At the shop counter...

Ah Zi: Qishi, Is Shang alright?

Ah Zi asks Nanami with a concerned look where the latter is beside her sewing a cloth on the counter.

Shang has not left Nanami’s room for a few days.

Nanami: Let him be. Give him time and he will be back to his normal state.

Nanami says as she punctures the clothing with needle and thread.

Ah Zi: The girls are worried about him too. Do you know what happen?

Nanami: Ah Zi.

Ah Zi: Yes?

Nanami: What I can say is wait patiently till he is willingly to share. All we need to support him whenever he needs it. Understand?

Nanami continues sewing without looking at her.

Ah Zi: Understand, Elder Sis.

Nanami heaves a sigh of relief in her heart.

Nanami’s thoughts: Hope you recover soon, my love. I will make sure the girls would not bother you.

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In Nanami’s room…

Shang is staring at the ceiling as he lies on Nanami’s bed.

For the past few days, he has been thinking whether to change his path from martial cultivating to immortal cultivation, so that if he faced an opponent such as strong entity as Fate itself, he should force his way through it.

There reason that Shang does not give on martial cultivation is because it leads to the path of strength which is once the path of the chinese mythic creator, Pangu.

In various chinese mythic fictions, there are ways to become saint who does not have to worry about karma (Yinguo) and merit systems (Gongde) that are applied unknowingly in immortal worlds. Due to the invisibility of these two systems, mortals or immortals who simply create massacres without a care, either died a terrible death or ended up as food for the chosen one who is also known as the main protagonist.

One is through the path of merit where one become saint by using merit given by Heavens for either creating a new race or creating a sect to spread new paths among the races. Ancestors of immortal sects have no idea what helped them in raising their cultivation and increasing their lifespan. In turn, they believe it is either due to the location they have chosen to build their sect on or due to spiritual treasures they have been holding. Immortals who become saints or gods through this path are the weakest of all saints.

Second is through the path of splitting into three and becoming one again. This will be explained when entering a chinese mythic world.

Third would be through the path of strength. The path of strength is the hardest and slowest of all path. Common cultivations who take this path are killing cultivation, body cultivation and martial cultivation. Immortals who become saints or gods through this path are the strongest of all saints.

Shang is unable to think of other paths after a notification pops up in front of him, causing his eyebrows to knit together.

System: Warning! Lover #1 is in danger!

Shang's thoughts: Nanami!