Chen'er, you'll be turning a full six years old tomorrow. At the same time, you'll be heading to the Young Dragon Pavilion tomorrow to test your bone structure and comprehension. Make sure you aren't nervous, you hear me?
The Eastern Cang Region, the Great Qian Divine Dynasty!
Deep within the vast, resplendent imperial palace at the very center of the imperial capital...
Yuan Xiu Palace!
A woman dressed in a pale blue palace gown, worry clouding her brow, looked at the plump, bright-eyed little boy before her. Affection washed over her eyes as she spoke gently.
Mother, don't you worry. Chen'er understands!
The little boy spoke in a soft, childish voice.
Mother, I'm going back to rest for now to build up my energy for tomorrow!
After offering his mother comfort, Lu Chen ignored whatever else she wanted to say and strode briskly back to his own room.
Good news: Lu Chen was a transmigrator!
Bad news: He had transmigrated into a fantasy world where human lives were as cheap as grass!
Good news: He had transmigrated into the Great Qian Divine Dynasty and become the son of the Azure Emperor—the great restoration monarch of a generation within the Great Qian Divine Dynasty—gaining the universally revered status of an imperial prince.
Bad news: His mother had originally been a palace maid, taken by the Azure Emperor in a drunken haze, which resulted in the birth of an imperial heir. Riding on her son's coattails, she had been granted the title of Consort Yuan.
Despite being an imperial consort, she was utterly lacking in favor. Ever since that single time, the Azure Emperor had never sought out his mother again, and by extension, he himself—the Eleventh Prince—was also the most inconspicuous and least favored among the numerous imperial princes!
Worse news still: As a transmigrator, he actually didn't have a system!
Lu Chen returned to his room, his face revealing a helpless, weather-beaten, and complicated expression that clashed starkly with his tender six-year-old face.
Little System, come on out for me. If you don't show up believe it or not, I'll commit suicide and we can croak together!
Following that, Lu Chen parted his little mouth in a grin and spoke through clenched teeth!
Yet right then, the moment Lu Chen's voice fell, a semi-transparent panel suddenly materialized before his eyes!
Seeing this, Lu Chen froze abruptly, a look of astonishment surfacing on his chubby face.
Age one, you were born in the Eastern Cang Region's Great Qian Divine Dynasty, becoming a severely unfavored Eleventh Prince. Though after birth you didn't cross paths with your imperial father, the Azure Emperor, more than a few times, you somehow managed to survive within the intricate deep palace! Age six, the time arrived to test your constitution, bone structure, and comprehension. A tragedy manifested: you possessed a completely wasted physique, abysmal bone structure, and were utterly devoid of comprehension. From this point onward, your miserable life had only just begun. Age twelve, because of your trash physique, even as an imperial prince—while all the other princes had already reached the Innate Realm—you remained utterly stagnant at the first-heaven of the Postnatal Realm. At this juncture, you thoroughly transformed into a forgotten little transparent nobody within the imperial palace! Age fourteen, your mother was smeared by Spirit Consort, who framed her for spying on the imperial Scripture Repository. The Azure Emperor flew into a rage, and in his anger, cast your mother into the cold palace. You were likewise punished by the Azure Emperor and subjected to thirty heavy board lashes. Though you burned with fury, your cultivation was merely at the third-heaven of the Postnatal Realm and you were completely powerless, left to secretly lick your wounds! Age sixteen, you qualified to leave the palace and establish your own manor. The Azure Emperor casually assigned you to build a manor in an extremely remote outer city of the imperial capital. In the entire estate, including yourself and the servants, there were only a dozen or so people. From this moment on, you became the most shabbily impoverished prince! Age thirty, at this moment you abruptly discovered that the once supremely brilliant Great Qian Divine Dynasty seemed to be falling into decline. With sects and aristocratic clans stirring up chaos internally, and other dynasties disrupting the borders externally, the Great Qian Divine Dynasty suddenly plunged into war. At this moment you were only at the sixth-heaven of the Postnatal Realm, your strength failing to even match that of a city-guard. At this juncture, you grew bewildered! Age forty, by this time, the Great Qian Divine Dynasty was already facing imminent peril. Following a consecutive decade of warfare, the people within the divine dynasty lived in destitution, sects challenged royal authority, demons slaughtered living beings, and the territory of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty suffered losses exceeding half. Yet at this very moment you suddenly received news that your imperial father whom you had already been forgotten by—the Azure Emperor of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty—had suffered a deviation in his cultivation during a period of seclusion, sustaining grave injuries and hovering on the brink of death! Age fifty-six, at this juncture, your realm remained trapped in the Postnatal Realm, the Innate Realm remaining a distant and hopeless prospect. And right at this moment, your Second Brother and Seventh Brother joined forces with the four great sects and four great aristocratic clans to coerce the on-its-last-legs Azure Emperor into abdicating the throne. The Azure Emperor had no other choice and abdicated in favor of the Second Prince. The Second Prince assumed the throne, conferred upon the Seventh Prince the title of King of Equal Rank, and placed his imperial father, the Azure Emperor, along with all his brothers and sisters under house arrest. As an imperial prince, you likewise failed to escape, imprisoned within the imperial palace. Fortunately, however, though you were placed under house arrest, you at least had the opportunity to lay eyes upon the mother you hadn't seen in decades!
