From Today On, This Place Is Called Kai Dad Continent!

"Four years! I've been in this world for four years! I've finally become a Dou Zhe!"

Inside his room, Xiao Han threw his head back and roared, venting his excitement.

Ever since the moment he'd opened his eyes, he'd realized that he'd transmigrated to Douqi Continent, the setting of Battle Through the Heavens, the groundbreaking work hailed in his previous life as the founding masterpiece of the trash-to-genius genre.

And, as luck would have it, he'd become the nephew of Xiao Zhan, the clan leader of the Xiao Family—a clan that would one day incur the wrath of Hun Tiandi and suffer a massacre that nearly wiped it out. He was also just one month older than Xiao Yan.

His cultivation talent was only a hair better than that of an ordinary nobody. At ten, he'd reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi.

That pace was already considered decent in the eyes of ordinary Xiao Clan disciples, but compared to Xiao Yan, who'd become a Dou Zhe at twelve, it was nothing!

And when he looked at Xiao Yan, who was also ten years old—damn!

We were both transmigrators, so why had you reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi? That was a whole two times my level! Was this the protagonist's halo?

Back then, Xiao Han had been green with envy. But when he thought about the three years after Xiao Yan turned twelve, his jealousy faded.

As the saying went, you had to fight hard to win; success depended on you.

Rather than pinning his hopes on Xiao Yan, his younger cousin who would one day ascend to Dou Di, Xiao Han preferred to grow stronger on his own. That was the only way to control his own fate, instead of living out his days in a daze like the other Xiao Clan disciples.

Perhaps because his soul had merged with the memories of the Xiao Clan disciple who was also named Xiao Han, his Soul Power was on par with—or even stronger than—that of the protagonist, Xiao Yan.

That was why he'd managed to catch up over the next few years, finally earning the clan's attention and gaining access to more money he could spend as he pleased. He'd even drawn on some advanced ideas from his previous life to open a few shops and make a little money.

Why hadn't the clan given him any pills? Because cultivating Dou Qi required slow, steady effort. During the entire Dou Qi stage, a cultivator's body couldn't withstand the medicinal power of outside substances.

Only a Grandmaster Alchemist like Old Man Yao could develop a liquid like Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which beginners could use while cultivating Dou Qi.

As for other pills? Heh. Eat even one, and it could blow apart every meridian in your body!

And so, he'd continued cultivating little by little. Finally, in the fourth year since his transmigration—that is, today—Xiao Han had broken through to the Dou Zhe level.

What? You thought he'd cultivated too slowly?

Come on. Without a teacher's guidance, Heavenly Treasures to help him, or an expert to Change Meridians and Cleanse Marrow and nourish his meridians, this pace was already excellent!

He had his powerful Soul Power to thank for making it from the fourth stage of Dou Qi to Dou Zhe in four years—and he'd done it without taking Qi Gathering Powder, that ridiculously expensive stuff.

Besides, during those four years, he'd deliberately slowed down his progress. Most of the time, he'd focused on repeatedly tempering his foundation like Xiao Yan, building a solid base so he could go further in the future.

Just as Xiao Han stretched and prepared to hop out of bed and head to the Xiao Family Market for a celebratory treat, a sudden voice rang out in his mind. He froze, then his expression changed drastically!

The fatigue vanished from Xiao Han's handsome young face!

"Ding! The host has successfully advanced to Dou Zhe. The system has been activated and bound."

"Ding! Collecting data... Integrating data... Optimizing the System Interface... Activating the achievement system... Unlocking the transmigration template... Failed to activate transmigration template... Reason for failure: unknown... Generating host's personal interface... Newbie Reward issued..."

"Ding! The host's personal interface has been generated. Please check it yourself."

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Xiao Han's heart raced, excitement written all over his face.

He'd read about this countless times in web novels, but experiencing it himself still filled him with an indescribable thrill!

It was a system! The legendary friend of every transmigrator!

"Phew—! Calm down! I have to calm down!"

After tamping down his excitement, Xiao Han followed the instructions in his mind and summoned his Personal Interface with ease. He let out another gasp. Like a bumpkin who'd never seen the world, he gingerly touched the Crystal Virtual Panel floating in front of him.

Hmm, cool and smooth. Just like the screens of phones and tablets.

Once his initial curiosity wore off, Xiao Han began checking his stats.

"Host: Xiao Han

Age: 14

Cultivation: One-Star Dou Practitioner

Bloodline: Xiao Clan Dou Di Bloodline (depleted)

Cultivation Method: None

Dou Techniques: Extreme Shadow Steps [Yellow Rank High], Fierce Tiger Fist [Yellow Rank High], Crushing Stone Palm [Yellow Rank Medium], Raging Wind Leg [Yellow Rank Medium]

Achievements: Expand

Pet: None

Items: None

Portal of Transmigration: Not activated."

Xiao Han looked over the System Interface, which resembled the menus from the games he'd played in his previous life. Nothing stood out; it was all information about him. There was just a little red dot next to the achievements, alerting him to a new message.

