Three Jade Spirit Realm

Pan Yun withdrew her gaze. The little spiritual energy left in her Dantian was barely enough to allow for convenient movement; it couldn't even support a single spell.

This was the first time she had left home, and in such a near "naked cultivation" state, Pan Yun felt very insecure.

She pondered for a moment, then finally contacted the entity in her mind, "Who are you?"

A mechanical voice responded, "I am the System. Congratulations on being chosen by me. As long as you obey and cultivate diligently, I can help you reach the pinnacle of life."

Pan Yun sneered inwardly but revealed nothing on her face or in her mind. She asked, "What can I do for you?"

"You don't need to do anything. Just cultivate diligently. First, find a blessed land, a place with abundant spiritual energy, and cultivating there will yield twice the results with half the effort."

Pan Yun lowered her eyes and said, "My family is in trouble. I'm afraid I can't cultivate with peace of mind. Can you help me rescue them? Once my family's crisis is resolved, I will go with you to find a blessed land to cultivate."

The mechanical voice said emotionlessly, "Cultivators should naturally be pure of heart and free from desires. You have been sickly since childhood, which indicates a shallow connection with your family. You have already averted a disaster for your family, which can be considered repaying your kindness. You can now sever ties and live separately."

Seeing that it wouldn't offer help without a tangible benefit, Pan Yun, who had been suppressing her anger, finally couldn't take it anymore. She cursed in her mind, "Screw you!"

"Why do you think I've been sickly? It's because of you! I've had memories since birth. I started cultivating the moment I left the womb. All my innate qi was refined by me, but where did the refined essence go? You gobbled it all up!"

"Don't think I don't know it's you just because you've been silent for eight years. You're pretending to be a System, not even giving yourself a name. You can't even pretend properly. Do you think I'm an idiot, easily fooled into obediently following you? Don't forget, your grandma was your researcher in her past life!"

The entity in her mind was momentarily stunned. After realizing it had been tricked and cursed at, it couldn't help but jump in anger, "You knew I was a Spirit Realm all along?"

Pan Yun blinked and frowned, "What Spirit Realm? Aren't you the White Jade Lotus Lamp?"

"Don't call me that disgusting name. I am the Three Jade Spirit Realm. You bunch of foolish humans saw three jade pieces connected together and called me a lamp. A lamp, my foot!"

Pan Yun: "For something that has become sentient, you are quite vulgar. Why did you name yourself Spirit Realm?"

"You've become sentient too, and you're not vulgar?" It retorted without yielding, and mocked, "You humans have studied me for over a decade and still haven't figured out what I'm for."

Pan Yun: "Aren't you a storage device? The lotus petals can store information. As far as I know, the National Museum and the research institute have input all the content from their databases into you. Astronomy, geography, encyclopedias – you record everything. Besides storing information, what else can you do? Oh, now you have one more function: storing physical objects."

Her previous life was in the 26th century, after the Fifth World War. The Earth was devastated, the population decimated, and much of its heritage was lost to war and time. It was then that a miraculous energy appeared.

Not only did humans gain strength and undergo changes, allowing them to survive in this harsh world, but plants and animals also gained energy, exhibiting phenomena of ancestral reversion.

This ancestral reversion wasn't a return to the more recent 23rd or 21st centuries, but a return to the primitive world described in books, possessing a peculiar power. The world called this phenomenon "spiritual energy resurgence."

She was born in the first generation after peace. Her grandparents and parents had participated in the World War and were later sacrificed in battles against strange creatures. She was raised by the state.

Her talent lay in her heart, allowing her to communicate with all things in the world. Her eyes could see the truth beneath illusions, similar to the legendary seven-aperture exquisite heart. However, she only had five apertures, and her abilities were far from those of a seven-aperture.

Her teacher had said that if she cultivated diligently, she had a high chance of developing into a seven-aperture being. At that point, she could see through all illusions and falsehoods, making her the most suitable candidate for researching ancient treasures like the White Jade Lotus Lamp.

However, before she could develop into a seven-aperture being, the research institute exploded with a bang. Her body instantly turned to smoke, and her soul was carried by something into a spacetime tunnel, torn open by the massive explosion. She arrived in this parallel dimension and was reborn.

She was born with memories and had no desire for excessive involvement with the family in this world. She was a twenty-year-old university graduate student, not easily moved.

But... the parents and siblings in this world treated her too well. Sob sob sob...

When her father came home from work, he would carefully place her on his neck for a piggyback ride. Her eldest brother would save his allowance to buy her various things. Her second brother would secretly carry her to the rooftop to watch the streets outside, and take the punishment when they were discovered...

Not to mention her gentle and considerate mother. In both her lives, she had only met one person as gentle, kind, and considerate as her mother.

Father's love, mother's love, brotherly love – she had it all in this life, but it was too short.

Thinking of this, Pan Yun became even more indignant. She gritted her teeth and said, "I don't care if you're a Spirit Realm, a lamp, or a storage device! It's because you've been secretly eating my spiritual energy, hindering my cultivation, that I couldn't help at all when my father got into trouble. You pay me back!"

"Even if I didn't consume your spiritual energy, what could you do under imperial rule if you succeeded in cultivation?" The Three Jade Spirit Realm said, "Do you think everyone doesn't know your father was framed? The Emperor and Wang Zhen wanted your father dead, so could your father live? The Emperor and Wang Zhen wanted your father to take the blame, could your father refuse this burden?"

The Three Jade Spirit Realm said coldly, "This is not the 26th century. It's not a society governed by law. Your individual abilities are not that useful."

Pan Yun's chest rose and fell rapidly. After a moment, she suppressed her anger and calmly said, "I don't care what others think or do. Anyway, I want to save my father and my brother. Just tell me if you're in or not."

The Three Jade Spirit Realm said coldly, "I can't."

Upon hearing this, Pan Yun also sneered. She closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing. This time, she did not refine essence qi and spiritual energy, but entered meditation.

She entered meditation extremely quickly. In just a moment, her mind sank into her body. Instantly, she appeared in her Mud Pill Palace and came face-to-face with a treasure shaped like a lotus.

It was pure white, with three lotus petal-shaped white jade pieces connected together. Each petal was the size of a palm, clustered together like a lotus.

The Spirit Realm, curled up within the jade pieces, stared blankly at Pan Yun who had suddenly appeared before it.

Pan Yun looked at it with a half-smile, "Surprised?"

"I've been cultivating diligently for eight years with no results. The spiritual energy I refined would disappear the moment it passed through my Mud Pill Palace. Even an idiot would know there was a problem with my Mud Pill Palace. Do you think I would have made no preparations in these eight years?"

The Three Jade Spirit Realm was speechless, its heart filled with complex emotions. This was the person it had chosen, but her extraordinary talent made it both pleased and angry.