Martial God Nurturing System

Xuanhuang Continent, Great Xia Dynasty.

Zhenbei King Manor, main hall.

A middle-aged man with sword-like brows, starry eyes, and a dignified face sat high in the center. Light flashed from his tiger eyes, and when he saw Xiao Chen arrive, he could not help frowning.

Beside the man sat a noble, graceful woman whose charm had not faded. Dressed in a crimson palace gown, she too looked at Xiao Chen with impatience and detachment in her eyes.

Below them stood a youth in white, pure as snow. He was handsome and upright, but a rebellious air lingered between his brows. When he saw Xiao Chen, undisguised disdain flashed through his eyes.

The next moment, Xiao Chen's gaze suddenly froze, and confusion flickered in his eyes.

His head felt as though it were splitting apart.

A flood of memories surged forth like a raging tide.

After receiving part of those memories, Xiao Chen was utterly shocked!

Fuck!

He had transmigrated?

He only remembered that he had been making sweet love in a remote grove with a golden-haired girl whose chest was ready to burst from her clothes when lightning suddenly struck him, killing him on the spot.

That was right!

That damned bolt of lightning had been that precise!

And just like that, Xiao Chen had transmigrated.

At that moment, he felt a little excited.

As a veteran fan of fantasy novels, he naturally knew what it meant for a modern person to transmigrate into a fantasy world!

They were practically all awesome figures overflowing with swagger, cheating their way to the top.

Once the system arrived—

The world would be his!

Holding the sun and moon in his hand, plucking stars from the sky—there would be no one like him in this world. That would not be a problem at all!

He liked worlds like this, where the strong devoured the weak and strength reigned supreme.

As long as one had strength, one could do whatever one pleased!

Thinking of that—

He happily began calling for the system.

However—

Everything that happened next made his limbs turn cold.

"System?"

"Stop being naughty and come out already!"

"Where the hell are you, System? Did you die somewhere?"

No matter how Xiao Chen shouted himself hoarse—

The system did not appear.

"Fuck! Don't tell me that, as a transmigrator, I actually don't have a system?"

Xiao Chen's mouth twitched.

He shouted for quite a while longer.

Yet when the system still failed to appear—

Xiao Chen gradually accepted reality.

Fine!

No system—

Being an unparalleled Heavenly Prodigy Rank or a spoiled young master would not be bad either!

This house was resplendent in gold and jade.

His background could not be low, then.

Xiao Chen consoled himself and forced a smile.

But when he finished integrating the memories—

The smile on his face gradually froze.

From those memories, Xiao Chen learned—

The previous owner was also named Xiao Chen. He was the eldest legitimate son of the Zhenbei King, Xiao Zhentian. At birth, half of the one hundred and eight Martial Apertures across his body had opened. He possessed the Explosive King Physique, renowned throughout the world, and was a rare genius seen only once in a century.

One had to know that the Great Xia Dynasty was currently being invaded by the Demon Domain. Demonic calamities ran rampant, and the Human Race stood on the brink. Only by becoming a powerful martial artist could one obtain terrifying strength beyond the reach of ordinary people, fight the Demon Race, and protect one's loved ones.

Yet becoming a martial artist was no easy matter.

It required extraordinarily high talent.

According to the level of one's talent, martial artists' aptitudes were divided into Yellow, Profound, Earth, Heaven, King, Saint, and God.

Martial seedlings with high talent were exceedingly rare.

Profound Rank talents were one in ten thousand and could be called geniuses.

Earth Rank talents were even rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns, and would be regarded as Heavenly Prodigy Rank talents of a generation.

As for Heaven Tier talents, they were peerless Heavenly Prodigy Rank talents fought over by countless people. Many ancient sects with inheritances spanning tens of thousands of years would not hesitate to fight until rivers of blood flowed just to obtain one Heaven Tier seedling.

Anything above that almost existed only in legends. One might not see one even in a hundred years.

Xiao Chen had been born with a King Physique. It could be said that he shook the ancients and dazzled the present.

But heaven envied genius. Once, enemies of Zhenbei King Manor launched a surprise assault while Xiao Zhentian happened to be away killing foes. The enemies charged straight into the inner courtyard. Xiao Chen had had a chance to flee, but to protect his younger brother Xiao Lingtian, who had been so frightened that he could not walk, he desperately took one of the enemy's palm strikes head-on.

Fortunately, the guards arrived in time afterward and saved him.

But that palm strike had shattered his dantian, turning him into a cripple.

From that moment onward, his fate underwent earth-shaking changes.

At first, his parents still sought ways to treat his injuries.

But as time passed, they discovered that he had no hope of recovery, so they devoted more and more energy to nurturing his younger brother, Xiao Lingtian.

Xiao Lingtian possessed extraordinary talent and had reached the peak Heaven Tier. Though it was not worth mentioning beside Xiao Chen's Explosive King Physique, he was still considered a peerless Heavenly Prodigy Rank talent throughout Great Xia.

