
Zhang Zian was busy the whole day and now it was almost time for him to go to bed. 
Zhang Zian had been exhausted throughout the day, but now that he knew the elves' lives could be extended, his tiredness vanished completely. However, he hadn't told the news to Old Time Tea or the other elves yet. As Pi had said, it wasn't the right time. If he hastily told the news to everyone, they would be too expectful. The reality might be too disappointing. For that reason, they might as well not know about it in the first place. 
Even if the lifetime of the elves really could be extended infinitely, the elves had to go through an extremely difficult process to do so. Judging from Pi's stern expression as it read the untitled book, Zhang Zian figured that this may be his biggest challenge and trial since he downloaded the Pet Hunter game.
Although he couldn't understand the untitled book, whether it was the Hyperwebster Dictionary, The Book of Sand, or a fantasy book from another civilization in the universe, he was still very grateful for it. Without it, he wouldn't have found out about such reassuring and hopeful news.
The elves had fallen asleep, one after the other. Before going to sleep, Richard had been very active that night, as if everything put him in a good mood. Zhang Zian had to hang it upside down to calm it down. 
When everyone was in bed, Pi was still sitting in front of the computer, typing away.
"Pi, did the noise bother you?" Zhang Zian came over and asked. He knew how annoying Richard and Snowy Lionet were.
Pi shook its head no.
"Well, we're all going to bed now. Please go to sleep as soon as you finish writing." Zhang Zian brought over a small desk lamp. The lamp light was turned away from the bedroom, so it wouldn't affect anyone's sleeping.
He didn't plan on telling Pi what he was doing later, because he wasn't sure whether he would be successful or not. He didn't want Pi to be disappointed after giving it so much hope. 
Pi grinned and nodded.
Zhang Zian glanced at the elves again. After confirming that each elfin was in its correct place, he turned off the ceiling light. 
With the light from the desk lamp and his own nightlight, he laid on his bed and stared at the ceiling, listening to Pi type. He thought about the elves' lives for a while, and then thought about the situation of Uncle Li's diner. He tried to allow all of his thoughts to occupy his mind and keep himself from falling asleep.
About an hour later he heard a click, and the fan noise from the laptop disappeared. Pi turned off the desk lamp and the room grew darker. It climbed into the basket hammock chair to go to sleep.
Zhang Zian kept his eyes open for a while, and almost fell asleep. He pinched his thighs to keep himself awake. 
He looked up and guessed that Pi had already fallen asleep. Then, he grabbed his cell phone by his pillow and opened the Qidian app.
That day, as he watched Pi write, he had secretly browsed the Internet on his cell phone, trying to find out what the amazing reading lists were.
After he finished researching, he knew that reading lists were an important supplement to the Official Recommendation Spots from the Qidian website. A reading list was created by an individual, who would list his or her favorite books and the reasons why they would recommended those books on their list. If other readers agreed with the owner's suggestions, they would start following the creator of the list. The reading list owners were similar to bloggers who reviewed digital products on video websites, and the digital products recommended by bloggers tended to receive more attention. Some reading list owners even had tens of thousands of followers. 
After careful searching, Zhang Zian discovered that the reading list owners were roughly divided into two categories. One type introduced and reviewed each book in great length, while the other kind of reading list owners introduced each book with only one sentence. The former type attracted much more followers than the latter. After all, through the detailed evaluations and introductions, the readers could tell that the reading list owners had put in a lot of work into every book. 
That day, he had mentally noted the reading list owners' IDs who wrote long book reviews and then went to the comment sections of their lists. He first ruled out the most popular reading list owners, because in their comment sections, numerous authors or authors who pretended to be readers were promoting their own books. Those reading list owners wouldn't be able to read all the books being recommended to them, even if they tried to read 24 hours a day.
As for the reading list owners that attracted fewer followers, their comment sections were basically empty. It wouldn't be helpful for Zhang Zian to advertise Pi's novel in those lists. 
After more research, he targeted a reading list owner who had the tenth most followers. The ID name of the reading list owner was Morning Gorilla Star, who was mentioned by the author of Diplomats of the Underworld. 
Morning Gorilla Star had written down his requirements about posting advertisements in his comment: Do not copy and paste your ads. I will promote urban novels that have no or only one female protagonist.
Zhang Zian felt relieved when he read these requirements. He was extremely popular with women, and many cute girls were desperately hoping to be his girlfriend. Pi had just hidden this fact while writing the novel based on the life in Zhang Zian's pet shop. Therefore, Pi's novel had managed to meet Morning Gorilla Star's requirements.
Advertising was like sending resumes to hiring managers. The key points of the novel must be written as concisely as possible. What was the highlight of Pi's novel? It certainly wasn't that the protagonist didn't have a girlfriend! 
He typed on his phone: Can I promote my own book? The title of the book is Pet King. The protagonist, who is the owner of a pet shop, downloads a game that can capture elves. Together with the elves, he witnesses the growth of the pet shop. There is no female protagonist in this book. 
He thought it over and added "Currently" in front of the sentence, "There is no female protagonist in this book." Then, he satisfyingly clicked the "Send" button.
After sending the message, Zhang Zian repeatedly refreshed the comment section and anxiously waited for a reply from the reading list owner, just like a job seeker who was constantly refreshing emails and nervously waiting for replies after sending out his resume. Zhang Zian had read the books recommended by Morning Gorilla Star, and all the books were well-written. Perhaps Morning Gorilla Star wouldn't think Pi's novel was good enough. However, Zhang Zian hoped that Morning Gorilla Star, who had read countless books, could at least tell him why Pi's novel failed to be recommended by him. In that case, Zhang Zian could help Pi revise the novel. Zhang Zian was acting like a job seeker who was close to starving to death and desperately needed a job, whatever the job was, to feed himself.
Since it was nearly one o'clock in the morning, the owner had probably gone to bed already. Watching his comment drowning in other comments from authors promoting their own books, Zhang Zian couldn't help but sigh in dismay.
Perhaps he sighed too loud, because Zhang Zian heard a squeaking sound come from the hammock chair. It sounded like Pi had turned over.
He locked his phone screen and waited a little longer. He didn't unlock his phone until there wasn't any more sounds coming from the chair.
What should he do?
He was very sleepy. Should he wait till the reading list owner woke up and try advertising again? 
No, he shouldn't wait. Tomorrow, Pi would receive its first Minor Recommendation Spot. If its novel failed to be ranked in the top three or top four spots, it might never have a chance to receive a recommendation again.
With that thought, he decided to advertise on another reading list. Advertising was just like begging, and as long as he could swallow his pride now, he would gradually become thick-skinned. 
This time, he lowered his expectations by moving his attention from the reading list owners with tens of thousands of followers to ones with hundreds of followers, hoping that some of them hadn't fallen asleep yet.
Zhang Zian noticed that there was one whose ID was Yang Chenkong. In his reading list, Yang Chenkong wrote reviews with thousands of words for each book and offered many thoughtful insights. However, Yang Chenkong only had a mere 3,000 followers. Would it really be useful to advertise in this list?
Zhang Zian desperately went to the comment section. To his surprise, he saw that this reading list owner was still online, discussing his opinions with his friends about a certain book. 
Zhang Zian hadn't read the book that they were talking about. However, from reading their conversation, Zhang Zian felt as if he had read it and learned about its successes and failures. From observing, Zhang Zian could tell that Yang Chenkong was very professional. 
For some reason, the comment section of his reading list was blank and had no advertisements. Zhang Zian chuckled to himself. He could take advantage of this rare opportunity to advertise. 
There were some basic rules of advertising for all reading lists. Unlike like people who put advertisements in bathrooms,  book-promoting advertisements couldn't be randomly posted. Each reading list owner had different requirements for advertisements. For example, Morning Gorilla Star had explicitly stated that he would only recommend novels with no or one female protagonist. Yang Chenkong, however, had a wide range of book choices. Except for supernatural novels, Yang Chenkong basically read every genre. 
However, the most difficult thing was that the list owner didn't specify which book genres he would recommend, and Zhang Zian didn't know how to cater to his preferences. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zian rewrote the message that he had sent to Morning Gorilla Star. He deleted the sentence "Currently, there is no female protagonist in this book." He added, "Feel free to read the sample chapters, but don't blame me if you're poisoned (Translator's Note: Read and Poison sound the same in Chinese)," hoping that his self-deprecating tone would draw Yang Chenkong's attention. 
After clicking "Send", he was too tired to repeatedly refresh the comment section as he did before. It was almost half past one in the morning, and he would need to get up early that day.
Putting down his cell phone, Zhang Zian lay down flat on the bed. Soon, he was half-awake and half-asleep, and he would completely fall asleep at any moment. 
In the darkness, Pi had been watching him the whole time. It had barely moved, except to slightly change its posture after its legs started to get numb.
Pi had always known about Zhang Zian's actions. It could tell from Zhang Zian's exhaustion. 
Since Zhang Zian was so tired, it wouldn't matter if he did these things later, right?
Pi opened its mouth and silently imitated the shape of someone saying "thank you."
What?
Zhang Zian thought he heard something. It seemed like someone was talking to him. He barely could open his eyes. His drowsiness was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on his eyelids.
He looked around and found nothing out of the ordinary. He unlocked his phone screen and saw that it was past two in the morning. 
Since he hadn't logged out from the Qidian app yet, he clicked open Yang Chenkong's comment section, the second reading list owner he advertised on that night, hoping to find Yang Chenkong's review on Pi's novel. However, he found no review, and saw that the advertisement he had posted was gone.
No wonder the comment section was so empty. As it turned out, Yang Chenkong deleted all of the advertisements in his comment section. Zhang Zian's efforts were again all in vain. 
He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. He shoved his cell phone under his pillow and fell asleep.


