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 The exit that I took to make it out of the warehouse was blocked by rubble. It was the other door in the clearing. luckily for me though, the rubble wasn't too big and it was only the effort of about ten minutes or so to clear it all away.
 The room directly after that was simply gone, as though it had been bitten in half, although from what I could tell, it was some sort of reception area, not that it mattered now. Seeing the forest again made me nervous, but Zirani's words and my desire to make it back pushed me forward. My journey doesn't end here and I wanted to know what had happened to everyone.
 It was mid-afternoon and if I didn't run into any interruptions then I should make it back in a few hours and before true nightfall. As much as I'd changed in the past two days, Zirani was right in that I didn't want to be out when it hit night. This was the wilds and it was the domain of aether beasts, and there were some nasty beasts that were nocturnal hunters.
 I leaned down and placed a hand on the ground, focusing. I pulled aether from my core and moved it through my body to my hand. I formed the image of a string in a sea of stone in my head, and pushed aether to its tip, creating a ball. The actions flowed easily and smoothly compared to the first few times I'd tried. The first pulse flew out in a wave around me and in seconds returned, bringing with it information from the green, from the forest.
 Another wave pulsed and I continued for another two pulses before I stopped. From the information I'd gathered, there were no aether beasts within half a mile around me, in any direction, although there were a few regular animals. What was most important, though, was the tracks and disturbed plant life. Footprints, and branches, and tree limbs that had clearly been cut with a blade.
 Zirani was right, this green sense was incredibly useful, and I marveled at how much I'd gotten in just a minute.
 The tracks made it easy to figure out where to head, and I began moving through the forest, using the information I'd acquired from my green pulse to make the trip easier. I avoided open space, and paths that ended in blocks, choosing to weave through the trees, and areas with plenty of cover. My steps were light, I knew where leaves, other things that could cause noise, and bushes would be, allowing me to avoid making sound and be aware of potential hiding spaces.
 After an hour, I leaned down and used green pulse again. This time there were aether beasts close by, two grendels, although they were stationary for the most part. I avoided them, and at one point used a lashing vine to head up a tree. I entered a very clustered part of the forest and with bark armor and lashing vine, I was able to move from tree to tree with far more ease than a normal human could.
 I felt like an animal, to be honest, and it felt exhilarating in a way, using my techniques, weaving through the forest, that reminder of potential danger, a constant thought in my head.
 Two hours later, and more green pulses it seemed like I was going to make it to West Vale with no trouble, unfortunately, that's when I ran into an aether beast.
 It had been sniffing the remains of what must have been some sort of animal when I stumbled across it. I almost managed to sneak by, but almost comically a twig snapped under my foot.
 I sighed and took a fighting stance as the grendel turned to face me.
 Grendels were hunched back humanoid creatures that looked like small people covered in brown fur. They had claws and were quite muscular. They apparently came in different sizes but around West Vale, there were only lesser grendels.
 It let out a growl, that sounded part cough and charged at me, no thought, just the need to kill and eat. Grendels were dangerous, but they were stupid and one core beast with no affinity. Their cores contained only pure aether.
 There was a moment of panic as it charged, and I almost stood frozen, but then almost like a jolt of electricity, everything that had happened in the past two days seemed to pass through my mind's eyes and time seemed to slow. I dodged its swipe easily, and struck its stomach with a bark-covered fist, and swept its legs out from its feet. It fell to the ground, and Ziranis words played in my mind.
 'Nature can be violent, uncaring'
 A lashing whip formed in my left hand and wrapped around its throat. I pulled it up just as it was about to hit the forest floor, and brought its face to collide with my right fist. It flailed and tried to swipe at me, but I dodged and wrapped the vine around it whilst moving behind it. I pulled and shoved my knee into its back. A human would have done no damage, but I was at the first level of aether infusion. My body had been infused with aether and enhanced.
 When my knee connected with the grendels back, there was a sickening crack and it howled. I let my vine disperse and the grendel dropped to its knees. I moved up and took ahold of its head, and with a vicious twist, snapped its neck.
 It fell to the ground, and I stood there panting for a few seconds.
 "That was good, but you shouldn't have let it make any noise, as that will attract others and you played it out for too long. You could have ended that much quicker."
 I jumped slightly as Zirani's voice sounded in my head. I'd forgotten she could do that, and though she was right, even with the criticisms I could somehow feel her pride through our bond and I smiled at the feeling.
 I didn't spend any time trying to get the grendels core and instead headed away from the scene. Once I was far enough away, I used green pulse and continued onwards towards the town. Now that I'd fought and knew I could handle myself, at least against weaker aether beasts, I wasn't as scared.
