I am Jake a normal boy so it seems. My work is to hunt on demons and ghosts. One day there happened something really strange....

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Marguerite is oblivious as she folds Arthmael's body into beautiful silhouettes. Following the familiar choreography, she dances relentlessly.

Grand Jete! Penche! followed by a series of graceful pas de chats. All concatenated in front of the enthralled emperor.

When the music reaches the outro in a full stop, Marguerite falls gracefully on the floor in a pose. She stays there and waits for the king to tell her she can leave.

She stays on the ground for a long time but hears nothing from him. Wondering if she did anything wrong, she wants to lift her head to look at the king's face, but quickly remembers the warning he gave her. If she disrespects him any further, who knows what he might do to her.

She suddenly feels her chin being lifted, her eyes meet the hazels of Demian. She forgets to breathe and falls from her pose onto the floor. She doesn't have time to regain her senses before two strong arms lift her off the floor.

She is about to question him on his weird behaviour when her mouth is suddenly covered by his in a kiss.

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Marguerite is very talented. She has a beautiful voice, a great passion for music and various talents in the arts. Unfortunately, her bright future gets compromised when she is forced to leave her world to fulfill the wish of someone else. Marguerite wanting to go home as soon as possible, accepts. However things turn out quite unexpected for her.

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Lang Ya blessed land, Cloud Cover Continent.
Immortal killer move — Myriad Self Giant Hand!
Fang Yuan floated in the air, his aura exploded with a loud sound as a giant hand appeared out of nowhere, slamming towards the ground.
Instantly, air currents pushed out as the huge palm descended like a toppling mountain, slamming fiercely on the cloud soil ground.
Cloud Cover Continent was designed by Lang Ya land spirit personally, it was made of cloud soil, able to float in the air without ever landing.
The cloud soil was not tough, Fang Yuan's myriad self giant hand had rank seven attacking power, this hand shattered the cloud soil of all the surroundings, falling down towards the vast sea below.
Fang Yuan was testing his killer move, he was not trying to destroy Cloud Cover Continent, thus when his hand landed on Cloud Cover Continent, Lang Ya blessed land's super immortal formation activated, a silver light resembling flowing water appeared on Cloud Cover Continent.
After myriad self giant hand landed on the cloud soil, the silver light was destroyed as cloud soil scattered around, the surrounding terrain was completely altered, there was a huge handprint on the ground that was several meters deep.
Fang Yuan willed as the giant hand quickly vanished.
Seeing the effect, he nodded in satisfaction.
"With myriad self Immortal Gu, giant hand is much easier to use now!"
In the past, in order to use myriad self giant hand, Fang Yuan had to first activate the killer move myriad self and store countless strength path phantoms in his immortal aperture. Next, using these strength path phantoms, he had to use group strength Gu to unleash strength path giant hand.
The process was very tedious, if he did not store strength path phantoms in his immortal aperture, he could not use giant hand in a life-and-death battle. But strength path phantoms could not be stored for a long time, they would disappear after some time and disintegrate on their own.
It was usable for battles he was prepared for, but in unexpected situations, or when he was ambushed, myriad self giant hand could not be used.
Thankfully, Fang Yuan had deep wisdom and a cautious mind, he had always been keeping an eye out for such situations, he did not end up in an awkward spot.
"In the past, using myriad self killer move already needed self strength Immortal Gu, bitter strength Gu, borrow strength Gu, self reliance Gu, refine essence spirit Gu, amplify effect Gu, earth strength Gu, fire, water, wind, lightning strength Gu and countless other mortal Gu, but now I just need to use myriad self Immortal Gu."
"But now, my myriad self giant hand only needs myriad self Immortal Gu as the core with some group strength Gu as the supplementary mortal Gu, it requires less than thirty Gu worms in total, and is very simple compared to the past."
The former myriad self giant hand was evidently unusable now.
After refining myriad self Immortal Gu, Fang Yuan modified myriad self giant hand into a new version using myriad self Immortal Gu as the core, the core self strength Immortal Gu was no longer used.
This meant that self strength Immortal Gu could be used in other aspects.
Of course, he could also add it into the myriad self giant hand killer move to increase its strength.
That would depend on Fang Yuan's further modification.
"Actually, myriad self giant hand has room for improvement. For example, if the speed is insufficient, I can add mortal Gu to fix that flaw. I can also add soul path Immortal Gu to allow giant hand to capture souls as well. Furthermore, the power of giant hand is merely limited by my strength path dao marks, I can continue to strengthen it. The current giant hand has rank seven power, but is not at the peak, it is because my sovereign immortal body's strength path dao marks cannot sustain greater power."
Fang Yuan had only started modifying myriad self giant hand, after changing the core Immortal Gu, there was still huge room for improvement.
In the past, the killer move was too complicated and expended too much thinking and time, adding more Gu worms would lower its usability.
But now, myriad self killer move was condensed into one Gu worm, the process was very simple, he could add more mortal Gu and Immortal Gu to make an even stronger giant hand.
Fang Yuan's practice this time was not just on the strength path giant hand, he was also testing Lang Ya Sect's defensive super immortal formation.
When Feng Jiu Ge invaded earlier, this immortal formation had been very useful, it preserved the lives of many variant human Gu Immortals and also helped Lang Ya Sect get through that tough situation.
Feng Jiu Ge used separation song on the immortal formation multiple times, but Fang Yuan had expected it and split the immortal formation into many layers, Feng Jiu Ge separated many layers but did not get to the core after all.
This time, Fang Yuan did not just modify myriad self giant hand, he also modified the immortal formation and allowed its range to extend throughout Lang Ya Sect.
Earlier, when the strength path giant hand landed on Cloud Cover Continent, this immortal formation was the reason why the destructive effect was reduced.
After testing strength path giant hand, he moved on to the more important matter.
Immortal killer move — Reverse Flow Protection Seal!
This killer move determined Fang Yuan's upper limit, it was only through this he could contest rank eights.
