Qin Yi stepped into the fountain; he felt comfortable like never before.
"not to mention immortality, this comfortable feeling huuuh."  Qin Yi, though.
He realized that this eternal spring is not even sprung, but a mixture of individual energies. Simply put, it is a fusion of some mysterious substance and spring water. 
Gradually, Qin Yi felt the energy glittering with light blue and cold light in the spring water and began to flow to his terracotta body.
The feeling of stiffness was quickly dissipating. The soil around his body was melting and collapsing swiftly, and the real face of Qin Yi emerged.
"The mysterious power makes me feel free!"
When he opened his eyes showed vertical pupils.
Then, his body began to change rapidly.
Dark scales emerged in his skin, and his neck extended rapidly. His head, face, were also instantly transformed into a ferocious animal face, long beards grow from both sides of the cheeks, he roared, and long claws and tail appeared and became a complete dragon.
This eternal spring water seems to have stimulated the latent power of the Dragon Emperor's body, activated a fragment of his ancient gene, and completed the process of transformation from the human to Dragon.
A black dragon with a length of ten meters and a thickness of about three meters appeared from the spring to Zi Yuan.
Unlike the Dragon Emperor in the movie, Qin Yi's body was exactly the Chinese Dragon.
The black dragon was showing endless hegemony, dignity.
This is a real behemoth, a horrible beast from mythology; Qin Yi felt as his power is unlimited.
this body can be called invincible in this world.
"Zi yuan, you have the mysterious power of the ancient East. May you help me to unify the world and eliminate injustice in the universe?"
Qin Yi's words shook the entire Shangri-La with its majestic.
"You have got all the power, why do you still need me?"
Zi Yuan said coldly then; she pointed the sword to Qin Yi.
"I think that was a good opportunity."

In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Zi yuan.
With a roar, the dragon claws fell violently at Zi yuan, then she raised her sword, but her weak body, even with such martial arts, she couldn't face Qin Yi.
In a loud sound, Zi Yuan's figure was shot and bumped into the wall behind her. blood spread out from her mouth, and she was breathing hard.
"On this strength, you want to stop me?"
With a roar, Qin Yi leaped from Shangri-la up to the snow.
Unlike the Dragon Emperor with his three-headed Western dragon, this is a real Chinese dragon.
General Yang, who was waiting in the snow, heard a roar of a beast, and hurriedly looked up.
Immediately, he saw a legendary black dragon flying, rushing to his direction.
"Dragon!?" everyone panicked.
This kind of ancient god beast only exists in legend, so they were stunned.
The black dragon was speedy, and in a blink of an eye, it has already come to them.
"he is your emperor!"
Qin Yi said with his dragon voice; then, he transformed into his natural body.
"Your Majesty!" General Yang and others were shocked, followed by great joy.
Long Di has such strength, and can also be transformed into the ancient Chinese totem, such power and meaning, he is naturally unequivocal.
We must know that at this time, China had just staggered out of the feudal society, and some old-feudal ideas still exist. to be an emperor who can incarnate Black Dragons represent some symbols to them.
"let's go with the emperor to the ancient tomb, and you follow us with the plane!"
General Yang roared.
Qin Yi turned into a black dragon and took General Yang, and the soldiers have gone back to the plane.
Qin Yi rushed to the sky, flying toward the graveyard.
By this time, he had fallen in love with the feeling of flying with this dragon form.
At this time, Qin Yi was ups and downs in the sea of clouds, playing and having fun(deficient General yang).
He flew from high altitude, crossed thousands of miles, and when he looked down at a colossal statue, he realized that he had arrived.
"In this world, I shouldn't waste time, first unify China, and then expand to the whole world!" then he transformed to his human shape then stand on top of the statue then he pulled out his long sword and pointed it into the sky. His face was cold, and he roared.
"wake up!!!"
the ground crashed down, the terracotta warriors appeared.
Then.
"Boom!"
Sounds of steps, soldiers and horses in shape of terracotta, armed with spears, lances, holding high flags, trampling on the ground, rumbling out, stood in front of Qin Yi. They were solemn and cruel. They are all warriors who have gone through a thousand wars.  
He nodded silently and was satisfied with the quality of the terracotta warriors.

Wei Huo saw an altar after bumping his head into the wall. There were stone statues on the four corners of the altar. The statues were respectively the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise[1]. The statues looked very realistic. They guarded the place, giving the altar a solemn and dignified aura. It filled people with a sense of awe.
Wei Huo walked onto the steps gradually and solemnly. He moved vigilantly forward to the altar step by step. He was afraid there would be hidden traps in the altar. Surprisingly, when Wei Huo arrived at the top of the altar, he discovered a game console.
Wei Huo was confused. "???"
Why was there a game console in such a solemn and dignified altar?
Wei Huo walked closer. 'F*ck, it is the Subor game console[2]."
The game console was connected to a CRT television[3]. The image displayed on the screen was very clear.
Wei Huo looked at the television screen. A tank and familiar sound effects greeted him.
Wei Huo was left speechless.
Could it be… Battle City[4]?
Wei Huo instantly knew that he was going to nail it, seeing that minigame. Somehow, players were always required to play classic minigames at caves that hold heritages, and the scores from the minigame would determine the completion rate of the inherited Cultivation Skill.
Wei Huo walked over, sat down, and grabbed the video game controller.
He then tapped on the game start button. Just as expected, the screen of the game started to change. The classic first level scene in Battle City came into his view.
Wei Huo was confused as he noticed the game contents were in Chinese.
'Was God from the Z Country? Or did the system have an automatic translation function to allow people from any country and even any kind of creature, to understand the game's content?'
Otherwise, how did the Demonic Ant Warlock obtain the heritage there?
Wei Huo thought to himself, 'I obtained the Qi energy heritage because I'm a citizen of Z Country. If that was the case, could people from foreign countries obtain the Dou Qi heritage and the Magic heritage? Could it be that the reason those Demonic Ants had obtained the Qi heritage was that they had traveled across the Z Country?'
Wei Huo started playing the game. He had to familiarize himself with the operation of the game as he had not played that game for a long time. After that, he began to kill from all directions with his terrifying quick reaction ability.
After passing the first level, Wei Huo saw that he still had two lives. However, he felt that he did not need a second life at all.
With Wei Huo's reaction speed, the game was a piece of cake for him.
"This is just a child's play for me!" Wei Huo scoffed as he reached level nine.
As he finished his sentence, an airplane that could fly freely without being limited by the game's landscape suddenly appeared on the map.
Wei Huo was confused. "???"
'Why did an airplane appear in Battle City?'
Wei Huo immediately became serious and shot down all the airplanes. When he reached level 18, artillery soldiers carrying rocket launchers appeared on the map. Wei Huo had to control the tank and shoot down those rocket-assisted projectiles. Otherwise, his base would have been bombed.
Wei Huo worked hard and finally reached level 27. At level 27, oceans, warships, aircraft carriers, countless artillery shells, missiles and airplanes, appeared on the map and charged towards Wei Huo's base.
Wei Huo was bewildered. 'Was this really motherf*cking Battle City?'
At level 36, aliens appeared with countless oval-shaped spaceships attacking Wei Huo. They could even discharge lasers.
Wei Huo understood at that moment. It seemed like special freaky enemies would be added every time players successfully passed nine levels.
Wei Huo felt strange the more he played the game. Was this really not 'The Rebirth of Battle City Fighting Against The Whole Universe' game?
Wei Huo's enemy turned into robots when he reached level 81.
Wei Huo was speechless since even Transformers[5] appeared now! This was no longer Battle City anymore!
However, level 81 was the last level. There were no further levels after that. Wei Huo finally cleared all the levels!
Wei Huo let out a deep breath when he saw that he cleared all the levels. He wiped the sweat on his forehead. "Phew, that was not easy. This kind of game was a bit too difficult, wasn't it?"
As Wei Huo stood up, the altar started to emit a faint light. The faint light soon disappeared, and those four statues suddenly started moving. The Azure Dragon stretched its body and caused green trees to appear on its back. The White Tiger roared and its color turned to gold. The Vermillion Bird spread its wings as flames started burning on its body. The Black Tortoise stamped on the ground while the attached snake lifted its head, oozing a cold breath.
Although Wei Huo had not read a lot, he knew that the Azure Dragon represented wood, the White Tiger represented metal, the Vermillion Bird represented fire, and the Black Tortoise represented water.
Wei Huo understood the meaning when he saw those Four Symbols transformed. It meant that he had to choose one of the four statues.
If he chose the Azure Dragon, he might be able to increase his lifespan greatly, regain his HP rapidly, and obtain the cultivation skill to control plants. If he chose the White Tiger, he might be able to improve his strength, destructive power, and obtain the cultivation skill to control metal. Choosing the Vermillion Bird meant he could control fire, and choosing the Black Tortoise meant he would be controlling water.
Wei Huo started debating among those four options. 'I'm suffering from decision paralysis now!'
The four options were very tempting…
However, being Descendants of the Dragon, choosing the Azure Dragon Cultivation Skill would be a better choice. Also, God had added the patch 'Dragon-type monsters added' a long time ago. In other words, dragon creatures had already existed in this world. The power of dragons was indubitable. Although Wei Huo had yet to come across a real dragon, he thought that it was just a matter of time. He could even cotton up to the dragons if he had chosen the Azure Dragon heritage.
Hence, Wei Huo had decided to choose the Azure Dragon heritage!
An option popped up as Wei Huo walked up to the Azure Dragon statue. 'Do You Wish To Choose The Longevity Skill?'
Wei Huo was dumbstruck. "???"
'Why is it Longevity Skill? Wasn't it supposed to be the Azure Dragon's heritage?'
Wei Huo walked up to the Vermillion Bird statue and the option turned out to be, 'Do You Wish To Choose The Fiery Palm?'
The option for the White Tiger was, 'Do You Wish To Choose The Vajra Body Defending Divine Skill?'
Lastly, the option for the Black Tortoise was, 'Do You Wish To Choose The Ice Soul Divine Skill?"
Wei Huo was left speechless.
'I understand now! These statues were just for decoration! Why would the Four Symbols pass down their heritage to a human?'
Wei Huo walked up to the Azure Dragon statue and decided to choose the Longevity Skill. After all, he had not needed other cultivation skills with his current strength and his God of Thunder Skill.
However, longevity was a desire that every creature could not give up. Wei Huo decided to follow his desire and had chosen the Longevity Skill.
Of course, another main reason for choosing the skill was because there were still many caves in the world. Only with a sufficiently long lifespan could he search for more caves. Under the circumstances that he could only choose one from the four options, it was better to choose the Longevity Skill.
When Wei Huo had chosen Longevity Skill, another option popped up before his eyes. 'This site is a cultivation resources spot that will boost the Player's cultivation speed by 15%. However, it would cost 30 Magical Stones per day as a rental fee. The Player can only cultivate at this site for 3,650 days."
Wei Huo's eyes shone brightly but he frowned after a few moments. '3,650 days is equivalent to 10 years. I will not misspend these 10 years!'
[1] In Chinese Constellations, there are four mythological creatures guarding the world in four directions, which are named 'Four Symbols' or 'Four Mythological Symbols' ('Si Xiang' in Chinese). They are the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Black Tortoise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Symbols
[2] Subor was a well-known game console in China. https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/console-chinese-gamers-remember-most-fondly/article/3010014
[3] CRT is the short form for cathode-ray tubes. CRT television is a type of television that was most widely used back before the invention of the flat-screen television. https://allgreenrecycling.com/what-is-a-crt-tv/
[4] Battle City is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_City
[5] The Transformers are a species of sentient, living robotic beings. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer


