The crisp sound of footsteps echoed through the corridor.
Lu Xinghe walked at the front, with Su Yu beside him.
Wei Cang followed silently behind the two.
“Su Yu, there’s something I should explain while we’re at it,” Lu Xinghe said casually as they walked.
“As for a black-hole-level cultivation technique, I can only give you a fragment.”
“Techniques of this level are strategic resources belonging to humanity in the stars.”
“No matter how talented someone is, to guard against demonic spies—or prevent someone from taking the technique and defecting to another star domain—new recruits are absolutely forbidden from receiving the complete version directly.”
Lu Xinghe turned his head and looked at Su Yu.
“If you want the complete version, you’ll have to follow the normal process. In other words, you’ll need to render a great service.”
Su Yu’s expression remained calm.
“What counts as a great service?”
Lu Xinghe raised a finger.
“For example, killing a black-hole-level powerhouse from an opposing faction single-handedly.”
“Or infiltrating the heartland of the demon race and stealing a classified defense map of a certain star domain.”
“Or making it into the top ten in the Starry Sky Rising Stars Tournament, held once every hundred years.”
“In short, you need solid military merit. Only then can I, as the commander, justifiably apply to my superiors for the complete version.”
Su Yu understood.
It was perfectly reasonable.
Whether in the wasteland or among the stars, the most precious resources were always strictly controlled.
There was no such thing as a free lunch.
Seeing that Su Yu showed no signs of dissatisfaction, Lu Xinghe patted him on the shoulder.
“But don’t feel that you’re getting too little.”
“As compensation, the legion will give you a complete planetary-level cultivation technique free of charge.”
“You can use the planetary-level technique to lay your foundation and rely on it in your daily battles.”
“As for the black-hole-level fragment, you can keep it and study it at your leisure, allowing you to experience the laws of the universe’s origin ahead of time.”
“Fine.” Su Yu nodded.
He was getting a complete cultivation technique for free, along with a black-hole-level fragment he could study at no cost. This was a deal that could only be considered a win.
Just then, Wei Cang, who had been following behind them, finally couldn’t hold back any longer.
He hurried forward and tugged on Lu Xinghe’s sleeve.
Lowering his voice, he said, “Commander.”
Wei Cang shot Su Yu a glance, his eyes filled with deep exasperation.
“Give me the truth, Commander.”
“Exactly whose illegitimate son is this kid?”
“Or is he some young master from a hidden clan, sent here to gild his résumé?”
Lu Xinghe stopped walking and looked at Wei Cang with a faint, amused smile.
“Why would you ask that?”
Wei Cang sighed, his face full of worry.
“Commander, stop keeping me in the dark.”
“Twelve units of Meteor-level strength.”
“Fifty units of Meteor-level spiritual power.”
“Those two scores would barely qualify as passing in the recruit camp!”
“Apart from his truly astonishing martial will, his combat attributes are so lopsided that it’s absurd!”
The more Wei Cang spoke, the more of a headache he felt.
“You directly used your authority as commander to apply for a fragment of a black-hole-level cultivation technique for him.”
“If the higher-ups investigate and ask about this kid’s test results…”
“How am I supposed to explain it as the chief examiner?”
“I’ll at least have to note his background and connections in his file, won’t I?”
“Otherwise, with scores this poor, yet receiving a strategic resource, I can’t afford to take the blame!”
As an examiner for the Seventh Legion, Wei Cang had his own responsibilities.
The legion’s rules were strict, with clear rewards and punishments.
Issuing a black-hole-level fragment to a new recruit whose official scores were so severely unbalanced definitely counted as an unauthorized action.
After hearing Wei Cang’s complaints, Lu Xinghe not only failed to get angry—he actually burst out laughing.
He knew Wei Cang was simply doing his duty.
It was time to open the old traditionalist’s eyes.
“Old Wei, Old Wei…”
Lu Xinghe shook his head and reined in his smile. His expression became exceptionally solemn.
“He has no background whatsoever.”
“He isn’t anyone’s illegitimate son, nor is he some young master from a powerful clan.”
Wei Cang froze.
“No background?”
“Then what exactly are you…”
Lu Xinghe cut him off.
“The reason I gave him the highest rating…”
“Is that he has never cultivated any starry-sky cultivation technique.”
The corridor instantly fell into deathly silence.
The worried expression on Wei Cang’s face stiffened.
He stared blankly at Lu Xinghe, then turned to look at Su Yu, whose expression remained calm.