Right now, the core of the killer move was the secluded domain of heaven and earth Reverse Flow River, myriad self Immortal Gu, perseverance Immortal Gu, pulling water Immortal Gu, and over a hundred mortal Gu. Even though it was more complex than myriad self giant hand, this was way simpler than the previous reverse flow protection seal!
After simplifying the killer move, the success rate of activation rose sharply, it was more usable in battle now.
"During the battle in green ghost desert, I was sneak attacked and could not use reverse flow protection seal in time. Now, the activation time has shrunk greatly, I should be able to deal with most assaults."
"However… I can no longer conceal reverse flow protection seal's modifications and set a trap. The trick I used on Thunder Ghost True Monarch only works once."
Fang Yuan felt it was a pity.
Reverse flow protection seal killer move had become much easier to use now due to myriad self Immortal Gu, but this was Fang Yuan's current limit. Adding more Immortal Gu would be difficult.
He could no longer set a trap like earlier and reveal a brand new reverse flow protection seal within a short period of time.
After some deductions, Fang Yuan went into seclusion again, deducing other killer moves.
Even though Fang Yuan was calm, he was filled with pressure.
Against a huge force like Heavenly Court, who would have no pressure?
The refinement of myriad self Immortal Gu, was not only to elevate several killer moves. Fang Yuan's true motive was to create a third variation move — Luo Po Seal!
"I was affected by Lu Wei Yin's immortal killer move and lived through three lifetimes. These dreams were very mystical, especially the third life, it was a huge inspiration for my Luo Po seal."
"But I had a lot of obstructions earlier when deducing Luo Po seal, there was a huge hurdle to cross. This myriad self Immortal Gu is like a bridge that might allow me to cross this hurdle and attain success!"
Fang Yuan felt excitement and anticipation.
Even though he raised his reputation using the battle against Thunder Ghost True Monarch and suppressed Feng Jiu Ge, Fang Yuan knew that he was inferior to Feng Jiu Ge in many aspects.
Feng Jiu Ge could fight rank eight because he had a deep accumulation of sound path dao marks, evenly matching rank eight. Even without rank eight sound path Immortal Gu on him, his killer moves could reach quasi-rank eight because of the amplification of his dao marks.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan could fight rank eight because he was using the vast number of dao marks inside Reverse Flow River. His own dao marks in several paths reached rank seven, but he was still far from rank eight.
Even if he annexed the blessed lands inside City Well, he would still be far from rank eight.
Fang Yuan was not inferior to Feng Jiu Ge in talent.
Feng Jiu Ge was unprecedented in creating assimilation wind song, he was the first Gu Immortal able to summon the winds of assimilation. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan created myriad self and combined strength and enslavement path, it was also a revolutionary creation. The two of them were equally matched.
Now that Fang Yuan condensed the killer move into myriad self Immortal Gu, his status had risen again. Because he could create an entirely new path along this route of development! Compared to just a killer move, there was much more room for development.
Gu cultivation paths were created like this, some were the fusion of two paths, while others were sub-classification of existing paths.
Fang Yuan and Feng Jiu Ge were only different in terms of age.
How many years had Fang Yuan cultivated since rebirth? Feng Jiu Ge had already lived for hundreds of years.
Fang Yuan made such achievements before the age of fifty, it was very rare that he could match Feng Jiu Ge. Compared to normal people, he was simply a monster, his cultivation level rose at an unbelievable rate, it could not be assessed normally. After all, Fang Yuan's rebirth had huge advantages.
And the truth was, Fang Yuan's own dao mark accumulation was quite high.
But now, heaven's will was against him and made his tribulations weak so he could not get dao marks. Annexing immortal apertures was a way, but the upper extreme heavenly eagle had not returned to him yet, while other methods needed specific Immortal Gu and were troublesome to refine. Food path methods like snack Immortal Gu could be used for the killer move eat strength, but the efficiency of this increase in dao marks was too low.
While the grass grows the horse starves, Fang Yuan naturally placed his attention on the secluded domains of heaven and earth.
Fang Yuan had quite a few secluded domains of heaven and earth!
Luo Po Valley, Dang Hun Mountain, Reverse Flow River, City Well, a total of four secluded domains of heaven and earth.
Among them, Reverse Flow River had already been used for reverse flow protection seal, it allowed Fang Yuan to fight rank eight existences. Dang Hun Mountain had already been destroyed and was still in the middle of reparation. City Well was needed to raise variant humans, and in terms of rule path, Fang Yuan was lacking.
The most suitable target was Luo Po Valley.
Fang Yuan's soul path attainment level was ordinary, but he had Spectral Soul's true inheritance, the number one soul path inheritance in this world, nobody could deny that.
On that foundation, along with the inspiration that Fang Yuan obtained from the trials of the three lifetimes, and also with myriad self Immortal Gu…
"If I add in the light of wisdom, I should succeed in deducing Luo Po seal, right?" Fang Yuan pondered.


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


It was late in the evening as the crickets were conducting their orchestra nearby the orchard behind the domain as everyone in the domain had fallen asleep.

Earlier in had informed Heather that I would be in the study and do not wish to be disturbed as I wanted to enter my meditative state, not to enter the realm since the tasks had been completed but to go and find some solutions on how to have a stronger mind and body through proper meditation.

Heather agreed at my suggestion as she prepared the twins to sleep and retired on our bedroom after I had bid her goodnight and kissed her several times until she giggled softly.

"Don't do that, dear. You don't know what you did and later I would be looking for you, then how?" Heather pushed me away since my actions somehow made her slightly aroused and I still had a long way to go to achieve my target.

I then went to the study and cleared the area a bit while I sat down on the soft mattress they were prepared earlier by Heather. Since the study table and other furnishings had been pushed aside to make room for me, I was sitting comfortably in the centre of the room with nothing behind my back for support.

"Alright, Ceres. I am ready now. Please bring me to the part where it all began, shall we? I would need to learn the fundamentals of the purpose of this meditation so that I could fully harness its benefits. As you already know, I need to have a strong mind to be able to perform more tasks in the realm."

