【At the Ancient Ferry, you and Ji Wuqing nearly came to blows over something A-Dou said.】
【Fortunately, Ji Wuqing put the greater good first and didn’t quibble with a child.】
【Ji Wuqing: “Children say the darnedest things. I’m not angry. Children say the darnedest things. I’m not angry…”】
【A-Dou: “Uncle Chen, the female ghost called me a child. I’m obviously a teenager!”】
【You: “Dou, stop talking and go to sleep…”】
【If this were a comic, you would see that Ji Wuqing’s head had grown much larger than her body. A mass of black lines hovered above it, and steam was shooting straight out of her nostrils.】
【Ji Wuqing: “I’ll endure it… I’ll endure it…”】
【A-Dou’s interruption made Ji Wuqing forget to press you about your cultivation technique.】
【From her inner thoughts, you heard: I’m young, beautiful, charming, broad-minded, fair, and just. Which child doesn’t like me the moment they see me? That damn little brat actually called me a female ghost! Boo-hoo-hoo…】
【Low-level Jiahao behavior detected. Jiahao Points +1.】
【After Ji Wuqing had calmed down, the two of you finally began discussing business.】
【Ji Wuqing clapped her hands, and a small boat drifted down the river from upstream.】
【Once the boat reached the shore, more than a dozen people disembarked.】
【They were all members of the Kindling Society. They had come with Ji Wuqing tonight to make contact and were responsible for escorting the Destined One to the Kindling Society’s base on Vermilion-Purple Star.】
【You used “Signal Lamp” to investigate them.】
【There were fifteen people: three at the Heaven-Piercing Realm, nine at the Realm of Absolute Earth, and three women with very low cultivation levels. They had probably been brought along to take care of A-Dou’s daily needs during the journey, since he was still a child.】
【After all, the Destined One possessed extraordinary signs. He couldn’t simply fly through the skies in full view of everyone, so they had to use ordinary means of transportation to reach the base.】
【The three Heaven-Piercing Realm cultivators were the decision-makers of this small group.】
【Ji Wuqing relayed your requirements.】
【One of them introduced himself. His name was He Xiangdong, and he was one of the strategists of the Kindling Society on Vermilion-Purple Star.】
【He was tall and powerfully built. Though he had already reached middle age, his handsome features were still evident. He wore traditional human attire with a right-side closure, and his entire bearing was brimming with vitality.】
【He Xiangdong said:】
【“We can’t leave the Destined One outside. Zhong Yanqing will definitely have to go to the base. When you say you want to stay by his side, I take it to mean that you’ll be coming with us to the base as well?”】
【“There’s no other way.”】
【Ji Wuqing said from the side, “Although you’re also a member of the Kindling Society, you’re still an unfamiliar face. For security reasons, the base on Vermilion-Purple Star definitely can’t let you in.”】
【He Xiangdong smiled. “He can go.”】
【Ji Wuqing stared at him in surprise. “Uncle He, isn’t that far too careless? It doesn’t fit the Kindling Society’s style at all!”】
【He Xiangdong clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Ji Wuqing with a smile.】
【“Allowing you to join us in the first place was already the most careless thing we’ve ever done.”】
【Ji Wuqing stuck out her tongue.】
【“Why drag me into this for no reason…”】
【He Xiangdong looked at you again.】
【“Besides, he’s Chen Dong.”】
【Ji Wuqing was even more astonished.】
【“He’s Chen Dong?! You’re Chen Dong?!”】
【After the great undertaking on Firelight Star was completed, the Kindling Society there—whose contact with its superiors had been severed for many years—reestablished contact with Vermilion-Purple Star.】
【Mr. Xun had recounted everything that had happened on Firelight Star, from beginning to end and in complete detail.】
【Thus, the name Chen Dong had already become legendary within the Kindling Society on Vermilion-Purple Star.】
【No matter how capable the Kindling Society was, all they could do was hide and flee. Every day, they either protected human prodigies or evaded pursuit.】
【Their mission was undeniably noble, but there was no denying how stifling their situation was.】
