The Strongest Martial Dao System

Zhenwu Continent.

The capital of the Wu Kingdom.

In a dim room, a youth of about seventeen or eighteen sat there with a frown.

His thoughts were somewhat troubled.

He had originally been an ordinary college student on Blue Star, but he had never expected that after drinking a little too much at his graduation party, he would wake up in this unfamiliar world.

Through the memories of the body's original owner, he learned that this was a world where martial arts flourished to an extreme degree.

Those at the pinnacle of martial arts could shatter mountains and sever peaks, transcend the mortal and enter the sacred; even shattering the void was no legend.

The place he was in was the strongest imperial dynasty in this world.

And his identity was actually that of a Jinyiwei.

He was already quite satisfied with this start. After all, he had an official post, and even owned a house in the capital.

As for why he had this identity, it was because the original owner of this body's father had been a Jinyiwei.

After his father died in the line of duty, he inherited his father's identity as a Jinyiwei.

Though he was merely an ordinary low-ranking Jinyiwei, his salary was enough to keep him fed and clothed.

His current residence was the family's old home. Though it was located in a poor district of the capital, it was still fairly decent.

Just as he was lost in thought, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

"The Strongest Martial Dao System has successfully bound itself."

"Hm?"

Hearing that mechanical voice, Lin Xiao knew that the legendary system—the benefit bestowed upon transmigrators—had arrived.

"What functions do you have?"

"This system can assist the host in becoming the strongest martial artist."

"Tasks will be issued from time to time, with abundant rewards. The host may freely choose whether to accept them. There is no punishment for refusing a task."

"Each completed task will additionally grant task points, which can be exchanged in the system store for items of equivalent value."

"The system store contains cultivation methods, medicinal pills, divine weapons, and all manner of items that can assist the host in cultivating martial arts."

Hearing the system's answer, Lin Xiao finally felt somewhat reassured.

After all, this world was far too dangerous. Only strength could allow him to protect himself.

Though he did not know how he had suddenly arrived in this world.

Since he was here, he had to do everything possible to stay alive.

And the foremost condition for survival was possessing great strength.

In this world where martial strength reigned supreme, only the strong could make choices.

"Ding. The system's beginner gift pack has been issued. Please claim it, Host."

"A beginner gift pack?"

Lin Xiao's expression brightened. They said all things were difficult at the start; just now, he had been pondering how to safely get through the hardest early stage of development.

With a beginner gift pack, his path to becoming strong could also become faster.

"Claim it."

"Ding. Beginner gift pack successfully claimed. Rewards are as follows."

"One copy of the beginner cultivation method, Purple Mist Divine Skill (max level)."

"One copy of the beginner martial skill, Blood Sabre Technique (max level)."

"One copy of the beginner movement technique, Divine Swift Travel (max level)."

Seeing these three rewards, Lin Xiao did not hesitate and immediately began cultivating.

Purple Mist Divine Skill.

In the martial arts novels of his previous life, it was the Huashan Sect's sect-defending supreme art from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

As a Daoist cultivation method, the further one cultivated it, the stronger its internal power became.

It also had excellent Foundation Establishment effects.

Legend had it that the Purple Mist Divine Skill had evolved from Wang Chongyang's Innate Skill and was a superior Daoist cultivation method.

Upon cultivating it to the extreme, purple qi would suffuse one's face whenever one circulated the skill. The deeper the purple qi, the stronger the internal power.

Moreover, Daoist cultivation methods emphasized accumulating deeply before erupting forth.

Now that he had obtained the max-level Purple Mist Divine Skill, once the system's infusion was complete, he could directly cultivate it to great mastery.

Boom!!!

A profound cultivation method appeared in his mind, followed by the internal power of the max-level Purple Mist Divine Skill emerging throughout his limbs and bones.

The martial cultivation realms in this world were divided into the Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, Grandmaster Realm, Great Grandmaster Realm, Void Shattering Realm, Martial Saint Realm, and Terrestrial Immortal.

The previous Lin Xiao had not even counted as an Acquired Realm martial artist. At most, he had been a third-rate martial artist.

Above third-rate martial artists were second-rate martial artists, followed by first-rate martial artists.

Only after breaking through the realm of a first-rate martial artist could one be considered an Acquired Realm martial artist.

From third-rate to first-rate martial artist, one cultivated internal power. Only by opening the body's thirty-six acupoints could one break through to the Acquired Realm.

To advance from the Acquired Realm to the Innate Realm, one needed to open all one hundred and eight major acupoints throughout the body.

Finally, one had to connect the two bridges of Heaven and Earth before one could be considered Innate.

