Chapter 1: Destiny Return System!

Great Yan Dynasty.

Hundred Sword Mountain.

Inside a Cultivation room.

"Sigh~"

"Failed again!"

The handsome young man sitting cross-legged in meditation opened his eyes and sighed helplessly.

Li Xuanfeng could no longer remember how many times he had failed to make a Breakthrough to the Spirit Aperture Realm.

It was clearly just a single barrier of the spirit aperture; as long as he could break through it, he could enter a brand-new Realm.

But no matter what he did, he could not break through that barrier.

"Talent is truly a despairing thing~"

Li Xuanfeng looked melancholy.

He had Transmigrated to this Xuanhuan world five years ago.

And he had Transmigrated with his original body.

On a stormy night when he was eighteen, he swore to make something of himself, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reach the Peak of life.

Then, he was struck by a shockingly thick bolt of lightning and sent to this world.

When he first arrived, Li Xuanfeng was cautious and found every step difficult.

This world was similar to ancient times.

But it was not any Dynasty in Li Xuanfeng's memory.

Instead, it was a Xuanhuan world where martial arts were supreme, and the great power of heaven and earth could be gathered within oneself!

The language people spoke was not much different from the one he knew.

Without any background, he blended in with the refugees and began a wandering life, not attracting anyone's attention.

Perhaps because he had some Luck, although he had seen the terrifying battles where powerful Cultivators destroyed cities and cleaved mountains.

He had managed to survive without any major mishaps and had not been harmed.

Two years after his Transmigration, Li Xuanfeng was twenty years old.

It just so happened that Hundred Sword Mountain's triennial Disciple recruitment ceremony was starting.

He followed people from all over the world to try his Luck.

As it turned out, he was lucky enough to pass the entrance exam and became an Outer Sect Disciple of Hundred Sword Mountain with the lowest ranking results!

However, three years had passed, and he was still stuck at the Body Tempering Realm!

The Body Tempering Realm was the first major Realm of Cultivation, divided into nine stages.

Most of the Disciples who joined at the same time as Li Xuanfeng had already achieved a Breakthrough to the Spirit Aperture Realm.

Some had even achieved a Breakthrough to the Qi Cyclone Realm and become Inner Sect Disciples.

Those who were still stuck at the Body Tempering Realm could be counted on one's fingers.

Li Xuanfeng was one of them.

"Three years have passed, and the new Disciple recruitment ceremony has started today."

"If I cannot achieve a Breakthrough to the Spirit Aperture Realm within a month, I will be sent down the mountain!"

Li Xuanfeng frowned slightly and pondered to himself.

Successfully joining Hundred Sword Mountain did not mean everything was fine.

If one could not achieve a Breakthrough to the Spirit Aperture Realm within three years, it meant their talent was truly average, and they would be sent down the mountain by the Sect.

If one wanted to stay, they could, but they would have to settle for being a Utility Disciple.

However, the status of a Utility Disciple was extremely low, and they had endless dirty and tiring work to do every day, without even time to Cultivate.

"I have failed so many times in trying to reach the Spirit Aperture Realm; even with another month, I fear I will not succeed."

"If I am sent down the mountain, where can I go?"

Li Xuanfeng fell into deep thought.

The life of a refugee was not pleasant; one meal was never guaranteed to be followed by another.

They constantly faced various dangers.

Li Xuanfeng had managed to survive two years of wandering without major mishaps only because of good Luck.

Otherwise, he would have long since turned into a pile of bones.

With his current Cultivation at the ninth stage of the Body Tempering Realm, it wouldn't be difficult to scrape by outside.

But ultimately, he would only be a low-level Cultivator.

Without sufficient strength, he would not be in control of his own fate.

Perhaps one day, if his Luck ran out, he would be swept up in the aftermath of a battle between powerful experts and be finished.

Therefore, if he left Hundred Sword Mountain, he would fall into a terrible predicament.

Being a Loose Cultivator was very difficult.

Doing business was not that simple.

Becoming a bandit would eventually lead to being eliminated by a Genius Disciple as a training mission.

Joining the army basically meant acting as cannon fodder.

No path was better than being an Outer Sect Disciple at Hundred Sword Mountain!

"Ultimately, it is because my talent is insufficient and my background is lacking!"

Li Xuanfeng clenched his fists.

As someone who Transmigrated to this world with his body, there was no need to mention background, because he had none at all!

As for talent, he could only say that an ordinary person remains an ordinary person after Transmigration!

No matter how hard he tried to Cultivate, he simply could not compare to those Geniuses!

It was almost impossible for an ordinary, mediocre person to fantasize about soaring into the sky after Transmigration.

Unless they had a cheat after Transmigration!

Li Xuanfeng had also countless times fantasized about a so-called Golden Finger.

But he had waited for five years, and there was still no news.

He had completely given up hope on it.

"Forget it, let me struggle for one more month; what if I get lucky and have a Breakthrough?"

Li Xuanfeng sighed deeply in his heart.

[Ding!]

[System charging complete, binding in progress…]

A sudden voice rang out in his mind.

Causing Li Xuanfeng to freeze in place.

"System?"

Li Xuanfeng suspected he was hallucinating.

Five years!

He had waited for this thing for a full five years!

[System binding complete!]

[Calm your mind and focus to understand the details!]

The mechanical and ethereal voice of the System rang out in his mind once again.

Li Xuanfeng took a deep breath, rubbed his face, and confirmed that this was not a hallucination.

Then he closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and began to communicate with and understand the System.

A moment later, Li Xuanfeng opened his eyes.

He already understood what kind of System he had bound to.

This System was named the Destiny Return System.

He could use this System to view People of Destiny.

So-called People of Destiny were those who received a mandate from heaven, possessed great Luck, and were destined to become astonishing Geniuses who would achieve great things!

They were the most stunning group of people in the world during any given era!

Those with Destiny were destined to achieve extraordinary things!

The purpose of the System was to discover People of Destiny and bind them.

For those bound, any improvement and harvest related to Cultivation would be returned to Li Xuanfeng at a multiplier ranging from ten to one hundred times!

This included but was not limited to Cultivation, insights, experience, Spiritual Artifacts, Medicinal Pills…

"This System, why does it feel like it's binding the most outstanding people in the world to me and making them work for me?"

Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.

The most outstanding group of people in the world working for him, with all their Cultivation harvests returned to him at a minimum of ten times and a maximum of one hundred times!

This destined that Li Xuanfeng's achievements would surpass everyone else's!

Furthermore, the more People of Destiny bound, the higher his achievements would be!

But there was one key question: where to find People of Destiny?

If he couldn't find them in a short time, he could not avoid the outcome of being sent down the mountain in a month!

"I have to start looking from the Outer Sect!"

Li Xuanfeng thought.

Hundred Sword Mountain's triennial Disciple recruitment ceremony was happening today, so Li Xuanfeng decided to go to the scene and take a look.