Wei Huo has been ignored and overlooked by almost everyone his entire life, including God. In a bid to transform the world into a more game-like one, God halted time for all humanity except for Wei Huo, leaving him to fend for himself. The teenager has no choice but to strive for survival whilst waiting for the day humanity’s clock to start ticking again. But wait a minute! What if that wait is longer than a person’s lifespan? Follow Wei Huo on his survival journey in a world infested with mutated beasts and carnivorous plants.

Great Qin's army and City Lords went and suppressed those who were attacking, stabilizing the situation. Zhao Fu started to go through the gains from this operation. In total, they had obtained 6,500 Great Cities and 1,500 Cities.
Most of the Great Cities had come from the six countries, and almost all of the Cities had come from them as well. When Zhao Fu ordered the six countries to attack China, the Chinese side had continuously fallen back, and they had almost made it to the central area of China.
If it wasn't for the strategists predicting that they would not be able to hold the eastern side of China, setting up defensive lines outside the central area, it was possible that Great Qin would have conquered the central area as well and even made it to the western side.
The end result was quite ironic: The other Chinese factions had tried to destroy Great Qin, which was a part of China, and now Great Qin was using other countries to harm the rest of China.
However, the Chinese factions had worked together with foreign factions while Great Qin had conquered them.
With the Chinese side continuously falling back, many factions hurriedly relocated their Cities. As such, Great Qin's gains in the eastern side of China were quite little. However, they were still able to conquer 3,100 regions.
In total, they had obtained 6,500 Great Cities, 1,500 Cities, 3.5 billion people, and 500 million Stage 1 soldiers.
Now,Great Qin's overall population was 8.5 billion people, and it had 900 million soldiers. Of these soldiers, 820 million were Stage 1 soldiers, ten million were Stage 2 soldiers, 1.8 million were Stage 3 soldiers, and 60,000 were Stage 4 soldiers.
They now controlled 6,820 regions, one Marquisate City, three Barony Cities, six Capital Cities, 15,070 Great Cities, and 4,421 Cities.
Great Qin's strength once again massively rose, and now they once again had to properly incorporate these people and regions. They would not be able to attack other factions for a while, as they had brought in simply too many people this time – almost one-third of what Great Qin already had. If they staged a rebellion, it would be quite difficult to deal with.
There was also the issue of the regions. Great Qin already had 1,000 regions to clear, and now there were another 3,000 regions to clear out. This was no simple matter, and with the construction of the Great Wall, it would take at least a year to complete all of these things.
In order to stabilize the people, Zhao Fu first gave out rewards; all those who had contributed were rewarded, regardless of if they were players or indigenous residents.
The six countries had performed quite well this time, and this was especially so for the Japanese people. They fought incredibly vigorously while also shouting Great Qin's praises, which Zhao Fu found quite strange.
The people from the six countries now belonged to Great Qin, and Zhao Fu made them ordinary residents, making them feel quite relieved.
In order to celebrate this victory, Great Qin set up a massive banquet to reward those who had participated. In contrast, the factions at the central area of China had incredibly dark looks on their faces, looking at the people around them in suspicion. After what had happened with Japan, everyone found it hard to trust each other.
If someone did the same thing as Japan and Great Qin attacked, they would completely fall apart. Great Qin now occupied the northern side while also having control of the eastern side. Almost half of the Midland Continent now belonged to Great Qin, making it much harder to resist them.
As such, these factions could only discuss how to prevent something like this from happening again, and the strategists once again started to think of plans.
As for the leaders of the Chinese invasion from before, Great Qin had already executed those people, and their families' factions had all been destroyed. Their family members could only struggle to even live.
There were now 20 or so women kneeling in front of Zhao Fu who came from those families. Two of them were quite exceptional: one of them was Bak Seolhyun, the person who had led the South Korean army and said that Chinese people had stolen Korean culture.
Now she, her mother, and her little sister were like pitiful little beasts, kneeling on the ground. There was another person who seemed much more dignified and composed. This woman was a Japanese woman and was dressed in a red kimono. Her long black hair fell to her shoulders, and she held a saber as she knelt on the ground.
She was Oda Kamiya's older sister, Oda Mina. As the descendant of Oda Nobunaga, Oda Kamiya had been quite famous during the earlier times. However, he had been surpassed by others, such as Masanori Hano and the last Emperor.
As the person who had led Japan to invade China, Zhao Fu showed no mercy to him. Oda Kamiya did not intend to submit to Great Qin either; after Great Qin broke into his city, Oda Kamiya committed seppuku using the demon blade Muramasa.
The saber that Oda Mina now held was Muramasa. Even though it was in its sheath, it gave off a sense of evilness.
Zhao Fu grabbed with his hand, and the Muramasa flew into his hand. Zhao Fu drew the saber, and a massive wave of evil spread out. The blade gave off an incredibly cold light, making people's hairs stand on end. The saber was now a Saint Armament; it had most likely killed many people.
Zhao Fu was not very interested in this saber. However, Zhao Sha seemed to be very interested in it, so Zhao Fu gave it to him as a reward.
Zhao Sha had immense potential, and Zhao Fu wanted to take all opportunities to nurture him. Before, when Zhao Sha had obtained the Assassin Legacy, he had used a dagger because it was more suited to assassinations. Now that he had Muramasa, he could fight directly against others.
After taking care of everything, Zhao Fu went over to Oda Mina. He was somewhat interested in her, and he wrapped his arms around her, causing her face to go red. She knew what was about to happen, but for the Oda family, she had to properly serve this man.
Oda Mina lightly hugged Zhao Fu back, gently resting her head against his chest. Zhao Fu hugged her and took some other women into the Refining Pavilion.
After a wave of indescribable sounds, Oda Mina helped Zhao Fu put on his clothes again, and Zhao Fu walked out, marvelling at how good the Japanese women had been.
At the same time, Zhao Fu took the four Nation Armaments and prepared to refine three of them into Great Qin's Nation Armaments. As for Japan's Nation Armament, Zhao Fu had asked the golden dragon about them, and the golden dragon had said that the three items were quite special. They were like normal weapons but were also like Nation Armaments and Clan Armaments.
If Zhao Fu refined it like a normal Nation Armament, he would not be able to utilize them to their full potential and would ruin their value.
The golden suggested Zhao Fu to turn the three items into true killing weapons. They would not be used by Zhao Fu but by the Primogenitor Statue. After all, the three items had similar attributes to the Primogenitor Statue.
The method was to put the three items into the Primogenitor Statue and fuse them together, being baptised by Great Qin's bloodline together.


“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive.

