Inside his sea of consciousness, the Twin Blood Lotus seemed to sense the unique Dao resonance, gently swaying.
Song Wanníng felt a surge of joy deep within her primordial soul, leaving her somewhat light-headed. She quickly pulled out a fire stone, holding it tightly in her hand. In the next moment, the fire stone was rapidly absorbed, turning into a pile of volcanic ash in the blink of an eye.
Song Wanníng's brow twitched in surprise. She had never expected training in Flame Mountain to be so efficient. Since that was the case, she decided to make good use of this time to cultivate properly. After all, no matter how many treasures one has, cultivation progress is still the most important.
She instructed Long Ling to stay alert to their surroundings, then fully immersed herself in cultivation. Countless fire stones surrounded her completely, even burying her body so that not a single gap was visible.
Yet the mountain of fire stones was being refined at an incredible speed...
...
In the secret realm, Xiao Heyun was chased by demonic beasts, running wildly with exhaustion eating at his heart. Carrying a body full of wounds, he finally found a place to hide, only to discover several cultivators trailing behind him.
Xiao Heyun's heart sank, his expression turning grim and ferocious.
"Xiao Heyun, where do you think you can run to?"
Song Wanníng's clone arrived with a few others, surrounded by disciples from various sects, all sharing the same goal: the treasure Xiao Heyun carried.
"Song Wanníng..."
Xiao Heyun ground his teeth in anger. He had concealed his identity to infiltrate the secret realm, thinking no one would know. Yet not only was he exposed, Song Wanníng had even uncovered his true identity.
The major sects in the Southern Domain would definitely not let this go easily. Thinking about the big players outside the secret realm, his heart trembled.
"Xiao Heyun, you are a cultivator from the Eastern Domain. How did you sneak into our Southern Domain? Did you kill our cultivators?"
Song Wanníng directly revealed all of Xiao Heyun's secrets. Though she did not know exactly how he had evaded inspection, nothing was hidden in the Three Lives Mirror.
Caught off guard, Xiao Heyun's expression changed. His suspicious gaze swept over Song Wanníng. Could she know something?
Impossible!
The system had told him no one could discover his identity; otherwise, he wouldn't dare act recklessly in front of Divine Soul-level experts.
Song Wanníng was definitely trying to provoke him.
Xiao Heyun opened his mouth to speak, but Song Wanníng cut him off:
"Xiao Heyun, if you release the divine beast, our Guhan Sect might spare your life. But if you stubbornly refuse, don't blame us for ending you now!"
Her words hung in the air. The atmosphere suddenly tightened, the air filling with a strange, tense energy. All eyes fixed on Xiao Heyun, filled with killing intent but even more with greed.
A divine beast!
It was a long-lost divine beast!
No wonder the beast packs had been relentlessly pursuing Xiao Heyun. It was all because of the god beast! Before its bloodline was fully awakened, the bloodline could be stripped away.
Those beasts were obviously coveting the divine beast's bloodline, which explained everything!
In an instant, all the mysteries unraveled, and everyone's gaze grew more dangerous.
Xiao Heyun's heart skipped a beat as he stared at Song Wanníng in surprise.
How had word of his divine beast gotten out?
"Don't slander me. I don't have any divine beast."
He denied it loudly but was already thinking about how to escape. There were nearly twenty cultivators present—he was no match for them.
"You still won't admit it? You dare say you didn't take in a demonic beast cub?"
Song Wanníng fought back laughter, continuing to shout loudly.
She then displayed a portrait of the cub. "I was the first to discover the divine beast, but I distracted the other beasts. When I returned, the divine beast was already gone! Do you dare swear by your heart demon that the divine beast isn't with you?"
These transmigrators all shared a common flaw: mysterious confidence.
They thought they were children of the Heavenly Dao, so they deserved special treatment. How could they possibly have ordinary beasts? The starting point had to be a divine beast, right?
Now Song Wanníng's move would only make Xiao Heyun treasure the cub more. As long as he did not give up the cub, he would be trapped inside the secret realm.
Want to look for treasure? First survive everyone's chase.
"You—"
Xiao Heyun's heart jumped when he saw the familiar cub.
