[Currently, your theoretical lifespan is two hundred years, and your current age is sixty.]
[Therefore, once you swapped to the 'Eternal Half-Emperor' trait, your cultivation realm directly advanced to the Martial Saint realm!]
[However, if you want to cultivate, you still have to follow the methods of the Martial King realm.]
[After your breakthrough, your masters brought you the Holy Land's Qi Refining Art—the "Carefree Heart Mantra".]
["Disciple, this Qi Refining Art was created by our Holy Land's God Xiaoyao. It is an Earth-tier Qi Refining Art! Looking across the entire Human Realm, only the Shen family's 'Starlight Heart Mantra' can compare to it. As for other factions, even the Mountain and Sea Holy Land and the Firmament Holy Land possess High-tier Qi Refining Arts at best! You must cultivate it diligently. Let your master explain the path of cultivating True Qi to you..."]
[Because the Human Realm had once suffered a break in its legacy.]
[The highest tier of Qi Refining Arts circulating in the world today is surprisingly only Earth-tier.]
[Moreover, only the Carefree Holy Land and the Star Domain's Shen family possess them.]
[The reason they have them is that their ancestors experienced the afterglow of that glorious era.]
[Creating the Three Qi cultivation methods and martial arts is easier than creating Qi Refining Arts.]
[Thus, after the legacy was broken, as long as geniuses with talent in cultivation methods emerged, they still had the chance to create a series of new techniques by combining the fragments left by their predecessors.]
[But as for Qi Refining Arts, although people have been trying to create them over the past thirty thousand years, both their quantity and quality have remained stagnant.]
[After all, one crucial reason cannot be ignored.]
[If a person hasn't reached the Martial King realm, they won't know what True Qi is. No matter how much of a genius they are, it's impossible for them to create a True Qi cultivation method.]
[However, the Martial King realm is incredibly difficult to break through to, so there are very few of them in every era.]
[Without a sufficient base number, creativity naturally remains low.]
[Every cultivation genius only shines in their own era, lacking even a peer to converse with. Wanting to create a higher-tier Qi Refining Art under such circumstances is naturally tremendously difficult.]
["Thank you for your guidance, Master. Your disciple will definitely cultivate with the utmost care."]
["Don't forget to study formations as well. Your current attainments have already surpassed ours. You are just one step away from becoming the only Immortal-tier Formation Master in the Human Realm!"]
["Your disciple won't forget. I'll grasp both firmly!"]
["Good, good, good!"]
[In reality, you had no intention of cultivating the "Carefree Heart Mantra". You had something better—the Heaven-tier Qi Refining Art, the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra"!]
[It was a reward from the previous simulation task.]
[It could finally be put to use.]
[The Martial King realm can be broadly divided into three cultivation stages: early, middle, and late.]
[What needs to be done in each stage is to condense more True Qi within the body.]
[True Qi is dispersed throughout the entire body, but there is a limit to the amount of True Qi the body can bear.]
[To gather more True Qi, one needs to open up their "foundation". Otherwise, no matter how much one cultivates or how good the technique is, the True Qi will not increase.]
[The foundation is similar to physical body strength, but the two cannot be equated.]
[The foundation is a more fundamental physical quality; it is the physical cornerstone that carries all supernatural power.]
[For example, in the second simulation, your lifespan was reduced due to poisoning, leaving your body weak for a long time.]
[This was actually a case of a damaged foundation.]
[However, in combat, as long as you could endure the pain, you could still unleash the appropriate physical strength and power.]
[Opening up the foundation is the step where a cultivator truly sheds their mortal body and creates a qualitative gap between themselves and ordinary mortals.]
[This step is often even more difficult than cultivating True Qi.]
[However, as a Heaven-tier Qi Refining Art, the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra" solved this problem for you all at once.]
[Using the 'Proficiency' trait to casually practice for a few days, you directly reached the entry level of the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra".]
[Afterward, when you circulated the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra" to improve your True Qi cultivation, a heart-devouring agony swept through your entire body, making you turn completely red. Billowing waves of qi radiated from you as if you were being roasted in raging flames.]
[This is one of the unique effects of this technique. It can forcibly open up the foundation using True Qi as a sharp blade while cultivating True Qi at the same time!]
[The only drawback is that it hurts.]
["It hurts this much?! If I had known, I would have brought along the 'Superbeast's Pain Sensation'..."]
[On second thought, you felt that your real self wouldn't have equipped you with that trait. You would definitely say:]
[What does it matter if it hurts in a simulation? Just endure it.]
["That bastard who talks without feeling the pain!"]
[Thinking carefully, that bastard was also yourself; that was exactly what you had done before.]
[Fucking hell!]
[After successfully practicing the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra", all your True Qi directly appeared in the form of flames.]
[All your attacks, even a simple punch—what we would call a basic attack—were accompanied by fierce flames.]
["This still isn't the most formidable aspect of this technique..."]
[The word "Imperishable" in the technique's name wasn't just there to look cool.]
[When the "Heart-Burning Imperishable Mantra" reaches the perfect stage, as long as the practitioner's True Qi is not exhausted, no matter how severe the trauma their body suffers, they can be reborn in flames and regenerate severed limbs!]
["As expected of a system reward. It's too powerful; it completely crushes all Qi Refining Arts in the Human Realm!"]
[During your breaks from cultivation, you had a "phone call" with Shen Qingshan—using the Carefree Token.]
[The last time Shen Qingshan came to find God Xiaoyao, God Xiaoyao gave him a Carefree Token.]
[Learning that you were still alive, Shen Qingshan was overjoyed, expressing that Third Sister had been very worried about you and could finally be at ease.]
[You inquired about how the Shen family's plan to arm and strengthen the low- to mid-level martial artists of the Human Realm was progressing.]
[Everything was progressing very smoothly.]
[As more and more evidence of the impending Dragonkin invasion surfaced, especially after the ten of you returned from the other world and shared what you had seen and gained.]
[Now, almost no one doubted this matter anymore.]
[All factions were earnestly preparing.]
[The older generation did their best to cultivate the younger generation.]
[The younger generation cultivated diligently to improve themselves.]
[The prime generation geared up for war, ready to face the enemy at any moment.]
[God Xiaoyao had actually given Shen Qingshan a whole pile of Carefree Tokens.]
[He entrusted Shen Qingshan with distributing the Carefree Tokens to the hands of all major factions.]
[Whether it was the Five Domains or Holy Lands on the continent, or the archipelagos and overseas factions beyond the continent, everyone had to take one.]
[This way, no matter where the Dragonkin's attack began, the entire Human Realm could be notified in time.]
[This would prevent them from being caught off guard and destroyed one by one by the Dragonkin.]
[As the dignified ancestor of the Shen family, Shen Qingshan naturally wouldn't go and deliver the Carefree Tokens himself.]
[The Shen family lacked anything but manpower; there were plenty of errand runners.]
[Afterward, you contacted Hua Wuyan to learn about Li Lingyue's situation.]
[You learned that Li Lingyue had already proclaimed herself Emperor in the Southern Border and had gained the support of a massive amount of incense offerings.]
[Currently, Li Lingyue was in secluded cultivation, attempting to break through to the Martial Saint realm.]
["Lingyue's Incense Holy Body is still as unreasonable as ever. Once the incense offerings build up, her cultivation improves as fast as a rocket. Perhaps she might even become a Martial God?"]
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
