Ke Xunfang was furious.
Back when she was with Liu Xu, he was still obedient. Knowing she belonged to the Heartbound Alliance, he always sided with her in both words and actions.
He knew she loathed the Demon Suppression Bureau and hated Ren Tianye with a burning passion, so he never dared to mention Ren Tianye or the Bureau in front of her.
He always showed her respect.
But now, right after the divorce—how long had it been?—Liu Xu had surrendered to Ren Tianye?!
No, this was Ren Tianye!
Her sworn enemy!
How could he do this?!
“No, no…”
“I need to find Liu Xu and get to the bottom of this!”
“That damn man, daring to do this behind my back—I’ll make him know my wrath!”
Ke Xunfang immediately set off after Liu Xu.
She knew the area of Fanshan Fort like the back of her hand. She wound along the mountain path, heading straight for the fluttering banners of the military camp.
And then…
She was stopped at the gate.
“Miss, this is a military encampment. No unauthorized approach.”
The soldier’s face was stern.
Recognizing that these weren’t Liu Xu’s Fanshan Fort soldiers, she dared not force her way in, but her anxiety and anger only grew.
“That bastard Liu Xu—is he hiding under Zhang Shi’s protection, afraid to come out and face me?”
But even if Liu Xu was indeed holed up in Zhang Shi’s camp, there was absolutely nothing she could do about it.
These weren’t the Fanshan Fort soldiers from before, whom she could bully using her status as Liu Xu’s wife without them daring to retaliate.
Now, all these troops scattered across the mountains were Ren Tianye’s men. They despised the Heartbound Alliance the most. If she tried to force her way in, her fate would be miserable.
—As a member of the Heartbound Alliance, Ke Xunfang was painfully aware of this.
As she stood there, anxious and miserable, she spotted a small sedan chair approaching from afar. Carried by four bearers, it moved swiftly and steadily. When it reached the camp entrance, the soldier who had blocked her only asked a routine question before letting it through.
Ke Xunfang froze, stunned.
Then she froze again.
No—she knew that sedan chair!
More than that, she was intimately familiar with it.
It belonged to Gao Ning, her dearest best friend of a lifetime!
Gao Ning, who had disappeared for so long, had reappeared?
And she could enter the camp that Ke Xunfang couldn’t?
What was going on?
Without a second thought, Ke Xunfang shouted at the top of her lungs: “A Ning! A Ning! A Ning—”
Her shrill cry cut through the air like a turbulent wave, startling a flock of crows into flight. The fast-moving sedan chair came to an abrupt halt. A woman stepped out from it.
Her face was delicate, her figure slim and graceful. Though not as striking as Ke Xunfang, she was a classic beauty of the gentle, refined type. Dressed in plain clothes and devoid of makeup, it was indeed her best friend, Gao Ning.
“A Ning, is it really you?”
Ke Xunfang rushed toward her. “Oh, where have you been these past few days? You have no idea how hard I’ve been looking for you. I finally divorced Liu Xu.”
“I think you were right. Liu Xu’s salary is low, he goes hunting after work, has no drive, won’t do housework—he has no merits.”
“Divorcing him was the right call!”
Having finally found Gao Ning to confide in, Ke Xunfang blurted out all the grievances she had bottled up over the past couple of days.
Then, with indignation, she added, “But Liu Xu has gone too far! The moment our divorce was finalized, he dared to surrender to Ren Tianye’s people!”
“How dare he be so bold!”
“Is he asking for death!”
Gao Ning shook her head slightly. “That’s not it.”
“What?”
“I mean…” Gao Ning said, “Liu Xu isn’t asking for death. His surrender to General Zhang Shi was my idea.”
“Pukou City is already a cornered beast. Fanshan Fort, as its shield, rises and falls with it. Resistance would be pointless; surrender is the better path.”
“Besides, the Duke’s faction is honest and upright. As a military officer, Liu Xu can prove his loyalty and find a future for himself, free from all the messy scheming in Yunjing. It’s an excellent move.”
“Liu Xu agreed.”
“When he learned General Zhang Shi was nearby, he took the initiative to surrender.”
Ke Xunfang listened, baffled.
“What?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Wait, A Ning—you made Liu Xu surrender to Ren Tianye?”
“That doesn’t make sense…”
“Why would he listen to you?”
Ke Xunfang’s mind was in chaos.
As her best friend, Gao Ning saw right through her. And since she was Ke Xunfang’s lifelong best friend, it was her duty to set things straight.
So she said calmly, “Because…”
“I’m his wife now.”
“Everyone in Fanshan Fort knows Liu Xu dotes on his wife. A little pillow talk from me—and with his own willingness—he naturally surrendered to General Zhang Shi without hesitation!”
Gao Ning’s words were clear enough, but they only made Ke Xunfang more confused, more dazed.
“No, no…”
“No, no…”
“This can’t be right…”
Ke Xunfang stared at Gao Ning. “A Ning, are you saying you married my husband?”
Gao Ning quickly corrected her. “Hey, miss, watch your words!”
“Liu Xu is my husband now.”
“My husband!”
Ke Xunfang felt like her head was about to explode. Something was wrong—terribly wrong. Gao Ning herself seemed off. She blurted out, “A Ning, what’s wrong with you?”
“Calling me ‘miss’?”
“Aren’t we best friends?”
“Now I’m just ‘miss’ to you?”
Gao Ning smiled lightly. “What else? If you’re not ‘miss,’ what are you? Did you change your sex?”
“What are you talking about?” Ke Xunfang retorted. “I mean—aren’t we best friends? How could you marry my husband? How could you just throw away years of friendship like that?”
“Have you forgotten our bond?”
Gao Ning said, “Of course I haven’t forgotten.”
“But times have changed.”
“Now, I don’t be friends with divorced women anymore.”
Ke Xunfang clutched her throbbing head. “A Ning, what do you even mean? You were the one who pushed me to divorce Liu Xu, and the moment I did, you married him yourself?”
“And you’re throwing away our years of friendship?”
“What exactly are you playing at?”
Gao Ning sighed. “Oh, you can eat carelessly, but you can’t speak carelessly. I suggested the divorce for your own good. Could you really be happy forcing yourself to stay with someone you don’t love?”
Ke Xunfang finally pieced it together—and her world collapsed.
“I wasn’t happy? Fine, I wasn’t happy—but then you go and get together with my husband?”
“Hey, miss, don’t talk nonsense…” Gao Ning said. “He’s my husband.”
“You thought he wasn’t good enough. I think he’s just fine!”
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?"
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