When the statue with a human body and a dog head heard this, it asked coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about? How would I need a lowly creature like you to save? Have you forgotten the divine skill 'Death's Eye' that I had given you before?"
"Er..." Black Cat Tom became scared after hearing that.
The "Death's Eye" was off on the wrong foot as it was completely restrained by the small gray ant on the wall and led to the loss of the orb that could control the Yin Energy Realm, causing Tom to bow down to Vigilante A.
However, this did not mean that this divine skill was not powerful. On the contrary, it was very powerful. As long as it was not a gifted guy like the little gray ant, carrying all before one was not all talk.
Now, when the other party mentioned this, it made it alert again. This Death was not a fake god who was all talk. It was genuine.
Therefore, it had to be cautious. As a cat who never fought in person, it would never act recklessly.
Even if this Death was a coward behind that fierce appearance, or even possibly hiding within this wall struggling to survive, it still did not dare to risk digging the other party out...
'Sure enough, character determines fate!' Tom thought fiercely. 
Although it understood that its inference was likely to be the truth, it did not dare to take that one percent risk and do it bravely.
At this moment, if it was any other devil outside, it was 100% sure that the other party would directly push down the wall, turn this residing place of Death around, and then devour it.
Devouring a god would bring benefits to all aspects.
Even if you could not become a god straight away, you could at least completely change the level of life. Your vitality endowment would not even be able to describe with Double Grade S, it would be even higher than that, attaining the Celestial Clan's endowment overnight.
Tom thought about it again and again, and soon a smile appeared on his face and he said in flattery, "O Great Death, please forgive Jerry's ignorance. I only said that out of my devoted faith."
"Hmph, you don't have Tom's piety at all. You cultivated the Path of Death that I taught but the Dead Aura you cultivated now is not pure at all. Your presence used to be green but just now you actually released a blue presence. I'll not respond to your summoning next time." The wolf-headed statue did not let it slide but said in a reprimanding tone.
Although Tom understood that this bastard was likely saying this deliberately in order to dispel its doubts, it still replied with jelly legs. "Please forgive me. I was oppressed by the hypocrite who self-proclaimed as justice, I had to camouflage my ability and thus, this happened."
"It's that Vigilante A, right? It seems that you had no choice. I'll spare you this time. Now, what do you summon me for? However, you have not held a Death Sacrifice for a long time so this time I'll not give you power in vain," the wolf-headed statue said with a cold tone.
As soon as Tom heard it, it quickly said, "Please forgive me, Vigilante A put a tiger saddle on me so I really couldn't find a chance."
"Is that so? However, he can't detect any of your actions in this world. You can hold a Death Sacrifice to me here," the wolf-headed statue said coolly.
Tom hesitated slightly and did not answer.
"Why, you don't want to? In this case, I'll take back the power given to you before!" The wolf-headed statue's whole body emitted dark green light, looking strange and frightening.
"No, no, Lord Death, I have a good idea." Black Tiger Tom looked around and then sent a telepathic message.
After listening, the wolf-headed statue toned down the green light slightly and said, "Very good. It seems that you still have the ruthless character of your cousin. Not bad, 100,000 lowly mortals could not be compared to the fall of one powerhouse. As long as you successfully complete the task, I'll help you get rid of the shackles."
"Thank you, my Lord. I'll definitely complete the task," Black Tiger Tom said with relief.
Sure enough, the body of a starved camel was still bigger than a living horse[1]. Just now, when the other party raged slightly, it felt the Death Energy in its body become uncontrollable. Fortunately, it backed down decisively before.
It seemed that Death was indeed a lot weaker, but it was still not something that could be confronted. There was still an insurmountable distance between mortality and divinity.
"Go, and remember, death is with you." The wolf-headed statue was finally satisfied. All the green light disappeared and it became a normal statue.
With me, my ass... Black Cat Tom thought bitterly and then quickly took apart the altar and kept it.
After that, it picked up the little ant on the wall and placed it on its head.
"That's enough, don't look at it anymore. There's nothing here. Your sense was wrong..." It said firmly.
The little gray ant suddenly became very anxious and climbed in front of the black tiger's big face, waving all its six legs frantically, pointing towards the wall and turning around.
It clearly sensed that if it could eat the thing inside, it would greatly help it.
The black cat pretended to not understand it, shook its head and said, "Stop moving around. I said no and that's it."
The little gray ant was suddenly stunned and then crawled back to the tiger's head. Its pair of antennae was moving around, thinking of something.
Black Cat Tom was relieved. It looked around and finally sprinted towards one direction.
...
Outside world.
"Okay, okay, you should stop here. It's not easy for me to collect experience points, okay? This already costs tens of millions," Sir System said angrily.
"It's quite easy," Fang Ning said confidently, "even the craziest player can't compare to a Liver Emperor like you."[2]
System Notification: [The System stopped the True Sight function of the Bind on Equip item "Tiger Saddle".]
"Take a look at yourself, you're so stingy. I still don't know what trap the black cat will arrange next to entrap people," Fang Ning said.
"It can't entrap us anyway. You can see it later after we enter. We should dig Death out from the wall and it'll solve all traps," Sir System said eloquently.
Fang Ning was at a loss of words. Sir System was spot on.
"Are you sure about that? It IS a god." Fang Ning was not assured.
"The Culinary God is also a god. Have you seen it say 'no' in front of me?" Sir System said smugly.
"... You really know how to attack a straw man," Fang Ning was speechless.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's hurry in. If we're late and it was taken away by another person, won't it be like looking at gold slipping away under your eyes?" Sir System scorned.
System Notification: [The System took over the host's body.]
"I knew it'll be like this. You're not a heroic System, you're clearly the ultimate enhanced version of the little gray ant..."
Vigilante A got up and walked into the Divine Gate.
At this moment, the crowds gathered in different places such as those at the foot of the mountain, those on the mountainside, and those on the peak of the mountain, were all very excited after seeing this scene.
"The Venerable Dragon God has entered too!"
"It seems that there's no danger," someone said subconsciously.
The people next to him heard it and suddenly sneered. "Hmph, those who say this are simply worse than primary school students."
"What do you mean?" The man was flustered.
"Have you learned about the pony crossing the river? Whether the depth of the water is deep or the dark fog is dangerous is relative to the person going in. If the Venerable One is a giraffe crossing the river, you would be an ant crossing the river. Is it still not dangerous?" The person next to him shook his head and sighed.[3]
The man suddenly had nothing to say and left feeling ashamed.
Others heard this and thought. 'Compared to the Venerable Dragon God, am I at the height of his heel or the height of his foot?
'Behind this Divine Gate, when should I enter?'
People from different camps looked at each other. After that, some insiders gradually came together and began to discuss in a low voice.
That was right, a person may not be able to reach the feet of the Venerable One, but if the strongest person of the big clans were brought together and teamed up, they could at least reach his waist, right?
Perhaps this was Heavenly Axiom's intention.
Last time, all clans fought with each other. If the individual of any particular clan was high enough on the list, that clan would benefit.
This time, it was to test their teamwork. Fighting single-handedly was equivalent to giving your life away.
[1] a Chinese proverb that carries the meaning of even weakened, someone strong is still strong
[2] Liver Emperor is a Chinese gaming slang used to describe gamers who would rather spend an immense amount of time in gaming than spend money on the game. It also could mean someone who would play the game without eating, drinking or sleeping until his/her liver is damaged.
[3] "Pony Crossing the River" is a Chinese children's story about a pony who was unsure of the depth of the river water and thus dare not cross it. The pony asked a bull and it said that the river was very shallow. However, a squirrel told the pony that the river was very deep. After testing it on its own, the pony found out that the river was not as shallow as the bull said nor was it as deep as the squirrel said.


Procrastinator extraordinaire, Fang Ning, had lost his consciousness after banging his head on a night of celebration. He woke up to a realization that he no longer had control of his body, as a System had taken it over. Will he eventually regain control of his body or will he be trapped in his body forever? How does he maneuver this situation? What's in store for Fang Ning?

