【As everyone knows, only the human race can give birth to a Heavenly Emperor.】
【No matter how desperately the other races cultivate or how unorthodox the paths they take, they will never produce a Heavenly Emperor.】
【This has already been proven. There was not a single nonhuman Heavenly Emperor during the Age of Heavenly Emperors, and even now, long after that age ended, no nonhuman Heavenly Emperor has ever appeared.】
【As for why?】
【The other races do not know.】
【The human race does not know either.】
【But during the Age of Heavenly Emperors, the other races all believed that they were unable to produce a Heavenly Emperor because the human Heavenly Emperors had suppressed their destiny. They would have to overthrow the human Heavenly Emperors before they had any chance.】
【And so, a conspiracy began to spread silently throughout the universe, infecting every nonhuman race like a virus.】
【Since ancient times, the Heavenly Emperors have ruled over the universe. The human race has always held the highest position and governed the myriad races, while the myriad races have remained beneath them and served humanity. Never had a nonhuman race occupied the highest position and ruled over the human race.】
【That was the structure of the universe during the Age of Heavenly Emperors.】
【Although humanity was the noblest race in those days, humans did not treat the other races as slaves, nor did they forbid them from learning this or that.】
【The human factions held two kinds of attitudes toward the nonhuman factions.】
【First: if you submitted to me, I could spare some effort to manage you and teach you a few advanced things. Of course, none of that would be free. You would have to fight for me, provide resources, and so on.】
【Second: do whatever you want. As long as you do not come bother me, who cares what you get up to? I already have enough trouble competing with my own kind.】
【Humanity was not a monolith in those days. Internal competition was naturally fierce as well. After all, the universe was vast and contained countless star systems; it was impossible for everyone to live together as one big happy family.】
【Unfortunately, the other races simply lacked the ability.】
【Whether they were the ones who submitted or the ones left to fend for themselves, their overall combat strength could never catch up to humanity’s.】
【As for cultural influence, the other races of that era were little different from barbarians in the eyes of humanity.】
【And becoming a Heavenly Emperor? That was an even more hopeless pipe dream.】
【Later, some brilliant nonhuman genius—no one knows who—proposed that the other races were weaker than humanity precisely because the human Heavenly Emperors had siphoned away their destiny.】
【This view won the agreement and support of more and more nonhuman races.】
【If they did not want to look for the problem within themselves, they could only look for it in someone else.】
【But overthrow the Heavenly Emperors?】
【Forget about the periods when the Heavenly Emperors ruled supreme. Even during the interregnums between two generations of Heavenly Emperors, the countless experts who stood at the threshold of the Heavenly Emperor realm could whip the myriad races around like tops.】
【Even when internal strife within humanity grew severe and entire star systems descended into chaos, a small local power could still force the surrounding nonhuman factions to kneel and sing its praises.】
【In those days, the other races feared humanity tearing itself apart even more than they feared humanity living in peace.】
【When humanity was at peace, the other races could at least enjoy a relatively peaceful life. At worst, humanity would bleed them dry of their profits through trade.】
【But the moment humanity started fighting, no one would bother talking to you about humanitarianism. Trade? Trade your grandmother’s leg! Everyone was dragged onto the war chariot!】
【Ironically, every era in which humanity avoided major upheaval was an era overshadowed by the might of a Heavenly Emperor.】
【Yet the other races blamed the Heavenly Emperors for their own weakness.】
【“With such an overwhelming difference in strength, how did the nonhuman races manage to seize their current position?”】
【“The Contamination.”】
【“The Contamination!”】
【“You know what the Contamination is, right?”】
【“I know a little. It makes mortals lose their minds, causes cultivators’ cultivation to regress, and prevents them from cultivating normally.”】
【“The Contamination is the greatest headache of every Heavenly Emperor. No one knows where it comes from. Every time it appears, it brings a catastrophe on a universal scale.
The Contamination is the foremost enemy of every Heavenly Emperor.
Only a Heavenly Emperor can truly suppress it.
When there is no Heavenly Emperor, humanity can only find ways to seal the Contamination and wait for the next Heavenly Emperor to appear, then leave its complete eradication to them.
