The entrance test for the Blue Sky Sword Sea's probationary disciples had begun.
Out of the five hundred probationary disciples, a few had already left early, feeling they had no chance.
It was nothing unusual, after all in a few days over a hundred more would be following in their footsteps and leaving.
Staying here wasn't praiseworthy, only success was.
An enormous arena, over four hundred disciples, five days, free-for-all combat.
These were the only rules for this entrance test.
Overseen by Second Elder, as long as no one died, anything was allowed. Of course if someone did die, nothing could be done, after all who could complain?
Just like previous entrance tests, the weakest disciples with the poorest talent and least connections were eliminated first.
These disciples were usually from impoverished Ancient Race families from the fringes of the star domain. They might be prodigies in the outer fringes but in the Sky Sword Sea Sect they didn't measure up.
The next batch eliminated were the rich Ancient Race disciples. They would give gifts to the stronger disciples so had better connections and were eliminated later, mostly unharmed.
So the martial world wasn't always about fighting and killing.
The five day time limit led to intense fighting.
The weaker disciples were all eliminated by the second day.
The remaining disciples were at least at the Mahayana Realm.
Emperor Capital and Qiu Li stood in the center of the arena, with empty space around them. No one dared challenge them.
They were in no rush to fight, waiting until the last day to determine first place. Getting taken advantage of midway would be too great a loss.
In addition, some ferocious Supreme Race excelled in this melee, quickly securing their positions. No one dared provoke them.
The pecking order in the arena was determined by distance from the center where the two emperor's scions stood. The closer to the center, the higher the status, and none dared challenge them.
Other than Emperor Capital and Qiu Li, over a dozen ferocious Supreme Race lined up in order.
It remained this way until the fourth day. It seemed this would be the final order.
Suddenly Chi Yu burst out in three thousand fiery feathers, almost instantly knocking back the Supreme Race in third position. Chi Yu settled into the spot, becoming a blur.
Chi Yu flung open his robe of condensed fiery feathers. He took a step forward, black flames dancing at his feet. Facing Emperor Capital he rumbled,
"I want to fight you."
Emperor Capital was taken aback, hesitating, "We already fought hundreds of years ago, no need right?"
"Fight again." Chi Yu's tone was exceptionally firm.
"Then this is just a regular fight, getting hurt is normal." Emperor Capital said warily.
Although over a hundred years had passed, he clearly remembered the last one who had hurt Chi Yu probably already reincarnated successfully.
"Fine." The black flames at Chi Yu's feet suddenly flared up, enveloping his whole body. His head transformed into a crow's head trailing long fiery feathers. He opened his beak.
It was all flames inside.
The observing cultivators grew excited.
They had all heard of Chi Yu, previously known as Emperor Scion Stepping Stone. They hadn't expected him to dare fight the emperor's scion again during the entrance test.
Could he want to break through like this?
The spectators were quite interested.
In the stands, a big yellow dog sitting at the very back clenched his paws, just watching the arena intently.
Chi Yu flapped the three thousand fiery feathers forming his wings and suddenly charged.
It was meant to be an eye-catching battle but didn't last long.
When the fifth day ended, Chi Yu was still fighting Emperor Capital but was clearly at a disadvantage. Emperor Capital seemed to be going easy on him.
Chi Yu stopped fighting and left the arena silently with his head lowered.
The big yellow dog stood by the arena, broom beside him. He didn't say anything either, like a wooden man, feeling anything he said would be wrong.
Only when the observing cultivators had all left did the big yellow dog heave up his broom and slowly head towards the sword grove.
He felt like so much was missing without Chen Xia.
If he was the one imprisoned, would it be much better?
For the first time since he came into being, the big yellow dog contemplated a question about another. But he just couldn't figure it out.
In the end he flung his broom to the ground in frustration. Pointing at the broom he scolded,
"Useless thing!"
After a while, the big yellow dog picked up the dusty broom again, hugging it. His voice was very faint as he sighed,
"Useless thing."
The Blue Sky Sword Sea no longer had probationary disciples, all had become formal disciples and could now enter the cave abodes exclusive to formal disciples.
