In Dragon Country, inside Hansheng, Shengxia was violently hammering away at his keyboard. Damn it, he was only one level away from hitting level fifty!
This was a game where a special forces unit fought monsters, and our protagonist was swearing up a storm. He was on the verge of dropping some top-tier gear—an Italian artillery piece, just this close!
Right at that moment, due to careless handling, the rubber insulation on the power cord wore through. The instant Shengxia came into contact with the live current, sparks flew from his feet and smoke poured from his head. Shengxia's soul shot straight up toward the heavens.
"Am I dead? If I'm still on Earth, I'm definitely calling consumer protection, I'm suing them in court, I'm going to..."
Where was his body? How had he turned into a patch of dark raincloud? Immediately afterward, a massive flood of information bloomed in his mind.
As it turned out, Shengxia had transmigrated into Honghuang, becoming the very first dark cloud at the edge of the sky. Originally, this cloud was meant to become Zhao Gongming, but because our protagonist loved reading Honghuang web novels, he grasped the situation at once.
Since the Dragon-Han Tribulation had only recently ended, this patch of dark cloud had yet to give birth to any spiritual intelligence, allowing Shengxia's soul to exploit the opening and usurp everything that belonged to it!
Just then, a voice rang out in his mind: "System binding with host in progress." The voice asked whether the host wished to proceed with the binding.
Since he was already here, and novels always featured transmigrators with systems who became invincible across the world, he had a golden finger of his own now! Shengxia wanted to laugh out loud for half a day. He had a system too! He was going to strike it rich!
At that moment, the system asked once more if the host wished to bind the system.
Shengxia, still daydreaming about how to become invincible in Honghuang, did not dare stall. He hurriedly answered, "Bind! By the way, what's your name?" Of course, being a system, how could it answer a casual question like that?
"System binding in progress: fifteen percent, fifty percent, seventy-five percent..." Who knew how much time had passed, but by now Shengxia had already reached the Golden Immortal Realm, so he had plenty of mental energy to spare!
"Ding! The Hongmeng Dao System has been successfully bound."
*Oh, it's the Hongmeng Dao System,* Shengxia thought. "Excuse me, what does the system do?"
"This system allows the host to check in at various locations across Honghuang to receive various system rewards. For every five check-ins, the host receives one chance at a lucky draw!"
With the Hongmeng Dao System by his side, the protagonist was strutting like a bull with trousers on—totally awesome to the max!
Shengxia used his spiritual power to call out a check-in. At this moment, he happened to be floating over the East Sea.
"Ding! Check-in successful. The system rewards the host with one hundred thousand years of cultivation."
Instantly, Shengxia felt a wonderful sensation wash over his entire body. A warm current flowed through every part of him, soaking into his limbs and bones.
By this time, Shengxia had already reached the Mid Golden Immortal stage. The cultivation system in Honghuang was divided as follows: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Tribulation, Red Dust Immortal, Earth Immortal, Celestial Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Daluo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Sage, Sage, Dao-Embodiment Sage, Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal, Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal, Great Dao Sage, Great Dao Venerable, Hongmeng Sage, Hongmeng Dao Venerable, Hongmeng Dao Venerable, with the absolute peak being the Hongmeng Yuning Great Supreme Venerable. Each major realm had an early stage, mid stage, and peak.
"Ding! Considering that the host is a rookie novice, special rewards are granted: the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure Small Nail Hammer, two Hongmeng Spiritual Fruits known as Sanhua Fruits, and the cultivation technique *Hongmeng Heaven-Opening Scripture (Volume 1)*. All rewards have been placed into the system space," the system prompted.
What on earth was a Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure Small Nail Hammer? And how did one enter the system space?
*What an absolute rookie,* the system chided. *Use your divine sense, you fool.*
Shengxia directed his divine sense into his own mind. With a flash of white light, he saw a vast, empty expanse. Sitting there was what looked like a small, rust-covered iron nail hammer straight from Earth. What was this supposed to be? Was this really something produced by the system? It looked completely useless!
Next to it were two purplish, glowing fruits—definitely good stuff—along with a book made of some unknown material radiating a golden light.
Shengxia used his divine sense to pick up the book. The opening chapter was the Great Dao Chapter, which read: *The Void gives birth to the Great Dao, the Great Dao gives birth to Pangu, and Pangu opening the heavens gives birth to the Two Modes. The Two Modes give birth to the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams, and the Eight Trigrams give birth to all things. All things suddenly begin and end, end and suddenly begin, ceaselessly flowing...* This was the general outline.
As Shengxia circulated his energy through the grand heavenly cycle according to the first volume of the Great Dao Chapter, he could actually see his realm and strength climbing upward.
The Dragon-Han Tribulation had just passed not long ago, and the world was currently at peace. Hongjun had yet to attain sagehood, and everyone was still licking their wounds.
"Ding! Clock-in successful." Drifting along with the wind, he arrived at Buzhou Mountain. The system rewarded the host with a physical form, the Supreme-grade Xiantian Spiritual Artifact Emperor Sword, and three Huangzhong Li fruits!
A physical form? They wouldn't turn him into some kind of monster, would they? Floating along with the wind was actually pretty nice; you didn't have to consider a thing, you could clock in while asleep, and you could tour the entire Honghuang world!
By this point, Shengxia was already at the Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal stage. Once he took human form, he might just become a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Taking human form required going through a lightning tribulation. *Oh gods, oh immortals, save me!*
*It is completely normal for Xiantian items to undergo a transformation tribulation, you little rookie,* the system's voice rang out unbidden.
As a soul that had transmigrated from the modern era, of course he was scared! *Didn't you know you have me as your system? What is there to be afraid of?*
First came the lightning, followed by the peals of thunder—human-shaped lightning, weapon-shaped lightning, and finally, dragon-shaped lightning.
Shengxia had originally been a patch of dark raincloud, but with the lightning and thunder flashing and rumbling without a moment's pause, his divine sense and soul grew brighter and brighter. Slowly, golden blood and bones began to form, followed by muscles, every inch of his flesh and blood being tempered by the thunder and lightning.
At the central location of Buzhou Mountain lay a cavern dwelling inhabited by a brother and sister, both possessing human torsos and snake tails. Needless to say, they were none other than Fuxi and Nuwa.
"Today, some Xiantian object is undergoing its transformation tribulation. Why don't we go take a look, and perhaps make the acquaintance of a fellow Daoist?" Fuxi said to Nuwa.
With that, the two of them began climbing up Buzhou Mountain.
The transformation tribulation was drawing to a close. A young daoist wearing gray daoist robes, with sword-like eyebrows and large, bright eyes, stood revealed. This was precisely Shengxia, who had successfully survived the lightning tribulation and assumed the Xiantian Dao body—the human form.
Shengxia was just preparing to ascend Buzhou Mountain further when he heard someone call out from a distance, "Fellow Daoist, please stay your steps!" He saw a man and a woman climbing up toward him.
"Does Fellow Daoist know whether something Xiantian was just undergoing its transformation tribulation here?" Fuxi asked.
"I was merely passing by and sensed someone undergoing a tribulation, so I came over to take a look," Shengxia replied. This question and answer were a match made in heaven.
Legend had it that Buzhou Mountain was formed from the spine of Pangu after he cleaved open the heavens. Halfway up the mountain, there already existed the oppressive might of a Daluo Golden Immortal. Buzhou Mountain stood a billion zhang high, its width immeasurable, and its mountainsides were completely blanketed in spiritual plants, immortal herbs, beasts, and auspicious signs of every conceivable kind.