Servia always listened to Xu Xi.
So,
when Xu Xi asked Servia to calm the people, she went without hesitation.
Yet, as she ran, the Hero couldn't shake a nagging question—why had she instinctively refused Xu Xi's Tower Spirit authority?
Why…
was that…?
"Lord Wizard, I don’t understand," she murmured, her silver-clad skeletal fingers tightening into a fist.
The answer seemed clear,
yet deliberately obscured.
Unable to make sense of it, Servia could only follow Xu Xi’s orders, rushing through the tower to reassure the panicked crowds.
"Thank you, Miss Servia."
"We’re so grateful…"
The earlier tremors had thrown the Wizard Tower into chaos, leaving many injured.
Servia used her magic to heal them as best she could.
Then,
without pausing to acknowledge their thanks, she raced back to the tower’s peak, driven by an inexplicable urgency.
As if Xu Xi were in danger.
But that couldn’t be.
Xu Xi was strong.
He was the person Servia trusted most.
From the day they met, he had performed miracles, and now, he was leading them all out of the Wizard World.
The Hero truly believed that such an omnipotent wizard could never be in peril.
So, faster.
She had to go faster.
"Lord Wizard… are you hiding something from me?" Servia pushed her speed to the limit, flying toward the tower’s summit.
She needed to see with her own eyes that he was safe.
But suddenly,
an indescribable, primordial force erupted above the Tower of Salvation—crimson flames, ashen death, a terrifying hellscape threatening to consume the tower.
Power beyond Servia’s comprehension.
Twisting reality.
Shattering order.
In the span of a breath, multiple floating platforms crumbled into the abyss.
At the critical moment, a radiant pillar of soul light burst from the tower’s peak—Xu Xi’s location—forcing back the devastation.
"Lord Wizard…?"
Space fractured like glass.
Servia froze, stunned.
Then, she surged forward even faster.
But the moment she drew near, an overwhelming force hurled her back, cracking her light armor.
It hurt.
It burned.
The energy ravaging the tower’s peak was tearing at her very soul.
Crushing, breaking, rending.
Yet, worse than the pain was the dread of an unthinkable future.
Staggering to her feet,
she pressed on toward the one she couldn’t bear to lose.
He’ll be fine. The wizard will be fine.
Her battered heart clung to the lie.
"Lord Wizard is strong. He’ll be alright," she whispered, urging herself forward.
But the closer she got, the more distorted the power became.
The order of life and death inverted.
The living turned to corpses.
The dead returned to life.
The ruined space at the tower’s peak seemed to writhe under a god’s cruel whims, warping the laws of existence.
Servia’s skeletal body regrew flesh—
only for it to rot away moments later.
Life and death, an endless cycle.
"I can’t see…" Blinded by searing hellfire, her newly formed eyes charred black, Servia groped forward.
She summoned a Wizard’s Eye,
using magic to replace her vision.
Still, it wasn’t enough.
Xu Xi’s battle with this unknown foe had surpassed Servia’s limits—her bones groaned, her soul-fire flickered.
She couldn’t advance.
"It hurts… so much…"
The Hero, who should have felt no pain, now endured agony as her body tore itself apart.
Blood streaked her face,
staining emerald irises crimson.
Her hair dripped red, leaving a trail behind her.
Kneeling, gasping, she choked out ragged, wordless sounds.
"Lord Wizard… needs me…"
"I have to… get there…"
Her frail body trembled violently.
Hellfire wreathed her, trapping her between life and death.
Blind.
Battered.
Yet she refused to stop.
She was a fraud, a coward, a worthless imitation despised by the world.
But someone had believed in her.
Had asked for her.
Had needed her.
Had said his research would falter without her.
So, she would answer that trust—offer her meager strength.
And maybe, just maybe, roast a few charred, bitter fruits for the wizard who always bore the weight alone.
"Servia, will you leave with me?"
"I need you, Servia."
"My research needs you. Without you, I’d be lost."
How cruel.
After saying such things, how dare he face this impossible battle alone?
This wizard was the worst!
"Bzzzt—"
Her vision blurred further, but she sensed the battle above growing fiercer.
The enemy had unleashed another attack.
Even time itself twisted.
She wanted—
needed—to help.
But she was powerless.
"Even… even if it’s just me…" With trembling hands, Servia gripped her knight’s sword, raising it toward the unfathomable force above.
Blood dripped from her arms, marking her resolve.
This was all she could do—all she must do. She would protect Xu Xi, even if only a little.
But someone stopped her.
"Servia, leave this to me, alright?"
A familiar figure appeared before her, shielding both her and the tower’s people from the cataclysmic power.
And in that moment, Servia finally saw him—
his life force unraveling.
His hair whitened.
Wrinkles spread.
Youth withered away in seconds.
"Sorry, Servia. I didn’t want you to see me like this," Xu Xi said, forcing a smile as his soul-barrier flickered.
The seventh-circle Immortal’s strength had surpassed his expectations.
Reality bent to its will.
Even with countless soul-fires, Xu Xi couldn’t overcome the gap in power.
th】 【No prior gaming knowledge required】【The First Cultivation + Game Design Novel on the Platform】 In a world where the righteous path dominates and crushes the demonic sects, Lu Ze unlocks the "Son of the Demon Path" system. Killing righteous cultivators now grants him power-ups. Wait—deaths in illusions count too? As a former game designer, Lu Ze decides to give the cultivators of this world a little—no, a massive—shock... Sect Elders: "What is this 'Escape from the Demon Sect' game? Why have all our disciples abandoned cultivation to play it??" Elite Disciples: "You're saying... mastering 'Demon Slayer' can help us counter demonic schemes?" Reclusive Masters: "Why did I leave seclusion? Ask that backstabbing rat who ambushed me in 'Eternal Strife' yesterday!" Rogue Cultivators & Civilians: "'Immortal Abyss Action' is addictive! You can even earn spirit stones by loot-running..." Sect Prodigy: "My Dao heart is unshakable... except for that cursed black hammer." Royal Scions: "Can skins have stat boosts? I’ll pay 10,000 spirit stones for one!!" Sect Leader: "WHO IS CORRUPTING MY DISCIPLES?!!!"
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
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]
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