"Huh? Why would Sifu message me out of the blue?" Chen Xiaobei put away the Ambergris and picked up his phone.
The Prime of Tongtian would not contact Chen Xiaobei unless it was to bring important treasures or he had urgent news.
This time, he must have had some really important news for Chen Xiaobei.
The Prime of Tongtian: Xiaobei! I detected a shift in your lifespan. Are you planning on making a drastic change?
Chen Xiaobei: Making a drastic change? I was about to use two of my trump cards to radically increase my cultivation!
The Prime of Tongtian: Ah, no wonder! You have actually done it, have you?
Chen Xiaobei: Not yet. Not for the moment. Why are you so concerned? Am I not supposed to do that?
The Prime of Tongtian: It's not that. It's just that now is not the best time to do it!
Chen Xiaobei: 🙄Not the best time? Why? I'm actually about to start a battle soon. Increasing my cultivation would be really useful!
The Prime of Tongtian: I've been calculating, and you won't be facing any misadventure any time soon. Whether your cultivation increases or not makes no difference at all! Keep both your trump cards in the back-burner for the moment. Use them at a later time – you'll be surprised by the results!
Chen Xiaobei: Later? When, specifically? I made a pact with Lady Nuwo – I really need to increase my cultivation! I can't wait too long!
The Prime of Tongtian: The specific time is when you complete the upgrade of your Netherspirit Battlescouter!
The Prime of Tongtian: The number of your disciples have exceeded one billion! Wait until you've upgraded your Netherspirit Battlescouter, and chosen your Heavenly Path Reward before you use your two trump cards. The pay-off will be doubled, and you will get twice the results with half the effort!
Chen Xiaobei: The trump cards' yield will double? That's incredible!
The Prime of Tongtian: That's right! Of late, I've been attending talks at the Ancestral Lord's, so I couldn't send you any Red Envelopes! I can only remind you, and keep you from wasting the resources you have that are so hard to come by!
Chen Xiaobei: Thank you, sifu for giving me a heads up! I'll keep the trump cards first! But the problem now is that I'm short on some of the materials needed to upgrade the Netherspirit Battlescouter! I still need two Three-Star Earth-God materials. I don't know when I am ever going to find them all!
The Prime of Tongtian: I cannot reveal too much about your fate but you've made a lot of good friends, and they'll help you find the two remaining materials!
Chen Xiaobei: Friends? 🥰 I have asked my friends to help me ask around! I guess I'll just have to wait for the good news!
The Prime of Tongtian: it's good that you understand that! The Ancestral Lord is going to continue his talk soon. I won't be able to contact you anymore until the Mid-Autumn festival! Do you have any more questions?
Chen Xiaobei: Mid-Autumn festival? Sifu, will you be joining the Mid-Autumn festival Red Envelope snatching session?
The Prime of Tongtian: Maybe, I will. But I cannot say for sure! Anyway, during this period of time, you need to accumulate as many merit points as you can and increase your luck! If I do join the Red Envelope snatching session, I will make sure to send a really good item. Let's hope you will be crowned the King of Luck!
Chen Xiaobei: Yes, sifu! I will do my best! I won't let all your hard work go to waste!
The Prime of Tongtian: Alright, time's up! I won't be able to answer any more of your questions for the time being! You have to be diligent!
Chen Xiaobei: Bye sifu!
Chen Xiaobei pocketed his phone and left the lounge. For now, he would not be using the Ambergris.
"Zhufeng! Finally! I was just about to go get you!" Ling Qingfeng gave him a rare smile.
Chen Xiaobei raised his brow. "I know you're in a hurry. Let's make a move!"
...
Chen Xiaobei stepped out of the spacecraft and was immediately taken in by the unspoiled surroundings. "Wow! The view is incredible! Green hills and crystal-clear waters! It's otherworldly! This is paradise!"
"This place is the most unremarkable planetoid in the entirety of Divine Dragon! Because of its great distance from the other planets, there's no direct portal here. No one has set foot here for thousands of years!" Ling Qingefeng smiled. "The landscape and Spiritual Qi have not been exploited by humans, and therefore, they can manifest their most beautiful façade!"
"I see!" Chen Xiaobei nodded. "We'll admire the gorgeous view later. Let's get to the ruin first!"
Ling Qingfeng took the lead. "Let's go!"
The two of them ran the whole way to a giant mountain.
The road was craggy and crooked like a maze. On top of that, in order to conceal their secret, the Divine Dragon imperial family employed Qimen Dunjia* and planted a few labyrinths in the mountains.
If Ling Qingfeng had not been there to lead the way, Chen Xiaobei would have found himself lost and disoriented in the mountains.
...
Finally, they spotted a small-scale transportation portal with Divine Dragon carvings deep inside the mountains.
"That portal is the entrance to the ruin!" Ling Qingfeng said excitedly. "We've finally arrived!"
Chen Xiaobei studied the portal and asked, "Can I go through this portal?"
Ling Qingfeng looked taken aback. "Don't you also have Divine Dragon's blood? Of course, you can!"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "Your ancestor, the Divine Dragon, and my dragon bloodline are not the same dragons! Your blood and mine must be completely different too!"
The blood in Chen Xiaobei's veins was that of the Primordial Witch Dragon!
"Different blood… That…" Ling Qingfeng crossed her arms. "I've never encountered a situation like this before. I'm not sure if you can pass through. You'll have to try to know!"
"Mm, let's give it a go then!" Chen Xiaobei nodded, stepping up onto the platform. "What should I do next?"
"Do as I do and put your hand on the dragon! It has a Spiritual Attribute and can distinguish different blood types!"
Woom!
Ling Qingfeng placed her hand on the statue and the dragon statue glowed green.
At the same time, the Spiritual Attribute began to connect with Ling Qingfeng. She only had to think it and she would be transported to the ruin.
"Let me try!" Chen Xiaobei imitated Ling Qingfeng and placed his hand on the statue.
But the statue did not react the same way it did. The statue let out a frighteningly loud roar that shook the earth. 
"Shit…" Ling Qingfeng cursed under her breath. "Is the Divine Dragon rejecting your blood? This has never happened before. Quickly, take your hand off! We don't want any trouble…"
Before she could finish her sentence, a strange scene unfolded before them. 
Footnote:
Qimen Dunjia: ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today); Daoist magic: the art of becoming invisible --


In a world of shallow-minded, materialistic mortals, what would one from humble beginnings - whose face had been stomped on, spat on, oppressed for the longest while by the arrogant, pampered upper echelons of society - do, when a mysterious application pops up in a brand new phone that was meant to be the birthday gift of an ungrateful girlfriend? What if the application takes the form of a chatroom where its occupants, bearing the names of mythical, fictional beings, start giving out 'Red Packets'; while spouting nonsense the entire time?  
Release Schedule: 14 chs / week
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On the smooth surface road at the airport, an electric flatbed car slowly drove down.
