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You meet a stranger in a book shop who seems to have a similar taste. After talking to him you find yourself intrigued in this man. 

But what happens when you find out he's an assassin working for a secret society?

He stood there, lurking in the shadows like the demons that haunt my mind.

"You're worthless," he spat at me as his eyes roamed my bruised body in disgust, "No-one will ever love you."

Even though the words hurt, I knew they were true. And that is what destroys me the most.

"Repeat it after me, brat," he sneered as he came closer, holding a knife.

I kept silent, frozen in fear of what's about to happen next.

"I said say it, bitch!" his voice was now loud enough to shake the entire cell.

But after I would not open my mouth, he brought the knife and plunged it into my leg. I cried out in pain but he did not stop. He took the knife right to my throat and began to press it in until - nothing.

I screamed.

I don't know when he began to join in with me. All I know is opening my teary eyes to see the same man lying beside me, barely breathing with his eyes completely blank and blood coming out of his mouth. 

I didn't stop shaking, even after they rushed in to save the man I had somehow nearly killed. The tears fell almost as easily as I thew the man against the wall without lifting a finger. Now, I was alone, broken, beaten and starved. Yet somehow, the silence provided some comfort while I shivered in the cold.

"I'm worthless," I whisper in the dark as sleep comes to relieve the pain only for a few hours.

I had hoped to never wake up again but I learned long ago that there was no point in hoping. 

I'm cursed, after all.

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Amala was a monster - or so they said when they threw her away like she nothing. It was written into skin that she did not deserve kindness or hope. She didn't deserve to live; she didn't deserve to die. And she believed them.

Until he found her.

He called her ‘mine’, picked up her broken pieces and loved her when no-one else would.

