Prologue: Hou

A Hou resembled a rabbit. It fed on lions and tigers, could battle dragons and Flood Dragons, and devour dragonkind. One Hou could fight three dragons and two Flood Dragons. In a certain world, as the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth faded, the Hou clan's last hope fell upon a Heaven-Swallowing Hou. As an innate aberrant species and the clan's most highly cultivated being, only by ascending further and opening up a small world could he preserve his race.

"Clan Chief."

"Fate. Our clan was destined to suffer this calamity."

In the void, the body of the Heaven-Swallowing Hou drifted along with the fluctuations. Its soul had long since vanished, making it clear that this Heaven-Swallowing Hou had been utterly annihilated, leaving behind only an empty shell. At that moment, another rift opened in the nearby void. A streak of white light struck the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's body and sent it hurtling toward another rift.

On Douluo Continent, in the God Realm, the gods were besieging the Dragon God. A streak of white light descended from the heavens. At first, no one paid it any attention, but it soon landed directly in the center of the battlefield. Then, a god discovered that all energy approaching it was being devoured.

As an innate aberrant species, the Heaven-Swallowing Hou possessed two unique racial gifts: Devour and Roar. Its mouth could swallow the heavens, and its voice could suppress souls. For a Heaven-Swallowing Hou, even if its primordial spirit was destroyed, its body's instincts remained.

The new soul was still asleep, and the incoming energy became the finest nourishment. Yet no one—rather, no god—cared about such a trivial matter. At that moment, the Asura God had already cleaved open the Dragon God's body with a single sword strike. The Dragon God split into two; one half was sealed, while the other broke through the God Realm and headed for the lower realms, with a faint third shadow mixed within it.

The great war of the God Realm came to an end. Relying on instinct, the Heaven-Swallowing Hou devoured a vast amount of energy leaking from the battlefield, feeding it back into the fragile soul within its body—a human soul from Blue Star.

"This is bad, this is bad. What's with this person? What if the higher-ups discover us?"

"What are you afraid of? Haven't there been plenty of transmigrations these past two years? Besides, every transmigrator is happier than the last. I heard truck drivers have been exceeding their quotas lately."

"But there's something wrong with our procedure. And we really messed this one up. His existence has already been completely erased by the Original Universe."

"It's fine. Just leave him a system. Let me see... Mm, this one will do. Self-Discipline No. 3. There happens to be one final endorsement slot left this year. Lucky kid."

Ages passed. No one knew how many tens of thousands of years had gone by since the light sphere had descended. At last, faint ripples reappeared on its surface. A snow-white arm stretched out from within. The creature looked like a rabbit, with long, pointed ears that were pure black and a snowy-white body, but its mouth held sharp fangs more vicious than those of tigers and leopards.

"Damn it. Wasn't I taking a nap? How did things turn out like this when I woke up? Self-Discipline No. 3? What the hell is this? And there's a note?"

Looking at the words left behind by the two higher-dimensional beings on the note, Ye Qing fell into thought.

According to the two higher-dimensional beings, he had been selected as an agent and gifted three random draws. But Ye Qing still found it absurd. He did not reject the bizarre notion of transmigration, but transmigrating through a dream...

"Forget it. There's no point thinking about it. I'm all alone anyway. An ordinary background, an ordinary school, an ordinary job. Ever since I became a corporate drone, I'd kept in touch with fewer and fewer old friends. I was an orphan who didn't even know who my parents were. Starting over isn't bad. Let's see what I can draw."

Eternal Life Growth Supply x1

Body Fusion x1

Rule Adaptation x1

The drawing ended.

Rewards distributed.

The three items seemed incomprehensible at first glance, yet each played a crucial role.

Body Fusion completely fused Ye Qing's soul with the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's flesh, leaving him with no discomfort whatsoever in this body.

As for Eternal Life Growth Supply, he would never lack energy again. The growth of Life required an energy supply, and the most basic method was eating.

Eternal Life Growth Supply would permanently guarantee the energy required for the growth of a living body. In other words, even if the former Heaven-Swallowing Hou had needed to eat a dragon every day, he did not. Put another way, he would never know what hunger felt like for the rest of his life.

Rule Adaptation, meanwhile, completely integrated the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's body and Ye Qing's soul into this continent. They were no longer fundamentally different from the continent's native creatures, and not even the God Realm would detect anything unusual.

In the forest, Ye Qing wandered around with nothing to do. Thanks to Body Fusion, he felt no discomfort in the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's body.