I motioned to Ceres as a heads up as I sat down, settling in a comfortable cross-legged position as I controlled my breathing and closed my eyes. I cleared my mind and thoughts and soon I went through a vortex that brought me to a gazebo of some sort in a village setting.

I was in my third person's perspective and I could see my other self and I observed that he  (or I even) was wearing a strange type of clothes and I can't place my finger which era it was.

I saw my other self sitting cross-legged on a hexagon piece of mat that looked awfully uncomfortable as a short, less than 5 feet tall wrinkled old man and holding a walking stick was ambling about.

"Listen to my voice and you would need to concentrate on your chakra point from the centre of your abdomen. That's your 5th chakra point and that controls the whole meridians of your body."

"Concentrate solely on that point and control your breathing. Breathe in from your nose and count to 6 as you inhale. Hold it in yourself for another 6 seconds and then exhale through your pursed lips for 6 seconds. Then hold your breathe for 6 seconds and repeat."

"This is the proper way to meditate and open up all the chakra points from the 5th point onwards. Remember, in this state, you might be in the most vulnerable since you cannot be disturbed at all or else your meridians would go haywire."

"Hear my voice as you control the flow from the 5th chakra point before going up to your 4th and 3rd and so on. Once it reaches the top of your crown, rotate the flow back right to the 7th point and back to the 5th again."

"Concentrate the flow and at the same time control your breathing for 6 seconds at every stage. Do not falter at all and you might reach a higher stage of meditative state of mind."

I listened to the wizened old and wrinkled man that was ambling around my old self in his walking stick. He talked to my old self just like he was talking to me right now and I felt enlightened by his methods.

"Alright, we are done here. Let's move on to the other old man, shall we?" Ceres spoke to me and I simply made a sound to affirm the move and soon a flurry set of images flew by and I was soon brought to another place in another dimension.

The first one was kind of laid back village setting but right now I was in another form of body and was in another era. A modern one which I had seen it before once when the half headed guy was guiding the old self to project the mind to blew out and light up a piece of a candle before.

"Where is this place, Ceres? Earlier in the village, where was I exactly and now we had moved to another era, a modern one and I am sure I could learn a few things from here." I asked Ceres and was told the following, "Back then in the village was a parallel universe, it was somewhere in the Polynesian Islands and the clothes that you wore were the traditional ones back then."

"Right now, you are in Thailand, Pattaya, present time in the future and you were here based on an editor of some publishing, an editorial company he deals with short films."

"Your cute little partner there has a third eye and people with third eyes were able to distinguish themselves. Let's not get into the details but there's something that you need to take note over here."

Ceres informed me and I knew that in this era, there were somethings that would be left unspoken. Land of a thousand smiles, as what Ceres had pointed out based on the current location and time.

Once again I saw my old self in the form of a rather unhealthy young man that was puffing his way time and again and had lacked his personal physique. It seems that this old self was a bit chubby in a way and don't seem to exercise much. Hahaha.

I saw my old self standing in the courtyard of some religious place, a red, huge, wooden double bay door was looking ahead of it. I saw my old self near done plains and was wearing some kind of garb that looked similar to the people who were killing around and they were all bald-headed except my old self and the cute little partner.

"Listen carefully kid, I want you to stand right there but keep your one leg straight and the other slightly bent and lazy, like you are waiting in line to lay for your packet of cigarettes... Yes... That's right. Put your hands at the side loosely and then breathe easily."

I saw the bald-headed man instructed my old self to stand 'on one leg' in a sense that most of my weight is concentrated on the straight leg while the other leg was slightly bent and off centre. 

The arms were hung loosely at the sides as my old self was standing there and was adjusting the posture according to the bald-headed man's instructions.

"Remember the breathing exercise that u had taught you before? Slowly breathe in through your mouth for 6 seconds, hold it in for 6 seconds, then exhale through your nose for 6 seconds, hold it out for 6 seconds and repeat."

" Yes... That's the way, kiddo... Maintain that posture and be one with nature. You would feel your body swing around but you would not fall because you are going to be a big bodhi tree."

"Your straight leg is the trunk, your foot is the roots that hold you tiled to the ground and your upper body and arms are the tree trunk that sways in the light breeze. Continue your breathing until you had reached that stage."

I watched how the old self was standing as he closed his eyes and was somehow managed to concentrate on his breathing methods and at the same time managed to stay upright. A tree trunk eh... Something new to learn from this bald-headed man I suppose. 

After watching my old self doing the breathing exercise, I noticed that his body was slightly swaying on the ground and his upright leg was somehow kept him rooted and fixed to the ground without falling...!

Then in that state of mind, I could see my old self raised his arms slightly perpendicular to the ground before him like as if he was sleepwalking and then he started to move his lazy leg in a circular clockwise motion as he pivoted in the ground by his straight rooted leg...!

My old self had his eyes closed and I managed to get closer to him as he breathes in through his mouth slowly and followed every single instruction that was given to him. His raised arms moved voluntarily like he was in some sort of trance as he slowly moved them gracefully like an eagle taking flight.

The more I observed, the more I am intrigued by these types of movement and the half headed man just stood there watching my old self every move. I saw him pick up a long staff and walked close to my old self and without a single warning, he struck horizontally across...!

*SWOOSH*
The staff cut through the air in supersonic speed and I waited for the awful sound of the staff connecting to the waist of my old self but all I heard was a dull thunk sound. The next moment was so surprising that the hair behind my neck stood up...!

My old self was able to block and grab hold of the incoming staff attack while in his meditative state and the next thing shocked me as my old self pulled the staff forward towards his body, making the bald-headed man lose his balance!

"Using the energy to convert and oppose it. This is the making of a pugilist Audemars. In this state, you could see the incoming staff attack and knew where it would land and what you could do next. You converted opposing force to be yours. Look at your posture and legs, it doesn't change much."

Ceres pointed out and I noticed what she said was true and I was truly surprised that my old self could perform such a feat...!