Jiang Fei was pleasantly surprised by how the Legendary necklace was able to benefit him as much as a Celestial item could. As long as he increased his Attack Speed to the maximum, he would be undefeatable. If Jiang Fei successfully attacked a target five times consecutively, his opponent would not be able to respond at all. Jiang Fei would be able to continue hitting his target until it was dead.
However, Jiang Fei had also discovered that the Protective Dragon Tooth Charm's effect did not work when he used the Heaven's Breaker Twilight Bow. It seemed that the effect would only be activated when Jiang Fei was in melee combat. 
'Looks like I need to spend more time to search for the assassin!' Jiang Fei thought to himself.
To significantly increase his Attack Speed, Jiang Fei would have to continue wooing women to increase the number of Love Contracts signed. By doing so, his Infatuation skill would continue to stack his Attack and Movement Speed. Although this was a viable plan, Jiang Fei was not entirely on board with it. After all, having too many women around was not good for him.
Apart from that, Jiang Fei also had another option, which was to look for the Cauldron of Agility. The increment of 100,000 Agility points would allow him to instantly acquire a massive amount of Attack and Movement Speed.
However, Jiang Fei still had no clue about who the assassin who once ambushed him might be. Ever since then, Jiang Fei had never met the fellow again. It was almost as if the assassin had given up on killing Jiang Fei.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Jiang Fei had engaged in battle was about to be killed. Although it was powerful, its might was hindered by Jiang Fei's Protective Dragon Tooth Charm. With Jiang Fei's incredibly high frequency of attacks, the Dragon was not able to counterattack at all. It was stunned four times in each second.
"Roar!" As the Dragon cried pitifully, its Health Points had been reduced to zero. After that, Jiang Fei received another system notification informing him about the Experience points gained.
"Guild master, check out what this one has dropped!" Little Rain and the others gathered around Jiang Fei. After all, they were all unimpressed by the previous Legendary equipment dropped.
"Alright!" Jiang Fei nodded as he walked toward the Dragon's corpse.
However, right then, a red light flashed above the corpse.
"Ding! Player Dreamy Star has made a hostile move toward you!"
A system notification suddenly appeared before Jiang Fei. However, neither was he attacked, nor did anything happen to him physically.
However, just as Jiang Fei came around to his senses, the Dragon's corpse had turned gray. This meant that the equipment the Dragon dropped had been snatched away.
"Damn!" Jiang Fei exclaimed. Although only players who had killed the Dragon could pick up the item dropped, someone appeared to have used a special tool to override that rule. It must have had something to do with the red light that flashed earlier. Therefore, Jiang Fei had not even been able to see anything when the item was snatched away.
"Piece of shit!" Although Jiang Fei was furious, there was nothing he could do. Jiang Fei might be very powerful, but he did not have any skills to detect hidden targets. He used to not worry about hidden targets because 0541 was around to alert him. 0541 would usually notify him if there were any hidden target creeping around.
However, 0541 was still under the effect of forced downtime. Therefore, Jiang Fei did not notice anything until someone had already snatched the item away from him.
"Alright! Dreamy Star! I'll remember you!" Jiang Fei said angrily. When Seven Stars Warrior instructed someone to use Illuminate, the fellow who had stolen Jiang Fei's equipment was long gone.
"Lady Casanova! Find out who Dreamy Star is. How dare he steal from me?" Jiang Fei was truly infuriated. Things had always gone smoothly for him in the game since he first started playing it. Nothing of this sort had ever happened before.
"Alright!" Lady Casanova nodded. She would have to instruct someone to check on the player after they returned to the guild's base. For now, everyone was occupied on the battlefield.
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While Jiang Fei was still fuming because of what happened, a player suddenly appeared amongst the Neutral Faction's group of players.
Invisibility was a high-tier Magician's classic skill. Although one could not attack under the state of Invisibility, it was much safer as compared to Stealth of Bandits or Assassins. Unless other Magicians used Anti-Invisibility in advance, nobody would be able to detect the player.
"Pay up!" Dreamy Star waved his hands at the fellow in front of him. There was a piece of shiny golden equipment in Dreamy Star's hands.
"I'll be damned! You did it!" Tutu smiled as he raised his thumbs. "You are the only person who has the courage to steal a Holy Item from Jiang Fei!"
"Enough of your rubbish. I've won the bet. Pay up!" Dreamy Star rolled his eyes. He was not a close friend of Tutu's. The only reason he had stolen from Jiang Fei was to win a bet.
"That's not a problem at all! I always fulfill my promises!" Tutu laughed as he directly transferred 200,000 gold coins to Dreamy Star. Tutu then asked, "Are you going to sell the Holy Item you stole? I'm willing to buy it. Just make an offer!"
"I will sell it, but not to you!" Dreamy Star turned around after receiving the payment.
"Eh? Are you concerned that I won't have enough to pay you? Who will you sell it to?" Tutu blocked Dreamy Star's path. Tutu was a high-ranking military commander with an abundance of money. Meanwhile, Holy Items were hard to come by and were indeed priceless.
"Of course I will sell it to Verdure Glider!" Dreamy Star laughed coldly. He then continued walking forward without looking back.
"Interesting! If you dare to sell the item to Verdure Glider at the market price, I will give you another 100,000 gold coins!" Tutu was very impressed by Dreamy Star's courage. Dreamy Star was actually planning to sell something which he stole to the person he stole it from.
"Hehe! Deal!" Dreamy Star nodded and proceeded to leave.
"Verdure Glider, you have wronged me in the past. It's your turn to suffer now. This is karma!" Tutu laughed coolly he as observed the battlefield from afar. Not too long ago, Tutu had plans to annihilate Empyreal Dragon on behalf of the Light Faction. However, Jiang Fei had messed up Tutu's plan by bringing more troops to fight against him. Tutu had almost lost everything in that battle.
If it were a direct battle between Tutu and Billy Boy's armies, Tutu might have succeeded with his perfect plan despite having weaker skills. The only thing which he failed to expect was Jiang Fei's sudden arrival, which caused his final defeat.
Therefore, when he saw how Jiang Fei had suffered, Tutu felt very happy. He might have spent 200,000 gold coins without getting anything in return, but he felt that it was worth it.
"Darn him! He'd better not appear around me. Otherwise, I'll skin him alive!" Little Rain fumed when he heard about what happened.
"Ahh! We were too careless. Who would have known that such a tool existed?" Lady Casanova shook her head. As the game's system normally restricted the dropped items to only be accessible to players who killed the monsters, none of them had expected the incident to occur.


