"Junior Sister... if you don't get up soon, I'll be crushed into a corpse..."
For some reason, every word from Su Ji's voice sounded strained.
"...Stop talking nonsense!"
Su Jiu was both embarrassed and flustered.
"I'm not even heavy..."
It was clear that every girl cared deeply about her weight.
"Eh?! Don't blow air like that—I'm getting up now!"
Faced with Su Ji's silent protest, Su Jiu scrambled clumsily to rise.
But the more frantic she became, the more awkward her movements.
Her hand pressed against Su Ji's chest, the firmness beneath her palm sending another wave of disarray through her, leaving her limbs weak.
Gritting her teeth, Su Jiu stopped overthinking and rolled off Su Ji with all four limbs.
She turned her back to him, staring down at the molten lava, not daring to lift her head.
Finally able to breathe, Su Ji gasped heavily, inhaling the scorching air as he pushed himself up from the ground.
His gaze fell on Su Jiu, who, like him moments ago, seemed desperate to bury her head in the earth.
The corners of his lips twitched upward uncontrollably, but he quickly forced them back down.
Clearing his throat, he prepared to say something to break the unbearably awkward silence.
Yet, before he could, the familiar options appeared before his eyes.
[Conversation with Su Jiu triggered—target meets aesthetic preferences, romance options unlocked.]
[Option 1: Scold Su Jiu for her recklessness and tell her to be more careful next time. (Reward: Su Jiu’s favorability +1, green destiny ‘The Dao is Merciless’)]
[Option 2: Pretend to be severely injured, claiming she crushed your Dao foundation and must take responsibility. (Reward: Su Jiu’s favorability +1, special storyline)]
[Option 3: Say nothing about what just happened. Feign panic and ask Su Jiu if she encountered any trouble or was hurt. (Reward: Su Jiu’s favorability +1, partial intel gained.)]
Su Ji’s mind raced.
The first option was outright ridiculous.
"Be more careful next time"?
He’d prefer if she didn’t be careful at all next time.
The second option aligned with his usual antics.
But...
"A special storyline"?
Did he have a death wish?
Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s body wasn’t made of iron.
Everything required balance and gradual progress.
Su Ji made his decision in an instant.
Dropping all playful thoughts, he adopted a perfectly measured look of concern.
His eyes settled on the white-haired figure whose ears were burning red.
"Junior Sister, you vanished earlier—did you run into trouble?"
His voice was soft, laced with a barely detectable tension.
"I searched for you for so long. Are you hurt?"
Su Jiu’s body trembled almost imperceptibly.
She slowly raised her head, her clear fox-like eyes wide with disbelief.
She had expected questioning, or demands to explain her earlier blunder.
Instead, she was met with... concern?
A surge of warmth rose abruptly from her heart, dispelling all her embarrassment and frustration.
Staring at Su Ji’s face, she felt her heartbeat skip.
"I... I’m fine."
Her voice wavered slightly, but she avoided his gaze as she murmured,
"Earlier... I was taken to a strange realm by a senior."
"And I gained some opportunities."
Opportunities?
Su Ji raised a brow.
He studied Su Jiu closely. Though she tried to suppress it, the vast, newfound aura around her was impossible to hide.
"Congratulations, Junior Sister, on forging your Golden Core."
A genuine smile graced his lips.
And why not?
Su Jiu reaching the Golden Core stage meant the Love-Longing Sect’s days under its current name were numbered.
Su Jiu’s head snapped up, her fox eyes filled with shock.
Su Ji had seen through it at a glance?
She nodded faintly in acknowledgment.
Then, the clarity in her eyes dimmed, replaced by an indescribable sorrow.
"Senior Brother, I..."
She trailed off, hesitating.
Today’s events had shaken her too deeply.
The secrets buried for a hundred thousand years weighed on her like mountains, suffocating her.
Su Ji didn’t press her. Instead, he instinctively sat down, about to pat the space beside him.
"Sit... OW!"
Ah, the perks of Foundation Establishment—leaping three meters in one bound.
After yelping, Su Ji finally learned his lesson.
He retreated to the spot where he had broken through earlier.
"Sit and talk?"
Su Jiu hesitated briefly before obediently walking over and settling beside him.
The two sat side by side on the scorching rocks, surrounded by churning lava, yet the atmosphere was strangely peaceful.
"That senior... was a true dragon. She was incredibly powerful."
Su Jiu chose her words carefully.
"She has lived for an unfathomably long time."
"She told me... the cultivation method of our Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lineage is flawed."
Her voice was quiet, tinged with bitter self-mockery.
"The technique I took pride in—the one that guaranteed a ninth-grade Golden Core—was, in her words, nothing but a ‘dead core’ that severs the path forward."
"True greatness lies in forging a Heavenly Palace Golden Core."
Su Ji’s heart stirred.
He had seen the term "Heavenly Palace Golden Core" in the [Fallen Dragon’s Desolate Decree].
"She helped you rebuild your foundation?" Su Ji asked.
"Yes." Su Jiu nodded lightly. "With her supreme power, she summoned heavenly lightning and earthly flames to temper my Dao platform, allowing me to barely condense a Heavenly Palace Golden Core."
"Senior Brother, do you know why Great Xia has no path beyond Nascent Soul, why our legacies are severed?"
Su Ji shook his head, listening intently.
"Because a hundred thousand years ago, this world endured a cataclysm."
"Countless ancient sects and mighty races perished in that calamity."
Su Jiu’s fingers unconsciously tightened around the hem of her robe.
"My clan’s sacred land... was reduced to ashes overnight in that disaster. Not a single soul survived."
Her voice trembled slightly on the last few words.
After steadying herself, she continued, "Great Xia is a severed fragment of that world, its Dao incomplete, cutting off the path to Nascent Soul."
"Some of my clansmen who were outside by chance survived and chose to retreat into seclusion..."
"You know the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Foxes are not known for combat."
"Without strong allies to rely on, and bound by the limits of cultivation lifespans, each generation grew weaker. Some even compromised to preserve the bloodline, diluting it until many regressed into mere Nine-Tailed Fox Spirits."
"Now, compared to ordinary demonic beasts, our only advantages are early intelligence, human forms, and intact ancient legacies."
"And I... am the first Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox in nearly ten thousand years to experience a bloodline reversion."
"One day, the clan elders sought me out, saying a great era approaches. They even sacrificed their lives to divine a glimpse of the ‘future’ for me..."
"I was supposed to shoulder the responsibility of restoring my clan’s glory..."
"But now... a senior tells me even our legacy is wrong..."
"I’m lost..."
"Can I truly leave Great Xia...?"
"Fulfill my duty... revive my clan’s honor."
Su Ji fell silent.
He hadn’t realized Su Jiu carried such a heavy burden.
He reached out, intending to pat her shoulder in comfort, but halfway through the motion, he hesitated, sensing it might be inappropriate. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Su Jiu's cold fingers wrapped around his, guiding it gently to rest upon her shoulder.
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
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."
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?"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
