At the same time.
Across Great Xia, those ancient Golden Core experts who had just awakened from their self-imposed seals—
before they could even fully step back into their coffins—
once again turned their shocked and suspicious gazes toward the direction of Qihuang Gorge.
Again?
That aura of heavenly tribulation has reappeared?!
Could it be... that the path of Dao in Great Xia has truly reopened?
Ultimately, some could no longer suppress the greed and longing in their hearts.
Love-Longing Sect.
The withered, white-haired Grand Elder stood above the sect, forcibly halting his retreat to the forbidden mountains in the rear.
His eyes burned with struggle and fervor.
Qihuang Gorge was guarded by a true dragon—if he went again, he would only humiliate himself. There was no other outcome.
But this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity...
Should he order his subordinates to investigate?
To track down that duo who had left as Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation cultivators but returned as Foundation Establishment and Golden Core?
He shook his head almost immediately.
Male disciples of the Love-Longing Sect were required to undergo castration upon entry—a rule established five hundred years ago.
He had been in seclusion when it was enacted, but he knew the reason behind it.
So how could there possibly be a "well-endowed" Foundation Establishment cultivator in the sect?
Utterly spear-less nonsense.
Investigating would be a waste of effort.
And yet...
To return to his coffin and sleep again...
He couldn’t bear it.
Not only had breaking free from the coffin already cost him dearly...
Even if he went back, he had only a few years left to live.
What if the path forward for Great Xia had truly opened?
He had been trapped at the peak of Golden Core for too long—so long that his lifespan was nearly exhausted.
Rather than withering away here... why not gamble?
"Boom!"
A surge of spiritual energy, far surpassing that of an ordinary Golden Core great perfection cultivator, erupted from his withered body.
The skies above the Love-Longing Sect churned violently.
"Unworthy disciples! Activate the sect-protecting formation at once!" he roared toward the sect master’s location.
In moments, beams of light shot up from the peaks of the Love-Longing Sect, weaving into a vast, radiant net in the sky. The formation exuded an overwhelming pressure as it enveloped the entire sect.
The Grand Elder took a deep breath, savoring the unprecedented power surging within him. He focused his entire being into his dantian, channeling all his strength to break through the invisible barrier that had confined him for nearly a thousand years.
Back in the day...
He had been a peerless genius...
Unrivaled since his debut, forging a seventh-grade Golden Core in just thirty years!
Yet the path to Nascent Soul had been severed...
Break!
Break for me!
The spiritual energy within the Grand Elder cycled at an unprecedented speed. His Golden Core buzzed violently in his dantian, radiating a blinding light—brighter than ever before, like a miniature sun.
He could feel it—the barrier was loosening!
Just a little more!
Just a little more!
And yet...
"The Grand Elder is breaking through!"
"Heaven blesses the Love-Longing Sect! Our sect will soon have a Nascent Soul mighty one!"
Countless disciples and elders rushed out of their caves, gazing up at the figure atop the mountain peak, stirring the heavens. Their faces were alight with excitement and reverence.
And then...
There was no "then."
The dazzling Golden Core, upon reaching its limit, suddenly dimmed.
No heavenly tribulation descended to temper his body.
The rampaging spiritual energy, like wild horses freed from their reins, surged chaotically through his meridians in reverse.
"No..."
"Why?!"
A desperate roar tore from the Grand Elder’s throat.
His shriveled skin cracked inch by inch, blood seeping from every pore.
Under the horrified gazes of the Love-Longing Sect’s disciples, the once-indomitable figure atop the peak swelled like an overinflated balloon—
"Pop!"
A muffled explosion.
A brilliant mist of blood blossomed under the midday sun.
Body and soul—annihilated.
The Love-Longing Sect fell into dead silence.
After what felt like an eternity, a heart-wrenching wail shattered the stillness.
"Sect Master! The Grand Elder... he exploded!"
——
Su Jiu felt like she was about to explode.
Her Dao Platform, tempered by the heavenly lightning, did not shatter. Instead, it grew more solid and translucent, gleaming like polished crystal.
Then, the red-haired little girl gave another soft command.
"Fire!"
"Come!"
The earthfire of Qihuang Gorge was forcibly ripped from the ground against its nature.
A strand of pure, condensed flame pierced through space, landing precisely on Su Jiu’s Dao Platform.
Thunder and fire intertwined—yin and yang in harmony.
Su Jiu’s Dao Platform began undergoing an unimaginable transformation.
Within her dantian, the phantom of an exquisitely crafted celestial palace slowly took form.
Above it, mist swirled, and cranes cried, as if a miniature world had been born.
Heavenly Palace Golden Core!
As the last wisp of thunderfire merged into the palace, Su Jiu’s aura peaked.
Her eyes snapped open—a flash of golden light flickered in their depths.
Golden Core—success.
Su Jiu savored the unprecedented power surging within her.
Suppressing the excitement in her heart, she rose slowly and bowed deeply toward the red-haired figure lounging lazily on a rock.
"Many thanks for your guardianship, Senior."
The red-haired little girl merely waved a hand dismissively, not even bothering to lift her eyelids.
"Unnecessary."
"If you have time, go to Qingqiu and ask Jiu Yue for me."
She paused, her tone laced with unmistakable disdain.
"Ask her if this is how she treats her descendants now?"
"Did she forget about her clan after running off with that bastard? Too busy rolling around to care?"
"Tch. Even I’m more generous than her."
Su Jiu hesitated, then spoke carefully.
"Senior... I am not a direct descendant of Ancestor Jiu Yue."
"And... Ancestor Jiu Yue... she passed away long ago."
The air froze.
A deafening explosion.
The red-haired girl’s lazy posture stiffened violently.
The chains that had bound her for countless millennia—unchained even by heavenly punishment—shattered under her force.
In the next instant, she leaped down from the rock.
Her golden draconic pupils locked onto Su Jiu, her voice trembling faintly with something even she didn’t recognize.
"What did you say?"
The broken chains crashed to the ground with earth-shaking force, causing the entire space to quake.
"She’s dead?"
Her voice was soft, yet carried a bone-chilling coldness.
"That vixen... died well."
She murmured, yet there was no joy on her face.
"No..."
Her head snapped up, golden pupils blazing with madness.
"Who allowed her to die?!"
"If she’s dead, why hasn’t Feng come to see me?"
"Have you met him?"
"A man who loves wearing green robes, pretentious to the core—you’d remember if you’d seen him."
"That heartless bastard."
"He actually asked me if I liked sleeping with women!"
"Wanted me and Jiu Yue to share a bed and serve him together? Dream on. I told him I’d rather die than sleep with a woman, so he locked me here. And now, after all these years..."
"Did he forget about me?"
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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.”
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