Ceres wanted to explain further to me but she was afraid that I might get an information overload since I need to have some reference books to refer to back in the White Room. So instead, she explained what was being observed by me right before my eyes first.

The next thing the bald-headed man was doing was to lunge at me as he threw a flurry of punches and kicks as my old self either dodge his attacks or simple parry him with his seemingly weak defences. The movement of the arms was so fluid that it seemed that it doesn't have any effect but the bald-headed man kept his attacks at a steady momentum.

After some 10 to 15 minutes of attacking my old self and not a single hit landed, the half headed man just used a single command 'Recover' and he went back to the steps of the building and sat down with the cute little partner of my old self.

I saw my old self relaxed his arms at the sides and breathed easily like before and finally opened up his eyes.

"Tell me what you had seen and what you had done so far kiddo." the bald-headed man beckoned to my old self and I heard him say, "I saw a stick attack and I grabbed to stop its advances. Then I saw a series of threats coming at me and I did the same too. Any threats that had advanced towards me was eliminated one at a time."

The bald-headed man nodded his head and congratulated my old self for a job well done." You had truly reached your enlightenment after my niece had performed the advanced unlocking of your meridians. From 7 chakra points, you now have an additional 12 more points unlocked. Practise hard, kiddo. It would save your life one day."

12 additional points? Where is it located? I asked myself and Ceres immediately responded to my inner thoughts." your shoulders, elbows and palms of your hand, your side hips, knee and feet. These are the 12 more points that had been unlocked that helped you absorb the essence of earth, water, wood, wind, and metals in this world."

"In short, you had become one with nature and even in your conscious mind, you would be able to sense lurking dangers, traps et cetera and would be able to avoid and evade them or simply confront them head-on."

"Woah...! I become a formidable fighting machine if I could achieve that, am I right?"

"Not a formidable fighting machine, Audemars. You're made of flesh and bones, so basically you could be more alert to your surroundings than ever. Besides, only you could activate your third eye and no one else would be able to sense it even if the person is an evil witch...! "

It seemed that Ceres could sense my inner thoughts since I had planned to move out to flush out the evil Witches together with Guy MacDonough and one Assassin, making it a party of six in the next few weeks to come.

At the meantime, I would be using these lull period to achieve what my other self had attained. It would be something awesome and I wished to achieve it within 2 weeks time. That's my personal target among training up to enhance my strength and endurance.

Boom!
Wei Huo was checking the Tech Tree of the traveling caravan when a loud explosion came from the southeast.
He was a little surprised. "Are they self-exploding sheep? Have they become so powerful after a few hundred years?"
Wei Huo had the others guard the camp while he rushed in that direction. Soon, he smelled a burnt scent. He walked closer and saw that the woods ahead were already burning. Sounds of firewood burning could be heard everywhere.
After passing through the fire curtain, Wei Huo saw charred corpses all over the ground. An ordinary product display platform was surrounded by a few people. Fortunately, the display platform was not damaged, as it was protected by these people.
The players were not afraid of death, but it would be a pity if the product display was destroyed. That was why they had risked their lives to protect it. As long as they were revived, they could come and pick it up again.
Wei Huo walked over and took the display platform away. Upon closer inspection, the items inside it were stones and branches.
The players were very smart. Although these items could be found everywhere and were thus not valuable, they could be used as goods during quests.
Wei Huo poured out the messy contents and put the display platform into the inventory. At that moment, a self-exploding sheep walked over from the side. One side of its body was still on fire.
Wei Huo looked at it. A moment later, the self-exploding sheep rushed toward Wei Huo and aimed its horns at him.
Wei Huo glanced at it. The moment the self-exploding sheep rushed over, he grabbed its horns with one hand and kicked the self-exploding sheep's leg with the other. He grabbed the fur on its back and put it on his shoulder.
The self-exploding sheep was confused.
It kept kicking in all directions, but Wei Huo grabbed the back of its spine along with its lower half. It could not even roll over. It could only kick wildly.
Wei Huo extinguished the fire on one side of the sheep. He then carried the fat self-exploding sheep through the fire and returned to the camp.
Xiao Bin and the others were curious when they saw Wei Huo carrying a sheep. However, Wei Huo shouted, "Disperse! I want to dissect this guy."
If a self-exploding sheep died, it would self-destruct. If they came over to watch out of curiosity, they would explode along with it.
Xiao Bin and the others scattered, only daring to observe from afar.
Wei Huo threw the self-exploding sheep to the ground. The sheep got up and used its horns to hit Wei Huo. However, Wei Huo slapped it on the head and it fainted.
While looking at the unconscious self-exploding sheep, Wei Huo took out his hunting knife and squatted down. He carefully cut open the fur on the back of the self-exploding sheep and avoided its cervical spine. He then cut open its spine and saw a long black tube on its back.
Blood kept flowing out, and the Health Menu of the self-exploding sheep showed that it was bleeding.
Wei Huo observed the tube. It was about 50 centimeters long, and its diameter was similar to a normal paper cup's. It was also very hard.
Wei Huo was confused. "Did this thing evolve in just a few hundred years? That was just an ordinary TNT explosive. What is this?"
Wei Huo was curious about this thing. He had dissected self-exploding sheep many times in the past. He had always found TNT explosives in them, but things were different this time.
Wei Huo wanted to take the tube out. However, he never dared be careless when he did this, let alone this time. This was mainly because he did not know what the tube was. Based on the sounds of explosion, it should be stronger than TNT.
Wei Huo used his hunting knife to cut open the muscles over the tube. Blood had already dyed the ground red. The self-exploding sheep did not have much life left. It had to be dissected as soon as possible.
Wei Huo's hands were quick and accurate. Soon, a few pieces of useless muscles had been cut off by Wei Huo. He then saw a ball of flesh that was connected to the black tube. One part of this ball was connected to the spine, while the other was connected to the heart.
The self-exploding sheep's heartbeat began to weaken. If the heartbeat of the self-exploding sheep stopped, the tube would self-destruct. If the ball of flesh was severed from the spine, the tube would self-destruct as well.
Although the self-exploding device could be triggered easily, Wei Huo had a solution.
"A few hundred years have passed, but the triggering device still hasn't changed." Wei Huo took out another bronze knife as he spoke. He then took a deep breath and used his hunting knife to cut the connection point between the self-exploding pipe and the ball of flesh.
The hunting knife was sharp. With just a soft touch, the exposed sheep's muscles were cut open. However, at that moment, Wei Huo's other hand grabbed the bronze knife and cut.
The knife cut the blood vessel that connected the ball of flesh and the heart.
Click! When the knife landed, a faint sound of collision came from the ball. A moment later, a 'return' needle shot out of the ball. The needle hit the front end of the black tube at an extremely fast speed. At that moment, Wei Huo attacked as well.
He only turned the hunting knife's blade 90 degrees diagonally before the needle hit the knife's blade.
Crack! The sound of bones breaking could be heard. It turned out that the 'return' needle was a small bone hidden in a ball of flesh. The bone was aimed at the front of the black light. If the collision was successful, it would trigger an explosion.
The two halves of the bone needle were split into two. The two halves then pierced the walls of flesh at an extremely fast speed. Since the needle was blocked, the self-exploding device in the sheep's body could not be detonated.
Wei Huo took out the black tube after he was done. He shook it and realized that it actually contained liquid.
Was it a liquid bomb?
Wei Huo was not sure what it was, nor could he believe a sheep had been born into a creature's body. However, creatures could work miracles sometimes.
Wei Huo arrived above a small waterfall with the black self-exploding pipe. He planned to test the power of the self-exploding pipe again. He already knew how to use it. He just needed to ram the front end of the self-exploding pipe.
"Don't come over. I'll conduct an experiment!" Wei Huo told the others. He picked up the self-exploding device and aimed it at a stone under the waterfall.
The self-exploding tube was smashed into the waterfall and hit the stone. Then, Wei Huo heard a faint ding!
A moment later, an extremely terrifying explosion took place in the self-exploding tube. A ray of fire soared into the sky, and a terrifying shockwave shattered the surrounding stones. Hot air waves attacked one after another, and the small pond under the waterfall instantly vaporized due to the high temperature. Steam gradually rose, and the air emitted a pungent smell.
The terrifying explosion startled everyone. They had not expected the self-exploding tube in Wei Huo's hand to be so powerful. The sleeping Tree-Man was awakened as well. He slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What happened? Was there an attack?"
The Tree-Man seemed very calm. His long history made him unafraid of any challenges.
Wei Huo said, "It's alright. I just conducted an experiment."
The Tree-Man said, "It's okay if you conducted an experiment. If you are attacked, please wake me up. I…"
Wei Huo said, "I built a traveling caravan. We're about to leave. Are you planning to join us? If you do, you might have to follow my orders."
The Tree-Man thought for a long time and said, "It's about time. You're older than me and stronger than me. Plus, you saved my life. I should listen to your arrangements."
Wei Huo was speechless. He was not as old as the Tree-Man, but since the Tree-Man had said so, he would not explain.
Other than Wei Huo, who had the translation system, no one else could understand what the Tree-Man was talking about. Sometimes, the Tree-Men talked as though they were roaring, with loud and terrifying sounds. However, other times, their words were like leaves blown by the wind. They were light and pleasant to the ear.
That was probably what the sounds produced by the Tree-Man's unique voice were like.