On the planks, which were as flat as the ground, was a statue, about the same height as a man, in all shades of green. When the golden sun shone on it, a warm glow washed all over it.
It was a jade carved statue that was almost equal to the size of a human.
The statue was a whole piece of jade that was delicately carved. The whole of it was made of jade of ordinary water source. There was light lavender shining from the head, shoulder, back, hands, feet, and other parts. These were a number of high-value violet jadeite pieces, which were like ornaments or jewelry that added more luster and attractiveness to the statue.
Looking at the glittering jade carving, Sophie was mesmerized. She murmured, "My God, this is glorious!"
When the flatbed approached her, Sophie's eyes widened and she saw clearly what the statue looked like. It was elegantly smiling and had beautiful eyes, and was carved in detail copying her own figure.
Sophie stared at the statue dumbfounded and was silent for a long time.
Taking her hand in his, Li Du held up a small box on one knee and said, "Sophie Martin, will you marry me? We can get married soon if you say you do; and if you don't, think it over and you might want to."
Sophie stared at him blankly, lost for words.
There were laughter and voices coming from next to them, "Wow, you are blessed!" "Marry him! Marry him!""Sophie, wake up! Say 'I do', say 'I do'!"
Sophie turned and looked around again. Her parents, Li Duʼs parents, Bell and Magic Hand, and other treasure hunters, Hans and his sister, as well as Cole Winston, Porter, the Ford brothers, and Steve were there. She did not know when they showed up at the airport.
Barbara, who looked more agitated and nervous than her, made a trumpet with her hands and shouted, "Say yes, Sophie!"
Sophie looked down at Li Du, who was smiling as he kneeled down, and suddenly she laughed too. "I have thought about it very seriously, Mr. Li Du. It is my honor to be with you for the rest of my life."
She pulled Li Du up and they embraced, surrounded by applause from the people around.
Li Du wrapped one arm around Sophie and waved with the other hand. Then he felt Sophieʼs body twitching. He looked down and saw her crying in his embrace.
He patted Sophie on the back lightly, sighed and said, "Donʼt cry now, silly girl. Save your tears, you might need them after marriage."
Sophie gave him a punch and said, "How thoughtful of you. The day I waited for was finally here. What took you so long to propose?"
Li Du said, feeling wronged, "I was waiting to find something special, like this big piece of jade ore, to make a proper proposal."
After receiving the gift from Tang Chaoyang, he did not want to go to Myanmar at first, but then he thought of a news article he had read.
It was a piece of news about Myanmar producing extremely large emerald jade ore, from more than a few tons to dozens of tons. The texture of the jadeite itself would not be very good, but because of the size, even if it had an ordinary water source, it would still have a great value after being carved into a statue as big as an adult man.
He did some search on the Internet at that time. There was a similar statue in his hometown, which was the Maitreya Buddha jade carving. It was more than two meters high. In the Guangdong and Guangxi province, there was another jade sculpture of the Goddess Guanyin. This was even larger, more than five meters high!
The jade used to make these types of sculpture was naturally not the glass species or the rare dragon jade species. Their main body was a common jade, which was not valuable. The water source was not good, and if it was broken down and made into bracelets, it would probably cost only a few hundred per piece.
However, with such a large size, the value of the statue would be high. The Guanyin in Guangzhou and Guangxi was a national treasure, and it would not be sold off for any price. The value of the jade Maitreya Buddha was 100 million yuan.
Li Du thought of going to Myanmar to search for himself, and if he came across a large enough piece of jade, he would carve it into a sculpture of Sophie as a wedding present.
He had been in the mining area for a few days and harvested a lot of precious jade, but did not come across any large piece of jade.
Then he went to Mount Dena, and at last, he found a large piece of jade in the local mine, fit for his purpose. He had told the mayor of Wooku Town at first that he was looking for something in Mount Dena, not to sell it for a profit, but to find a large piece of jade to make a statue.
However, the statue was not made with the jade found there. The largest piece of jade he found on Mount Dena was just over a meter high. This piece of jade was found in the Canton auction just by coincidence.
Da Mao was the one who found this stone. Zhong Dapao and Liu Zi thought there was no jade in the stone. Li Du was surprised to discover there was jade in it when he looked inside it, and it was a huge piece of 1.8 meters in length.
Of course, the jade texture was very poor, so it was not reflected on the skin of the stone.
He bought the stone and found the best sculptors through Cole, and they worked together and carved the masterpiece.
Li Du sent Hans on a tour around the world, but in fact, he did not go anywhere. He went to Seagull Island to take care of the wedding arrangements.
Their plane had been fine the previous two days, but he needed time for his parents to get to Seagull Island first, so he made up a reason to stop over with Sophie for two days.
The wedding that Li Du had in mind was not grand, but very elegant. Hans led the wedding plans and made great efforts for the wedding. Seagull Island was decorated for the event in a way that was beautiful and extraordinary.
Because Sophie and her parents were very interested in Chinese culture, the wedding was arranged according to the Chinese style. Li Du even built a Suhang garden on Seagull Island!
That was why he invested so much in Seagull Island, which had plenty of rocks and plenty of water, but not enough plants and trees. That was the reason why the renovation took a long time.
Most of the greens were brought in from China, which was a very troublesome thing. Australia had very strict control over immigrant plant species. Because Seagull Island was far away from the mainland, and Li Du had a lot of connections, he managed to get the approval.
Pavilion, platform, building, stands, spring, stone, flowers, wood… with these elements together, a Chinese garden appeared on Seagull Island.
At that moment the garden was decorated in a very festive manner. Red decorations were hung in the pavilion, red characters made out of silk could be seen everywhere, and the atmosphere was filled with joy.
Li Du monitored the island development by frequent video calls, so everything was familiar to him, but it was different for Sophie. She hasn't been to Seagull Island for a long time, so all of these were a surprise to her.
Li Du did not come to Seagull Island in person for a long time precisely in order to make a surprise for her. Otherwise, if he came, Sophie would follow him, and she would know his plan.
Hans decorated the island's small airport dispatch office, which he made into a temporary bridal dressing-room. Sophie was taken in, where a makeup artist was waiting for her.
Looking at a room filled with beautiful silk clothes, Sophie was dazzled. She turned to Li Du in surprise and asked, "When did you prepare all of this?"
Li Du winked at her and said as he smiled, "It is a secret."