 Fortunately, I didn't run into any other beasts and broke out of the forest just as it was hitting evening.. Once the town was in view I increased my pace, I was in the home stretch now and I was eager to get back to my home and my aunt, who was probably worried sick.
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 Long ago a great calamity struck the earth, destroying much of it and merging what remained with pieces of other worlds.
 With these worlds came Aether, a new form of energy that can allow one to transcend the bounds of normal mortality and human limitations.
 In a world where humans absorb the essence of aether beasts to gain power, Aiden Hawke joins the class of humans known as arcanists, people who defeat aether beasts and absorb their essence into cores they forge within themselves, and who infuse themselves with the aether that permeates the world around them to increase the power of their body and mind.
 However, unlike most, Aiden will find that he holds a unique gift and that his journey as an arcanist will not be so simple.
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 Lu Chang’an cultivated the reincarnation of immortals for two generations, and in the third life, An Wengou reached the Nascent Soul stage, solved the mystery of the reincarnation stele, and then practiced the mediocre ancient health-preserving skills. 
 Avoid fighting and fighting, operate steadily, and form good relationships with people. 
 After a long cultivation career, I got acquainted with growing characters, upright leaders, celestial beauties, demon giants, evil cultivators, thousand-year-old monsters, behind-the-scenes chess players… 
 Watch the ups and downs of the world, the ebb and flow of the tide. 
 Unknowingly, it has become a living fossil in the world of cultivating immortals, an evergreen tree through the ages. 
 ………… 
 Mortal flow, stable, pseudo-longevity, decisive killing, and normal three views.
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 The boundless universe was filled with all sorts of wonders. 
 I, Chen *Ping An, only have one sword, to move mountains, turn the seas upside down, suppress demons, deal with gods, pluck stars, break rivers, destroy cities, and open the heavenly abode! 
 My name is Chen Ping An, Ping An* of Peace, and I am a swordsman. 
 The Midland world was full of wonders. 
 In the center of the world, there was a scholar who had once used a sword to slash out a waterfall of the Milky Way. This was the person he was the most proud of. 
 At the edge of the East Sea’s cliffs, there was a nameless Daoist who was unwilling to ascend to the peak of a mountain. He only wished for a cool breeze to brush against his face. 
 In the Western Pure Land, there was an old monk who liked to treat people to chicken soup and tell stories. 
 In the southern border of the Wilderness, there was a blind painter who controlled golden-armored puppets that were as tall as mountains to move the hundred thousand mountains, creating an embroidered picture. 
 An impoverished youth who grew up in the north. One day, he saw tens of thousands of Sword Kinesis Immortals above him, like a swarm of locusts crossing the border. 
 He wanted to see for himself the scholar that the storyteller had mentioned, the surging tides of the East Sea, the vast swamps of sand in the west, and the majestic mountains of the Southern Wasteland. 
 Thus, one day, the youth picked up the wooden sword and began to descend south. 
 Notes: 
 * Ping An means peace 
 ** The four directions here are just the four sides of the map of China and the earth. As for the World of Righteousness, it was only one of the four “World”. 
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 Hundreds of years ago, Human, Celestial Clan and Demon Clan lived together on the Origin Continent. However, a great war broke out between the three races. Shan He, the leader of Human, had discovered a catalogue of methods to forge Divine Weapons. With this catalogue, Shan He led Human to defeat the other two clans and expelled them from the Origin Continent.
 The peace did not last long. After the passing of Shan He, the once Glory Empire collapsed. Various forces of Human fell into a long period of wild war for the Divine Weapon Catalogue, but the catalogue was lost during the war.
 The Demon Clan took advantage of the internal strife of Human. Under the lead of their new lord, Fen Tian, the Demon army invaded the Origin Continent violently.
 Human soon lost a large portion of their territory. At that moment, a mysterious hero suddenly appeared on the battlefield. With a legendary Divine Weapon in hand, he severely injured Fen Tian and forced him to retreat. The united Human army chased the Demon army across the strait and to the Two Realm Plain on the Tranquil Continent.
 Once again, the various forces of Human started wildly searching for the Divine Weapon Catalogue…
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 The story of a weak larva with a human soul, all the way to the master of the stars. 