Wei Huo has been ignored and overlooked by almost everyone his entire life, including God. In a bid to transform the world into a more game-like one, God halted time for all humanity except for Wei Huo, leaving him to fend for himself. The teenager has no choice but to strive for survival whilst waiting for the day humanity’s clock to start ticking again. But wait a minute! What if that wait is longer than a person’s lifespan? Follow Wei Huo on his survival journey in a world infested with mutated beasts and carnivorous plants.

An 18-year-old slightly above average man with blond hair and deep-sea blue eyes named Alexander is standing in front of an average-looking older man with white hair and a long white beard claiming to be a god. 

Self-proclaimed God: "So young man, you died after saving a dog from getting run over by a truck, or I should say God of Reincarnation Truck-kun."

Alex: "So, thanks to my karma, I will get reincarnated with three wishes of my own choice?"

Before all of this, Alexander was the only child in an average income family, but when Alex was five years old, his parents passed away in a car crash. Luckily Alex had his grandparents that could take care of him, but that didn't last long because when Alex turned 17, they passed away due to old age.

Even when he was lonely with no living relatives, he could still move one also working part-time to keep living in his grandparent's old house so he can keep their legacy with him.

So you can understand that his love experience is nonexistent. 

Self-proclaimed God: "WHAT, KARMA!? You think just by saving a dog. You will get enough karma for three wishes, not on my watch. You don't!"

Alex: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I don't get karma from saving a dog? It's a living being like everyone else!"

Self-proclaimed God: "Maybe if it had been a cat, then I would have given you even five wishes, but sadly it's a dog?"

Alex: 'Well seems like this Self-proclaimed God most like cats, but he can't do this even if I haven't reincarnated I still have my rights, right?' 

Alex: "I want my lawyer."

Self-proclaimed God: "Hate to break it to you, kid life isn't fair, but you should be happy that you are going to reincarnate."

Alex: "Ok, let's get over with it and tell me what you're going to do with me now?"

Self-proclaimed God: "Well then, if you're in such a rush to get on with your new life, then fine. So to start it off, you will get reincarnated to a world of your choice, but it won't be with a system like what you are thinking. It's more of a spinning wheel with items like you can get trash like literal trash or even godly artifacts."

Alex: "So it's a system with RNG, and you would do that why?"

Self-proclaimed God: "Let's not get into detail why I would do it because It's what it so now tells me what world you would like to go to so I can get the system set up and if you are wondering why I don't just read your mind well because that's just simply too boring for me."

Alex: 'This Self-proclaimed God most be nuts, but who I'm I to judge.'

