【You flew for a long time in the direction Wang Mingbai had indicated.】
【You felt that you were nearing the edge of the Human Realm.】
【Ahead, a massive mountain rose from the sea.】
【The mountain was unimaginably tall. Only a tiny fraction of it stood above the surface, while beneath the waves it reached all the way to the seafloor.】
【Your divine sense swept over it, taking in every detail from top to bottom.】
【This mountain was no ordinary mountain. The rocks that formed it were brimming with spirituality, resembling some rare and precious material.】
【Deep beneath the seabed, you saw the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey, suppressed beneath the base of the mountain.】
【Strangely, there was another person inside the mountain.】
【When you recognized who it was, you cried out in surprise.】
【“Chen Four?!”】
【It was your clone left behind in the Human Realm—Chen Four!】
【Half of the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey’s body was outside the mountain, while Chen Four was completely sealed within it. The two were not far apart.】
【Chen Four was speaking.】
【“Monkey Bro, I’m hungry.”】
【“Heh heh! Old man, that’s just your imagination.”】
【“But I really am hungry…”】
【“The spiritual energy naturally contained in this Chuangyang Stone is enough to keep you alive. You only feel hungry; in reality, you can’t die.”】
【“Is that so… By rights, I should have died of old age long ago. I have this mountain to thank for keeping me alive… Ah, bah! This mountain has trapped me for decades! What do I have to thank it for? I’d be better off dead!”】
【You plunged into the water and sank to the seafloor, where you found the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey.】
【“Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey! Time to go home!”】
【The Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey looked up at you, utterly astonished.】
【Before he could speak, you answered for him.】
【“Yes, yes, it’s me—Martial God Chen.”】
【“You…”】
【“I’m a projection from the True Realm. I came this time to take you back there.”】
【“Hey! Look at the mess you’ve made! You should’ve let me take the path to ascension years ago! Granny Hua kept saying that you had an important mission for me and that I should wait a few more years before going to the True Realm.
Years turned into years, and then ten years ago, after Li Lingyue used the Path to Ascension, the Human Realm’s Five Elements collapsed, and the Path to Ascension vanished along with them!
And now you want to take me to the True Realm? How?”】
【“You can go to the True Realm even without the Path to Ascension. You originally belonged there. When this projection of mine returns, the laws of the True Realm will naturally pull you back.”】
【“It’s that miraculous?”】
【“That’s what your kin told me, anyway.”】
【“My kin?”】
【“The Astral Apes. You really don’t remember them at all?”】
【“Uh… This is the first I’ve heard of them…”】
【“Looks like the two of you lost your memories when you fell through the black hole.”】
【“By the way, there’s another ‘you’ inside this mountain.”】
【“I saw him. Give me a moment. I’ll get the two of you out.”】
【The “mountain” before your eyes was actually not a mountain at all, but a single, complete boulder.】
【Its material was unknown, its properties extraordinary. It was simply one stubborn rock.】
【You tested it with your super strength, but it seemed impossible to smash directly.】
【If you used too much power, the surrounding space would collapse, and the monkey might get caught in it.】
【You had no choice but to rely on your super intelligence.】
【“This thing doesn’t seem to belong to the Void Realm…”】
【You thought of Wuxiang, the Dragon-Scaled Horse, and the two monkeys.】
【They had all originally belonged to the True Realm, but for various reasons, had accidentally fallen into the Void Realm.】
【Could this stone also be from the True Realm?】
【“Fire Monkey, did you just say this stone is called the ‘Chuangyang Stone’?”】
【“That’s right.”】
【“How do you know what it’s called?”】
【“I just… seem to have known it all along.”】
【There was no doubt about it now. It definitely belonged to the True Realm!】
【You had once used “reverse engineering” to analyze the residence-permit compass from Purple-Scarlet Star. Although you had obtained its blueprints and formula, there were still many materials whose sources you did not know.】
【One of them was called the “Chuangyang Stone.”】
【Now, the solution was simple.】
【All you had to do was send out a signal, prompting the Astral Apes to reopen the artificial breach between the True Realm and the Void Realm. That breach would automatically draw in anything nearby that belonged to the True Realm.】
【That way, the mountain, the monkey, and the man could all be taken to the True Realm together.】
【Those monkeys had their own way of rescuing the one monkey and one man trapped inside.】
【Just as you were preparing to send the signal,】
【the surroundings suddenly lit up red. It was the danger warning from the “signal light.”】
【You stopped what you were doing and turned to scan the darkness beneath the deep sea.】
【“Friend, since you’ve already come, why not show yourself?”】
【Your opponent did not appear, but a voice came from the distance.】
【“Chen Yi, how was the True Realm? Was it fun? As a member of the human race, you must have suffered quite a bit there, right?”】
【Your tone was relaxed and unconcerned.】
【“It was all right. If I think about it carefully, I only spent a few days mining—and I volunteered for it. You seem to know quite a lot about the True Realm. Have you been there too?”】
【“Don’t bother trying to fish for information. Do you think I’m going to tell you anything?”】
【“If you don’t want to talk, then why show yourself at all? Keep hiding in your dark corner and watch the Human Realm perish.”】
【“Do you think my goal is simply to destroy this world?”】
【“I don’t care what you’re trying to do. Once I drag you out, your intentions won’t matter.”】
【“Heh heh. I’m afraid you can’t do that right now.”】
【“That’s right—‘right now.’”】
【This was the first time you had spoken with the mastermind who had remained hidden behind the scenes all this time.】
【You could not recognize his voice. He had probably altered it.】
【You had pretended not to be interested in learning more, provoking him with open contempt. Instead, you had goaded him into revealing some information.】
【He said that he had noticed you long ago.】
【He did not specify exactly when.】
【You guessed it was probably when you had led people in conquering the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm. The incident had far-reaching consequences, so it was hardly strange that someone had taken notice of you.】
【He had discovered that you left behind a clone when you departed the Void Realm.】
【So, just as that clone was about to die of old age, he used the Chuangyang Stone to seal him away.】
【As long as Chen Four remained trapped inside, he would not die. But the moment he was released, he would immediately perish because his lifespan had already run out.】
【This person had sealed your clone for a purpose, but he did not say what it was.】
【“All right, you gloomy rat. I know you’re not going to show yourself today, because whatever you wanted to do in the Human Realm is already done.
So I’m leaving. And if you have any connection to the True Realm, you’d better keep your distance, unless you want to be taken away too.”】
【The hidden figure remained silent for a while before replying.】
【“I belong to the Human Realm as well. The breach opened by the Astral Apes can’t take me away.”】
【“You’re ruthless. As a living being of the Human Realm, how can you bear to watch it be destroyed like this?”】
【“The immortal path is heartless! Someone as attached to affection and loyalty as you are will never reach the end of the immortal path!
There is no Emperor and no Immortal in the vast cosmos. In this age, I alone can become an Immortal!
And you are fit only to be one of the stepping-stones beneath my feet!”】
【The red tint in the field of vision marked “Signal Light” gradually faded.】
【You knew he had left.】
【“I’m a stepping stone? Hah… Eat shit!”】
【You shouldn’t believe everything the other party says, but you can treat it as a clue and follow the trail to uncover more in the future.】
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?"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
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...
