Blue Planet A simple planet like Earth, still in a lower star field where cultivation is scarce... In a courtyard of a 9th-tier sect called The Eternal Sect, a boy around 17 years old sat on a mountain peak.
He is Shen Huai. Yes, he is really the Shen Huai we know about, but the reality is not as we thought... He is a completely different consciousness that was born here, but at the age of 15, he was found unconscious in a forest in the Western Region. The old Peak Master of Eternal Peak picked him up, brought him to this sect, and treated him. But after just a few months, he died too for unknown reasons. The Eternal Peak Master was an ascetic who never took a disciple before, so Huai needed to take over this peak after his death.
But to everyone's surprise, Huai couldn't cultivate; the reason, no one knows of...
But Huai knew. After waking up two years ago, he found something in his mind: a system called the Primordial System for Eternity. The system notified him of his condition. The system said that his main soul was missing; he only had a powerful body with a small fragment of his main soul, so until his main soul returned, he couldn't cultivate at all.
But this world is a world of cultivation and technology. Technology is so strong that even doing daily work is simple for them. Thousands of years ago, this galaxy was invaded by extraterrestrial forces, but 13 Sovereigns fought for humanity and won the war. Before that, humanity was just a small force between vast galaxies. Later, they developed an artificial intelligence called the Nexus Goddess, worldly known as the Sovereign Nexus.
Nexus took care of humanity, and every small detail that humans do needs to be verified by Nexus. Huai felt extremely sad after knowing the truth that he couldn't cultivate, but the sect didn't take his position back as the Peak Lord of Eternal Peak because they didn't want to dissolve the peak.
Nexus divided all the sects according to the contribution and cultivation strength they have. There are sects and families from 9th-tier to 1st-tier, where 1st-tier is the strongest. Above them are Holy Lands where at least a single Galaxy Sovereign resides. Above Holy Lands is the joint government of 14 elders (13 Sovereigns and Nexus herself) who are the real progenitors of humanity.
But the system didn't disappoint him further and gave him a function to "sign in" every day. By just signing in, he can get many things from cultivation techniques to divine medicines. He can't use them at all, nor can he give those to his sect members, because a divine medicine or cultivation technique without the power to protect it can bring destruction to the sect and himself. Although this era is controlled by the Goddess Nexus, still, sect conflicts and everything is just a matter of a second for them to decide, and Nexus won't interfere until mass destruction.
So he just got those things and never took them out of the system space... until one day he was watching the moon, admiring its beauty.
[Ding! Congratulations Host! The main soul has accepted the Primordial System. In 15 minutes, that body will be destroyed and the soul will be merged with the Host by the system.]
15…14…13…1
[Congratulations Host for getting the mysterious reward: Resurrection of The Eternal Sect Leader. Assimilating and merging the main soul with the main body... 1... 2... 3...]
Beep beep beep
Huai felt his whole body ache; his meridians changed, and every cell in his body started to destroy and create new cells in just a few minutes. His soul started merging with the new soul, the soul becoming more and more deep like a deep universe. His blood boiled, his temperament changed, and his cultivation grew stronger and stronger, from Qi Sensing to Tribulation Transcendence, to Star Sovereign, then Galaxy Sovereign, then stopped until it reached the realm of Immortal Sovereign.
While he was facing this terrifying leap of cultivation, Nexus felt a malfunction. In the Human Federation headquarters, Nexus alerted the 13 Sovereigns:
(WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! The control over humanity is malfunctioning! Can't take the details of humanity... Nexus going to security mode, locking all important files... Trying to save humanity...)
A beautiful woman said these words and started working on the system soon; she is Nexus, the artificial intelligence who is impartial, taking care of humanity for thousands of years. A shadowy figure materialized in the headquarters... one after another, twelve others came, some male, some female.
One of them said, "What is happening, Nexus?" Another woman said, "Yes, Nexus, did those extraterrestrial races invade our Red Lotus Galaxy again?"
Others' faces were solemn; they didn't know what was happening, but they knew at least this: if they needed to fight those races, they'd fight until they died.
Nexus replied, "I don't know. This is the first time I lost control over humanity, as if something huge is interrupting my vision..."
Just as she said this, the sky above the whole Red Lotus Galaxy changed, as if a being was born that even the galaxy felt joy for. Huge phantoms of different types of creatures appeared above the sky; there were demons, monsters, humans, dragons, phoenixes, Qilins, foxes, wolves, Xuanwus, tigers, and many other mythical beasts. Countless phantoms appeared above the sky. Even those races that humanity fought before were in these phantoms.
The 14 Sovereigns' faces changed to horror; any one of these phantoms could wipe out the whole galaxy in just a single slap. Then, in front of their horrified gazes, countless weapons appeared, then appeared myriad laws of the world... the whole sky became more and more chaotic. Then, in front of their horrified eyes, all of them bowed towards the Red Lotus Galaxy, as if they were bowing in reverence.