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

Su Mo left the Four Seas Fighting Ring and headed back to the Luo Mansion.
They gathered at a pavilion in Luo Mansion after they were back.
"Brother Su Mo, it won't be long before your splendid record of 151 victories in the Four Seas Fighting Ring spread to every corner of the Skymoon Country!"
Luo Huan gave an alluring smile and said, "By then, you'll be renowned throughout Skymoon, and everyone will be discussing about you."
A lovely smile danced on her lips and her eyes blazed with complicated feelings.
When they were in Sunnywood City, she had recommended Su Mo to join the Gale Island on the spur of the moment. However, she never expected Su Mo to make such great progress in only one year.
"A fame is just a title. It means nothing compared with the great reward."
Su Mo grinned.
Luo Qianfan, on the contrary, was full of concern. He warned seriously, "Su Mo, your reward was extremely shocking. I reckon there'll be envious people coming after you!"
Su Mo's brows furrowed with concern. This was indeed a serious trouble.
After all, such a great reward was compellingly attractive. Now that the news had spread across the entire city, it was highly possible that many people would surrender to their greed.
Su Mo sighed. "Is there really no better ways than contacting Elder Wei?"
Moreover, it was unlikely to reach him in a short period of time because of the long distance between the Imperial City and Gale Island.
Seeing Su Mo's grim expression, Luo Qianfan said, "No one dares to touch you if you stay at my mansion after receiving the reward, but I can't guarantee your safety once you leave here."
Su Mo nodded. Luo Mansion was very powerful in the Imperial City. Not many people dared to offend it.
"I'll make the decision when I get the reward three days later," Su Mo said in a low voice.
He knew that he was not going to stay in this city and live in this mansion forever.
"Okay!"
Luo Qianfan nodded.
They continued to chat for a while before they parted and left the pavilion.
Su Mo went out again and headed for the Sky-sea Pavilion.
He planned to buy some resources for cultivation with his leftover Spiritual Stones.
Su Mo was not afraid of being robbed, since he had not received the thumping reward yet.
He soon arrived at the magnificent Sky-sea Pavilion.
There were many small stores in Sky-sea Pavilion. All merchandise was displayed according to their categories and sold in the respective stores.
Su Mo first visited the elixir store, where he bought a bottle of Curse-breaking Pill that cost him 1,000 Lower Spiritual Stones.
Curse-breaking Pill was an Upper Lv 2 Pill that helped to breach the bottleneck of each realm.
Although it was far less effective than the Realm-breaking Pill sold at auctions, it was also very precious.
Su Mo had reached the tipping point between the Lv 5 and the Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm, which meant that he was a step away from Lv 6.
He had intended to breach the bottleneck in these few days.
Su Mo entered the Beast Soul store after he left the elixir store. He spent 2,000 Lower Spiritual Stones on 20 Class 9 Lv 2 Beast Soul Crystals.
The crystals were expensive. He could only afford 20 pieces of them with 2,000 Lower Spiritual Stones.
The elixir and Soul Crystals had cost almost all of his Spiritual Stones in hand.
Su Mo was about to leave the Sky-sea Pavilion immediately after that.
"Huh?"
On his way out of the Pavilion, a store, which was bustling with people, had attracted his attention. He walked over curiously.
"Legend of Firmament, only 10 Lower Spiritual Stone each."
"Line up! We have adequate stock for every customer!"
There were a lot of people queuing up for a chunky book that was called Legend of Firmament.
It was inexpensive. Anyone who had 10 Lower Spiritual Stones could get one.
Giving in to curiosity, Su Mo joined the queue and soon he bought one for himself.
This was not an ordinary book. It had recorded a variety of celebrities' anecdotes, peculiar treasures, and the remote and deserted land on the Firmament and Continent.
Su Mo glanced through the book and put it away before he left the Sky-sea Pavilion.
Soon, he returned to the Luo Mansion.
Su Mo sat at the table in his room and then took out the Legend of Firmament.
The book had considerably aroused his interest. There was actually a book that could include all the things happening on the entire continent. How extraordinary!
It seemed that the Sky-sea Pavilion did not boast about having opened branches at as far as the edges of the world.
The first dozens of pages introduced thousands of species of peculiar wonders, exotic flowers and herbs, and magical demonic beasts.
After that, the book described about the distribution of supreme powers in the world.
Su Mo narrowed his eyes as he scanned this section.
"The Emperor Xuan Palace! That's where it is."
One of the nine superpowers in the world.
According to the Legend of Firmament, there were nine superpowers in the world, consisting of three long-standing families and six sects that originated from ancient sects.
The Emperor Xuan Palace was one of the six sects.
Besides, there were some demon powers comparable to the nine superpowers.
In addition, the continent also bred many powers that were second only to the nine superpowers.
Sky-sea Pavilion was one of them.
Each of them was more powerful than one could imagine. Legend of Firmament had detailed every power.
"Emperor Xuan Palace, whose roots reach back to tens of thousands of years ago, has dominated the Central Continent for a long time. It contains millions of disciples and its dominion extends to billions of miles of territory..."
Su Mo could not help sighing after he read the introduction. In his current state, he was completely insignificant as compared to the Emperor Xuan Palace and the rest of the nine superpowers.
However, that did not frustrate him, for he was very confident of his talent.
With enough time, he would grow into an expert that could evenly match with the Emperor Xuan Palace.
Su Mo reflected on it for a little while and moved his eyes back to the book.
The book went on with Talents List.
The Talents List, composed of three name lists, had included all the top young talents across the entire world.
They were List of Top 100 Talents, Top 1,000 Geniuses, and Top 10,000 Superiors, respectively.
All the lists had age restrictions. List of Top 100 Talents required contenders to be under 25 years old, and the other two lists 30 years old.
The List of Top 100 Talents had recorded the 100 best talents in each domain.
The List of Top 1,000 Geniuses had enumerated the 1,000 most formidable geniuses in every region of the continent.
The List of Top 10,000 Superiors had recorded 10,000 young superiors on the entire world.
The List of Top 100 Talents had many sublists that recorded the talents in every individual domain, though the book only took in the list that was made in the Hong Domain.
Su Mo carefully studied the names that belonged to the 100 best talents.
Only one of them was recognizable to him.
Yun Jiankong, ranked 98th!
Su Mo gasped. Yun Jiankong, the chief disciple of the Sky Rapier Sect and the best of the Four Talents of Skymoon Country, was only ranked 98th.
More surprisingly, the rest of the Four Talents of Skymoon Country, including Duan Jingtian, were not even included in the list.
Su Mo sighed, knowing that the List of Top 100 Talents must be highly critical of its contenders.
Even a genius like Duan Jingtian was not taken in!
Then Su Mo continued to scan the List of Top 1,000 Talents on East Continent and then moved to the List of 10,000 Superiors.
Suddenly, Su Mo's vision was fixated on a name, sparking with fierceness.
It was the name of a young superior that caught his attention.
Shangguan Hao!


Su Mo went from the pride of his clan to becoming the butt end of a joke in a matter of minutes. The former King of Mercenaries from Earth was reborn in the body of a boy in a foreign world and had used skills in his previous life to rise to the top among his peers, however, his previous training could only take him so far. The next step in this martial arts dominated world was to awaken one’s Martial Soul.
The awakening ceremony ends in disaster for Su Mo as he awoke a Martial Soul of the lowest level. Such a prodigy is now considered worse than useless as his Martial Soul is far too weak! After becoming the embarrassment of the clan, he discovers that his Martial Soul has a unique property: it could level up! This unique martial soul could shake the heavens. 
It was at this time that Su Mo meets the love of his life but the situation quickly deteriorates when she is taken by one of the most powerful forces in the world. Su Mo must rise from the lowest of the low and reach the pinnacle of power in order to save the love of his live within five years or she will forever be out of his reach.