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

"It's a bit regretful that we can't ask it for more information."
Shyrveen said while massaging his chin as he stares at the body fragments of the angel statue, and Sung Jin-Woo looked at Shyrveen while confused.
"... But, this thing was trying to deceive me from the get-go, Hyung-nim... Could you be able to believe anything such a monster told us in any way?"
"It's not the matter of believing but thinking that those words just puzzle pieces, and all you need to do was to think of what's the opposite of that piece, then proceed to what will happen next and think for it's opposite again."
Shyrveen waved his hands and elaborate on how his mind works since he lacks of many emotions to affect his decision making.
"... So, you're telling me that I need to think for all of what I'll hear from these... Higher beings will be all lie?"
"Yup. Be practical, even if it's really a lie or not, you already got some hints from it, but you will need to do the question and answer portion by yourself with yourself, and categorize that final conclusions in probability..."
But their conversation was interrupted and they looked to the tallest and biggest, god statue, saying in a shouting manner while sneering.
"HAHAHA! FOOLS! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL ME, INSECTS!?"
Every one of them can very tell that this was the angel statue earlier.
And the god statue pointed its index finger to Shyrveen.
"AND I HEARD YOU BASTARD! LIE!? DO YOU THINK I'M LYING!? MONARCHS ARE ALREADY MOVING TO DO THEIR PLANS! DO YOU ALL THINK THAT YOU ALL WILL STILL BE ALIVE BY THAT TIME!?"
Then the god statue spread his arms widely and continues, as if he is stating something that coming from heaven's law.
"EVEN WITH RULERS THAT TRYING TO SAVE THIS WORLD FROM INJECTING GATES TO HAVE MANA, BUT THIS WORLD WILL STILL PERISH AND MEET IT'S DESTRUCTION WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT FOR THE 8TH TIME!"
After it felt satisfied and looked down at the humans with despised glare.
"AND IF THAT HAPPENS, IT STILL THE WIN FOR MONARCHS!!! HAHAHA!"
Both men were speechless and Sung Jin-Woo scratches the back of his head and shook his head for seeing something wicked skill like this from Shyrveen, then he looked at Shyrveen with one eye closed.
"... That... Everything escalated so quickly, Hyung-nim... I didn't know that your provocation was easily taken by this... Thing..."
"... Welp, it seems Deisy is really overpowered with just still being a (1 Star), eh?"
Shyrveen shrugs and orders the adult arm-sized purple Chinese dragon to reappears from its hiding.
Sung Jin-Woo was stunned after not sensing even a speck of Deisy's presence.
Deisy wrap her body on Shyrveen's arm and rested its cute head on the back of the hand of Shyrveen, that he kissed her nose bridge.
"You're such a darling Deisy."
"Muu... I'm your only darling, sweetheart, honey, and sweety, darling! Why are you so sweet to Deisy!?"
But Yang Manli appeared beside him, grabs his other arm, and shakes his body while looking at Deisy with jealousy and a little bit malice.
But Deisy ignores her and just focusing on enjoying her time with her owner.
"... Better not to get near at that lovers, brother..."
Han Sen poke Sung Jin-Woo's shoulder and nudge him to get away from the two.
"I'm Sung Jin-Woo, Jin-Woo is my first name."
Sung Jin-Woo followed him and reach out his hand to Han Sen, which Han Sen accepted and shook it.
"Oh, then can I call you brother Jin? And I'm Han Sen, Sen is my first name too."
"Sure, brother Sen."
"And that is Yang Manli, brother Shyr's girlfriend."
Han Sen pointed at Yang Manli that is currently acting cute in front of Shyrveen, before whispering to Sung Jin-Woo.
'She's a sadist and very obsessed to brother Shyr, you might not notice it, but it's because of brother Shyr for lacking of emotional things to trigger her.'
"Oh... I see. Well, it's not bad for Hyung-nim to have someone that can take care of him."
Sung Jin-Woo crossed his arms on his chest while staring at Shyrveen and Yang Manli, then took a glance at Cha Hae-In that soon noticed his stare too but shifted her sight to the side while blushing.
"I know, right? That's the reason too why I did the outrageous thing in the first place... I ignored the brotherhood's code. 'Bro's before hoe's.'."
"... Hahaha! You're a funny one, brother Sen."
Sung Jin-Woo was stunned after hearing Han Sen then laughs as he taps Han Sen's shoulder that shrugging while smiling smugly.
Sung Jin-Woo felt that this young man had the same story as him and they can bond each other easily like Han Sen and Shyrveen to each other.
Every surviving Hunter was panting and sighed in relief that they are alive while sitting on the ground.
They felt so many emotions after seeing their comrades that died and just watched the people in the middle area of the chamber as they are resting.
And the Architect that controlling the god statue and that has been ignored by humans was confused and enraged.
'Why... Are they still... Casual about this?! What are they talking about!?'
"What are you both thinking!? Did you all gave up!? Do-"
But only to be interrupted by Shyrveen, that the Architect can tell that this person is just waiting for it to say something.
It saw Shyrveen claps, and the other humans in the vicinity claps too, before hearing his shocking words.
"First of all... Welcome back to reality."
"..."
Shyrveen gestured it to look around and that's when he saw that all of its dolls were destroyed, making the Architect's mind to be blank about it.
"Second, Do you think you have that ability in the first place?..."
"What do you mean-..."
The Architect was very confused now and saw Shyrveen pointed at its chest, that it follows the finger where it is pointing at and it saw and realized that the Architect is back to its body, the angel statue from the beginning, and it is not controlling the god statue earlier anymore.
And the body of the angel statue is still nailed with the arrow, bound by the whip, and restrained by the branches on the ground.
And the Architect's angel statue body began to tremble, tried its best to struggle after the fear finally consumes its mind before looking up and shouted at Shyrveen.
"No... No, no, no, NO!!! What's happening!? Why I can think like this!? Why I have this absurd false knowledge!? What did you DO!?"
"Lastly..."
But Shyrveen ignored him and summoned his third Super Beast Soul which is Apollyon this time.
'... It seems that I'm fine summoning multiple Beast Souls, but as long as I don't meddle with them though...'
The forty meters long Chinese dragon appeared and circled around the room for a couple of times to settle it's long body and stop.
Apollyon is towering over their heads but he is looking down on the filthy stone monster in the middle of the area.
"That monster!"
The fear increases in the Architect's mind after it realized the thing in front of it was from another universe of the Great Gene Universe.
It didn't appear on its mind that 'The One' can bring the monsters to this universe and add that the Architect can feel the little Mana inside its body.
But that isn't the thing that the Architect is having concern with, but the weird and heavy feeling of its otherworldly aura in its body.
Shyrveen raised an eyebrow and corrected the Architect.
"Beast Soul. Don't lump my dear pets to those shitty monsters..."
The Architect finally loses its mind after realizing that this is the so-called Beast Souls, that was being mentioned inside of the universe shard that Ashborn found and let it, the Architect, to research and found out about the things inside of the said shard.
Add that the Beast Souls that it countered today can rival the Architect and some Monarchs too.
"Those things!... HAHAHA! That universe is really mysterious to have that kind of abilities, no!?"
"... But sadly, you can't go to that universe as Jin-Woo's system's administrator now... And if we kill you here, there's a possibility that you will still live since... It seems that this is not your real body..."
Shyrveen only shrugs and continued as he ponders while looking at the angel statue.
"But even if it's true, you will still go back to scratch without the system and connection to Jin-Woo. So..."
Shyrveen hanged the words that Sung Jin-Woo realized that it was for him to continue and went to the angel statue.
"You can go back to these Monarchs side, dear Architect... If they didn't kill you for good for losing the chance to continue spying at Shadow Monarch and me, that's it... So, thank you for your blubberings, seriously."
Then Sung Jin-Woo pats it's shoulder and walks away before waving his hand.
"Bye..."
"... Apollyon."
Shyrveen finally called the last order and Apollyon gladly follows, and opens it's jaw and crushed the angel statue with its iced fangs that didn't have a time to squeak a single little voice.
Apollyon, with experiences in Mana from consuming the monster's Magical Cores, it didn't consume the whole monster but crush it's body to a fine powder to find the Magical Core.
And in just a couple of seconds, Apollyon found the core and spit out the stone powders before he gobbles down the core to his maw.
After seeing the dragon consuming the angel statue as if it is like some candies, Sung Jin-Woo sighed in relief.
'With this, it's done...'
And as if he was shaking off the worries about the Architect, Sung Jin-Woo lightly shook the dust off from his right hand that he used to tap the angel statue's shoulder.
It was at this moment that they heard the multiple voices calling out to them.
"Hunter-nims!"
Choi Jong-In and Woo Jin-Cheol and the other surviving Hunters run towards them, except for Cha Hae-In that slowly went to the side of Sung Jin-Woo.
For their perspective.
Start from the moment Shyrveen, Han Sen, and Yang Manli appeared.
Their casualties stop increasing and the destroying of stone statues became more ease.
Then when the moment the angel statue was locked in its position and has been dazing for a whole ten minutes and blubbering such things here and there.
Sung Jin-Woo helped them until no statue remains, even the god statue was turned into rubble, leaving only the angel statue in the middle of the room.
Choi Jong-In want to ask about those things that he heard, they heard from the conversation of Sung Jin-Woo, Shyrveen and the angel statue from the side.
But Cha Hae-In interrupted even though she is confused and have a ton of question, that every one of the surviving Hunters has a lot of questions too, she decided to let this be in the side of their minds for now and stated.
"This isn't the right time to discuss that, so let's get out of here first."
Everyone agreed with her.
"Are there any more survivors?"
She asked Sung Jin-Woo, who possessed the best sensory perception among the group.
Sung Jin-Woo looked into the interior of the chamber and shook his head.
Only twenty-three remained standing outside the chamber.
Over one-fourth of those who stepped inside had died.
Their joy at surviving this encounter only lasted for a short while and the atmosphere grew gloomy and heavy while thinking that this will be much more if the three newcomers didn't arrive and help them.
"In that case…."
Cha Hae-In turned around with a stiff face, but Sung Jin-Woo reached out and held her wrist.
She turned to face him.
The reason why the Hunter's Guild came here was secondary.
Sung Jin-Woo was a lot more curious about something else at the moment.
"Excuse me, but... What happened to Japan?"
Sung Jin-Woo had entered here just before the dungeon break of the S-Rank Gate occurred and so, he was getting legitimately curious about the news coming out of Japan.
Cha Hae-In hesitated slightly, but eventually, came up with a suitable description.
"... They have been destroyed."
Sung Jin-Woo was stunned and glances at Shyrveen that nodded at him.
"Even the great barrier user perished from the giant that thrice the size of skyscrapers... Which is I think it's the boss of that Gate."
Sung Jin-Woo's expression became deeply complicated.
Association's Chairman Go Gun-Hee had told him about what the Japanese Hunters were trying to do back in Jeju Island.
It was unknown what their real goal was, but nevertheless, they commenced with their plan anyway.
If Sung Jin-Woo didn't show up on time, it'd have been extremely difficult for the Korean Hunters to get out of there alive even if the mutated ant monster hadn't shown up.
At the same time, the cavern's wall started to rumble and shake, indicating that the Gate is closing.
Shyrveen claps to get the attention of everyone.
"Nature calls, we need to get out of here."
But he saw Choi Jong-In glancing at the corpses of the other Hunters, that was followed by the rest.
He saw every Hunter gritted their teeth with tears dropping from their eyes.
"... Esmund."
Esmund appeared as the twenty meters tall treant and grabs carefully the corpses with its branches.
'... Some of their bodies are ripped off...'
Shyrveen inserted his mana and Esmund became ice treant and the ice crawls to his branches and soon encases all of the corpses in ice coffins.
But Shyrveen did this separately, one corpse in one ice coffin after he makes Esmund piece them back to their former appearance.
If Esmund can't do that, as long as the corpses are have distinguishable appearance to identify for who is who, is fine.
But Sung Jin-Woo summoned a few of his shadow soldiers and told Shyrveen to hand over the coffins to him.
"Hyung-nim... You're spending Mana too much... Even though... It seems that you can reuse half of the consumed Mana?..."
"... Alright, and yes, I can."
Shyrveen nodded to him and didn't argue anymore and claps again.
"Form a line around me, no need to run for we will skating to get out of here."
Every one of them is too tired to think about how they will do that and just followed Shyrveen's order.
But Shyrveen saw that Sung Jin-Woo offered himself to carry Cha Hae-In and he wasn't rejected by her.
He shrugs and soon, the ice platform was formed below their feet and their shoes were covered within ice cubes.
"Let's go..."
Shyrveen ordered Esmund to grab their waists and proceeds to move, before taking one last glance at the chamber...

Once upon a time.

For there is one man... Who is still wasn't awakened... After ten years of the dungeons appearing in his world...

But only to found out that he is in the middle of the forest... That was known... By Multiverse Earths... To be... The 'God's Sanctuary'...
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So, expect that some of the original characters are less-featured from the start... But I'll try to think about how to make them meet, since it will be a waste if not.

