Heaven Collapses at the Start, System Awakens! (New book, please collect!)

Chapter 1: A Catastrophic Start!

Douluo Calendar, year 2625!

Inside the palace of the Starry Sky Kingdom.

"Wuu wuu wuu~!!!!"

"Wuu wuu wuu ah ah~!!!"

A series of clamorous wails drifted over, rousing Xu Nian'an from his slumber.

"Where... am I?"

Xu Nian'an opened his eyes hazily, and a vast expanse of white cloth instantly filled his vision.

White... white silk?

Is this a funeral feast already underway???

Just as Xu Nian'an was still bewildered, someone seemed to notice he had awakened.

An old man dressed in black robes rushed before Xu Nian'an, his face covered in snot and tears.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the late King was assassinated, and the Queen, overcome with grief, has followed him. Please, you must not let anything happen to yourself as well."

"If anything were to happen to you, what would become of the Starry Sky Kingdom!!!"

The old man's voice was peculiar, sharp and effeminate, much like the eunuchs in television dramas.

Wait, something felt wrong.

Xu Nian'an's mind went blank...

Prince, late King, Queen... Starry Sky Kingdom?

Hold on, what is all this?

Xu Nian'an raised his hand to rub his eyes, hoping to wake himself from this absurd dream.

What a joke; he hadn't even given a gift, so how could he be eating at a funeral feast?

But the moment he lifted his hand and saw it, his body stiffened.

Before he could react, a flood of unfamiliar memories surged into his mind.

Douluo Continent, Martial Souls, Starry Sky Kingdom...

He remembered. Xu Nian'an remembered.

He had transmigrated—transmigrated into Douluo Continent, a novel he had loved in his past life.

Furthermore, he had transmigrated as the Prince of the Starry Sky Kingdom, the sole heir to the throne.

However, the timeline seemed a bit off.

The Clear Sky School had not yet gone into seclusion, and the conflicts between nations had not ceased.

Most notably, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were constantly waging war to seize territory; by now, they occupied the majority of the continent.

They marked the land with their imperial seals and then distributed it as fiefs.

Yet, according to the memories of the body's original owner, his current situation seemed... rather dire.

His nominal father had been assassinated seven days ago while inspecting the kingdom's territories.

The assassin was never caught, and upon hearing the news, the Queen—the original owner's mother, and now his own nominal mother—had been struck as if by a thunderbolt, unable to bear such a devastating blow.

She, too, had followed the late King into death.

This meant that now, in the entire palace, aside from the eunuch beside him, Xu Nian'an had absolutely no one he could call kin.

According to the memories in Xu Nian'an's mind, that was indeed the case.

Not only that, but based on the late King's memories of grooming his successor, many nobles within the kingdom held military power, and the fact that not a single one of them had come to pay their respects after the deaths of the King and Queen made their intentions painfully obvious.

Due to the Starry Sky Kingdom's unique geography, it was situated in the far east, along the East Sea.

Half of it bordered the Heaven Dou Empire to the north, and the other half bordered the Star Luo Empire to the south.

The palace was built toward the north, near the Heaven Dou Empire, while contact with nearly half of the kingdom's southern territory had already been lost.

This was likely the reason why the late King, his nominal father, had gone to inspect the territories.

In all probability, that southern half of the territory had been incited to rebellion and lost to the Star Luo Empire.

This couldn't help but remind Xu Nian'an of those two duchies that appeared in Douluo Continent, which he had never heard of until now.

Moreover, he had never read about the Starry Sky Kingdom while reading the book.

"Could it be..."

Xu Nian'an's pupils constricted sharply. The Starry Sky Kingdom was destined to be annihilated and partitioned into vassal duchies for the two great empires.

His own life was nearing its end~~~!!!

"Report!!!"

At that moment, a guard in red armor, carrying a blade, rushed up to them.

"Your Highness, the Gulei Kingdom claims one of their soldiers has gone missing within our borders and is demanding to search the city!"

Upon hearing this news, the wailing inside the palace grew even louder; their faces turned deathly pale, as if they had truly lost their own parents.

Xu Nian'an's face also drained of color.

Within the Starry Sky Kingdom, rebels held the reins of power, while two great empires watched like tigers eyeing their prey, having already begun mobilizing their armies to carve up his kingdom.

A catastrophic start!

Could this... be... fate?

But... I am not reconciled to this!

[Ding, congratulations to the host for awakening the system!]

(New book, please add to your library!)