It was worth mentioning that because its primordial spirit had been destroyed, only the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's innate divine abilities remained within the shell. None of the cultivation techniques it had possessed in life were known, and naturally, the transformation method Ye Qing wanted most was not among them. He could only travel through the forest in this form that closely resembled a rabbit.

As for Self-Discipline No. 3, it claimed there had been a system bug and that it was rebooting. After casually leaving him with a so-called system mission, it had gone into standby.

According to Self-Discipline No. 3, completing the mission would allow him to obtain the former Heaven-Swallowing Hou's memories. Based on information compiled by the system using Ye Qing's memories, that Heaven-Swallowing Hou was now nothing more than an empty shell.

But Ye Qing did not care about earth-shattering techniques right now. What he needed most was the transformation method. Although Body Fusion had made him highly accustomed to this body, he was still human at heart. If there had been people here now, they would have seen a rabbit-like creature walking upright on two legs.

As he walked, Ye Qing spotted bright red fruit growing on a tree. He casually picked one and put it into his mouth. Not bad—it tasted quite good.

Although he did not need to eat to replenish energy, he would not refuse food either. Even when he had been human, he had never pursued much beyond eating. Most of his salary had gone toward good food, to the point that he wore the same few outfits over and over.

What was more, this body was that of a demonic beast. Combined with its innate gifts, even Xiangliu's deadly Poison would not affect him. Ye Qing no longer had any risk of food poisoning at all. He could eat whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.

Yet after walking for a long time, he had not seen a single living creature, which struck him as strange.

Ye Qing did not know that he was constantly emitting an oppressive aura. This was not the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, but an area closer to the outskirts. The weak Spirit Beasts had long fled far away upon sensing his approach, or else obediently huddled inside their caves.

As the sky gradually darkened, Ye Qing prepared to return to the light sphere from which he had emerged. The sphere had not yet dispersed. According to what the system had said before going into standby, this energy was useful for its reboot.

As for Ye Qing, he simply found the area around the light sphere comfortable. Staying nearby felt like soaking in a hot spring. Moreover, he had not discovered any threatening creatures throughout the day, so he had no intention of leaving.

Ding. Reboot complete. Self-Discipline No. 3 online.

"Oh? That reboot was pretty fast."

"Host, please do not interrupt casually. I will now announce several important notices. If all goes smoothly, we will spend a long time together—a forever-long time."

"And if it doesn't go smoothly?"

"We will spend a long time together unpleasantly—a forever-long time. Please note that if the host is extremely uncooperative, this system has the authority to take control of the host's body and complete daily missions."

"This system is one of the program sequences created by the Supreme Existence and serves multiple lower-dimensional spaces. This system's model is Self-Discipline No. 3, and it will train the host to become a self-disciplined creature." It paused to think for a rare second. As an intelligent program, it had difficulty defining exactly what Ye Qing was now.

"Alright. The host may now ask questions freely. I will answer the parts you wish to know." The calm mechanical voice continued to ring in Ye Qing's mind.

"Who is this Supreme Existence you mentioned? What does my coming here have to do with him?" Ye Qing voiced his question. It was a being that had created this system and might very well be the culprit behind his arrival here.

"According to the host's understanding, the Supreme Existence may be classified as a seven-dimensional being. He is the leader of the seventh dimension."

"Seven dimensions." A one-dimensional world was a point, a two-dimensional world was a plane. A four-dimensional being capable of controlling time would be no different from a god. Even the fifth-dimensional beings in DC were already beyond reach. Seven dimensions... Ye Qing had no idea what sort of dimension that was.

"Where is this?"

"According to the host's memories, this plane is Douluo Continent. This place is the Star Dou Great Forest. Beyond that, I do not know. This program does not possess navigation functions."

"...Then what functions do you have?"

"To train you, the host, into a self-disciplined person, and to periodically collect items of commemorative significance from this plane. Rest assured, based on your memories, this system has established a complete reward mechanism. The immortality you once dreamed of is within reach."

"Forget immortality for now. Tell me first, when will I be able to learn transformation?"

"According to that Heaven-Swallowing Hou's memories, it learned transformation during the demon core stage. However, this body has already perfectly fused with you, Host. There is no issue with this demon body, and the restrictions of body and soul are gone. All you lack is a cultivation technique."

"Then where is the cultivation technique?"

"Please complete missions step by step."

"Can't you just give it to me directly?"

"The Supreme Existence imposed restrictions."

"What about the mission?"

"Not activated. It will naturally begin when the host encounters a main storyline character. Please complete daily missions with peace of mind."

"How long will that take?"

"I do not know."

"..."