Half past three in the morning.
A crushing tightness in his chest, difficulty breathing—everything came so suddenly.
Li Feiyu's mouth suddenly went dry, the pounding of his heart growing louder and louder until it felt as though it would burst from his chest!
At the nape of his neck, a massive surge of hot blood seemed to reach the final sprint of its rush, shooting recklessly straight into the back of his head!
Boom... His entire head felt warm, yet tingly and numb.
When your feet go numb, you can rub them, walk it off.
When your head goes numb, your time is about up.
Sure enough, the heavy thumping of his heart vanished, replaced by a fierce, stabbing pain.
The sharp pain rapidly spread across his entire body, making him tremble like chaff in the wind and convulse unceasingly.
Finally, his whole body went numb from the inside out.
It's over.
Despite the unbearable agony, Li Feiyu clenched his teeth shut, not making a single sound.
Then, the habitual late-night work.
Outside the door came the voice of a young boy; Li Feiyu had no time to sort through his thoughts—he could not let him in right now.
Li Feiyu from *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, Old Devil Han's only male bosom friend.
Fortune: 10 points
Li Feiyu was full of questions, but being anxious now was useless; he could only take it one step at a time.
Otherwise, if the reckoning happened at the hour of noon, having them deducted for nothing would be a huge loss.
Li Feiyu the game developer had transmigrated into Li Feiyu of *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*!
"Senior Brother Li!"
Li Feiyu said impatiently, "Stop overthinking it, spit it out if you've got something to say!"
Realm: Martial Artist (95%)
Facing fellow disciples coming and going to lunch, he maintained a calm smile.
Taking Marrow-Extracting Pill was a tremendous secret.
"Senior Brother Li is back!"
The handsome and dashing Li Feiyu always wore a smile; a quarter of an hour passed, and the surrounding pedestrians thinned out.
Resolute, brave, indomitable, refusing to yield to anyone—that was him too.
[The hour of noon has arrived, today's Fortune -5 (Total: 5 points)]
The pain in his body had already subsided a great deal, and countless memories flooded into his brain. He instinctively gripped the long saber at his side.
The first way was by gradually fulfilling his Destiny to obtain points.
Destiny was the predetermined fate assigned by the Dao Ancestor of Fate based on the host's disposition; gradually fulfilling this Destiny would grant Fortune.
Domineering, selfish, ambitious, ruthless—that was him too.
Wasn't this just a proficiency stat panel where you could add points?
Aside from himself, only Elder Zhang and Han Li knew.
And how was his luck to be reversed? Why was his Destiny the Master of Qixuan Sect?
He was currently a Martial Artist; mastering a single intermediate martial art to perfection would qualify him as a martial arts expert.
Burning with anxiety, his consciousness stirred, ready to add points to the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique!
"Clang... clang... clang..."
Outside the door, Jin Dongbao heard Li Feiyu cursing and instead let out a long sigh of relief.
Li Feiyu had just finished taking a dose of the Marrow-Extracting Pill; despite the painkiller Han Li had helped compound, it still put him through absolute agony.
...
Perhaps, at the level of the Dao Ancestor, Five-Element Spiritual Roots were the best spiritual roots?
"Senior Brother Li, are you alright? It's Little Abacus!"
This pain came from every bone in his body; marrow-extracting and bone-gnawing agony was nothing compared to this!
His limbs convulsed wildly, cold sweat began to bead on his forehead, and his face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.
He was a selfish wretch who, knowing full well his time was short, still insisted on marrying the woman of his affections, Zhang Xiuer, as his wife.
...
Li Feiyu! Not *that* Li Feiyu.
Suddenly, a heart-piercing pain struck once more!
Li Feiyu, who had been walking with his head down, was suddenly blinded by a flash of light from something in the roadside bushes.
Li Feiyu decided to first use the 10 points he got at the start on the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique, bringing one martial art to perfection first.
That was why he had been pushing hard to master the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique recently; another dozen days or so of effort and it would be complete.
"Brother Feiyu actually smiled, so dashing!"
Cultivation required sorting out cultivation methods first, and pseudo-spiritual roots had extremely slow entry progress.
"Why are you knocking so urgently? Is your skin itching?
However, with a point-allocation system, were spiritual roots still that important?
Or perhaps this was the easiest spiritual root to throw together; someone was in a hurry, casually mashed one together and tossed it over?
He reined in his smile and put away the shattered silver coin.
Fortune points can be used to improve internal strength, martial arts, cultivation methods, spells, and divine abilities.]
Being in this state now could be considered normal; after figuring it out, Jin Dongbao left with peace of mind.
Many people disliked him.
Upon hearing the knock at the door, Li Feiyu's wits instantly cleared.
Yet Li Feiyu the game developer liked him a lot!
Besides, the current Li Feiyu would definitely have a completely different life!
[The primordial chaos is unclarified, heaven and earth are unsettled, I bestow upon you spiritual roots, may all things follow your heart. The host has obtained Five-Element Spiritual Roots.]
What specific variables there would be, he probably still had to try and see.
The system had given a prompt: there were two ways.
Encountering different variables would lead to different paths of fortune, potentially affecting his luck and Fortune.
Didn't they say it was a spiritual root given by the Dao Ancestor? How was it even worse than Old Devil Han's four-attribute pseudo-spiritual root!
