The air fell silent for a moment.
???
Xu Tun’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the swirling black mist.
His mind was in complete chaos, unable to process what was happening.
“Is this… someone from the Shadow Garden?”
He muttered to himself, a sense of foreboding rising in his chest.
The next second.
The black mist condensed into a slender figure, wielding an ink-black longsword, exuding an icy, bone-chilling aura.
His face was hidden in shadows, revealing only a pair of eerie green eyes—like a demon from the abyss.
“The Sword Ghost of the Shadow Garden?!”
Qin Luo feigned surprise and shouted, “Are you here to save your comrade?”
Li Xuanfeng responded with a sharp, sinister laugh. “No choice. Xu Tun is too much of a fool. The organization has to clean up his mess.”
With that, he strode over to Xu Tun and pulled him up from the crater.
“Come with me.”
His words were brief and commanding, his voice low and oppressive.
Xu Tun froze, his entire body stiff as if struck by lightning.
“Wait…”
He stammered, trying to shake off Li Xuanfeng’s grip. “I don’t even know you! How do you know my name? And what’s this about the Shadow Garden? I have nothing to do with them!”
Li Xuanfeng sneered, his gaze sweeping over the wary members of the Silver Squad before landing back on Xu Tun. “Xu Tun, you’re quite the actor.”
“Enough pretending. Let’s go. Do you really want to be left behind by the Alliance?”
Qin Luo’s expression twisted into a mix of shock and fury.
He whirled around and pointed accusingly at Xu Tun. “Xu Tun! You still dare deny being part of the Shadow Garden?!”
“No… I’m not…”
Xu Tun panicked—genuinely panicked.
“If you’re not with them, why would he come to rescue you? Wasn’t this all premeditated? Xu Tun, how can you claim you’re not connected to the Shadow Garden?”
As the words fell—
[Whispers of the Wind! Activate!!]
???
That… actually made sense.
Xu Tun was utterly dumbfounded.
He opened his mouth but found himself unable to refute Qin Luo’s words.
His eyes darted around the crowd surrounding the crater.
Some bystanders were already snapping photos with their phones.
Tao Tao’s eyes were red with tears, her expression full of disappointment.
Why… why is this happening…
The absurdity of the situation left him drowning in helplessness.
“Enough talking.”
Li Xuanfeng tightened his grip on Xu Tun’s wrist, his voice icy. “Shut up if you want to live.”
The moment he spoke, Li Xuanfeng’s sword erupted with razor-sharp sword energy, transforming into countless black blade shadows that surged outward in all directions.
The Silver Squad members were caught off guard, forced back several steps, and even the drones were shredded into scrap metal by the onslaught.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Xuanfeng flashed through the air, dragging Xu Tun into a rift that had opened midair.
The rift swallowed them whole before sealing shut without a trace.
Qin Luo’s face darkened. He shielded the onlookers with a surge of spiritual energy while cursing under his breath. “Disgraceful! The Shadow Garden would even attack civilians just to escape!!”
“Sir Qin Luo! Are you alright?”
“Sir!”
The Silver Squad quickly regrouped around him.
Qin Luo waved them off, sighing in frustration. “I’m fine. It’s just a shame they got away.”
“Alright, stay here and reassure the crowd. I’ll report this back first.”
His tone turned serious. “We can confirm Xu Tun’s identity—he’s a member of the Shadow Garden.”
“Understood!”
……
……
Whoosh!
Entering the Realm of Fate.
Qin Luo leisurely sorted through Xu Tun’s threads of destiny.
The thread connecting him to [Young Miss Tao Tao of the Tao Family] had already been severed completely.
“As expected of a protagonist with 1.6 million units of fate energy…”
Qin Luo’s fingers danced along the golden threads of Xu Tun’s tangled web—each one representing a bond that shaped his bright future.
Of course, what Qin Luo cared about was the person behind him.
Anyone with over a million units of fate energy met the minimum requirement to become a [Player].
Let alone someone like Xu Tun, who had 1.6 million.
Qin Luo plucked one golden thread, its inscription reading:
[Empress Linglong—Xu Tun’s destined wife. To break his death line, she chose to kill him, forcing his rebirth. Currently residing in the Great Thousand World, she is Xu Tun’s “backer.”]
Heh.
Found you.
A faint smirk curled Qin Luo’s lips.
With a quick calculation, he could already sense the shift in fate among the Sea Clan.
The abominations must have descended.
And these [Players], these so-called Chosen Ones, were still tied to the interests of beings from higher dimensions.
Well then…
Crack!!
Qin Luo clenched his fist, instantly severing the thread binding Xu Tun and Empress Linglong.
His eyes gleamed with amusement.
The lower world is already in chaos. Now it’s time… to drag you lofty higher-dimensional beings down into the mud as well.
Look forward to it, denizens of the Great Thousand World.
By the time my young mistress and I ascend to your realm, the roles will be reversed.
Every sect leader of the Profound Heaven Realm had already been subdued by the [Total Army Command].
For those Chosen Ones with fate energy exceeding a million, Qin Luo had already laid his traps.
Now, only the final step remained.
The step that could overturn the entire game at the critical moment.
……
……
Su Family Villa.
“??”
“From now on, I have to train nonstop?”
“Until I reach the peak of the True Spirit Realm?”
Su Muwan blinked in confusion at Qin Luo, who had vanished all morning and now suddenly reappeared.
Qin Luo smiled and nodded, pulling out a long-dormant artifact.
[The Cauldron of Fate and Dreams]
“Young Mistress, starting today, you’ll train without pause.”
“We’ll use the time dilation inside the bronze cauldron to accelerate your progress.”
“Huh… You’re really serious about this…”
“Of course.”
“First, let’s take a trip to the Profound Heaven Realm in our dreams.”
“Wait, you can control that too?”
“The Cauldron of Fate and Dreams has ‘fate’ in its name. And since I wield the System of Fate, we can give it a try.”
“So you’re finally dropping the act??”
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."
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