You have been warned.
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The sound of footsteps approaching could be heard as Fu Qingya slowly entered the room, glancing at Chu Li. 
Chu Li sat up on his bed and gave a fist salute. "Sect Leader."
Fu Qingya sized him up and then shook his head. "I never thought you'll be capable of making such great progress. It's impossible to reach your current cultivation level by relying only on the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique. You had a fortuitous encounter, didn't you?"
"Yes," Chu Li replied with a nod. "I suffered a blow from an Enlightened Master."
"An Enlightened Master." Fu Qingya stared at him with a frown. "How did that happen?"
Chu Li shook his head and replied, "I assumed the identity of another person and went into the Inner Mausoleum of the Ji Dynasty's Imperial Mausoleum to absorb an Enlightened Master's energy. That's how I managed to achieve my current cultivation level."
"You're very bold," Fu Qingya muttered gravely.
Fu Qingya secretly sighed at how crazy Zhe Ying had become. This guy was willing to do everything in his power to enhance his capabilities and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Zhe Ying seemed to treat his own life as a game and was harder on himself than on anyone else. He was indeed a formidable figure. 
It was all because of the obsessive state of mind he was in that Zhe Ying had succeeded in achieving such a high cultivation level in a short amount of time. 
The Inner Mausoleum of an Imperial Mausoleum was one of the most heavily guarded places in the world. Those who were allowed to enter an Inner Mausoleum were the most reliable and trustworthy people who would never pose a threat to the security of the place. Even if they turned out to be a threat, it would be almost impossible for them to get out alive. 
Nonetheless, Zhe Ying was able to utilize Heavenly Demonic Power to enter an Inner Mausoleum. This could be considered an extremely impressive accomplishment compared to the achievements of other Heavenly Demonic Sect disciples from previous generations. In fact, it was impressive enough to make Heavenly Demonic Sect world-famous and induce fear in others since this would prove to outsiders that the disciples of Heavenly Demonic Sect were truly capable of going anywhere they wanted. 
Chu Li said, "I realized that it's impossible to achieve perfect mastery even with my current cultivation level. I thought that perhaps the answer lies within the Heavenly Demon Statue, so I wanted to come back to check and see if I was right." 
"You should never toy around with the Heavenly Demon Statue. This statue is capable of restraining the powers of an Enlightened Master," Fu Qingya replied, shaking his head. "At your current cultivation level, you're nothing more than an ant in front of the Heavenly Demon Statue, and yet you had the nerve to touch it. You could have died because of your recklessness!"
"Indeed," Chu Li admitted in resignation and laughed bitterly. "I know how powerful it is now. I have a splitting headache, Sect Leader. May I have a Heavenly Demonic Stone?"
"I'll have someone bring it to you later," Fu Qingya said with a frown. "The sect is running out of Heavenly Demonic Stones, so use yours sparingly and don't lose it."
"Understood." Chu Li smiled.
Fu Qingya paused for a moment before saying, "Zhe Ying, to this day, the disciples of Heavenly Demonic Sect still can't move around openly in society. Doesn't that upset you?"
Chu Li was taken off guard for a moment but gradually nodded and put on a smile. "Maybe it has something to do with our Heavenly Demonic Power. Many people out there are too afraid of our Heavenly Demonic Power because it allows us to keep changing our appearance. It's impossible for them to defend themselves effectively against us, so we can't exactly blame them for keeping their guard up." 
"The Heavenly Demonic Power isn't the main reason here," Fu Qingya replied and shook his head. "The key lies in the fact that Heavenly Demonic Sect has never produced an Enlightened Master before!" 
Chu Li asked, "Our sect founder wasn't an Enlightened Master?"
Fu Qingya slowly nodded.
"Sect Leader is aiming to become an Enlightened Master?" asked Chu Li.
"Of course," Fu Qingya replied.
Chu Li shook his head. "If even our sect founder wasn't capable of becoming an Enlightened Master, I'm afraid there might be something wrong with the Heavenly Demonic Power itself."
"I believe so too," Fu Qingya muttered with a frown. "Since we're both roughly at the same level now, you should keep cultivating using your method while I carry on with my method. Let's see if it's actually possible for us to achieve perfect mastery in the Heavenly Demonic Power and become an Enlightened Master." 
Chu Li said, "Sect Leader, I heard that the best way to become an Enlightened Master is by cultivating Spirit Beast heart techniques."
"Humph, that method is even harder." Fu Qingya laughed scornfully. "It's just a legend anyway." 
"Which type of Spirit Beast heart technique should one cultivate in order to become an Enlightened Master?" Chu Li asked.
Fu Qingya glanced at him and asked nonchalantly, "What, you're thinking of cultivating Spirit Beast heart techniques?"
Chu Li nodded. "If I can find out which heart techniques are needed, I can just secretly learn them from other sects. I'm sure it'll be easier to become an Enlightened Master by doing this than by cultivating Heavenly Demonic Power."
"I might as well tell you then," Fu Qingya said. "You need four types of Spirit Beast heart techniques to become an Enlightened Master. These four types of heart techniques should correspond respectively to the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Black Tortoise, and the Vermilion Bird (TN: In ancient Chinese astronomy, these four creatures are widely known as the 'Four Mythological Symbols' and are viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions, namely the Azure Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Black Tortoise of the North, and the Vermillion Bird of the South). As long as you can cultivate these heart techniques, you'll be able to become an Enlightened Master." 
"The Azure Dragon, the White Tiger…" Chu Li frowned. "Which sects do these heart techniques belong to?" 
Fu Qingya replied, "The Azure Dragon heart technique refers to the Dragon Taming Technique of Goddess Attraction Mountain. As for the other three types, it doesn't necessarily have to be any three heart techniques in particular. Just keep in mind the elemental attributes of the other three creatures. The Black Tortoise represents earth, the White Tiger represents metal, and the Vermilion Bird represents fire. It'll be fine as long as the Spirit Beast heart techniques correspond to these attributes."
Chu Li slowly nodded.
Fu Qingya exhaled sharply and went on, "You'll have to acquire the full legacy of these Spirit Beast heart techniques in order to cultivate them to perfection. There must be no mistake or error in the heart techniques you learn. Besides, not all sects have managed to perfectly preserve the entirety of their martial arts, so this can be a very challenging thing to accomplish."
Chu Li smiled. "Will it be that difficult for us disciples of Heavenly Demonic Sect?"
"Humph, you shouldn't think that you're capable of doing anything and everything just because you've cultivated the Heavenly Demonic Power. You better not cause any huge trouble!" Fu Qingya warned coldly.
Chu Li replied, "Don't worry, Sect Leader."
Just then, his expression turned grave.
"Bang!" The ground shook as though there was an earthquake.
Fu Qingya was alarmed and vanished instantly before reappearing in front of the Heavenly Demon Statue to shout, "Activate the Heavenly Demon Statue!"
"Understood," Elder Bai and the other three Grand Elders replied.
The five of them went to their respective positions and pressed their hands on the four limbs and the forehead of the Heavenly Demon Statue.
Chu Li circulated the Heavenly Demonic Power and appeared in the basilica as well. Unfortunately, he still could not use the Omniscient Mirror, so all he could see was the Heavenly Demon Statue's eyes glowing as if it was coming alive. Then, the statue's head actually started turning, as though the statue was looking through the basilica and staring directly at the sky.
Two white beams of light suddenly shot out of the statue's eyes. These two light beams looked incredibly pure, almost transparent even. 
Two holes soundlessly appeared at the top part of the basilica, as though the white light had melted those holes through the wall. 
"Bang!" An explosive noise echoed from the sky. Soon after, an angry voice spoke, "Heavenly Demonic Sect!"
Chu Li recognized it as the voice of the Ji Dynasty's Emperor, Leng Wufeng, and smiled to himself. It seemed like his misdirection strategy had worked. He had finally managed to shift the attention of the Ji Dynasty's Emperor from Snow Lunar Pavilion to Heavenly Demonic Sect.
It felt as though Heavenly Demonic Sect was in the middle of a raging sea as the Enlightened Master's powerful aura surged toward them like turbulent waves. An invisible force surrounded every disciple in the sect and tried to crush them into dust.
Fu Qingya and the Four Grand Elders had grave expressions on their faces as white steam started to appear above their heads. The Heavenly Demon Statue turned its head again and looked at the sky.
Two light beams shot out of the statue's eyes once more.
Everything standing in the path of the light beams dissipated soundlessly.
"Bang!" An explosive sound echoed from afar.
The Enlightened Master's monstrous and powerful aura withdrew and vanished abruptly.
Chu Li let out a long sigh in relief. It seemed like Leng Wufeng was unable to defeat Heavenly Demonic Sect and had left in the end. As expected, this Heavenly Demon Statue was very powerful. Those light beams that had shot out of its eyes had made his heart tremble in fear, and his intuition had been warning him to stay away from it.
Even Enlightened Masters were incapable of defending themselves against this Heavenly Demon Statue's terrifying gaze.
He stared keenly at the Heavenly Demon Statue.
The other five men seemed like they had just been pulled out of the water as they released their grip on the statue and gasped for breath before turning around to glare at Chu Li. 
Fu Qingya asked, "Zhe Ying, it was you who led him here, right?"
Chu Li looked embarrassed as he replied, "I definitely shook him off my tail though. How did he manage to chase me all the way here?"
"What did you do to offend an Enlightened Master?" Fu Qingya had a grim look on his face. If it had not been for their formation and the Heavenly Demon Statue, Heavenly Demonic Sect would have been completely wiped out this time. That would have been a great disaster!
Chu Li replied, "I disguised myself as Du Feng and went to the Ji Dynasty to have some fun. I happened to kill a Prince during my time there, but the Emperor has so many sons, so it shouldn't be a big deal for him to lose one, right?"
"You killed a Prince?" Fu Qingya asked grimly.
The Four Grand Elders' expressions fell as well once they heard Chu Li's reply.


Chu Li was a particle physicist until a freak accident took his life and transmigrated him to a parallel universe — one where he wakes up with inexplicable abilities and finds himself in the running for a job in the imperial palace. 
This is a story of heroic adventures, cunning strategies and romantic tales. How will our MC thrive in a world completely strange to him? Where will his ambitions and abilities take him in the palace?

"You are an idiotic team member, but the good thing is you are well-behaved." With a thumbs-up, Ye Sheng dived into the water. The bronze city was filled with holes, each of which was connected by a bronze passage that, when submerged, lay mostly below the surface, like a half-submerged ant nest.

Aki looked up with her flashlight at the cavern, which was as big as a giant's palace. The dome was carved with ancient patterns. It's a huge tree with leaves and branches acted as unknown characters.

"Dragon's language?" Aki suddenly understood what it was.

She took out the waterproof camera in her pocket, began taking pictures piece by piece, which were immediately transmitted back to Moniaher.

"Backup! Backup! It's a bonus!" Maans rubbed his hands in surprise. "For the first time since Nicholas Flamel, the human had access to such a vast amount of dragon's language data. Although it is impossible to interpret it, for the time being, it is extremely precious to the dragons, which uses words to convey power."

Complex patterns entered the helmet of Aki constantly. The patterns reminded her of what she had seen when she had a "spiritual vision" in the 3E exam, but it was more complicated. The leaves gathered together like human faces, which, when separated, were indeed ancient texts that had disappeared for many years, rotating counterclockwise on the dome. She wanted to shoot more, so she turned down the output pressure of the oxygen cylinder to give her more time and to wait for Ye Sheng.

