"Great Heavenly Dao, spare me! I'm just a newbie tutorial system. I'm under pressure to hit my targets and wanted to make a little extra on the side..."
"I have an eighty-year-old Main God to support and thirty million subsystems to look after. It's not easy!"
The system's glowing orb started playing the victim, squeezing a few virtual tears from its streams of data.
A newbie tutorial system?
Zhang Hao sneered.
Could a newbie system bind itself to a Sage across worlds?
Could it casually mention the Hun Yuan Limitless Great Dao?
Did it take him for a fool?!
He couldn't be bothered to waste words. With a slight tremor of Heavenly Dao power, he began to analyze the underlying code and source structure of the "Great Sage System of the Great Desolation."
Compared with Luo Hou's decisive, combat-oriented system, this one seemed more like... a scam investment scheme?
It specialized in dangling an impossible "Hun Yuan Limitless Great Dao" in front of its host to trick him into handing over resources, then pocketed most of the "points."
Tsk, a profit margin of 999999...9%.
Zhang Hao was stunned.
Luo Hou's system was, at most, an arms dealer, selling Lingbao.
This Sage System was the head of an international telecom fraud ring!
"Your Majesty! I'll return all the source energy I swallowed! Just let me go!"
The system's orb was in a complete panic. It could feel its core protocols being forcibly cracked open, exposing all its secrets.
Zhang Hao ignored it and instead looked at Hongjun. "Well done. I knew I could count on you."
Hongjun bowed respectfully. "It is my duty to ease the Heavenly Dao's burdens. This fiend dared to tempt This Poor Daoist. It truly deserves the greatest condemnation!"
His face showed just the right hint of lingering fear and indignation, as if he really were nothing more than an honest Prehistoric World native who'd nearly been duped.
Zhang Hao rolled his eyes inwardly.
As if he believed that!
When he'd offered up the Lingbao to test the waters, Hongjun hadn't hesitated for a second.
Still, Hongjun's initiative in "setting a trap" gave Zhang Hao a new idea.
After disposing of the scam system and refining its source energy to replenish the Prehistoric World, he said to Hongjun, "These systems bind themselves to Transmigrators, usually to plunder the Prehistoric World's source energy and disrupt Heaven's Mandate. There are likely quite a few such beings in the Prehistoric World now."
"Hongjun, since you have become a Sage and have my authorization, keep an eye out in secret. If you find any, deal with them as you see fit."
"If you come across a tough one, just call for me."
He was giving Hongjun a measure of autonomy—and a set of "performance targets."
Zhang Hao wanted to see what tricks this future Dao Ancestor could come up with when dealing with Transmigrators and their systems.
Surely the Heavenly Dao himself didn't have to keep coming down to swat mosquitoes.
Hongjun understood at once and replied solemnly, "I shall obey the Heavenly Dao's decree. This Poor Daoist will carefully discern their identities, eliminate hidden threats, and safeguard the peace of the Prehistoric World."
Zhang Hao nodded in satisfaction, then tossed the scam system's three Hun Yuan Great Daos in front of Hongjun.
"Take these and refine them."
As the Heavenly Dao of the Prehistoric World, Zhang Hao had no need to cultivate. The stronger the Prehistoric World became, the more power he could wield.
So giving these systems' Hun Yuan Great Daos to Hongjun was a good choice.
Hongjun wasn't particularly shocked to see the three Hun Yuan Great Daos.
The Jade Disc of Creation Fragment already contained quite a few Hun Yuan Great Daos for him to study.
Refining these complete Hun Yuan Great Daos would simply speed up his progress.
Hongjun didn't bother with any polite formalities. He immediately began refining the three Hun Yuan Great Daos.
Once he finished, he would have cultivated the Immortal Great Dao himself and refined these three as well, bringing his power to the fourth level of the Primordial Realm.
And now that his True Spirit was lodged in the void of the Heavenly Dao, he could already draw upon some of the Prehistoric World's power.
As long as the systems' strength didn't exceed the fifth level of the Primordial Realm, he could handle them.
Seeing Hongjun begin to refine the three Hun Yuan Great Daos, Zhang Hao left him undisturbed and departed from Zixiao Palace.
