Steel and Mana - Chapter 1 – Death and Rebirth

The Immortal caressed my head, tying my hair and receiving longevity.A lone girl, Jiang Yuebai, ascends Ninefold Mountain to the Azure Clouds, only to seek the Immortal’s path, wandering the world and Cloud Stepping.The path of Immortal Cultivation defies the heavens.Compete with the heavens, compete with the earth, compete with people, compete with oneself.Senior sister recites ten scrolls daily; I read books until dawn.Senior brother swings his sword hundreds of times; I return amidst the stars with my lance.Master refines elixirs sitting overnight; my Pill Furnace Fire stays unextinguished!If I don’t exhaust myself through cultivation, I’ll exhaust others, aiming to make the entire Cultivation Realm cry from cultivation.[Focus on alchemy, due to excessive refinement, the pill furnace can’t withstand the pressure and explodes, Alchemy Skill Level -1][Continue alchemy with an iron pot and unexpectedly find fire control easier, herbs heat more evenly, Alchemy Skill Level +5][Congratulations, your Alchemy has leveled up!]Note: Early stage involves Immortal Cultivation Data Panel, has a satire attribute, no point addition, no rewards, no tasks, low appearances, discarded later stages, dislike, please do not disturb, abandon the book without notice!No CP!

Wang Sheng is a fortunate soul who was granted a second chance by the heavens.After he died in his previous life, Wang Sheng finds himself waking up in his younger-self’s body while retaining all the memories of his past life. He remembers that he died in a gang fight due to his lack of cultivation level. He had wasted a lot of time in his past life on internet cafés and idling.In this life, Wang Sheng decides to change his fate once and for all by cultivating properly instead of relying on random cultivation methods from the internet. As he seeks guidance from masters of different sects, he is introduced to the world of cultivation, as well as the dangers and evils that lie within. Now that he is involved in the world of cultivation, will Wang Sheng be able to navigate through the dangers of the cultivation world while redeeming himself with the help of his past-life memories?

Ren Zhu: Quiet! Quiet! Look at the blackboard! I’m going to start teaching!

Bear child 1 [1]: Hahaha! Who is this weak chicken!

Bear child 2: May as well dance than listen to class. Why start the class!

Fake good child: Sit upright.

Ren Zhu: ……

Bear child 1: You received the class teacher’s quiet gaze x 1. Physical strength -500. Entered the weak state!

Bear child 2: You received the class teacher’s deep gaze x 1. Intelligence -50. Entered the mentally retar*ed state!

Fake good child: You received the class teacher’s gratified gaze x 1. Intelligence and physical strength +50. Entered the excited state.

Ren Zhu: My goal is to teach and educate people, and bring love to every bear child. Thank you.

- Description from Novelupdates

A Lovecraft- inspired darker, grittier One piece fanfic. A fanfic based on emotion and madness. A fanfic not for the faint hearted.----------------Regret. I have been drowning in it for far too long. I’ve regretted every choice I’ve made, every mistake I’ve carried, every moment of my past. I’ve regretted the present I live, the path I walk. Even my future, uncertain as it may be, has been tainted by regret.But not anymore. I refuse to live under its shadow. Yet, I know the truth—I don’t have the power to escape it completely.Am I not like a flicker of flame? So fragile, so fleeting—one puff, and I’m gone.Regret has burdened me, weighed me down to make me climb the towering wall of greatness. But I press on.It was all I could do. All I ever wanted to do.