The Beginning: Gaining the Xiao Xuan Panel

Wutan City, Xiao Family.

Beside the Test Magic Stele, staring at the glaring characters, the brothers Xiao Yan and Xiao Ze shared a sense of mutual misery.

"Xiao Ze, Dou Qi, stage one."

Xiao Ze had transmigrated to the Douqi Continent many years ago.

He discovered that his cultivation talent was even worse than Xiao Yan's, whose strength had been regressing.

Xiao Yan, whose Dou Qi had been drained by Medicine Elder for three years, still possessed three stages of Dou Qi, yet he, surprisingly, only had one.

"I thought Third Young Master Xiao Yan's cultivation talent was bad enough, but who would have thought the Fourth Young Master only has one stage of Dou Qi?"

"The Xiao Family's reputation has been completely ruined by these two brothers."

"I truly don't know how Xiao Zhan has the face to continue serving as Clan Head after fathering these two useless sons."

Xiao Ze looked at the results on the Test Magic Stele; with only one stage of Dou Qi, he was left speechless.

A short while later, Xiao Xun'er's test results were revealed: nine stages of Dou Qi.

Compared to Xun'er, both Xiao Yan and Xiao Ze felt nothing but shame.

"I've been in the Douqi Continent for three years without even a golden finger, and my talent is this poor. How am I supposed to survive in this world where the strong reign supreme?"

Xiao Ze grumbled to himself, but the moment his voice trailed off, his expression froze.

He discovered that a digital System Panel had suddenly appeared right before his eyes.

However, the text displayed on the System Panel left him shocked and surprised.

[You were born in the Central Plains. Your name is Xiao Xuan. As a once-in-a-millennium genius of the Xiao Family, you became a Dou Practitioner at age six.]

[You became a Dou Ling at ten, a Dou King at eleven, and a Dou Emperor at twelve.]

[You advanced to Dou Venerate at fifteen and became a Dou Saint at twenty.]

[With your strength reaching the peak of a nine-star Dou Saint, you exhausted the bloodline power of your entire clan, but failed to break through to Dou Emperor.]

[Before you fell, you entrusted your good brother, Gu Yuan, to look after the Xiao Family.]

[As it turns out, you discover that the current Xiao Family has been "looked after" by your good brother until they are mere Da Dou Shi.]

[Gu Yuan even sent his daughter to infiltrate the Xiao Family to secretly steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade you left behind for your kin.]

[You decide to launch a counterattack from this moment on and take back everything that belongs to you.]

Xiao Ze stared at the System Panel, stunned and bewildered, as he had never expected to bind a system.

Moreover, the fact that it was Xiao Xuan's System Panel left him utterly shocked.

Xiao Xuan was the ancestor of the Xiao Family and the greatest genius the Douqi Continent had ever seen.

Even without a protagonist's halo, he had reached the realm of a half-step Dou Emperor; had he not lacked the Origin Qi of the Emperor, his talent would surely have allowed him to break through to Dou Emperor long ago.

Furthermore, even without the Burning Art, he had relied on his own raw strength to swallow three types of Heavenly Flame and suppress the mutual repulsion between them.

If one were to say Xiao Xuan was second in the Douqi Continent, no one would dare claim the first.

Xiao Ze was thrilled. After three years, he had finally bound a system as his golden finger.

Most precious of all, the system he bound was the panel of the Xiao Family ancestor, Xiao Xuan.

[Current Task: Cultivate for ten minutes.]

[Reward: Dou Qi, stage five.]

Xiao Ze accepted the system's task. He could reach the fifth stage of Dou Qi just by cultivating for ten minutes?

If Xiao Yan knew about this, he would likely be green with envy.

Before Xiao Ze could complete the task, Xiao Yan patted his shoulder and said to him.

"Fourth Brother, don't be too discouraged. Although you only tested at the first stage of Dou Qi this time, there is no need to lose heart."

"Am I, your brother, not in the same boat as you?"

"I am currently at the third stage of Dou Qi; compared to you, how much stronger am I really?"

Xiao Yan sighed, feeling deeply struck. Three years ago, he had been a high-spirited, absolute genius.

Even in the entire Jia Ma Empire, a youth with his talent was a rare existence.

Yet, over these past three years, he didn't know what had happened to his body; not only was he unable to improve his strength, but it was also constantly regressing.

The Dou Qi within him was continuously leaking away, like a bottomless black hole; no matter how much Dou Qi he poured in, it would drain away until his body was completely empty.

Under such circumstances, how could his Dou Qi stage possibly improve?

If not for the solid foundation he had built back then, he would likely be just like Xiao Ze, stuck at the first stage of Dou Qi.

Seeing his younger brother, Xiao Ze, still testing at only the first stage, Xiao Yan offered him some comfort.

But Xiao Ze didn't feel depressed or sad. He had just bound Xiao Xuan's panel; rising up and launching a counterattack was merely a matter of time.

Oh, wait—to be precise, time was no longer even an issue.

As long as he cultivated for ten minutes, he could directly reach the strength of the fifth stage of Dou Qi.

Could there really be a question of time involved here?

Not at all!

After leaving the Testing Plaza, Xiao Ze turned and headed toward the Back Mountain of the family estate.

Finding a quiet spot, he sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

Closing his eyes to focus his mind, he started his practice, and ten minutes slipped by in the blink of an eye.

Ten minutes later, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and discovered that the Dou Qi within his body had suddenly surged several times over.

On the System Panel, the following text immediately appeared.

[Current Task: Cultivate for ten minutes.]

[Reward: Five stages of Dou Qi.]

[Task complete. Host has gained the strength of five stages of Dou Qi.]

[Reward distribution complete.]

Xiao Ze was stunned, and he immediately checked his System Panel.

It displayed:

[Host: Xiao Ze.]

[Realm: Five stages of Dou Qi.]

[Cultivation Method: None.]

[Dou Technique: None.]

[Equipment: None.]

His realm had truly advanced to the strength of five stages of Dou Qi.

He released his Dou Qi and felt the power that had surged several times over; sure enough, he had already reached the level of five stages of Dou Qi!

As expected of the System Panel belonging to the ancestor Xiao Xuan.

Isn't this cultivation talent just a bit too overpowered?

It was countless times stronger than Xiao Yan's cultivation talent.

It had only taken Xiao Ze ten minutes to reach the realm of five stages of Dou Qi.

He left the Back Mountain and returned to the main hall of the Xiao Family.

At this very moment, inside the Xiao Family hall.

Xiao Zhan, acting as both the patriarch and the father of Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan, was currently locked in a heated argument with several elders.

The reason was that the recent test results for Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan had been unsatisfactory.

Several elders in the clan felt that all cultivation resources for the two brothers should be suspended to avoid waste.

Xiao Zhan, protective of his sons, disagreed, leading to the fierce dispute with the elders.

Just then, Xiao Ze walked in.