Average means nothing to our young protagonist! Why be normal when you have the chance to become a real life superman! Follow Jiang Fei as he discovers a mysterious ring that allowed him to play a Hyper Realistic Immersive MMORPG call Dawn Break! As the thin line between game and reality is gradually blurred, Jiang Fei finds himself having to deal with the troubles that follow him everywhere he goes. This is a story revolving around a real-life cheat code! From zero to hero, follow Jiang Fei as his fascinating adventures unfold!

This was the second source of Shadahi energy Izroth had felt within the Chaotic Dogma Realm. Though, just like with Silent Step, this Shadahi energy was many times weaker than that of a true Shadahi.
Izroth believed that it was unlikely for two players with the same Shadahi transformation skill to be inside of the Chaotic Dogma Realm. If there was, then Silent Step would not have been the only one to transform in the fight against Aegis. After all, for two different teams to contain ties with the Shadahi was highly improbable.
Therefore, Izroth concluded that this aura belonged to Silent Step. Given what he'd learned from Mariposa so far about Silent Step, it was safe to say that if Luna came across him by accident sometime after she was transported, then she could have gotten into some kind of trouble.
Izroth looked around quite thoroughly and could not locate any type of magic item. However, Mariposa had a slight look of disbelief on her face from what she discovered.
"This... There's actually such a huge spatial anomaly...!" Mariposa was shocked. The size of the spatial anomaly was only around two meters long, however, that was terrifying enough. Spatial anomalies were usual subtle and hard to discern. This was Mariposa's first time seeing one of this scale.
"Did you discover something?" Zi Yi asked curiously. She had been using her time to search the area nearby, but she did not see anyone or anything that was out of place.
Mariposa explained her findings to both Izroth and Zi Yi.
"You mean to say that it's possible something really did happen at this location?" Zi Yi did not notice anything strange, but based on the information Mariposa provided, she had to rethink things. She could not look at this in the simple way of what she could physically see.
But, how could any of them have known that a shocking event called upon by Silent Step was the reason for the dome and the unusually large spatial anomaly?
'A magic item capable of influencing the surrounding 100 meters of space is definitely one that's at least S-ranked.'
There was one positive thing about this. Thanks to whatever caused this, the black specks that interfered with Izroth's perception had been cleared out. But, he would not be able to sense anything that was too far away while being this close to the spatial anomaly.
"I'm going to go look around for a bit." Izroth said.
"What a-" Zi Yi was going to ask what he was planning, but all that remained in the spot Izroth stood just moments ago was a flicking silhouette.
...
"That was close..." Luna let out a sigh of relief. When that overwhelming dark force engulfed her, she acted just in time and managed to preserve her life. However, she barely made it in time. If she had been just half a second late, she may have already dissipated and experienced an existence wipe.
Luna could not help but frown due to the skill she was forced to use. "It'll be another two days before I can use that skill again." She stood up straight and studied her current surroundings. Nothing appeared unusual and the environment was still intact with no noticeable destruction.
"How could such a powerful attack leave behind no damage?" Luna was bewildered. She was sure that at the next moment she opened her eyes, she would be greeted by a wasteland of destruction. After all, the scale and force of that attack were simply too monstrous.
Luna wondered if the players who were caught in that were okay. Though, she doubted that anyone could have survived that without some type of major lifesaving skill.
Chsh... Chsh...
Luna instantly went on high alert when she heard the sound of something dragging on the ground. She immediately felt a sense of danger and was ready to retreat once more. However, before she could do so, piercingly cold energy flashed by her almost taking her head with it in the process.
"Hold it right there!" A voice shouted from the direction of the sound and where the piercingly cold energy came from.
When Luna looked down a few meters in front of her, she saw a throwing knife sticking out of the ground. She froze and various thoughts started to form in her mind. At the moment, she did not have any damage skills that could do a great deal of damage. While she was confident in her ability to survive, her mana was still low.
After the fight with the Silverline Entity, she was transported and although she regained some of her mana back, she used most of it casting the skill to protect herself. Right now, she was not in fighting condition. However, that did not mean that she would simply bow her head and accept defeat.
She turned around and saw Silent Step who was still transformed like a Shadahi. However, she noticed that he was alone and the last player of his party no longer accompanied him. Silent Step himself appeared to be in a sorry state. But, Luna did not underestimate him. After all, she had witnessed the power of that transformation in his fight against Qi Jiguang.
"What do you want?" Luna's tone of voice was cold and distant. To greet her by launching an attack was something she saw as disrespectful and rude.
Silent Step facial expression darkened when he noticed Luna's rude attitude towards him, however, he kept his calm. "You're a healer, right? Then heal me." Silent Step had already used a potion, however, it was not nearly enough. He was currently walking on a thin line between life and death.
He discovered that Luna was a healer class due to the small image of a goddess attached to her cleric's robe. It was the main goddess of healing and prosperity within RML that nearly all healer classes had attached to their cleric's robe.
