Detected a Remnant Innate Demon God Soul? First Disciple Crit Reward!

The Kunlun Mountain range stretched endlessly, boundless and vast.

Even though the system could scan a range of billions of miles in all directions, Zhou Yi still had no confidence in his heart.

[Ding! System scanning in progress, scan range: billions of miles in all directions...]

[Detected a Mountain Moving Ape with upper-grade Acquired Root Bone. Would you like to accept it as a disciple?]

[Detected a Cypress Tree with mid-grade Acquired Root Bone. Would you like to accept it as a disciple?]

[Detected...]

Then.

The disciple-recruiting system jumped out with one message after another.

Too many to count.

Enough to be replaced by 999+.

"System, can you filter out beings below Innate Root Bone?"

Qingyuan was very helpless.

The number of beings was vast and infinite.

But this was no longer the era when Innate Divine Beings were born one after another.

Naturally, most of the beings scanned by the system had Acquired Root Bones.

[Innate Root Bone and below have been filtered out. Scanning continues...]

After more than half an hour of silence.

The system finally jumped out with a few Innate Root Bone beings, namely: Innate Wutu White Tiger, Little Demon Dragon of the Waves, Netherlight Fierce Demon Leopard, and Spirit Devouring Mountain Imp.

Based on the personal information provided by the system, His chances of subduing them were very low, and if his luck was bad, he might even be killed and usurped.

Qingyuan pondered.

He was just struggling over which soft target to pick.

When the system's sudden prompt made his expression freeze.

[Ding! Detected the remnant soul of an Innate Demon God, 88% incomplete. Would the host like to replenish its origin and infuse it with vitality?]

[After replenishment, disciple acceptance rate: 80%!!]

"Remnant soul of an Innate Demon God?"

Qingyuan couldn't help but be stunned.

Innate Demon Gods were not numerous in the Primordial Wilderness. They were all famous overlords and great powers in their own right. Which Innate Demon God's remnant soul had drifted to the Kunlun Mountain range?

But thinking that the higher the quality of the disciple accepted by the disciple-recruiting system, the greater the critical hit reward.

Qingyuan gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble. He immediately gave the order: "Replenish it!"

The next moment.

Qingyuan was dumbfounded.

He felt a sharp pain coursing through his entire body.

His body felt as if it had been drained dry.

Only then did he come to his senses and curse loudly: "What are you doing!!"

"You damn system, so replenishing the origin means drawing from my origin to fill it up? I f*ck your grandpa, I xxxxx..."

After cursing for a long time.

Qingyuan had no strength left to curse. His face was pale, weak, and feeble.

And the system sent over the information on the Innate Demon God.

[Ding! Partially replenished the remnant soul of a damaged Innate Demon God. Information as follows.]

[Name: ??? (Originally Hongyun, already fallen)]

[Root Bone: Supreme-grade Innate Spirit (current Root Bone)]

[Origin: The first red cloud to attain enlightenment at the beginning of heaven and earth. Attacked by Ancestor Kunpeng, his physical body was destroyed. Then obstructed by Old Ancestor Minghe from entering reincarnation. Drifted through the Primordial Wilderness. Because clouds have no form, and formlessness means indestructibility, his broken soul drifted through the Primordial Wilderness, devouring spiritual clouds to replenish his origin. Later, thanks to the host sacrificing himself to replenish his origin, he was reborn within the clouds!]

[Talent: Heavenly Dao Fortune, Turn Misfortune into Fortune, Stand Upright Without Shadow]

[Divine Ability: ?]

[Note: Favored by heaven and earth, a True Immortal of Fortune and Virtue!!]

[...]

The void rippled like water.

Then.

A blood-red crystalline gourd appeared in the void, and faintly visible within it was a figure gestating and incubating.

Boom!

In an instant.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged back like a storm, pouring into the Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul Scattering Gourd.

After a moment.

A youthful figure emerged from the gourd, immortal in bearing, handsome in appearance, tall and imposing with extraordinary presence. Divine light shimmered, forming a white robe that draped over him, adding to his refined elegance.

The moment he was born.

He knelt without hesitation before Qingyuan, speaking respectfully: "Many thanks, Senior, for the grace of rebirth!"

At this time.

Qingyuan was also secretly observing him.

Shaken inwardly.

Handsome!

Flawless from head to toe—almost as handsome as himself!!

Truly worthy of being the Virtuous Immortal.

