Every part of Camille's body seemed to be shredded, with every inch of flesh and bone permeated with excruciating pain. Her eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and through the hazy blood-colored sight, even the candlelight appeared tinged with crimson. "Sister, when you took my place in the Eath genre that day, did you ever think it would come to this?" A lazy female voice drawled into her ear, sometimes distant, sometimes near, making her doubt whether this was yet another nightmare.
Every part of Camille's body seemed to be shredded, with every inch of flesh and bone permeated with excruciating pain.
Her eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and through the hazy blood-colored sight, even the candlelight appeared tinged with crimson.
"Sister, when you took my place in the Eath genre that day, did you ever think it would come to this?" A lazy female voice drawled into her ear, sometimes distant, sometimes near, making her doubt whether this was yet another nightmare.
Then, the sound of shattering bones resounded again, and the pain engulfed her in an instant.
"Ah!" she cried out in agony.
Her legs... This wasn't a dream!
She opened her eyes and looked at the woman in front of her, adorned in ancient attire, toying with a longsword.
It was a face she had never seen before.
"Sister, aren't you supposed to be tough as nails? It's just this much. I didn't even exert much force. How did it break so easily?" Her tone was light and chirpy, as if she had achieved something worth bragging about.
Blood trickled down Camille's forehead, and as she tried to raise her hand to wipe it, she found her arm already a mass of flesh and blood, immobile.
"Candice, stop wasting time with her. The secret realm is about to open. Give her a quick end."
...
Camille felt the heartbreak for the first time, as the merciless sword pierced her chest. She cast a final glance at the woman, imprinting her face deeply into her mind.
When she opened her eyes again, Camille was back outside the Eath genre. Her chest still throbbed with pain, and the glaring sunlight made her feel disoriented.
The surroundings were still unfamiliar, and for a moment, she couldn't quite place when or where she was.
The voices of children chattering pulled her back into the commotion, and as she regained her senses, she looked around.
Rows of children surrounded her, none older than fifteen, some as young as six or seven.
They seemed to be talking about something related to "magical energy," but she couldn't quite comprehend.
Her head felt heavy, and as she rubbed her temples, a plethora of memories flooded her mind.
She had transmigrated.
Thrown into the world of a xianxia novel she had read just two days before, where a supporting character shared her name. Back then, she had thought it was a mere coincidence, never imagining she would become "her."
The protagonist's brother, Samuel, had saved a junior of an elder from Eath genre. In gratitude, the elder offered the protagonist's sister a spot in the Eath genre.
Unbeknownst to them, the sister, Camille, possessed exceptional talent and could cultivate without entering Eath genre.
The incident of her sister taking her place had spread throughout the cultivation world. Eath genre, coveting such talent, discovered the truth and, to demonstrate their stance, not only expelled the sister but also restricted her cultivation to merely the third level.
Shortly after leaving the sect, she fell into the hands of dark cultivators, and due to her remarkable appearance, she was used as a cauldron for alchemy, enduring endless torment. Just as she managed to escape, she was captured by her once admired senior martial brother, who handed her over to the protagonist, Candice, to settle a personal vendetta.
Camille found herself transmigrated into this sister's life. She never imagined that an inconsequential line from the book, "settling a personal vendetta," would unfold in such a way...
Her bones shattered, yet she endured with the aid of elixirs to postpone immediate death. Had it not been for her senior's prompting, she might have resorted to even more elaborate forms of self-torment.
It was utterly brutal.
What astonished her even more was that after dying in the transmigration, she found herself reborn on the day when Camille took Candice's place in the Eath genre.
And now, Camille was only ten years old.
Camille had regretted countless times, vowing that if given another chance, she would never step into Eath genre. But now, after replacing Candice, 21st century Camille had replaced her.
The choice lay before Camille, a further endurance of the torment she had just experienced, or to step back into the vast world where one could soar freely like a bird. Camille didn't hesitate and firmly chose Eath genre.
If she were to soar freely, she needed to be able to fly. Only two months ago, she had graduated from high school. She knew nothing beyond Eath genre. How could she survive without it? Perhaps she wouldn't last eight years, and she'd meet an early end.