That small detail made Xiao Han feel as if he'd returned to the days before his transmigration, when he'd played games.

He tapped "Expand" next to the achievement system, and a new interface popped up.

At the same time, knowledge about the achievement system was poured into Xiao Han's mind.

He tapped the Fist-shaped Icon on the achievement screen. A flash of golden light passed, and the fist icon turned into a line of text:

"Congratulations, host, on reaching Dou Zhe. Achievement unlocked: The Beginning of Everything.

Achievement description: A necessary condition for a transmigrator. Anyone who hasn't even reached Dou Zhe has no right to activate the system.

Achievement reward: One random item from the Myriad Worlds."

As he listened to the system's mechanical voice, Xiao Han felt a pang of lingering fear. After discovering he'd transmigrated, he'd once considered giving up and becoming a lazy, good-for-nothing Xiao Family disciple.

If he hadn't feared being caught up in the Hun Clan's Extermination of the Clan, he'd never have worked so hard to cultivate.

And if he'd really cultivated at a snail's pace, he might have been twenty by the time he became a Dou Zhe and discovered the system.

By then, even if he'd gotten a system, he would have missed the best time to cultivate. He would have regretted it for the rest of his life.

Now that he had a system, he was confident he could grow just like Xiao Yan—and seize Xiao Yan's opportunities! His Heavenly Flames! His wo...

Ahem, he'd better forget that last part. In this world, Xiao Yan hadn't even met those female characters yet.

Besides, as a cultivation fanatic, Xiao Han spent at least half of every day cultivating. Even when some of the clan's girls had shown interest in him, he'd pretended not to notice.

Hmph! Women would only slow down my cultivation!

And using dual cultivation with women to increase his cultivation? That was absolutely an evil path! Well... at least that was what Xiao Han thought.

So, when he wasn't tempering his Dou Qi, he was practicing the pitifully low-rank Yellow Rank Dou Techniques in the Family Dou Technique Hall.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he had two Yellow Rank High Dou Techniques. He'd bought one of them from some clueless mercenaries through a stroke of luck, thanks to his extraordinary Soul Power.

But in all these years, he'd only found one bargain. Without Old Man Yao—a soul-being Alchemist with immensely powerful Soul Power—guiding him like he did Xiao Yan, how could he have found good stuff so easily?

Fortunately, now that he had the system, his future cultivation shouldn't be a problem.

"Ding! Newbie Reward received. Open it?"

"Ding! Achievement reward received. Open it?"

While Xiao Han was lost in thought, the system's mechanical voice brought him back to reality. He blinked, then looked at the mail-shaped icon pulsing on the system screen and said softly, "Confirm."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have received the Newbie Reward cultivation method: Swallowing Spirit Technique (Yellow Rank High).

Item description: As long as you don't eat yourself to death, swallow everything in sight. Give it a shake after you're done, and everything will be evenly mixed.

Devour all things under heaven to strengthen yourself; Fuse all techniques in the world to prove the Emperor's Dao!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have received the achievement reward Honor of Kings Hero Template: Kai.

Item description: In three streets of Honor of Kings Canyon, ask around and find out who's the boss. I fear neither duels nor group fights. When my ultimate's active, I'm an Eight-second true man!

From now on, the moment you activate your ultimate, your rationality will drop by 99,999,999..."

Xiao Han was completely bewildered by the items that had just popped out of the treasure chest.

The Swallowing Spirit Technique? That name didn't sound too auspicious. Wasn't it just like the Tunling Clan, the clan controlled by the Hun Clan?

According to readers' theories in later years, the Tunling Clan had probably come from the Great Thousand World beyond Douqi Continent, and belonged to the Outer Realm Evil Race.

But if this was the Tunling Clan's cultivation method, why was its rank so low? That made no sense! The Outer Realm Evil Race had originally come from another world's Sacred Clan, after all.

And what was this Honor of Kings Hero Template? He hadn't seen a phone in over four years, so why had this thing suddenly dropped out of nowhere?

Utterly confused, Xiao Han called the system's customer service.

After the system explained everything, he finally understood, and his face lit up with delight!

It turned out that the Swallowing Spirit Technique wasn't a cultivation method of the Tunling Clan at all. It was a method created by an unknown expert—and, most importantly, it had the exact same function as Xiao Yan's Flame Mantra:

It could evolve!

"Devour all things under heaven to strengthen yourself; Fuse all techniques in the world to prove the Emperor's Dao! What an overbearing claim!"

Xiao Han murmured to himself. Judging by the words alone, the method's trait was to grow stronger by devouring things, while advancing it required fusing it with other cultivation methods!

Compared to the Flame Mantra, which could only evolve by devouring flames, his own Swallowing Spirit Technique was clearly superior!

As for Kai's template, it wasn't exactly overwhelmingly powerful, but once he fused with it, he'd gain Kai's passive ability to increase damage against a single target to 150%, along with Kai's outstanding Sword Dao talent and his highly upgradeable Demon Armor!

