Four Choices, Pick Two: Choose Your Own Cheat

Douqi Continent, Ling Realm.

Ling Yuan stood in the air above the Ling Realm, his feet planted on the Void.

Watching the clan members below, all Dou Zun and Ban Sheng, coming and going, his feelings were exceedingly complicated.

He had actually transmigrated into the world of Battle Through the Heavens and become the Young Clan Leader of the Ling Clan!

That was right, the Ling Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans.

There were over twenty Dou Sheng within the clan, while the clan leader—his father—was a late-stage Six-Star Dou Sheng.

Across the entire Douqi Continent, the Ling Clan stood at the very peak of the pyramid.

Yet Ling Yuan simply could not bring himself to feel happy.

Others might not know, but as a transmigrator who had thoroughly read Battle Through the Heavens, he knew all too well.

The seemingly glorious Ling Clan had long since been targeted by the Soul Clan.

If nothing unexpected happened, more than ten years later, Hun Tiandi would gather the eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade and open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, then surely defeat the Ancient Seven Clans one by one.

And the Ling Clan, with the shallowest foundation and weakest strength, was destined to become the first sacrificial victim!

The entire Ling Clan would be slaughtered, the Tou She Ancient God Jade taken, and such a vast clan would not even have the chance to send out a distress signal.

Whenever Ling Yuan thought of the Ling Clan's miserable fate, he felt rather depressed.

This was going to be a tough game.

He was eighteen years old now, with the cultivation of a one-star Dou Zong.

Among the younger generation, he could be considered a genius, but in battles where Dou Sheng were the main force, he would not even qualify as cannon fodder.

If he wanted the Soul Clan to fear him, he had to reach at least the Eight-Star Dou Sheng level.

Yet it was unrealistic for Ling Yuan to rise from Dou Zong to Eight-Star Dou Sheng in a little over ten years.

Even if he snatched all of Xiao Yan's opportunities from the original story, he could not reach Eight-Star Dou Sheng in such a short time.

"No, I have to find another way out for the Ling Clan!"

Just as Ling Yuan racked his brains for a way to break the deadlock—

[Ding!]

A cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

Ling Yuan shuddered, and his eyes abruptly lit up!

A cheat! The transmigrator's cheat had finally arrived!

With a system, there might truly be hope of saving the Ling Clan!

[Host identity detected: Young Clan Leader of the Ling Clan, Ling Yuan.]

[System assessment: Binding error. Target does not meet the original selection criteria.]

[The system will forcibly unbind. Countdown: 10, 9, 8...]

"???"

Ling Yuan was completely dumbfounded. The wild joy on his face froze, replaced by utter disbelief.

Binding error? Unbinding?

Was this thing messing with him?!

"Wait! Stop!" Ling Yuan panicked and roared frantically in his mind. "System, you can't be this unreasonable! You bound yourself to me, and now you're just going to unbind whenever you want? At least give me some compensation! Otherwise, wouldn't I have been toyed with for nothing?"

[Host's intense protest detected.]

[Unbinding compensation options activated: Host may choose any two of the following four cheats.]

[Option One: Burning Mantra + twenty-third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Xuanhuang Flame.]

[Option Two: Directly advance to Dou Zun cultivation + eighth-tier alchemist.]

[Option Three: One-time ability—remove all restrictions. Effective against any existence; usable once only.]

[Option Four: Directly obtain the Origin of the Emperor.]

The four choices appeared before Ling Yuan.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to analyze them calmly.

The system was determined to leave. The only things he could rely on were these four options.

The first option: Burning Mantra and Xuanhuang Flame.

The Burning Mantra itself was an extremely powerful cultivation technique and the foundation of Xiao Yan's rise.

Ling Yuan's Dou Qi attribute was also fire, so cultivating it would not be a problem.

But without even thinking, Ling Yuan immediately ruled it out.

Before him, this option was simply garbage.

He was the Young Clan Leader of the Ling Clan. If he wanted Heavenly Flames, the Ling Clan had plenty of ways to obtain them.

As for the Burning Mantra, robbing Xiao Yan was not impossible either.

There was no need to waste one of his precious choices.

Ling Yuan was an egoist. He did not mind stealing Xiao Yan's opportunities.

There were only so many opportunities on this Douqi Continent.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree, Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Nine Profound Golden Lightning...

If he did not seize those opportunities and still wanted to save the Ling Clan? Dream on.

For survival, Xiao Yan could get lost.

By the time Xiao Yan had grown strong enough, the Soul Clan would have wiped out the Ling Clan several times over.

The second option: Dou Zun strength and eighth-tier alchemist.

