It wasn’t until now that Yan Qi remembered she could actually teach her parents Daoist cultivation techniques to grant them supernatural abilities. She smacked her forehead in frustration, mentally scolding herself for forgetting something so important.
But she quickly shook it off—dwelling on past oversights wouldn’t help. Instead, she focused on figuring out the best way to pass these techniques to her parents.
Her older sister had already become a superhuman thanks to the Six-Star Companion Transformation Card Yan Qi had given her, and she’d even joined the organization Yan Qi had founded—the Free Life Association.
“Maybe I can frame it as a membership benefit,” Yan Qi mused, a faint smile forming. “Teach Mom and Dad cultivation under the guise of organizational perks, while also giving myself a plausible excuse for having powers.”
“That settles it, then. But the battle in Ninghang City just ended today—it’s not the right time to bring this up with Sis. I’ll wait a day or two before talking to her about it.”
With that decision made, Yan Qi stopped worrying about how she couldn’t yet afford two Six-Star Companion Cards with her current reputation points. Instead, she turned her attention to figuring out what to actually do with those points.
After all, if her parents could gain powers through cultivation, her need for Six-Star Companion Cards had drastically diminished.
Rather than hoarding her reputation points for two cards that might take forever to obtain, why not spend them on gacha pulls? She could stock up on EXP cards to strengthen her existing, non-upgradable transformation cards—and with a bit of luck, she might even pull brand-new Six-Star cards to massively boost her current strength.
“Alright, let’s roll the gacha. 450 million reputation points means 45,000 single pulls—or 450 ten-pulls. Here’s hoping I snag at least one new Six-Star card!”
With a silent prayer, Yan Qi steeled herself and opened the system’s gacha page. The giant roulette wheel loomed before her as she dumped her reputation points into it, initiating round after round of ten-pulls.
[Congratulations! You have obtained: 1x Basic EXP Card.]
[Congratulations! You have obtained: 1x Intermediate Healing Potion.]
[Congratulations! You have obtained: 1x Advanced EXP Card.]
[Congratulations! You have obtained: 1x Intermediate…]
……
Text notifications flashed before her eyes in rapid succession. The first ten-pull yielded zero transformation cards, but Yan Qi remained unfazed.
She had long since braced herself for the system’s abysmal drop rates—after all, a single Five-Star Companion Card was priced at 500 million reputation points in the shop.
Undeterred, she dumped another million points into the gacha for her second ten-pull.
Result: No transformation cards.
Third ten-pull: Nothing.
……
Seventy-eight ten-pulls in, a sudden rainbow glow erupted across the screen.
Yan Qi’s eyes widened.
“Oh! Ohhh! I actually got something?!”
Her heart raced as she recalled her past gacha experiences—this was unmistakably the telltale sign of a Six-Star card.
“That’s way sooner than I expected! I thought I’d have to hit at least two hundred ten-pulls before seeing one!”
Hands trembling with excitement, she mashed the [Skip] button in the top-right corner, exiting the gacha screen and diving straight into her Transformation Card Library.
And there it was—a brand-new Six-Star card.
The illustration depicted a golden-haired, emerald-eyed beauty dressed in gothic Lolita fashion, draped in a flowing black cloak and wielding a massive scythe.
Yan Qi immediately tapped the card, pulling up its full details.
[Six-Star Transformation Card: Beautiful Grim Reaper]
✦ Rarity: 3 Stars (0/100,000)
✦ Skills: Soul Reap, Karmic Judgment, Eternal Silence
✦ Talents: Spirit Channeling (Master), Resurrection (Master)
“Beautiful Grim Reaper? Well, the name definitely fits the art.”
She skimmed the description, then scrutinized the skills and talents one by one.
[Soul Reap]
▸ When activated, any target struck by the Grim Reaper’s scythe will have their soul forcibly extracted if their power is inferior to the user’s.
▸ If the target is stronger, they will suffer soul displacement for no less than 3 seconds, rendering them immobile.
[Karmic Judgment]
▸ The Grim Reaper may designate a single target for judgment.
▸ Based on the target’s accumulated karmic sin, they will be engulfed in inextinguishable hellfire that ignores all defenses until judgment is complete.
[Eternal Silence]
▸ Upon activation, a 200-meter Death Zone manifests around the Grim Reaper.
▸ All living beings within range—including the user—will instantly perish, regardless of power level.
[Spirit Channeling (Master)]
▸ The Grim Reaper can perceive lingering spirits, communicate with them, and borrow their power.
[Resurrection (Master)]
▸ After using Eternal Silence, the Grim Reaper may revive herself by spending 1 hour in a dormant state.
“Holy crap. A true instant-death AOE that even affects me? This is insane.”
Yan Qi’s fingers itched to activate the card immediately—but she forced herself to hold back.
Her gacha session wasn’t over yet. Who knew what other treasures awaited?
Taking a deep breath, she exited the card library and returned to the gacha screen.
“Alright, let’s see if today’s luck has any more surprises in store.”