Dong!!!
The bell tolls.
With only half an hour left until the end of the Heaven Rank assessment.
The 96th step.
"Huff~ huff~"
Liu Han struggles to climb higher.
He repeatedly punches the wall with his fists.
Each punch sends fragments flying.
These fragments are not from the wall.
But from the bones of Liu Han's fists.
Boom!
Boom!
Liu Han continues to punch the wall with his bloodied, mangled fists.
As soon as the Heaven Rank heals his fists, he immediately smashes them against the wall again, breaking them once more.
Yet, after thousands of punches, the wall remains unbroken.
Liu Han glances at the top.
There's still a long way to go before the 97th step.
"Damn it! Is this the limit of my talent?"
Liu Han's eyes dim.
But his fists continue to pound against the wall.
At that moment, an old voice emanates from his waist.
"Silly child, think positively. You've already surpassed that boy from the Ye family. At least within Chang'an City, you are the top talent—"
The next second.
Swish!
Ye Wangchuan suddenly zooms past Liu Han.
Liu Han: "?"
The old voice: "……"
"It's fine. Since the Ye family's patriarch is so powerful, it's normal for his son to have extraordinary talent."
"At least you're still the second most talented genius in Chang'an City."
Half an hour later...
"Ye Wangchuan!"
Li Luo roars as she chases after him.
Although not as fast as Ye Wangchuan, she is much faster than Liu Han.
Liu Han: "??"
The old voice: "……"
"It's fine. With such a big city like Chang'an, it's normal to have a few freaks."
"At least you're still—"
Liu Han quickly blocks the old voice from his waist, preventing it from continuing.
He fears that if it goes on, he might not even hold onto the third spot.
……
……
Twenty-five minutes later.
"Who's been helping Li Luo untie her ropes?"
On the 97th step, Ye Wangchuan ponders.
From earlier until now, he has tied Li Luo up with wooden ox tendon ropes several times.
But each time, she manages to untie them.
"Ye Wangchuan, you really—wait! Waaah! Where did you get so many ropes!"
Just as Li Luo reaches the 97th step, she is once again bound into a bundle.
After tying her up, Ye Wangchuan dusts his hands and climbs to the 98th step, peeking down to check the situation.
Sure enough, three minutes after Li Luo is tied up.
Two drops of ink suddenly condense in the air.
The ink flashes, leaving a trail of calligraphy in the sky.
Li Luo's bindings naturally break apart.
"Ink... is it the Li family?"
"Did the Li family recognize Li Luo's extraordinary talent and decide to recruit her?"
Ye Wangchuan thinks, glancing at the sky.
With only two minutes left until the end of the Heaven Rank assessment.
Ye Wangchuan stretches, grabs the wall, and effortlessly climbs to the 99th step.
As he reaches the 99th step.
Dong!!!
The bell tolls, echoing throughout the city.
The Heaven Rank assessment concludes.
Swish!
The white-haired, long-robed elder reappears in the air.
With a flick of his robe, he creates a gust of wind.
The wind sweeps across the Heaven Rank, sending everyone back to the ground.
Then, the elder claps his hands!
Clap!
With a single clap, the entire Heaven Rank transforms into a flat surface.
This surface resembles a giant chart, with exactly ninety-nine rows.
The bottom row represents the 1st step,
and upwards are the 2nd, 3rd, and so on...
The elder waves his hand, and countless footprints appear on the surface.
These footprints are all the highest steps each person reached.
Soon, the footprints transform into the names of their owners.
The entire scene looks like this:
【99th Step: Ye Wangchuan】
【98th Step: None】
【97th Step: Li Luo】
【96th Step: Liu Han】
【……】
As the names appear, the crowd below begins to discuss excitedly.
"The ranking is out, look!"
"My 99th step!!!"
"Wow, the Ye family's young master, who was always seen strolling around, yesterday even hitting a woman, who would've thought he'd have such incredible talent!"
"The Liu family's young master is also terrifying! He surpassed the 95th step!"
Clearly, Ye Wangchuan and Liu Han are quite well-known.
"By the way, who's Li Luo? Isn't the Li family's young master Li Youde?"
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
"I don't know."
Li Luo is not well-known to many.
After all, she suddenly appeared in this world.
……
……
In a small pavilion, several old men are sitting together, drinking tea.
The appearance of the ranking naturally catches their attention.
Ye Wangchuan's father, Ye Zhentian, leans forward.
Seeing his son's name on the 99th step, his mood instantly improves.
The Marrow Cleansing Fruit wasn't wasted!
"Hahaha! Gentlemen! I seem to have cataracts! Can anyone help me see who's at the top?"
"You have cataracts? Then aren't we all blind?"
An old man grumbles, leaning forward to take a look.
The next second, he exclaims, "Wow!"
"Don't just 'wow' me. Isn't it just Ye Wangchuan taking first place? I already guessed that."
"No, it's Old Liu! Your boy is only third!"
"What!!!"
The old man surnamed Liu rushes over, carefully examining the ranking.
Upon discovering that there's another name above his son's.
Old Liu lets out a piercing scream.
"Old Li! When did your family produce such a talented child?"
Seeing that the second place is surnamed Li, the other old men quickly gather around Old Li to ask.
Old Li strokes his beard, smiling, "Hehehe, my Li family just happened to produce a genius, no need to pay attention."
Old Liu: "Let me see where your son Li Youde is... 61st step!"
Old Li: "……"
The old men soon start bickering.
Only Ye Zhentian sits smiling, leisurely sipping his tea.
……
……
"Hmm..."
Ye Wangchuan looks up, examining the ranking.
The top few are as he expected, except for the addition of Li Luo.
The top three: Ye, Li, Liu, followed by Zhang, Jiang, Wang.
Apart from Li Luo, the top six are all from wealthy families.
It seems there are no other chosen ones.
Having checked the top, it's time to look at the bottom.
After all, those with extremely poor talent might also be chosen ones.
Ye Wangchuan glances down.
【5th Step: Da Wu, Gouzi...】
【4th Step: None】
【3rd Step: Tang San】
【2nd Step: None】
【1st Step: None】
"!!!!"
Seeing the name "Tang San," Ye Wangchuan almost loses his composure.
Could it be that one?
If it is...
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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!
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.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
