Rebirth of Styx, Extortion System

"What the hell, where is this?"

Minghe looked at the space around him, a sea of blood, and was startled.

Hadn't he just been in a car accident?

How did he suddenly end up in this eerie space? Could this be the Netherworld Underworld? Had he become a lonely ghost?

Just as he was filled with doubt, a flood of memories suddenly surged into his mind.

He had transmigrated!

And he had transmigrated into the infamous Ancestor Styx of the Primordial Wilderness!

He was that legendary figure, the strongest beneath the Sages, yet the Ancestor Styx who was bullied relentlessly by the Western Sect Sages.

For a moment, Minghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Since I've already transmigrated, couldn't you have given me a better start? At least let me be a Sage or something!"

But since things had come to this, Minghe—oh no, he should be called Styx from now on.

Styx accepted the fact that he had transmigrated into Ancestor Styx with a good mindset.

After all, since he had already arrived, with the foresight of a transmigrator, he shouldn't end up as miserably as in the original plot, right?

Come to think of it, the original Styx was truly pathetic.

In the original story, he was part of the same batch of innate sacred beings as the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.

While others were fighting over a single Innate Spiritual Treasure, he started off with four Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures: the Twelfth Grade Red Lotus of Karma Fire, the Northern Mysterious Yuan Controlling Water Flag, the Yuan Tu Sword, and the Abi Sword.

Among them, the Twelfth Grade Red Lotus of Karma Fire and the Northern Mysterious Yuan Controlling Water Flag were both formed from the fragments of the Chaos Treasure, the Thirty-Sixth Grade Creation Green Lotus; they possessed peerless defense and were immune to all evil.

They could be called supreme treasures of defense.

The Northern Mysterious Yuan Controlling Water Flag could even produce a drop of Three Lights Divine Water every ten thousand years.

This Three Lights Divine Water was a miraculous healing treasure in the Primordial Wilderness.

It was said to be able to bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones.

As long as there was a single breath left, it could save you.

The other two, the Yuan Tu Sword and the Abi Sword, were supreme treasures of slaughter, capable of killing without incurring karma.

The offensive power of the two swords combined was second only to a Connate Supreme Treasure.

With these four treasures in hand, in an era when the Three Pure Ones and others had yet to become Sages, almost no one dared to provoke Styx.

What's more, besides these four treasures, Styx had the entire Blood Sea as his backing.

This Blood Sea was formed from the navel of the Great God Pangu after he split the heavens and earth and his body transformed into all things.

It was known as the trash heap of the Primordial Wilderness, gathering all the filthy blood of the entire world.

Ordinary people would die and vanish the moment they touched even a drop of the filth in the Blood Sea.

Yet, Styx was able to survive within the Blood Sea, and even used it to refine 1.296 billion Blood God Doppelgangers and the Asura Race.

He became a major power in the Primordial Wilderness.

He even left behind the legend: "As long as the Blood Sea does not dry up, Styx will never die."

Exaggeratedly speaking, Styx's starting point was that of a complete protagonist in a power fantasy novel.

Yet, such an existence failed to obtain a position as a Sage in the Purple Cloud Palace.

In the end, after the six Sages including the Three Pure Ones attained their status, his presence in the Primordial Wilderness was reduced to almost nothing.

After the Witch-Demon Calamity, he practically vanished from the Primordial Wilderness.

Later, he was even suppressed by Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.

Many of his Asura Race were converted by Jie Yin and Zhun Ti of the Western Sect, and he didn't even dare to let out a fart.

In later generations, Kong Xuan was even called the strongest beneath the Sages.

Little did they know, as one of the oldest great powers, Styx's strength was infinitely close to a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin; how could a junior like Kong Xuan compare?

After pondering the ending of Styx in the original plot, Styx finally came back to his senses.

The original Styx was truly a loser; he was bullied so miserably in his past life, and now that his life in this world hadn't even begun, he had been transmigrated over by him.

However, since he had already transmigrated, if he were to be as spineless as in the original plot, wouldn't that be a waste of his transmigration?