“You… What did you say?”
Wei Cang dug a finger into his ear, wondering if he had misheard.
“He’s never cultivated a technique?”
“That’s right.” Lu Xinghe nodded.
“Not even one.”
“He hasn’t so much as seen the most worthless, lowest-grade technique.”
Boom!
Wei Cang’s mind felt as if it had been struck by a sledgehammer.
Never cultivated a technique?!
Then the twelve points of strength and fifty points of spiritual power he had displayed…
Were those all his raw attributes?!
“That’s impossible!”
Wei Cang cried out, his beard trembling violently.
“Eleven drops of Origin Blood’s raw power can produce twelve points?”
“His physical strength conversion rate is over a hundred percent?!”
“And his spiritual power!”
Wei Cang stared at Su Yu as if he were looking at a monster.
“Without the enhancement of a spiritual cultivation technique, his raw soul strength reached fifty points?”
“That’s nearly five times his vital energy!”
Wei Cang felt as though everything he knew had been dragged to the ground and rubbed into the dirt.
If this kid cultivated a technique—even just the most basic planetary-level technique with a tenfold amplification—
Then his strength would be one hundred and twenty points!
His spiritual power would be five hundred points!
How was this the bottom of the pack?
This was someone who could effortlessly crush every new recruit in the Seventh Legion!
But then, an even more terrifying question surged up from the depths of Wei Cang’s heart.
He abruptly raised his head.
“Wait!”
Wei Cang’s voice trembled.
“He never cultivated a technique…”
“Then how did he condense Origin Blood?!”
“And eleven drops at that?!”
In the stars, condensing Origin Blood required the guidance of a cultivation technique.
One had to continually compress one’s massive vital energy until it underwent a qualitative transformation.
Without a technique, it was like trying to build a precision instrument with neither blueprints nor tools.
How could anyone possibly make one with their bare hands?
Could he have relied on consuming heavenly treasures and forcibly piled it up?
But the kid was only eighteen!
Even if he had eaten heavenly treasures as meals, it would have been impossible for him to accumulate eleven drops of Origin Blood by the age of eighteen!
“He forced it out through sheer talent,” Lu Xinghe said flatly.
Wei Cang was completely dumbfounded.
Forced it out?
Was this something that could simply be forced out?!
“I don’t believe it!”
Wei Cang stepped forward in disbelief.
He looked at Su Yu, his eyes filled with an almost frenzied thirst for knowledge.
“Offense intended, Su Yu!”
Before he had even finished speaking, Wei Cang seized Su Yu by the wrist.
The probing power of a black-hole-level powerhouse was as swift as lightning.
Su Yu did not dodge.
He knew this was a necessary part of demonstrating his value.
Hum.
A thread of Wei Cang’s spiritual power traveled along Su Yu’s wrist and plunged directly into the depths of his heart.
That was where Origin Blood gathered.
The next instant, Wei Cang’s body suddenly went rigid.
The pupils of his murky old eyes contracted to pinpoints!
What had he seen?!
Deep within Su Yu’s heart, eleven drops of crimson Origin Blood were linked end to end, slowly revolving.
They possessed no attribute.
They had no special characteristics.
Yet they radiated a kind of purity that made the soul tremble.
Spotless and flawless!
They were clean as if they were the most primordial origin of the universe at the moment of its birth!
Wei Cang had served as an examiner in the Seventh Legion for over ten thousand years.
He had seen countless geniuses.
He had seen the divine sons of those top-tier families in the Great Chu Star Domain, raised on mountains of resources.
Their origin blood was indeed vast.
But without exception, it was tainted by all kinds of mixed auras.
Residues from medicinal herbs, the ferocity of vicious beasts, impurities from various energies…
Yet Su Yu’s origin blood contained none of that.
Nothing at all!
“This…”
Wei Cang’s hand jerked back as if he had been shocked by electricity.
He staggered back three steps, his back slamming hard into the metal wall.
He gasped for breath.
“Flawless…”
“Absolutely flawless!”
Wei Cang’s voice was hoarse beyond recognition, as if he had seen a ghost.
“It’s not just that he never cultivated using any technique.”
“He hasn’t even consumed the slightest bit of top-tier resources!”
“Relying solely on himself, he compressed his qi and blood, bit by bit, until it reached this ultimate level of purity!”
“Eighteen years old!”
“Eleven drops of flawless origin blood!”
Wei Cang felt that all the martial arts knowledge he had accumulated throughout his life had been shattered in an instant.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
