NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 2:
Chapter 2: Supreme Emperor Bone
“A drunk Ice Queen female lead, a rich and handsome villain who picks her up, and the Dragon King bodyguard who arrives too late—yet the villain still succeeds. Damn, this kind of plot is the definition of cliché.”
“But it actually happened just like I predicted. This world really is a high-martial world made up of brainless web novel tropes!”
Lu Qian, almost as if he had a split personality, watched the simulated version of himself with great interest. He couldn’t help but sigh emotionally at the events unfolding in the simulated world.
He had been in this world for eighteen years, and only now was he beginning to uncover its hidden secrets.
It was clear now—this world was far more complicated than it seemed on the surface.
Because of that, he became even more eager to see what would happen next in the simulation.
As for the real world, where the drunk and unconscious campus beauty Liu Ruyue was lying in front of him, starting to catch a chill?
Compared to the simulator, a woman just wasn’t that exciting.
No rush. Let her stay there a little longer.
[Ding! The enraged destiny-bound protagonist Ye Chen discovers from nearby surveillance footage that you picked up Liu Ruyue half an hour ago. He goes berserk, hijacks a motorized car, and speeds off in pursuit.]
[But as a transmigrator, you already anticipated all of this. You had prepared in advance, instructing the driver to contact several departments in Magic City. All the traffic lights around the hotel turned red. Ye Chen, who was driving full throttle, ended up trapped in traffic. Just as he was about to run a red light, a few traffic officers in reflective vests appeared and impounded the car…]
“As expected, even the simulated version of me has his own independent thinking. He doesn’t act like one of those brain-dead villains from dumb web novels.”
“If I already knew there was some supposed Dragon King bodyguard fated to protect her, there’s no way I’d just ignore that and wait for him to arrive.”
“Only an idiot wouldn’t set up obstacles for him.”
Lu Qian chuckled at the next parts of the simulation, but the moment he read the following development, his smile froze completely.
[Inside the Magic City hotel, you begin detoxifying Liu Ruyue. Her fate energy begins to surge and transform… and it’s forcibly absorbed by something within you…]
[You realize your spine is heating up, as if lava is flowing through it. A strange transformation begins within your body. Suddenly, a ghostly wail echoes in your ears…]
[The “curse” placed on you is shattered. You awaken the “Supreme Emperor Bone.” Your physical body begins to transform, and you finally step into the threshold of cultivation…]
“A curse…”
“Supreme Emperor Bone…”
When these two unfamiliar terms appeared in the simulator, Lu Qian’s frozen face turned grim. His eyes radiated a sharp, icy glow.
No wonder he had always failed to cultivate using the Lu family’s techniques. Every time he tried to gather spiritual energy, it would dissipate without reason…
So he had been cursed, preventing him from awakening the Supreme Emperor Bone and blocking him from cultivating entirely…
Who had done this to him?
Even the Lu family’s elder, an 8th stage Heaven and Man Realm expert, hadn’t noticed the problem.
Did that mean the person who cursed him was someone of equal or even greater power?
Could it be… a 9th stage True Immortal?
But on the surface, the only True Immortal in the entire Great Xia Empire was the Human Emperor of the Great Xia Empire himself.
Why would he do something like this?
To someone like him—the second son of the Lu family—he was nothing more than an ant. If he wanted him dead, he could crush him instantly. Why bother with such an elaborate curse?
And what exactly was this Supreme Emperor Bone? Why did he possess such a terrifying constitution?
Could it be that the Lu family had known all along…?
Countless questions began flooding Lu Qian’s mind, making it hard to breathe.
He felt like an ant trapped inside a sealed box, unable to see what lay beyond it.
If the Villain Simulator hadn’t activated, he might’ve lived his entire life without ever realizing these hidden truths.
He might never have had the chance to cultivate at all.
“But Liu Ruyue, this destiny-bound female lead, actually helped lift the curse… and just happened to appear in front of me? Isn’t that a little too much of a coincidence?”
Lu Qian’s gaze became complex as he muttered to himself.
Then, his attention returned to the simulation.
According to the simulation’s plot, there was still an hour before Ye Chen would show up. There was plenty of time.
[You are shocked by Liu Ruyue’s unique nature. But you’re even more shaken by the fact that you were cursed—and that it’s finally been broken. Now that you can cultivate again and have awakened a powerful forbidden force within your body, you begin practicing the Lu family’s “Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture.” Within a few breaths, you reach the first level. Your body starts transforming, and you step into the first realm of cultivation—Mortal Shedding Realm…]
“So fast… I reached the peak of Mortal Shedding Realm already?!”
Lu Qian’s pupils contracted.
The Ancient Dragon Elephant Scripture was a top-tier body refinement technique reserved for those at the 8th stage Heaven and Man Realm. Once mastered, it could overpower others in the same realm and was one of the Lu family’s most treasured techniques.
It was also considered one of the strongest body cultivation techniques in the Great Xia Empire.
Even his older brother, Lu Shou—the heir of the Lu family and a renowned prodigy of the empire—took months to enter the Mortal Shedding Realm.
And yet… he did it in mere seconds?
The cultivation talent of his body was terrifying!
[In the first realm, Mortal Shedding Realm, your body is refined by spiritual energy. You gain strength of a thousand catties, your skin and flesh can resist blades, and you’re immune to fire and water. Upon entering cultivation, you immediately gather the “strength of one elephant” and reach the peak of the Mortal Shedding Realm. You also discover that detoxifying Liu Ruyue while cultivating boosts your progress even further…]
[Half an hour later, you break through to the second realm—Spirit Guidance Realm. Spiritual energy begins to form within your body…]
[…]
[Liu Ruyue wakes up. You knock her out again…]
[…]
[At this moment, the destiny-bound protagonist Ye Chen is still on his way…]
[…]
[Another half hour passes. You break through to the third realm—Profound Comprehension Realm. Spiritual energy within you condenses into a spiritual lake. You now believe that with the Supreme Emperor Bone activated, even Divine Ability Realm experts wouldn’t be able to touch you. You suspect the reason for your rapid progress lies heavily in the power of the Supreme Emperor Bone, and that Liu Ruyue likely possesses a rare physique as well…]
[…]
[At this moment, the destiny-bound protagonist Ye Chen is still on his way…]
[…]
[You suddenly discover that part of Liu Ruyue’s fate seems to have been forcibly absorbed by the Supreme Emperor Bone. You temporarily gain a form of “fate” enhancement…]
[…]
“By the time he arrives, the food will already be cold.”
“But to think that the Supreme Emperor Bone within me is this overbearing… Not only can it speed up cultivation, it can even absorb someone else’s fate.”
“No wonder someone went to the trouble of cursing me. This kind of powerful constitution… not even ancient sacred bodies could compare!”
Lu Qian stared at the contents of the simulation, not with joy—but with growing dread.
Too fast.
Everything was happening way too fast.
With the awakening of the Supreme Emperor Bone, his cultivation was skyrocketing like a rocket.
At this rate, it might only take a few years before he reached the Heaven and Man Realm… or even the True Immortal Realm.
But would the person who cursed him just sit back and watch that happen?
[After reaching the third realm—Profound Comprehension Realm—you begin to lose yourself in power. Your reason starts to slip. Suddenly, you feel a sharp pain from the Supreme Emperor Bone. At the same time, a chilling coldness surges through you, as if something terrible is about to unfold…]