I am reborn as an empress, but I just refuse to accept it!

Linhai Research Institute.

Seated at a desk in the institute was a beautiful young girl, secretly peering at a monitor.

The girl’s features were exceptionally lovely; her skin was like creamy silk, her brows like a new moon, her lips like a touch of crimson, as if she were a celestial fairy who had descended to the mortal world.

Beneath a cascade of waist-long, wine-red hair, was a pair of brilliant golden pupils.

Although the girl was toying with a crimson orb in her hand.

Her gaze was fixed intently on the monitor, where a woman was beheading alien after alien with her sword.

‘Has Sister Xiao gone mad?’

The girl’s pupils constricted. Seemingly thinking of something, she continued to play with the orb in her hand.

‘I, Su Wanrou, a dignified Reborn Empress, remember it clearly. Today is supposed to be the day Teacher discovers “Battle Qi”.’

‘My memories can’t be wrong, but Sister Xiao is a bit different today.’

The girl’s name was Su Wanrou.

She looked to be only sixteen or seventeen, but in reality!

She came from the Star Domain!

She was an Unsurpassed Emperor Realm expert!

The Red Empress!

This was the most honored title in the countless star domains, and only a select few in the entire domain could be called “Emperor”.

And she was one of them.

In the eyes of an Emperor, the Seven Star Alliance was nothing more than a barren little world in the Taiyuan Star Domain.

Unfortunately.

That was the achievement of her previous life.

Now, reborn into a new life, everything had to start from scratch.

‘Hmph! When I return to my peak, I will make you all pay it back a thousand, ten thousand times over!’

Betrayed and besieged by the other three “Emperors,” leading to her fall.

This was the shame of her lifetime!

To be reborn, for her, returning to the peak was not that difficult.

Especially since she knew of her previous life’s opportunities in advance, this time would only be smoother.

“Hehe, what are you thinking about?”

Su Wanrou stumbled, nearly bumping her forehead.

Turning her head, Su Wanrou rubbed her bumped forehead and said irritably to the woman behind her:

“Teacher Song! What are you doing? You scared me.”

Facing her was a woman of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight. A head of glossy black hair fell to her shoulders, and her exquisite face showed no trace of time, instead appearing even more vibrant.

The woman called “Teacher” paid no mind to the girl’s words, instead pointing at the monitor with a grin, looking excited.

“Rourou, are you peeping?”

“You’re not even an adult yet, and you’re already learning bad things.”

“You’re truly bringing shame to your teacher today.”

Su Wanrou’s face flushed red as she stammered, “Of… of course not!”

“Aren’t I just watching Sister Xiao!”

‘What do I do!’

‘What do I do now that I’ve been caught peeping on Sister Xiao!’

‘Su Wanrou, use your brilliant brain and think of something!’

Her thoughts raced, and in an instant, she came up with a perfect plan!

Studying!

Using studying as an excuse would definitely be fine!

“Um, this is called studying! That’s right, I’m studying!” Su Wanrou said.

Song Yuxin satisfactorily pinched her cheek. Seeing her objective achieved, she didn’t bother hiding it much and casually sat down on a nearby sofa, speaking slowly:

“Rourou, your teacher has discovered something incredible.”

“Currently, it’s a system independent of Origin Qi.”

“I have named it ‘Battle Qi’.”

Song Yuxin raised her right hand, and an ethereal, white, gas-like substance instantly materialized, winding around her hand.

‘Battle Qi.’

She was familiar with it.

Once upon a time, she had been invincible among her peers by relying on her Battle Qi, and could even kill enemies of a higher rank.

What’s more, she, Su Wanrou, was a first-rate genius on the path of Battle Qi.

On Blue Star, aside from Song Yuxin and Xiao Yu’er, she had the best talent.

“Battle Qi?”

“Then how does one cultivate this thing?” Su Wanrou was very curious as to how her teacher had discovered it.

Although she knew that the best way to cultivate Battle Qi was through tempering oneself in battle.

She still wanted to hear her teacher’s unique understanding.