If it were any other player he would have kept hidden, however, how could a mere healer be of any threat to him? In fact, this was a chance! If he healed up then he could immediately go and hunt down anyone who may have survived, even if the chance of their survival was unlikely.
Luna stared coldly at Silent Step. First, he attacked her and now he asked her to heal him? Did he take her as someone to order around freely as he pleased?
"You attacked me and now you want me to heal you? Isn't that a little unreasonable?" Luna said while gripping her magic staff tightly in her hands. Since Silent Step had requested for her to heal him, his condition must be even worse than she originally thought it was.
If that were the case, then if he made a move against her, Luna would fight back with everything she had. She would bet everything on her mana outlasting his HP.
When Silent Step saw how Luna was not intimidated by him and even seemed to be taking an aggressive stance, he was infuriated. He had not been treated with so much disrespectful in his entire life as he had been in his short time inside of the Chaotic Dogma Realm.
"Do you know who I am? I'm the leader of Fatal Touch, Silent Step! If you ever want to have any peace while playing, I suggest you do as I say and heal me!" Silent Step said in a threatening manner.
"Who you are is irrelevant. Also, Fatal Touch? Never heard of them." Luna said with an unchanging expression.
Silent Step snapped at that response. He was already at the peak of his anger after being confronted by Qi Jiguang and now he was even being looked down on by some nobody.
"Then you can just die where you stand!" Silent Step did not waste any more words and unleashed a barrage of throwing knives in Luna's direction. It was the same attack he used against Mariposa and the members of Sleeping Gardenia.
Luna had already prepared for Silent Step's attack and although her agility was not high, this kind of attack would never be able to hit her thanks to the unique skill she currently possessed. She moved a few steps over and stayed perfectly still.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The throwing knives all passed right by Luna and missed her by a thread of hair!
Silent Step was surprised. She had managed to avoid his throwing knives? However, he believed that it was just dumb luck. He immediately dashed forward with his dagger in hand. His speed was extremely fast, however, due to her trait Soul Sense, Luna was able to grasp the general movements of Silent Step.
Woosh!
Luna stepped to the side and evaded Silent Step's dagger, however, the dagger suddenly changed directions in the middle of the attack. It was as if it had bounced off of thin air and shot directly towards Luna.
"I've already seen that trick once! Don't underestimate me!" Silent Step shouted furiously. He was still a top level player and could adapt quickly to various situations.
Luna wanted to evade, but her agility was simply not fast enough to keep up with her unique skill. The dagger made contact with her and shaved away almost 10% of her HP.
She immediately cast the skill Healing Essence, but right after she finished, another dagger attack was headed straight for her taking yet chunk of her HP away.
-164
+143
-164
1,700/1,885 HP Remaining! (Luna)
Fast! Although the power behind the attacks was not all that strong, Silent Step was capable of attacking multiple times in the fraction of a second. Luna had expected as much after she observed Silent Step's fight against Qi Jiguang. Watching it and experiencing it firsthand were two different things.
Qi Jiguang made things look easy, but that was just because of how skilled he really was. Plus, his class was more suited to close quarters combat.
Luna cast the skill Illuminate as a shining light appeared that caused Silent Step to close his eyes from the sudden brightness. Illuminate was only an E-ranked skill that Luna picked up back in Opal Town.
It cost 0.2 mana per second to use, but she only needed it for that brief moment to create some distance between herself and Silent Step. After all, if Silent Step continued on with his assault then her HP would not last very long.
Many healers would never think of using Illuminate as a move to throw off the attacks of melee players. In fact, the majority of healers believed that Illuminate was only useful as a light source for dark places. To use it in PVP was something that did not even cross their minds.
Silent Step was disoriented for a bit due to the sudden flash of bright light. Even though he was able to regain his sight in about one second, he was now even further enraged. But, before he could take a step forward, he was struck by a bolt of pure white light.
Luna deactivated the Illumination skill and cast the skill Superior Holy Smite on Silent Step. Just like the normal Holy Smite, it was able to be cast instantly. It also dealt 100% instead of 40% of the user's magic as damage.
-450
Silent Step grit his teeth and his character soon vanished into thin air.
Luna remained vigilant as she knew that it was unlikely that Silent Step retreated. He was an assassin-type class who would use stealth to his advantage.
Just two seconds later, Luna felt an ominous presence behind her. She instantly shifted her magic staff and cast the skill Illuminate once again.
Swoosh!
Silent Step's dagger hit nothing but air as he was once again caught off guard by the Illumination skill. He was even more shocked at that fact Luna could determine where he would appear from and act accordingly. He hated to admit it, but maybe he underestimated this healer. It was time he started to consider her as a true threat.
Luna was using her unique ability and her newly attained Soul Sense trait to the fullest. However, she could not keep that up for long. It seems that when one uses Soul Sense constantly in combat, it starts to drain Essence. If she pushed the Soul Sense trait too hard, then she may experience Soul Weakness.
There was only one thought in her mind at that moment, to finish off Silent Step before he eliminates her!


