Su Yu returned to the underground cultivation chamber and sat down cross-legged.
He began taking stock of his current combat strength.
In secret, he had 45,000 drops of source blood. On the surface, he had thirteen.
“If I enter the Star Newcomer Tournament three months from now with only thirteen drops of source blood, I’ll be far too weak.”
“Besides, against those godchildren with tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands—of drops of source blood, thirteen drops on paper might not even be enough to qualify me for the stage.”
He needed a reasonable cultivation level to use as a disguise.
It had to explain how he could contend with those godchildren without appearing too astonishing.
“A thousand drops?”
Su Yu shook his head.
Going from thirteen drops to ten thousand in just three months would be far beyond the level of a genius.
It would look as if he had cheated the system.
If his progress were exposed, he would face considerable danger.
Although he feared no one in the same realm, if it attracted the attention of some ancient monster at the Domain Lord or World Lord level, things would become troublesome.
“A thousand drops, then.”
Su Yu made his decision.
Condensing nearly a thousand drops of source blood in three months would still be outrageously heaven-defying, but it could barely be explained away by claiming he possessed an unparalleled physique and had accumulated strength over a long period before finally releasing it.
Most importantly, with a thousand drops of source blood, the amplification from the Primordial Chaos Infinite Source Blood Art, and the thousandfold eruption of his innate divine ability…
He should be able to shine in the Star Newcomer Tournament, safely securing a place in the top ten.
That would earn him a complete black-hole-grade cultivation technique.
As for first place?
To be honest, if the reward wasn’t good enough, he didn’t even want to stand out.
It was better to develop steadily and keep a low profile.
Having made up his mind, Su Yu’s thoughts shifted.
The currents of primordial chaos began to circulate, releasing a small portion of the source blood dormant deep within his flesh.
The amount of source blood rotating within his heart slowly rose.
In the end, it came to rest at exactly one thousand drops.
After finishing, Su Yu opened the Seventh Legion’s internal mission network.
There were still three months before the tournament. He wanted to see whether he could take on a few missions and earn more star essence stones.
Relying solely on the one hundred star essence stones provided by the legion as his annual salary was simply too slow.
A holographic projection unfolded in midair.
A densely packed list of missions began scrolling.
“Slay a planetary-level commander of the Abyssal Demons and obtain its core. Mission duration: three years. Reward: two low-grade star essence stones.”
“Escort a starship merchant vessel from the Heavenly Crafts Pavilion through the Shattered Star Belt. Mission duration: five years. Reward: five low-grade star essence stones.”
“Explore a newly formed secret realm on the edge of the Azure Dragon Galaxy and draw a map. Mission duration: ten years. Reward: ten low-grade star essence stones.”
Su Yu’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
It was far too slow.
Not only were the mission durations absurdly long, but the rewards were pitifully small.
Even some stellar-level missions marked as extremely dangerous required dozens of years of risking one’s life, yet offered only seven or eight star essence stones upon completion.
“Money is really hard to earn in the starry sky.”
Su Yu sighed.
Without a powerful background or a mineral vein, obtaining star essence stones was practically harder than reaching the heavens for ordinary martial artists.
“Fortunately, I can sit in my estate and collect a hundred star essence stones a year without doing anything.”
“The benefits of being a special vanguard general really are generous. Chen Xuan certainly paid a heavy price for this.”
Since the missions offered such poor value, Su Yu decisively closed the mission network.
“Forget it.”
“I’ll just wait for the tournament in peace.”
“The rewards for making the top ten in the Star Newcomer Tournament will definitely be far more substantial than these backbreaking missions.”
Su Yu closed his eyes and stopped paying attention to the outside world.
He began repeatedly simulating the practical applications of the Starfall Spear Art in his mind.
Time always passed swiftly in the starry sky.
Three months flashed by in an instant.
Azure Dragon Galaxy, Heavenly Pivot Star.
Outside Estate Number One in the Special Officers’ District, two figures appeared out of thin air and walked toward the estate gates.
They were Chen Xuan and Lu Xinghe.
Today was the final day to register for the Star Newcomer Tournament. They had come to take Su Yu to the Central Imperial Star to participate.
“Commander.”