Her eyes are glaring at the bald man as the bald man slowly reach out and put his hand on the handle of his blade, ready to pull it out from the sheath the moment she moves
He is gathering momentum on his feet and his body. The moment she tried to do anything, a sword strike might end her life.
Sasha is now trying to think of other ways
In the six years that has passed since the absence of Death Monarch, the Shadow Guards stance on the ruler of Pandemonium has shifted.
Six years is a long time and Shadow Guards is a special existence in Pandemonium. 
They are not particularly liked by the Central government and the Three Army also don't like their secretive nature. There is only one reason why the Central Government and the Three Army tolerate and had to respect them. And that is because their backer.
And who is the backer of Shadow Guards? 
The true ruler of Pandemonium, Death Monarch. 
Outsider probably would not understand why the Shadow Guards had split into two and why even though there are remnants of the Shadow Guards in Pandemonium, it never shows any sign of serving Loki and the Central government or run to the Three Army for support.
No one outside Pandemonium and no one outside of the Shadow Guards would understand. 
It almost like every members of the Shadow Guards seems to be too prideful for their own goods
The Shadow Guards was not created to aid the future rulers of Pandemonium. That is not why they were formed. They were formed to aid Death Monarch to do things.
To search information for him, to be his blade that cut down his enemies, to protect his life from schemes and plots and assassination and any other kind of harm.
They were not created to rule Pandemonium, they were not created to kill and obliterate the enemies of Pandemonium or guard it from foreign enemies. 
They were created solely to serve as Death Monarch loyal servants
In the beginning, Azief himself could not have expected that his creation of the Shadow Guard would lead to such loyal force under him. 
Sasha was the one that created this tenet of remaining loyal to Death Monarch and nobody else. 
And Azief had approved it after Sasha convinced him the merit of having such a powerful military arm to mobilize.
And as such, even Azief himself has treated the Shadow Guards as an organization that should be loyal to him and only him.
If they could not even keep their loyalty to him, then when Death Monarch return why would he keep such people who could not do even a simple thing?
There is one paramount requirement for any Shadow Guards. They need to have this to be even eligible to remain in Shadow Guards.
Complete loyalty to Death Monarch. Once you are inducted into the Shadow Guard there is no out. Only Death will end your service. 
This is what Sasha told her recruits and it is also why the shadow Guards felt no belongings to the other forces in Pandemonium and why they possess such power and influence in Pandemonium that they could override any executive commands of the Central Government and even send a decree to the Three Army to follow.
Because no one doubts the loyalty of these Shadow Guards. Everyone knows how much Death Monarch trusted the Shadow Guards
Death Monarch would not care if he could not trust his officials or even if he could not trust his army but he would not accept that he could not even trust his own Shadow Guards.
As such, they were also given some special privileges that have earn them the ire of the Central Government and the Three Army.
Some people thought that they have their own relations with Pandemonium but it is clear after six years of not returning to Pandemonium, many forces in the world now regarded Sasha and his band of Dark Blade Division of Shadow Guard had gone rogue, preferring only to execute mission that have been left by Death Monarch. 
They are outsiders so they don't understand the complex relationship between the Three Powers inside Pandemonium. 
These three powers are the Central Government, the Three Army and the Shadow Guards.
The unifying force of all these forces is Death Monarch. Now Death Monarch is not there, their unity is tested like never before. And Sasha and her band is only doing what Death Monarch ordered them to do.
Sasha gritted her teeth as she looks at the two people, looking at her like she is something to be sold later.
She could not make them understand. because these people are outsiders.
If the Central Government really could not stand Shadow Guards, they would not just ignore them. 
The trickster would have sent legions of hunters, mercenaries, assassins from the Dark Syndicate to kill them. 
But even the Trickster and the many officials that don't like the Shadow Guard did not do anything to them except ignoring them.
Why? 
Because they understand that all this conflict would end the moment Death Monarch returns. 
And when he returns and found out that the Central Government had oppressed his Shadow Guards, then those officials would probably all lose their heads.
As such, the least they could do is just ignore the Shadow Guards and let them do their own task while the Three Army and the Central Government do their job.
They are still spoken of in dread and fear but the band that Sasha had lead had no support from Pandemonium. 
And the Shadow Guard under Sasha all wear dark cloth and wears an armband of a nightingale bird on their arms, like they were separating itself into a different kind of organization than the one in Pandemonium headed by Shinji the Swift Sword.
The band that Sasha had lead are responsible for many assassinations of the Crime Alliance key figures and for six years they are the ones that walk among the dark side of the world, killing many influential figures that many people speculated come from a list that Death Monarch had written before his departure.
Rumors said that the list is written inside a book called the Book of Death. 
In the criminal world, these rumors persisted. 
The story goes that before Death Monarch decided to breakthrough, he had meet the leader of the Shadow Guards. 
He had given her a list of names that he spoke verbally and some that he had written inside a book that have all kinds of encryptions, codes and puzzles that needs to be solved before one could read it.
The solution to all the codes and puzzles inside the book could only be solved by Sasha the Nightingale because she was the one entrusted with the Book
The reason why the book had so many codes and puzzles to be solved to read it content is because inside that book, the list also includes many information about the operatives of the secret forces of the Seven Great Powers.
In other words, a list of spies
Many people in the world believe that story. 
Because to them Death Monarch was the one that created the idea of the Seven Great Powers. 
It would then make sense that he as the strongest person in the world had also created countermeasures to these other Six Great Powers and had a list made of the names of all the secret forces hidden all around the world
The names of spies their families and friends and other information is probably in Death Monarch hand. 
To many, the Book of Death is a book full of information. Some even speculated that inside the book, Death Monarch also includes ways to disable fortifications and magic formation barriers of Pandemonium and other Six Great Powers.
To the enemies of the Seven Great Powers, the book is a treasure that contain trove of information.
But for the Shadow Guards as the story goes, the only important thing for them inside that book is that Death List. 
This list of name contains the names of people that they had to kill when Death Monarch is gone. 
Then when Loki the Trickster become regent, and found out the name in that list, he was shocked
That is how the story goes.
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Book fo Death....Hehehe. See you tomorrow. Dont forget to vote and leave some comments belows.


In the aftermath of apocalyptic event, a man rises above the others to lead an era. 

With threat beyond the stars, as Supreme Beings of otherworldly watches over as Destiny and Fate work their way, an era of Gods descended upon Earth

And in his rise, lies a terrifying secret.  Read how he rises above it all, through all the complicated love life, his determination to push through his own fate and destiny and the Will that pushes him forward.

With all of this, could the Fate that was written be overturned? And will he truly rise to the top and survive?

A great battle for the fate of the Universe began.

This is the story of Lord Shadow.

PS: The SS stones is not determined by me. It is determined by how long the chapter is. I have taken steps to cut some of the chapters but there are some chapters that could not be cut as it would obstruct the story.

And a chapter is usually ten thousand word each. I have taken steps to cut it and make it into part sized in the later part of the story because many were complaining and thought I was the one that determines the SS so I hope this answers your question.

So....if you like long chapters and long story this is the story for you. Ciao. And hope you enjoy the story

PS: I also wrote Age of Heroes, Song of Heroes and Age of Adventure

Minutes later we arrived in Micheal office, his office has changed a lot, within these few days he has been here. Unlike Cuba, his desk was always in an unorganized position that sometimes I find myself thinking the table might be his bed of asininity. 

I urged Clara to sit while I stood beside her which she did. Michael was still busy with his book, " So, you two are the only ones in my class who haven't gotten a ticket yet, right? ". He said after some minutes his eyes still fixed on the book which seemed like one of Tony Robbins' books. I knew the book because my dad was a huge fan of the author of the book. 

"Well, sir we have". Clara replied sincerely. 

"Then why are your names not on my list?". Michael said, he ruffled through the pages of the book and brought out the list of all the candidates, written in a paper. His eyes darting left and right. "Because I can't see them in my list". 

"Sir... 

"She's gotten one". I said finally. "She was about to register when you walked into the class". 

"Okay... So, What about you? Are you not participating in the event?".

Welcome, to the life of a teenage American blond-ish heiress___Well that's me. I am attractive, beautiful, and well-shaped in all mouths could describe. I guess that's God's only gift to me apart from brains.


 Life is filled with ups and downs but my ups and downs only have to do with boys...[Yeah, boys?. ]They don't seem to not want to be with the hottest, most attractive, or popular girl which I definitely am__intended to continue being, loved and enjoyed being until I was forced to move from London (my mischief abode) which we have lived for several years, more than any other countries we've lived in before.


But that doesn't mean I don't keep up with these irregular styles...well, it made it quite a lot easier to ditch them easily. I have been with many different kinds of boys__Cool for starters. Wimpy--pity?, Assholes... Even Older dudes... But my type is bad boys, (Who doesn't like baddie? especially when you are one of em') which doesn't mean I keep em' as boyfriends or whatever... They are just [uhmm] fun mates?__[you know.] (ask how old I am? Eighteen? Nah m just Sixteen going on Seventeen should I say almost eighteen.. Oh).


 Regardless of this lifestyle, I managed to secure my pride during those awful years. [Awful?__yeah,] awfully fun, before it was all fun and pleasurable... (You know?)Being the most 'wanted' in all way round. But looking back at those years it was now awfully fun... 
 Well, well, well! I guess I am indeed my mother's daughter after all.