Back in the void of the Heavenly Dao, Zhang Hao's gaze swept constantly across the Prehistoric World.
The Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation had ended, and the Three Clans had left the stage. It was unlikely that any Transmigrators would land in one of the Three Clans now.
As for the Witch-Demon Calamity, one of its central players, the Witch Clan, had already emerged.
The two Golden Crows of the Demon Clan would probably appear soon, too.
Zhang Hao decided to focus his attention on the Solar Star.
The Solar Star.
Two Golden Crow eggs lay quietly on the branches of the Fusang Divine Tree.
They were Di Jun and Tai Yi, still developing inside their eggs.
Before long, the consciousness inside one of the eggs suddenly awakened.
It was none other than Di Jun, the future Celestial Emperor.
Di Jun woke up looking dazed, then realized what had happened. He'd transmigrated?
And into the body of that scumbag from the Prehistoric World who would use human beings to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword?!
I really am a piece of trash!
No, wait. I haven't forged the Witch-Slaying Sword yet...
As Di Jun pondered his life, the Survival System that had brought him to the Prehistoric World activated as well.
The longer he kept a low profile, the richer his rewards would be.
He wasn't surprised at all. A system was standard equipment for any Transmigrator.
After taking a quick look at the system's functions, Di Jun turned his attention to the other Golden Crow egg beside him.
If nothing unexpected happened, that was his younger brother, Tai Yi.
Oh, my foolish little brother!
This time, I'll lead you to keep a low profile until the end of time, and we'll become the Prehistoric World's true winners!
The Witch-Demon War?
Why bother with a Witch-Demon War? It was all the Heavenly Dao's scheme, meant to wipe out the Witch Clan. Their Demon Clan was just collateral damage.
No, I have to start cultivating right away. At the very least, I need to be able to protect myself!
Having made up his mind, Di Jun immediately began cultivating. By the time he emerged from his egg, he would have the cultivation of an early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
At the same time,
the other Golden Crow egg beside Di Jun began to stir.
Tai Yi was overjoyed to find himself transmigrated into the Prehistoric World.
Before transmigrating, he'd been a shut-in. He'd never expected to end up in the legendary Prehistoric World, or to awaken the Many Sons, Much Fortune System.
As a master who'd played tens of thousands of galgames, was winning over the goddesses of the Prehistoric World really going to be that hard?
Tai Yi chuckled and turned to look at Di Jun.
So this was his so-called big brother?
From what he knew, Di Jun would eventually enter into a Heavenly Marriage with the two sisters next door on the Lunar Star.
That meant he might lose out on two potential targets.
That was unacceptable!
Sorry, big bro!
Your future sisters-in-law are still quite the beauties. Besides, they're not your sisters-in-law yet. Heh heh heh.
With that thought, Tai Yi threw himself into cultivation too, determined to emerge from his egg as soon as possible and start winning over the goddesses of the Prehistoric World.
Both Golden Crows began cultivating like mad, though their goals were quite different.
Just as the two Golden Crows were absorbed in their cultivation,
an egg-shaped shadow appeared somewhere on the Solar Star.
His name was Qin Yuan. In his previous life, he'd been a high school student. Now his identity was—a Golden Crow.
Holy crap! I'm in the Prehistoric World!
Qin Yuan had been a fan of the Prehistoric World in his previous life. He'd never thought he'd actually transmigrate there.
But why was he alone? Where were Di Jun and Tai Yi?
Could he have swallowed Di Jun and Tai Yi?!
"Host, stay calm. You're the third Golden Crow." A cold, mechanical voice rang out.
Only then did Qin Yuan calm down. If he were the only Golden Crow, they'd be sending him to his death against the Twelve Ancestor Witches!
The voice speaking to him belonged to the Wild History System, which had bound itself to him.
As long as enough people believed the wild tales he told, he could use system points to exchange for a Hun Yuan Great Dao and attain Sagehood.
After thinking it over, Qin Yuan asked the system to move him beside Di Jun and Tai Yi's eggs.
He preferred standing shoulder to shoulder with others to being all alone.
Qin Yuan: Uh, make some room for me, will you?
Di Jun and Tai Yi: Hey, man, who are you?!