【This time, however, the Kindling Society on Firelight Star had accomplished something major alongside Chen Dong.】
【They had unified Firelight Star!】
【Slaughtered countless members of the alien races!】
【Gained territory and a population of their own!】
【Taken control of an entire planet’s resources!】
【Although the situation was still openly controlled by alien races such as the Dragonfolk, secretly controlling the resources and hollowing out their rule at the grassroots level was already an extraordinary achievement.】
【What had happened on Firelight Star made everyone here intensely envious.】
【Many of them believed that, since everyone had to die someday, they would much rather fall on a battlefield while fighting the alien races.】
【Thus, a wave of personal worship toward you had already formed within the Kindling Society on Vermilion-Purple Star.】
【Ji Wuqing was no exception.】
【Unfortunately, whenever she saw A-Dou on Black Wind’s back, she remembered him calling her a “female ghost.” Her feelings toward you soured by association, and she immediately lost her good mood again.】
【He Xiangdong glanced at Black Wind and said:】
【“Mr. Chen Dong is indeed a legendary figure. Even a dragon-scaled horse follows him.”】
【Ji Wuqing was shocked yet again.】
【“This strange-looking horse really is a dragon-scaled horse?”】
【Ji Wuqing had thought the odd-looking horse seemed familiar, but she had assumed it was some kind of exotic beast mount.】
【The admiration in Ji Wuqing’s gaze grew even stronger, but the moment she saw A-Dou, that flame of admiration dimmed once again.】
【After verifying your and A-Dou’s identities, you boarded the boat together and set off for the Kindling Society’s base.】
【On the way, He Xiangdong stood at the bow beside you and said with a smile:】
【“If the comrades at the base knew that Mr. Chen Dong had joined us, they’d be overjoyed.”】
【You raised an eyebrow.】
【“You call one another comrades?”】
【“Serving the Kindling Society isn’t exactly a pleasant assignment. Once our identities are exposed, we become targets of the Sacred Dragon Society’s pursuit.】
【“There are no real benefits to be gained, either. Almost all the resources and advantages we obtain are used to support the prodigies under our protection, leaving the rest of us with very few resources from the Kindling Society. Most of us have to rely on our public identities to cultivate.】
【“It’s dangerous, and there are no benefits. The only way to keep working in an organization like this is to hold fast to a shared ideal.】
【“That’s why we’re comrades.”】
【A warm current welled up inside you.】
【“That’s right. From now on, we’re comrades.”】
【Year Sixty, age eighty-six.】
【You spent several months traveling by boat, then several more months riding in carriages, and finally continued on foot through the deep wilderness.】
【Of course, you didn’t actually have to walk. You still used your cultivation to move rapidly through the forest.】
【At last, your group arrived before an ancient mountain.】
【At the foot of the mountain was a concealed cave entrance hidden behind dense shrubbery. This was the entrance to the base, but there was no formation array to conceal it.】
【If they had set up a formation in such a remote and desolate place, it would have been the equivalent of openly drawing attention to the spot.】
【He Xiangdong led you into the cave.】
【The cave was very long, more like a tunnel, and you could sense that it descended continuously underground.】
【After passing through the lengthy cavern, the space ahead suddenly opened up. Blazing light filled your vision, and the surroundings became incomparably vast.】
【This was a gigantic underground cavern. The light and warmth came from a luminous sphere at the top.】
【Within it stood a vast ancient-style city, bustling with traffic and crowded with people.】
[Beyond the city stretched fertile plains for a thousand miles. Amid the smoke rising from the countryside, children played and farmers worked in the fields.]
[Farther away lay vast grasslands, where herds of horses and sheep thundered past. Shepherds sipped horse-milk wine and sang their songs.]
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?"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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?"