Call it madness, call it anything you like__but mind you, I'm soundly sane. Moving to this small Charlotte town has been a great "change" impact of my life. Normally once moved, I always continue on and it doesn't take me long to make new friends but this? The people here are totally different from those I hang out with back in London.


 But what happens when these same people become the ones to awaken my inner demon. I guess earth is filled with different kinds of species.



 Well, read on... Don't be too rushy or jumpy. 
sit comfortably as you lean forward to learn the whole story. [Note=] this story contains sex scenes and strong language and drug use. PARENTAL GUIDANCE is required for readers under the age of Sixteen [16]. 



Author's word: I hope you enjoy this #teenstory.

The entire area was in dead silence.
How could it be him? He was the emperor and the master of a royal family. Why did he put such an escort mission up for auction?
The emperor controlled most experts in this empire. In addition, his sons and daughters were also powerful experts. Why did Yongye Jiuyang need an outsider to carry out an escort mission for him?
Even Shangguan Feiyu was perplexed after hearing that.
During this awkward silence, Master Lin said, "Please don't worry about the credibility of this task. As a task published by the Emperor of Darkness, I vouch for it!"
At last, some people who were tempted by the Emperor-based Saint Artifact were ready to start negotiating.
"Master Lin, are there requirements regarding the training levels, strength and Divine Path of the one who could accept this task?" An experienced, powerful deity asked.
He knew clearly that an escort mission with substantial reward would never be a simple task.
Master Lin said with a smile, "There is no requirement about these factors! There is only one requirement - the one who would be escorted should express her satisfaction with you! She will determine the one who will be given this task at last!"
"Now, the top ten candidates will get the chance to take the test, based on the auction price they offer. And the one who will be given this task will be selected from these ten people," Master Lin said. "The reserve price of this task is 100,000 gold coins! That's the smallest markup."
Xue Qingchen said with a casual smile, "I will get the place! 1,000,000 gold coins!"
"1,100,000 gold coins!" Ximen Yingwu said with a faint smile.
"The East Imperial Palace is interested as well. 1,200,000 gold coins!" Donghuang Ying said.
The representatives of the three territories offered a million and more gold coins for a place.
Other people from big families and organizations also began to bid.
Apparently, the Emperor-based Saint Artifact was extremely tempting to them.
Su Yu was also frowning inside his private room. He was tempted by that Emperor-based Saint Artifact too!
However, this task was so weird!
Su Yu asked Meng Luo, "Give me a list of Emperor-based Saint Artifacts ranking between 40th and 50th!"
Meng Luo took out a list from a Storage Ring immediately. Its title was the Eternity Divine Weapon List.
Su Yu had heard of this list long ago. It was a ranking list for all Emperor-based Saint Artifacts and Fairy Artifacts between heaven and earth.
Su Yu opened the list curiously and found it had been partially ruined. The records of the top four divine weapons had been destroyed. Now, the most powerful Emperor-based Saint Artifact on this list was the World Annihilation Plate which of the World Annihilation Emperor.
"This is a ranking list handed down from the Great Destruction Age. It is incomplete. Nobody knows the name of the missing Emperor-based Saint Artifacts!" Meng Luo said with embarrassment.
Even in the god realm era, the Emperor-based Saint Artifacts were quite rare. Moreover, almost no ordinary creature could have an opportunity to have a look at an Emperor-based Saint Artifact.
Until now, nobody knew what the top four Emperor-based Saint Artifacts were. It was said that this list was incomplete when it was created.
The names of some other top-ranked Emperor-based Saint Artifacts on this list were also missing or ruined.
Su Yu was quite curious. Who created this ranking list? They must have known all the Emperor-based Saint Artifacts mentioned in it!
But why was this list ruined?
Su Yu looked for the 40th item. The record from the 40th to the 50th item was complete and detailed.
After a quick glance, Su Yu found most items were attacking Emperor-based Saint Artifacts. No wonder people were so eager to obtain them.
The Emperor-based Saint Artifact that ranked 40th was the South Pole Divine light. It was extremely powerful and could kill a tribe leader easily. One could wipe out a tribe with this horrible weapon with great ease.
Su Yu was also quite interested in this weapon.
However, when he looked at the Emperor-based Saint Artifact that ranked 45th, he was stunned.
"The Great Desolation Smelter?" Su Yu murmured in a low voice.
Meng Luo realized Su Yu had found something he was interested in. Therefore, she explained, "Nobody knows the origin of the Great Desolation Smelter. However, it is the most powerful equipment-forging item among all known Emperor-based Saint Artifacts! It could forge all kinds of magic weapons, from Fairy Artifacts to copied Emperor-based Saint Artifacts. If it is obtained by a Divine Warrior of Heaven and Earth who could inject the Strength of Rules into it, it could also forge Emperor-based Saint Artifacts easily!"
Hearing this, Su Yu was highly tempted.
He was not good at forging equipment. The best he could do was a Fairy Artifact, which was impressive for ordinary persons, but nothing compared to those Equipment-Forging Grandmasters!
The Great Desolation Smelter could forge copied Emperor-based Saint Artifacts itself. As an Emperor-based Saint Artifact that went against the natural rules, it was exactly what Su Yu needed.
In the future, when Su Yu tried to forge the main body of the Cosmos Sword Formation with the Heavenly Orchid Silver Bamboo, it would be quite troublesome if he could not find a trustworthy Equipment-Forging Grandmaster!
Time-tempered divine wood could cause all kinds of unforeseen dangers.
It was highly possible that the sword would be stolen by other powerful experts before the completion of the forging process.
Therefore, for Su Yu, the Great Desolation Smelter was even more important than the South Pole Divine Light!
After thinking about it for a while, Su Yu made up his mind.
"2,000,000 gold coins!" he placed his bid.
The rest of the people in this place had expected Su Yu to offer a high price.
At last, the top candidates were generated among those who could afford to pay.
When Master Lin realized nobody wanted to continue bidding, he ended the auction.
Among the ten shortlisted candidates, Su Yu, who offered 2,000,000 gold coins, ranked first.
Xue Qingchen, Ximen Yingwu, and Donghuang Ying also entered the top ten, as did Bai Yunfei.
The other three people who had come with him failed to be shortlisted. Apparently, they were not as wealthy as Bai Yunfei.
"Heh! Heh! Please pay the auction price you offered. Then you can come with me!"
Su Yu obtained 100,000,000 gold coins through the auction of the divine blood. Therefore, he paid for the Book Deity and the Annihilation Cannon with ease.
The auction was finished. Su Yu had become a focal point of all kinds of discussion after the auction.
Actually, Su Yu was not as wealthy as Shangguan Feiyu, who could throw out 100,000,000 gold coins without hesitation.
However, people were impressed when Su Yu humiliated Xue Qingchen, the Prince of the Xue Nation in the North Territory.
Even Shangguan Feiyu had to show respect to Xue Qingchen to maintain diplomatic relations.
It seemed Su Yu looked down upon the Xue Nation of the North Territory, which made him quite overbearing and mysterious.
Many people tried to run background checks on this new supreme guest. However, they all failed because of the perfect confidentiality system of the Tiannu Auction House.
Even the elders sent by Xue Qingchen failed to obtain any useful information about Su Yu.
"Let me take the test first. This guy is also shortlisted, which means his identity will be exposed. I am quite curious to know why he is so bold!" Xue Qingchen said coldly.
The shortlisted candidates were standing in the backyard of the Tiannu Auction House at this moment.
Among them were people from all age groups.
Xue Qingchen and the other two representatives of the three territories were powerful Prospective Deities. It was said that they were only in their 20s. If they were in the Star River, they would be regarded as amazing young geniuses!
The rest, middle-aged and old people, were at the level of Deities. Among them, an old man whose body was full of death aura had reached the level of a tribe leader, although it seemed he was about to die soon!
After taking all of them to the backyard, Master Lin said, "The one to be escorted doesn't want to show up for now. However, she will keep a close watch during the test, and she will choose the winner in the end.
An arrogant young man said with a smile, "What kind of tests should we take? Does it mean our appearance will also be checked?"
Master Lin replied with a smile, "Maybe! The one to be escorted has high standards for the appearance of her bodyguards!"
Hearing this, that young man stopped smiling immediately. Then, he sat solemnly to show his respect.
The other candidates also behaved in a becoming manner.
Su Yu was not surprised by those words. He knew the middle-aged and old Deities wouldn't be shortlisted if appearance was a factor.
His disapproving expression was quite eye-catching at this moment.
"The first test..." Master Lin said mysteriously.
Xue Qingchen believed it would be a test of strength because strength was clearly the most important factor in an escort task.
"Recite a book!"
Eh?
All candidates, including Su Yu, were flabbergasted.
Master Lin ignored their expressions. He took out a book and threw it up. Then, the book was suspended in mid-air in front of the candidates.
"You will have a period of ten breaths to memorize the contents of this book. Those who fail to recite it will be eliminated directly!"
Recite a book? All candidates were puzzled by this test. Why should a bodyguard memorize a book?
However, the book had started to flip quickly. Every page flashed rapidly. It was quite difficult to remember the contents of the entire book.
All of them had to focus their attention completely during these ten breaths. Otherwise, they would definitely miss something.
Normally, all of them would be able to pass this test successfully.
Five breaths had passed, with all of them doing their best to remember the contents of this book in an orderly manner.
However, a powerful fluctuation of divine strength gushed in at this moment.
All candidates, who were surprised by this fluctuation, reacted subconsciously.
This reaction distracted some of them, who missed a page or two.
When this test was finished, Master Lin said, "Those who can recite the book should stand on the left side of me. Those who can't do that should stand on the right side."
A middle-aged woman said snappily, "Master Lin, this is not fair! That fluctuation of divine strength distracted me! Otherwise, I would also be able to recite this book!"
"Right! If a test was disrupted by external factors, it should be performed again!" The arrogant young man said.
Master Lin replied, "Did you really think this test was only meant to gauge your ability to recite a book?"
In other words, the distraction of the divine strength was also part of this test.
"This test checks your concentration level. Unfortunately, you failed to pass and are not qualified for this task. The auction price you paid will be fully refunded!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman and the arrogant young man became speechless and remorseful.
"The test hasn't been finished yet. In order to maintain secrecy, you can't leave yet. Please stay on my right side for now!"
The other eight candidates passed the test of reciting the book successfully.
"The second test..."
Most of the candidates were thinking about strength and capabilities again.
"Hide and Seek!"
Huh?
Were they supposed to play now?
Master Lin said, "All of you have a period of ten breaths to hide yourselves in the Tiannu Auction House. Then, I will try to find you. Those who are found within 20 minutes will be eliminated directly!"
"Now, go!"
Although the candidates were embarrassed, they knew they had to play this stupid game. Therefore, they disappeared soon.
Su Yu's eyes lit up as his body became transparent. Then, he disappeared on the spot.
After that, even his aura disappeared from the area.
After ten breaths, Master Lin said, "I will start to search for you now!"
A strand of vague deity aura radiated from his body. It seemed Master Lin had reached the level of a tribe leader!
This old guy was really good at hiding his capabilities!
However, all candidates were quite good at hiding themselves. For a short time, Master Lin failed to find anyone.
When the allotted time was about to end, Master Lin said with a smile, "Good! You will pass this test if you can hide from me until the end!"
Chi! Chi!
White smoke started to fly out of his eyes. A moment later, his eyes were filled with flames.
Then, everything was distorted under his fiery eyes. Seven indistinct figures appeared.
The figures of those who were good at hiding were quite fuzzy.
One figure was relatively clear. It belonged to Bai Yunfei's.
Seeing this, Master Lin smiled. Then, he rushed up and tried to capture Bai Yunfei.
Bai Yunfei was shocked. He tried to run away. When he passed by the spot where Su Yu stood at the beginning, he ran into something and stumbled.
"What's this?" Bai Yunfei was terrified because he could see nothing in front of him.
"Bai Yunfei has been eliminated!" Master Lin said as he placed a hand on his shoulder.
Then, Bai Yunfei had to show himself and give up reluctantly.
The next moment, Master Lin started to chase the other six, who tried their best to escape.
The people whose hiding skill was not good enough were captured directly.
When twenty minutes passed, Master Lin announced that three candidates were eliminated.
The representatives of the three territories, the frail old man and Su Yu passed this test successfully.
"The second test is finished! You can show yourself now!"
When the three representatives and the old man showed up, Master Lin nodded slightly because he had almost managed to spot them with his fiery eyes.
However, Master Lin was totally surprised when Su Yu showed himself. It seemed his fiery eyes failed to find Su Yu's figure altogether.
They found Su Yu was still at the position where he was standing at the very beginning.
He didn't move a bit during the test!
Seeing this, Bai Yunfei said angrily, "It was you, Su Yu!"
Now he figured out that he had stumbled because of Su Yu just now!
Su Yu glanced at Bai Yunfei indifferently. Then, he looked away as if nothing had happened.
"The third test is a word puzzle!" Master Lin announced. Then, he waved his palm to create a light screen in the sky with his divine strength. Inside the light screen, there were 100 thickly dotted characters.
"You should create a sentence with these characters as quickly as you can! The slowest one will be eliminated!"
Then, Master Lin said thoughtfully, "Please treat this test seriously. It could be the last one, the one that will determine who gets assigned the task at last!"
The candidates started to think about it. According to the rule, one of them would be eliminated. In other words, the one to be escorted would show up to choose the winner from the last four candidates.
"The test begins now!" Master Lin shouted.
Hearing this, the candidates began to compose a sentence from the characters on the light screen.
Theoretically, 100 characters could be used to make countless sentences.
Xue Qingchen, who was smiling, gave his answer first.
Then, Ximen Yingwu, Donghuang Ying and the frail old man also finished the test.
Only Su Yu, who was furrowing his eyebrows, was still lost in thought when the other candidates finished their test.
Bai Yunfei said with a disdainful smile, "What an idiot! How could he get stuck with this test? It is so easy..."
Master Lin also said as he looked at Su Yu sadly, "What a pity! You have been eliminated."
However, Su Yu replied calmly, "Indeed, I should be eliminated from this child-play test! Now, can I talk with the one to be escorted about the task?"