To enter the cultivation world, one needed "magical energy." The original Camille, for some reason, possessed this energy, and thus she was dared to replace Candice, hopefully securing a better future.
Yet, Camille was aware that though she had the potential, success wasn't guaranteed.
Camille had low-level magical energy aptitude, barely meeting the threshold for Eath genre. Without any fortuitous encounters in her life, she would only reach a basic level for the rest of her life.
"Fire, Wood, Earth magical energy, primary Fire magical energy, core values seventy-one, fifty-six, eighteen," the apprentice measuring magical energy spoke dispassionately.
"Go over there and wait," someone gruffly pushed her and ordered.
Camille realized the speaker was the adult who had brought her from the mortal realm.
She obediently complied and overheard the adult conversing with someone else.
"I went all the way to the mortal realm and brought back a low-level magical energy being. However, I've settled the debt with the sect leader."
"A low-level magical energy is still a magical energy. With such a large sect, there's always work for someone."
"But she needs to stay to begin with. The second round of testing is coming up, and looking at her physique... it may not be certain!"
...
Camille took a few steps, finding her place in the crowd, and then exhaled deeply.
According to the original storyline, Camille should have possessed Wood, Fire, and Water magical energy. But how had it changed to Fire, Wood, Earth? Camille pondered this silently, automatically filtering out the condescending comments from the distance. What was wrong with having low-level magical energy?
As long as she had magical energy, she could cultivate. In her previous life, she had been a student at Tsinghua University, even though she had just received her admission letter and hadn't started yet... But in this life, she only sought a path to survive. Wasn't that achievable?
What was wrong with being an outer sect disciple? What was wrong with working hard? Hard work would yield results, and perhaps she could earn some resources!
In eight years, Candice would rise to prominence. In that time, she had to improve her cultivation, so she could live without Eath genre!
The sect didn't coddle idlers. In the first year, new disciples could obtain basic resources effortlessly, but afterward, they had to bear the cost of everything, from cultivation techniques to their daily sustenance.
It seemed she had to save more resources while cultivating. When Candice rose to prominence, she would leave calmly and prepare to leave without impediment.
"Yesterday, in the latest round of the chilling game, the player known as 'Gin' completed 10 D-level tasks and 2 C-level tasks, performing beyond expectations to finish the game and earned three 'horror-class' ghost entities. Promptly recognized by the nation, he was recruited as an official Spirit Master." "As the global horror game phenomenon marks its second anniversary, this player from Country C becomes the 13th person to finish the game and be directly employed by the government as a first-class Spirit Master..." Inside the stuffy school bus, Richard, with his eyes closed, listened to the radio news with a hint of impatience, "Can we turn that off?" No one paid him any attention.
The first class of the new semester was taught by the class teacher. The bell had just rung, and the faint whispers had not yet ceased. The class teacher put down the chalk and turned around, his stern gaze sweeping over the students who were whispering. Immediately, the students who were chatting fell silent. "Thoms," Gonzalez whispered, "don't write it."
The sky brightened once again. Thin mist shrouded the vast plains and forests, adding a gauzy veil to everything. Soft, bright orange morning sunlight slid down from the treetops, collecting on the fields and illuminating the thin mist and the low bushes at the base of the trees. It was a chilly morning. Todd huddled in a cramped mountain cave, covered in fallen leaves.
Beatrice died prematurely due to a malfunction in the inferno machine, but the King of Hell promised to let her be reborn and even granted her a few years of cultivation. The condition was that the seal would be lifted five years later. Recalling her memories, this place was Optimus Prime Land. She transmigrated into the body of a seven-year-old girl, abandoned in the mountains by her uncle after her parents had passed away, leaving her and her brothers stranded.
So hungry... Can one feel hunger after death? Amidst a daze, Ashley pondered over this thought. She was not sure how much time had passed until the discomfort of hunger, which seemed to press against her very core, finally roused her.
