Light blazed across his consciousness.
Ancient runes swirled, glowing in gold and silver, and text on system interface changed.
Immortal's Codex System
Synchronization: Complete
Host: Xuan Yuan
Status: Trash
First Sign-In Reward: Available
Congratulations for signing in.Obtained Reward: Supreme Immortal Veins! Do you wish to claim?
Yuan grinned, "Yes, please!"
A rush of power thundered through him. His brittle meridians, once as fragile as glass straws, widened and reforged. They glowed faintly, like rivers of molten gold. Energy surged through him, smooth and perfect, as if Heaven itself had sent a personal apology for bullying him all these years.
Ding!
Talent upgraded to Supreme Immortal Veins.
Cultivation aptitude: Godly
Realm bottlenecks: Reduced by 100%.
Qi, thick and pure, rushed into him from the ambient air. His body trembled as it drank greedily. He sat cross-legged instinctively, his body moving as though it finally remembered what it was designed for.
Layers fell away. Barriers shattered.
Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Void Core!
The core inside him spun into existence, misty and fragile, illusary but then it compressed, brightened.
True Core!
The cultivation storm slowed, stabilizing there. Yuan's eyes snapped open, golden light flickering faintly. He exhaled steam from his lips.
He touched his chest, wide-eyed. "I… broke through? Just like that? Fifteen years of failure, and I just bolted into True Core all the way from peak body tempering like it's a coffee break?"
He raised his palm, and a thin wisp of qi gathered naturally, sharper and denser than any he had ever felt. The wooden bed beneath him cracked with a faint snap. Yuan's grin widened. So this… is true power.
He then laughed out loud, "Hahaha! If my ex-boss could see this, he'd choke on his tie. All those years of unpaid overtime, and here I am power-leveling while lying in bed. Glorious!"
It must be noted that even his father, who is a once in a 1000 year genius, took nearly 3 years to reach True core realm and Xuan Yuan glided all the realms just like that.
Cultivation Realms in Divine Origin world are divided as:
Body Tempering(levels 1-9): Tempering the body to make it capable of sustaining the flow of qi.
Qi Refining (levels 1-9): Refining body and qi, drawing energy from heaven and earth.
Foundation Establishment (3 stages - low, mid and late): Building the base of the Dao.
Core Formation (Void → True → Golden): Condensing a spiritual core, foundation of power. Each of them are sub divided in to low, mid and late.
Nascent Soul: Forming a soul avatar, projecting divine sense. True experts begin here.
Divinity Transformation: Merging soul and body, wielding techniques that reshape land.
Body Integration: Dao and body as one; every move carries world-shaking power.
Followed by Tribulation Transcendent and Mahayana realms.
All the realms from Nascent Soul to Mahayana are divided in to levels 1 to 9.
While Xuan Yuan is recollecting about power structure, another message appeared.
Beginner's Gift Bag Unlocked: Would you like to open?
Xuan Yuan blinked at this before laughing inwards hysterically as he quickly urged system to open.
Congratulations on opening the gift bag!
Contents:
– Saint-grade Spirit Gathering Array (portable, raises qi density a ten thousand fold)
– Saint-grade Heaven-Traversing Flying Boat (speed: unmatched, style: immaculate)
Yuan froze in confusion as he never heard of saint grade. As if understanding his ignorance, system generously introduced - "All artifacts, pills, arrays, talismans, etc. are ranked as Low, Mid, High, Yellow, Earth, Heaven, Divine, Saint and Immortal. There are others beyond but host is pitifully week to know about them".
Understanding this Xuan Yuan was over cloud nine, after all heaven rank was already top level in this world with divine grade only heard in legends - "HAHAHA! From 'trash veins' to personal qi supercharger and a luxury flying yacht in a single day? Truck-kun, I forgive you! You didn't kill me—you promoted me to CEO of Heaven!"
He collapsed onto his bed, wheezing from laughter, tears in his eyes.
"Imagine this. Tomorrow I'll walk out, everyone will say 'there goes useless Yuan,' while I'll be cruising in my heaven-grade boat, sipping tea, and signing in like it's free Wi-Fi and best part, no one knows!! Beautiful."
Yuan stretched, smirk tugging at his lips. "Alright, system. From today, the trash young master retires. Xuan Yuan, professional sign-in cultivator, reporting for duty."
"Hey, system, tell me, why are you called Immortal's Codex System", Xuan Yuan asked in doubt.
The Codex pulsed again, faint, steady. Somewhere in its depths, something stirred—a remenant of an ancient will. But for now, it stayed hidden, sleeping.