Transmigrating to the Primordial Era as a River, Refining a System! Who Says the River of Time Isn't a River!

Pangu opened the heavens, and chaos evolved.

The Primordial World was born, and the cosmos took shape.

After countless eons of evolution, the Beast Calamity came to an end, and the three tribes of Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin ruled supreme.

By now, the Dragon-Han Calamity was nearing its end. Calamity filled every corner of heaven and earth, saturating the world with a dense, ominous air. The vast Primordial World had already become sparsely populated, with only the three tribes and their subordinate forces traveling through it.

All mighty cultivators and innate lifeforms had sensed that a great calamity was approaching. They anxiously remained in their respective daoist abodes and no longer ventured out.

Near the East Sea on the Primordial Continent, a river radiated a faint, hazy glow. Within the mist, one could almost see the evolution of Dao Principles and the blooming of mysterious light.

Though it was called a river, the rivers of the Primordial World were undoubtedly far more vast than the Milky Way, far more majestic than the cosmos itself. Even the stars appeared as tiny as dust before this river.

"Of all places to transmigrate to, why did I have to end up in the Primordial World? And I even became a river."

Tang Xuan sighed, utterly despairing of life.

Yes, a river!

This river was Tang Xuan's true body!

He had once been a young man on Earth. One night, while happily reading a novel, he closed and opened his eyes—and discovered that he had transmigrated to the Primordial World and become a river.

At first, Tang Xuan did not know that this was the Primordial World, and he had been thrown into a panic by becoming a river. But since it had already happened, panic was useless. Especially after discovering that he could instinctively absorb and refine spiritual energy, Tang Xuan gradually accepted it.

When he once saw a dragon flying across the sky, Tang Xuan had already sensed that something was wrong. Later, after reaching the Mysterious Immortal realm and gaining the ability to sense the Heavenly Dao and obtain information, Tang Xuan finally understood that he had come to the Primordial World.

The cultivation system of the Primordial World was the same as in many Primordial Era genre novels he had read in his previous life. From low to high, it consisted of Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Each realm was further divided into the early, middle, late, and peak stages.

Now, with no Saints having emerged and the Dao Ancestor yet to preach and pass down the method of Slaying Three Corpses to prove the Dao, the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm was not yet the Quasi-Saint realm. That went without saying.

"I didn't understand the importance of Spiritual Root/Foundation when I read novels in my previous life. Only after transmigrating did I realize how important it was."

"Sigh, although I transmigrated to the Primordial World and became a river, I can still be considered an innate lifeform. But my Spiritual Root/Foundation is far too poor. Reaching the Golden Immortal realm is already my limit. Forget breaking through to Daluo—even reaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"Damn it, other transmigrators who come to the Primordial World all get a Golden Finger and a system. How come I got nothing? I don't even have a strand of hair, yet they still made me transmigrate. This is the Primordial World!"

"My true body is also near the East Sea. The final battle of the three tribes is about to erupt. If something goes wrong, won't I be completely doomed?"

Tang Xuan was unwilling, yet helpless. Just thinking about his situation made him feel utterly powerless.

Judging by the scale of the three tribes' war, it would be a miracle if he was not caught up in it.

So no matter what, he was doomed to die?

He did not want to die!

Yet he simply could not think of any solution.

Before breaking through to Daluo and transforming into human form, he could not even move his true body. Over the years, he had not failed to think of ways around this, but the gap in strength was simply too great. Even if he knew the plot of the Primordial World, what good would it do? There was no room to act.

Accept his fate?

No! Never!

In his previous life, he had had no choice and could only compromise and accept his fate. Now that he had transmigrated, if he still compromised and accepted his fate, wouldn't his transmigration have been for nothing?

His thoughts churned, and Tang Xuan gradually became resolute. The entire river seemed to surge and tremble along with his emotions.

"Ding! Host's will detected to be resolute. The Strongest River System is beginning its binding..."

Suddenly, a mechanical voice rang out in Tang Xuan's consciousness.

"Hm? A system?"

Tang Xuan froze.

Good grief, I've been transmigrated for countless billions of years, and the system is only coming online now?

"Ding! Beginner mission issued. Host, please display your might during the upcoming Dragon-Han Calamity. Suppress the three tribes, trample Luohu beneath your feet, and punch Hongjun into submission. Let your prestige resound throughout the Primordial World from this moment onward."

Another series of mechanical system notifications rang out.

"???"

Tang Xuan.

"Very good, very good. So this is how you're playing it? Either you don't show up, or when you do, you come here to mess with me?"

"Have me suppress the three tribes? Have me trample Luohu? And have me punch Hongjun into submission?"

"Am I even worthy?"

"So this system came here to toy with me and make a joke of me!?"

Tang Xuan was so furious that he laughed.

His immortal sense enveloped every corner of his true body. Soon, Tang Xuan discovered the system core lodged within his True Spirit.

This useless system could not be relied on at all. Since that was the case, he might as well try another method. He had been worrying about how to break out of his predicament, and perhaps the system's appearance was the answer?

Thinking of some Primordial Era genre novels he had read in his previous life, in which quite a few transmigrators had refined their systems, Tang Xuan felt that he could give it a try as well.

Since he could discover the system, refining it... should not be impossible, right?

As Tang Xuan sent his immortal sense into the system core, he immediately discovered the system's resistance. A continuous stream of system notifications began ringing out.

They said things like external force intrusion detected, system erosion detected, and system resistance commencing.

You know what? This system really did seem to have something going for it. The power it unleashed was astonishing—at least at the level of a Hunyuan Golden Immortal or higher. It even seemed to possess the potential for growth.

However, the system had probably never expected its host to invade it. Thus, although its inherent level was high, it could not fully unleash its power without anyone controlling it.

This discovery immediately invigorated Tang Xuan.

He had only wanted to give it a try, but judging from the situation... it seemed that he could really refine it!

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years passed.

Under Tang Xuan's unremitting infiltration and refinement, the system's power grew weaker and weaker. As one side waned and the other waxed, Tang Xuan gradually began suppressing the system.

Finally, after spending a full ten thousand years, the system's power was exhausted and it was completely... refined by Tang Xuan!

"So this is a system?"

"So that's how it is. I understand now..."

After analyzing, deducing, and completely grasping the system core, Tang Xuan suddenly understood.

The system was essentially formed from a fragment of the Great Dao. After countless kinds of arrangements, it had produced endless possibilities. Likewise, because of its combinations, it possessed the potential for growth?

Because the system's level was relatively high and it was quite profound to Tang Xuan, he could not completely comprehend it. But he still understood its basic principles, as well as the fragment of the Great Dao.

Its composition was mainly divided into two parts. The first was the core Great Dao of Water. The second was something resembling the Wish Dao: as long as one obtained Wish Power, one could turn fantasies into reality.

"I think I know... what to do now!"

Tang Xuan's eyes lit up.

Wishes?

Reciprocation?

If that was the case, he was no longer sleepy.

He had read so many novels and works of fantasy in his previous life. When it came to imagination, how could he possibly be inferior? All he had lacked was a medium, an ability to leverage and unleash his imagination. And now, wasn't the system the best medium and tool?

An anime he had once watched suddenly surfaced in Tang Xuan's mind.

Since they were both rivers, and the Milky Way could be a river, who said the River of Time... could not be a river?