The Villain's Story - Chapter 552 [] Taking A Break [2]

Li Yanchu transmigrated into a strange world of martial arts, Daoist spells, ghosts, and monsters, only to land in the body of a young Daoist at the rundown Qingyun Temple. Just across the street? A rowdy inn run by a stunningly seductive innkeeper. Life could be worse.Gifted with the mysterious Decree of Bestowal, Li Yanchu can transform ordinary herbs into century-old divine medicine, giving him an unparalleled advantage in cultivation. With this cheat-like ability, he advances rapidly in cultivation, despite being told he had no talent for it.But cultivation isn’t his only path forward.After slaying a ghost and earning merit points, he realizes there’s more to this world than martial arts. Hidden behind the scenes is a karma-based system, one that rewards righteous deeds.As his saber technique grows sharper by the day, Li Yanchu finds himself entangled in eerie mysteries, deadly encounters, and strange happenings in Wei City…Now, with the authorities pounding on his doors, Li Yanchu’s peaceful days of tea and training might just be over.Ghosts. Bandits. Cultivation. A cheat system tied to karma. When the mortal world and the supernatural collide, only one Daoist stands between chaos and order.

The world ends in a single moment.When the Mass Outbreak Event shatters reality, portals tear open across the globe, unleashing monsters that drive civilization to collapse. As cities burn and order crumbles, a game-like System activates across humanity, granting survivors levels, skills, and abilities, and forcing the world into a brutal new set of rules.Eighteen-year-old Jagger Ashton is dragged into this new reality where monsters are only part of the danger. Humans, twisted by power, fear, and desperation, prove just as deadly. Every encounter pushes Jagger closer to the edge, testing his sanity and the fragile line between control and corruption.Jagger begins to uncover a terrifying truth.The Outbreak was not just an invasion. It was a selection process.The System is preparing the world for something far worse.And whatever is coming… it wants strong survivors.To survive what lies ahead, Jagger must confront the power festering inside him and choose whether to master it or surrender to it entirely.

Lorien Su transmigrated into the Marvel Universe and became a top psychological counselor!He awakened the Nine-to-Five Work System—so long as he clocked in, clocked out, and slacked off without ever working overtime, he could receive random rewards from across the multiverse!Spider-Gwen? Scarlet Witch? Bring them here![One day of slacking off: Phoenix Force, Endless Milk Tea!][Seven days of slacking off: Silver Superman Template, Unlimited Popping Candy!][N days of slacking off: Heart of the Universe, Reality Manipulator!]Scarlet Witch:“Lorien, without you, I have no reason to live.”Spider-Gwen:“Lorien, thank you for showing me what true justice is.”Sorcerer Supreme:“Without Lorien, I wouldn’t be who I am today.”With powers in hand, Lorien felt even more at ease embracing his laid-back lifestyle.As for Earth’s destruction or a universal reset?Lorien:“Doesn’t matter. First, I’ll enlighten them. Then, I’ll make my move.”