Alex: "I have always wanted to be in the One Piece series."

Self-proclaimed God: "Ok, done anything else like were to be reincarnated, age, and timeline?"

Alex: "I'm not being reincarnated as a child, would I?"

Self-proclaimed God: "No, you will not become a child again."

Alex: 'Wow, that's good even tho becoming a child again would help with training and other things becoming a child again would be a nightmare.'

Alex: "I would like to keep my looks not that I'm anything special, but I would like it just the way it is, and I still would like to be 18. Timeline and place would be the same year Luffy begins his journey, and the place is Foosha Village."

Self-proclaimed God: Done, done and done well, then it was a pleasure meeting you, Alexander. I hope we meet again."

Alex: 'I hope we don't meet again couldn't even give me any wishes or other benefits than some RNG system.'

Self-proclaimed God: "You can't get everything in life, child."

Alex: "I thought you wouldn't read my mind, you lying Self-proclaimed God."

Self-proclaimed God: "Well, about that, let's send you off on your adventure, child."

A white beam of light descends on Alexander while he was trying to remind the Self-proclaimed God that he didn't explain how the spin wheel system works.

Alex: "Wait a second you forg-"

Self-proclaimed God: " Now that I think about it, I forgot to explain how the system works, but I think it's easy to figure out on its own. Well, that's another person reincarnated now next person on the list is-"

In a forest near Foosha Village was a blond-haired man with slightly above average looks standing.

"If he's the master of all celestial beings, then I'm the daddy of all gods," said a King class elite with a tremendous belly-laugh.
Many other elites were saying similar things. They enjoyed mocking others, and with what was happening on the video stream, it was too easy. It was like two crazy people putting on a comedy skit.
But in the next second, their smiles froze. A red light appeared in Han Sen's hand, and that light looked like the seed of fire itself. The red glow immediately lit up Lando's body, and his entire form burst to life with wild red flames.
At the same time this happened, a scary presence appeared. It exploded out of Lando's body like an erupting volcano.
In seconds, Lando's injured body recovered. The Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo on his back, which had just now looked dim and lifeless, was now bursting with a purple light. A purple dragon's shadow came to life on Lando's back, and it looked even shinier than when Lando had used his powers earlier.
All of the stream's viewers stared at their screens, motionless. No one was quite sure what had happened, but Dragon One's eyes opened wide. He could barely believe what he was seeing.
There were two scars on Lando's back. They were the wounds he incurred when his wings were ripped off. The legends said he was cursed when his teacher tore them off and that they would never grow back.
But at that moment, bones sprouted from his back and flesh crawled over them, creating new purple dragon wings. As the wings grew from Lando's back, the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo grew wings as well.
Previously, the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo had only been half-finished. Now, however, Dragon One sensed that there were no longer any flaws to the tattoo's composition. The presence that radiated from Lando was enough to make people tremble. Seeing a deified treasure of this power was very, very rare.
"This... this is impossible! The Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo is finished..." Dragon One was shocked. He stared at Lando with wide eyes.
But he wasn't really looking at Lando. He wasn't looking at the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo, either. He was looking at Han Sen, who had his hand on Lando's forehead like some kind of ancient progenitor of gods.
In truth, everyone tuned into the broadcast was looking at Han Sen in utter shock. Even if they didn't know enough to recognize the changes to the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo, they could feel that Lando was changing into something grander. The geno universe was frozen as all the creatures watched the stream in shock.
At this moment, those two figures were at the center of the entire universe. One of them was releasing a scary presence, and the other one was like the father of all gods. He stood over Lando like some holy deity, giving his believer a blessing.
Han Sen felt so happy about this. He wasn't some sort of god, and he didn't have a holy power to imbue Lando with.
He was just using the Blood-Pulse Sutra's area.
Han Sen hadn't been sure what to do with it before. He didn't know why the Blood-Pulse Sutra's area couldn't trigger the movement of any other universal cogwheels. When he touched one of the unicorns, however, he realized what the Blood-Pulse Sutra's area was for.
Blood-Pulse Sutra's self-cogwheel couldn't move any other universal cogwheel, no matter how small or light it might be. However, it COULD push self-cogwheels.
Yes. The self-cogwheels of people. The Blood-Pulse Sutra's cogwheel connected with the self-cogwheels of others.
Han Sen used his Blood-Pulse Sutra's self-cogwheel to connect with Lando's self-cogwheel. He pushed his self-cogwheel and used its power to affect Lando's self-cogwheel.
He wasn't simply pushing a self-cogwheel to release more power, though. His action activated Lando's blood on a deeper level.
The Blood-Pulse Sutra's cogwheel wouldn't make creatures strong, but it could modify the flaws of a creature's genes, and it could even activate hidden genes.
How deep the effect could go depended on the hidden genes of the creature in question.
Iron ore could be forged into steel, but it couldn't be transformed into gold. In the same way, the Blood-Pulse Sutra's power could correct a creature's flaws and help it develop according to its nature.
Iron, silver, or gold, it all depended on the creature. Han Sen's Blood-Pulse Sutra only provided refinement and aid.
From an outside perspective, though, it looked like the Blood-Pulse Sutra was speeding up a creature's evolution.
It was like if a land-dwelling creature was forced to live in the ocean. If their genes had a potential that would be useful for water, then after a billion years of evolution, they might grow lungs like a fish.
The Blood-Pulse Sutra, however, could speed up that entire process. A change that would normally require thousands of years and countless generations might now happen in seconds.
Of course, everything was dependent on a person's genes and hidden powers. The Blood-Pulse Sutra couldn't turn stone into a clump of gold.
But the Blood-Pulse Sutra, when used on Lando, provided fairly amazing results. It worked a hundred times better than Han Sen had expected.
Han Sen thought it might help push Lando's self-cogwheel to the max, returning the man's body to optimal condition.
Lando's self-cogwheel was very heavy. It took all of Han Sen's strength to push Lando's self-cogwheel to spin a little faster.
But who would have guessed that the speed of Lando's self-cogwheel would begin to increase on its own? Even the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo changed, as well.
This surprised Han Sen because the Blood-Pulse Sutra's first-tier power was limited. Han Sen had just started using the area, so pushing a King's self-cogwheel was presumably the best he could do.
The Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo was deified. According to Han Sen's general understanding of how the Blood-Pulse Sutra worked, he shouldn't have been able to push it.
But when Lando's self-cogwheel accelerated, the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo magically changed, too. The flaws that had previously plagued the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo had now vanished, and the tattoo had become perfect.
The scariest thing was that Lando's genes had also been perfected. He was no on the verge of becoming deified, and the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo was beginning to influence Lando's body.
Han Sen went rigid with shock as the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo's power surged through Lando. The Dragon pushed through the final wall that stopped him, and he suddenly generated a substance chain. He had become deified.
Countless people and creatures across the geno universe looked at Han Sen, who was touching Lando's forehead like some ancient deity.
A moment later, Lando's presence combined with the Demon Hell Dragon Tattoo. It rushed out into the sky as a scary substance chain came down on Lando.
In front of Han Sen, dark sinews of power waved and thrashed. The substance chains were breaking space, and Lando looked like some heavenly being of power. Everyone's brain felt empty. They couldn't believe this.
They were all thinking numbly, "How did Lando become deified? Is Han Sen really a father of gods?"