As for the next batch of probationary disciples, it would probably be another two hundred years, earlier than when Chen Xia got out of prison.
After all, only he had gotten a five hundred year sentence in the Blue Sky Sword Sea.
Chen Xia's days in sword prison passed better and better. With chess and tea, his interest greatly increased.
Sometimes he would fuse sword intent into chess, or put it in the tea water.
This produced some interesting effects. The chariots in chess moved with domineering sword intent, exceptionally sharp, truly resembling magic treasures.
Also because the prison was too dark, Chen Xia specifically plucked some glowing beast eyes to use as lamp lights.
The effect was pretty good.
Anyway the sea water was pitch black, Chen Xia felt the beasts didn't need eyes either. Might as well give them to someone who did.
Like him.
So Chen Xia turned the beast eyes into lamps for himself.
Time passed slowly in prison, but looking back now, over half had already gone by.
He had been imprisoned for three hundred years already.
The surrounding sea beasts had gotten familiar with him. Often they would not only spit, but also relieve themselves though from a distance, not daring to get too close for fear Chen Xia would pluck out their other eye too.
Chen Xia paid them no mind. Their provocations weren't too egregious.
But recently none of the sea beasts dared come by.
Because this year's sword tide was approaching.
Chen Xia sat on the ground, looking at his tattered clothes that could barely hang on. If he took another tide head on, his clothes probably wouldn't make it.
That wouldn't do.
The sword intent surged in the distance, the great tide howled, coming from the deeper waters. Bringing boundless majestic sword intent, it could almost overturn half the Sword Sea.
Chen Xia stood up and tidied his ragged clothes, not even glancing at the roaring incoming majestic tide.
He reached back and swept aside his long hair, revealing his still delicate features.
The sword intent arrived first, then the towering tsunami.
"Shoo."
A plain voice sounded.
The tsunami over a thousand meters near the sword prison incredibly reversed direction, crashing back into the deep sea, all the sword intent dissipating into the water!
Chen Xia calmly tied up his hair with sword intent.
This was Reverse Sea!
"Why feel sad, isn't your life laughable enough?"
Good night, good night, good night.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
Explosive Plot Song Gua crossed over into another world, bringing along a whole crew of his doppelgangers—all of them mischief-makers. This was a world where everyone could choose a class. Song Gua became a "Bondweaver," capable of borrowing power, while his doppelgangers took on a wide variety of classes, covering just about everything. The number of doppelgangers grew day by day, each one a talented individual with a charming way of speaking. Under Song Gua's brilliant leadership, they would "greet" each other daily and engage in friendly "sparring," pulling off one major scheme after another on Earth. Sometimes they were bandits—stealing bosses, plundering mines, snatching resources. Sometimes they were saviors—descending like divine warriors to face world bosses threatening to massacre cities. Sometimes they even went undercover, infiltrating various major factions to stir up trouble from within, keeping their enemies constantly on edge. To prevent their doppelganger abilities from being exposed, Song Gua made them wear masks with mahjong tile patterns and don Taoist robes in various colors. "Remember, in front of outsiders, call me 'The Dice.'" "Got it! Boss!" "Not 'Boss'—it's 'The Dice.' Think about the vibe, pay attention to the vibe." "Yes! Boss!" "For crying out loud..." From then on, whenever they appeared, they would have their own theme song playing: ~Hey~ paying respects at the mountain stronghold at night~ whose arm is draped over whose shoulder~ gather your courage and follow along...
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
host is extracting the Celestial Bone of the Destiny's Female Lead! The Destiny's Great Villain System has successfully bound!] Mo Tianxiao: "Destiny's Great Villain? Me?" Looking at the radiant Celestial Bone in his hand and the beautiful woman lying on the bed, Mo Tianxiao felt somewhat confused. How could he, a law-abiding citizen, become a villain? Mo Tianxiao: "Fine, villain it is then. With the system here, even a Chosen One isn't unbeatable." [Ding! Detected 18,653 Chosen Ones in this world. Please seize the destiny of all protagonists to become the true Destiny's Great Villain!] Mo Tianxiao: "Seize how many?! What kind of lousy great villain is this? I'm a perfectly good citizen!"
