Ashen Requiem - Chapter 9: Nexus

Lin Yuan took a ‘Gate to All Realms’ and traveled to the vast universe of the Star Sea.

The most powerful person here can destroy the starry river system with a snap of his finger, and tens of millions of light years are coming in a blink of an eye.

Lin Yuan, who has been reduced to the bottom, can only rely on the ‘Gate of All Realms’ and the bound talent ‘Heaven-defying Comprehension’ to travel through all realms and become stronger silently.

[You have incredible understanding, practice the Yi Jin Jing, and understand the ‘Yi Jin Jing, body exchanging blood and quenching the gods’]

[Your understanding is against the heavens, you understand the thunder in your palm, and understand the ‘Thunder Creation and Development Method’]

[Your understanding is contrary to heaven, watching the birth and death of the world, and realizing the ‘world in the palm of your hand’]

[Your understanding is contrary to the heavens, you have studied the art of incarnation outside the body, and realized the ‘Great Law of Self-Transformation’]

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As he traveled back and forth again and again, Lin Yuan grew stronger endlessly, until… he was invincible in the world.

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A child was born unable to cultivate Inner Strength. In order to gain his father's attention and regard, he resolutely chose the painful and difficult path of cultivating Outer Strength. As spring gave way to autumn, time flew by, and the child grew up... he became a young man. What truly changed his destiny was a mysterious Crystal Stone formed from a meteor—the Meteor Tear. This Meteor Tear, unbeknownst to the young man, merged into his body, and like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, the young man metamorphosed... And with that transformation, everything changed. And his father finally came to realize the astonishing strength of the son he had never truly invested his Heart Power in...

[The End of Full Text]“From just now, you've been looking at me with such malicious intent. Are you perhaps reminiscing about...the old dream of the night before last?” Liang Chen forcefully pulled Jing Haohao into the washroom.“I told you, what happened a few days ago was an accident. I'm not the kind of woman you can just casually touch!” Jing Haohao shook off the hand he had grasped onto her wrist, turned to leave, but was abruptly caught by Liang Chen. He lowered his head to her ear, a mischievous smile on his lips, cryptically saying: “Don't worry, if I can't casually touch, then I'll be serious when I do!”

“If it’s a barbarian you want, then it’s a barbarian you’ll get!”

Reclaimed by her noble family after being swapped at birth, Qin Yining is bestowed a hellish family instead. Just as she turns her situation around and gains acceptance, her country is plunged into danger instead.

Shades of gray color the world. No side is completely good, and no side is completely evil. Refusing to be a trophy won by men, Qin Yining carves her own path instead. In this absolutely riveting and spellbinding tale, what does our MC do when an entire dynasty is at stake?