Dragon Concealed Continent, Great Li Dynasty.
Xuantian Sect, Vermilion Bird Academy.
"Sigh, what should I do? Where is my System? Am I bringing shame to all time-travelers?"
A tall, slender man muttered to himself in his courtyard.
Having transmigrated to this world for three months now, Jiang Tianlin had gradually realized that he could not go back.
Originally, he had been just an ordinary college student from the Great Xia Country on Blue Star. Exhausted from researching materials in the library, he had found a desk, wanting to rest his head for a moment, only to end up transmigrated just like that.
This world was called Purple Star, where martial arts reigned supreme. The strong could pluck stars and fill oceans, or even destroy a planet, while the weak could only grovel on the ground like ants, living from hand to mouth with no hope of ever rising to prominence.
The Dragon Concealed Continent where he currently resided was merely a minor realm upon Purple Star.
The body Jiang Tianlin had transmigrated into was also named Jiang Tianlin. However, the original owner was merely the inner sect senior brother of Vermilion Bird Academy, having entered solely through the connections of the Lin Family. Moreover, his cultivation was meager, stuck at the Third Layer of Awakening Realm, and for reasons unknown, his cultivation level had never been able to advance. This was the very reason he was not favored by his master and master's wife.
That day, his master had sent the original owner to the Pill Peak to retrieve an Enlightenment Pill for his junior sister. Halfway there, he was provoked by Zhou Yong, a disciple of the Azure Dragon Academy, and subsequently severely injured by him.
Dragging his heavy injuries back to Vermilion Bird Academy, the original owner handed the Enlightenment Pill over to his junior sister, but due to the severity of his wounds, he succumbed and died.
Every time he thought of this, Jiang Tianlin's heart would pound uncontrollably.
He had no choice but to clutch his chest, take a deep breath, and force himself to calm down. After a long while, he finally recovered.
"Hah—" He expelled a turbid breath.
At this moment, his complexion was pale, fine beads of sweat hanging from his face, looking just like prey that had shaken off the pursuit of a hunter.
"Damn Zhou Yong!" he cursed inwardly.
And so, Jiang Tianlin had inexplicably transmigrated here like this. Indeed, the Jiang Tianlin from Blue Star had undergone a soul transmigration.
After Jiang Tianlin transmigrated, his injuries had healed, but his dantian had been completely crippled by Zhou Yong, rendering him utterly incapable of cultivation ever again.
The reason Zhou Yong had not come to trouble the original owner again was primarily because the original owner's junior sister, Xiao Muyu, had issued a warning to Zhou Yong that day.
Recalling that little girl's words from that day: "Zhou Yong, if you ever dare lay a hand on my senior brother again, don't blame me for refining your divine soul." Xiao Muyu's expression had been calm, but Jiang Tianlin knew she wasn't bluffing; he had heard that her Xiao Family possessed a secret technique for refining divine souls.
"This lass..." Jiang Tianlin didn't know how to describe it. Was he actually being protected by a woman?
According to the original owner's memories, the cultivation realms across the entire Purple Star were: the Lethargic Realm (Author's note: spiritless and listless during the day), the Carefree Realm (Author's note: abnormally active at night), the Staying Up Late Realm, the Pulling an All-Nighter Realm, the Sudden Death Realm, the Funeral Procession Realm, the Coffin Sealing Realm, the Burial Realm, and the Banquet Realm.
No, that's wrong, let's start over!
The cultivation realms across the entire Purple Star were: Awakening Realm, Dao Entry Realm, Mingxin Realm, Soul Return Realm, Transcendence Realm, Primal Realm, Carefree Realm, Featherization Realm, and Deity Realm—a total of nine realms. Each realm had nine layers, also known as the Nine Heavens.
As for cultivation stages, they were divided into early, middle, and late phases, with each realm split into nine layers; layers one through three were the early phase, four through six the middle phase, and seven through nine the late phase.
The strongest expert on the Dragon Concealed Continent was only at the peak of the middle Soul Return Realm. As for realms above the Soul Return Realm, no one on the Dragon Concealed Continent had ever encountered them.
In addition, a few days ago, Emperor Yan Beihang of the Great Li Dynasty had sent someone to contact him, hoping he would raise an army to rebel against his adoptive father, Lin Pothen. Asking him, at the Third Layer of Awakening Realm, to rebel against an Eighth Layer of Dao-Entering Realm powerhouse—wasn't that sending him to his death?
"I'm merely an adopted son. Historically, adopted sons who rebel never meet a good end. Calling it a rebellion sounds nice, but in reality, it's just treason."
