Su Ji decisively chose to scram.
He wasn’t a fool. With such an obvious hint given, staying any longer to argue would be nothing short of courting death.
He threw on his Daoist robes at lightning speed and fled Su Jiu’s courtyard like his life depended on it.
The moment the gate shut behind him, he let out a long exhale.
The feeling of being alive—truly wonderful.
Su Ji steadied his breathing but didn’t immediately return to his quarters. Instead, he turned and headed in the direction where Elder Liu had earlier sent Wang San flying with a single palm strike.
Beyond the courtyard walls, there was nothing.
No corpse of Wang San—just a small pool of blood.
Su Ji’s brow furrowed.
How could a Qi Refinement disciple survive a full-powered strike from a Foundation Establishment expert at the Great Perfection stage?
And still have the strength to vanish without a trace?
Where there’s an anomaly, there’s a demon at play.
Su Ji had no idea what trump cards Wang San might have held.
Nor did he understand why the man had been so intent on killing him.
But the grudge was already set in stone.
That bastard Wang San had just earned a spot on Su Ji’s "must-kill list."
Not a trace of amusement remained on Su Ji’s face as he stepped over the spot where Wang San should have been lying dead—
Like trampling over the grave of a man already doomed.
...
The instant Su Ji turned to leave, the conflicted expression on Su Jiu’s face was swiftly replaced by a flush of feverish urgency.
Her earlier insistence that Su Ji leave hadn’t just been due to shame and fury—her body was on the brink of a crisis!
That rampaging energy inside her was far too violent, surging wildly through her meridians. This was no ordinary medicinal bath effect.
She even felt that if she didn’t guide this power immediately, her body might explode from the strain!
Without wasting a second, Su Jiu sat back down in the bath, cross-legged.
Closing her eyes, she forcibly suppressed the storm of emotions in her heart and began circulating the [Nine Luminaries Moon-Devouring Scripture].
The moment the technique activated, an anomaly erupted!
Those once-inscrutable passages that had demanded immense effort to decipher now unfolded with crystal clarity.
Characters seemed to come alive in her mind, autonomously unraveling the deepest mysteries of the scripture and laying them bare before her.
Epiphany!
This was the legendary, near-mythical state of cultivation enlightenment!
Su Jiu’s heart quaked. She swiftly steadied her mind, immersing herself completely in this profound sensation.
The chaotic energy within her finally found an outlet under the scripture’s guidance.
It transformed into a raging torrent, scouring her meridians and purifying her demon core.
The bottleneck at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment, once unshakable, now crumbled like paper before this deluge.
Boom!
A dull thud resonated from within her.
Foundation Establishment, sixth layer—
Achieved!
Tumultuous demonic power surged through her, yet that peculiar energy from Su Ji showed no signs of waning.
If anything, as the scripture cycled, it seemed catalyzed—growing purer, denser, more overwhelming!
Su Jiu didn’t even have time to stabilize her new breakthrough before the energy propelled her cultivation toward the next horizon.
Foundation Establishment, seventh layer—
Shattered!
A faint tremor ran through Su Jiu’s delicate frame, a trickle of blood escaping her lips.
The strain of consecutive breakthroughs weighed on her, but the blazing triumph in her eyes only intensified.
Not enough.
She could feel it—the energy wasn’t spent yet!
Gritting her teeth, Su Jiu pushed the [Nine Luminaries Moon-Devouring Scripture] to its limits. Behind her, the phantom outlines of nine fox tails flickered, intertwining with that strange energy inside her.
Another muffled explosion!
Foundation Establishment, eighth layer!
Only now did that maddening, exhilarating energy finally exhaust itself, merging into her very bones and flesh as part of her cultivation.
Su Jiu slowly opened her eyes, momentarily dazed by the demonic power now several times mightier than before.
She raised a hand, staring at her pale palm, and finally released a long, shaky breath.
In less than an hour—
She’d broken through three layers!
Leaping from the fifth to the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment!
And her foundation was rock-solid—no instability from rapid advancement!
This… this was beyond fantasy!
Even with her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline, achieving these breakthroughs through normal cultivation would’ve taken at least two and a half months.
Now, that grueling process had been compressed into a single hour.
The time saved meant she could finally pursue ventures she’d once deemed too perilous.
This time…
She might truly succeed…
Su Jiu’s mind flashed to Su Ji’s face—
Then she forcefully shoved the thought aside.
No time for distractions.
At the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment, even if she encountered a Golden Core old monster, she could hold her own.
Should she go for that opportunity…?
Soon, a cave abode left behind by a Nascent Soul grandmaster would emerge.
In the lands of Great Xia, Nascent Soul cultivators were practically myths—Golden Core experts were the pinnacle of power here.
The appearance of a Nascent Soul’s legacy would drive every Golden Core cultivator in Great Xia’s cultivation world into a frenzy.
Her original plan had been to steer clear.
Her strength was nowhere near enough to challenge Golden Core elites.
But now…
With eighth-layer Foundation Establishment power and her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline abilities…
With careful planning…
She might just snatch a share from under those old monsters’ noses!
A glint ignited in Su Jiu’s eyes.
But this venture was far too dangerous.
Knowing Su Ji’s personality, he’d undoubtedly latch onto her like a leech again.
Best he remain unaware.
Pulling out brush and ink, she began writing:
"Senior Brother Su Ji,
If you’re reading this, consider it my farewell.
The… incident between us still leaves me unsettled. I’ve decided to travel and clear my mind.
[Fox-girl ramblings…]
[Fox-girl ramblings…]
[Fox-girl ramblings…]
Don’t come looking for me in the days ahead.
If fate wills it, we’ll meet again.
If not, the path of immortality is long—farewell without reunion."
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
Heart] Chen Yi traversed the cultivation world for eight hundred years, charging his way to the Tribulation Transcendence stage. Just as he was outwitting his 81st Heavenly Tribulation to ascend to immortality, he was suddenly pulled into a chat group called the "Multiverse Transmigrators Support Group." To his surprise, the group was filled with nothing but fresh-faced newbies who had just transmigrated. [Help! I transmigrated into a disgraced concubine in the cold palace, and the tyrant emperor is about to execute me!] [I ended up as a cannon-fodder villain, and the protagonist is still chasing me—WTF!] [I woke up as the protagonist’s father, but I’m about to be sacrificed in a ritual! What do I do? Urgent!!!] Chen Yi stared at the chaotic flood of desperate pleas in the group and fell into deep thought. "Seriously? You drag me into a newbie transmigrator chat group… only after I’m one step away from becoming an immortal?"
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]
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?