A decision can destroy the sun, moon and stars. A finger can kill the Heavenly Overlord. While chatting, the Heaven and ten worlds can be annihilated.
A poor little kid walks out from a remote mountain area while holding the Nine Dragons and the Incredible Cauldron. With a control over the time and space eternally, he embarks on the Path to God where he defies the odds of the boundless universe gaudily by fighting against royalty and clashing with the legendary generation.

This meant that pawns of the demons had already discovered the fact that the demon base was destroyed and somehow managed to cover up their locations using means that aren't easily detectable…
With the 'Eradication' list finally done, it meant that I might have to start looking for the gates myself, since I didn't just plan to lay down and wait for them to explode like cancer cells did and destroy the whole domain.
But before that, I planned to finish my own list, which had three simple tasks in it.
First, to max out 'Lightning Steps'!
Considering that I already reached [ lv.9 (99%) ] I planned to max this footwork skill in preparation for the long journey that I may have to take in search for the Two-floor gates around the Light domain, mastering 'Lightning Steps' would surely be helpful in that case!
Second, I needed coins! 
Thanks to my exhaustive schedule my food consumption had already eaten all the gold coins I had even when adding  the 10 gold coins per month I received for being a Special unit member, so it was about time that I handed in the list and evidence of my 2 months of grinding and receive the reward.
This was of course, in preparation for the long journey as well, considering my recent food consumption it would waste a lot of time if I went hunting for my own food and I didn't have that much time to begin with…
Third, Assign my stats.
As the list was finally done, and after two months of intense grinding and training, imposing limits on my own stats would no longer be helpful, but in fact may cause a loss of efficiency, after all, I didn't plan to use a similar plot once I find another Two-floor gate…
The dangers of my recently used method were very apparent, not to mention that they might have obtained information about the possibility of my infiltration considering how fast they reacted to hide the Two-floor gates…
As such, I could only exterminate with up front strength, and the best possible way to ensure that was to increase my own stats, that could also be said to be in preparation for the potential Two-floor gates that I might encounter…
So, and according to the list, the first task to start with was purely training 'Lightning Steps'.
Taking advantage of the long distance between this recently deceased gate and the Lightning Capital, I planned to train it on the way back…
`~~`~~`~~`
1 day later…
[ 'Lightning Steps' has leveled up! ]
[ 'Lightning Steps' has reached lv.10! ]
[ Due to an unknown reaction from 'Swift Steps' & 'Lightning Steps', 'Omni-Mastery' has been automatically activated… ]
[ 'Swift Steps' & 'Lightning Steps' are combined and fused… ]
[ You have obtained the Epic skill 'Hurricane Steps'! ]
[ Due to the limited mastery of 'Swift Steps', The grade of 'Hurricane Steps' degraded to Unique… ]
'Wait… what?'
To think that such a combination would happen on its own... 
The fact that I didn't truly master 'Swift Steps' due to not yet having the wind element and mastering the wind element application using it similar to the lightning Element application of 'Lightning Steps' wasn't that hard to guess, but the fact that both 'Steps' were combined while considering that fact wasn't expected at all… moreover…
While it may have seemed that I only obtained 'Hurricane steps' from mastering 'Lightning Steps' when only looking at the system notifications, that wasn't true.
I had actually received another mental package!
'So, that was actually the true purpose of the 'Steps' book…?'
Considering how the quality of this footwork book always seemed a bit unsuitable to be left in that small training hall to me, I finally found something more unbelievable about it…
It was actually another dual 'Elemental art' in disguise!
A dual 'Elemental Art' that concentrated on the speed attribute of both wind and lightning elements which were already known for their speed, that easily suited the fact that it was disguised as the 'Steps' footwork book...
This happening not too far from the time I received the 'Icy Fire Formula' didn't make sense to me, after all, the 'Icy Fire Formula' was supposed to be a powerhourse's legacy, but this 'Steps' book was supposed to be a footwork skill that already seemed to outclass most of the books in that library, yet it turned out to be another 'Elemental art' disguised as a footwork skill?
The only thing that seemed to be explained was how this footwork book contained two different elementally based footwork.
After all, according to this 'Hurricane' elemental art, having only one element of the two (Lightning & Wind) could enable one to use their close relation to stimulate the other as they were both weather related elements, which could be considered very similar to the 'Elemental Art' of the Thunder lions in this aspect…
However...
'To think this old book was the starting point I was searching for…'
This 'Elemental Art' was undoubtedly something that I was too thankful for receiving at this point.
It was the key to opening the door on my 'Elemental Expansion' plan!
`~~`~~`~~`
One hour later…
Back at the headquarters of the Lightning Knight Brigade, I only went to take a quick shower before heading to the Head's room immediately, it was finally time to receive act on the second task of mine and receive my rewards!
Knock. Knock.
"Enter, the door is open."
"Long time no see…"
"Oh, Zero, it's you, long time no see indeed…"
"But what could be your reason for visiting me now, you weren't exactly the friendly kind who would visit because a long time has passed, and I also mentioned that you wouldn't need to report to me, so… you couldn't have actually run into trouble, right? Or… did you actually manage to find another special gate?!"
Taking out the bag full of shards that contained a sample from every gate I cleared, I dropped it on the table.
Thump!
I also put the fully marked scroll beside it.
"You didn't…"