It was the kind of super cheat where others trained bitterly for several years while he just added a point!
Li Feiyu swept a fast glance across the panel deep within his consciousness, and a question suddenly arose.
In the end, the money arrived and the people left.
Just now, while he was in a daze from the pain, the brand-new Li Feiyu had transmigrated over.
If you're not going to give spiritual roots in the world of *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, then for goodness' sake, at least drop him in the Spirit Realm!
The thought had just arisen when Li Feiyu vaguely heard someone mutter, "Shit... I forgot!"
Li Feiyu felt his body gradually regain sensation, and intense pain spread throughout his entire frame.
"Hello, Senior Brother Li!"
Talk is cheap—how could Five-Element Spiritual Roots ever let "all things follow your heart"? Giving in to everything in all matters was more like it...
Bad Luck: Marrow-Extracting Bone-Gnawing (-5 daily)
Bad Luck - Marrow-Extracting Bone-Gnawing!
Because of taking the Marrow-Extracting Pill, his luck had actually been affected.
At that moment, a rapid knocking sounded at the door.
Wait, wasn't his whole body numb? Why did it still hurt?
This world was a quasi-ancient different realm; that should mean the Hour of the Rat, or the Hour of the Horse? It was almost the Hour of the Horse now.
He was just a step too slow!
He was just a hair away from perfecting the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique—literally 1 point away!
Now his Fortune points were gone; would they deduct into the negative tomorrow?
He guessed that the original Li Feiyu had immense ambition, which was why his Destiny at this stage was to become the Sect Master...
Li Feiyu executed a leap and landed with his foot planted squarely on the gleaming object.
[Wind +5 points to Wind and Thunder Blade Technique, current mastery: Great Accomplishment (79+/80)]
However, judging from the panel, there was a third way.
The moment he spotted the silver, the system prompted him.
Five-Element Spiritual Roots? In the Human Realm, this was called a pseudo-spiritual root!
At dinnertime, to suck up to an investor until he was comfortable, he had chugged a catty of Moutai.
Just as he made up his mind, a chime rang out.
"Understood, understood! I will go myself within two days!"
What about spiritual roots? If he wanted this lifetime to be different, he needed spiritual roots first!
The Dao Ancestor of Fate, is it? Which exalted sage was that?
Li Feiyu had no spiritual roots; even with a point-allocation system, without spiritual roots one couldn't cultivate immortality.
Senior Brother Li was a man of dignified appearance, just cold and fierce.
Were you rushing to get reincarnated?
With thoughts swirling in his mind, for a moment he couldn't quite sort things out.
Martial Arts: Wind and Thunder Blade Technique · Great Accomplishment (74+/80)
Destiny: Master of Qixuan Sect
Most crucially, where did Fortune points come from?
The system gave 10 points at the start and deducted 5 points every single day—wasn't that too cruel?!
Then when did the daily reckoning happen?
"Swish!"
The silver wasn't important; what mattered were the points.
He was the stubborn boy under the Bone-Training Cliff who, even when fainting from exhaustion, kept a death grip on the rope and refused to let go.
Because Li Feiyu's golden finger had arrived!
[Destiny System activated! Fate is fixed, Luck is variable.
Entry, Proficiency, Mastery, Small Accomplishment, Great Accomplishment—after passing through these five stages, a cultivation method is perfected.]
As a game developer, Li Feiyu was a hard worker.
Then the system prompted him again.
You have time when you return this trip, go look him up!]
Rosy Clouds Mountain, Qixuan Sect, Qijue Hall, Python-Slaking Force!
Blood Blade Hall Protector Yu Dong, Li Feiyu's master.
The second way was encountering different variables, which might affect his Fortune.
Where was he supposed to find cultivation methods? What was Old Devil Han tinkering with in Godly Hand Valley right now?
Therefore, 5 Fortune points would be deducted every day!
Aside from spiritual roots, the second thing Li Feiyu noticed was those heart-wrenching words.
He loosened his grip on the saber, his hanging heart finally dropping. This matter must never be let known to anyone else.
"I just heard a clatter inside and thought..."
...
Fortune points would change daily based on his luck, and his current luck was bad.
Li Feiyu recalled the original owner's life.
Li Feiyu felt a pang of panic, "It's the Hour of the Horse! Please don't let the points reckon at the Hour of the Horse!"
He was a short-lived ghost who had overdosed on the Marrow-Extracting Pill to get ahead and overdrafted his future lifespan.
Age: 15/20
Internal Strength: Python-Slaking Force · Proficiency (80+/100)
Listening to Li Feiyu's resolute and ringing voice, Jin Dongbao figured he should be fine.
"I ran into Protector Yu on my way back just now, and he told me to pass a message to you.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
If the day's points were reckoned at the Hour of the Horse, 5 points would be deducted, and he wouldn't be able to perfect the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique.
[ struck good luck! Windfall, Fortune +1 (1 point)]
He was just 1 point away from perfecting the Wind and Thunder Blade Technique, and right as he stepped out the door, that 1 point arrived.
PS: The early story of Li Feiyu references *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality* and the *Li Feiyu Chronicles* side story. The protagonist has a similar personality to Li Feiyu; he can be understood as a super Li Feiyu who knows the plot ahead of time.