From now on, he had no doubt about the cub's divine beast identity.
He had known his spirit pet couldn't be ordinary.
His chest pounded with excitement as he imagined using the divine beast to slap those people hard in the face.
Especially Song Wanníng.
This woman had exposed him. He had to deal with her properly.
If she performed well in bed, maybe he could forgive her...
Xiao Heyun's pleasant thoughts didn't notice Song Wanníng's expression darken.
She glanced at his lower body.
Heh.
If he couldn't control that part, then she would help him out!
"Xiao Heyun, release the divine beast quickly! May the capable take it!"
Others couldn't help but shout too.
Xiao Heyun was known for his many tricks. During the recent beast tide, everyone had seen what he was capable of. Naturally, no one wanted to be the first to charge in as cannon fodder.
At this moment, those around him were no allies—they were enemies.
"I said I don't have it!"
Xiao Heyun still stubbornly denied, his thoughts on a talisman stored in his storage ring. This was a top-tier talisman he had won from the system lottery, capable of resisting a single strike from a Divine Soul cultivator. He didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary.
For now, he needed to figure out how to get out of here. Once he fully activated the divine beast bloodline, no talisman would be too expensive to use. His expression shifted slightly, but before he could act, Song Wanníng launched the attack.
"The divine beast belongs to me originally. You stole my treasure and still won't admit it? Then I'll beat you until you do!"
She swung her sword, unleashing a chilling sword light filled with murderous intent.
Xiao Heyun's heart tightened as he cursed inwardly and hurried to meet the attack.
But Song Wanníng's move was a signal; everyone else attacked simultaneously.
All charged at Xiao Heyun without holding back. For the god beast, they did not hesitate to use killing moves.
One man could not withstand them. After one clash, Xiao Heyun was sent flying.
In the next moment, Song Wanníng suddenly appeared behind him.
Looking down at the fallen Xiao Heyun, she smiled faintly.
A chill ran down Xiao Heyun's spine, making his scalp numb.
Suddenly, Song Wanníng raised her foot and stomped down on him.
"Ahh—"
A sharp pain shot up from his lower body, as if it had been crushed instantly.
Blood stained his pants, and the pain nearly caused him to pass out.
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Hey guys, just a quick heads-up about my recent activity. I've actually been caught up in a totally different project—fonts. Yeah, fonts.
So, on my Android phone I've been using Droid Sans since like ever. I used to be on Roboto back in my college days (around 2017/2018 when I got my first phone), but somewhere around then I switched over and just never looked back. Even when I change phones, I always reinstall Droid Sans because I've gotten way too comfortable with it.
Recently, I suddenly thought: "What if I make this my default system font on my laptop too?" Sounds simple, right? Well… nope. The font is smaller than the default, which meant I had to spend two whole days adjusting things—editing CSS through Stylus so websites like YouTube, ChatGPT, Claude, and Deepseek, etc, don't look microscopic, plus tweaking buttons, menus, and other elements. Windows Explorer was easy (thanks to Advanced System Font Changer), but websites were another story.
On top of that, Droid Sans doesn't support certain characters out of the box—no Hanzi, no Katakana, no Hangul. And don't get me started on Pinyin diacritics, which looked totally messed up since some glyphs were pulled straight from Calibri and slapped on without adjustments. The result? Absolute chaos.
I've been patching it together by pairing Droid Sans with Microsoft JhengHei for Hanzi, which looks way better now. But the real headache is editing and building the Pinyin glyphs manually so they actually match the font style. As I'm writing this (Sept 18 at night), I'm still knee-deep in glyph editing. My brain is fried, and all I can think about is fonts instead of translations.
Hopefully, I'll finish all this by tomorrow and get back to translating. If not… it'll mean I've gone four days without translate anything, which feels super long to me. Normally that's enough time to crank out a bunch of chapters, so yeah, I'm kinda anxious about it.
Anyway, I think I'll share some screenshots of the "disaster phase" (my cursed ChatGPT/Claude/Deepseek screens) and the CSS edits I made on the comment section. Wish me luck—I really love this font, but wow, it's been a ride.