimson lips.
"This method... doesn't suit me."
"Needs modification..."
...
Next morning.
"Let's negotiate."
"I understand how you feel, but how am I supposed to go out like this?"
At dawn, Li Mo stood in his room lecturing downward sternly, hoping the other party would also look down.
Unfortunately, the other party seemed to be going through rebellious phase, remaining defiantly upright.
Left with no choice, Little Li took out paper and drew several episodes of SpongeBob from memory - the yellow square and pink star catching jellyfish - finally managing to calm himself down.
"If this were a dream, how could I dream of things I've never seen?"
Stepping outside, he found Qin Yuzhi sitting on the doorstep hugging her knees, still muttering.
"...What are you going on about?"
Li Mo materialized silently behind her, startling even the mighty Palm Mystic Realm sect leader.
"Something's wrong! Last night I had a dream that didn't feel like a dream!"
Qin Yuzhi spoke like a mystic: "I think... He might be returning..."
"Maybe you've always been dreaming? Maybe even I'm part of your dream?"
"See! You think so too!"
"I was joking! You can't dream of things you've never seen, let alone things that don't exist across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands..."
"Hm?"
Qin Yuzhi looked up, about to test her theory, then suddenly froze before exhaling deeply in relief.
Calm returned:
"It's fine now. I'm sure it wasn't a dream."
"???"
Li Mo rubbed his neck curiously - why did she keep looking there? Mosquito bite again?
But it didn't itch now.
Baffled, Little Li decided to drop the matter and discussed advertising plans with Sect Leader Qin.
"Speaking of which, now that we have chicken bouillon and MSG, advertising both simultaneously might dilute the impact."
"So you suggest picking one?"
"No, I think we should combine them into something better!"
The genius Li had another inspiration.
He felt neither seasoning was convenient or effective enough as standalone products.
"Something even better?"
"Try this first. I'll see if Elder Xue can replicate the flavor."
From his system inventory, Li Mo produced... a packet of instant noodles.
Exactly!
Why not turn it into instant noodle seasoning?
"Slurp... gulp..."
Sect Leader Qin went from skeptical to mesmerized during preparation, her body trembling slightly at first bite.
She immediately volunteered to endorse instant noodles.
Payment: unlimited noodle supply.
...
"What? Mass produce this formula?"
At Dan Ding Peak, Elder Xue's second disciple Qiu Xi looked horrified.
"Listen, I'm destined to become a pill refining grandmaster - crafting precious elixirs for martial sects and nobility alike, making everyone gasp in awe at my prowess!"
"I have dignity to maintain!"
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]
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.”
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?"
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.