Half of human history is the history of Heavenly Emperors suppressing the Contamination…”】
【Every time the Contamination descended, the Heavenly Emperor and humanity were always the ones standing at the very front. The other races knew that the Contamination was terrifying, but they had not experienced it as deeply as humanity had. Some of them did not even take it seriously.】
【The last Heavenly Emperor of the human race was the Light Heavenly Emperor.】
【During his reign, the Contamination reached unprecedented heights. The frequency of its outbreaks and the breadth of the areas they affected were both rarer than anything seen in ages.】
【The Light Heavenly Emperor led the Immortal Court on campaigns across the universe, suppressing the Contamination and saving the common people. He worked himself to the bone throughout his life.】
【While the Heavenly Emperor, together with the Immortal Court, battled the Contamination, the nonhuman races in the rear began secretly forming alliances.】
【The most powerful nonhuman factions in the universe joined forces with certain core human factions, colluding from within and without. Taking advantage of the Heavenly Emperor and the Immortal Court being too occupied to look after anything else, they launched a merciless, indiscriminate massacre against humanity’s backbone forces, without cause or warning.】
【Countless nonhuman races quickly joined in. Nearly every nonhuman faction seized the opportunity to attack the human forces around them.】
【This brutal war spread across every corner of the universe and engulfed every race.】
【Although humanity fought back desperately, its strongest forces were engaged in the battle against the Contamination, shielding the entire universe from its greatest threat.】
【The great heroes withered away. Corpses lay strewn across the wilderness, and blood dyed the heavens red.】
【Sacred lands were destroyed, leaving nothing but raging fires and scorched earth.】
【Resources were plundered, leaving behind only a horde of bandits and utter devastation.】
【It was the worst possible moment for humanity.】
【Not only was humanity facing the external threat of the Contamination, but a new round of internal competition was also on the verge of erupting.】
【Numerous factions at the level of entire star systems were deeply divided.】
【During the early stages of the nonhuman uprising, the major star-system factions refused to support one another. They watched from the sidelines and even severed their routes between each other.】
【Everyone thought this was merely another rebellion by the nonhuman races.】
【By the time they realized that the nonhuman races intended to wipe out humanity entirely, it was already too late.】
【Too many people had died, and too many resources had been stolen. By the time the survivors tried to resist, they were already struggling desperately.】
【To make matters worse, many human factions surrendered and defected outright, delivering yet another devastating blow to humanity.】
【In the end, the nonhuman races even attacked regions ravaged by the Contamination, ambushing the Immortal Court while it was suppressing the disaster and killing humanity’s most powerful forces.】
【As for the Light Heavenly Emperor…】
【He used his own life to suppress all the Contamination. Although he slew hundreds of nonhuman Immortal Emperors in the final moment of his life, he no longer had the strength to turn the tide.】
【“The nonhuman races finally accomplished the scheme they had plotted for ten thousand years. They destroyed the Immortal Court, sent the Heavenly Emperor to his grave, and seized control of the entire universe!”】
【“Are these nonhuman races idiots? Without a Heavenly Emperor, the Contamination will come surging back. What are they going to do then?”】
【“They thought the Heavenly Emperor was simply sitting there waiting for someone to take the position, that anyone could become one, and that it was merely a matter of taking turns. They believed that if humanity could no longer produce a Heavenly Emperor, it would eventually be their turn.
That was why, after the great uprising, they desperately suppressed humanity—and continued doing so to this day.
As a result, many nonhuman races have no idea that the great uprising ever happened, yet they still instinctively suppress humanity.”
It turned out that the position of Heavenly Emperor was not a permanent one, nor was it something just anyone could claim. Only humanity, with the greatest potential, had any chance of ascending to it.
These other races simply happened to benefit from two strokes of good fortune.
The first was that the Light Heavenly Emperor perished alongside the Corruption, allowing them to claim the final victory during the Great Uprising.
The second was that after the Light Heavenly Emperor, although the Corruption would still appear, its scale and intensity were far inferior to those of the Heavenly Emperor’s era. The other races could barely deal with it on their own.”】
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?"
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...
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