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Yang Guang looked around. He checked the belonging inside every Spatial Jade Bracelet he kept as well.

"The requirement in the Middle Note is fulfilled by my Jade Container through refining the blood from the corpses of Scarlet Red Boars."

"The requirement for Essence Note is also fulfilled from the medicinal pellets I've taken from the Pill-servants. What was left is the three ingredients from Fresh Note."

"There's a chest here, which belonged to one of the Pill-Servants. I believe it is used to keep the 100 years old Ironwood. As for the Three-Petals Mountain Lily, it must be the one inside this medicinal sachet."

"Then... Where did the Hundred Years Old Mountain Spring comes from?" Yang Guang deducted everything that possibly comes from what he had. But no matter how much he tried, he couldn't get the answer regarding the water from Mountain Spring.

Since it is pointless for him to keep wasting time, Yang Guang took one of the Small Huang Pellet and distributed the Soul Qi inside his body to melt the pill. Through this way, he can efficiently absorb all the medicinal effects hidden inside. 

Half an hour later, Yang Guang continued. He's now much more energetic than before he came. Due to the earlier trauma and facts which are hard for him to process using a short time, Yang Guang's performance can be said to be reduced by 15-20%.

Sometimes, the mentality is crucial in cultivation. A well-prepared cultivator could always perform with 120% efficiency, while the unprepared might face trouble in activating 80% of their capability.

...

"Brother Tian!" a group of book-servants called his name from afar.

"Go in and get some rest. Did you see anyone on your way here?" Tian Peng leads the group of four past their simple barricade and had two book-servants to examine those with minor wounds.

"My group found two dead book-servants on our way here. We gave them a simple burial and brought back their belongings. But none of us saw any of the corpses belonged to those from Ten Thousand Pills Sect." the leader of this group of four replied.

"Rest well. I'll keep a lookout until the next morning." Tian Peng calmed this book-servant and left.

In the next one hour period, multiple teams of four to six people came. Their numbers reach four hundred people in a flash, with more than half of them are either injured or poisoned. Few people that had it worst already pass away in the middle of treatment.

As the top book-servant from Mystic Tower, Tian Peng's Spatial Jade Bracelet also equipped with a hundred bottles of Healing Pills, Antidote, and Support Pills. Other than that, he's also given the task to rally the others whenever he sees fit.

"Boom!"

"Urgh!" a pill-servant tumbled backward until he came out from the thick bushes.

"Get them!" Tian Peng ordered. Jumping up onto a small mountain near their camp, Tian Peng withdraws a bow from his bracelet and nock it with three arrows.

"Single Thrust!" Tian Peng fired three accurate shots. Each has its own direction of flight and entered through the bushes in three sides. Soon, movement is caught from behind the thick foliage.

"Brother Tian. One of your arrows almost got me. Don't you think you should stop playing with headshots?" Yang Guang came out with two pill-servants corpses at each hand.

Both of them had an arrow on the back of their skull, showing how accurate is Tian Peng's shot.

"You're here. I'm so worried, do you know?" Tian Peng came down from the small mountain and grabbed Yang Guang's shoulder. The pair laughed together after a simple exchange of words.

Their regroup operation continues until nightfall. The people inside this camp increased from four to seven hundred, but those still fit to fight tomorrow is around 270 to 300 people.

And from the report of everyone present, Tian Peng compiled two different reports as preparation. One is the Number of Kill List, and the other is Number of Killed List.

The Kill List represents the number of Ten Thousand Pills Sect's Pill Servant is killed by book-servants, while the Killed List means how many members they found murdered by the pill-servants.

400 Kill, and 600 Killed.

The report is depressing, especially for the five temporary leaders including, Tian Peng and Yang Guang. Tian Peng is naturally chosen as the Mystic Tower's leader due to his position as the top book-servant, but as for Yang Guang...

He's currently the top contribution amongst them. Yang Guang returned with twenty-one belongings and bracelets from fellow Book-Servants, along with fifteen bracelets from the Pill-Servants. Even in terms of Cultivation Beast hunted, he's twenty kills above everyone after counting what he looted from the dead.

"We have to come up with a decision soon. Moving to either west or east to search for the other two groups, or proceed into the Inner Region." their discussion is burdened by this question.

"I suggest we search for the other groups. More than half of our people are injured and could die anytime. Why should we continue with the mission?" the first of five answered.

"I'm with your idea. I don't want to see the scene we're cornered by the people from Ten Thousand Pills Sect at our back and Cultivation Beast at our front." the guy beside also supported him.

"I'm voting that we proceed further into the Inner Region. We have members from Thunder Tower, which means we can leave our marking clearly to fellow members of the Polished Jade Tower." Yang Guang is the third person to give his suggestion.

"I suggest that we proceed as well. Brother Yang Guang is correct. Moving around the safe area might save us from the Cultivation Beast, but the human heart is hard to guess. We might fall into their trap if we stay for more than one night." now, only Tian Peng yet to speak.

They're currently at two against two. The crucial decision is now at Tian Peng's suggestion.

"We're going inside the Inner Region. That way, the safety of our members will be higher than getting killed like a sitting duck inside this safe zone!" Tian Peng chose the option voted by Yang Guang and another leader.

"Brother Tian, I hope we're not making the wrong decision." the two leaders that suggest to search shakes their head due to disappointment.

"Don't worry. We're going to be fine." Tian Peng added his word to convince them. The other left this small camp soon after the discussion is over, except Tian Peng and Yang Guang.

"Brother Tian, tell me if you need me to do anything." Yang Guang said.

"Ah, there's indeed something I need your help with." Tian Peng chuckled...

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This piece of work is written on Grammarly and all the effort I could yield. I hope it would be an entertaining read that worth that little bit of your time. Each chapter will have between 1,000 to 1,200 words to make the story progress in a good momentum. I hope my broken English will not offend anyone.

Thank you.
From: Yang-Lin
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Losing his parents when he was ten, Yang Guang is forced to face reality earlier than others. To survive in the Jade Realm, cultivation is a must. Next is the profession.

A herb farmer?

A beast hunter?

A constable?

A guard?

Or...

A cultivator?

It wasn't that easy. Cultivator cultivates with Soul Qi, and only the Soul Jade works the best. If one relies on what nature gives you, the speed of your cultivation might stagnate forever without hope of advancement.

"What is this Jade Container doing here?" Yang Guang shakes the bottle gripped between his hand. And at the same time, a thick stench of blood is gradually drifting to his nose.

