Three days later, Su Luo prepared to set off for the secret realm.
But before departing...
"Little Yu, I have a favor to ask of you."
Little Yu's face lit up with joy. Su Luo usually handled most things on her own and rarely asked for help.
This was a rare opportunity to prove herself.
"Help me gather some materials."
Originally, there were many materials that needed collecting, all arranged by the Left Envoy.
But now that the Left Envoy was gone, Su Luo's workload had doubled. Even slacking off was difficult—handling two roles at once wasn't easy.
To make things simpler, she decided to let Little Yu handle the gathering.
Of course, Su Luo would still personally visit Lin Xuan—how could the plot proceed without her?
Su Luo explained the locations of the materials and the precautions to Little Yu. With Little Yu's current strength, there shouldn’t be any issues.
At the Void Refinement stage, she was already among the ranks of the powerful.
Little Yu nodded, indicating she understood everything.
Just as she was about to leave, she found herself unable to move.
[Gaze Binding Technique]
Little Yu was utterly confused. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t move, and there were no traces of any spell around her.
At that moment, Su Luo embraced her from behind, hands wandering freely.
Little Yu stiffened—it was broad daylight, and Nangong Xiyun was right outside.
"Su Luo... stop fooling around..."
Only then did Su Luo release her, satisfied.
This, she felt, was the true purpose of the Gaze Binding Technique.
How shameless.
Though five seconds was a bit too short.
"We can continue when I get back..." Little Yu quickly fled the scene.
Su Luo stepped out of the room, where Nangong Xiyun was waiting.
"What’s wrong with Little Yu?"
"Nothing. I just assigned her a task."
"What about me?"
"You don’t need to do anything. You already have some of the materials—just hand them over directly."
"Tsk, when did you become so bold?"
Nangong Xiyun couldn’t recall Su Luo ever asking her for anything before, even though she was quite wealthy herself.
It was a shame this advantage had gone to waste.
But now that Su Luo was asking, didn’t that mean their relationship had grown closer?
"Yeah, is that a problem?" Su Luo replied.
"Not at all. I’m actually happy about it."
Nangong Xiyun handed over everything Su Luo needed. Though some items were precious, they had just been gathering dust in her storage ring.
Su Luo inspected the materials carefully. With the Left Envoy dead, she was now responsible for forging the Thousandfold Thunderbell—no room for carelessness.
"I’ll be away for a while. You take over as the East Extreme Demon Lord and keep an eye on the Heavenly Demon Sect," Su Luo instructed before preparing to leave.
"Wait, I can’t come with you?"
"If you come, things might get complicated. I’m going to mess with Lin Xuan."
"Oh, go ahead. I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything."
A master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual.
Besides, Lin Xuan probably didn’t harbor hatred for Su Luo at this point.
Nangong Xiyun didn’t mind.
"Just stay here. If Lin Xuan finds out, I have a feeling things will go very badly."
There’d be no way to explain it. In Lin Xuan’s eyes, it would look like she and Nangong Xiyun had inexplicably gotten together.
He’d definitely blame Su Luo, and his desire to kill her would skyrocket.
Well, not that it hadn’t always been there—but no need to complicate things further.
"Fine."
"Alright, I’m off." Su Luo departed.
Nangong Xiyun wanted to give her a farewell kiss, but remembering she couldn’t touch Su Luo for now, she could only watch her leave.
Damn that Jiang Ningshu.
But maybe the separation was for the best. These past few days, seeing Su Luo and Little Yu being affectionate had stirred desires in her too.
A few days apart to cool off might be good.
......
Not long after setting out, Su Luo ran into the Right Envoy.
"Right Envoy," she greeted respectfully.
The Right Envoy nodded. "Everything alright?"
"What do you mean?" Su Luo was momentarily confused—why was the Right Envoy suddenly concerned about her?
"Did the Left Envoy punish you?"
"Yes."
Su Luo made up some random punishments and added, "The final penalty was sending me to the Thousand Souls Secret Realm to retrieve a Soul Heaven Stone—to atone for my failure."
The Thousand Souls Secret Realm was another death trap, and coincidentally, the same one Lin Xuan was heading to.
"I see. You’ve suffered."
"No, it’s only right. I failed, and I accept the consequences."
"Still, it’s excessive. The Heavenly Demon Sect is short on capable hands—letting you redeem yourself should be enough. The Left... no, the Demon Lord really has no sense of mercy."
Su Luo stayed silent. This wasn’t a topic she should engage in.
Though it was odd hearing the Right Envoy talk about "mercy."
The Right Envoy continued, "Here, take these. They might help you in the secret realm."
"Thank you, thank you."
Su Luo was baffled. Why was the Right Envoy suddenly giving her things—and good ones at that?
But she wasn’t about to refuse. If it was offered, she’d take it.
Consequences? Su Luo couldn’t care less. If the Right Envoy had ulterior motives, she’d just flip the table if necessary.
"Go on, then. Return safely. The Heavenly Demon Sect can’t afford to lose a key powerhouse right now."
The Right Envoy had only come to test the waters.
Su Luo nodded and left without another word.
Whatever the Right Envoy was scheming, she’d just focus on her own goals.
Su Luo headed for the Thousand Souls Secret Realm.
As always, with greater strength, everything became easier.
And as long as she stuck to the main plot, the details didn’t matter.
The secret realm was hidden within a perilous forest teeming with vicious demonic beasts.
Even Void Refinement experts could face danger here.
But Lin Xuan would handle that. Wherever he went, battles followed—naturally, he’d clear the path.
By now, Lin Xuan had probably already entered the Thousand Souls Secret Realm.
Su Luo could see traces of combat along the way.
In the original plot, it was thanks to Lin Xuan that she could enter the secret realm with ease.
The Thousand Souls Secret Realm had a unique feature—a peculiar type of grass that could conjure illusions of the dead.
These grasses were everywhere in the realm. When someone passed by, the grass would read their memories and manifest the dead to deceive them.
The illusions took the form of spectral entities but could still attack.
This was the origin of the realm’s name.
Right now, Lin Xuan was fighting these apparitions. Of course, he hadn’t lost anyone truly important to him—most were just past enemies.
A recycling of old villains.
Lin Xuan could slaughter them again without hesitation.
Now far stronger than before, he crushed them effortlessly.
But if someone truly dear to him appeared, even he might hesitate.
Su Luo entered the secret realm and went straight for her objective, her path familiar.
Any obstacles in her way were trivial with her current strength.
Before long, she found the Soul Heaven Stone she needed for forging, as well as the Soul Anchor Pearl Lin Xuan sought.
Now, all that was left was to wait for Lin Xuan to arrive.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
