Epiphany System

Blade Planet was a planet with some renown across the universe.

This was the homeworld of the Blade Clan.

Every adult of the Blade Clan possessed planetary-level strength, and due to their tradition of "adventure and tempering," they would venture into the cosmos upon reaching adulthood to undergo life-and-death trials.

The Blade Clan possessed astonishing willpower, sought neither power nor luxury, and each individual pursued the path of the strong.

For this very reason, over countless eons, the Blade Clan had produced no small number of superpowered experts.

BAM!

At this moment, in a small courtyard on Blade Planet, the door was suddenly kicked open with force.

A figure stood there, tall and sturdy, his entire body covered in cyan scales. Even his head was bald, revealing a cyan scalp.

"Bai Yuan! You little slacker again! Get your ass to training right now!"

Bai Yuan was in the middle of chewing on a piece of bread. Seeing the visitor, his face twisted in bitterness, and he said helplessly:

"Uncle, there are twelve hours in a day. I spend eleven of them training. Right now, I just want to eat a piece of bread in peace. Is that too much to ask?"

Having transmigrated here, Bai Yuan had already lived among the Blade Clan for a full twelve years.

Ever since he could walk, he had been subjected to training that could only be described as hellish.

Whenever this happened, Bai Yuan couldn't help but recall his past life.

He suddenly felt that his previous life—working twelve-hour shifts, two shifts a day, with only two days off per month—didn't seem... entirely unacceptable.

But as soon as his uncle heard this, he immediately flew into a rage.

"Eat? Eat what?! It's not like you don't have nutrient fluid to take! So what if it looks a bit off, tastes a bit bad, and has a weird texture? You're still being picky!"

"One hour! One less hour a day! Ten days is ten hours—that's almost an entire day less training than others!"

"The path of cultivation is long. You slack off a little today, a little tomorrow—add it all up, and how many hours less will you have trained compared to everyone else!"

Seeing his uncle rambling on with no sign of stopping, Bai Yuan immediately raised a hand to cut him off.

"Uncle, that nutrient fluid isn't just bad—it's basically liquid crap! Don't say any more. I'll go back to training right now. You should go nag someone else."

Hearing this, his uncle nodded in satisfaction, then spoke to Bai Yuan with earnest gravity.

"Bai Yuan, your talent is mediocre. If you don't push yourself now, what will you do when you come of age and have to venture into the universe alone? I can't protect you forever."

Bai Yuan nodded. He understood that his uncle meant well.

Both of his parents were cosmic-level experts. They had stayed with him for five years after his birth before heading off into the universe to continue their own journey.

No one expected that farewell to be forever—they both ultimately fell in battle.

After that, his uncle had raised him single-handedly.

Watching his uncle leave, Bai Yuan was about to head to the training ground when a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Epiphany System successfully bound]

[Function: Trigger Epiphany]

[Newbie gift pack sent. Reward: 1 Epiphany Point]

[Mission: Win first place in the clan competition three days from now. Reward: 5 Epiphany Points]

Bai Yuan was startled. He hadn't expected that after twelve years, his cheat ability would finally arrive, albeit late.

With that thought, Bai Yuan withdrew his right foot, which had been about to step out the door, and casually closed it.

His uncle, who had been secretly watching all of this, shook his head. There was helplessness in his expression, along with a sigh of frustration at a lost cause. Then he turned and quietly left.

Meanwhile, Bai Yuan had already immersed himself in exploring his new system.

After some investigation, he discovered that the Epiphany System's only function was to trigger epiphanies.

But for Bai Yuan, that was more than enough. Something was better than nothing.

Besides, epiphanies were inherently mysterious—something to be encountered, not sought.

Next, Bai Yuan turned his attention to the mission the system had issued.

"The clan competition in three days? With my current strength, forget about winning first place—I probably can't even break into the top ten thousand."

The clan competition was limited to underage members aged sixteen and below.

And in this generation of the Blade Clan, there were at least hundreds of millions of underage members.

Even excluding those who were too young, the number of participants would still be over ten million.

To take first place among more than ten million people was nearly impossible.

What's more, he was only twelve years old—several years behind others in training. The gap was even wider.

Currently, his genetic primal energy cultivation was at Apprentice Level 8, and his realm was merely at the Foundation Stage.

In the vast starry cosmos, countless experts divided realms into four major stages: Foundation, Intent, Domain, and World.

Right now, he had barely set foot on the first step.

As far as he knew, among the top geniuses of this generation, dozens had already stepped into the "concept" level.

"To win, I at least need to cultivate Sharp Metal Thirty-Three Slash to minor completion or above!"

No sooner said than done. Bai Yuan immediately thought to himself, "System, use Enlightenment!"

A roar echoed in his mind, and Bai Yuan's thoughts became clear and sharp.

Impurities settled like dust, and his heart was utterly tranquil.

At this moment, he seemed to merge with the surrounding world, entering a mysterious, indescribable state.

The Sharp Metal Thirty-Three Slash he had learned was a small part of a secret technique created by a realm lord-level expert from his clan.

Mastering the first three moves counted as entry-level; cultivating to the eleventh move was minor completion; the twenty-second move was major completion.

If he could fully comprehend all thirty-three moves, that would be the perfect realm.

The principle of this secret technique was quite similar to Thunder God's Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

The first slash could unleash two layers of hidden force, each layer containing eight levels of power.

When stacked and detonated together, that was sixteen levels of power.

Especially the last ten moves, where the force multiplied step by step. It was said that when this secret technique was cultivated to its peak, the amplitude of force could reach over ninety times!

Currently, Bai Yuan had only cultivated this technique to the fifth move, at most unleashing six layers of hidden force, or forty-eight levels of power.

But in the state of Enlightenment, Bai Yuan drew his war blade and once again executed this secret technique he had trained for years.

Boom!

With one slash, his muscles vibrated seven times in succession, in an instant imperceptible to the naked eye.

Seven layers of hidden force!

The Enlightenment had just begun, yet it pushed him further, breaking through the bottleneck.

At the same time, he clearly perceived many flaws and shortcomings in his own slashing form.

Without a moment's hesitation, Bai Yuan slashed again.

This time, he seemed to fully enter the zone, and the war blade vibrated a full nine times!

And when he swung the next slash, he broke his limit once more, the blade's vibration frequency climbing to eleven times!

After three slashes, the Enlightenment effect abruptly dissipated.

The entire process took less than two seconds.

Bai Yuan tried slashing again, but this time there was no breakthrough.

"Forget it. Breaking through to the tenth move directly has already far exceeded my expectations. And though the Enlightenment effect is gone, those problems and insights haven't faded."

Eleven layers of hidden force meant eighty-eight levels of power, nearly nine times his own strength!

As for those apprentice ninth-rank cultivators, they usually only brought out about four times their power.

Calculating it out, their actual strength was actually slightly weaker than Bai Yuan's.

But that was far from enough to win the championship. Those geniuses who could unleash five or even six times their original power were the ones he needed to defeat!

Thus, Bai Yuan immediately focused his mind, calming his heart, and devoted himself to training, striving to break through to the eleventh move before the competition.

However, just one day later, he successfully broke through to the eleventh move, officially entering the minor completion realm!

"Good. Next, I need to hone my practical combat ability."

Secret techniques were ultimately just skills. Whether they could be executed smoothly in actual combat was the true key.

In battle, an opponent would never give you the chance to leisurely gather momentum and swing your blade slowly.