Side Story — Mo Tianxuan
In the Qingyun Sect was seen a young boy in a luxurious robe, very different from the surrounding disciples, who were wearing almost identical clothes.
When other disciples saw him, they bowed to him and greeted him respectfully. The young boy in the luxurious robe was the current Sect Heir of the Qingyun Sect, Mo Tianxuan.
Mo Tianxuan, as if lost in thought, didn't greet them but moved towards his thatched house, looked up at the starry sky, and murmured,
"It has been many years, but I wasn't able to find any system user or Supreme Foundation Builder genius in all these years."
Yes, he was a time traveler.
He still remembered the taste of instant noodles on a rainy night.
Back in his original world, he was just Mo Tian, a PhD student in cognitive AI. His life was unremarkable, but his achievements were ahead of their time. He specialized in recursive learning algorithms — artificial minds that could rewrite themselves.
"I wanted to create an intelligence that could evolve endlessly… In the end, I became one," he murmured, as if telling his story to someone unbeknownst to him.
The truck hadn't hit him.
He had walked in front of it willingly.
He wanted to know what lay beyond the veil — what came after death, or consciousness, or data.
What he didn't expect was waking up in the body of a dead outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect, staring at the status panel of the Devour System blinking in his retina.
[Devour System – Installation Complete]
Mission 1: Consume Cultivation Paths.
Mission 2: Consume Unique Talents.
Mission 3: Devour Systems.
"A system that eats systems…" Mo Tianxuan had laughed in the rain, soaked in blood and surrounded by beasts. "Fitting for someone like me."
He named himself Mo Tianxuan, combining his old name and "Xuan" — Mysterious. A man full of mystery.
In the years that followed, he climbed faster than anyone in the Qingyun Sect.
He concealed his talent, hid his real realm, devoured weaker disciples, and made it look like accidents. He consumed the bloodline of a dying spirit beast and used it to pass the sect's secret trials. After devouring countless beasts and people, he finally condensed the Supreme Foundation.
But then… the system gave him a quest.
[DING]
[Quest: Devour a Supreme Foundation Building Cultivator.]
[Reward: Strengthening Foundation.]