Mei Xue held Gu Yan's decoy body, unable to look at her former master, yet bound by the script.
She had to say, "Leng Qingqiu, you are no longer fit to lead us."
As she spoke, Mei Xue tightened her grip around the decoy Gu Yan's neck. "This man has influenced you, made you weak and pathetic."
"Look at yourself—your Power of Night is fading. You can’t even wield the dagger anymore!"
"Wait!"
Watching Gu Yan groan in pain as his neck was squeezed, Leng Qingqiu’s composure shattered.
Her usual calm gave way to visible panic.
She turned desperately to the impostor Night King. "Let Gu Yan go! This is between you and me!"
Yet her plea only drew mocking laughter. "What? Has a man reduced the mighty Night King to this state?"
"Do you... still deserve to be called the Night King?"
"N-no, that’s not..."
Leng Qingqiu clenched her dagger, glancing between Gu Yan and the impostor. "What do you want?"
"Release Gu Yan first... He’s just an ordinary person. Don’t drag the innocent into this."
Her voice trembled. She couldn’t understand how things had spiraled so far.
Her Power of Night vanishing, her subordinates betraying her.
Gu Yan captured, and no way to turn the tide.
Even... Xiao Leng in her mind had gone silent.
"Innocent? Since when does the Night King care about such things?"
The impostor sheathed his claw-like dagger and strode toward her. "Look at the blade in your hand. It mourns for you."
"Your weakness has severed its allegiance to you."
The outcome was sealed. The moment Leng Qingqiu faltered over Gu Yan, she had lost all right to the title of Night King.
Her fingers tightened around the dagger—then loosened.
The impostor was right.
No matter how she denied it, her inability to summon the dagger’s power was undeniable.
Then, Gu Yan stepped forward, extending his hand.
Though reluctant, he spoke the scripted words: "Leng Qingqiu, you’re no longer suited to be the Night King. Accept this truth."
"Give me the dagger, and I’ll ensure the one you love leaves unharmed."
"But in exchange, you’ll live as an ordinary woman for the rest of your life."
"Choose: watch Gu Yan die before you, or renounce your title as Night King?"
The impostor’s words stabbed at Leng Qingqiu’s ears.
Her breath quickened; her heart pounded like war drums.
Normally, she’d analyze such an offer—but now, only one thought consumed her:
Gu Yan... will die?
No. She couldn’t let that happen.
But... surrender the dagger?
Abandoning the Power of Night meant abandoning her vengeance.
Without revenge, what purpose did her life hold?
Yet... if she refused, Gu Yan would die. She no longer had the strength to control the dagger and change this fate.
Mei Xue’s techniques could teleport Gu Yan away in an instant—and what came after, she dared not imagine.
Leng Qingqiu’s heart was a sail torn by a storm. Handing over the dagger meant losing her vengeance.
But keeping it meant losing the one she loved—the tether she could never sever.
What should she do? What could she do?
Agony gnawed at her bones, ravaging her heart.
In that moment, she felt cast into endless darkness—no direction, no light.
She closed her eyes, searching for even a glimmer of clarity in the abyss.
But there was none. No escape.
Relinquish the dagger, or abandon Gu Yan?
Power or love—which mattered more?
Once, power would have been her answer.
But now...
Power could be regained. Gu Yan... could not.
"I... understand."
Her voice was hoarse, her hand unsteady.
The dagger’s dim glow flickered in her palm.
After a long silence, Leng Qingqiu lowered her head and placed the Night Dagger into the impostor’s waiting hand.
In an instant—
The bond between her and the dagger shattered.
Yet the expected scene—the impostor consumed by the dagger’s power—never came.
The blade rested harmlessly in his grasp, showing no resistance.
This meant...
The dagger had acknowledged the impostor as its new master.
The realization made Leng Qingqiu’s fists clench.
But suddenly—
As if by telepathy, a wave of sorrow suddenly surged within Leng Qingqiu’s heart.
This was... Gu Yan’s emotions?
She opened her eyes and looked down at the faintly shifting life essence of the imposter at her feet.
Leng Qingqiu realized that she seemed...
to have sensed a certain familiar life essence once again on the imposter Night King.
She raised her head and turned her gaze toward the ‘Gu Yan’ whose neck was gripped by Mei Xue.
His life essence was dull and dim...
completely unlike the radiant life essence Gu Yan usually possessed.
Leng Qingqiu’s heart froze in that instant.
Meanwhile, Gu Yan had already stored the dagger in his system space.
He looked at the silent Leng Qingqiu, his expression growing increasingly complicated.
A soft sigh escaped his thoughts.
He said nothing, made no sound, only slightly raised his hand.
Buzz!
The surroundings shifted, and the figures of Gu Yan and Mei Xue vanished.
......
......
The scene transition completed.
Leng Qingqiu found herself back in the Leng Family study.
But in contrast, she discovered she had lost the ability to see the [Threads].
Leng Qingqiu remained silent.
Suddenly, she detected a familiar presence.
“This is... perception?”
“Gu Yan’s aura...”
She murmured to herself, touching her eyes—she still couldn’t see like a normal person.
But her perception hadn’t disappeared?
She had only lost the Power of Night, yet her perception remained?
And...
Leng Qingqiu stood up and chased in the direction of the familiar presence she sensed.
She ran fast, her perception now sharper, broader, and clearer than ever before.
She dashed out of the house, sprinting toward a certain destination.
With the Power of Night gone, her Night King physique had also faded.
“Hah... hah...”
Within moments, she was panting like an ordinary person.
Finally, at a street corner,
she saw it—the familiar, radiant life essence.
Her perception hadn’t vanished even after the dagger disappeared.
And at the same time, upon seeing this life essence before her,
Leng Qingqiu seemed to... realize something.
Gu Yan clutched his head, leaning against a car.
His expression was deeply troubled. “Qingqiu, I just now seemed to...”
Before he could finish,
Leng Qingqiu threw herself at him, clinging tightly to his body.
She shut her eyes, unwilling to think, unwilling to speak.
Her voice trembled. “...Gu Yan...”
“I don’t... need anything anymore...”
“I just... beg you not to leave me...”
Tears streamed down her cheeks.
She slowly lifted her head and opened her eyes.
Staring at the man she trusted most, she finally broke into sobs. “Promise me, Gu Yan. Don’t leave me.”
“......”
All the words Gu Yan had prepared dissolved in an instant.
At that moment, he felt like a scoundrel who deserved to die a thousand deaths.
Lies upon lies, deception upon deception—taking the Night King’s dagger was no different from stealing Leng Qingqiu’s path of vengeance.
He was utterly despicable... Was this the pain of deceiving Qingqiu?
Gu Yan clenched his fists.
He wrapped his arms around her, his expression equally conflicted. “I promise you.”
And with that response,
Leng Qingqiu buried her face in his chest,
weeping silently.
She didn’t want to think, didn’t want to reason, didn’t care about anything anymore.
Because...
just moments ago, she had discovered a truth that filled her with despair—
The life essence she sensed on the imposter Night King...
and the one she sensed on Gu Yan...
were one and the same.
The imposter Night King... was Gu Yan.
The realization stole the breath from her lungs.
What pained her even more was that, despite knowing the truth...
she still... couldn’t bring herself to hate him.
Leng Qingqiu clutched the fabric of Gu Yan’s clothes, breathing in his familiar scent.
Her heart felt as though it were shattering.
The one who stole my power of vengeance... was Gu Yan all along...
What do I do...
What... do I do now...
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."
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?"
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
