Night-Startling Divine Spear!

Li Changsheng stood atop the mountain peak, gulping down the morning air mixed with dew as he paced back and forth.

Myriad Worlds Sign-in System!

It seemed his luck wasn't bad at all! He had drawn a powerful system.

"A divine artifact? The Night-Startling Divine Spear? I feel like I've seen that in myths and legends before. As the saying goes, if it's from the system, it must be a masterpiece. It should be quite formidable, right?"

Once he calmed down, he began to seriously consider the reward from his first sign-in.

Having lived for ten thousand years, his mind was mature; even if he was excited, it wouldn't last long. He hadn't lived for ten thousand years for nothing.

He opened the new system interface.

World: Douluo Continent

Name: Li Changsheng

Skills: Longevity (Note);

Warehouse: Empty

Main Quest: Sign in at the Sea God Awakening Hall!

Side Quest: Obtain the divine arts left behind by Tang San! Master the Mysterious Heaven Skill before the Spirit Awakening!

Li Changsheng frowned and clicked on the note regarding the Longevity skill:

"Longevity! Staying alive is the primary mission! Because the sign-in time intervals are uncertain, the host must be granted a long life, equal to the heavens and the earth! Any action performed will increase your lifespan!"

Boom!

After reading the note, Li Changsheng was completely stunned.

Wasn't this the same ability as his previous Longevity System? How did it become a mere skill here? Had he been scammed?

Although he was frantically complaining in his heart, Li Changsheng didn't grumble too much.

He had chosen the system himself, and he had received the benefits. Even if it was dull and monotonous, he had still lived for ten thousand years!

Relying on the system's ability to alter perceptions, he had lived in Spirit Soul Village for a full ten thousand years! He had done everything he dared not do before he transmigrated...

After understanding the new system, Li Changsheng sat down again, his gaze turning cold as he pondered his next move.

Continuing to hide in Spirit Soul Village was impossible.

With a new system and the need to awaken his martial spirit, how could he stay here? The corner of his future was only just beginning to unfold!

"According to the sign-in system's prompt, the divine artifact, the Night-Startling Divine Spear, will be delivered to the warehouse around six o'clock tonight. Can I even use this thing?"

Considering his current six-year-old body, he was expected to wield a spear? A long spear had to be at least two meters, right? He felt a headache coming on.

"What I need to consider now is this side quest: obtaining the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San's former residence. The Mysterious Heaven Skill is very powerful; once I learn it, wielding a spear definitely won't be a problem."

"I heard that after Tang San became a god, his inheritance, including the Mysterious Heaven Skill, was left behind. But one had to join the Tang Sect to learn it. I don't have a martial spirit, so I couldn't join the Tang Sect at all. A few years ago, I saw in a spirit master newspaper that the Tang Sect had been completely destroyed and its ancestral grounds seized. I lamented that I would never have the chance to learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but who would have thought a transcript would be hidden under the bed in Tang San's former residence?"

Li Changsheng recalled the scenes of the past and felt the impermanence of the world.

In these ten thousand years, the Douluo Continent had developed at a rapid pace, and many things had changed. Especially the great war a century ago—the collision between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent—that was truly a terrifying sight to behold.

"However, based on what I know, Su Yuntao's descendants will come to Spirit Soul Village for the spirit awakening ceremony in half a month. Can I really master the Mysterious Heaven Skill in just half a month? And reach the innate full spirit power stage?"

Whenever he thought of the annual spirit awakening ceremonies in Spirit Soul Village over the last ten thousand years, Li Changsheng wanted to burst into laughter.

Because Su Yuntao had helped Tang San awaken his martial spirit, rumors gradually spread that Tang San's success was largely due to Su Yuntao.

This was especially true in Spirit Soul Village, where Su Yuntao's descendants had come to assist with the awakening for the past ten thousand years, hoping to produce another Tang San. After the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the spirit awakening ceremonies were handled by the various city lord mansions, and they charged a fee! One gold spirit coin per person! Therefore, it was said that Su Yuntao's descendants were all exceptionally wealthy.

"Reaching innate full spirit power through the Mysterious Heaven Skill in half a month seems a bit difficult. But I don't care about special rewards; at least I can awaken a martial spirit! I'll go to Tang San's former residence first... No, I have to wait until night. There are too many people during the day, and even I wouldn't dare to flip over a bedboard in broad daylight. The Nuoding City garrison is stationed there, and Tang San's former residence is a very important part of Nuoding City's annual fiscal revenue. I have to think of a way..."

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng couldn't help but sigh: "Tang San! Oh, Tang San! If you knew that your home is now a tourist attraction where people pay one gold spirit coin to visit, and that even a broken wooden stool you used could be auctioned for one hundred thousand gold spirit coins, what would your expression be?"

"Haha, I did all of this! By using your name to swindle and deceive, I, Li Changsheng, have lived a wonderfully comfortable life for these ten thousand years."

Li Changsheng stood up like a great villain and walked toward the other side of the hill.

How could Li Changsheng's small body climb this thousand-meter-high mountain?

Did he climb it?

How could that be! Aside from living a long time, he was just an ordinary person in every other way. Of course, he took the stairs to get up this mountain!

A long time ago, he had instigated that generation's village chief to build a thousand-meter-long staircase on the back of the entire mountain.

He remembered clearly that the stones chiseled out to build the stairs had sold for a lot of money.

He had no mood to appreciate the scenery from the heights. Soon, he descended the mountain. Along the way, he pondered how to cleverly steal the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He had some ideas, but he would have to wait until the Night-Startling Divine Spear arrived before he could put them into action...