"How in the world did I end up here?" Young Adrive furrowed his brow, scanning his surroundings. A spartan room greeted him—four walls and nothing more. He sat on a single bed with a nightstand nearby, complete with a barred window that hinted at an attempt at security more than decor. A fog-clouded view outside suggested a world of obscurity with teasing glimpses of light. The wooden door was shut tight, with the silence in the room so thick you could hear a pin drop. Adrive was on duty at the morgue—then, in the blink of an eye, he found himself here. Talk about a sudden relocation! Could this be... supernatural shenanigans at play?
After two years of marriage, Kristian dropped a bombshell. "She's back. Let's get divorced. Name your price." Freya didn't argue. She just smiled and made her demands. "I want your most expensive supercar." "Okay." "The villa on the outskirts." "Sure." "And half of the billions we made together." Kristian froze. "Come again?" He thought she was ordinary—but Freya was the genius behind their fortune. And now that she'd gone, he'd do anything to win her back.
On her wedding day, Khloe’s sister connived with her groom, framing her for a crime she didn’t commit. She was sentenced to three years in prison, where she endured much suffering. When Khloe was finally released, her evil sister used their mother to coerce Khloe into an indecent liaison with an elderly man. As fate would have it, Khloe crossed paths with Henrik, the dashing yet ruthless mobster who sought to alter the course of her life. Despite Henrik’s cold exterior, he cherished Khloe like no other. He helped her take retribution from her tormentors and kept her from being bullied again.
"You're mine, little puppy," Kylan growled against my neck. A soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips brushed my skin. My mind screamed at me to push him away-the Lycan Prince who had humiliated me again and again, but my body betrayed me, leaning into him before I could stop myself. He pressed his lips against mine, and his kiss grew more aggressive, more possessive as I felt my legs weaken. What was I doing? In a split-second, I pulled away and slapped him hard across the face. Kylan's eyes darkened, but the smirk on his lips exposed his amusement. "You and I both know we can't fight this, Violet," he said, gripping my wrist. "You're my mate." "And yet you don't want me," I replied. "You told me you were ashamed of me, that l'd never be your queen, that you'd never love me. So please, accept my rejection and let me go." "Never," he whispered, his grip tightening as he pulled me closer. "Soon enough, you'll be begging for me. and when you do-I'll use you as I see fit and then I'll reject you."
Betrayed by her mate and sister on the eve of her wedding, Makenna was handed to the ruthless Lycan Princes as a lover, her indifferent father ignoring her plight. Determined to escape and seek revenge, she captured the interest of the three Lycan princes, who desired her exclusively amid many admirers. This complicated her plans, trapping her and making her a rival to the future Lycan queen. Entwined in jealousy and vindictiveness, could Makenna achieve her vengeance in the intricate dance with the three princes?
Five years ago, Alessia La Rosa's life took a drastic turn when, suffering from memory loss, she wed to Dominic Carter under her grandfather's mysterious arrangement. But their marriage was a facade, bringing her only humiliation and heartache as Dominic showed no love, and she couldn't conceive. Upon discovering Dominic's infidelity, Alessia sought liberation through divorce. Yet, fate had more in store for her. Five years later, spurred by an anonymous email hinting at her lost child's whereabouts, she returns to the city with her twin babies in tow, determined to uncover the truth. As she navigates the tangled web of her past, a surprising twist awaits. Dominic, upon meeting her again, finds himself drawn to the woman she has become, unaware of her true identity as his former wife. Little does he know, the woman he's falling for is not only his ex-wife but also a powerful Doctor and Master Hacker.
There was only one man in Raegan's heart, and it was Mitchel. In the second year of her marriage to him, she got pregnant. Raegan's joy knew no bounds. But before she could break the news to her husband, he served her divorce papers because he wanted to marry his first love. After an accident, Raegan lay in the pool of her own blood and called out to Mitchel for help. Unfortunately, he left with his first love in his arms. Raegan escaped death by the whiskers. Afterward, she decided to get her life back on track. Her name was everywhere years later. Mitchel became very uncomfortable. For some reason, he began to miss her. His heart ached when he saw her all smiles with another man. He crashed her wedding and fell to his knees while she was at the altar. With bloodshot eyes, he queried, "I thought you said your love for me is unbreakable? How come you are getting married to someone else? Come back to me!"