Hearing Zhong Yi's question, Zhou Yue recalled his recent ordeal, and a wave of bitterness welled up in his heart.
"Ah!!! You have no idea what happened to me!!!"
"I found the haunted room—it was in the basement… and then the basement door suddenly locked! I was trapped inside with the ghost!!"
"And then, for some reason, the ghost started messing with me… blowing out candles, breathing down my neck…"
"Luckily, I’ve got nerves of steel, so I didn’t even flinch."
"But guess what? The ghost suddenly ignored the protection period and started hunting me down… and then I died."
As he spoke, Zhou Yue wore a deeply aggrieved expression.
"But honestly, this illusion realm is pretty incredible…"
"In the end, out of nowhere, a divine bird appeared and resurrected me?"
"Hahaha, you all keep saying I have bad luck, but look—even a divine bird blesses and revives me. Am I finally turning things around?"
"...Huh? Why is everyone so quiet?"
After listening to Zhou Yue’s account, the three of them exchanged uneasy glances.
Only then did they realize the truth.
Those bone lots they had drawn earlier weren’t defective.
All their effects had been dumped onto Zhou Yue alone!!
Quick-witted as ever, Zhong Yi pinched his chin and muttered under his breath:
"So, [Heavenly Net and Earthly Trap] locks the ghost in the haunted room, [Fate’s Misfortune] makes the ghost more aggressive, [Vengeful Ghost’s Hunt] forces it to start hunting immediately, and [Miraculous Survival] is… resurrection?"
"What’s all that mumbling about?"
Zhou Yue scratched his head curiously.
Mu Yawen was about to speak when Zhong Yi clapped a hand over her mouth.
"N-Nothing! Old Zhou, turning your luck around is great! Really great… See all these lanterns? They’re lit just to celebrate your newfound fortune!"
"Hmph, at least you know how to talk… Hey, little sis, what’s that in your hand?"
Zhou Yue suddenly noticed the exquisite bone lot tube in Zhou Qiaoling’s grip and perked up.
"This…"
Zhou Qiaoling hurriedly hid the tube behind her back.
"It’s just… a little trinket from the room! For drawing lots, nothing special!"
"Drawing lots? Let me see!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yue grew even more excited.
Seriously? They were playing with lots right after his supposed luck turned around?
How could he not show off his new streak?
He snatched the Yin-Yang Divination Bones from Zhou Qiaoling’s hands and examined them closely.
Instantly, he saw the system’s description of the item.
"Hah, a cursed artifact? Hiding such a treasure from your own brother… Don’t worry, my luck’s changed now!"
Zhou Yue grinned, shaking the tube with unwavering confidence.
Inside, only a single bone lot remained.
"Whoa, the last one? Can’t let it go to waste!"
The moment those words left his mouth, the other three instinctively took a step back.
"Senior Zhong Yi… what if it’s [Vengeful Ghost’s Hunt] again?" Mu Yawen whispered.
"It’s fine, it’s fine… [Vengeful Ghost’s Hunt] already triggered once. It shouldn’t happen again," Zhong Yi reassured himself.
"And don’t forget, there’s still [Illusory Mirage]! What are the odds of drawing another [Calamity]?"
No sooner had he spoken than Zhou Yue plucked the final bone lot from the tube.
The moment it left the container, the lot’s surface turned pitch black!
Etched onto it was the ghastly image of a ghost hanging upside down, its deathly visage horrifying to behold.
Beneath it, the words glared ominously:
[Extreme Calamity: Hour of Reckoning]
A wisp of deathly black energy slithered from the lot like an arrow, burrowing into Zhou Yue’s fingertip and slithering toward his heart.
"I—"
Before he could react, two bloodied ghostly hands materialized at the corners of his vision, clawing toward his eyeballs.
In an instant, Zhou Yue met his end once more, his soul departing his body.
The three below stared in stunned silence at Zhou Yue’s corpse—his limbs twisted, his neck wrung into unnatural segments—before the reality of the situation finally sank in.
Zhong Yi, filled with regret for not stopping Zhou Yue in time, choked back a sob:
"Old Zhou…"
"Ah!!"
"Old Zhou!!!"
[Got back late—next chapter will be updated later.]
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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?"