Suddenly the sky changed and all those phantoms disappeared into thin air, and in their place, one after another, beautiful flowers started blooming as if congratulating the birth of something they didn't have any knowledge of. After a few seconds, they also disappeared and the sky became calm again.
Nexus said, "I got the control of humanity back... nothing happened to humanity... but what was that? I have no data of that phenomenon."
Someone said, "Maybe a treasure is born in our galaxy. Take control of the war zones and make the security more tight; try to find that opportunity."
At this moment, a girl's voice said, "Or... or if it was not a treasure, but a phenomenon of someone's awakening."
This sentence made them all dumb. But they can't deny it; yes, in some cases for geniuses, phenomena appeared, but in a really, really small scale, not like this which covered a huge galaxy. But they couldn't ignore it. Then another female voice said, "Nexus, try to find from where this abnormality came."
Nexus: "Yes, I'm connecting with every human, trying to find the abnormality..."
While the Human Federation and the whole galaxy were going through this huge turmoil, Huai was completely merged with the main soul and opened his eyes.
"Did I just get reborn? Didn't I already die on Earth? And what is this memory of two years in Blue Star... how can I be in two places at the same time? How is it possible? System! System! Give me the answer quickly!"
After Huai woke up, both of his consciousnesses merged, so he is now the Huai from Earth and at the same time the Huai from Blue Star, because he was one to begin with.
[Ding! Congratulations Host for merging into your main body and soul. Congratulations for gaining the cultivation level Immortal Sovereign (Peak). Congratulations for unlocking the Sign-In function and System Store function.]
The Host asked the system a question. System is searching... 1... 2... 3...
DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!
The answer contains a secret that is currently above the permission level for the Host. System is shutting down... 1... 2... 3...]
The system shut down after saying this and didn't wake up until five minutes later. Huai sighed in relief after the system woke up; he thought that he was going to lose the system.
After that, Huai became interested in the sect where he is staying now. He already knows about this world, but about his sect... The sect is called The Eternal Sect. Rightfully, he is the Sect Leader of the Eternal Sect. Because his master who brought him here two years ago was the then-Sect Master of the Eternal Sect. But he died just after a few days without acknowledging a successor.
Everyone in the sect loves him and even takes care of him, but due to his insufficient cultivation level, they can't make him the Sect Leader. The sect has nine peaks in total, each named: Eternal Peak, Sword Peak, Blade Peak, Spear Peak, Fire Peak, Wood Peak, Water Peak, Wind Peak, and Earth Peak. He is the current head of Eternal Peak and legitimately the Sect Leader of the Eternal Sect... but due to his insufficient cultivation level, his Martial Uncle, the Sword Peak leader, took the position of Sect Leader and continued the heritage of the Eternal Sect.
Cultivation levels on this underdeveloped planet are at the lowest level, still in the mortal category. Starting from the cultivation level of Qi Sensing, the realms are:
Qi Sensing
Qi Condensation
Foundation Establishment
Golden Core
Nascent Soul
Soul/Spirit Transformation
Void Refinement
Body Integration
Fusion Stage
Mahayana Stage
Tribulation Transcendence
Each of these realms has nine small levels and a level called "Peak," from which they can leap into the next level. On this small planet, there are five continents in total: North, South, East, West, and the Central Continent. The Eternal Sect is in the Western Continent. The whole planet only has tier-9 to tier-7 sects and families, while the highest cultivation is Tribulation Transcendence. The four continents of North, South, East, and West are mainly controlled by those 8th and 9th-tier sects and families... while the Central Continent is controlled by 7th-tier sects and families.
In the Eternal Sect, all the Peak Masters are at the Golden Core level, while one Ancestor is at the Golden Core Peak.
Huai sighed a long breath. With his level of cultivation, he could easily wipe out any living sect on the planet or this whole galaxy with a single slap alone. From the moment he woke up, he felt someone was watching him—not just him, but watching every corner of the planet.
Huai knows who it is: it is the Goddess Nexus. Nexus was the one who stabilized humanity; her powers are immense, at the level of a Galaxy Sovereign. Huai didn't mind her peering at all; he is even grateful towards Nexus because Nexus took care of humanity well.
Huai sat at the table in his courtyard, took the boiling water and put some tea leaves in it, let it shimmer for a few seconds, then poured a cup for himself. He drank the tea and looked at the hanging moon above his head. In the moonlight, Huai looked like a divine being; his black hair was fluttering in the wind. His light brown eyes, looking at the moon, contained a vast knowledge that none knew.
He said to himself slowly, "So a new chapter is going to start in my life..." He took a sip from the cup and looked at the horizon of his sect.
He knew that the title of "Peak Lord" was no longer enough. The Eternal Sect had been quiet for too long, and with the power of an Immortal Sovereign now anchoring its foundation, the world would soon learn why it was named "Eternal."