It's over…
Elder Yao's body swayed violently twice, nearly losing his balance.
"Elder Yao, what are you doing standing there in a daze? Go take a look!"
Yun Ying's eyes were slightly red as he stumbled over to Elder Yao, grabbing his arm with fingers turning white from the strain. "My master... only you can save her now!"
Yun Ying's words pierced like a needle into Elder Yao's crumbling nerves.
He snapped back to reality, his murky old eyes instantly filled with immense struggle.
If that murderous fiend was coming…
Could he really manage on his own?
Maybe he should just flee for his life?
But…
He subconsciously looked down at the floor.
The dusty pill lay quietly there.
Right!
The pill!
The Returning Void Pill!
Elder Yao, like a drowning man grasping at a lifeline, shoved Yun Ying aside and scrambled over, crawling desperately.
With trembling hands, he carefully lifted the pill from the ashes, brushing off every speck of dust with the utmost care.
The perfectly round pill, glowing softly with a spiritual light, rested in his palm.
Flawless!
This was the true Returning Void Pill!
The pill that could destroy and rebuild, reforging the very foundation of cultivation!
Elder Yao lifted his head sharply, staring toward the mist-wrapped Moon-Gazing Pavilion in the distance. The ashen despair in his eyes was replaced by a near-crazed flame.
What was there to fear?!
That murderous fiend was coming!
But he hadn't yet stormed the gates!
The Sect Leader's old wound had flared up, but she wasn't dead yet!
And in his hand, he held the life-saving Returning Void Pill!
Once the Sect Leader regained her former strength…
Combined with the easily defensible terrain of Kongxuan Mountain, the protective mountain array she had personally laid down…
And finally, himself!
They might not be without a fighting chance!
Right!
No panic!
This was the time to stay calm above all!
He was Elder Yao of the Yin-Yang Sect, one of the last pillars of the sect. If even he panicked, then the Yin-Yang Sect was truly doomed!
Elder Yao took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air.
With it, he expelled all the panic in his heart.
His murky old eyes sharpened once more.
He turned to Yun Ying, still lost in his grief, and forced a smile onto his aged face.
He reached out a withered hand and firmly patted Yun Ying on the shoulder.
"Brat! What are you panicking for!"
Elder Yao's voice carried an unshakable calm. "The sky hasn't fallen yet. Your master will be fine."
Yun Ying's head shot up.
"Elder Yao… you…"
Elder Yao held the Returning Void Pill up in front of Yun Ying, his old face beaming with pride.
"See this?"
"The Returning Void Pill!"
"Isn't this fate itself refusing to let the Yin-Yang Sect fall? It's proof that Heaven helps the righteous!"
"Your master isn't meant to die. At this very critical moment, I managed to get my hands on it!"
Yun Ying listened.
He looked at the pill in Elder Yao's hand, then at the old man's face practically screaming "praise me." A hint of confusion crept into his mind.
Was it really that coincidental?
But… seeing Elder Yao's determined expression and the pill radiating vibrant life force, his small doubts were swept away by overwhelming joy.
"R-really?"
"Nonsense!" Elder Yao glared at him irritably. "When have I ever spoken a lie?"
He carefully took out a new jade bottle, placed the Returning Void Pill back inside, and tucked it into his robe.
"Alright! Stop standing around like a statue!"
Elder Yao waved his hand grandly and ordered Yun Ying, "Let's go. We'll treat your master's injuries."
"Yes!" Yun Ying nodded heavily, finally finding his anchor.
The two turned to leave.
Only then did Elder Yao remember the true owner of the divine pill, who had been standing quietly nearby the whole time.
He quickly turned around and bowed deeply to Su Ji, who had not spoken a single word throughout.
This bow came from the depths of his heart, without a hint of pretense.
"Friend Su!"
Elder Yao's voice carried profound apology.
"Earlier, the old man was blind and failed to recognize a true master. I was greatly offensive! I hope you can forgive me!"
"The old man now has urgent matters and must go treat the Sect Leader immediately. Another day… another day, I will come to formally apologize and thank you!"
Su Ji watched him silently, then calmly waved his hand.
"Elder, you are too kind."
"We each got what we needed. Consider this a settlement between you and me and the Yin-Yang Sect."
Su Ji's voice was faint, its tone unreadable.
"I'm still a bit weak now. After a day or two of rest, I will leave the mountain on my own."
"Please don't trouble yourself over me, Elder."
…
Moon-Gazing Pavilion.
Yun Yao knelt by the bedside, tightly gripping Yun Xi's ice-cold hand, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls, impossible to stop.
On the bed, Yun Xi lay with her eyes shut tight, bloodless face frighteningly pale.
The rise and fall of her chest was almost imperceptible.
If not for the faintest breath lingering in her heart, Yun Yao would have thought her master had already…
Bang!
A loud crash.
The door of the Moon-Gazing Pavilion, crafted from agarwood, was slammed open by an immense force.
Elder Yao's figure rushed in like a gale.
"Sect Leader!"
He saw the gasping figure on the bed, eyes blazing with fury, and rushed over in three swift steps.
"Elder Yao!"
Yun Yao cried out, lunging toward him like she had found a savior.
"Move aside!"
Elder Yao pushed her away, ignoring formalities, and sat directly by the bedside. He reached out with his withered hands and placed them on Yun Xi's wrist.
A stream of pure spiritual energy carefully entered Yun Xi's body through his fingertips.
The next second.
Elder Yao's face turned even paler than Yun Xi's.
That strand of blade qi was rampaging like a furious venomous dragon through Yun Xi's foundational cultivation!
Wherever it passed, meridians shattered, life force extinguished!
At this rate, the Sect Leader would… be drained into a cripple by this blade qi!
"Elder Yao… how is she?"
Yun Yao's trembling voice asked from the side.
Elder Yao did not answer.
He took out the jade bottle from his robe.
He opened the stopper.
He carefully placed the golden Returning Void Pill between Yun Xi's pale lips.
The pill dissolved upon entering her mouth, turning into a warm current that slid down her throat.
"Sect Leader!"
Elder Yao's voice was hoarse, laced with a tremor he himself had not noticed.
"Hold on!"
"Wooom——!"
A vast, brilliant golden light erupted from within Yun Xi's body!
The light was warm, carrying an endless, rejuvenating life force, instantly filling the entire Moon-Gazing Pavilion!
Wherever the light passed, the frost formed by the chill melted quickly. Even the orchid on the table, half-withered, visibly sprouted fresh green buds!
It was working!
Elder Yao and Yun Yao's eyes simultaneously lit up with ecstasy!
But this joy lasted less than three breaths.
"CLANG——!!!"
A piercing blade cry, capable of tearing the soul apart, suddenly exploded from within Yun Xi!
A stream of eerie black mist, as dark as ink, surged violently from her dantian, accompanying that blade cry!
The black mist was icy cold, filled with an aura of slaughter and destruction.
Two completely opposing forces collided with a thunderous impact inside Yun Xi's body!
“Ahhh—!”
On the bed, Yun Xi, who had been unconscious moments before, let out a shriek of extreme agony!
Her body arched violently, veins bulging across her pale face, her expression twisted and distorted by unbearable pain.
“Master!”
“Sect Leader!”
Yun Yao and Elder Yao cried out in alarm, yet they could do nothing!
They could only watch helplessly as the golden light and black mist waged a frantic battle within Yun Xi’s body.
With each collision, Yun Xi’s body trembled violently, wisps of black vapor and golden radiance spilling from her seven orifices!
“Hold on! Sect Leader! You must hold on!”
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
【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.)
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