Gradually—

His parents paid less and less attention to Xiao Chen, even growing increasingly disgusted with him.

After all, in an era where strength determined everything, the eldest legitimate son of the mighty Zhenbei King being a cripple unable to cultivate was simply an enormous joke.

Later—

To preserve the manor's reputation—

Xiao Zhentian and his wife sent the fifteen-year-old Xiao Chen to Bear Martial City beside Barren North City, entrusting him to an old soldier who had once served under Xiao Zhentian. They called it letting him recuperate in peace.

That abandonment lasted three years.

Though they were so close by during those three years, Xiao Zhentian and his wife never visited Xiao Chen even once.

It was as though they had never had such a son.

Meanwhile—

Xiao Lingtian inherited every bit of glory that had originally belonged to Xiao Chen.

Peerless Heavenly Prodigy Rank talent!

Son of the Zhenbei King!

The future backbone of the Human Race!

No one remembered that Zhenbei King Manor had once possessed an unprecedented King Physique, peerless in brilliance and unmatched in elegance.

Yet the original owner valued family ties deeply. He only believed that his parents truly meant well for him, and he never held it against his younger brother for taking everything that had originally belonged to him. He continued to respect and love them greatly.

Until a month ago, when Xiao Zhentian brought Xiao Chen back to Barren North City to fulfill the marriage agreement made with the Great Xia Imperial House years earlier, he discovered that everything had changed.

Cold and indifferent parents.

An arrogant younger brother.

Overbearing servants.

He suddenly realized—

He no longer had a place in this family. He lived worse than a dog.

Three days ago—

His younger brother Xiao Lingtian came to Xiao Chen and told him that he had taken a fancy to Xiao Chen's fiancée, Ye Qingxuan, and demanded that he take the initiative to break off the engagement.

Ye Qingxuan was someone Xiao Chen had secretly admired for a long time, so he naturally refused.

Enraged and humiliated, Xiao Lingtian actually showed no consideration for the fact that Xiao Chen was a cripple without the strength to truss a chicken. He ruthlessly attacked him and directly beat him into a grievously injured state!

When Xiao Zhentian and Wen Wanrong heard of the matter, they did not believe Xiao Chen at all. Instead, they rebuked him for framing his younger brother and did not even inspect his injuries.

Just like that—

The original owner died from injuries too severe to treat.

And at just that time, Xiao Chen, who had been struck by lightning, transmigrated over.

After integrating the original owner's memories—

Xiao Chen was completely dumbfounded.

Abandoned by his parents.

Humiliated by his younger brother.

Despised by servants.

And he did not even have a system.

What a fucking apocalypse-tier opening!

Heavens, did I offend you somewhere?

Why were you screwing with me like this?

It took quite a while—

Before Xiao Chen calmed himself down.

He glanced at Xiao Zhentian, Wen Wanrong, and Xiao Lingtian before him.

Xiao Chen only felt a chill in his heart.

Though they were his closest kin, Xiao Chen could not feel even a trace of warmth from them. All he felt was coldness and disgust.

"Impudent! You unfilial brat! I summoned you here to discuss matters, yet you dawdled and only arrived now?"

"Do you have any respect for me as your father?"

"Get on your knees at once!"

Seeing that Xiao Chen still looked unhurried, Xiao Zhentian could not help slamming the table heavily, frightening the surrounding servants until they trembled.

At the same time, doubt flashed through his eyes.

Although the Xiao Chen of the past had been useless, he had at least been exceedingly respectful whenever he saw him.

But today, Xiao Chen had not only arrived late after being summoned, but still looked calm and unhurried upon seeing him. He had no manners at all.

Hearing those words—

A nameless fury suddenly surged in Xiao Chen's heart.

It seemed to be the previous owner's emotions at work.

He had only been a little slow this time, only a little. It absolutely could not be called dawdling.

Yet Xiao Zhentian was making such a huge fuss and ordering him to kneel?

When Xiao Lingtian was summoned, being one or two hours late was commonplace, yet Xiao Zhentian had never said a single word to him.

Wasn't this fucking double standard too obvious?

Just as Xiao Chen could not help wanting to curse aloud—

A cold mechanical female voice suddenly rang beside his ear.

Ding...

The Martial God Nurturing System is activating.

Activation successful! Entering the blind box selection interface. The host will receive different rewards for different choices, but before the host makes a choice, the rewards are unknown.

Fuck, the system?

You finally decided to show up?

Do you know how I got through those past dozen minutes?

Xiao Chen's body trembled with excitement as he could not help roaring inwardly!

He had almost—

Just almost—

Launched a suicidal challenge against Xiao Zhentian.

(Realm divisions: Disciple Realm, Master Realm, General Realm, Sect Realm, King Realm. These five realms will be revealed for now; more will be unveiled later!)