This one was quite good.

He was only a one-star Dou Zong right now. Directly advancing to Dou Zun would save him several years of arduous cultivation.

An eighth-tier alchemist was also an existence that countless experts across the continent would pursue eagerly.

Yet after considering it for only a moment, he slowly shook his head.

Not enough. Still not enough.

Even if he reached Dou Zun now, he still could not break through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng within ten years, nor could he stop the Soul Clan's overwhelming lineup of Dou Sheng.

It could not save the Ling Clan, so it could only be a backup choice.

The third option: a one-time ability to remove all restrictions.

At first glance, it did not seem very useful.

There were no restrictions on him, and the Ling Clan had no sealed supreme treasure.

Remove the restrictions on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame? The Ling Clan would not survive until the day the demonic flame appeared.

Remove the restrictions on Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion? Even if he opened it, he could not defeat the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill inside.

It did not seem like a particularly good choice.

Ling Yuan frowned and repeatedly considered whether this ability had any other use.

"Remove all restrictions... all restrictions..." Ling Yuan muttered, turning those words over in his mind. Then inspiration suddenly exploded in his head!

"Damn it! How could I forget about him?!"

Inside the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, there was not only the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill!

There was also a terrifying existence who had been sealed for countless years—the old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Zhu Kun!

He was a genuine peak late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, with terrifying combat strength.

Even top figures like Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi might not be his match!

If he used this opportunity to remove only the restriction on Zhu Kun, without opening the cave mansion, and released this old dragon with supreme combat strength...

If he made Zhu Kun deeply grateful to him, the Ling Clan's crisis could be reversed in an instant!

At that thought, Ling Yuan's heart pounded wildly, and even his breathing became hurried.

This was good! This was absolutely perfect!

If he chose this, the Ling Clan's crisis would be resolved immediately.

There was still one more choice. Then there was the fourth option—the Origin of the Emperor.

Without any hesitation, this was also a must-pick!

As long as he possessed the Origin of the Emperor and had enough time, he would definitely become a Dou God!

At that point, let alone the Soul Clan, even if all the Dou God Clans joined forces, he could easily suppress them!

With Origin Qi, as long as he held back the Soul Clan and prevented them from opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion ahead of time, he, Ling Yuan, would be the only person on the entire continent capable of entering the Dou God Realm in the future!

Even Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi, powerful as they were, could only obediently remain at the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng and wait for him, a latecomer, to catch up if they could not open the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

It all made sense!

Everything made sense now!

The path to breaking the deadlock lay in these two options!

Unable to suppress the wild joy on his face, Ling Yuan spoke in his mind without hesitation.

"System, I choose the third and fourth options!"

[Ding! Selection confirmed.]

[Reward issued: One-time ability—remove all restrictions.]

[Reward issued: Origin of the Emperor. Integrated into the host's soul and body.]

[System unbinding complete. Good luck, host. Goodbye.]

The mechanical voice completely vanished. That damned system had truly run away, leaving behind no trace whatsoever.

Ling Yuan stood where he was, sensing the faint yet supreme aura of the Origin of the Emperor within his body.

He felt refreshed all over, and his previous anxiety was swept away.

So what if the system had left?

With these two cheats, they were enough to carry him to the peak of the continent!

A confident smile slowly curled across his lips.

The plan to save the Ling Clan and oppose the Soul Clan officially began.

The first step was not to rush to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and rescue Zhu Kun.

If he saved him now, at most he would gain Zhu Kun's favor for a single intervention, and that would be the end of it.

What he wanted was not a one-time helper, but a top-tier enforcer who could protect him and the Ling Clan for the long term!

And the way to control Zhu Kun was simple.

He just had to bring Zhu Kun's precious daughter, Zi Yan, back to the Ling Clan as his wife.

In the original story, Zhu Kun had been sealed for many years and was filled with guilt toward his daughter Zi Yan. He almost obeyed her every word and spoiled her beyond measure.

As long as he brought Zi Yan to his side, carefully cultivated their relationship, and made her rely on and trust him...

Then Zi Yan would listen to him, and Zhu Kun would listen to Zi Yan.

Wouldn't that mean Zhu Kun, a late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, was listening to him?

With this great figure backing him, along with those Ancient Void Dragon experts hidden within the Void, even Hun Tiandi would not dare casually lay a finger on the Ling Clan!

"Ha ha..." Ling Yuan could not help laughing aloud, his laughter filled with exhilaration.

Who could have imagined that what had originally been a doomed start would be instantly turned into a perfect opening by him?

"Then the first step in saving the Ling Clan will begin with luring Zi Yan in!"