In the magnificent interstellar era, mankind has finally developed teleport technology, but when trying to teleport, they are not sent to the future, the past, or any land known to men...

This mysterious space is called God’s Sanctuary, where lived numerous unknown creatures. Here, humans will make the greatest leap in their evolution to create the most glorious epoch in history.

"Sacred-blood creature black beetle killed. Beast soul of sacred-blood black beetle gained. Eat the meat of sacred-blood black beetle to gain 0 to 10 geno points randomly."

After a few minutes, the middle-aged woman had arrived above the Crimson Fire Continent. She released a blast of half-immortal suppression, pushing the self-cultivators on the Crimson Fire Continent down on the ground.
Many of the self-cultivators on the Crimson Fire Continent kneeled down with their heads touching the ground. They couldn't get up, only able to hold the kowtow posture.
It was half-immortal level suppression afterall, which worked on all self-cultivators.
At the same moment, the Planet Ruler of the Earth Saint Planet also arrived.
The ruler of Earth Saint Planet was a middle-aged man. He had a crude look, with his big eyes, thick eyebrows, and firm facial expression. He had yellow skin, and his yellow hair floated in the air, cutting the void apart.
He sent out half-immortal suppression, just like the middle-aged woman. The entire void exploded under this suppression.
The middle-aged woman took a look at the man and said, "Tu Ba, you also came?"
Tu Ba nodded and said, "Of course, Tiandie Mu, you even came, so obviously I had to come too."
The surrounding self-cultivators were all shocked after hearing their conversation.
"How unexpected, Tu Ba has come to the Crimson Fire Continent. He is the famous master on the half-immortal list. With his incredible power, he reached half-immortal level three hundred thousand years ago."
"Right. Though Tiandie Mu is a woman, she was no less powerful than Tu Ba. She was also a famous half-immortal master."
"Crimson Fire Continent is doomed now. They dared to kill the senior elders under Tu Ba and Tiandie Mu. How ignorant are they?"
The self-cultivators from other planets were chatting.
They looked at the self-cultivators of Crimson Fire Continent with pity, contempt and disdain.
It was the jungle law of self-cultivators' world. The stronger could hurt the weaker freely.
Lingyun King had certainly sensed the half-immortal suppression from the sky. He kept trembling and also kneeled down. He couldn't withstand the pressure and was unable to stand up.
Only Qingfeng Li, Blood Immortal, and some others could withstand the pressure. They were all protected by Qingfeng Li inside the half-immortal defense light veil and weren't influenced at all.
The self-cultivators on Crimson Fire Continent were full of despair. The most powerful ones they had seen before were only Saints. They had never met half-immortal masters before.
Half-immortal masters were only legends, but they really showed up on this planet at this moment, and wanted to wipe this planet out.
Tu Ba looked down on these self-cultivators and said, "You peasants on a low-grade saint level planet, how dare you to kill our Senior Elders? I'll blow up your planet today."
Tu Ba opened his mouth and exhaled a yellow breath. It had sharp energy and shattered the space along its way, creating a black hole in the universe.
This breath split the air above Crimson Fire Continent and cracked the ground with huge noises. The entire mainland and planet seemed about to collapse.
Qingfeng Li smirked with a chilling look.
He had just killed the two elders. He didn't expect the Planet Rulers came this soon to revenge them. These two were too ignorant to overestimate themselves.
Qingfeng Li stood still and also took a breath.
His breath contained nine colors. It was the Nine-colored Thunderbolt with cracking sounds. It crashed against Tu Ba's breath, generating earsplitting noises.
With the sound of a crack, the Nine-colored Thunderbolt shattered Tu Ba's breath into pieces.
Tu Ba turned pale and stepped backward.
He was no match for Qingfeng Li in the fight.
Tiandie Mu also frowned a bit. She knew how powerful Tu Ba was, which was no inferior to her.
She fought with Tu Ba ten thousand years ago, which ended in a tie after a day and a night.
She never thought this self-cultivator on the low-grade saint level would be this powerful and could even defeat Tu Ba. It meant she was no match for this one either.
Tiandie Mu said, "Tu Ba, I think this self-cultivator is not ordinary. Who is this guy?"
Tu Ba nodded and said, "He just sent out the same energy with us. He is at least at the half-immortal level. I can't defeat him alone. We must fight together."
Tiandie Mu nodded and then wielded her palm along with Tu Ba.
Their two giant palms were a few hundred million feet large, which were even larger than the area of Crimson Fire Continent. The palms covered the sky and instantly smashed down from above.
All the self-cultivators on Crimson Fire Continent were crying and screaming. Some mountains and lakes exploded; those weak mortals directly turned into blood mist under this power.
All people were crying as if it was the doom.
The self-cultivators on the entire Crimson Fire Continent were looking at Qingfeng Li at this moment. They knew only Qingfeng Li, their Planet Ruler, could save them. Otherwise, all of them would die.
Qingfeng Li stayed still and didn't move until the two giant palms were close to him. Then he suddenly reached out his right index finger and operated the power of Dragon Bone.
He pointed at the sky with his Dragon Bone finger, shooting out a light. It shot at the two palms and instantly blew them up.
Tiandie Mu and Tu Ba both retreated this time. They couldn't stand still until taking dozens of steps back.
They were both shocked. As two half-immortal masters, they attacked together but were struck backward by a single finger.
They thought to themselves, "Who the hell is this guy? How can he be this powerful?"
Qingfeng Li hummed and said, "Tu Ba, Tiandie Mu, you wanna die?"
Qingfeng Li moved a bit, rushing toward the sky through the void, and instantly got in front of Tu Ba and Tiandie Mu.
"So fast." Tu Ba and Tiandie Mu took a look at each other, and both saw the surprise in the other's eyes.
They were both half-immortal masters, but neither of them was as fast as Qingfeng Li.
Suddenly, Tiandie Mu curved her delicate eyebrows, for she felt this young man in front of them looked like someone. He looked like the number one devil in the universe, Qingfeng Li.
Qingfeng Li had killed thousands of old monsters in a roll in Universe's Saint Realm. They were all half-immortal masters or perfect-realm saints.
Most of them were dead, but very few of them survived. Tu Ba and Tiandie Mu were two of the surviving ones.


