Thus, from Su Ji’s perspective, the "inner demon" he had suspended mid-air actually leaned backward of her own accord.
Her posture seemed less like an attempt to evade the flames and more like—
Su Ji tugged the chains, lowering Su Jiu further over the searing magma.
Su Jiu had no choice but to retreat helplessly, again and again, in an endless cycle.
"Demon of the heart, dare not disturb my Dao mind!"
Su Jiu felt as though her very soul was being torn apart in that moment.
Within her dantian’s qi sea, the once-serene flow of spiritual energy erupted into a boiling frenzy, teetering on the edge of collapse.
Her carefully crafted "inner demon" facade shattered instantly, leaving only raw panic in its wake.
She had already lingered at the peak of Foundation Establishment for some time.
Now, in her flustered state, she failed to suppress her cultivation.
The barrier to the Golden Core realm—one Su Ji had inadvertently shattered—
And this molten cavern was far from an ideal place for a breakthrough...
Gritting her teeth, Su Jiu mustered the last traces of her scattered spiritual energy, struggling against her bonds.
"You, demon, are far too cunning. Unless I vanquish you completely, my heart shall know no peace."
Then, after what felt like an eternity—
A strange, cleansing warmth surged through Su Jiu’s meridians.
Her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline, dormant until now, began to seethe uncontrollably.
A primal longing, buried deep within her soul, surged forth.
It was the recognition ritual of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, fleeting as a heartbeat.
Su Jiu had no intention of submitting to Su Ji as her master.
Was he truly battling an inner demon, or was this deliberate?
Not a shred of tenderness to be found.
She’d never heard of any cultivator conquering their inner demon like this.
But then again...
Wouldn’t letting this chance slip be a waste?
Well, there was no helping it.
It wasn’t as if she’d ever planned to—mmph—
Her thoughts stuttered to a halt.
She’d never planned to take a Dao companion. Her path lay beyond Great Xia, toward the destiny of her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox lineage. And now, the only suitable candidate before her was Su Ji.
Hmph... hmph...
This wasn’t some... some... submission. Merely a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Meanwhile, Su Ji, thoroughly engrossed in his task, suddenly felt a tremor in his soul.
An inexplicable power descended upon him.
The newly forged, crystalline Dao foundation within his dantian—still gleaming with iridescent light—began to hum uncontrollably.
Streams of pure Foundation Establishment spiritual energy were violently wrenched from his Dao platform, surging backward through his meridians!
"What the—?!"
Instinctively, he tried to activate his [Fallen Dragon’s Desolation Art] to sever the draining flow.
But the moment the thought formed, another wave of cool, soothing energy washed over his radiant Dao foundation.
The two forces intertwined, forming a flawless cycle.
His freshly consolidated spiritual energy gushed out like a broken dam, faster and fiercer than before—siphoned away, cycled through Su Jiu’s body, and returned infused with the refined demonic energy of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
Back and forth, an unending rhythm.
Each revolution tempered his Dao platform further, nourishing his soul with unprecedented intensity.
Su Ji was utterly dumbfounded.
With every cycle, his foundation grew more unshakable, his spiritual sense expanding at an absurd rate.
This sensation—
It was intoxicating.
Gradually, he stopped resisting.
Across from him, Su Jiu—still playing the role of the "inner demon"—shivered as Su Ji’s overwhelming energy surged back into her.
Her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline, long dormant, stirred once more, its primal seals loosening.
Her heart lurched, nearly breaking character.
But she steadied herself just in time, maintaining the act.
"Senior Brother’s spiritual energy... tastes delightful."
"Though... a tad overbearing, don’t you think?"
...
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.”
【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.)
tions: attribute allocation, analysis, proficiency, and simulation. Specializing in mechanical alchemy, from crafting sorcerous battle armor to handcrafting mechanical maidens, his mechanical legion conquers endless realms... Relying on his wits, he begins with a student-teacher romance, wins over a female director, enslaves a female assassin and a underworld queen, becoming the husband of a Grand Duchess... He enslaves the Goddess of Magic from the divine realm, developing his power simultaneously in both the Wizard World and the Realm of Gods...
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?!