 Gritting their teeth in jealousy, they could only swallow their anger for now and get into their business
On the other side, After finding a place to sit, the nine people started to look through the activities listed in the book. Initially, Sia was excited to see the list of activities but then after reading few pages, Sia lost her interest and was no longer willing to look at the book so she placed the book down with a dejected look.
Seeing Sia's action, Yang Jie asked "What's the matter sister Sia? why are you not reading the book anymore?"
Shaking her hands, Sia said "There's nothing interesting in it. Everything is only about books, projects, and other things. It's like the book was specially made for Great Li"
"Great Li?" Si Ming asked in confusion
"It's Xiao Li. She is the greatest fan of books among us all" Su Yan said thoughtfully
"Woah"
Looking at Sia's dejected face, Shen Yi could not help but ask curiously "Then what kind of activities do you like?"
As soon as Sia heard his question, her eyes immediately brightened. Looking very cheerful she started to list the activities she likes "I like Bungy Jumping, sky diving, hiking, camping, treasure hunt...Blah blah blah"
Hearing the list of activities that Sia said, Shen Yi and the others lost their smile and looked at Sia in disbelief.
Looking Sia weirdly, Yang Jie asked: "Are you...really a girl?"
Glaring at him, Sia retorted "What, can't girl's do such things?"
Yang Jie: "Of course they can but it's just that.....the girls in here are too sensitive"
Realization suddenly dawned on Sia. Nodding her head she said with some understanding "That's true. I sometimes doubt whether they were from the dinosaur family?"
"Huh? Dinosaur?" the four guys asked in unison while Mu Jun looked at Sia curiously
Seeing the boys confused gaze, Su Yan explained "Because she read somewhere that dinosaurs were unreasonable, stupid and are very scared of little animals like rats and cockroaches. So she refers them to as dinosaurs"
"huh? where did you read such things?" Shen Yi asked looking at Sia with some interest
"Comics"
"Comics? and did you just believe that it's true?" Si Ming asked
"Yeah...cause it was the only book from where I read about dinosaurs" Sia replied expressionlessly
"Everything written in comics is not true, they are all fiction. Why don't you read some encyclopedia if you want to know more?" Si Ming proposed
Shaking her hand, Sia said "Nah...I don't like to read about ugly things"
"....' 'Did this girl have an 'Ugly' syndrome?'
Feeling something amiss, Lu Jin asked: "Then why did you read about it in comics?"
Looking at Lu Jin as if he was stupid, Sia said in disdain "of course it's because the dinosaurs looked cute in the comic book"
"...." 
Thinking of something again Lu Jin asked: "Then do you think all those girls who are scared of rats and ants and those who are very sensitive are also dinosaurs?"
"Hmm..." Sia nodded not noticing the wicked glance that flashed across his eyes
"Then, what if An Ran is scared of those little animals? then is An Ran also dinosaur?"
Without even blinking her eyes, Sia spoke in disdain "Are you stupid? An Ran is a sweet gentle lady. How can she not be scared of little animals? and, every human will be scared of any or the other. What? Aren't you scared of any such animal? hmm?"
"...." 'I give up. How can she be reasonable to her friends but unreasonable to strangers?'
At the end of the day, the group decided to make Xiao Li the group leader the Shen Yi and assistant group leader since the two of them were very responsible people and the others decided to cooperate well with the leaders. 
Since they had enough time, the group decided to choose their first activity to complete it by the end of the day. 
After going through the list of activities, the group found one activity that could be completed before the end of the day.
Carrying a book and a pen in their hand, the group split themself up into two groups and headed in opposite directions. 
Since they had split up earlier they completed their work way earlier than they had expected. 
After completing the activity, Shen Yi and Xiao Li made a quick report and then went to the staff room to submit the record to their homeroom teacher, and meanwhile the remaining chose to sit in the canteen and wait for the other two. 
Just when the group made their way towards the canteen they happened to meet Lucy and Li Fie. 
As soon as Lu Jin saw the two girls his face suddenly turned ugly. Just when he was about to take a turn, the latter noticed him and yelled in a sweet voice "Brother Jin"
An Ran's face turned extremely ugly when she heard the later call her ex-boyfriend so sweetly but she could not show her discomfort anywhere and could only hide it to herself.
Not noticing others' ugly expressions, Lucy and Li Fie walked towards the boys elegantly with a smile. 
Standing in front of the boys, they twisted their hips and shyly and called out "Brother Lu Jin, what a coincidence! We met here again"
When Sia heard it she rose her eyebrows and thought sarcastically 'does she think she is in China and he in India and coincidentally met each other in Nepal?"
Not in the mood to meddle in their conversation, Sia leaned on Su Yan lazily and watched the drama silently.
"Master Mu, I heard that you were in the A-class. Too bad, even I wanted to be in the same class as you but I couldn't. Don't worry, since we are in the same school we will meet often. If we have time we can spend some time together" Lucy said with a polite smile but Mu Jun did not show her any expression but instead stood there like a pole showing no moments.
"Yeah, Lucy is right. Oh by the way brother Jin I saw your ex-girlfriend in the school. Did you meet her? Uhh….how nasty. Even after knowing that you would be attending the Emperors High, she still followed in here. I'm afraid that she is up with some ill intentions. Brother Jin, you need to be careful around"

No one knows who is she, how does she look and where does she live but they only know that she is the apple of the Rao family, born with beauty and a great mind.
After suffering from a cruel incident when she was five, she was chased by nightmares every night and then was forced to leave her country to protect herself. After staying abroad for twelve long years, she finally decided to return to her country and face the nightmare courageously but to her surprise, when she returned she found about her late grandmother's promise…and that was to marry her to the heir of Mu family….Mu Jun.
What kind of person he is? She has no idea.
Mu Jun, the only grandson of Elder Mu, lost his mother at the age of ten. Because of his cunning and greedy stepmother, he was forced to distance himself from his father and grandfather.
To the world, he was the heir of the Mu family but he had another identity in the underworld and that was one of the five pillars of the Garuda.
What kind of person he is?
Other than his identity, Sia was not aware of anything about him but as obedient as she was, she decided to disguise herself and enter his life to know more about to him and fulfill her late grandmothers wish.
From school life to love life, from being crime partners to investigators will they have a smooth road? Will Mu Jun and Sia be able to find out about the secret of their life and purpose of marriage? To know more about how the two love birds will end up, follow up the story…
After hesitating for a while, she asked: “Darling, don’t you like kids?”
“No I don’t” he replied without any hesitation
Humming, she asked in another way “Darling, do you like daughter?”
Closing the file, he looked at her and said “Okay…let’s make one”
After a few years, he frowned deeply and said “I won't give up. I want a daughter….let’s make one”
“.…” ‘are you sure? We already have three sons’