She, Su Wanrou, was eager to learn from the wise!

“This? I don’t know.”

“I just woke up and sensed an extra power in my body. Seeing that I could use it, and it was quite handy, I gave it a name on a whim.” Song Yuxin yawned, clearly uninterested in how to cultivate it.

Su Wanrou: (||๐_๐)

‘You got it just by waking up?’

‘How absurd can you be? How are those who can never possess it supposed to live!’

‘So it turns out that my past self, who fought tooth and nail to cultivate for three or four years to obtain this, was a loser…’

Drip.

The sensor door opened automatically. Xiao Yu’er, dressed in a black combat suit, walked in. While wiping the blood from her sword with a towel, she handed the access card from her pocket to Song Yuxin.

“An access card?”

“You went to battle again?” Song Yuxin was very puzzled. Her beloved student wouldn’t normally go for simulated battles at this hour.

This matter was nine-point-nine parts out of ten not right!

“Yes. When I came back to the institute to get something, a burst of energy suddenly appeared, so I came to test its power.”

As she spoke, she gently clenched her palm, and a white gas manifested, forming a white mark that was imprinted on the back of her hand.

“One-Mark Battle Qi?!”

Su Wanrou cried out in alarm.

Her eyes were filled with disbelief. In comparison, she almost suspected her eyes were broken.

But! This was One-Mark Battle Qi!

Her eyes wouldn’t lie.

The aura wouldn’t lie.

The appearance wouldn’t lie.

In her past life, Xiao Yu’er didn’t start with One-Mark Battle Qi, and the day she obtained Battle Qi wasn’t today either.

Could it be the butterfly effect caused by her rebirth?

It must be, right?

“Rourou, you recognize this?”

“No wonder you didn’t react much just now. Turns out you have it too.”

“Release it and let’s see. Little Yu’er’s is different from mine, so yours must be different too.” Song Yuxin wasn’t confused; instead, she nodded with a look of understanding.

She knew it. How could her little disciple be so unenthusiastic and show no reaction to something as world-shaking as an alternative power system?

Who wouldn’t react?

The one who already has it, of course!

What reaction is needed for something you already possess?

Calmness!

She, as the teacher, had it. Her eldest disciple had it. So her youngest disciple must have it too!

“…Me?”

‘Do I have it or not?’

Su Wanrou would absolutely not admit that she didn’t have Battle Qi.

She did have Battle Qi!

But that was in her past life…

“This? That… wait a minute!”

“Sister Xiao, how did you discover this Battle Qi?” Su Wanrou asked with a serious expression on her little face.

Clearly, with her previous strange behavior and now the awakening of Battle Qi, Xiao Yu’er must have experienced something incredible!

If Su Wanrou had to guess.

She must have gone through a life-or-death trial and had a great epiphany!

Xiao Yu’er’s cold and beautiful face paused for a moment. Only when her little face flushed red did she speak:

“It was my younger brother. He told me to be safe.”

“He told you to be safe?”

“And you got Battle Qi?”

Su Wanrou looked at the earnest expression on Xiao Yu’er’s face.

‘It’s Chinese, yes, but why does it sound like I don’t understand it?’

With Xiao Yu’er’s personality, she wouldn’t joke in this kind of situation, so?

‘It’s because of her brother?’

‘That’s right!’

‘It must be like that!’

Knock, knock, knock.

The crisp sound of knocking interrupted Shen Tianling, who was in a state of cultivation.

His consciousness sank. An unsettled expression flashed across his face as he quickly scanned the system’s information.

[Diligent cultivation complete. Your Life Level has been raised to 4.1.]

[The Reborn Empress has become interested in you. Reputation Value +1000]

Shen Tianling rubbed his eyes, sitting up from the bed with a sleepy haze, and yawned in confusion.

“Automatic cultivation is just so nice.”

“But, who is this kind person, the Reborn Empress?”

“To think that I, Shen Tianling, am already so famous that she gave me 1000 Reputation Value without even meeting me.”