The reduced oxygen flow made her dizzy and the pattern on the dome blurred. She paused, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and tried to stay awake.

"Aki, your heart is beating faster. Are you ok?" Selma's nervous voice came through the headphones.

"Nothing, just a little dizzy," Aki said.

She put the knife back in her pocket, opened her eyes again, and swam to the edge of the cave.

"Signal out!" On board of the Moniaher, Selma exclaimed, "Data transmission between us and Aki is interrupted!"

Maans paused. "Get the line on! Warn Ye Sheng!"

The turbine in the stern turned again to retrieve the lifeline of Aki.

"There's no tension in the engine," looking up Selma with a drained face. "Her lifeline was gone again."

Ye Sheng floated from Aki's side, holding her arm which made her feel much easier.

"Are you back? Is the mission finished? I didn't hear the explosion." Aki was relaxed when she saw her partner.

"Underwater explosion, not that noisy." Ye Sheng said, "I have solved the problem. After collecting, we are ready to return. Time is running out."

"Ok, I have finished taking photos of the dome pattern."

"Let's collect some more bronze and go back to analyze the composition," Ye Sheng said, pointing to a statue on the bronze wall not far away. "We can try to bring that back. It's not a Chinese statue but came from Europe."

"Good," Aki said as she swam toward the statue, dragged by Ye Sheng. The water was parted along her wetsuit with faint warmth.

The statue was only dozens of centimetre long, which was not comparable to the life-size statues they had seen when they entered the bronze city. It stood on a bridge-shaped bronze pole, dressed in an ancient Chinese robe and carrying a sceptre, with its head lowered slightly in a reverent manner like a nobleman. It has a head of cobra, whose neck was sticking out of the collar of its robe, which was extremely abrupt.

It was a snake-faced man.

"What is this?" Aki turned to Ye Sheng.

"I don't know, probably a totem of the dragons, but it's always useful to bring it back. Take it down." Ye Sheng said.

Aki nodded and swam over. There was a hint of surprise in the instant she met the statue of the snake-faced man, whose eyes were of pure silver. On its dark bronze surface shone a solitary silver light like blinking. Aki reminded herself to give up the strange idea, it is only because of reflection caused by the illusion. She must remain calm in underwater operations.

She reached out and grabbed the snake-faced man by the neck. The bronze sculpture was not as heavy as she had thought, and she lifted it easily.

A shadow rose from her side and seized her neck with indescribable rapidity. With her physical education at Cassel and years of underwater experience, Aki didn't hesitate to pull her knife out of the pocket to cut the shadow.

At the same time, she shouted: "Ye Sheng! Be careful!"

Ye Sheng had equipped a Russian-made SSP-1 underwater pistol that had been modified by the equipment department.

But the shadow was even faster than Aki and Ye Sheng. He used a weapon in hand to separate the folding knife of Aki and hit it on the top of Aki's helmet. Aki instantly lost the ability to fight back. She rolled back subconsciously to avoid the shadow's next attack but was already clasped in a tight embrace.

"Ye Sheng! Shoot!" Aki shouted.

"At whom?" The shadow asked.

Aki was stunned. It was the voice of Ye Sheng. Once, when they were training in the Great Barrier Reef, her oxygen cylinder broke down underwater. At the moment of suffocation, she heard Ye Sheng's voice and regained consciousness, which saved her life. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the black shadow around her. The glimmer of light in the other's helmet lit up his face, it's Ye Sheng's face.

"How can there be two Ye Sheng?" Aki's heart exploded with fear.

She turned her head to her back, and the man who swam with her, Ye Sheng, was gone. What floating in the water was a sculpture of a snake-face man. No one knew why a bronze sculpture could float in the water. Its silver eyes shone with a taunting smile.

Ye Sheng took out his pistol and blew up the head of the snake-face man, "I came back and found you swimming here, and the thing was floating behind you. I didn't get why it was following you until you reached out and started the system."

It was then that Aki found her lifeline was cut. She touched down the rope, which had been cut by a knife, and found a smooth notch. Aki touched her waist... She used her own knife and cut the lifeline!

"For god sake!" Aki shuddered. "Is it an illusion?"

"Maybe it's because of those dragon inscriptions," Ye Sheng said, pointing to the dome. "when you take pictures in succession, it's like reading the dragon inscriptions in order. It made a spiritual vision that led to disorder."

"This spiritual vision... Is very weird."

A creepy voice sounded. It was like someone holding two pieces of rusty iron and rubbing them against your ear. At the moment similar sounds are amplified hundreds of times.

As Ye Sheng and Aki look around at the bronze walls: Thousands of bronze gears turned slowly, huge bells rang inside the cavern, rust began to peel off from gears, and tooth clucked each together. Ye Sheng looked upward. In the darkness, an unprecedented huge bell vibrated with great power. The bronze pendulum vibrates back and forth around the bearings. The snake-faced man on the bronze wall moved at the same time. Its raised the truncheon in its hand, curved its neck as if holding an ancient pilgrimage.

"You've activated the system," said Ye Sheng, looking at the bronze pole that had just been pushed by his partner. "I don't know what the system is, but it doesn't seem like a good thing... This is a trap!"

He felt in his heart that the "snake", whom he had left on guard around him, was running away. This was unprecedented. The "snake", his faithful servant, was always in the depths of his consciousness. Ye Sheng had severe head pain and other snakes in the depths of his consciousness were swimming in terror, trying to burst his head.

Must evacuate ASAP, this is Ye Sheng's intuition.

He pulled out the knife from Aki's waist and plunged it into space between two gears with great strength. The folding NT knife sank into the bronze wall two inches deep. Two gears were buckled on the folding knife and could not be turned. The shaking of the huge bronze clock slowed down immediately and it lost power.

"No matter what machinery it is, power is needed, this alchemy machinery is not an exception." Ye Sheng shouted, "But run! The whole city seems to be moving!"

The knife fell, and the great bronze bell resumed its power. It roared heartily.

Lu Mingfei woke up hearing the deafening bell. He suddenly sat up, turned to look out of the window and saw the sun is shining at noon.

"What the hell? Americans don't nap?" His first reaction was to curse, and his second reaction was to lift the quilt over his head and go back to sleep.

He huddled under the quilt for a moment and realized something was wrong. The bell did not die down. Fingel was napping too, sleeping like a dead pig, would he continued to sleep but not curse? Lu Mingfei slowly opened the quilt.

"Hi, here." Someone said at the window.

The boy in the small black suit, white silk shirt and small square shoes was sitting on his windowsill, watching the distance in a daze quietly.

Lu Mingze.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment. He tiptoed to the boy and suddenly reached out and grabbed the boy's hair. The touch was very real, the washed hair was smooth and easy to touch, the boy's temperature was also real.

"Hey... Can you tell me if I'm dreaming?" Lu Mingfei stood beside the window.

"Depending on how you define "dream". According to your understatement, you're not looking at the real world." The boy shrugged. "but what is the real world? Maybe the real world is your dream."

"But I feel really super super real! I've never had a dream that real." Said Lu Mingfei, pointing to the clock tower outside. "The clocks are still going. Everything is normal except you."

"Don't trust your eyes too much. What you see may not be true. Maybe you're dead now, and you just feel like you're still standing here talking." The boy looked at Lu Mingfei in the eyes. "Maggots are crawling about in your body like worms in a cheese hole."

Lu Mingfei froze for a moment, feeling cold all over him, "Hey, Hey! I had just had cheese for dinner, can you avoid this negative metaphor? And don't push me down this time. Let's talk it over."

"Not this time. You were so annoying last time. I can't stay too long, just to remind you that something is happening and you need to be prepared." The boy said.

"What is it? Dragon invasion, world destruction? Don't wake me up from my nap without such an event."

"Don't you hear? The clock is striking." The boy said significantly, "You have to be prepared to continue your studies in this place as an 'S' student but not garbage. Remember the secrets of StarCraft?"

"Of course, power overwhelming is unbeatable, show me the money is adding 10,000 mines and gas, and black sheep wall can open the map." Lu Mingfei was really familiar with this.

"Black sheep wall, open maps. Useful, hum?"

"Nonsense, don't you know how important the map is in StarCraft?"

"The first secret I taught you was black sheep wall, and this one's been picked up. Using it, you'll get a detailed map of your surroundings. But don't overuse it. They'll find out." The boy smiled mysteriously.

Lu Mingfei hesitated, "You think we're in Harry Potter? Magic Academy? I just need to say... Black... "

The boy suddenly put his hand on Lu Mingfei mouth and shook head. "I said, don't abuse it."

The boy jumped off the ledge and patted him on the shoulder, "Black sheep wall, remember it... You'll need it soon at that very moment."

(Note: This is a Chinese translate novel)

When Lu Mingfei was applying for a foreign university, he received an invitation letter from Cassel College, a private university in the outer suburbs of Chicago. Under the call of mystery, under the choice of love and dream, he resolutely chose the unknown future. Black helicopters flew across the sky, the gate of a strange country was slowly opened to him: The door of becoming a dragon slayer.

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