The night was deep and quiet.
The bright silver moon was half-covered by dark clouds.
An Yi tossed and turned in bed...
Unable to sleep!
Yes, he was lying there alone.
The "Romance Master" mission had only a few minutes left, and there was no way he could complete it. He could only wait for the punishment!
Though Shen Muxuan was naive, cute, and easy to push around,
An Yi wasn’t some beast driven by his lower instincts. How could he possibly do something like that to Shen Muxuan!
It was like seeing a Lamborghini on the side of the road. Wanting it and trying to steal it were two entirely different things.
An Yi had used his moral integrity to preserve his chastity.
Now, he was about to face the system's punishment.
On the system control panel, the countdown for the "Romance Master" mission was clearly displayed.
"Ding! The 'Romance Master' mission is about to close! Host, please complete it as soon as possible!"
An Yi swallowed hard, his face pale and devoid of color. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his cheeks.
The nightmare-like punishment was coming!
"Countdown: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1! Mission closed!"
The moment he heard the mission close, An Yi felt his heart pounding so hard it felt like it might burst out of his chest.
"Ding! Host An Yi, you have failed to complete the mission. The system will now issue punishment!"
As soon as the system notification sounded,
A bone-chilling pain surged through his body.
"Damn it!"
He let out a loud cry.
An Yi trembled like a shrimp curled up in bed, cold sweat pouring from his body.
He wasn’t physically injured, but the intense pain was overwhelming!
It was unbearable!
An Yi clutched his head as the headache made his consciousness begin to blur.
Gradually,
An Yi lost consciousness...
The sky was dominated by a blood-red crescent moon.
Dark clouds churned around the blood moon, and faint thunder could be heard.
A towering bronze pagoda, like a pillar supporting heaven and earth, stretched endlessly into the depths of the clouds, its peak obscured by the dark clouds.
Evil energy—rampant evil energy!
Inside the pagoda, all kinds of heinous, ferocious criminals were imprisoned.
Green-faced, fanged demons, ugly and brutal beastmen, dismembered corpse demons... all sorts of horrifying creatures were locked within the tower.
Piercing, spine-chilling screams echoed continuously.
The overwhelming evil and resentment made the tower feel like hell itself.
Yet, these heinous criminals were unusually terrified of the shadowy figures before them!
An Yi stood amidst it all, watching as the cloaked, faceless shadows wielded scythes and began a massacre!
One after another, familiar figures rushed forward, shielding him with their bodies, blocking the blood-stained scythes of the cloaked shadows.
Blood flowed freely, flesh was torn apart, turning the tower of sin into a slaughterhouse!
An indescribable sense of desolation and sorrow filled his chest.
"Young master, don’t look back. Go to the top of the pagoda, run! Run as far as you can!"
An elderly man with black patterns covering his face gazed at him. In the final moment before death, his fierce expression softened into a kind smile.
Then, a massive scythe appeared above him and slashed down mercilessly...
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
"Damn it, all of you, stop!"
Tears streamed down An Yi’s face as he let out an angry roar.
Suddenly, An Yi opened his eyes, gasping for breath.
A dream.
It had just been a dream.
An Yi felt utterly drained and let out a sigh of relief. His body was drenched in sweat.
"You’re awake?"
A light, melodious voice sounded beside him.
An Yi looked up from his low angle, staring at Shen Muxuan’s stunning face, and was momentarily stunned.
Waking from the dream, he realized he was lying on something warm and soft, with a faint, pleasant scent.
Was this... a lap pillow!?
An Yi suddenly came to his senses and quickly sat up.
Seeing Shen Muxuan sitting on his bed, An Yi stammered,
"You, you... why are you in my room?"
Only then did he notice that Shen Muxuan was dressed very lightly.
A simple red bellyband and undergarments barely covered her, and her long, straight, fair legs were practically an invitation to sin!
Had he really been lying on those just now?
Shen Muxuan said seriously, "I was meditating earlier and heard you shouting. The noise was loud, so I came in to check on you."
"Put some clothes on first!"
An Yi’s face flushed, his eyes darting away as he grabbed his jacket from the bedside and draped it over Shen Muxuan’s shoulders.
Her figure was already incredibly striking, and her beauty was unparalleled. Combined with her revealing outfit, it was practically a crime!
Even a monk who had secluded himself for thirty years wouldn’t be able to resist.
"Oh."
Shen Muxuan put on the jacket and asked curiously, "Were you having a nightmare just now?"
"Uh, yeah."
An Yi responded somewhat sluggishly, only answering after a pause.
The system punishment this time had been unbearably painful. Even a death row inmate probably didn’t suffer this much.
It had literally knocked him out from the pain.
His head was still throbbing, and his mind wasn’t entirely clear. He hoped there wouldn’t be any lasting effects.
Stupid system!
Useless and full of trouble!
Shen Muxuan asked, "What kind of nightmare was so painful? You were... crying just now."
"Crying? No way. A strong man like me doesn’t cry."
An Yi laughed and reached up to touch his face. Damn it, there were tear stains. He really had cried!
"Having nightmares is normal. I’ve been watching too many horror movies, haha. Just don’t spread this around, especially to Aunt Zhou. Once she knows, the whole neighborhood will hear about it."
An Yi awkwardly laughed, trying to change the subject.
Shen Muxuan looked like an innocent child, "What’s a horror movie?"
"It’s like a movie or TV show," An Yi explained.
"What’s a movie or TV show?"
"..."
An Yi’s mouth twitched.
Was this girl from another world? How could she not know anything?
"I heard from Aunt Zhou that you lost your memory. You can’t remember anything from sixteen years ago. That’s so sad," Shen Muxuan said, looking at An Yi with sympathy.
Lost memory...
An Yi’s lips curled into an unnatural smile.
That was the story he had told the landlady back then.
"Maybe I can help you recover your lost memories."
Shen Muxuan spoke seriously, pressing her finger to An Yi’s forehead.
A cool sensation washed over him.
But Shen Muxuan’s expression quickly turned grim.
An Yi quickly grabbed her hand, "No, I think it’s fine the way it is. I’m happy with my life now."
He wasn’t sick! He didn’t need treatment!
"I think I saw something terrifying."
Shen Muxuan said with concern.
"What did you see?"
An Yi tensed up, his expression uneasy.
This girl was full of mysteries. Maybe she really did know something.
Shen Muxuan shook her head, "I can’t explain it... Um, you’re hurting me."
Only then did An Yi realize he was gripping Shen Muxuan’s delicate hand tightly.
He quickly let go, "Sorry, I didn’t mean to."
Shen Muxuan smiled, "My abilities are limited. I might not be able to help you."
An Yi waved at her with a smile, "It’s fine. It’s late, you should get some rest. I have class tomorrow and need to get up early. Goodnight."
"Okay, goodnight."
Shen Muxuan put down his jacket and bid him farewell with a serene smile.
*Bang!*
Hearing the door close, An Yi let out a slight sigh of relief.
Living under the same roof like this wasn’t sustainable. Otherwise... he might run out of nutrients!
Gazing at the silver moon outside the window,
An Yi felt a sense of longing, a faint bitterness on his lips.
Though it wasn’t the same world, the moon looked so similar...
"Ding! System notification: The 'Romance Master' mission was not completed. The mission will continue indefinitely!"
"Damn it! Not again!"
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.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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!