Walking beside Chen Xuan, Lu Xinghe wore an expression of unconcealed anticipation.
“What do you think? Su Yu has been in seclusion for three months. How many drops of source blood do you think he’s condensed by now?”
Chen Xuan kept his hands behind his back as he walked at a steady pace.
“Three months? How many could he have?”
Lu Xinghe chuckled.
“Don’t forget, during his first few days in the legion, he didn’t do anything at all, yet he somehow gained two drops of flawless source blood!”
“He’s been cultivating in seclusion inside the estate’s top-grade cultivation chamber for the past three months.”
“The energy density there is a hundred times higher than outside!”
Lu Xinghe raised one finger, his tone filled with certainty.
“I’m guessing he has more than a hundred drops of source blood by now!”
“He might even have reached one hundred and twenty or thirty!”
At those words, Chen Xuan stopped and turned to look at Lu Xinghe.
He gave a slight shake of his head.
“Xinghe, you’re still being too optimistic.”
Chen Xuan’s voice carried a hint of rational calm.
“A martial artist’s cultivation speed isn’t constant.”
“I admit that condensing two drops in just a few days was something only an unparalleled prodigy could accomplish.”
“But that had more to do with a sudden epiphany and the fact that he had just begun comprehending the laws of the starry sky. He was in excellent condition and experienced a brief burst of progress.”
Chen Xuan continued forward, speaking in an even tone.
“The further one advances, the more difficult it becomes to condense source blood.”
“Every drop of source blood requires an enormous amount of vital energy to compress and transform.”
“When one is in peak condition, it may be possible to condense a drop in a single day.”
“When one’s condition is poor, one might sit in meditation for ten years without making the slightest progress.”
Chen Xuan patted Lu Xinghe on the shoulder.
“The fact that he gained two drops at once—and that they were flawless source blood—was probably just a stroke of luck, the result of accumulated strength erupting over a short period.”
“That state of enlightenment couldn’t possibly last for three months.”
After listening, Lu Xinghe nodded thoughtfully.
“What you say makes sense.”
“I was taking things for granted.”
“An epiphany is something one can only encounter by chance.”
“No matter how talented he is, if he can stabilize at twenty or thirty drops after three months, that will already be an astonishing achievement.”
Chen Xuan nodded in agreement.
“Twenty or thirty drops would be in line with reason and with his talent.”
“However…”
A trace of regret flashed through Chen Xuan’s eyes.
“Whether it’s twenty or thirty drops, or even the hundred-plus you guessed…”
“It will all be useless against the monsters competing in this Star Newcomer Tournament.”
“The gap is simply too great.”
The two arrived at the estate gates.
Lu Xinghe sighed, his voice filled with unwillingness.
“That’s right.”
“Even with three hundred drops of source blood, trying to claim first place would still be a fool’s dream.”
“What a pity about the reward for first place.”
“That’s the black-hole-grade Battle God armament, ‘Annihilation’!”
“If Su Yu possessed a stellar-level foundation, then with his cultivation technique and divine ability, this Battle God armament would absolutely be his for the taking!”
“With ‘Annihilation,’ our Seventh Legion could run rampant in the World Lord Divine Palace!”
Chen Xuan fell silent for a moment.
A profound chill flashed through his eyes.
“The reward for first place is indeed excellent.”
“But that thing wasn’t prepared for us.”
Lu Xinghe was stunned.
“What do you mean, Commander?”
Chen Xuan let out a cold laugh.
“Anyone with eyes can see it.”
“That ‘Annihilation’ was tailor-made by the imperial family for the Ninth Prince!”
“The Ninth Prince has 150,000 drops of source blood, putting him in a league of his own above everyone else.”
“The Imperial Family is offering this War God Armament as a reward, but it’s nothing more than a formality to appease public opinion.”
“Their real goal is to let the Ninth Prince enter the Realm Lord Divine Palace wearing ‘Annihilation’ with full legitimacy, so he can seize the palace’s most precious opportunity.”
Chen Xuan shook his head.
“So forget about coming in first.”
“If Su Yu can make it into the top ten this time and obtain a complete Black Hole-level cultivation technique, that alone will be a huge win for our Seventh Legion.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
