Chapter 1: Mid Core Formation Stage, Crimson Extreme Realm!!

Suzaku Planet, within the borders of Huofen Country.

Luohe Sect, a certain cave dwelling in the inner sect.

Inside the cave dwelling, spiritual energy was dense like mist, filling the walls.

On a futon in the center, a person sat cross-legged with eyes slightly closed, hands slowly forming hand seals in front of his chest.

As his fingers flew, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn by something, beginning to gather around him and gradually condensing into visible white air currents that poured continuously into his body through his mouth, nose, and pores.

The next moment, a muffled roar suddenly erupted from within his body.

His aura suddenly surged, and the spiritual energy inside the cave dwelling instantly became chaotic, turning into an invisible whirlwind that made his robes rustle loudly.

That aura climbed steadily until it reached a certain critical point!

Boom!

With a muffled sound, it felt as if some shackle had been completely broken open.

The spiritual energy surged for a moment before finally calming down gradually.

The man exhaled a deep breath of turbid air. His breath was long, lasting for several breaths before he slowly reined it in.

“Whew…”

Chu Yuan opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed across them and vanished, quickly returning to calmness.

Feeling the spiritual power in his body, which was nearly twice as abundant as before, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“I've finally broken through, Late Foundation Establishment stage.”

His voice was not loud, but it carried a sense of calmness after experiencing the vicissitudes of life.

It has been over fifty years since he transmigrated into this world.

Winters came and summers went, springs departed and autumns arrived. The mortal of the past, who knew absolutely nothing about cultivation, had now reached this step.

That's right, Chu Yuan was a transmigrator.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary young man who had recently graduated from university. He had no grand ambitions or great abilities. His greatest daily pleasure was staying in his rented room playing video games.

That day, while he was playing enthusiastically, a large red elbow suddenly popped up on the screen, kicking his character out of the match with a single blow.

In a fit of anger, his vision went black. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in a completely unfamiliar world.

It took him some days to barely figure out the situation.

He was familiar with this world.

More than just familiar, this world was precisely the one from the novel he had read in his previous life, 'Xian Ni'.

And the region he was in was within the borders of the Luohe Sect in Huofen Country, which had been mentioned in the original novel.

Thinking back to when he first found out, he had been excited for quite a while.

Pockmark Wang, Wang Lin, was a future powerhouse of the Heaven Trampling Realm. If he could cling to this giant thigh, wouldn't living for nine lifetimes and roaming freely between heaven and earth be easily within reach?

However, as the days passed, this excitement was gradually worn away by reality.

What Pockmark Wang.

What clinging to giant thighs.

If he didn't cultivate diligently, with his mortal body, it wouldn't be long before he turned into a handful of yellow soil. He might not even get to see Wang Lin's face, let alone curry favor with him.

Once he figured this out, he completely abandoned those unrealistic thoughts and officially embarked on the path of cultivation.

After many twists and turns, he joined the Luohe Sect and became an outer disciple.

Fortunately, his talent was decent. Although not outstandingly brilliant, he was not foolish either. With the support of the sect's resources, he advanced step by step from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment, and finally to today's Late Foundation Establishment stage.

Fifty years.

A full fifty years of bitter cultivation in exchange for a two-hundred-year lifespan.

“Speaking of which…”

“Where the hell is my cheat?”

In his fifty years since transmigrating, he had seen many people and heard of many things.

Thinking of those transmigrators, some were born with Heavenly Spirit Roots, while others had continuous fortuitous encounters and endless magic treasures. Yet he had nothing and could only rely on a stubborn determination to move forward step by step.

Sometimes he would also wonder if God had forgotten him.

But after so many years, he had also come to terms with it.

A cheat is a blessing to have, but it's also normal not to have one. You can't just stop living because you don't have one.

Today should be the day those disciples who went to the Foreign Battlefield return, right?

As Chu Yuan was thinking, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind without any warning.

“Ding! Detected that the protagonist Wang Lin has arrived on this map. The system is officially activated.”

The voice was cold and stiff, devoid of any emotion, yet it exploded in his mind like a clap of thunder.

Chu Yuan froze completely.

His pupils suddenly contracted, his breath hitched, and his brain seemed to crash in that instant, going completely blank.

Immediately after, an uncontrollable wild joy welled up from the bottom of his heart like a bursting dam, instantly drowning all rationality.

System.

The system!

He suddenly stood up, his lips trembling a few times, finally turning into a low growl.

“Fuck you, you bastard finally showed up!”

“Do you know how I spent these fifty years?!”

Although Chu Yuan was growling, his heart was already filled with wild joy.

He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down, but his violently beating heart just wouldn't listen.

Good! No matter what, the cheat has finally arrived.

Suddenly, he frowned as a trace of doubt rose in his heart. Could it be that he was so obsessed with a cheat that he had developed an inner demon, and everything just now was merely an illusion?

He quickly closed his eyes to concentrate, scanning internally with his divine sense, carefully sensing every meridian and every inch of his dantian.

A moment later, he opened his eyes. The doubt in his eyes was completely gone, replaced by a bright light.

It's not an inner demon. It's real.

“System.”

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he tried to call out in his mind.

“What is your function?”

The cold electronic voice rang out again. It carried no emotion, yet every word was crystal clear.

“This system is the 'One Realm Higher' System. As long as the host and the protagonist Wang Lin are on the same map, the host can instantly obtain a cultivation level that is one realm higher than Wang Lin's.”

Chu Yuan's pupils contracted slightly, and his heartbeat quickened by a few more beats.

One realm higher? One realm higher than Wang Lin? Wang Lin is the protagonist! Being one realm higher than him, wouldn't that mean being destined to be invincible in this world?!

Suppressing the shock in his heart, he pressed, “Then why didn't you appear before?”

“The host and the protagonist Wang Lin were not on the same map.”

Chu Yuan was slightly startled, then muttered, “Is that so…”

For fifty years, Wang Lin had not been in Huofen Country, so the system had remained asleep. It wasn't until today, when those disciples who went to the Foreign Battlefield returned, that Wang Lin arrived as well.

No wonder.

“Good.”

He asked no more. No matter what, from this moment on, everything was different.

Just as his voice fell, the voice in his mind rang out once more.

“Ding! Detected protagonist Wang Lin's current cultivation: Mid Foundation Establishment stage. Host's synchronized cultivation: Mid Core Formation stage.”

“Ding! Detected protagonist Wang Lin's Extreme Domain Divine Sense. Host's synchronized: Crimson Extreme Domain Divine Sense.”

Boom!!!

Before the voice could fade, a boundless and matchless spiritual energy suddenly descended from the heavens, as if an invisible giant hand had torn through the void, gathering all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and madly pouring it into Chu Yuan's body.

The spiritual energy was so dense that it almost condensed into substance, turning into a visible white pillar of light that pierced through the cave dwelling and shot straight into the clouds.

The spiritual energy of the entire Luohe Sect went into a frenzy at this instant. Spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles seemed to receive some sort of summon, surging madly toward this cave dwelling.

As the spiritual energy surged, a faint whistling sound could actually be heard.