Starting Today, I'll Be the Protagonist

Back then, He Heng had been knocked unconscious by that witch. When he woke up again, he discovered that he had transmigrated once more, arriving in a world almost identical to his former Earth—a rather famous novel world.

When the ancient book deep in his mind, shrouded in endless radiance—the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror—told him that a speck of his True Spirit had been brought into the world of Dragon-Snake Romance, He Heng was utterly dumbfounded. He had never imagined that he really had the fate of a protagonist. Transmigration really did come with a Golden Finger.

And his Golden Finger was this Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror. It could take people through endless worlds, let them roam the heavens, undergo infinite cycles of reincarnation, and seek great fortune throughout countless worlds.

Still, it felt a little unreal!

With a playful smile, He Heng gazed deeply at the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror, which gleamed with ancient light. He fell silent for a moment, smiling but not quite smiling.

"Leaving aside certain inside details that may or may not exist, but which I'm absolutely unqualified to touch upon right now, this Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror is truly an exceedingly rare treasure. It can let someone travel through the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens. It is undoubtedly a top-tier cheat."

"The Buddhists speak of countless worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, while the Daoists speak of Cave Heaven Blessed Lands. In the Great Heaven World, it is said that top experts at the True Person level who comprehend the World's Truth can open up a Cave Heaven Blessed Land. This is also why only factions that have produced True Persons or stronger experts can be called major powers: they possess worlds of their own. Yet no one has ever been heard of traveling through the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens. Even legendary experts beyond the Pure Yang Realm, such as the Ancient Daoist and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, could not accomplish it. Perhaps only beings at the level of Heavenly Venerables and Buddha Patriarchs could possess such divine abilities. The grade of the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror is simply beyond imagination." As He Heng thought of this, his heart could not help but burn with anticipation. With such great fortune, his dream of attaining Pure Yang would no longer be just a dream. The Great Dao was within reach!

Of course, although the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror was a powerful divine artifact, it could not allow He Heng to reach the summit in one leap. At the very least, with his current abilities, he could not wield much of its power at all.

According to the information He Heng had received, the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror possessed forty-nine restrictions in total, each representing a further release of its power. Refining one restriction would grant access to greater might. Yet He Heng had only initially refined the first restriction, so the worlds he could travel to were merely those with little supernatural power—in other words, worlds without spiritual energy.

Could he go to higher-level worlds? It was not impossible. Depending on factors such as Timing, Location, and People, the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror could transmigrate randomly. But what exactly happened would depend on his luck. Soul Transmigration was fine; at worst, he could start over. But if his physical body transmigrated into an extremely dangerous world, who knew whether he would get another chance to live?

Moreover, traveling between worlds required energy. After all, the Law of Conservation of Energy was an unchanging fundamental principle. Everything came at a cost; where there was gain, there was loss. He Heng's current transmigration naturally relied on the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror expending a great deal of energy, which then had to be restored. After each journey, he had to wait for the mirror to accumulate sufficient power before making the next one. The stronger the world he traveled to, the more energy it required, and the longer it took to recover—unless He Heng himself could bear that enormous expenditure. But that would be many years from now.

He Heng slowly recalled the circumstances of his arrival in the world of Dragon-Snake Romance. He had once worked in literary research and had also dabbled somewhat in web novels, so naturally he was familiar with Dragon-Snake Romance, the Foundational Work of the National Martial Arts Genre.

Because this world lacked spiritual energy, Internal Energy could not be cultivated. Martial arts could only develop in the area of external training, and the end of that path was the completion of the Outer Hundred Bones Realm: Shatter Void, See God Unbroken. Beyond that lay no path, for this was the limit of a Mortal Body. Further breakthroughs required spiritual energy, which was why Wang Chao said in the original work that there was no road ahead.

In the Great Heaven World, the first realm of Martial Dao Cultivation was the Hundred Bones Realm, divided into the Inner Hundred Bones and Outer Hundred Bones. The Inner Hundred Bones involved cultivating internal arts, opening the Meridians throughout the body, and achieving a state of Great Perfection through effortless Embryonic Breathing. In certain Wuxia Novels, this was the so-called Xiantian Realm. The Outer Hundred Bones, meanwhile, involved tempering one's Tendons and Bones, strengthening the Five Viscera and Six Bowels, and permeating one's entire body with Blood Qi and force, achieving the level of Indestructible Vajra.

But when both realms had been cultivated to their limits and inner and outer were both complete, one could connect inner and outer, harmonize dragon and tiger, break through the Life and Death Mystic Gate, and attain the true Great Perfection of the Hundred Bones Realm.

