Origin Bead

Blackstone Town was an ordinary little town in Lucas Province of the Roland Empire. It was also Lynn's home in this life.

Near the edge of town stood an ordinary house. Inside, seven-year-old Lynn sat cross-legged beside a bonfire, his upper body bare.

"Phew~" His breathing was long and rhythmic. Lynn was clearly meditating.

Meditation was the foundation of magic. Whether they wanted to absorb the elements of heaven and earth and convert them into magical power, or hone their minds, mages needed to meditate.

A mage's first meditation was especially difficult and dangerous. Usually, an experienced mage had to guide them. But Lynn was different. According to the black-robed priest, with Lynn's powerful spiritual force and exceptional affinity for the elements, he could easily get started without guidance, and there would be no danger.

So, before leaving the Church of Light, Lynn had asked the black-robed priest for a meditation method. Not long after returning to Blackstone Town, he had eagerly begun practicing it. By now, three days had passed.

"Buzz~ buzz~"

At that moment, Lynn sensed that the world around him, which had seemed completely empty, was filled with countless tiny red points of light.

These countless red points of light were Fire elements drifting through the world. To become a mage, Lynn had to draw them into his body bit by bit, then refine and transform them into magical power.

Time passed, and the sky outside the window gradually darkened. The red points of light around him steadily dwindled, while the faint wisp of magical power inside Lynn grew more solid.

As the last point of light entered his body, a "buzz" rang out. Lynn suddenly opened his eyes and sprang to his feet. He thrust out a hand and used the solid magical power within him to commune with the elements of heaven and earth. A tiny flame suddenly appeared at his fingertip.

"Crackle, crackle~" The little flame on Lynn's fingertip burned without any fuel.

"Three days of effort, and I finally have something that looks a little supernatural." Lynn gazed excitedly at the burning flame on his hand. Delighted by his discovery, he played with it, switching it from his left hand to his right and back again.

"Buddha Fury Fire Lotus!"

"Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger!"

"You Have the Path to Death!" One chūnibyō cry after another rang through the room.

After a good while, Lynn finally stopped when the magical power in his body ran dry.

"Lynn, dinner's ready." His mother Irina's voice came from outside the door.

"Got it! I'll put out the fire and come out." Lynn called back loudly, then extinguished the bonfire he had used for training and left the room.

Night fell. The moon shone bright, and only a few stars were visible. Excited after using magical power to touch the supernatural for the first time, Lynn tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. In the end, he simply sprang upright and sat up.

Forget it. I probably won't sleep tonight. I might as well keep practicing and recover the magical power I used up during the day.

Just as Lynn sank into meditation, something unusual happened.

Lines of golden text suddenly appeared before Lynn's eyes, without warning.

[Supernatural power detected. Life level has changed. Binding conditions met. Origin Bead bound.]

"What is this?"

Could this be a transmigrator's cheat? No one told me even genius-type protagonists got cheats. Lynn complained outwardly, but the corners of his mouth had already curled upward.

I'd planned to get along with everyone as an ordinary genius, but I can't resist a good cheat. I'm coming clean now. I, Lynn, am a cheat user.

"Godfather, why don't you introduce yourself?" Lynn tried speaking, but the golden text didn't change at all.

Seeing this, Lynn's expression shifted. So it's a dumbed-down cheat. Simply... wonderful!

When asking it got him nowhere, Lynn tried raising his hand to touch the golden text. But the next moment, his palm passed through it without resistance, as if he were touching air.

"Maybe I should try magical power?" Physical contact had no effect, so Lynn drew on the magical power that had just recovered, wrapped it around his hand, and reached toward the golden text again. It still had no effect.

Just as Lynn was at a loss, a sudden change occurred. The golden text rapidly shrank, then shot toward Lynn at incredible speed. Before he could react, it entered his sea of consciousness.

Immediately afterward, a flood of unfamiliar information was forcibly poured into Lynn's mind.

"Can't... take any more... There's too much... I'm going to break."

Lynn's face contorted from the sudden influx of information. It took a while for him to recover and sort through what had appeared in his mind.

Only then did Lynn learn that the golden text bound to him was actually the manifestation of a Supreme Treasure of the Great Dao called the Origin Bead. At its full power, the Origin Bead had ranked among the mightiest treasures in all the myriad worlds. It could create Great Dao Clones that transcended the Heavenly Dao of every world.

However, because of the sudden War of the Gods, the Origin Bead bound to Lynn had been damaged. It could no longer create Great Dao Clones, or even Heavenly Dao Clones. At most, it could create some low-level clones with the innate talents of living beings, and its own power had greatly diminished.

Even so, though the Origin Bead was damaged, Lynn's possession of it meant he carried a Supreme Artifact of Soul Defense with him, thanks to its level of existence being far beyond that of the Coiling Dragon World.

"Gasp~ Terrifying! Even damaged, it can still rival a Supreme Artifact." Lynn couldn't help exclaiming as he sorted through the information.

That makes me wonder: what kind of terrifying being could shatter the Origin Bead? Lynn's heart stirred.

The golden text in his sea of consciousness seemed to sense his thoughts. The next moment, Lynn's vision blurred.

When he came to, he seemed to be in another space-time. Chaos filled the world around him, and the light of the Great Dao shone everywhere. Fragments of the Heavenly Dao lay scattered all around.

At the end of the River of Time, a hundred figures were attacking several towering figures together.

Among the hundred were a majestic God of Fire holding a Fire Lotus that could burn all things beneath the heavens, a tentacled eldritch deity radiating an eerie, ominous aura, and a strange, mutilated corpse with a third eye atop its head and a ghastly halberd in its hand...

The towering figures under attack were covered in red hair and radiated an ominous aura. They shouted things like, "I shall stand alone through the ages!" and "I am the Heavenly Emperor. I shall suppress every enemy in the world!"

The two sides traded blows, and countless Great Daos collapsed with every gesture. The shockwaves alone could shatter the Heavenly Dao. Though the red-haired figures were outnumbered, they clearly had the upper hand.

Staring at the vast battlefield before him, Lynn's mouth hung open.

Perhaps only a battle like this could shatter a Supreme Treasure of the Origin Bead's caliber.

As he thought this, Lynn's brow suddenly furrowed. He glanced behind him.

Why do I keep feeling like someone's shielding me?

Never mind. It must be my imagination. This is only a recorded projection from the Origin Bead. Besides, even if I really were near the battlefield, why would a mighty being taking part in this battle hide behind someone as insignificant as me?

Han Heavenly Venerable: ...Actually, it isn't impossible.