If Baiyi had known of the young and inexperienced Archmage's dilemma, he would have told the ruler that a Divine Regalia could not answer to two masters. The Book of Servitude — a regalia that signified its owner's right to rule the Rohlserlian Empire — would not permit the empire to have two rulers. 
As the Emperor was the current master of the book, Baiyi could understand why he was also not allowed the draw its powers. 
There could never be two Books of Servitude in existence; not even time-travel could replate the regalia. If this was not the case, Baiyi and the Emperor would have their own books, which they would have complete control over. However, this was not the case, as Baiyi realized during his altercation with the outlaws that kidnapped the young man. His own book had gone unresponsive.
The Book of Servitude made up a fair bit of Baiyi's fighting abilities, but he had so many other skills and techniques to fall back on.
Unfortunately, that could not be said of the Emperor, whose control over the Book of Servitude had been severed because of Baiyi's blunder. If the Fifth Voidwalker knew that his master had just lost control over his strongest weapon — and the source of his bragging rights — he would have gone over to bully the old man straight away. With an expression of glee, Baiyi would take great joy in saying, "I may not have magic, too, but I still have my martial arts and stealth skills. Also, check out my black, Meatball, Void Power mode! As for you, without that magic, what are you? Hahahahahahahahaah!"
"Now that I think about it, what a lost opportunity!" Baiyi lamented out loud. "Why is there just one Book of Servitude at all times?! I wouldn't mind ignoring that damn butterfly effect just so I could send Mia over to the young geezer's place. Once I let Mia act all 'kawaii', the young geezer will be sure to personally relinquish his Book of Servitude! And then, I will become the master of two Books of Servitude!"
As a fresh Mia sauntered out of the bathroom, she overheard Baiyi's monologue. She walked into the room and asked, "Do I need to be kawaii again?"
"What? No! Not now, anyway. I was just being silly," Baiyi quickly replied. "Also, wear some damn clothes first before you come to see me." 
Mia had walked straight from the bathroom to Baiyi's room, wearing a simple bathrobe. Water dripped down her black hair as she stood by Baiyi's door, like a kelpie fresh out of a pond.
"Yes, yes. Gee, you're getting the hang of being my father." Mia stuck her tongue out and returned to her room. 
She did not mean that as a compliment. Those words had not been said to insinuate a closer bond between her and Baiyi, neither did it mean that his kindness reminded her of her own father. Mia just meant that Baiyi was annoying.
"Honestly, though, everyone is so grateful for your help today. Do you know that they praised you so much, I also got praised as well? It was kinda embarrassing," Mia's said, her loud voice audible in Baiyi's room. 
"It was nothing. All I did was pick him up from the mess he got into."
Baiyi had expected the townfolk to ask many questions, so on his way back to Aegir, he made up a story with which to cover his identity and actions. According to Baiyi, the young man had accidentally fallen off a cliff while hunting — injuring himself pretty badly, and this had caused him to lose consciousness. The lie was simple and did not contain any non-PG-13 details, but it was pretty far from the truth. In reality, Baiyi had appeared in the sky like a demon lord and fired off bolts of instant death at the screaming outlaws, reducing their settlement to ruins and their bodies to bloody stains. 
Baiyi still needed the young man to corroborate his story, so he sent some subliminal suggestions to the unconscious man, tweaking his mind to think his injuries really had been caused by falling off a cliff. 
The use of subliminal messages to alter a person's recollection was a bit risky. It did not forcefully erase a piece of memory and replace it with a false one. Instead, the technique masked the real memories of its target. If the target is later guided to recollect his past or is faced with a situation similar to that in the masked memory, then the subliminal message spell would break. 
However, out of the many mentalist magic spells that Baiyi could use, the subliminal message did the least damage to a person's cognitive capabilities. Questions would have been asked if a very healthy young man was brought back with a cognitively-impairment.
"Besides, Aegir is a peaceful little town, with peaceful people living out peaceful days, amirite? Will this poor lad ever experience a situation as traumatic as last?" Baiyi mumbled. "I doubt any important figures would set their sights on this place. Even if they did, I don't think they will give a s**t about this nondescript young man."
As for the issue with the Book of Servitude, Baiyi had decided not to worry about it too much. However, it did not take long for him to realize that he had severely underestimated the Emperor's sensitivity. But, as he could not sense the Emperor, Baiyi knew nothing about the ruler's dilemma. 
Back then, he had reached out to the Book of Servitude for only a moment, so he did not think that the sloppy Archmage would have sensed it, or cared if he actually had. Furthermore, Baiyi could sense the book's calm aura; this had to be a sign that everything was fine. 
Little did he know that the Book of Servitude was a bit different at this point in time. The Archmage was currently young and perceptive, and the book was a lot more active. Not only had the Emperor instantly sensed Baiyi's attempt to summon the book, allowing him to narrow down the location of the stranger, but he had also visited the forest where Baiyi had slain the outlaws. 
Baiyi's decision to worry less came back to haunt him the next day. Captain Aegis personally visited Aegir.
"I want every house in this town searched and every resident inspected; no exceptions!" Captain Aegis commanded. A large number of border patrol guards stormed the town and began their search, while Captain Aegis went to visit the town mayor.
"A suspicious and secretive man in black armor?" The mayor asked. He watched captain, trying to discern the man's mood so that he could act appropriately. However, all the mayor could see when he looked at the captain's face was an indifferent expression. 
The mayor quickly shifted his gaze to a list on his desk. It was a list of the most-wanted criminals. "I've never seen any of these people before," said the mayor. "And no one fishy has moved into our neighborhood in months. Ah, except that sorcerer's apprentice, who moved here a few days ago. He always has his armor on, and we have never seen him without it! But, I'm afraid he's not the guy you're looking for, Sir. His armor is ashen grey, not black. He also is not a criminal; he is a genuinely good guy!" 
Captain Aegis's reply was steely and almost accusatory. "You don't think a man that hides his face all the time is suspicious?"
"Well, just yesterday, he rescued one of our best lads from a nearby forest. It was a huge help!" The Mayor said, briefly recounting all that happened the day before. Taking another look at the list, the mayor said, "Besides, the man has a beautiful, innocent little girl. I don't think any of the criminals on this list are fathers, are they?"
Captain Aegis mulled the information over. It was true that none of the empire's most wanted criminals had fathered a child, let alone a daughter.
"Even though that's the case," Captain Aegis said, "I need to see him, please."
A few minutes later, Captain Aegis and a few of his men were led to Baiyi's ill-gotten cottage by the town mayor. Someone kicked the door down roughly, and Baiyi could be seen wearing an apron as he fried eggs for Mia. Mia and Lulu, who had come over for breakfast, could be seen holding each other in shock. They had been waiting for their meal when the door was kicked down. Without a word, the guards walked into the cottage, uninvited. 
"Problem?" Baiyi asked calmly.
"A criminal on the loose," Captain Aegis, who walked into the cottage after his guards, replied just as calmly. He eyed the furniture in the house before sizing up Baiyi, his apron, and the frying pan in his hand. 
'It's just a stay-at-home father,' Captain Aegis thought as he sighed. 'This cannot be the scoundrel that tried to steal His Majesty's belongings, could he?'
The mayor quickly walked over to Baiyi. After explaining the situation, he handed Baiyi the list of most-wanted criminals.
Baiyi skimmed through the names on the list, and he could not help but notice some names that would, in the future, go down in history as one of the worst criminals ever. "I don't know any of these people. I have never seen any of them."
Captain Aegis was not convinced. "Could you please remove your mask?"
Out of courtesy, Aegis removed his own, revealing a simple face. He looked much less intimidating without the mask. 
Baiyi nodded and removed his mask, as well. A badly burned face stared back at Captain Aegis, causing Lulu and the mayor to take a step backward. 
"I… my apologies," Captain Aegis said, genuinely sympathetic. He now realized that he had been rude to force a man to reveal his scars in public. 
"I heard that you were once an apprentice of magic. Have you given up on that path?" Captain Aegis asked.
"Sadly, yes. How could I continue after what happened to me? This is the punishment for my hubris and greed," Baiyi replied, feigning pain.
Captain Aegis was silent for a while, trying to come up with what he considered the best thing to say in this situation. "I'm deeply sorry for what happened to you. I do not intend my next words to be presumptuous, but I do not believe that your journey should end. I was once a nobody, orphaned by war. When I joined the army, I had very little talent in magic. It was by His Majesty's grace that I was given attention and good training, which has allowed me to grow into the person I am today. Were it not for His Majesty, I would have never embarked on the path of magic."
One of the border patrol guards quickly took the chance to lay down some flattery. "Sir Aegis, you're far too humble! For someone that begun practicing magic at the age of thirty, your achievement is nothing short of spectacular!"
'Aegis?' Baiyi thought as he recalled the captain's backstory, causing him to size the man up more carefully. 'Okay. Just how many beautiful women did you marry? How many years did it take for your bloodline to curate and pass down the best genes, causing it to produce a heavenly daughter in the far future...? A daughter named Tisdale!'
The captain in Baiyi's cottage was none other than Tisdale's progenitor — the person that had drafted some codes of honor for his descendants to follow. Now that Baiyi had seen Tisdale's ancestor in person, he realized that the man was righteous, upright, and easily fooled with simple illusion spells. It was this man that passed down a promise he had made in his lifetime, and made his future generation to pass it down over six thousand years.
Baiyi was so relieved that he had decided not to kill the captain when he and his men barged into the cottage. He had been close to reshaping the future — one which would no longer contain his precious daughter Tisdale! If Baiyi had done that, guilt and grief would overwhelm him. 
After complimenting Mia on her beauty — a gesture that was done out of courtesy — Captain Aegis and his men left Baiyi's cottage. Captain Aegis quickly moved on to interview the young man Baiyi had rescued. After listening to the young man rain praises on Baiyi and his good deed, Captain Aegis no longer found Baiyi suspicious. 
Thus, the investigation in Aegir ended without hubbub. Captain Aegis had already headed to another town to begin a new round of investigations. 
Pressured by the Emperor, a lack of manpower, and the great number of settlements along the empire's border, Captain Aegis moved quickly. This had caused him to let off the criminal that the entire empire was trying to locate. 
When the uninvited guests left the cottage, Mia led Lulu out to play, and Baiyi returned to his room. His mind was still processing the most events. 
He had underestimated the consequences that his little mistake would cause. The on-going investigation was proof that the young Archmage had, indeed, sensed something, and it did not look like he was going to give up anytime soon. 
Baiyi knew that he definitely ought not to try establishing contact with Book of Servitude, at all. It was better he did not even think about it.
"Why is the younger you so vigilant? Can't you just chill? It was just a slip-up! You're making things really hard for me, old man…" Baiyi sighed. At that moment, he could not help missing the old Archmage, who could be easily bought over by the creation of a gatcha-card game simulator.


Imagine being forced to live, after death, as incorporeal bodies trapped in a vast space of nothingness for thousands of years, with nothing to do but exchanging past memories with other cohabitants (read: weirdos).  Everybody wanted out, but there was no way to leave the Void... 
Until one day, a young man was finally summoned, as a powerful but reluctant mentor, by a bubbly and motivated but completely naive young girl. Baiyi, finally out of the Void, was the only one who could save all of the other 32 souls from their prison and his summoner might just be The Key to their freedom.
However, Baiyi had to use the techniques and abilities the other souls had taught him throughout the years, and together with his own extensive knowledge of anime and game tropes from his shady and dangerous past as an otaku, to face the biggest challenge of them all: training the clumsy young girl he was forced to partner up with… into a competent sorcerer!

evanovich book list

Book list

Pet King

Warrior's Promise

Lord Shadow

Ain't Your Regular Girlfriend

The Divine Nine-Dragon Cauldron

Omni-Mastery

The Jade Realm

Sweet Doting Husband: Sorry, my Wife is a little Crazy

Why Did You Summon Me？

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