Qingfeng was known as the Wolf King, a legendary mercenary that had mastered peerless martial arts and the sophisticated art of medicine. He originally wanted to just live a peaceful life, but his arranged wife, who is a CEO, thinks he is a loser and wants a divorce. The cold war between husband and wife began.
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Disciplining people through shame works for a while, but in the long-run, it backfires. As an example, let's use perhaps the most common source of shame on the planet: sex.

The brain likes sex. That's because a) sex feels awesome, and b) we're biologically evolved to crave it. Pretty self-explanatory.

Now, if you grew up like most people—and especially if you're a woman—there's a good chance that you were taught that sex was this evil, lecherous thing that corrupted you and makes you a horrible, icky person. You were punished for wanting it, and therefore, have a lot of conflicted feelings around sex: it sounds amazing but is also scary; it feels right but also somehow so, so wrong. As a result, you still want sex, but you also drag around a lot of guilt and anxiety and doubt about yourself.

This mixture of feelings generates an unpleasant tension within a person. And as time goes on, that tension grows. Because the desire for sex never goes away. And as the desire continues, the shame grows.

Eventually, this tension becomes unbearable and must resolve itself in one of two ways.

The first option is to overindulge. The tension has become so great that we feel the only way to resolve it is by going all out in a spectacular way. Hooker orgies. Compulsive masturbation for days on end. Rampant infidelity. And, sadly, often sexual violence.

But indulgence doesn't really resolve the tension. It just kicks the can down the road. Because after you put the cock rings away and the hookers have gone home, the shame and guilt come back. And they come back with a vengeance.

So, if indulgence doesn't work, what about the other option?

Well, the only other option to escape that internal tension is to numb it. To distract oneself from the tension by finding some larger, more palatable tension. Alcohol is a common one. Partying and drugs, of course. Watching 14 hours of television each day can be another option. Or just eating yourself half to death.

Sometimes, people do find productive ways to distract themselves from their shame. They run ultra-marathons or work 100-hour work weeks for years on end. These are, ironically, many of the people we come to admire for having inhuman willpower. But self-denial comes easy when, deep down, you fucking hate yourself.

Because shame can't be numbed away. It just changes form. The person who exercises religiously to escape their self-loathing will eventually find ways to loathe themselves for their exercise habits. And soon, what started out as a remarkable work ethic in the gym morphs into some form of body dysmorphia, like those guys who inject synthol into their arms to make themselves look like Popeye.

Similarly, the businessman who transmutes his shame into stellar work at the office eventually develops shame about his productivity to the point where he literally can't go home. He's terrified to do it. Any non-productive minute feels like an untenable failure. And while the rest of his life falls apart around him, he's only worrying about spreadsheets and quarterly numbers.

This is why the most hardcore, uncompromising people are usually the ones who are most compromised. It's why the most fundamentalist religious leaders who rail against the immorality of the world are always the same leaders who are ordering fuckboys off Craigslist.3 It's why the most "spiritually enlightened" gurus are also the ones blackmailing and extorting their followers. It's why the politicians most vocal about party loyalty and patriotism are always the ones shooting up meth in the airport bathroom. They are running away from their demons. And one way to do that is to create shinier, more socially acceptable demons.

Self-discipline based on self-denial cannot be sustained in the long-run. It only breeds greater dysfunction, and ultimately results in self-destruction.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CLASSICAL APPROACH
Self-Denial = Emotional Dysfunction = Self-Destruction = -(Self-Discipline)

Here's the problem with all this—and it's so obvious once you hear it, I can't believe we have to say it. You can will yourself to go to the gym if you don't feel like it for a few days. But unless the gym ends up feeling good in some way, you will eventually lose motivation, run out of willpower and stop going. You can will yourself to stop drinking for a day or a week, but unless you feel the reward of not drinking, then you will eventually go back to it.

This is why my polyphasic sleeping nightmare consistently ended in disaster. Staying up all night and sleep-depriving myself produced no tangible benefits. It produced no good feelings. It produced nothing but misery and delirium. It was an exercise in self-abuse. Therefore, my willpower eventually ran out and my emotions took over, driving me to pass out for about sixteen hours straight.

Any emotionally healthy approach to self-discipline must work with your emotions, rather than against them.

Ultimately, self-discipline is not based on willpower or self-denial, but it's actually based on the opposite: self-acceptance.

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