Jin, a hardcore gamer who still lives with his mom at the age of 24. He could never hold down a steady job since graduating, his girlfriend since high school dumped him for his best friend and he's constantly getting beat up by a group of local gang members. His dad left him and his mom when he became rich from the lottery and got a new family, one free of debt and burdens as he called it. His mom works 3 jobs to keep everything from falling apart, except for herself slowly. One day on his way home with the very first and new fully immersive VRMMORPG called Realm of Myths and Legends or RML for short, he died from a hit and run car accident. RML was advertised as the worlds first fully immersive VRMMORPG, allowing for players with skill sets in the real world, like sword training, martial arts, archery or reaction time, to benefit in the game itself! Though Jin died and at that moment a soul from another world crossed over into his body and inherited his memories. The man known as Izroth once hailed as the greatest cultivator in the seven realms, soul reincarnates into the modern world year 20xx in the body of Jin.

"What are all these strange memories flowing into my mind..? I've been to all seven realms and have never seen one like this. Earth is it?"

"M-My cultivation..! It's back to nothing! This body is so weak and spiritual essence here is scarce. But my soul strength is untainted."

"I'll make right all the wrongs that have been done to you, your revenge shall come."

"It's called a video game? I'll play it! Since you've given me this body even though it wasn't planned, I'll accomplish your goal of becoming #1."

"So sects here are called guilds... I'll make the strongest one there is!"

"Ha? World greatest gamer? Don't think you can bully me and not pay the price!"