Innate martial artists were already considered experts.

They could project true qi outward, making them exceedingly formidable.

As for Grandmasters.

It was said they could shape true qi into form, their combat power incomparably great, easily taking an enemy general's head amid ten thousand troops.

In the martial world, Grandmasters could establish sects and found Lineages.

At court, they could hold important positions or command an army.

Above Grandmasters were those of the Great Grandmaster Realm.

They were basically the foundations of a sect. With a wave of their hands, they could easily cut off rivers and halt their flow, alter the weather and celestial phenomena—their strength was terrifying indeed.

The most obvious sign of a Great Grandmaster was the ability to fly through the air.

Among the Great Grandmasters known from the original owner's memories seemed to be only Qilin, the Jinyiwei's chief commander, and Azure Dragon and the other four Pacification Envoys.

The Jinyiwei's chief commander held the highest authority. He was named Qilin and answered directly to the current ruler of the Wu Kingdom, the Emperor who ruled over all beneath heaven.

Under the central Pacification Office were four major Pacification Offices.

They were the East, South, West, and North Offices, each with a Pacification Envoy.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Under each Pacification Envoy were Thousand-Household Officers, Deputy Thousand-Household Officers, Hundred-Household Officers, Deputy Hundred-Household Officers, General Banner Officers, Banner Officers, and so on.

The Jinyiwei's hierarchy was extremely strict. As one of the Wu Kingdom's military forces, they were strict both outwardly and inwardly.

Of course, he had heard that other military departments had such structures as well, though he did not know the specifics.

As for the Void Shattering Realm above the Great Grandmaster Realm, its obvious hallmark was the ability to shatter space and take someone's head from a thousand miles away as easily as reaching into one's pocket.

As time passed.

An hour had gone by.

Lin Xiao finally finished receiving the system's reward, the Purple Mist Divine Skill.

Boom!!!

A powerful aura rose from Lin Xiao's body before he slowly withdrew it.

The tables and chairs in the room were blown about by that immense force until they lay scattered in every direction.

But Lin Xiao had no time to concern himself with anything else.

He opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance passing through them, and slowly clenched his fist.

That intoxicating power made him extremely satisfied.

After carefully sensing it.

His realm had already broken through from a third-rate martial artist to the peak of the Acquired Realm.

He was only one step away from breaking through into the Innate Realm.

After all, the Purple Mist Divine Skill was a cultivation method from a low-martial world. It was already quite good that it had allowed him to reach the peak of the Acquired Realm.

But there was no need to rush. Now that he had the system, breaking through to the Innate Realm was only a matter of time.

Once he became an Innate martial artist, he would at least barely possess the ability to protect himself.

Though this world had countless powerful martial artists.

Even within the Wu Kingdom's capital alone, there was no shortage of Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters.

But one had to know that this was the Wu Kingdom's capital.

Even supreme experts of the Void Shattering Realm would have to shed a layer of skin if they came here.

However, if he left the capital and ventured into the martial world, an Innate martial artist would definitely have a place.

Whether becoming a guest elder of a sect.

Or an attendant of a lineage, the treatment would be extremely generous, and life would be exceedingly comfortable.

This was the status possessed by an Innate martial artist.

Within any faction, they were the backbone.

"Good. Time waits for no one. Next come the martial skill and movement technique."

Lin Xiao no longer hesitated and continued cultivating the Blood Sabre Technique and Divine Swift Travel.

The Blood Sabre Technique was a cultivation method of the Blood Sabre Sect from the martial arts novel A Deadly Secret.

It was said to be recorded within the Blood Sabre Sect's sect-defending cultivation method, the Blood Sabre Scripture.

The Blood Sabre Technique was tricky, ruthless, vicious, and poisonous. Every move was meant to kill.

Upon reaching the ultimate realm of great mastery, every move would be accompanied by blood shadows. Not only did it possess physical force, it could also affect one's mind.

After comprehending the Blood Sabre Technique.

Lin Xiao exhaled a breath of turbid air and could not help but praise it with one word: "Excellent."

Divine Swift Travel.

It was an Iron Sword Sect cultivation method from the martial arts novel The Sword Stained with Royal Blood from his previous life.

It had been created by Daoist Mu Sang.

It was a relatively superior lightness skill.

Upon cultivating it to the extreme, one's body would become as agile as an ape's. No matter how the enemy attacked, they would never be able to touch even a hair of one's body.

After receiving these three cultivation methods.

Even though Lin Xiao only possessed the strength of the peak Acquired Realm now, he could still fight an ordinary Innate expert.