[Ding! Congratulations! You have reached the required power level. Please prepare for advancement!]
Chen Yi, who had just finished absorbing spiritual energy, remained silent for a long time after hearing the voice that suddenly appeared in his mind.
As Chen Yi stared at the boundless gray sky, he was stunned for a moment before regaining his composure.
"Has it finally… come?"
Others who traverse between worlds usually obtain a system, then quickly begin their own ascent to the peak of life, or become a powerful figure in the world.
But he ended up being transported directly into a world where souls turn into wandering entities, drifting aimlessly until they fade away and he became one of those souls.
Instinctively, he also learned some information about this place, which resembles an underworld responsible for reincarnation, but without reincarnation, along with the method of absorbing spiritual energy.
Souls come here, but instead of being reborn, they become lost and roam throughout this gray world except for powerful souls that gradually gain awareness over time.
Chen Yi, who worked at a company all night and lost consciousness due to overwork, was transferred from the Blue Planet into a wandering soul in this world, where he eventually gained awareness.
Chen Yi had been roaming this world for hundreds of years now, traversing more than four regions, encountering many wandering souls along the way, and even some conscious souls. At first, because his power level was not high, he avoided them whenever possible.
He tried to avoid conflict or contact with them, but as his strength gradually increased, he also began to clash with these souls.
Chen Yi did not know exactly how much time he had spent in this world. There was no day or night only a cold gray sky at all times.
In some regions, it took him only a few years to traverse them, while in others, he spent hundreds of years.
Based on his experience over the years, he classified the regions into three main types: ordinary, medium, and large. Perhaps there were higher-level regions he had not yet encountered.
Regardless of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different regions, as long as one remained cautious, it was possible to pass through them. A faint smile appeared on Chen Yi's lips as he looked at the functions of his system panel.
[Name: Chen Yi]
[Cultivation: Soul (Peak) (Upgradeable)]
[System Function: Plunder]
[Cultivation Talent: Low]
[Age: 410/700]
[Talent: Spiritual Intelligence]
"Plunder…"
His eyes lit up.
Chen Yi's tone was excited for the first time in a long while. He had dreamed of activating a system since arriving in this world, and that dream had finally come true today.
The hardships during that period were immeasurable!
However, the gains were also significant. In terms of lifespan alone, he had lived a long life despite being alone throughout that time.
"System, quickly do you have a beginner's package?"
The system remained completely silent.
"Could it be that this system has no intelligence?"
Sigh "At least there is a system. That's better than before. Let's check the plunder function."
With his focus on the function, a description appeared:
[Plunder: You can plunder the talents of a target as long as they are dead or offer no resistance.]
Although the description was brief, it was clear. Chen Yi felt happy despite the absence of a beginner's package.
Chen Yi composed himself, regained his calm, and stood up to test it.
...
Some time later, Chen Yi wandered around the surrounding areas and finally spotted a weak wandering soul that could barely maintain its form.
"Hm? Let's try with this soul…"
Chen Yi felt a change in his system panel the moment he focused on it.
[Type: Wandering Soul]
[Cultivation Talent: Poor]
[Talents: None]
He raised his eyebrows slightly.
Chen Yi smiled helplessly after seeing the cultivation talent.
"Perhaps it's not that bad. Although it's low, if it were poor, I might not have reached my current level of strength, and my soul would have dissipated long before the system activated."
Chen Yi quickly dismissed these thoughts and approached the soul. With a simple pressure of his spiritual power, the wandering soul was frozen and unable to resist.
[Ding… Copying cultivation talent: Poor]
At that moment, Chen Yi felt a change in his spiritual body. Strands of energy were drawn from the wandering soul and implanted into his core. The sensation lasted less than a second before disappearing. He then looked at his panel:
[Name: Chen Yi]
[Cultivation: Soul (Peak) (Upgradeable)]
[System Function: Plunder]
[(10%) Cultivation Talent: Low]
[Age: 410/700]
[Talent: Spiritual Intelligence]
The cultivation talent that had originally limited him from advancing to the next level had changed, and a percentage indicator had been added beside it.
"Improving poor cultivation talent is extremely difficult, but this world lacks many things except souls."
Chen Yi murmured to himself, feeling that he needed to improve his talent before making a breakthrough in cultivation.
Chen Yi set off on a wave of plundering to achieve a breakthrough as quickly as possible.
"It seems it is destined that souls will help me achieve my goal and leave this world…"