Seeing the text continuously emerging on the transparent panel before him, Lu Chen was completely dumbfounded.
What on earth was this situation?
Was this really my life?
No, as a transmigrator, was my life really going to be this miserable?
Lu Chen completely cracked at this moment.
Yet next, text slowly materialized upon the transparent panel once more!
Past fifty and having accomplished nothing, your state and homeland stand on the verge of ruin. The country is no longer a country, and the home no longer a home. Though you harbor the desire to defy the heavens and change your destiny, you lack the destiny to defy the heavens and change it, thereby triggering the Reversal System! Host Lu Chen, you are past fifty at this moment. Facing a nation on the brink of ruin and your own lingering existence dragging on within a prison cell, are you capable of reigniting boundless fighting spirit! Reversal System triggered, Reversal Mission issued! At this moment, you are imprisoned deep within the palace. You need to find a way to meet your childhood playmate, the current Celestial Realm powerhouse Luo Li, and win her favorable impression, prompting her to utter the three words *I like you* to you! Warning: Luo Li's true identity is that of a transmigrator. In her past life, she was a generation of Immortal Emperor in a fantasy world, reincarnating into this world to become Duke of Zhenguo Luo Zhenshan's beloved pearl in the palm. Upon reaching six full years of age, Luo Li awakens the memories of her past life, while simultaneously leaping to achieve the Land Immortal Realm in a single bound! Mission Reward: The Land Immortal Realm!
*!!!*
Seeing the transparent panel that had abruptly materialized before him and the text appearing on it in succession, Lu Chen's heart pounded wildly against his ribs!
So a system really had shown up?
Only, this system was somewhat off!
He was only six years old; what on earth was a Reversal System?
Could it be that just now, when he forced the Little System to appear or else threatened suicide, he had actually forced the Little System out?
Did this mean the Reversal System had arrived decades early?
However, the problem was, once this mission was completed, would he directly reach the Land Immortal Realm?
The Land Immortal Realm at six years old—was that reasonable?
Lu Chen wore a dazed expression.
Having transmigrated into this high-wu fantasy world, Lu Chen basically understood the realm divisions of this fantasy world.
From what he currently knew, they were divided into nine major realms: Postnatal, Innate, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, King Realm, Emperor Realm, Emperor Realm, Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, and Land Immortal!
Each realm was further divided into nine heavens, with the first-heaven being the lowest and the ninth-heaven the highest!
Legend had it that his imperial father, the Azure Emperor of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty, was precisely in the Land Immortal Realm, ruling over a colossal divine dynasty and suppressing the major sects and aristocratic clans so thoroughly they struggled to draw breath.
He could be said to be a supreme existence.
And yet nowadays, merely six years old, he had the opportunity to reach the Land Immortal Realm.
Placing this in the past, Lu Chen wouldn't even have dared to dream of it.
The Land Immortal Realm!
Lu Chen clenched his fists tightly, a resolute expression currently surfacing on his tender face.
Since the system has arrived, and as a transmigrator I've learned of my own future in advance, I will naturally not allow the future to replay itself!
Achieving the Land Immortal Realm, I want to become the ruler of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty, leading the Great Qian Divine Dynasty to sweep away demons and unify the Eastern Cang Region. I also want to taste what it feels like to hold the supreme position!
