Xiao Ruohan was at home watching the news, her eyes fixed on Chen Feng.
Her emotions were tangled and complex.
She saw Chen Feng being defeated by Zhang Bowen.
A strange sense of satisfaction welled up inside her.
But then she thought, if Chen Feng died, wouldn’t she never have the chance to learn the final move of the Dragon-Subduing Palm?
Just then, the Martial Arts Association called.
“Xu Lan has been arrested. The family is requested to come to the Martial Arts Association as soon as possible.”
Xiao Ruohan furrowed her brows, her expression darkening.
Originally, she had planned to return to Jiang City after the competition ended.
But her mother insisted on making a scene at the Martial Arts Association.
She claimed that Liu Weiwei’s first-place title should be revoked.
Only then could she become the tenth-place winner and claim the million-yuan prize.
As a result, they had been stuck in the hotel ever since.
The hotel bill was still unpaid.
Moreover, Xu Lan had taken out online loans to buy water and boxed meals to support the protest.
Now that Chen Feng was basically cleared of wrongdoing,
It was impossible to bring down Liu Weiwei.
And at this critical moment, her mother was arrested again.
Xiao Ruohan felt that ever since she joined the God of War Martial Arts Hall,
Not a single peaceful day had passed.
Her mind involuntarily drifted to that small suburban courtyard—
Quiet, peaceful, carefree.
A place she could never return to.
The Wei Family.
Wei Guangming watched the news about Chen Feng with utter shock.
“How could he be this strong?”
“To hold out against Zhang Bowen for so long!”
“And what’s this about sonic power?”
He clearly remembered that during his battle with Chen Feng, he never saw Chen Feng use sonic power.
Judging by the power of that sonic technique,
He doubted he could withstand it.
Wei Guangming knew Zhang Bowen’s strength very well.
It was an overwhelming, cliff-like dominance.
If he hadn’t decisively escaped by self-inflicted injury, he would have been trapped on Kunlun Mountain forever.
What Wei Guangming remembered most was that in his last fight with Chen Feng,
His only advantage was speed, yet even that wasn’t enough to outlast Chen Feng.
He never expected Chen Feng to become this formidable.
When he saw the Martial Arts Association’s explanation and speculation,
Wei Guangming was stunned again.
Chen Feng was suspected to be a hybrid of the Kunlun descendants and Great Xia.
Kunlun descendants!
Although he hadn’t encountered anyone from that tribe this time,
He was aware of their existence and their immensely powerful technique—
The Everlasting Youth Skill.
It was said to keep its practitioners forever young.
According to all the information the Wei Family had gathered,
The Everlasting Youth Skill could reverse aging.
However, it temporarily lowered one’s cultivation level,
But it would quickly recover.
The exact cycle was unknown.
If Chen Feng truly was a Kunlun descendant, Wei Guangming could somewhat come to terms with his defeat.
Losing to someone who had lived for over a hundred years, or even like Zhang Bowen, who had lived for centuries, wasn’t too shameful.
East Sea City.
Su Yan watched the news, a slight smile curling at the corner of her lips.
“My master, as expected.”
“So proud.”
“It would be even better if he could come out alive.”
Wang Family.
Family members were also discussing the events on Kunlun Mountain.
Seeing the Martial Arts Association publicly supporting Chen Feng, stating he was not a member of the Swallowing Heaven Club,
And revealing speculation about Chen Feng’s background,
Wang Hao excitedly shouted to the family elders,
“See! See!”
“I told you, Chen Feng could never be a member of the Swallowing Heaven Club!”
“You all didn’t believe me one bit and just had to argue with me.”
“Now you see it, a hybrid of the Kunlun descendants.”
“Isn’t it normal for him to use the Star-Absorbing Technique?”
“Look at how many martial arts Zhang Bowen knows—skills from the nine great families, there isn’t a single one he can’t master.”
Wang Hao’s uncle, unwilling to back down, said:
“Zhang Bowen doesn’t know the techniques of the Wei family.”
“Besides, the Martial Arts Guild only said it was suspected, not confirmed.”
Wang Hao retorted angrily:
“Hmph! Still playing dead duck, huh?”
“If Chen Feng wasn’t a Kunlun descendant hybrid, how could his martial realm be so high?”
“Come on, explain that to me.”
His uncle slapped Wang Hao on the head.
“Who do you think you’re talking to? No respect at all.”
Wang Hao was furious.
“Every time I can’t win an argument, you just use seniority to shut me up.”
At this moment, the Martial Saint of the Wang family wasn’t paying attention to Chen Feng at all.
All his focus was on Zhang Bowen.
This was a man everyone feared.
And that Chixiao Sword.
Years ago, his grandfather died at Zhang Bowen’s hands.
One man with one sword, nearly carving through the entire Divine Capital.
Anyone below the Martial Saint rank who crossed him was almost guaranteed death or injury.
The Divine Capital’s top family completely fell from grace at that time.
Even when the three Martial Saints joined forces, they couldn’t capture this man.
Back then, he was only a Grandmaster and didn’t even have the qualification to face Zhang Bowen.
Now, he was the youngest Martial Saint in Great Xia.
But facing Zhang Bowen, he still had no confidence.
***
West Continent.
Alliance Conference Hall.
The atmosphere was thick with gloom.
Everyone wore grim expressions.
“The plan to destroy the Dragon Vein has failed! What are we supposed to do now?”
“So much manpower and resources wasted, with such heavy casualties, and yet it all ended in failure.”
“I’m definitely going to be removed from office, and worse, become a scapegoat for the South Continent.”
“You think the North Continent’s situation is any better?”
“We’ve always had fewer top-tier warriors, and now losing so many elite fighters has created a gap in our martial strength that will take decades to recover.”
The West Continent Consul, who had initiated this event, could only suppress his emotions and soothe the complaints:
“It’s come to this, there’s nothing we can do.”
“Fortunately, Zhang Bowen appeared in the end and dealt with that Chen Feng.”
“Otherwise, none of us would have made it back—that would have been even more embarrassing.”
“Let’s wait until the rest return, then carefully handle them, make sure they don’t cause trouble, and find a way to spin this failure.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than urgent knocks sounded at the conference room door.
But those outside didn’t dare to enter.
The West Continent Consul frowned.
He had made it clear: no interruptions unless it was something extremely important.
Opening the door, he saw his assistant’s pale face.
“Consul, something major has happened.”
The Consul snapped:
“What could be more important than the Kunlun Mountain incident right now?”
The assistant hurriedly said:
“It’s about Kunlun Mountain.”
“There’s new news from Great Xia.”
“Here, this is the latest report just in.”
The Consul took the tablet from the assistant, and upon seeing the content, he was stunned.
On the screen, after Chen Feng declared, “With me, there is no one invincible,”
he began a one-sided slaughter of the invaders.
They were utterly routed, broken beyond recognition.
Chaos erupted as they fled in all directions.
"How could this happen? Didn’t he lose to Zhang Bowen?"
"How did he manage to turn the tables on Zhang Bowen and even seize Zhang Bowen’s treasured sword?"
"What on earth is going on?"
The rulers of the South and North Continents, noticing that the West Continent Consul had yet to return from the entrance, began to feel an unsettling sense of foreboding.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
