When looking at the fog in the Land of Immortal Legacy from the outside, it appeared vast and dense. However, upon actually entering, one would discover...
The fog grew even thicker and more extensive!
It was simply impossible to see five fingers in front of oneself!
Let alone the people, objects, and scenery around, one could not even clearly see what they themselves looked like.
At a glance, there was nothing but a vast expanse of white fog. If not for the protective aura, one would probably be suffocated by the fog.
Being in such an environment was no different from being in complete darkness. People would instinctively feel afraid.
The moment they entered the fog, Qin Ran activated his Eye Art Illusory Realm, but whether due to some issue with his eye art or the fog itself, his vision did not extend very far even after unleashing his eye art.
He swept his gaze to the sides and could vaguely make out a few silhouettes moving about not too far away. They seemed to be Su Changqing and the others, but the poor visibility prevented him from being certain.
Things were growing somewhat bizarre...
"Hello? Can everyone hear me?" Su Changqing's voice suddenly emitted from the pearls they each held. "If you can hear me, please respond."
"Junior Sister Bai?"
"Junior Brother Chu Batian?"
He called out everyone's names one by one to confirm their presence.
"Brother Qin?"
Upon hearing his own name, Qin Ran hesitated briefly before responding, "I'm fine."
"Fellow Daoist Jian Yuanjie?"
"Fellow Daoist Qi Yun?"
After confirming that all were present, Su Changqing heaved a sigh of relief on the other end. "Everyone is safe."
He then instructed, "Please follow the guidance of the pearls in your hands and gather to me for now."
As his voice trailed off, Qin Ran sensed a directional force emanating from the pearl in his hand, faint but unmistakable. He allowed it to guide his steps toward its pull.
Glancing the way the pearl was leading him, Qin Ran could vaguely make out a silhouette standing there - most likely Su Changqing. He also noticed the other silhouettes moving in Su Changqing's direction.
The group advanced silently, like ghosts drifting through the fog. It was admittedly somewhat eerie.
Having only just entered from outside, they did not have far to travel. After walking some dozen-odd meters, Qin Ran arrived before the silhouette and drew nearer for a clearer look - it was indeed Su Changqing.
"Brother Su!" He greeted Su Changqing.
"Brother Qin!" Su Changqing nodded back.
Qin Ran's gaze swept the area. The other four emerged from the fog and gathered round - still Bai Ruoxi, Jian Yuanjie and the rest, with no one missing or added.
After a simple exchange of greetings, Jian Yuanjie frowned and asked, "With visibility so poor, how do we locate the Devouring Demon Willow?"
"I'm afraid we have no choice but to head deeper and search for it," Su Changqing replied. "Let us hope the fog does not blanket the entire Land of Immortal Legacy."
"The Land of Immortal Legacy spans boundlessly wide, it could take us forever to comb through it!" Chu Batian grumbled unhappily.
"Alas..." Su Changqing sighed and said, "Let's be on our way."
Lacking any better alternative, the rest could only follow as Su Changqing determined their direction and set off further into the Land's depths.
Before departing, Qin Ran surreptitiously dropped a stone etched with markings onto the ground.
"Everyone try to maintain the same pace," Su Changqing reminded them. "Don't move too fast or too slow, and don't drift away from the group."
"By heading in this direction, we should soon clear the mist..." However, that did not happen at all...
The blanketing fog obscured their sense of direction - no telling east from west, above from below, not even day from night.
They had barely walked for some time before realizing they had lost their bearings. Fixing their direction with arts once more, they pressed on with the search...
At first, there was still some idle chatter, but the group did not know one another well and soon fell silent. Trudging mutely through the murky void, they felt the stifling, smothering pressure of the fog weighing upon their spirits, filling their hearts with mounting unease over the obscurity and uncertainty that lay ahead...
After walking for a long stretch, they lost their direction yet again. Only then did they realize the spatial arts proving rather unreliable.
And by now, they had utterly no clue how far in they had ventured!
"Damn it all, I can't take this anymore!" Chu Batian suddenly erupted in a bellow, giving everyone a fright as all eyes turned to him.
They saw him taking to the air, energy swirling around him. With a sweep of his arm, a tremendous force erupted outward, blasting the enshrouding mist apart in an instant and clearing a vast stretch of unobstructed space around them.
"Such robust mastery of energy, Fellow Daoist Chu!" Jian Yuanjie praised.
The disappearance of that invisible pressure made everyone feel instantly relieved. Su Changqing also smiled and nodded approvingly. But upon glancing back down, his smile froze. Qin Ran was staring intently at something on the ground, prompting him to quickly follow the other man's gaze...
There in the grass were two caterpillar-like creatures, each as thick as a thumb, wriggling about.
"What manner of bugs are those?" Su Changqing asked sharply. What insects could thrive and remain unaffected within the Land of Immortal Legacy?
"I do not know," Qin Ran shook his head. And that was precisely why they gave reason for concern.
"Like I care what they are!" Chu Batian yelled. Leaping down from midair, he made straight for the worms...
"Don't, Junior Brother!" Su Changqing hurriedly shouted.
But Chu Batian paid him no heed. One kick instantly crushed both creatures dead.
"Such recklessness in a domain like the Land of Immortal Legacy!" Su Changqing berated him. "Have you no caution at all, Junior Brother?!"
"Hah! This fabled Land of Immortal Legacy, what's so impressive about it?! And these so-called immortals, I'll dig up their graves!" Chu Batian spat back. Cursing under his breath, he began striding back toward the group.
"C-Chu... Senior Brother Chu?" Bai Ruoxi suddenly stammered out, pointing a shaking finger at him.
"What is it now?" He had no patience for a woman's whimpering antics.
"Y-Your foot..." Bai Ruoxi gasped in horror.
Chu Batian glanced down, and to his shock, the foot he had used to stomp the worms had vanished entirely! Moreover, the invisible force making his foot disappear was creeping upward, ready to erase his calf, thigh and entire being!
Most bizarrely, despite losing his foot, he could still walk normally! It was as if his foot remained perfectly attached.
"How is this happening...?" Mortified, he scrambled desperately toward Qin Ran and the others.
But the moment he realized his foot was gone, it truly was gone for good.
His next step met only thin air, sending his entire body crashing earthward...
"The fog is rolling back in fast!" Jian Yuanjie warned urgently.
Su Changqing watched the mist enshroud them in the blink of an eye, a savage elemental force swirling at Chu Batian's heels, poised to swallow him whole the next instant.
Not daring to imagine the consequences, Su Changqing reacted on pure instinct. Fingers folded into a sword-point, he charged forward and severed Chu Batian's vanishing leg, pulling the man to safety.
Wasting not another moment, Su Changqing immediately beat a retreat once he had Chu Batian in grasp.
"ARGH!" Chu Batian howled at the sight of his missing leg. "My leg, my leg!"
But no one had time to bother with him as they all stood vigilant, regarding the roiling fog warily for further eccentricities...
Soon enough, the hole blasted open was once more filled, with no other strange occurrences manifesting.
Only now did Su Changqing turn to Chu Batian, relief flooding him at the sight of the disintegrating force halted. "How is it, Junior Brother?" he asked. "Do you feel anything else?"
Chu Batian seized Su Changqing by the arm, face twisted in agony. "It's gone!!" he cried. "My leg is gone!!"
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
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.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
