Zidian had always been cautious. He would never underestimate an opponent simply because his own cultivation was higher.
Whenever he had a chance to kill, he showed no mercy.
That was exactly what he was doing against Xu Mu now. After bombarding him with a heavenly-grade technique, he did not say another word and moved straight in for the kill.
It had to be admitted that Xu Mu was indeed a genius. That was precisely why Zidian had to wipe him out completely.
Whoosh!
The long sword shot forward, its tip flashing crimson.
Zidian’s eyes widened in disbelief. A terrifying force erupted from him at full power. His hand immediately changed direction, and he drove his sword forcefully toward the blade in Xu Mu’s hand.
Clang!
A clear metallic collision rang out.
The sheer force of the impact deflected Xu Mu’s sword. What had originally been a thrust aimed at Zidian’s heart now pierced through his waist instead.
Seeing this, Xu Mu immediately unleashed his strength and prepared to sweep his sword sideways.
But Zidian was faster. In an instant, he transformed into a streak of purple light, dodged the attack, and flashed into the sky.
Blood slowly trickled down from the armor around his waist.
He stared at Xu Mu in disbelief, his face filled with shock. “How is this possible? You’re unharmed?”
Zilan Yin, who was standing in the distance, was stunned as well. That had been Zidian’s heavenly-grade technique—the Raging Tide of Divine Will!
“What do you mean, ‘unharmed’? Did you do anything just now?” Xu Mu asked calmly.
Zidian narrowed his eyes. He was certain that his attack had struck Xu Mu head-on.
So why was Xu Mu unharmed?
Could Xu Mu possess some technique capable of warding off mental attacks?
In any case, Zidian refused to believe that Xu Mu’s mental power could surpass his own at his current level.
Whoosh!
Zidian transformed into a beam of light and vanished. In the blink of an eye, he had fled beyond the range of Xu Mu’s perception.
Xu Mu sheathed his sword and shrugged helplessly. He should have been able to kill Zidian just now.
Still, this man was truly formidable. At that critical moment, he had actually managed to change the direction of his attack and deflect Xu Mu’s sword.
Trying to fake a hit and launch a surprise attack next time probably would not work anymore.
“Xu Mu! Are you even human, or are you a ghost? I suddenly remembered—back in the Battlefield of the Gods, you were struck by Youhuo’s deathly aura, yet you reacted immediately then too.”
Zilan Yin hurried over from the distance. “Your mental power can’t possibly be greater than Zidian’s, can it?”
“I told you before. I know a thing or two about mental power.”
Xu Mu smiled faintly.
Zilan Yin gazed deeply at Xu Mu, wondering just how many secrets this man was hiding.
What she had done in the past had truly been a huge mistake.
She should never have stood beside Wu Tian and gone after Xu Mu.
By comparison, Hathaway—that brainless, outrageously endowed woman—had come out far ahead. She had recognized Xu Mu’s potential early on.
This time, after returning, the Holy Light Clan had not even issued a manhunt order for Xu Mu. That alone was enough to show how highly they regarded him.
If Xu Mu grew stronger in the future, wouldn’t he become one of Hathaway’s greatest assets?
Zilan Yin had always considered herself smarter than Hathaway. She had never expected to be so short-sighted.
If she had built a good relationship with Xu Mu back then, what would Zidian have amounted to?
“Xu Mu, I apologize for what happened before. Once we return, I’ll definitely get my father to withdraw the manhunt order against you.”
At this point, Zilan Yin hurriedly explained, “After all, you did save my life.”
She could not withdraw the order simply because Xu Mu was too powerful—that would make it seem as though she needed something from him.
So she had found herself an excuse.
“No need. Once I kill Zidian, your clan will still pursue me to the bitter end.”
Xu Mu continued walking deeper into the area.
Zilan Yin stared at his back, filled with regret.
As the saying went, first impressions were hard to change. Winning back his trust would not be easy.
“Xu Mu! Wait for me!”
Zilan Yin immediately followed him. “Zidian is extremely vindictive. He must have taken pills to recover by now. Once he’s back on his feet, he’ll definitely come after us again.”
“What’s there to fear? If we die, then we die.”
Xu Mu had barely finished speaking when a telepathic transmission from Chen Xuan reached his ears.
“Brother Mu, we’re about to enter the second formation. The first one is relatively simple. As long as we kill three red-eyed men within a short period of time, we can leave the formation.”
After saying that, Chen Xuan fell silent.
Xu Mu opened his perception and quickly headed deeper into the area.
Zilan Yin stayed close behind him.
Before long, Xu Mu sensed the fluctuations of a battle in the distance, and the two of them immediately quickened their pace.
When they arrived, Xu Mu saw a large number of black-robed figures emerging from beneath the forest in the distance.
Their entire bodies were covered, leaving only their eyes exposed.
Most of them, however, had blue eyes.
Zhang Ye’an was currently wielding a long sword and fending off their attacks.
Although he was a first-stage Worldbreaker, even he was at a disadvantage when faced with an endless stream of enemies.
Just as Shui Yuanyao was at his wit’s end, he suddenly sensed two people behind him.
He turned around, and tears of excitement nearly spilled from his eyes. “Xu Mu, you’re all right?”
“I’m fine. Looks like Zidian couldn’t deal with me while he was awake.”
Xu Mu gazed at the densely packed figures in the distance. So far, only two red-eyed men had appeared among the crowd.
When Zhang Ye’an saw Xu Mu arrive, he immediately withdrew from the black-robed figures and said to him, “We’ve been trapped here for a long time. The black-robed men here just keep coming. We can’t kill them all.”
Shui Yuanyao added, “Based on my experience, the exit should be ahead. The way out must be hidden among these black-robed figures.”
Xu Mu was just about to speak when he suddenly noticed a third red-eyed man appear.
He drew his long sword and said calmly, “Why bother with all that? We’ll just kill them all at once.”
Boom!
Xu Mu released his power and unleashed his final spark, expending one-tenth of his total qi in a single burst.
Whoosh!
A Burning-Heaven Sword Aura nearly twenty meters long swept horizontally toward the distance.
Slash, slash, slash…
Every black-robed figure in the sword aura’s path was cleaved in two, including the three red-eyed men.
Boom!
A powerful muffled explosion suddenly came from the distance, and the remaining black-robed figures instantly vanished.
Then, in the forest ahead, a golden palace appeared out of thin air.
The three people present were all stunned.
That was it? They had passed?
Shui Yuanyao could not help laughing. He patted Xu Mu on the shoulder several times. “Nephew, it’s a good thing we had you.”
His gratitude was completely genuine. If not for Xu Mu, then when they had encountered Zidian earlier, everyone he had invited would have been wiped out.
That would have meant his failure as well.
Zilan Yin and Zhang Ye’an were also deeply shocked. The grade of the qi Xu Mu had just used was clearly only at the late Transcendent stage.
Yet the amount had been astonishingly vast. Even a second-stage Worldbreaker might not have been able to unleash such power.
Just who was Xu Mu?
“Stop standing around. Let’s go in.”
Xu Mu was the first to walk toward the golden palace in the distance.
After they entered the palace, they found that the scenery had changed once again.
They had arrived in a city. Many people were walking through the streets, and the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and pedestrians chatting drifted clearly into their ears.
However, Xu Mu closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings, discovering that all the people around them were formation constructs.
Suddenly, Shui Yuanyao pointed into the distance.
“It’s Shui Shu!”
Xu Mu looked into the distance. Shui Shu stood among the crowd, with Chen Xuan beside her.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
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.
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!
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?"
