Just because I glanced at you once in the crowd, I could never forget your face.
Southeastern Province, Yunzhou Stadium Concert.
A stunningly beautiful woman, cold and ethereal like a goddess from the moon palace, appeared on stage.
The crowd roared, applause thundered.
Colorful light signs were raised high as countless men shouted with hoarse voices:
"Qianqian, I love you!"
"You're divine, Qianqian! Look at me!"
"Damn, she's so beautiful!"
Shangguan Qianqian gazed at the audience, her voice pure and light as she sang. The crowd below erupted into a tidal wave of harmonies.
"When I think of you, you're in my mind. When I think of you, you're in my heart. I'd rather believe we were destined in a past life, that our love story in this lifetime will never change..."
As the song ended, Shangguan Qianqian held the microphone and softly announced, "Next, I’ll perform a new song for you all—one that hasn’t been released yet. It’s called 'Red Bean'."
"Sometimes, sometimes, I believe everything has an end. Meetings and partings happen in their own time. Nothing lasts forever..."
When the chorus hit, paired with Shangguan Qianqian’s flawless vocals and mesmerizingly clear voice, the entire audience was instantly captivated, lost in the music.
Song after song concluded, and the concert gradually drew to a close.
Many music enthusiasts in the crowd knew one thing for certain:
Over the past year, Shangguan Qianqian had evolved. She was no longer just one of the "Four Rising Stars."
In Great Xia, she had now earned the right to be called a queen—both in music and film. A dual-threat talent, unmatched in history.
During a backstage interview, a female singer surnamed Wang broke down in tears before the cameras: "I don’t know why, but I feel like I’ve always lived in Shangguan Qianqian’s shadow..."
"Qianqian-jie! You were amazing!"
Backstage, Xue Yuanyuan rushed forward excitedly, hugging Shangguan Qianqian. "I loved 'Red Bean' so much—it made me cry!"
Shangguan Qianqian patted her lightly. "If you want, I can write a song for you."
"R-Really?!"
Xue Yuanyuan was stunned. After all, Shangguan Qianqian was renowned as a composer—critics even hailed her as Great Xia’s greatest genius!
Every song she wrote became a massive hit.
Her lyrics and melodies were nothing short of masterpieces.
Shangguan Qianqian replied casually, "It’s just a song. I have plenty. This one’s called 'Fleeting Years'."
Meanwhile, the singer surnamed Wang left the concert venue, unconsciously tugging at her hair—as if she were going bald from stress.
In the car after the concert, Shangguan Qianqian’s expression shifted slightly. A faint unease crept into her heart, and she instinctively glanced out the window.
"Shangguan Qianqian—1 star. Killing her isn’t even worth it. Nie Qinglan would be more useful—she’s the daughter of Boss Nie."
Two black-clad figures spoke in the distance.
One of them sighed. "If we could kill someone else, would we be here? The others are even harder targets. An Yi and Lin Chenxing are strong, but they’re both on the Heavenly Rankings—who can take them on? Still, eliminating Shangguan Qianqian at least nets us one star..."
"The others think the same. We’re not the only ones after her—competition’s tough."
The assassin shook his head helplessly.
Then, in the next moment, his head kept shaking—right off his shoulders.
The other assassin stared in shock as his partner’s neck gushed blood. What the hell?!
SHING!
A spear, blazing like fire, shot through the night!
Before the assassin could react, a three-meter-long dragon spear impaled him straight through the chest.
Han Liang retracted his weapon, raising an eyebrow at Xiao Yike. "Damn, I didn’t think you could fight in this state."
Xiao Yike scratched his head sheepishly. "I’m a bit weaker like this, but I won’t hold you back."
In his frenzied state, his attacks were wild and unrestrained.
But in this form, Xiao Yike’s blade work was sharp and graceful—silent yet deadly.
The assassins never even saw their deaths coming.
"Now it’s up to Mo Jiu. There’s still an SS-rank assassin over there—not an easy opponent." Han Liang hefted his spear.
WHOOSH!
A bullet streaked through the night, leaving a trail of light.
Shangguan Qianqian’s eyes snapped open as she drew a slender sword.
A flash of sword light sliced through the car’s windshield, leaving a razor-thin cut.
The blade’s momentum didn’t stop—it split the sniper’s bullet in half.
"Virtual Realm?! No way!"
On a distant hill, the sniper’s face paled.
He had assumed she was just a helpless woman—but she was a Virtual Realm martial artist?! How the hell do we kill her?!
He immediately considered retreating. Facing a Virtual Realm fighter meant certain death.
"I’m surprised she’s this strong too."
A deep, eerie voice spoke behind him.
The sniper’s hair stood on end as he spun around—
Only to meet the edge of a massive axe.
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Jiangbei City, in front of Huachuang Tower.
Master Jienan’s face was grim.
The assassin from Eagle Country was a match for a mid-level Virtual Realm fighter!
With his godly throwing knives and hit-and-run tactics, Jienan’s Indestructible Vajra Technique could only defend—barely holding on.
Under his guidance, Long and Hu had improved rapidly, reaching the Transformation Realm. But they were still outmatched.
Now, both were wounded and out of commission.
Jienan glared at the Eagle Country assassin. He never expected to run into an old rival here.
"Blind old man, what a coincidence!"
Dino twirled a throwing knife in his hand, grinning. "The moment I saw your name on the list, I came looking for you. After all, I was the one who took your eyes. Claiming your head should be familiar territory, right?"
"You bastard! Fight me again if you’ve got the guts!"
Long wiped the blood from his face, forcing himself to stand despite his injuries, his voice seething with rage.
"Alright!"
Dino flashed a cruel smile.
He gripped four throwing knives at once and hurled them all!
Clang!
Jie Nan managed to block one, but the remaining three shot straight toward Long.
"No!"
Jie Nan roared in anguish.
He knew firsthand the lethality of those blades—Long wouldn’t survive!
A shadow darted in, shielding Long at the last moment.
The three knives struck the figure’s dark fur, sparking like steel on flint, yet failing to even pierce its hide.
"Listen up, baldy—next time, don’t use ‘dog’ as an insult."
Hongtian exhaled a smoke ring, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his tone icy and indifferent.
"Impossible! My knives… blocked by a dog?!"
Dino’s face darkened, his pride shattered.
"I don’t believe it!"
He reached for another handful of knives, poised to strike—
But in an instant!
Hongtian lunged, a blur of movement like a demonic gust through the night.
Blood sprayed!
The tips of his claws gleamed like razors, slicing clean through Dino’s throat.
The crowd gasped in horror.
"Pathetic trash."
Hongtian flicked his paw dismissively. The cigarette still burned, its ember glowing faintly in the dark.
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!
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
. 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!"
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.