I want to be invincible in the current age, sweep across the universe, and achieve supreme reverence!
Resolute determination surfaced on Lu Chen's face.
Reborn for six years, he had remained utterly unremarkable all along, even subjected to all manner of disdain.
To say he felt no resentment was impossible. Yet reality was harsh, and Lu Chen had no choice but to helplessly accept his mediocrity.
However, the current emergence of the system ignited the flames of desire deep within Lu Chen's heart!
Inhaling a long breath, Lu Chen suppressed the wild ambitions surging in his heart. Then, gazing at the mission issued by the transparent panel before him, a look of astonishment crossed his face.
Luo Li—I never would've thought that this muddle-headed little foodie was actually a transmigrator, and in her past life was a generation of Immortal Emperor!
For the sake of the Land Immortal Realm, Lu Chen could no longer sit still. He bolted out the door in a flash, ignoring the pretty palace maid who was panicking by the entrance, and made his way to a secluded room in Yuan Xiu Palace to spruce himself up!
Before long, Lu Chen dashed out of Yuan Xiu Palace clutching his snacks—Candied Hawthorn Skewers and Sticky Rice Balls.
Hey, Chen'er, where are you off to?!
Seeing Lu Chen rushing about like a little puppy, Lu Chen's mother, Consort Yuan, called out in inquiry.
I'm going to find Little Sister Luo Li to play!
From the distance, Lu Chen's childish voice drifted back.
This child!
Hearing this, Consort Yuan shook her head, yet an indulgent expression surfaced on her face.
Luo Li was the precious darling daughter of Duke of Zhenguo Luo Zhenshan of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty.
Luo Zhenshan was at the ninth-heaven of the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm and served as the Azure Emperor's right-hand man, having once led the Zhenshan Army to recover thirteen border territories.
The Azure Emperor had bestowed upon him the title of Duke of Zhenguo, guarding the borders of the Great Qian Divine Dynasty for eternity!
As for Luo Li, she was the duke's youngest and most treasured daughter, whom he feared would shatter if held in his hand or melt if kept in his mouth.
The little girl was likewise favored by the Azure Emperor, who had bestowed upon her an imperial decree granting her the freedom to enter and exit the imperial palace at will!
And strange to say, the Azure Emperor possessed numerous imperial princes, yet Luo Li loved trailing behind the most unfavored Eleventh Prince, Lu Chen, sticking close to him like a little follower.
Beside a small stream near the imperial palace's imperial garden.
This was the spot where Lu Chen and Luo Li had agreed to meet and play together.
By the time Lu Chen arrived, he happened to see a little girl dressed in a pink dress, pretty and adorable as a porcelain doll, playing in the water and frolicking under the care of two palace maids.
It was precisely Luo Li!
Luo Li, who had been playing to her heart's content, froze upon catching sight of Lu Chen. When she noticed the candied hawthorn skewers and sticky rice balls in Lu Chen's hands, the little girl's eyes instantly lit up, her tear-crystal-clear eyes flashing as though a sky full of stars resided within them.
The little girl immediately scampered toward Lu Chen.
She deftly relieved Lu Chen of the candied hawthorn skewers and sticky rice balls.
Nibbling on the sweet sticky rice balls and candied hawthorn skewers, the smile on the little girl's face blossomed as brilliant and warm as the sunlight in the sky.
Witnessing this scene, a smile naturally crept onto Lu Chen's face as well.
Little Sister Luo Li, do you think Big Brother treats you well or not?
At this moment, Lu Chen's voice was like that of a big bad wolf trying to lure a little sheep, brimming with ill intentions.
Brother Lu Chen treats Luo Li exceptionally well. He keeps Luo Li company when we play, and also brings Luo Li lots of delicious food.
Luo Li said with a beaming smile while eating her candied hawthorn skewers.
Then do you like Brother Lu Chen?!
Following that, Lu Chen posed the primary purpose of his trip.
Yet upon hearing these words, Luo Li paused.
Seeing this, Lu Chen's heart sank.
Damn it, don't tell me this is going to crash and burn? That shouldn't be right—surely I can't even fail at coaxing an ignorant, innocent little girl!
Watching the deep-in-thought little girl, Lu Chen's heart thumped wildly.
This concerned whether or not he could be directly fast-tracked to the Land Immortal Realm!
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