First Evolution, System Windfall

Chen Yumo's hearty laughter echoed through the room, but as he laughed, his eyes uncontrollably reddened. He forced himself to hold back the tears, refusing to let them fall.

An Innate Level One worthless Martial Soul, the Ice Silkworm—what despair that brought.

He had struggled desperately for six years, finally waiting for his Martial Soul to awaken, only to awaken such a weak Martial Soul as the Ice Silkworm.

At that moment, he had not even known what meaning there was in his transmigration.

Even if he had the conviction to change his fate, who could guarantee that he would succeed?

Only now, as he watched the ice-blue butterfly dancing gracefully at his side, did Chen Yumo finally feel the reward that effort brought. The feeling of changing his own fate through his own hard work was immensely fulfilling.

"Perhaps this is why the system never directly helps me, but makes me work for it myself. The rewards earned through effort feel completely different from something gained without working for it."

Chen Yumo extended his left hand, and his Martial Soul obediently landed on his fingertip, gently fluttering its beautiful wings.

[Host, congratulations. You have successfully completed your first evolution.]

[The evolution has been completed.]

[Ice Silkworm → Frost Illusion Butterfly]

[First Spirit Skill: Metamorphosis. Grants the Martial Soul the ability to store energy and undergo Cocooning again and again, undergoing repeated Metamorphoses to continuously become stronger.]

[Martial Soul combat rating: Upper C]

[Martial Soul potential rating: Mid A]

[Overall rating: Mid B]

[Mid B Evolution Gift Pack issued: 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, Bloodline Cultivation Method, Encyclopedia Advanced Edition, Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Device ×1, Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball ×10, expanded System Space, System Assistance Uses ×1]

After a flash of light, the Portable Space, which had been nearly empty, was once again filled with a large number of items.

There was no need to say much about the one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. They were cultivation resources from Brother System. Having already experienced how miserable it was to lack money, Chen Yumo never turned down such resources.

The Bloodline Cultivation Method was somewhat miraculous. According to the system's description, it was essentially a method for cultivating Self-Created Soul Skills. By developing one's bloodline, one could cultivate the innate abilities possessed by the corresponding Spirit Beast.

Take the Ice Silkworm, for example. Chen Yumo's Ice Silkworm Martial Soul had initially been a blank-slate beginner's account with nothing at all.

But with the Bloodline Cultivation Method, he could develop the abilities that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had displayed in Peerless Tang Sect.

Such as Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, Spiritual Interference, Soul Shock, as well as Huo Yuhao's Simulation Spirit Skill from his second Spirit Ring. The power of these Spirit Skills depended entirely on Chen Yumo's development of his bloodline and his own strength.

This was the best reward he could have received. This Bloodline Cultivation Method alone was already worthy of this Mid B overall evaluation.

After all, he would undergo multiple Metamorphoses in the future, allowing his Martial Soul to possess all sorts of forms.

Those forms after Metamorphosis would basically be blank-slate accounts as well. Without the Bloodline Cultivation Method, Chen Yumo would have to spend a great deal of time developing Self-Created Soul Skills himself.

Otherwise, he would be nothing more than an empty account with stats but no skills.

Furthermore, the Bloodline Cultivation Method was also a type of Meditation Method. It could help him meditate faster and improve the quality of his Soul Power.

The system had always encouraged Chen Yumo to cultivate on his own rather than handing him everything and allowing him to gain it all without effort.

The Encyclopedia Advanced Edition that came afterward had also been upgraded from the basic edition. It recorded more precious heavenly treasures and more powerful Spirit Beasts.

The Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Device was also easy to understand. It was equipment that would not exist until ten thousand years later. To obtain one now, he could only cross the sea and search for the Sun Moon Continent. There were no offensive Soul Tools on Douluo Continent.

This was probably meant to replace the Recurve Crossbow.

The Level 5 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs all possessed fire-attribute explosive and impact properties. Their explosive power was already comparable to a ten-thousand-year Spirit Skill used by a Spirit Saint without activating a Martial Soul Avatar. They were more than sufficient to replace the Recurve Crossbow.

Chen Yumo directly ignored the expansion of the System Space.

10 × 10 × 10 had become 20 × 20 × 20.

He could not possibly use it all up.

As for the final System Assistance Use...

"Brother System, what's this?" Chen Yumo asked curiously.

You just said you wouldn't help me directly, and now you're immediately proving me wrong?

The system then offered an explanation.

[Host, System Assistance is not what you think. It helps you accomplish things you should have been able to accomplish, but cannot due to temporary limitations.]

[For example, there is currently one area in which you can use this assistance.]

"So what is it?" Chen Yumo became even more curious.

[Do you remember the Body Sect? After a Body Martial Soul evolves, there is a chance that the Spirit Ring age limit will increase due to the second awakening of the Body Martial Soul. This is because the Martial Soul's origin is also enhanced after its evolution. One portion of the evolved origin is absorbed by the Spirit Master, increasing his Soul Power, while the portion that cannot be absorbed is integrated by the Martial Soul into the Spirit Rings, increasing their age limits.]

[You are currently within that range. After your Martial Soul evolved into the Frost Illusion Butterfly, your first Spirit Ring was no longer actually four hundred years old, but six hundred years old. The remainder, just as your theory states, cannot be endured by either your Martial Soul or your body's strength, so it becomes your Soul Power Level.]

[Therefore, Host, you currently have two options. The first is to let nature take its course: keep the first Spirit Ring at six hundred years and raise your Soul Power Level to Level Fourteen. The second is to keep your Soul Power Level at Level Eleven, preserve the Martial Soul origin to increase the Spirit Ring's age limit, and ultimately raise your first Spirit Ring to one thousand and sixty-three years.]

In other words, Chen Yumo could currently withstand a six-hundred-year Spirit Ring, so the origin that should have raised it to a thousand-year Spirit Ring could only be converted into his own Soul Power.

But if the system helped preserve that portion of the origin, his Soul Power Level would not increase, yet once his body's endurance improved, he could gradually raise the age limit of his first Spirit Ring.

Did that even require consideration?

"Use the assistance. I choose the second option—raise my Spirit Ring's age limit!" Chen Yumo said without hesitation.

No wonder it was called System Assistance instead of a System Reward. In the end, this was still Chen Yumo's own power; the system was merely helping change the way it was absorbed.

And there was another benefit to doing this: he could check at any time what age of Spirit Ring Chen Yumo was currently able to withstand!

For example, he now knew that the limit for his second Spirit Ring was six hundred years.

If he could absorb all of the origin before reaching Level Twenty, that would mean his second Spirit Ring could also absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring.

He could also roughly determine, based on the sequence of absorption times, how many additional years beyond a thousand years he could withstand.

As for his Soul Power Level?

With his retained Metamorphosis ability, he could rapidly increase it by feeding his Martial Soul. Choosing Soul Power Level was the least cost-effective and most foolish option.

According to the system, System Assistance Uses could also replace the role of secret-method Spirit Bones, allowing him to fuse two highly compatible Spirit Bones with a one-hundred-percent success rate and no possibility of failure.

However, Spirit Bones were still far too distant for Chen Yumo. He had nowhere to even come into contact with them.

That Ice Mist Cold Butterfly he had hunted had not dropped an External Soul Bone, that standard protagonist equipment.

His luck was terrible.

In any case, after his Martial Soul evolved and gained the Frost Illusion Butterfly form, Chen Yumo had completely escaped the category of trash. He now possessed the qualifications to walk toward the supreme hall of Spirit Masters!