There was nothing to criticize about his looks or bearing!

"You... do you remember the past?"

Qingyuan hesitated for a moment before voicing the doubt in his heart.

Although the disciple-recruiting system granted benefits.

Recruiting disciples required the host to do it personally; the system couldn't forcibly slap a buff on someone and call it a day. Otherwise, he could have just recruited Hongjun directly and strolled unopposed through the Primordial Wilderness, right?

If Red Cloud had forgotten the past, he might dare to bring up taking him as a disciple.

Otherwise, trying to take an Innate Demon God as a disciple would surely earn him a furious beating, wouldn't it?

Remember, great kindness can be as great a grudge. Why didn't the Two Sages of the West help when Red Cloud fell?

Wasn't it because the karmic debt of the seat-offering was impossible to repay, so they let Red Cloud perish—if the man was gone, the debt was void, right?

What if he brought up taking him as a disciple.

And Red Cloud, feeling insulted, flew into a rage? Wouldn't he be done for?

Hearing this.

The young man's face showed a dazed expression.

Quite sorrowful.

He shook his head and said: "I have gained new life. What connection does the past have with me? Everything from before has long since turned to ashes. Red Cloud is Red Cloud, I am I. If not for Senior risking your life to save me from my origin, I fear I would have drifted for who knows how many Yuan Hui, devouring spiritual clouds before I could be reborn!"

"Not repaying this kindness would make me less than human."

"Senior, there is no need to fear that I would repay kindness with enmity."

With 'Red Cloud's' intelligence, how could he not know what Qingyuan was thinking?

But he was a man of utmost goodness, knowing to repay kindness.

Seeing Qingyuan's hesitation, 'Red Cloud' bowed again: "I drifted through the Primordial Wilderness, only regretting that I never met a worthy master. If you, sir, do not despise me, I wish to honor you as my father!"

This man had used his own origin to help his remnant soul be reborn.

This was the grace of recreation.

What wrong was there in calling him father?

Little did he know, Qingyuan was so startled by these words that his face changed drastically, and he quickly said: "If you are willing, it is enough to take me as your master. There is no need to call me father."

"Master above, receive your disciple's three bows!"

Though 'Red Cloud' was somewhat puzzled as to why Qingyuan's expression had turned so ugly.

His body moved swiftly.

He knelt on the ground and gave three respectful bows.

"Do you... have a name?"

"Your disciple was just born and has no name yet. I beg my master to bestow one!"

"Good, good. Since you were born from the clouds, how about from now on you be called Yun Zhongzi?"

"Many thanks, Master, for the name!!"

Yun Zhongzi bowed in thanks once more.

At the same time, the system's congratulatory announcement arrived.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully recruiting a disciple. As this is the Host's first disciple, a special reward is granted: Superior Innate Demon God Origin*1, Million Years of Cultivation*1, Nine Revolutions Primordial Art*1, One Drop of Three Lights Divine Water!!]

[As the Host has taken on a first disciple, the Disciple-Recruiting System is now officially activated!]

[Future host accepting disciples will obtain the full enhancement of all disciples' realms, talents, and divine abilities. Current detection: 'First Disciple Yun Zhongzi' talent 'Heavenly Dao Fortune', 'Turn Misfortune into Fortune', 'Stand Upright Without Shadow', realm 'Mid-stage Heavenly Immortal', divine ability 'Ride Clouds and Drive Mist'. Synchronize realm, talent, and divine abilities?]

?!

Qingyuan froze, his heart shaken.

Damn.

He'd thought the disciple crit feedback was already outrageous enough.

But he could also obtain the full enhancement of all disciples' realms, talents, and divine abilities?

Didn't that mean the more disciples he had in the future, the more broken he'd become?

"Damn, if I took every living being in the entire Primordial World as my disciple, wouldn't I be able to beat Hongjun into the dirt?"

Qingyuan mused inwardly as he confirmed the synchronization.

In an instant.

He felt himself purified and elevated as if refined by lead.

All things between heaven and earth radiated a sense of goodwill, his mind calm as still water.

Casually sitting in meditation, he could merge into a state of unity between heaven and man.

Under the enhancement of realm, divine ability, and talent, he felt his own strength surge by a massive margin.

"Damn, so this is what a True Immortal of Fortune and Virtue can do? With a buff like this, even charging into any dragon's den or tiger's lair, or even throwing myself into death's jaws, I probably couldn't get myself killed, right?"

"This is just too broken!"