His adoptive father and his family had treated him quite well. He had been an orphan in his past life, but after fusing with the memories, he discovered that apart from his poor cultivation, the original owner's life had been quite fortunate in every other aspect.
He was well aware that his adoptive father and adoptive brother had guarded the northern frontier of the Great Li Dynasty for many years, and the Emperor harbored deep misgivings toward the Lin Family. The Emperor's visit to him this time was primarily because the Lin Family's ancestor, Lin Junyang, had attempted seclusion to break through to the Mingxin Realm, only to fail. Now, he possessed only the cultivation of the Layer Five of Dao Entry Realm and was even on the verge of death.
"This emperor probably couldn't stand the Lin Family for a long time now."
At the mere thought of these matters, Jiang Tianlin's head pounded.
"Sigh, what kind of mess is this? The Lin Family treats me very well, but I can't afford to provoke Yan Beihang either. If only I hadn't been crippled, if only I had strength," Jiang Tianlin thought bitterly.
"Ding,"
"God-tier Selection System is beginning to bind... 1%... 20%... 50%... 99%......"
"It's here, it's here. I knew it—how could a time-traveler not have a System?" Jiang Tianlin said excitedly.
"Ding, System binding complete, currently connecting with the host; this process is irreversible,"
"Ding, connection complete,"
"Ding, initializing..."
"Ding, initialization complete."
Jiang Tianlin was overjoyed and said, "System, please introduce yourself."
"Ding, hello, Host. I am the God-tier Selection System. As long as the Host makes a choice, rewards can be obtained," a melodious female voice sounded.
"System, why did you only come now? You kept me waiting so long my flowers have withered."
"Ding, this System arrived long ago, it's just that the Host previously failed to meet the activation conditions!"
"???"
"Damn System, did my cultivation really have to be crippled for you to be activated?"
At this moment, Jiang Tianlin's expression was not looking good. Although he could rely on Xiao Muyu for a free ride, living off a woman's support wasn't easy!
"Host, having your cultivation crippled was merely one condition. The other condition was that you had to survive here safely for three months; otherwise, you and I were not meant to be!"
"..."
"System, do you not have a beginner's gift pack?" He quickly changed the subject; otherwise, he might just be angered to death by this System.
"Host, I do."
"Good! There's a beginner's gift pack, wonderful." Jiang Tianlin was quite satisfied. He had thought this System's operations would be terribly complicated, but it turned out to be so simple.
"System, open the personal status panel first."
"Very well, Host."
【Name: Jiang Tianlin
Gender: Male
Age: Seventeen years old
Race: Human
Bloodline: ???
Destiny: Forbidden Imperial Star (Unactivated)
Physique: ???
Qi Luck: Nine-colored (Tolerated by the Heavenly Dao)
Aptitude: Supreme (Surpassing God-tier, currently unactivated)
Cultivation: Third Layer of Awakening Realm (Dantian shattered, but repairable)
Technique: Xuantian Art
Martial Skill: Xuantian Sword Technique
Movement Skill: Xuantian Step
Treasures: None
Weapon: Sword (Ordinary lower-grade spirit sword, unranked, already shattered)
Sect: Xuantian Sect
Background: Great Li Dynasty - Adopted son of Northern Pacifying King Lin Family
Current Plane: Great Li Dynasty】
The grades of weapons and treasures on Purple Star, from lowest to highest, were Mortal weapons, Spirit weapons, Dharmic weapons, Precious weapons, Saint weapons, and Divine weapons.
At the same time, they were further divided into five tiers: superior, middle, inferior, top-grade, and heaven-defying. Thus, terms like top-grade divine weapon and superior dharmic weapon existed, and so forth.
"System, what is going on with my bloodline and physique? And what about that Forbidden Imperial Star destiny?"
"Please experience it for yourself, Host."
"Ah? Could I be the descendant of some remarkably powerful figure?"
"Host, you need to explore that yourself."
"Shed, well, fine then. I'd hoped I was a second-generation powerhouse, but whatever, I'm not one of the six major families—Lin, Ye, Xiao, Chu, Chen, or Qin anyway. So, System, how do I repair my dantian? Do you have a method?"
"Host, yes. You only need to use a Dantian Repair Pill."
"Then do you have a Dantian Repair Pill?" Jiang Tianlin asked again.
"Host, yes, it is inside the beginner's gift pack."
"Open the beginner's gift pack."
"Ding, beginner's gift pack opened."
"A single... lollipop?!"
"Host, this is produced in your hometown, Great Xia Country. Look how thoughtful I am toward you."
"..."
Right now, he really wanted to curse.