"Others have systems to command the wind and rain, but I have you, either getting beheaded or about to be beheaded all day long," Fang Zhiyi grumbled.
Little Hei sighed helplessly, "Boss, I've already suggested you could just start a rebellion, but you won't do it."
"Just to satisfy an emperor complex and cause common people to lose their homes and wander destitute? I haven't sunk that low."
Little Hei felt somewhat indignant, but it decided to stop Fang Zhiyi's grumbling first, so it promptly delivered the plot.
This is an Eastern fantasy world, a world similar to one with magic.
This world has many deities. No one knows their origins; people only know that if one gains the favor of these deities, they can become a divine agent and also obtain supernatural abilities.
Almost everyone strives for this goal because gaining a deity's favor means becoming part of the elite, completely escaping life at the bottom.
Fang Zhiyi was born into an ordinary family. After his birth, staff from the Divine Association came to test him and said it was almost impossible for him to succeed in the future Divine Selection. Fang Zhiyi's parents didn't take this to heart. They were an ordinary couple who treated their child with the love of ordinary parents.
From a young age, Fang Zhiyi knew that some people were destined to be superior from birth, because those children his age had been detected to have an aura of the divine, almost guaranteeing they would gain a deity's favor during the Divine Selection and become ability users.
He also knew his parents had no great demands of him. They just wanted him, like ordinary parents, to grow up healthy. Even if he wasn't chosen in the future Divine Selection, he could live a serious life.
But Fang Zhiyi didn't want to accept fate. Unlike those children, he worked very hard, diligently studying the knowledge taught by his teachers. Even though that knowledge was only useful if one became an ability user, he still strove to be prepared. He remained unmoved even when mocked by others. His parents also sent him to school... All children of the empire enter school to receive knowledge about the deities, essentially brainwashing.
Fang Zhiyi's precocious nature meant he had few friends, but quite a few people enjoyed bullying him.
This didn't stop his progress. Fang Zhiyi achieved the best results in the entire school in that perfunctory exam. As he took the prize from the teacher's hand and turned to leave, he heard the teacher sigh.
"What a pity, such a diligent child. If only he could pass..."
Fang Zhiyi didn't listen further. He always believed his efforts would not be in vain; the deities would see them.
Later, he made a friend, Mo Xuan. Mo Xuan was his deskmate, very good-looking, talkative, and Fang Zhiyi always found him slick-tongued and noisy. Originally, he had no intention of befriending Mo Xuan, but once, when he was being bullied, Mo Xuan appeared.
At that moment, he wavered in his belief for the first time.
Because the usually unserious Mo Xuan could actually gather a strange energy even before the Divine Selection, indicating he was naturally favored by the deities. This scene made those bullying Fang Zhiyi stop in fear.
From that moment on, Mo Xuan extended his hand to him, saying he was his friend.
But Mo Xuan didn't know that Fang Zhiyi disliked him, even somewhat hated him. Because as Mo Xuan interacted with him more, Fang Zhiyi saw many things he hadn't seen before. Mo Xuan was actually the grandson of the empire's old military commander. So... his family didn't need to grow vegetables; meals could be cooked and served by others. Even the school principal would visit Mo Xuan's home.
Gradually, Fang Zhiyi found he had become Mo Xuan's foil. Although Mo Xuan was always with him, people looked at Mo Xuan with full praise and at him with utter disdain.
"That guy must know about Mo Xuan's family background, sticking to him every day on purpose."
"Absolutely."
"I heard last time he was bullied, Mo Xuan even stood up for him. So envious."
Hearing such words always upset Fang Zhiyi. Although Mo Xuan also explained, his explanations only earned him more praise from others.
The school belle liked Mo Xuan. Mo Xuan always avoided her, so Fang Zhiyi naturally became his shield. For this, Fang Zhiyi was even beaten up several times by that girl's lackeys. When Mo Xuan found out, he only apologized verbally, but he still acted the same way when facing the school belle's attentions.
Fang Zhiyi began to suspect that Mo Xuan somewhat enjoyed the feeling of being admired.
Fang Zhiyi actually had someone he liked too. It was a girl with black-framed glasses, very ordinary. He hardly spoke with her; they just both liked reading books. Since school courses weren't heavy, he would actively seek out books to read. Over time, he noticed this girl was often there too.
The two seemed to develop a tacit understanding. Fang Zhiyi even fantasized about when he might confess to the girl, but he didn't dare.
Mo Xuan noticed his feelings and, with the idea of helping his buddy out, patted his chest and promised to "get her" for him.
Fang Zhiyi really disliked the word "get."
But an accident happened. He didn't see the girl for several days. When she finally returned to school, he saw the familiar figure. The girl had changed her usual style of dress, wearing brighter colored clothes, had taken off her glasses, and cut short the bangs that covered her forehead. He saw her radiant for the first time.
"Here, you're Fang Zhiyi, right? Help me give this to Mo Xuan." She walked up to Fang Zhiyi and handed him a handkerchief. Fang Zhiyi noticed a cute little bird embroidered on it.
He watched her leave. Mo Xuan didn't arrive until noon, greeting Fang Zhiyi with a cheeky grin, naturally putting an arm around him and talking about his plans for the day. Fang Zhiyi took out the handkerchief the girl had given him.
Mo Xuan became somewhat awkward.
"That, you know, I'm not that kind of person..." Mo Xuan explained. He said he wanted to help Fang Zhiyi test the waters, so he had someone ask the girl out for a drink. And then... he suddenly thought the girl looked really pretty without her glasses, and the girl had expressed her liking for him too.
"I swear, it wasn't intentional." Mo Xuan raised his fingers, his face full of sincerity.
Fang Zhiyi didn't speak. He just stared blankly into the distance.
The day of the Divine Selection arrived. Many were very nervous. If chosen today, they would enter the various factions representing the deities and become part of the elite. If not selected, they could only slink away, return to being ordinary commoners, engaged in simple, basic production and agriculture.
Mo Xuan patted Fang Zhiyi on the shoulder, then strode forward.
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."
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?
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.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