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The 100 strongest celestial realms were listed here?!

The old Taoist's surprised cry wasn't loud, but it caused many people to be flabbergasted. Their ears were ringing as if a great bell was tolling.

"Oh?! Which is our mother star?!" the young rebellious lady cried out. Her face was pure and tender, but her body was outrageously mature.

Most life-forms on earth knew nothing of these so-called 100 strongest celestial realms. Only a select few had ever heard of it.

For instance, the old woman who had been half-burnt. She came from the depths of the starry ocean and was naturally aware of these things. She had only disclosed some information to the higher-ups of Deity Biomedicals!

At this time, the expressions of many people had changed. Whether they about knew about these things or not, everyone stared at the sky, their thoughts running wild.

The aura emanated from these 100 stars were extremely terrifying. They were brightly colored—some were blood red, while others were dark green with vigorous vitality... 

All of them were floating in the sky. Was this an omen?

Or were these pathways through which one could travel to arrive at those 100 celestial bodies?

At this time, the host of kings were actively imagining many things.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, a king level entity let out a muffled groan. He actually coughed up blood and staggered backwards while some others fell on their heads.

Everything was brought about by gazing at those 100 stars.

"This is a place to offer sacrifice to the heavens. Who dares gaze so disrespectfully at them? Take care, or your bodies will disintegrate and your spirits collapse," the old Taoist reminded.

After hearing this, everyone trembled.

Such a location indeed demanded reverence. Even gazing up at them wasn't allowed?

The so-called heavens, the so-called target of sacrificial offering—could it be those 100 stars with the densest energy levels? This truly made one's imagination run wild!

Many people turned pale from just glancing for a short moment. It was like facing a divine prison, awe-inspiring and intimidating. It was able to suppress everyone's spirits.

Someone remembered a certain passage from history. "The heavens are unreachable, but offering sacrifice on Mount Tai, one grows closer to the gods."

"Is this place connected to the outer realms? Can we see the demonic gods amidst the starry ocean from here?" someone asked suspiciously.

Chu Feng was also glancing up but he didn't suffer any backlash. That was because at the critical moment, the small grinding stone in his body absorbed the strands of starlight pouring down from the sky.

The brilliance raining down from the 100 stars wasn't evident during the daytime but he was able to sense it.

"Interesting!" Chu Feng was inwardly shaken as he secretly focused his gaze once again.

"Eh? There's something in the stars?!" He was astonished. There was a knight among the stars, riding upon a terrifying divine beast. Merely witnessing this hazy silhouette was intimidating.

He felt that when he looked up, it was not only the strands of starry brilliance but also the auras of such people that were transmitted down, suppressing the host of kings.

Following which, he also saw a lady amidst the stars. A mere silhouette was able to emanate a peerlessly graceful temperament as if she could suppress the starry ocean of the cosmos and intimidate all eras.

The others also sensed something. Some people glanced up again and saw some life forms among the stars.

However, they quickly lowered their heads as their minds were shaken—even their spirits were about to collapse.

"Who is that?! Why is he among the stars?!" Many people were trembling. Both their minds and bodies were shivering. They felt the urge to prostrate and kowtow in worship.

"The strongest entities from the top-100 celestial realms stood tall among the stars, casting their light upon all heavens and receiving the worship of all realms," the old Taoist spoke.

These words seemed magical and swayed everyone's minds—the most powerful experts of their respective stars? Furthermore, they were able to illuminate the heavens?!

Afterward, people glanced at the massive sacrificial altar. They thought about the sacrificial pilgrimage and felt great waves in their hearts. They were completely overwhelmed.

The so-called sacrifice to the heavens was referring to them?

"These… are these the true 100 stars?" someone asked with a trembling voice.

"Impossible. I already said that the most powerful beings of the 100 strongest worlds are illuminating the heavens." The old Taoist sighed.

"Why is it like that?" Even Chu Feng couldn't help but ask.

