Su Ji naturally couldn’t admit his own shortcomings. "It’s a bit difficult," he said.
Su Jiu grabbed Su Ji’s arm, narrowly avoiding a massive boulder crashing down from above.
Steadying herself, her clear fox-like eyes were filled with confusion.
"Why?" Her voice carried a hint of urgency.
"Last time, when you slew that Nascent Soul remnant soul, your spiritual energy was completely drained."
"But this time, after killing that enchantress, you still had more than half your spiritual energy left."
"With the remaining energy and my immobilization technique, slaying this damned beast should’ve been more than enough!"
Su Jiu spoke rapidly.
She refused to believe Su Ji would hold back at such a life-or-death moment.
There had to be a reason she didn’t know.
Listening to his junior sister’s sharp analysis, Su Ji inwardly marveled at her intelligence.
This little fox wasn’t just beautiful—her mind worked frighteningly fast. She wasn’t easy to fool.
He let out a heavy sigh, his face twisting with an indescribable struggle.
"Junior Sister, you don’t understand…"
"This sword technique of mine…"
He paused, as if carefully choosing his words—or perhaps unwilling to revisit the past.
"It’s a forbidden secret of my clan, with extremely strict limitations."
Su Jiu didn’t press him, simply watching in silence.
The fire wyrm lashed its tail again, shattering a stone pillar beside them. Debris flew, one piece grazing Su Jiu’s cheek with a scorching gust.
Finally, Su Ji seemed to make up his mind, lowering his voice.
"This is the Heartless Sword Path."
Heartless Sword Path?
Su Jiu frowned.
The Heartless Path’s reputation was far from obscure.
Su Ji’s expression grew graver as he stared at the increasingly frenzied wyrm in the distance.
"This sword… is meant to slay only those female cultivators who try to seduce me with their charms and disrupt my Dao heart."
"So…"
He turned to meet Su Jiu’s stunned gaze, enunciating each word clearly.
"It can’t be used against that beast."
Su Jiu’s mind reeled.
So that was it?
Now that she thought about it, it made sense.
The last time, that Nascent Soul remnant soul had indeed offered to possess her body and "let Su Ji try some new tricks."
Then Su Ji had cut it down with a single stroke.
And earlier, that enchantress, disheveled and using seduction arts to control him, had met the same fate.
"ROAR—!!!"
The fire wyrm clearly had no intention of giving them time to reminisce or discuss sword philosophy.
Enraged that these insignificant humans dared to chat so casually in its presence—an outright insult to its future as a True Dragon—it opened its maw wide.
A massive, condensed ball of molten lava gathered in its throat, far larger and more concentrated than any before.
The aura of annihilation pressed down on them.
"Go!"
Snapping out of her thoughts, Su Jiu stopped dwelling on the absurd sword path and dragged Su Ji toward the only passage in the molten cavern not yet submerged in lava.
As Su Jiu pulled him along, Su Ji still found time to flip the wyrm off and shout,
"Eat shit, dumbass! I’m outta here!"
"Senior Brother, why provoke it?!"
Su Ji didn’t look back, sprinting faster than a hare.
"It doesn’t understand anyway!"
"That bastard chased me for ten days!"
"Ten. Whole. Days!"
"If it weren’t for the maze-like tunnels letting me loop around, I’d probably be a pile of dung in its stomach by now!"
His voice dripped with deep-seated resentment.
"If I don’t vent this anger, I’ll develop inner demons and ruin my Dao path!"
"This is called ‘resolving grievances’!"
Su Jiu: "…"
She didn’t even know where to begin refuting that.
Somehow, his nonsense almost sounded logical.
Whatever.
She stopped arguing.
Their figures darted like phantoms through the cavern.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu formed hand seals with her free hand.
Several illusory clones of themselves materialized, sprinting in different directions.
ROAR—!
The wyrm’s intelligence wasn’t fully developed, making it easy to deceive with illusions for a short time.
It spewed molten fire at one of the clones, melting a gaping hole in the cavern wall.
Seizing the chance, Su Jiu and Su Ji slipped into a narrow crevice.
Behind them, the wyrm’s roars and the crumbling of rock gradually faded.
…
Inside a relatively safe stone chamber, the two finally stopped.
Su Jiu released Su Ji’s wrist, scanning their surroundings to confirm they were safe before turning to him.
The frustration she’d suppressed the whole way finally spilled over.
"Senior Brother, why did you come here?"
"Didn’t I tell you to stay put in the sect and behave?"
Her voice held worry, but more than that—an unconscious dread she hadn’t even realized she felt.
This was a Golden Core beast!
And with Su Ji’s sword technique useless against it, they stood no chance.
Su Ji didn’t answer immediately.
First, he leaned against the wall, panting dramatically like a man who’d narrowly escaped death.
Then, slowly, he lifted his head.
The mocking, shameless look he’d given the wyrm was gone, replaced by a mix of guilt and something almost like… grievance.
After fumbling in his robes for a moment, he pulled out a palm-sized, translucent stone radiating pure spiritual energy.
The [Dragon’s Saliva Stone] he’d pocketed earlier.
"Junior Sister… you’ve been running around outside, gathering materials for my Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment."
His voice was low, slightly hoarse.
"If I just sat there, waiting without lifting a finger… I couldn’t live with myself."
He held the stone out to her, his gaze utterly sincere.
"I heard there might be treasures here… thought maybe it could help you forge a Ninth-Grade Golden Core… so I came to try my luck."
Su Jiu froze.
She stared at the [Dragon’s Saliva Stone] in his hand.
Then at his face, plastered with "I did it all for you."
Her mind buzzed.
Every emotion she’d been ready to unleash was instantly stifled by that tiny stone.
He’d risked being crushed into paste by a Golden Core beast.
Ventured into this death trap.
All… to find something that might help her?
Just because he "couldn’t live with himself"?
A warmth she couldn’t describe surged from her chest, washing away all her anxiety and irritation in an instant.
Her nose stung, her eyes growing suspiciously hot.
Snatching the stone from his hand, she clenched it tightly—if only to hide how flustered she was.
"You… you think I’m an idiot?"
Her voice trembled, but she forced it to sound stern.
"Was this worthless thing worth risking your life for?"
Su Ji grinned. "Ah, so you saw through me?"
"Well… there was one other thing."
Su Jiu: ???
Wait—
What?
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
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."
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?!
