Hard Enough - Chapter 23: Returning home

As Mingguang Sect’s esteemed Immortal Master, Yi Ning had never experienced much heartbreak and suffering. He had always expected his life to be smooth-sailing, and was only waiting to ascend before marrying his disciple with whom he shared mutual affection.

However, he had never expected that on a rainy night, his disciple brought back a childhood friend.

They were close and intimate, to the point… of sharing a bed.

Standing before the bed where they were entwined, Yi Ning’s heart was as cold as sunken ice. He had wanted to end it all cleanly and straightforwardly, yet had never expected that his disciple not only wanted his childhood friend, but wanted his Shizun too.

His disciple shattered his spiritual core and laid down a hex, throwing him into the main hall to await nightfall to consummate their relationship.

Just as he had fallen into despair and wanted to end his life, he unexpectedly discovered a strange book. The book detailed his life, and the him it described, from beginning to end, was nothing more than a tool used to satisfy his disciple’s desire to conquer, lowly and wretched as a cultivation furnace.

Yi Ning’s head spun, and his heart gave birth to a strong hatred. He dragged his wrecked body to the back of the mountain and released the Demon Venerable Yan Xuan, who he had personally sealed nine years ago.

In return for undoing the seal, Yan Xuan would aid him in escaping.

After the man heard the reason why, he leaned against the wall and smiled with a hint of mockery. Yi Ning had thought he was going to ridicule him for having deserved it, being betrayed by an ingrate who bit the hand that fed him.

Yet, what he never expected was for Yan Xuan to reach out and tug him into his embrace, and the words that left his mouth were instead:

“You fool, I’ll help you take revenge.”

After this, he killed all those who wronged him, and cradled him close to his heart.

He wants to shatter your cultivation and mangle your limbs, to turn you into a bird in a cage, free for him to humiliate.

Yet, with this lowly and dirty heart of mine, I want to pull you from the swamp and cut down the heavens for you.

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Large-breasted, horny alien Empresses rule the galaxy. Julian doesn’t mind.He’ll go through every last one of them, fucking, conquering, if that’s what it takes to burn it all down.The Imperium of Archos invaded his planet.They razed it to ash.They killed the only girl he ever loved and then......left him to die.But then he found the Exion System, an ancient alien device built to make conquerors, not heroes.It bonded to his body and made him:THE GALACTIC KNIGHT.He’s not here to play hero. He’s here to burn the Imperium down.[Apocalypse System Activated]Host recognized: Galactic Knight.Command Authority: Unlocked.[Initiating Galactic Path.]Julian rises.He becomes a planetary governor.Then a warlord.But he’s not stopping there.He commands mech armies, crushes resistance, and spreads his reach across galaxies.Alien warlords, monolithic ugly monsters and cosmic gods will stand in his way, but they won’t stop him, he'll tear them to pieces!Planets of rivals will fall. Empresses will moan.And somewhere at the end of this blood-soaked path, the monsters who ruined his life will scream louder than anyone.They wanted war.He’ll give them hell.And he’ll make sure they watch him become the apocalypse they awakened.[CAUTION!][STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT.][BRUTAL, INTENSE AND BLOODY BATTLES]

Pausing time, turning back time, reversing times of specific objects/person, and even predicting the future…

Taking advantage now that Su Lin has control of time within his grasp. Being able to stop time; can dodge incoming attack and avoid mishaps, Su Lin is steered clear of harm’s way. Reversing time; can forever never regret, no need to overthink when acting. Inverting time of specific object/person; can repair any object and heal any person, Su Lin becomes a miracle doctor. Predicting the future; can hide from natural disasters, can buy the winning lottery tickets and stocks, listening to Su Lin is always right.

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Lachlan, once a victim of deceit and betrayal, wakes up to find himself back in his high school days, just before his life took a dark turn.With a newfound system that grants him immense knowledge and skills, Lachlan vows to change his fate and protect his love, Julius. As he navigates through old rivalries and new opportunities, will Lachlan succeed in rewriting his destiny and exposing those who wronged him?