"That's because the benefits from the sacrifices and worship of myriad beings are too great. Have you seen the offerings on the altar? The strong will only grow permanently stronger!

Everyone directed their gaze at the sacrificial table. It was enshrouded in hazy radiance and emitted a divine glow. Apparently, there were divine objects therein.

"How far apart are we from them? How many realms lie between us?" someone asked. They wanted to know the distance and if they could ever catch up.

"Ha!" The old Taoist shook his head with a forced smile. He then said with deep feelings, "Don't be deluded. Even the disciples of their disciples are capable of roaming unimpeded through the starry domains and command various stars. How can you ever catch up to them?"

"The distance… is so great?!" Many people were wearing ugly expressions. They felt extremely disappointed.

They felt that this distance was too far to catch up to. It felt completely out of reach.

"Is there no way to surpass them?" Jiang Luoshen asked.

"If anyone can reach such heights, they'll naturally enter the 100 strongest celestial realms and replace one of them. At that time, they can illuminate the heavens and receive the worship of myriad realms. The benefits of this are endless. They would obtain a vast number of offerings, further cementing their strength."

The old Taoist wore a complicated expression. He gazed at the sky and stared fixedly at the 100 strongest celestial realms.

At this moment, all minds were fluctuating. They felt a sense of loss, they felt both hope and despair. Everyone's emotions were complicated.

That was because they had sensed that they would be extremely insignificant if they were to leave earth and head towards those regions.

Furthermore, it was unlikely they would ever be able to catch up to those experts who were illuminating the heavens and basking in the prayers and offerings of myriad lifeforms even in a thousand lifetimes.

Those were terrifying life-forms. Anyone of them could suppress every region of the starry sky and intimidate mighty races with great numbers of experts.

Perhaps demonic gods were nothing to them!

It was likely that such life-forms were already sage ancestors, the most powerful experts left behind by successive generations of fierce warfare. They had experienced glory and resplendence. 

These were peerless beings who had withstood the test of the great river of history.

In a certain sense, these people were simply the ultimate ranking among the stars. They were the hundred strongest lifeforms who'd risen and transcended through the various eras.

"You won't ever come into contact with these far away beings as they are separated from us by the heavenly divide. However, these beings have their own orthodoxies. If you are strong enough and able to walk out of the earth, you'll probably meet the younger generation disciples of their respective schools. However, it's highly likely that you'll have to run if a conflict arises."

The old Taoist's words were quite harmful to one's self-esteem. The group of people had no way to respond. Was the difference so great?

"Our goal is to rise up. Who knows? We might be able to replace them someday as long as we do our utmost to catch up. The gap will definitely grow smaller one day," a certain young man spoke words of encouragement energetically.

The old Taoist said amiably, "Try to evolve for a hundred years and you'll likely see the silhouette of their younger generations disciples. Keep on trying."

Everyone was dumbfounded. Was this old fellow setting them back on purpose?

The old Taoist glanced at the absent-minded Chu Feng and said, "Brat, isn't it said that something was wrong with your body? Why is your imagination running wild?"

Chu Feng shot him a glance and said, "I was thinking whether those beings who illuminate the heavens are all single."

This time, it was the old Taoist's turn to be stunned. He stared at Chu Feng and said while pointing his finger, "You! It seems you dare say just about anything. Aren't you afraid the being illuminating this world will kill you?" 

"There had been no sacrifice for countless years. Who would come and illuminate this long-abandoned place? Even you dare to speak nonsense, why wouldn't I? It's apparent that the sacrificial altar on earth has been abandoned."

The old Taoist pointed at Chu Feng but didn't dare say anything. That was because, upon looking up, he saw the hundred grinding stone-sized stars shining down upon the place. He was afraid of the consequences should certain existences hear him.

Everyone else was cautious and didn't dare mention this matter again.

Someone asked, "Could it be that the figures of these beings who illuminate the heavens are representative of the 100 strongest lifeforms?"