He Heng's true body in the Great Heaven World had long since reached the Great Perfection of the Inner Hundred Bones due to that world's abundant spiritual energy. However, he was still lacking in the Outer Hundred Bones and could not reach its peak.

In this world, however, the cultivation of the Outer Hundred Bones had developed to its pinnacle. It contained sufficient Provisions to help He Heng break through. This was the fundamental great fortune of the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror's travels through the heavens. Every world had its own unique traits. Though Martial Dao Cultivation in the Great Heaven World far surpassed that of this world, it did not mean this world's martial arts had nothing worth learning from. Absorbing the strengths of all worlds and turning them into Provisions, allowing himself to grow to the peak—this was the path He Heng had set after obtaining the Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror.

But it was still too early to speak of such things. He Heng had not forgotten that his true body in the Great Heaven World was still with that witch. She wanted to refine him into pills!

The Myriad Heavens Treasure Mirror's Soul Transmigration meant that no matter how long he stayed here, only an instant would pass when he returned there. But if he wanted to stand against an expert of the Three Peng Realm, he still had a long road ahead of him.

Ever since arriving in this world, He Heng had been preparing to launch a surprise attack on the witch after returning. He now had a rough plan, but its prerequisite was that his current body break through to the completion of the Outer Hundred Bones—here, that meant reaching the level of Shatter Void, See God Unbroken.

This was no easy task. In Dragon-Snake Romance, among Earth's billions of people, how many could attain such a realm? In the Great Heaven World, breaking through to the Outer Hundred Bones Grand Perfection was nothing much. As long as one's aptitude was sufficient, almost anyone could achieve it. But that was due to the world itself, its laws, and its spiritual energy.

At the very least, after He Heng came to this world, he discovered that the bottleneck which had originally been not far from him, one he could have overcome in just a year or two, remained unbroken even after nearly Twenty Years.

Even now, he remained at the so-called Hua Jin level and could not achieve Embracing the Elixir. It was not that all his years of experience had gone to waste; it was a problem with the world. Breaking through here was many times more difficult.

Of course, this difficulty also benefited He Heng. Being firmly stuck at this barrier had given him deeper insights into the Outer Hundred Bones Realm and allowed him to solidify many foundations. It would be enormously beneficial to his future prospects. After all, Martial Dao Cultivation began with laying foundations. The sturdier the foundation, the greater one's future achievements.

He Heng dared say that throughout the entire Great Heaven World, there were probably few who possessed such profound comprehension of the Outer Hundred Bones Realm as he did. This would bring him tremendous benefits in the future, but at present, it made him extremely anxious.

That was why He Heng had chosen to fight Tang Zichen, to see whether the person with the highest Spiritual Realm in Dragon-Snake Romance could help him break through. The facts proved that... she could not!

During his battle with her, He Heng suddenly understood that one's own Dao could not be sought through others. No one could help him walk his path; he could only rely on himself!

Having understood this, He Heng did not continue entangling himself with her and left directly. He knew how he needed to break through.

"Nothing much. Before that, though, I'll cause the Tang Sect Master a little trouble." He Heng suddenly let out a sly laugh and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Instructor Yan Yuanyi?" He Heng asked with a faint smile.

"He Heng, you actually called me? Did the sun rise in the west today?" A woman's steady voice came from the other end of the line.

"Haha, don't exaggerate so much. We've been friends for years, after all." He Heng did not mind.

"Who's friends with you? Knowing you was the unluckiest thing that ever happened to me. If it weren't for Old He's sake, I wouldn't even bother with you. Hurry up and tell me—who did you kill this time? Do you need me to clean up your mess again?" The woman's attitude toward He Heng was exceedingly hostile.

"Hehe, Yan Yuanyi, is that really the kind of person I am in your eyes?" He Heng asked helplessly.

"Hmph, who doesn't know that Young Master He, the son of a high-ranking Military Commission official, refuses to make anything of himself and spends every day idling around?" the woman sneered.

"Hey, it's one thing for other people to see me that way, but you too? We're birds of a feather!" He Heng retorted.

"Yes, I wouldn't say anything if you hadn't joined the God Organization. But I don't understand why you joined such a notorious organization and kept company with those lunatics. Do you know how serious the repercussions are? If your father hadn't been protecting you, I'd have arrested you long ago!" the woman on the other end shouted.

Didn't you later cooperate with that 'God' too? He Heng grumbled inwardly, but he had no intention of wasting words on this woman. He got straight to the point. "I called because I have something important. I have news about your old rival. Do you want to hear it?"