Just as Styx was filled with ambition, preparing to use his foresight to achieve great things in the Primordial Wilderness, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Ding-dong, system is binding..."

Styx's eyes lit up.

It was here!

The Styx of his past life had also read novels.

Throughout the process of reading, Styx had always been puzzled by one point.

In the Primordial Wilderness, a world where the Great Dao reigned supreme, where on earth did this system come from?

It kept spouting nonsense about "having shielded the Great Dao" and "gifting Pangu blood essence."

It acted as if it were an existence that transcended the Great Dao itself.

Yet, if the system truly were an existence that transcended the Great Dao, why would it inhabit transmigrators or reincarnators and provide them with rewards?

Could it really be doing charity?

This question had always troubled Styx.

Now that he finally had the opportunity to come into personal contact with this system, Styx had to admit that he felt a bit excited!

System successfully bound. Novice Gift Pack issued: Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Twelfth Grade Extinguishing Black Lotus, High-Grade Innate Spiritual Root Underworld Bone Bamboo, and the advanced version of the Blood God Incarnation Great Method.

As soon as the system's voice faded, two treasures appeared before Styx.

As for the advanced version of the Blood God Incarnation Great Method, it was transmitted directly into Styx's mind.

Styx was secretly astonished.

The Twelfth Grade Extinguishing Black Lotus and the Underworld Bone Bamboo were one thing.

Although these two items were precious, they were not precious enough to shock Styx.

After all, Styx's own net worth was quite substantial.

However, the advanced version of the Blood God Incarnation Great Method made it impossible for Styx not to be shocked.

The original Blood God Incarnation Great Method was a Secret Technique that Styx had realized by relying on the endless blood essence within the Blood Sea.

He could refine the blood essence in the Blood Sea into his own clones.

If Styx's original body died, but a clone still existed within the Blood Sea, Styx could rely on that clone to resurrect.

In other words, as long as no one filled in the Blood Sea and wiped out every single clone within it, Styx could resurrect infinitely.

However, this Blood God Incarnation Great Method had one major flaw.

Every Blood God Incarnation lacked its own consciousness, possessed no cultivation base, and could not cultivate; they were merely empty shells.

Every time Styx resurrected, he had to recover his cultivation from scratch.

Although for Styx, having already cultivated once, he retained all his insights, and re-cultivating would not take as much time as the first time.

But the origin of the refined Blood God Incarnation clones could hardly compare to his current Innate Divine body.

This was why the original Styx, despite having the Blood God Incarnation Great Method as a trump card, had never actually used it.

There was no other reason; he simply couldn't bear to part with his current Innate Divine body!

But this advanced version of the Blood God Incarnation Great Method rewarded by the system actually allowed every Blood God Incarnation to have its own consciousness and cultivate independently!

It was even possible for a Blood God Incarnation to reach the same level of strength as his original body.

However, even with their own consciousness, the Blood God Incarnations were essentially still clones of Styx; they could not defy his will and were mentally linked to him.

Whenever Styx needed to, he could seize the consciousness of a Blood God Incarnation with just a single thought.

Such a powerful Secret Technique could not be described as anything less than formidable.

Suppressing the shock in his heart for the moment, Styx looked at the Twelfth Grade Extinguishing Black Lotus provided by the system.

This spiritual treasure shared the same origin as his own Twelfth Grade Red Lotus of Karma Fire.

If he remembered correctly, this item was originally in the hands of the Devil Ancestor Rahula.

How did it end up in the system's hands now?

Could it be that Rahula was already dead?

But this matter had little to do with him for the time being.

Even if Rahula were still alive, since this spiritual treasure was now in his hands, it was his.

He wouldn't give it to anyone, no matter who came to snatch it!

However, thinking of something, a smile appeared on Styx's face.

"System, is this all you're giving in the Novice Gift Pack? Don't you think it's a bit too stingy? Other systems give out supreme treasures or Pangu blood essence at the start, and you're only giving me this little bit? Are you trying to brush off a beggar?"