Everyone fell silent.
No one had expected that the Li Family would have a madwoman in their midst.
Some narrowed their eyes, seeing right through the little charade.
Among them was Lu Lutong.
Having survived the ruthless succession battle among the Lu Family's nine heirs, he was no fool—he instantly grasped the underlying scheme.
"Patriarch Li, what exactly do you mean by this?"
Li Chifen cut him off abruptly.
"So this is how it is. My apologies—I jumped to conclusions without verifying the facts. Brother Lu, rest assured, since this is the Li Family’s mistake, I’ll give you a satisfactory resolution. After the meeting concludes, I’ll personally offer my apologies."
Li Chifen’s words were carefully measured.
Addressing Lu Lutong as "Brother Lu" was a deliberate show of respect, especially coming from the current patriarch of the Li Family.
He then admitted fault, acknowledging the Li Family’s responsibility and willingness to accept consequences.
Most crucially, his promise to "personally apologize" hinted at substantial concessions.
Lu Lutong paused only briefly before nodding.
"If that’s the case, I’ll have to honor Patriarch Li’s request. We’ll discuss this further afterward."
Internally, Lu Lutong felt somewhat appeased. Among noble families, could affection ever outweigh profit?
Though he pitied his daughter,
if her death could secure his claim as family patriarch, he wouldn’t hesitate to push her into the grave himself.
Lu Xiangdai and Lu Xiangji exchanged silent glances. They couldn’t comprehend their father’s cold calculus but dared not oppose him.
Instead, they shot venomous looks at Luo Yao.
By now, their former admiration for her had curdled into hatred.
Given the chance, they’d make her suffer.
Meanwhile, Lin Ran’s eyes gleamed with menace.
These two were now marked men.
Daring to covet his woman? They were begging for death.
But though Lin Ran was unhinged, he wasn’t reckless like Luo Yao.
In public, he’d stop at beating someone senseless—his true madness emerged only in the shadows.
Not that he couldn’t go further, but it was unnecessary.
Even Luo Yao hadn’t acted openly; she’d had Liu Meng dispose of Lu Xiangting discreetly.
Li Chifen exhaled in relief. Lu Lutong clearly knew when to yield.
Perhaps future dealings wouldn’t be impossible.
"Everyone, please be seated. Let’s continue," Li Chifen announced.
But few had the heart to proceed.
Who’d dare speak freely at a banquet where tongues might literally be cut out?
Yet at that moment, Lin Ran rose defiantly.
You tell me to sit? Watch this.
He jabbed a finger at Lu Xiangdai and his brother. "What the hell are you staring at? Need your eyes gouged out?"
Luo Yao blinked her lovely eyes, admiring Lin Ran’s growing audacity. He thrilled her more by the day.
The Lu Family seethed at being challenged by this pretty-faced nobody, but with Luo Yao backing him, they could only swallow their rage.
Li Chifen’s brow furrowed. Could this farce even continue?
"Mr. Lin, I must insist you sit down. You’re making this exceedingly difficult."
Lin Ran had realized Luo Yao’s true purpose—she’d never come for diplomacy, only chaos.
So he flipped the table with a crash.
"Difficult?"
"Then don’t bother."
Plates shattered. At least only one course had been served, minimizing the waste.
Li Chifen finally snapped. "Guards!"
Luo Yao’s eyes remained closed, her voice glacial. "Old dog, I’d advise against moving."
"I know why you invited me today—to collude with the three families and Samsung against my Luo Corporation. You think I fear you?"
Her eyes snapped open, radiating a bone-chilling aura.
"Imagine if the Wang and Lu Families learned your true colors. Would they still partner with a man who’d sell anything—even allies—for profit?"
The room froze. Every attendee gaped.
Li Chifen barely stifled a gasp. Years of iron-fisted rule had hardened his composure, but the subtext in Luo Yao’s words nearly broke him.
"What ‘true colors’? Slander won’t be tolerated!"
Luo Yao stood.
"Spare me your rehearsed denials. I’m leaving."
With that, she swept out with Lin Ran, boarding the unmarked Rolls-Royce where Wang Bao waited.
"A final warning: choose your alliances wisely. Blind loyalty is fatal."
The engine roared as Wang Bao floored the accelerator. The luxury car smashed through the newly repaired gates like a beast.
A dossier flew from the window.
"A gift for the old dog. Enjoy."
Li Chifen's mind had been on the verge of exploding ever since Luo Yao started speaking. When he saw the document envelope, he quickly went to retrieve it himself.
He knew it contained something Luo Yao had left for him.
Just then, Park Bo-gi approached Li Chifen.
"Patriarch Li, are you alright?"
Having suffered at Luo Yao's hands before, Park Bo-gi still carried some lingering fear of her. Though this was the Li Family's estate, it was still within Chinese borders—he didn’t dare make a move against Luo Yao.
That’s why he had been playing dead earlier.
If this were Korea, he would’ve already sent Luo Yao and everyone around her straight to the underworld.
Li Chifen waved him off. By now, he had completely lost the mood to continue hosting the banquet, so he handed the responsibility over to his son, Li Dan.
He himself quietly retreated to an empty corner, exchanging polite words before slipping away entirely.
Once inside a secluded room in the banquet hall, Li Chifen opened the documents—only to nearly faint at what he saw.
"That crazy girl, where did she get all this?"
He had been certain no one could possibly know about his dealings, yet somehow, Luo Yao had uncovered everything.
And with irrefutable evidence, no less.
Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to stay calm.
"It’s fine. There’s still a chance. If that lunatic didn’t expose it publicly, it means there’s room for negotiation."
He had hoped to make Luo Yao suffer today, but before the banquet even properly began, she had already unleashed her ultimate move and left.
Next time they met, she might be fully armed with god-tier equipment.
Difficult. Too difficult.
There were still many guests outside—he couldn’t just ignore them.
When Li Chifen returned to the banquet hall, he overheard Wang Dacong boasting.
"What exactly did Luo Yao mean? Who did the Li Family betray in their collaborations?"
Wang Dacong shrugged. "Who knows?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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?"
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!
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.