"That might not necessarily be the case. Some life forms have second and third place characters that are extremely terrifying. They are simply beyond our comprehension," the old Taoist replied.

Everyone was amazed. This was truly shocking!

They were attracted to the outer realms but were also intimidated.

The old Taoist no longer brought up this topic because he had certain misgivings.

At this time, everyone's gazes fell upon the mountain-sized altar and were focused on the offerings upon the table. They all had designs on them!

That was because the offerings of the past hadn't been taken away by the illuminating entity and were left here!

"That's odd. A failed sacrificial offering?" the old Taoist muttered with shining eyes.

These were supreme offerings of a star. How could people not covet it?!

The altar was extremely tall and was as vast as a city. It felt somewhat surreal. A bird king couldn't resist flying into the sky to observe.

Pfft!

In the end, he screamed miserably as he was suppressed mid-air and fell head first onto the ground. He coughed up large mouthfuls of blood and immediately reverted to his true form.

The old Taoist warned, "Don't move recklessly. The sacrificial ceremony of the forebears was an ancient and sacred rite. How could they allow birds to fly above them? One must preserve its solemn dignity."

The people glanced up reverently from the ground. There were many offerings enshrouded in a hazy glow. All of them were rare divine items so dazzling that it hurt one's eyes.

Furthermore, all of them were placed within containers on the table. It was difficult to see clearly.

"What is that?" someone said in surprise. That was because there was a tablet on the table holding records of something.

It was rather bizarre. There was actually a stone tablet placed upon the table in such a sacred and dignified location. People were suspicious as to why it was so grand.

"It holds records of this star's ranking at that time!" The old Taoist was astonished and revealed an odd expression.

His expression was one of astonishment as he observed it seriously.

The others were all gazing from a distance since they understood nothing about it. The words on it were to ancient and seemed like bone inscriptions, but were slightly different. 

Only the eyes of the half-burnt old woman were shining resplendently. Her emotions were fluctuating because, as an outer realm being, she also understood the words.

"There are detailed records of the rankings of each era. This thing definitely isn't simple!" The old Taoist sighed.

The words on the vast sacrificial altar described the rise and fall of this star. It was truly extraordinary.

"How high did we rank during the most glorious era? How high is the most recent ranking?!" People revealed hopeful expressions. They wanted to know the earth's current situation.



To rise from defeat; to revive amidst the dissipation. 
As the vast oceans turn to dust and the thunder and lightning fade away,
That strand of spiritual mist once again approaches our great world. 
With the shackles that bound our world now severed—
A whole new world of mystery and wonder awaits, 
As we turn the corner...
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The Sacred Ruins
Is a story set in a post-apocalyptic world. A world that has recovered to a state that is roughly equal to our own world in terms of technology and culture, although its ancient history remains largely unknown. The story begins during the post-graduation trip of our protagonist, where he discovers some ancient ruins and witnesses “the great change”, an upheaval that changed everything. The changing earth not only brought about new, unexplored landscape but also sparked the evolution of all organisms. Plants and animals started gaining sentience and some humans obtained unimaginable powers. The legends, myths, and tales of old seemed to have suddenly come to life as the earth entered a new era where beasts and men formed factions, explored new lands and ultimately struggled for supremacy.
We follow the MC as he grows from being an eccentric young man into a badass expert warrior while meeting other funny characters and forming brotherly bonds. We watch as he falls into just as much hilarious situations as he does perilous ones, all the while wondering and slowly discovering the mysteries of this world. Just why was the world destroyed in the first place? Who or what had triggered this earth-shattering “change”? What profundities lie behind the process of evolution? 
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Chen Dong is one of the top authors in the Chinese Qidian site and this particular novel has been number one on its monthly charts for several months straight. If you are looking for a funny and unique novel that is free from the cliches of reincarnation and cultivation, this might just be what you are looking for. The story develops quite slowly for the first ten chapters or so but becomes much better paced afterwards.
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Release Rate: 7 Chapters/Week

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