 (No system, violent soldiers flow, do not take the single route, do not change shape)
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 Young Yao Xuan, traveled through the Douluo Continent, awakened the Super God System, signed to the Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul at the beginning, and embarked on the road of legend: 
 Encounter Na’er by chance, capture the heart of Gu Yue, in the spirit tower, apprentice Tianfeng; 
 Studying in Shrek, going to Star Luo Continent, Soul Master Competition, bravely competing for the first place; 
 Dragon Valley seizes good fortune, the Sea God Fate Convention, and the sentient people will eventually become family members; 
 Repeatedly town the abyss, break the conspiracy of the Holy Spirit, the sage of the abyss, the ashes disappear; 
 Untie Gu Yuena’s heart knot, hold a grand marriage, break the shackles of the gods, reestablish a new order, and create an invincible myth! 
 p.s. Don’t enter the Tang Sect, don’t lick Tang San, no tragedy, Dzogchen plot
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 Cut through the road of life and death with one knife, and Hanren slaughtered all those who had hearts!
 …
 I don’t want to be a knife, I want to be a knife bearer.
 I don’t want to be a pawn, I want to be a chess player.
 an ordinary person.
 But he wants to live out himself in this world.
 The unknown road ahead is slim, and the future is unknown; just walking step by step, before you know it, it is already a journey, and there is no world.
 The thorny road, the red dust is far away; the clever move, the step is high;
 Flatten the sea, turn over the rivers and lakes; clear the blue sky, hold the sword of heaven.
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 Huskies that can bite the beasts to death, giant pandas with immortal bodies, and even those who call themselves dragon gods…
 This is a story about a funny pet shop owner who got the system after crossing.
 Blood, youth, and the return of the king! !
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 In the foreign world, the martial artists dominate the world and the sword of the emperor controls the fate of hundreds of millions of lives! Long Yu, the number one killer on Earth, after dying, takes rebirth in this new world in an aristocratic family of martial artists but faces rejection because he is unable to practice martial arts.
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 This novel is also known as It’s Impossible that My Evil Overlord is So Cute
 Xue Nu: “I have always believed that people and monsters can love each other… But I didn’t expect that his blood is cold, his body is cold, even his heart is cold!”
 Xu Shenxing: “I think it was because he was frozen by you.”
 Win fish: “I keep taking a bath, where is the greasy sister…”
 Xu Shenxing: “Probably the flood caused by your bath washed away.”
 Kyuubi: “Our goal is—”
 All the demons: “No cavities!”
 Xu Shenxing: “You give me something like that!”
 “Finally defeated the demon king and saved the other world, and participated in the interstellar war non-stop to understand and save the alien princess… All this is finally over and you can live a quiet life.”
 Our protagonist returns to the Sakura apartment after a long absence and turns on his beloved antique computer.
 【Do you want to understand the meaning of life, do you want to really live? Yes/No】
 “…I choose a dog leash.”
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 Rong Qingyan is a 21st century successor of a medicinal family, proficent in medical knowledge. But in the end, she has died in the hands of her relatives. Murong Qingyan is Sheng Hong Continent’s Murong family’s legitimate miss. But even though she is a legitimate daughter, she is the Murong family’s shame because her appearance is ugly and her meridians are blocked, making her a tr*sh that cannot cultivate. 
 After she transmigrated, she became her. 
 When she reopened her eyes, the originally unable to cultivate tr*sh let everyone stumble in shock. Flipping over clouds, going against the heavens and changing fate, letting those that originally looked down on her regret it deeply. 
 Contracting magical beasts, concocting immortal pills. Meeting gods, killing gods; meeting Buddhas, killing Buddhas; swearing to let all those that looked down on her see her in a new light. 
 When the tr*sh turned into a universally shocking prodigy, when the ugly appearance was shed off, she was no longer the original her. In the whole course of events, whose heart did she actually steal? 
 Her ex fiancé regretted it deeply, but to no avail. The family that looked down on her is now immensly remorseful, yet they can’t change anything anymore. 
 When she stood at the peak of the world, he was always by her side protecting and guarding her, letting her be able to freely soar in the sky. 
 He said: “In my life, I wish for nothing else. I only wish to love you forever.” 
 She said: ”If it is what you desire.”
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 This novel is also known as Magic Industrial Empire
 A prestigious senior mechanical engineer in the industry, Xu Yi was sent to a world dominated by magic.
 In a world with an almost non-existent industrial system, how can Xu Yi display his value?
 When magic collides with modern technology, when magic merges with machinery, that is the beginning of this story.
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 This is a brand new story.
 Survive the darkness, see the light
 There is no right or wrong, it just depends on which side you are standing on.
 To be a god, or to be a man.
 To be good, or to be evil.
 Just what is…the highest order of weapon that humanity has?
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 After a great catastrophe struck, the world was set back many years and humanity started living in anarchy.
 With time, society started building up again and people were now living in walled strongholds and fringe towns across the land.
 Humans have also become distrustful and ruthless in an unforgiving society where the strong survive and the weak are eliminated.
 Growing up in such an era, Ren Xiaosu had to fend for himself.
 After an incident, he gained supernatural powers…
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