Volume 1, Chapter 63: My Heart Has Bound Me

Yet, even with the blessing of the True Dragon's essence blood, Zhu Youjian's ascent remained arduous. As the altitude increased, the pressure upon the heavenly stairs grew ever more intense. His mortal body began to fail him as blood seeped out, staining his robes red.

Unable to suppress the doubts lingering in his heart any longer, Zhu Youjian turned to Xunzi and asked, "Why does the Confucian school wish to help me achieve sagely rule? And why bring me here to this White Jade Capital?"

Xunzi halted his steps, turned around, and looked deeply into Zhu Youjian's eyes. "Once you reach the summit, you will understand. Someone is waiting for you at the peak, and all your doubts will be effortlessly resolved."

Zhu Youjian resumed his journey of climbing. Every step felt like a struggle against heaven and earth itself, his physical form...

The White Cloud Temple had reportedly stood for hundreds of years. At that time, the Divine Land was plunged into great chaos, and the Demonic Cult seized the opportunity to invade the Central Plains, nearly ruling the entire realm for a time.

My Second Grandfather once told me that those in our profession have a chance to be worshipped by ghosts! To receive the adoration of a hundred ghosts accumulates more karmic virtue than a philanthropist building ten schools. To be worshipped by a thousand ghosts would instantly make one a sage of the current age. And to be worshipped by ten thousand ghosts would allow one to directly attain divinity.

Baozang did not harbor any doubts and immediately proceeded to untie all the restraints on the members of the Spade Pirates alongside his subordinates.

Chen Jintong's True Qi was originally connected to the Leaving Fire Cover, and now that the shield was shattered, he naturally suffered severe injuries as well, collapsing powerlessly to the ground. With his eyes wide open, staring at the sky before him, his gaze grew serene, lacking any remaining strength to rise again.

Wu Chou's appearance was astonishingly hideous and renowned far and wide. Throughout the Immortal Cultivation world of the Chaotic Star Seas, there was no one who did not know of him; he was the quintessential figure famous for his ugliness.

Accompanying him to witness the thrilling moment of the Seraphim emerging from their incubation chambers were his good brothers Tesoro and Jinbe, King Neptune, his teacher Old Rayleigh, and their sparring dummy, Red-Haired Shanks.

The brown-haired man looked completely different from the image of the boy-next-door brother lingering in Jiang Xuan's memories.

As a deputy section chief of the rolling mill, Liu Xiongjung effectively had only a single subordinate in the entire factory—calling him a commander of a bare-headed army was no exaggeration.

The next day, Liu Jing and Ziling grandly announced to everyone in the Yellow Maple Valley: We have a child.

After Chengchai and I discovered them, Banggen said something to them, and they rushed forward to attack us.

However, come to think of it, their special abilities could still serve some purpose. In order to give them a clear understanding of this mission...

Seeing this, Qin Tianqi smiled faintly and told them not to worry, explaining that this was merely the impurities within their bodies being purged after consuming the cockscomb, something not to be feared but rather celebrated.

Turning around, she cast a cold glare at Danzo. Were it not for keeping a shred of sanity, she would have loved to throw a punch straight into his face and shatter his skull.

Kili's pupils contracted slightly. The reports Aurora had sent over the past few days were indeed distressing; the accumulated conflicts on the God-Fall Plateau were on the verge of erupting.

Sharing the same sentiment as the others, Yanfei was unable to reach a judgment either. At the mere thought of these issues, a headache seized him. Yet time was pressing, and as the commander, he had to provide a response within the allotted deadline, regardless of whether it proved right or wrong.

One must realize that the school headmaster and college deans above him had already dropped heavy hints that Mubai must not be allowed to drop out or take a leave of absence, and that his smooth graduation had to be guaranteed. The school had even made the unprecedented move of exempting Mubai from final exams, requiring him to show up at school only once or twice per semester.

"My younger brother is not only formidable in strength but also extraordinary in his methods, managing to resolve a dispute and extricate me from trouble with such a simple approach. I am endlessly grateful," Huang Xing said to Ling Tian with a touch of excitement. Had spatial constraints not prevented it, Huang Xing would likely have stood up and bowed deeply to express his thanks.

Qifu Kedan ordered his men to unfold the map; he needed to carefully study the army's subsequent movements and find the optimal moment for a surprise attack.

The Knight God's divine will wandered among the cloud-island barriers, inspecting every inch of the defenses while simultaneously feeling a sense of incredulity.

Shifting the topic from the destruction of the world to Hadran's bloodline, Li Qi did not feel it deviated from the core theme; the secrets of the bloodline were bound to be tied to the king's conspiracy.

Such an indifferent person could care for a man he usually despised on her ordinary days, doing so without a single word of complaint. Furthermore, upon overhearing what Leng Junhao said outside the hospital room, Ye Zizitong's view of him had completely changed.

Especially the Sword Alliance and many factions in the Northern District, who were clamiously proclaiming their intent to unite and annihilate the Global Omniscient.

Actually, saying his leg was broken again was merely a deception on his part, but the fact that blood was seeping out proved the wound had reopened. It seemed he would not be able to get out of bed for another ten days or half a month.

Before long, the two FBI agents hurried over. Seeing the three furtive and suspicious individuals, they gave them no opportunity for explanation and dragged them straight back to the interrogation room for questioning.

To die just like that, completely obscure, at best trading one's life for that pitiful compensation which might allow one's family to live a slightly easier life for a short period.

I stood aside in trepidation, suddenly feeling a looseness on my head as a strand of hair slipped from my bun and dangled beside my temple. I must have disturbed the hairpin during my scuffle with Yuan Zhixun. Blushing, I hurriedly re-gathered my stray locks.

With that, the sword flashed a few times before sliding back into its scabbard, and at that moment, the Deadly Smiling Fox collapsed limply onto the rooftop.

"It---it's nothing." Though her head remained lowered, she could still feel that soul-piercing, icy gaze never leaving her body.

Hearing this, Xia Mo snapped back to reality and rubbed her eyes in disbelief, widening them to gaze once more upon this old friend she had not seen for many days.

Regarding the order of drawing lots, the leaders of the nine groups decided to use the age-old method of rock-paper-scissors to determine who would strike first.

Jiang Chengce's sudden appearance clearly caught the prison escapees completely off guard, leaving them entirely defenseless.

After completing the first stage of the Jade Clarity Formula, the Mending Heaven Dao within his mind analyzed this tier, and even the insights concerning the river of stars were decoded one by one.

Shortly after, the doors of the Secretariat Grand Hall opened wide, and Gu Chen felt a massive suction force pulling him inward. A flash of red light blinded him, and in the blink of an eye, his body rose into the air before landing heavily on the ground.

Yet the more it was like this, the less Chen Rong could understand. Such a deep, bone-deep romance—why could it be cast aside so easily? Why could the person and the emotions she had once risked everything to obtain be forgotten the moment she turned away?... Was she destined in her past life to lose to someone like Chen Wei?

Whenever the subject of the metropolitan imperial examination's successful candidate list came up, Second Young Master Ding felt a sense of imminent urgency. Miss this time, and he would have to wait another several years.

Everyone gazed toward the bridal sedan chair. Some looked astonished; some smiled; while others wore expressions of sheer terror. The narrow-minded beheld the most breathtaking scenery of their lives, while the knowledgeable perceived within it a profound path.

The scales on the serpent's body shimmered brilliantly, its entire form verdant and translucent. Its crystalline pupils emitted a chilling glare as its body coiled, resembling a bewitching dance performed under the moonlight.