Evening.
Ghost Market Street, Treasureless Pavilion.
It wasn’t yet time for the night market to open.
The main hall of Treasureless Pavilion remained unlit, its doors still shut.
In a small room in the inner quarters.
Shen Buyao stared silently at the large sheet of paper spread across the table for a long while.
Then, she turned to Shen Jiuyi sitting across from her and said:
"Big Cow, hurry up and analyze the chart already!"
"I don’t understand this crap—what am I even looking at?"
"Isn’t that why I called you here?"
Shen Jiuyi held a pen in her hand, having stared at the drawn chart even longer than Shen Buyao.
But her prolonged silence was driving the antique-obsessed sister up the wall.
"Buyao, are you absolutely sure you got Lin Yu’s accurate birth details? No mistakes?"
Shen Buyao crossed her arms, her tone firm:
"Our landlady told me this herself."
"Down to the exact hour—it can’t be wrong!"
Shen Jiuyi bit the tip of her pen, giving Shen Buyao a grave look.
Shen Jiuyi: "…"
Shen Buyao: "???"
Shen Jiuyi: "Tsk…"
Shen Buyao: "Just analyze the damn chart already—why are you staring at me?"
Shen Jiuyi took a deep breath:
"Buyao, in all my years studying Zi Wei Dou Shu under ‘Grandma,’ I’ve… never seen a destiny chart this overwhelmingly powerful!"
Shen Buyao raised one eyebrow skeptically.
She glanced at the handwritten chart on the paper, baffled:
"Look, I might not know much, but I’ve heard a thing or two."
"Aren’t charts with stars like Purple Star, Broken Army, or Greedy Wolf supposed to be the impressive ones?"
"Lin Yu’s chart doesn’t even have any of those flashy constellations!"
Shen Jiuyi immediately shot her a disdainful look.
It was a look Shen Buyao knew all too well—the same one she gave Shen Jiuyi whenever the latter went off about "antique trivia."
Shen Jiuyi continued with a deeper explanation:
"Amateurs should really keep quiet."
"What makes a destiny chart overwhelmingly powerful?"
"It’s not about one palace showing wealth or high status."
"The most crucial thing is… the stars being in their rightful positions!"
"The Sun governs career—when it resides in the Career Palace, that’s its rightful place."
"The Moon governs wealth—when it resides in the Wealth Palace, that’s its rightful place."
"…"
Shen Buyao, lost in the jargon, cut her off impatiently:
"Ugh, fine, fine, we get it—you’re the expert, okay?"
"Can you dumb it down for me? What does it all mean?"
All that technical talk might as well have been gibberish to her.
Shen Buyao wasn’t here for a lecture.
Shen Jiuyi sighed in resignation, her expression cold:
"The Heavenly Secret Star in the Life Palace means this person is incredibly sharp, well-liked, and has a knack for deep understanding and research."
"Plus, their IQ is off the charts—don’t even think about outsmarting them, or they’ll destroy you."
Shen Buyao nodded approvingly:
"See? Now that’s something I understand. Go on."
Shen Jiuyi then proceeded to break down the rest of Lin Yu’s destiny placements in plain terms.
But this was just the appetizer.
Zi Wei Dou Shu had evolved over time, now incorporating broader analyses tailored to modern circumstances.
A person’s destiny shifted every ten years in major cycles.
At twenty, Lin Yu was currently in the midst of a powerful phase.
And based on Shen Buyao’s descriptions of his recent changes, the chart aligned perfectly.
Moreover, the analysis suggested that for the next year, Lin Yu’s unstoppable momentum would continue unabated.
Nothing—divine or demonic—could stand in his way.
After several minutes of explanation, Shen Jiuyi concluded with emphasis:
"To sum up Lin Yu’s destiny—he has the toughest fate I’ve ever seen!"
Shen Buyao’s hands clenched, her heart skipping a beat: "!!!"
Now she understood why Shen Jiuyi had kept glancing at her during the reading.
In Zi Wei Dou Shu, there existed an exceptionally rare destiny configuration…
The Calamity Star: representing impulsiveness and a tendency to attract misfortune.
The Lonely Star: representing isolation and self-reliance.
When both appeared in a chart, it formed the "Calamitous Lone Star" destiny.
In the twelve palaces, no other stars interacted with these.
Or, to put it another way—forming deep relationships with others would inevitably bring them calamity.
Ever since "Grandma" had analyzed Shen Buyao’s chart as a child, her life had unfolded exactly as predicted.
Her expression flickered with complexity for just a moment before she scoffed, reverting to her usual defiance:
"Pfft, Big Cow, quit trying to scare me with this nonsense."
"I don’t believe in this outdated crap—my fate is mine to control!"
"Got it? Screw destiny!"
Shen Jiuyi folded the paper on the table and asked nonchalantly:
"If you don’t believe it, why did the Shen family split apart?"
"If you don’t believe it, why have you pushed away everyone who tried to get close all these years?"
"If you don’t believe it, why did you rent an apartment after I calculated your wealth luck lay at the crossroads of east, west, south, and north?"
"If you don’t believe it…"
"Then why did you bring me Lin Yu’s birth details to analyze?"
Shen Buyao’s eyelids twitched, her hands gripping tightly behind her back: "!!!"
Shen Jiuyi hadn’t raised her voice, yet her words carried an invisible weight.
Shen Buyao quickly changed the subject:
"Whatever—this ‘Calamitous Lone Star’ nonsense means nothing. No one stays with anyone forever anyway, and I don’t need that."
Shen Jiuyi: "You don’t?"
Shen Buyao: "Do I?"
Shen Jiuyi: "Don’t you?"
Shen Buyao: "Do I?"
Shen Jiuyi: "You’re the most stubborn person I’ve ever met."
Shen Buyao: "You fu—"
Shen Jiuyi: "I’m your grandma."
Shen Buyao: "…"
Realizing she was outmatched, Shen Buyao turned and headed for the door, muttering:
"Stay here for a bit. I’m going out."
Shen Jiuyi raised an eyebrow:
"Where to?"
Shen Buyao glanced back, her tone petulant:
"To find Lin Yu, strip down, and make babies with him. Got a problem?"
Shen Jiuyi shook her head calmly:
"Blessings."
……
Meanwhile.
In the apartment’s first-floor kitchen.
Lin Yu was chopping vegetables with a knife, preparing to show off his cooking skills to Chen Qimeng.
Suddenly, the system’s notification echoed in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! You’ve successfully bound your first Daoist cultivation partner!]
[Partner’s sect identity: Elder of the Heavenly Artifice Pavilion, Hidden Vein of the Mystic Gate (Shen Buyao)]
[Rewards: 100 Sect Contribution Points, 200 Spirit Stones]
"Holy shit!!"
Lin Yu’s hand jerked, his mind reeling.
The knife slipped, nearly slicing his finger.
Lin Yu: "???"
What the hell is that antique-obsessed woman…
Doing?!
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?"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
