“Cut the nonsense, are you fighting or not?” Gu Qingfeng said impatiently.
“I’m not fighting, what can you do to me? You can’t kill me anyway.” The Shadow Demon said smugly. Although it didn’t understand why Gu Qingfeng had such a masochistic tendency, it knew that whatever the enemy asked for, it definitely shouldn’t comply. At this moment, it was also somewhat glad that the previous chase had depleted much of Gu Qingfeng’s Shadow Power, and the remaining amount wasn’t enough to threaten it.
Gu Qingfeng, furious but laughing: “Don’t you know when to take a hint? You think my Shadow Power is almost gone, so you can’t kill you?”
“Exactly.”
The Shadow Demon responded confidently.
“Hehehe...” Gu Qingfeng suddenly burst into loud laughter: “You know what? I just love the look of confidence on your face. The thought of crushing that confidence beneath my feet and grinding it to dust makes me feel incredibly pleased.”
The Shadow Demon’s heart skipped a beat. Gu Qingfeng’s laughter made it feel a bit scared. It was a familiar laugh—the kind many of the Seven Demon Commanders used when they slaughtered humans. Now, the roles were reversed, and this human seemed even more brutal than the demons. He was more demonic than the real demons, while the Shadow Demon itself felt more like a human girl about to be eaten.
“Stop bluffing. Nothing in this world can harm me except Shadow Power that’s the same as mine.” The Shadow Demon said, trying to sound confident but with a hint of unease.
Gu Qingfeng’s smile grew even more menacing: “Oh? Is that so? Then why are you feeling uneasy? I’ve always been curious—if you’re truly just a shadow, why would a shadow have self-awareness? And using Shape Shifting requires soul power for positioning. You can use that move, which means you must have a soul.”
Don’t you think I’m right, my dear sister?”
The Shadow Demon was instantly shocked. It never expected that its weakness would finally be discovered by Gu Qingfeng!
Gu Qingfeng was absolutely correct. It wasn’t really a shadow; it was more like a life form whose existence was similar to a shadow. And any intelligent life form with awareness possessed a soul!
Soul and light were its two greatest weaknesses.
Though inwardly shaken, the Shadow Demon remained calm on the surface. After all, it was just a shadow, so whether its “face” moved or not didn’t matter.
“So what if I have a soul? Every intelligent being in the world has a soul.” The Shadow Demon said, trying to stay composed.
“How? Having a soul means you can be killed!”
“Soul battles are a hundred times more dangerous than physical battles. One misstep, and you’re scattered to the winds. You dare say you’ve got me figured out?”
Gu Qingfeng ignored the Shadow Demon’s justification and continued his analysis: “First, your Shape Shifting range isn’t as far as mine, which proves your soul isn’t as strong as mine. Second, your incarnation, the Red Carp, is known for her enchanting dual skills and often uses illusions. While her illusion techniques are skillful, the quality isn’t high. This again shows that your soul is your weak point, which is why you constantly train it with your incarnation...”
The Shadow Demon, being a demon with maxed-out escape skills, heard Gu Qingfeng’s analysis and realized he had seen through its vulnerability. Without a word, it turned and fled.
However, without the protection of shadows, it couldn’t use Shape Shifting, and its speed wasn’t fast.
Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng immediately exerted force with his legs, and the swift shoes on his feet burst with a gust of wind, boosting his speed even further.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Qingfeng’s figure appeared in front of the Shadow Demon.
The Shadow Demon glanced at Gu Qingfeng and was instantly terrified. It tried to change direction and escape, but it was too late.
Vision Activate!
The illusion, powered by Gu Qingfeng’s soul force comparable to a grandmaster, combined with the Shadow Demon’s shaken state of mind, succeeded in taking effect!
The Shadow Demon’s body froze in place, its consciousness sinking into an illusion.
In the illusion, Gu Qingfeng stood in the air, his soul force transforming into thousands of swords. With a wave of his hand, the sky rained down countless swords, all aimed at the Shadow Demon.
The Shadow Demon struggled and dodged frantically, but the Sword Rain covered the entire world, and countless soul swords pierced its body.
With each sword strike, the Shadow Demon’s pitch-black body would fade a bit, its color growing lighter and lighter.
Gu Qingfeng was using this method to annihilate the Shadow Demon’s soul.
After the onslaught of thousands of swords, the Shadow Demon was now pinned to the ground by countless blades, its body almost transparent, on the verge of collapse.
Gu Qingfeng, like a deity, looked down at the Shadow Demon as if it were a lowly insect.
“Hit me, or be beaten to death—choose.”
The Shadow Demon, in its wretched state, laughed bitterly: “Gu Qingfeng, I admit I’ve lost this round. But let me tell you the truth—this body is just a residual shadow clone of mine. Your soul force might be stronger than my clone’s, but it’s no match for my true self. Since that defeat two hundred years ago, do you know how I’ve spent these two centuries? I’ve been constantly refining my soul, making it no longer my weakness!
Just you wait, my true self will come personally to settle this...
“Looks like you’ve chosen the latter.” Gu Qingfeng interrupted the Shadow Demon’s words. He raised his right hand and shouted: “Sword, come!”
The tens of thousands of swords on the ground, as if attracted by magnetism, flew into the air, converging around Gu Qingfeng’s right hand.
Eventually, the tens of thousands of swords merged into one colossal sword.
Gu Qingfeng swung his hand, and the colossal sword instantly descended, crushing the Shadow Demon into dust.
With that, the illusion shattered.
Outside the illusion, with the Shadow Demon’s avatar's soul destroyed, the black shadow that formed its body slowly dissipated, vanishing without a trace.
Gu Qingfeng watched the disappearing shadow, silent for a long time, then sighed: “Ah, you’d rather die than hit me. People might think you’re a really good demon.”
Gu Qingfeng shook his head and used Shape Shifting to return to the Heavenly Fragrance Tower.
The Heavenly Fragrance Tower was still brightly lit and bustling with noise and excitement.
Since their battle had taken place in the Shadow Domain, no one outside noticed it. Except for Gu Qingfeng, no one knew that the second-ranked commander of the Seven Demon Commanders, the Shadow Demon, was actually the Headliner Red Carp.
The crowd was still enjoying themselves, and Wang Fatty and the others were no longer in the private room, having moved to separate rooms.
As the hero who had driven away the demon, Gu Qingfeng felt somewhat lonely at the moment because he had just killed the woman he was supposed to spend the night with.
What’s more, he had even paid for it.
The more Gu Qingfeng thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt. So, he kicked open the door to Wang Fatty’s room. Wang Fatty was instantly startled, his white, flabby flesh quivering as he was about to lose his temper. But then he saw Gu Qingfeng’s extremely serious expression and his heart skipped a beat.
“Master Gu, what happened? Why do you look so serious?” Wang Fatty asked hurriedly.
“Get dressed and come out quickly. The number one red carp of the Heavenly Fragrance Tower is the Shadow Demon of the Seven Demon Commanders. I’ve exposed her identity and executed her. I now strongly suspect that there are still remnants of the Blood Demon Cult in the Heavenly Fragrance Tower. Go inform everyone to seal off the entire building!”
Wang Fatty: “Ah!?”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