Xiao Han gazed at the cultivation method and the man floating on the system screen before him—a handsome figure clad in azure armor and holding a Giant Blade—and took another deep breath.

He couldn't help it. In over four years since transmigrating, he'd never been this excited!

The Newbie Reward was just what Xiao Han needed to solve his lack of a cultivation method, while Kai Dad's template gave him the means to contend with his enemies!

"Although I'd rather have had the Wind Blade Swordsman template from League of Legends. At least I could have had fun." Before transmigrating, Xiao Han had loved taking that hero to the mid lane in ranked games, even if he was usually the one getting beaten.

"But it can't be helped. Since I got Kai Dad's template, I'll just have to accept it." Xiao Han grinned and rubbed his cheek, acting as if he were being put out even though he'd gotten a great deal.

He lightly tapped the Swallowing Spirit Technique icon on the screen, and knowledge of the technique immediately appeared in his mind.

Xiao Han quickly sat cross-legged and began circulating the Swallowing Spirit Technique.

After breaking through to Dou Zhe, everyone became eligible to cultivate a method. Once they cultivated one, the attribute-less milky-white Dou Qi in their bodies would change into Dou Qi with the method's attribute.

But Xiao Han's Swallowing Spirit Technique evolved by fusing cultivation methods, and since it hadn't devoured anything yet, it naturally had no attribute.

Xiao Han's own attribute, however, was the same as Xiao Yan's: Fire Attribute Dou Qi mixed with a trace of Wood Attribute. So the Swallowing Spirit Technique naturally began to shift toward the Fire Attribute.

The first conversion of Dou Qi didn't take long. An hour later, Xiao Han opened his eyes.

Feeling the Dou Qi churning inside him, Xiao Han understood.

He finally knew why a Dou Zhe could easily defeat someone at the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi. Damn, after cultivating the Swallowing Spirit Technique, he felt like he could crush his own Ninth Stage of Dou Qi self with one hand. He was more than four or five times stronger than before!

And the speed at which he absorbed Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi had increased more than fivefold compared with when he'd been cultivating Dou Qi!

Sure enough, once you advanced to Dou Zhe, your cultivation speed shot up!

Xiao Han shook his head and summoned the System Interface again. His gaze settled once more on the handsome white-haired man with a cold stare, who held a blue Giant Blade and wore azure armor, looking ready to cut down everything in his path!

With despair as my sword, the departed as my armor!

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Han tapped Kai Dad on the System Interface and confirmed the fusion!

He'd expected some kind of strange phenomenon. At the very least, if a few thunderclaps sounded, he'd have figured the system had tried.

But without a sound, a streak of blue light darted into the region of Xiao Han's Dantian.

Then Xiao Han let out a scream. It was as if he'd swallowed a super-dose of laxatives. His stomach rumbled like thunder, and he knew exactly what was about to happen. He bolted out of the room with a ghostly shriek, then charged into the toilet in his Separate Courtyard at two hundred li per hour.

Boom!

With an earth-shaking explosion, the baby was born!

Hey, baby's daddy! Is it a boy or a girl?

Ahem, just kidding... A long, revolting sound like explosive diarrhea followed, and the entire cesspit stank to high heaven, as if something had blown it apart!

Old Ba was ecstatic!

Fortunately, Xiao Han had managed to shut the toilet door at the last second, keeping the stench from spreading outside! Otherwise, the Xiao Clan disciples might have thought he was cooking shit for fun!

After an hour on the toilet, Xiao Han's legs had gone numb, and he collapsed by the door, almost completely drained.

"Damn it, I'm about to shit out my intestines. If this keeps up, I'll prolapse!

"And what the hell is going on? It stinks so bad! Why does my whole body smell like this? Damn it! And it's all sticky! What is this stuff on me that smells worse than shit?"

With a disgusted expression, as if he'd eaten shit, Xiao Han forced himself to stand up. Pinching his nose with one hand, he scraped the greasy, paste-like substance off his body with the other.

"Damn it, I never expected fusing with the Demon Armor could also Change Meridians and Cleanse Marrow. What a bargain! Though that process was unbearable—worse than sneaking a sip of Mom's Beshengyuan slimming tea before I transmigrated."

"Clean your bowels, flush out toxins, and lubricate your intestines."

Even now, Xiao Han still remembered those advertising slogans.

Just as Xiao Han had stripped naked and was about to take a bath, an urgent voice came from outside the door, making him turn around without thinking.

"Young Master Xiao Han! Are you all right? Ahhh—!!"

Xiao Han turned around, completely naked, and found himself face-to-face with a petite girl who'd just pushed open the door.

The little girl, who was covering her eyes and crying out, wore a simple, elegant pale-green outfit. Though small, she was surprisingly well-developed for her age, if still a little young-looking.

She had a lovely, delicate oval face, like a beautiful porcelain doll.

Her timid look was like that of a frightened little rabbit, stirring a wave of tenderness in anyone's heart.

Although she'd been Xiao Han's personal maid for more than a year, this was the first time she'd seen him standing there completely exposed. She was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak. Master and servant both froze in place, utterly awkward.