Immortal Imperial Clan! Qin Jiuge!

Sky Profound Continent, Qin Family of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans, inside a luxurious room.

The entire room was decorated in splendid gold and jade. Antique calligraphy and paintings hung on the walls, while wisps of snowy-white smoke curled up from the incense burner on the table, filling the room with a refreshing fragrance.

"Wasn't I staying up late to finish my manuscript? How did I end up here? Don't tell me I transmigrated?"

Qin Jiuge slowly opened his eyes, his expression somewhat bewildered as he surveyed the surroundings.

Everything before him was utterly at odds with his memories.

As a failed author, Qin Jiuge could be said to have seen transmigration stories a thousand times.

Among all the novels he had read and written, which one lacked that cliched transmigration plot?

But when it truly happened to him, he found it hard to accept for a moment.

"Mm..."

Suddenly, he clutched his head in pain and let out a muffled groan.

A flood of memories that did not belong to him violently poured into his mind, rapidly filling his brain and causing him pain as though he were being torn apart.

Large beads of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

His thin clothes were soon drenched with sweat.

Gritting his teeth and trying his best not to make a sound, Qin Jiuge continually prayed for the flood of memories to end quickly.

Finally, after a short while, the pain vanished, and many memories that had not originally belonged to him appeared in his mind.

Through those memories, Qin Jiuge finally understood his current situation.

He really had transmigrated!

The original owner shared his name and surname—he too was called Qin Jiuge.

This world was called the Sky Profound Continent.

The Sky Profound Continent was vast beyond measure, spanning who knew how many tens of thousands of miles. It held countless factions and an indescribable array of powers.

Standing at the very peak of the Sky Profound Continent were the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans, along with the legendary and exceedingly mysterious Holy Lands.

And the Qin Family where the original Qin Jiuge resided was precisely one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans at the pinnacle of the Sky Profound Continent!

As one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans, the Qin Family could be said to be extraordinarily powerful.

The original Qin Jiuge was no insignificant figure even within the Qin Family, where crouching tigers and hidden dragons abounded.

He began cultivating at the age of three, and by sixteen, he had already become a strong expert at the Spirit Sea Peak Realm.

As the foremost cultivation Lineage on the Sky Profound Continent, the Qin Family ranked its five most outstanding young talents into the Five Great Orders according to their strength.

Three months later, under the Lineage's unified arrangements, these five young talents would engage in a fierce contest.

At that time, they would draw lots to determine their opponents.

Defeating an opponent would allow one to advance to the next round.

This would continue until the final victor was decided.

The Qin Family possessed profound foundations. Though these five young talents were still young, each had his own trump card. Placed in any sect outside, they would all count as geniuses among geniuses.

To stand out from such a contest, the difficulty was easy to imagine.

Correspondingly, the rewards for the contest were just as tempting.

Whoever emerged victorious from this intense competition would be appointed the Qin Family's Young Master. Not only would he enjoy an exalted status and the respect of his clansmen, but he would also wield considerable authority, which would greatly benefit his future cultivation.

More importantly, once appointed Young Master, it would not be impossible for him to become the helmsman of the Qin Family, one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans of the Sky Profound Continent, given enough time.

At that thought, Qin Jiuge could not help but feel bitterness fill his mouth. According to the original owner's memories, he confirmed that he was still only at the Spirit Sea Realm.

Although reaching the Spirit Sea Realm at sixteen was considered genius-level throughout the entire Sky Profound Continent, this was the Qin Family!

The Qin Family, one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans!

That heaven-blessed prodigy of the First Order had already reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, leaving him—the Second Order at the Spirit Sea Realm—far behind.

Behind him, the genius of the Third Order was likewise at the Spirit Sea Realm and was desperately striving to catch up to him.

In this world, cultivators had a total of ten realms.

Ordinary people knew at most three or four of the more basic realms, perhaps even only two or three.

But Qin Jiuge, as a direct descendant of the Qin Family, was naturally not comparable to ordinary people.

Not only did he clearly remember all ten realms, he knew them like the back of his hand.

"Body Forging, Qi Condensation, Spirit Nurturing, Spirit Sea, Dharma Aspect, Nirvana, Life and Death, Supreme, Quasi-Emperor, Great Emperor..."

Qin Jiuge counted on his fingers, muttering under his breath.

The gap between each of these ten realms could be called the difference between heaven and an abyss.

Take the Spirit Sea Realm he was currently in, for instance.

A cultivator who had just entered the Spirit Sea Realm could easily defeat ten Spirit Nurturing Realm cultivators!

The disparity was enough to leave one tongue-tied.

Therefore, even though that person from the First Order was only one realm ahead of him, trying to take first place in the Young Master Battle two years later would be no ordinary challenge.

Not to mention that, as one of the Four Great Immortal Imperial Clans of the Sky Profound Continent, the Qin Family possessed incomparably deep foundations. Not only did it have a Quasi-Emperor overseeing it, it also possessed an Emperor Weapon that made the entire Sky Profound Continent turn pale at the mere mention of it!

Such foundations were likely rivaled only by those legendary Holy Lands.

Trying to compete for the position of Young Master within such a Lineage full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons was simply harder than ascending to heaven!

"If this were one of those novels from my previous life, the Qin Family would definitely be a final-boss villain!"

Qin Jiuge stood up and mocked himself.

Then, his expression became somewhat gloomy.

He realized a very important problem.

He had transmigrated too late... Otherwise, with the experience and knowledge gained from reading so many novels in his previous life, along with the mentality and resilience of someone who had lived two lives, even if he could not surpass that First Order who had been born with a golden spoon in his mouth, he surely would not fall too far behind!

If that were the case, he would not be at such a disadvantage when fighting for the position of Young Master.

Now, he had little time left to begin with, and the gap between himself and that First Order genius was even harder to bridge.

Two years were simply not enough for him to build up sufficient strength to contend with that breathtakingly brilliant First Order.

At most, he could only become an Elder in the future.

"Could it be that after transmigrating, I still have to suffer oppression from others?"

"What transmigrator could possibly be this stifled?"

A surge of lofty ambition rose within Qin Jiuge's heart.

In the novels he had read or written in his previous life, no matter which protagonist it was, which one had not cut an imposing figure?

Why was it that when it came to his transmigration, he could only serve as someone else's stepping stone?

Although little time remained, there was still time to change this situation.

At that thought, Qin Jiuge's eyes lit up.

Having transmigrated once, if he could not sleep drunk upon a beauty's knees and wake to grasp the power of the world, would that not mean he had transmigrated for nothing?

Though the process might be difficult, he, Qin Jiuge, would certainly seize the position of Young Master and stand at the pinnacle of this continent!

Just as Qin Jiuge was pondering how to achieve his goal,

an aged voice drifted in from outside the door and reached his ears.

"Young Master, it is time to set out and annul the engagement."