Before changing his appearance, the Longevity System had erased Li Changsheng from everyone's memory and injected a new identity into their consciousness. He didn't know exactly who he was now... nor did he care. In any case, this was just a novice village, just an identity. As long as he knew who he was and what he needed to do, that was enough.

It was for this reason that Li Changsheng didn't return to the Li family first. Instead, he avoided people and went to a rented inn room, waiting for the Night-Startling Divine Spear to arrive in the warehouse while constantly refining his plan.

Soon, night fell. The full moon cast its scattered light onto the drooping leaves of the Blue Silver Grass, and the spirit guidance lamps illuminated the scene, creating a view of ten thousand flickering lights.

Li Changsheng sat on the bed, waiting quietly.

"If I can use the Night-Startling Divine Spear, the theft plan will be incredibly simple. If I can't use it, I'll have to use the other plan."

Li Changsheng had devised two plans. One was simple and brutal, and the other required a bit of finesse.

He certainly did not want any trouble, so he prayed that he would be able to use the divine artifact, the Night-Startling Divine Spear.

Soon.

On the inventory interface he kept refreshing, an icon of a pitch-black spear suddenly appeared.

There was no flashy description, just a simple label reading "Night-Startling Spear."

Li Changsheng hurriedly retrieved the Night-Startling Divine Spear from his inventory.

Clang!

Suddenly, a pitch-black spear tore through the dimensional space, trampling over the shattered dimensional barrier, and plunged straight into the stone floor. It made no sound upon impact, yet the hard stone slab was ruthlessly sliced apart as if it were nothing more than bean curd.

The Night-Startling Divine Spear!

The spear was about two meters long, with a sharp tip significantly wider than that of an ordinary spear. In the center of the descending spearhead, a dim orb floated, while the flame-like patterns on both sides gave the somber Night-Startling Spear an intense sense of oppression. The intricate structure of the spear's tail was nothing short of breathtaking—a peerless divine weapon! Even more bizarrely, golden blood was flowing from the base of the spear!

Li Changsheng's eyes widened, staring fixedly at the black, shimmering Night-Startling Spear.

He could feel a heart-palpitating aura being continuously released.

Even his excitement was ruthlessly extinguished by the spear, replaced by an overwhelming urge to prostrate himself in worship.

After a while, the momentum radiating from the Night-Startling Divine Spear gradually receded, and within moments, it returned to the appearance of a simple black spear. The flowing golden blood had also dried up.

It looked ordinary, but it was absolutely anything but!

He stepped forward and gripped the shaft with his right hand.

Ice-cold!

A bone-chilling cold instantly invaded Li Changsheng's palm.

He did not let go, choosing instead to gradually adapt to the freezing temperature.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Three minutes passed, and Li Changsheng grimaced before abruptly pulling his right hand back.

A layer of frost had formed on his hand, but it did not come from the outside; it felt as if it were spreading from within his very palm.

Li Changsheng smiled faintly and grabbed the Night-Startling Spear.

The spear, which had been stuck in the floor, instantly fell into his hand. Although the bone-chilling cold remained, there seemed to be an inexplicable connection between them now.

Holding the Night-Startling Spear, Li Changsheng suddenly reversed the shaft and thrust it fiercely into the air.

In his spare time, he often read books on weaponry, as even on the Douluo Continent, many people practiced martial arts.

The Night-Startling Spear moved like a black dragon. It lacked a roaring boom or arrogant, flashy light; it was a simple thrust, yet it stirred ripples in the dimensional barrier.

Boom!

The air exploded, the void collapsed, and the spreading sound waves shook the various facilities in the room, causing the illuminated soul-guide lamps to extinguish instantly.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Li Changsheng was startled; he had never expected the power of the Night-Startling Divine Spear to be so immense.

The moment he held the spear, he felt as if he had gained complete control over it, as if the Night-Startling Divine Spear had merged with his own body.

However, while the power of the Night-Startling Divine Spear was terrifyingly peerless, it was clearly not something Li Changsheng could wield yet. As soon as he planted the spear back on the ground, a wave of exhaustion instantly consumed his entire body, and he collapsed onto the bed with a thud.

Li Changsheng lay on the bed, an excited smile appearing on his weary face.

Incredible! With just this spear alone, he was already on par with some Great Spirit Masters!

He had lived a long time, and over the years, the spirit masters visiting Spirit Soul Village had opened arenas for duels, which he often watched.

The thrust he had just performed with the Night-Startling Divine Spear had drained all his strength, but the power of that single strike was definitely no less than the power generated by a strong-attack system Spirit Grandmaster using their third spirit ring!

"Since that's the case, the side quest will be much easier to complete."

As Li Changsheng muttered these words, an inadvertent coldness and bloodthirst appeared on his face...

He planned to rest for a few hours and then hurry to Tang San's former residence to find the Mysterious Heaven Skill!

As the saying goes: dark and windy nights are perfect for murder!

Just as Li Changsheng slowly closed his eyes to rest, the Night-Startling Spear lying on the ground suddenly turned into a streak of black light and drilled into the center of his brow. The black light gradually receded, eventually condensing into a mark of the Night-Startling Spear in three fused colors: black, red, and gold.

The shimmering spear mark brought a terrifying, inexplicable aura of slaughter to the resting Li Changsheng. His delicate features seemed to be covered by a veil of ethereal blood, and that aura of massacring the world continued to stir...