Su Luo took a sip of tea when he suddenly sensed someone probing their location.
"What's going on? Did you do something today?"
"We didn't do anything. They came on their own. I'll go deal with it."
Jiang Ningshu hadn’t expected them to dare send people again.
Within a few breaths, Jiang Ningshu had disposed of them.
The city guard soon learned that his men had been eliminated once more.
After that, he gave up, deciding to just go through the motions of an investigation—at least he could tell Huang Jiuyou he’d tried.
Unfortunately, nothing was uncovered. Even if she had intervened, there would have been no distinguishing clues.
With the matter settled, Jiang Ningshu returned to the room.
"It's done. Should we just kill Huang Jiuyou and be done with it?" Jiang Ningshu speculated that he was the most likely culprit.
"Later. He’ll probably make a move against us soon enough, but before that, I have other matters to attend to."
Huang Jiuyou still had his uses.
After a brief discussion, the three of them prepared to rest.
There was only one room—Su Luo and Little Yu shared it, while Jiang Ningshu stayed alone.
Though Little Yu wasn’t entirely comfortable being intimate with Su Luo in front of others, she had grown somewhat accustomed to Jiang Ningshu’s presence after being observed so many times.
Of course, she only tolerated light affection like hugging. Anything more was out of the question.
Jiang Ningshu, for her part, saw nothing unusual about it.
She had long known about Su Luo and Little Yu’s relationship—it was only natural for them to sleep together.
Jiang Ningshu found a quiet spot to gaze at the moon, passing the time idly.
With her level of cultivation, going without sleep for extended periods was no issue.
At the break of dawn the next day, Su Luo set out alone again.
He was ready to witness a good show.
Lei Shi had fully recovered from his injuries and spent the entire night searching for Fang Xiaoqian with the Cloudgold Stone in hand.
Fang Xiaoqian and Wu Feng, however, were holed up together, still shaken from their encounter with Su Luo.
To calm their nerves, they indulged in some intimacy.
When they finally stepped outside, they ran straight into Lei Shi.
"Fang Xiaoqian, who is he?"
Seeing her arm-in-arm with Wu Feng, Lei Shi’s expression darkened. Could what Su Luo said be true? Had he been used?
"Why are you shouting at me?" Fang Xiaoqian frowned.
Lei Shi felt wronged. "I wasn’t shouting."
"You yelled at me." Her tone grew more aggressive, as if he were the one at fault.
"Fine. Then tell me—who is he?"
"A friend," she replied dismissively.
But no friends behaved like this.
Wu Feng smirked and planted a kiss on Fang Xiaoqian’s lips.
"Let’s not treat Lei Shi like a fool anymore. I’ll be straight with you—she’s been mine for a while now."
Seeing Lei Shi’s stunned expression, Wu Feng felt a surge of satisfaction.
"Why? What does he have that I don’t? I’m stronger than him!" Lei Shi exploded.
He wasn’t some naive youth, but he had poured everything into this relationship—only to be betrayed.
The realization was too much to bear.
Fang Xiaoqian, unfazed by the exposure, spoke with shameless confidence.
"Exactly. Because you’re stronger, you should be getting more treasures for us."
"You hear that? Heal up and get back in the arena," Wu Feng sneered, his expression mocking.
Lei Shi’s rage burned hotter.
Then Fang Xiaoqian added, "Oh, and give me back my Cloudgold Stone."
She snatched it from his hands and handed it to Wu Feng, cooing sweetly,
"Here, Wu-ge. Don’t lose it again."
"Of course," Wu Feng gloated, taking it.
They didn’t know why Lei Shi still had the stone, but they weren’t about to question free loot.
His things were theirs now.
"Yours?" Lei Shi couldn’t believe his ears.
After everything, she had the audacity to call it hers?
"You gave it to me, so it’s mine," Fang Xiaoqian stated matter-of-factly.
That was the final straw.
"Why are you doing this to me?!"
His last shred of restraint shattered. He lashed out—but at Wu Feng, unable to bring himself to hurt Fang Xiaoqian.
Wu Feng took the hit—he was slightly weaker than Lei Shi.
But Fang Xiaoqian joined in, aiding Wu Feng.
One-on-one, Lei Shi could overpower either of them, but together, they overwhelmed him.
Soon, Lei Shi was beaten down again, covered in wounds.
Wu Feng pressed his foot against Lei Shi’s face.
"Remember this—next time, win us more treasures."
Then he gave Fang Xiaoqian’s backside a slap as they walked away.
"Ugh, don’t do that in front of him!"
"What, afraid he’ll get jealous?"
"Pfft, him? I just don’t want him getting off on the sight of my curves. He doesn’t deserve even a whiff."
Their laughter echoed as they left.
Lei Shi lay there, drowning in humiliation.
I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you!
The thought consumed him, but his body refused to move.
His eyes, filled with bitterness, slowly closed.
Su Luo had watched the entire scene unfold. This wasn’t the first time he’d witnessed such a play.
He mused, If Lei Shi were to be reborn now, he’d make a perfect protagonist.
A textbook revenge arc setup.
But Lei Shi didn’t need rebirth—Su Luo would give him the power to take vengeance.
After a while, Lei Shi stirred awake.
Su Luo spoke from the shadows.
"Do you want revenge?"
Lei Shi finally recognized him. "It’s you... You saw everything?"
"From start to finish."
Now calmer but utterly despondent, Lei Shi muttered, "Maybe... Fang Xiaoqian had her reasons."
"Wake up. Think back to how she acted. Stop lying to yourself."
Lei Shi fell silent. He couldn’t deny the truth.
"You know why I surrendered yesterday? Because I was once like you."
"Tell me."
"The past is the past. What matters is that I’ve been reborn. What about you?"
"I..."
Lei Shi hesitated, still clinging to denial.
Su Luo’s voice sharpened with fervor.
"Listen—love is an illusion. We must focus on strength. Join me. Have you heard of the Heavenly Demon Sect?"
"I plan to rebuild it. I will become the Demon Sovereign. Come with me—let’s carve our names in fear, not waste our lives on love. Do you want to suffer that humiliation again?"
The memory of Wu Feng and Fang Xiaoqian’s smirks ignited Lei Shi’s fury.
"You’re right. To hell with love. If you can help me destroy them, I’ll do anything."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
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!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
