Surprised? I Came Back Alive!

With the spiritual qi revival on Blue Star, long-lost secret realms have reappeared in the world.

Treasure hunters exploring the secret realms have suddenly become the hottest profession around.

Deep in debt and with nowhere else to turn, Jiang Yunqing was forced to join the tide.

He only wanted to pay off his debts, but unexpectedly stumbled upon an unparalleled opportunity and entered the path of cultivation.

He should have soared to great heights from then on, but after his childhood friend betrayed him, he died without even a whole corpse left behind.

By a twist of fate, after dying, Jiang Yunqing was reborn on another plane, the Soul Pact Continent.

Even the heaven-defying opportunity from his previous life crossed dimensions and followed him there.

What's more, the item unlocked a trading function spanning myriad worlds, something it had never had before.

After learning that reaching the pinnacle of cultivation would let him shatter the void and cross between planes, Jiang Yunqing immediately chose to form a soul pact and cultivate the Great Dao anew.

With the help of the Myriad Worlds Trading Device, it took Jiang Yunqing only a few hundred years to reach the peak of cultivation.

When he faced the incredulous gaze of his childhood friend, he simply asked:

"Didn't see that coming, you bastard? I'm back from the dead to claim your life!"

Up to that point, his revenge had gone smoothly.

But, as luck would have it, there seemed to be one tiny little problem along the way...

Wasn't the first soul he made a pact with supposed to be a half-dead little black snake?

Then what was this ink-black dragon, thicker than his waist and forever wrapping itself around him?

Ink Dragon, formerly a half-dead little black snake: So you still haven't figured out the difference between a soul pact and a marriage pact?

Reading Guide:

1. CP: A lustful ink dragon seme with two of them x a confused uke who's focused on revenge and cultivation and can't tell a soul pact from a marriage pact

2. Mortal's cultivation and level-up story. Very long novel ahead. The main plot follows cultivation and advancement on the Soul Pact Continent, while the Blue Star revenge arc is in the extras.

3. The story's tone has been set. Changes to the blurb are just polishing.

4. Scheduled after Transmigrate into a Book: Immortal Journey.

5. Blurb archived on 2024.07.11

Theme: Whatever can't kill me will only make me stronger