[This year, you saw another news report.]
[It was about another second-tier star, called Heavenly Dipper.]
[More than half of the population on this planet consisted of humans.]
[Several years ago, the entire Heavenly Dipper was unified by a man who called himself “I, the Emperor.”]
[After unifying Heavenly Dipper, the first imperial decree issued by “I, the Emperor” was called the “Alien Purge Order.”]
[In other words, every nonhuman race was to be slaughtered. The head of each alien could be exchanged for a reward from the local government.]
[For a time, Heavenly Dipper was swept by a bloody storm. The alien races fought the humans desperately for their survival, leaving both sides battered and bloodied.]
[But all of that was merely the prelude to today’s report.]
[The actual news was that the Tianhe Peace Bureau, under the jurisdiction of the Holy Dragon Council, had declared “I, the Emperor’s” actions criminal.]
[Furthermore, the Peace Bureau had led one hundred thousand peacekeeping troops to Heavenly Dipper. In the name of “safeguarding peaceful coexistence among all races,” they intended to eradicate the illegal regime established by “I, the Emperor.”]
[“That ‘I, the Emperor’ should be Li Wentian.”]
[All you could do was silently memorize the time and location mentioned in the report, hoping that if you had the chance in your next life, you could help those old friends.]
[At this moment, the vastness of the universe left you powerless.]
[There was a chance that Shen Yang had also appeared in a news report.]
[That report mentioned a human who had mastered several different paths of cultivation. At a grand competition of the various paths held on a first-tier star, he had distinguished himself brilliantly, attracting offers from all sides.]
[As for the Sword Master, you had also seen what appeared to be a report about him.]
[On the first-tier star known as Opera Star, where traditional opera culture flourished, a “superstar” had emerged.]
[This person was a human swordsman, not an actor.]
[He went about righting wrongs and making friends everywhere, earning considerable fame in the region.]
[His personal charm was impossible to resist. The residents of Opera Star stopped chasing actor-idols and began following this swordsman instead.]
[He seemed very much like the Sword Master.]
[“Are they all in the Tianhe galaxy?”]
[If these seemingly unrelated reports truly referred to your old friends...]
[You speculated that although the destinations reached through the Ascension Road, formed from random combinations of “life” and “death,” were all different, they were very likely located within the Tianhe galaxy.]
[“Although even a single galaxy is vast, at least they’re not in different galaxies. There’s still a chance we might reunite.”]
[Year 168. Age 192.]
[The Ji Clan’s ancestral grounds.]
[You told Ji Wuqing the truth.]
[“You’re only in the Core Formation Realm? How strange. How can you use divine abilities?”]
[“Wuqing, I trust you, so I’m telling you everything. I want to use the Blood-Exchange Secret Art to break through to the Absolute Realm. I hope you’ll help me this once.”]
[“Of course I’ll help you, but is this really necessary? You’re the Ji Clan’s great general now. Why are you in such a hurry to increase your cultivation? Wouldn’t it be better to cultivate steadily? Besides, I don’t think this Blood-Exchange Secret Art is reliable. One mistake, and it could get you killed.”]
[“There are naturally risks, but my chances of success are greater than my chances of failure. Besides, I don’t want my sense of security to depend on external forces. The Ji Clan may be powerful, but humanity is ultimately in a weak position. No one knows what unexpected disaster tomorrow may bring.”]
[There was one more thing you hadn’t mentioned: in recent years, Ji Baiming had been pressuring you relentlessly to get married. He no longer allowed you to enter Ancient Firmament Mountain unless you agreed to marry Ji Wuqing.]
[Ji Wuqing understood your predicament and nodded.]
[“All right. I’ll help you!”]
[The Blood-Exchange Secret Art began!]
[Ji Wuqing prepared a secluded place for your retreat: a secret chamber beneath Wan’an City.]
[The chamber was protected inside and out by sturdy defensive formations. Outsiders would find it nearly impossible to enter.]
[There were only the two of you inside.]
[You were completely naked except for a pair of shorts, sitting cross-legged atop the blood-exchange formation.]
[Before beginning, you had already taken the pills required for the Blood-Exchange Secret Art: Blood-Generating Pills and Blood-Protecting Pills.]
[One was used to rapidly produce new blood, while the other allowed you to survive briefly even after all your blood had been drained.]
[This process could not make use of the effects of your traits to heal you, so you had not equipped traits such as “Wolverine.”]
[Thin magical implements resembling silver needles were driven into the major acupoints throughout your body.]
[You struck the ground with one palm, activating the blood-exchange formation.]
[“Wuqing, it’s starting.”]
[Ji Wuqing looked at you, your body bristling with needles like a hedgehog, and gently nodded.]
[“Don’t worry. I’m here.”]
[The process was agonizing.]
[The blood-exchange needles drew the blood from your entire body and sprayed it onto the formation, supplying it with power.]
[The formation then fed that power back into your body, helping you smash through the barrier of your realm.]
[At first, you could grit your teeth and endure without making a sound.]
[But as your blood was completely drained, the pain and terror of hovering on the brink of death forced a roar from you on instinct.]
[“Aah!!!!”]
[Ji Wuqing watched with tightly furrowed brows.]
[She could not simply stand by either. She continuously released divine power into you, stimulating your body to produce more of it.]
[After losing so much blood, you looked like a dried corpse—an utterly gruesome sight.]
[Yet as the formation continued operating and the medicine took effect, your blood gradually returned. Your body swelled back to normal like an inflated balloon.]
[Then the blood was drawn out again, followed by another agonized roar.]
[The entire process had to be repeated at least ten times.]
[Watching you torture yourself until you were barely recognizable, even Ji Wuqing could no longer bear to look. She turned her face away.]
[“Chen Yi, is cultivation really worth this?”]
[Your mind had already grown hazy.]
[You answered unconsciously.]
[“I have to become stronger!”]
[“Among the countless living beings, reaching the Core Formation Realm is already an unattainable height. And you’re still young. Why force yourself this far?”]
[“Unattainable? Then why do the strong bully me because I’m powerless and take my treasures? Why do the alien races enslave me, kill my fellow humans, and slaughter even children?”]
[Ji Wuqing turned her face toward you. Her eyes gradually filled with determination.]
[Surging divine power erupted within her. She began invoking the power of her divine arts, sparing no effort to clear a path for you.]
[At one point, you smelled blood. It wasn’t yours.]
[When everything finally settled, you passed out for a while.]
[When you woke again, Ji Wuqing was sitting guard beside you.]
[Her long hair drifted softly, and she wore that same radiant smile.]
[“Congratulations. You succeeded.”]
[Looking inward, you saw that the imprints of your divine abilities on your core elixir were exceptionally clear.]
[At the same time, streams of flame-shaped light had appeared around the core elixir. These were the sources of your divine power.]
[When a cultivator entered the Absolute Realm, their true energy would transform into divine power, with the source of that divine power circling the core elixir.]
[Using Qi Refinement Arts to increase the strength and quantity of the source of one’s divine power was the essence of cultivation in the Absolute Realm.]
[“I’m in the Absolute Realm!”]
[At this moment, the number of traits you could equip had reached thirty-three!]
[All the traits that had once required careful selection and painful trade-offs could now be equipped at once!]
[You were so excited that you pulled Ji Wuqing into a bear hug and vigorously patted her back.]
“Thank you, Wuqing! If you hadn’t given me your all-out help, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to break through!”
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?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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...
ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
