Qing Mo: Aw, come on, System! Look on the bright side! Just look at me now. Don't I look like one of those transmigrated protagonists who get helped by a system and rise to the top? You don't have to worry about a thing, and I'm invincible now. Isn't that great?
System: Well... I feel like this is the familiar opening every transmigrator knows, so how did we end up switching roles? You're invincible, so doesn't that make me useless?
Qing Mo: Now that you mention it, you might be right!
System: ...
"So what are you planning to do now? You're already invincible. Compared to your predecessors, you've got an unbeatable start!" the System asked.
Qing Mo: Sigh... Sure, I'm invincible! But I still have to experience the things I'm supposed to, right? Hehe.
System: What? O_o
Qing Mo: ¬_¬｀¬_¬｀ Here, have a look.
Following the Jade Pendant's guidance, Qing Mo reached out, sliced open space, and stepped through.
"That boy's still young and impetuous. Still, good thing I acted quickly. Otherwise, there'd have been nothing left for me," the Master of Myriad Daos mused quietly in the courtyard.
Haoyun Continent, in the bustling Liang City.
In the remote mountains beyond Liang City, space rippled faintly as Qing Mo emerged from a spatial fissure. The laws and Dao rhythms swirling around him began tearing this world apart at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The nearby monsters were so terrified by the sight that several dropped dead on the spot. Qing Mo waved a hand, restoring the area to its original state, then concealed the laws and Dao rhythms around himself. The remaining monsters saw the world suddenly return to normal and had no idea what had happened. They hadn't felt a thing, yet their bodies trembled uncontrollably, as though some great terror had arrived.
The moment Qing Mo appeared, the Heavenly Dao of this world sensed him and manifested as a human to investigate. But when it saw the laws and Dao rhythms covering him, it was left speechless for a long time.
After everything returned to normal, the System said, "Boss, did you come here to find something or tear the place down? Give it another moment and this world would've been destroyed. I'd been psyching myself up, thinking you might need my help someday, but it looks like you'd do just fine with or without me."
Qing Mo smiled sheepishly. "Sorry about that. Nothing happened when I was at the old man's place, so I got too excited when I first stepped outside and forgot."
Then Qing Mo spotted an old man in the distance and decided to ask where he was and what there was to see and eat around here. After all, he was only in his early twenties.
When the Heavenly Dao of this world saw Qing Mo walking toward it, every hair on its body stood on end. Don't come any closer! Keep your distance! Get lost!!!
Qing Mo walked up to it and was just about to speak when the old man toppled straight over before he could get a word out. What the hell, was he trying to scam me? Don't tell me even the bad guys in the Immortal Cultivation World have gotten old?
Qing Mo picked up a twig and poked the old man, who was the Heavenly Dao in disguise, like he was a dead fish. No way!
System: ...Did the Heavenly Dao of this world get scared to death by you?
Qing Mo: Probably not, right? It's only an insignificant corner of a small world, but it's still developed intelligence. Surely it can't be that much of a coward?
Luckily, the Heavenly Dao had passed out. If it had heard him say that, it would surely have cursed: You suddenly pull out an atomic bomb in the age of cold weapons, then tell me not to panic when things happen? I ★★ you, you ★★!
A while later, the Heavenly Dao woke up and, seeing no one in front of it, let out a long sigh of relief. "Good, it's gone. It's gone! You scared this old man, who's lived for hundreds of thousands of years, half to death. That was completely unfair!"
The Heavenly Dao slowly got to its feet, only to hear a voice from behind: "Oh, you're awake? You old-timer?"
The Heavenly Dao instantly stood ramrod straight and slowly turned around. Qing Mo was looking at it with a beaming smile. Just as it was about to faint again, he heard, "If you dare pass out again, I'll make sure you never wake up."
The Heavenly Dao came to its senses in an instant and immediately knelt before Qing Mo, snot and tears streaming down its face. "Senior, Boss, please don't! Don't do this!"
Qing Mo asked the Heavenly Dao a few things about this world and learned that he was in Southern Border, on Haoyun Continent. There were also the Eastern Wasteland, Western Sea, Northern Liang, and Central Province. The cultivation realms in this world were Qi Induction, Body Tempering, Spirit Returning, Purple Origin, Void Reversion, Spirit Refining, Dao Integration... He couldn't be bothered to ask about anything else. I'm invincible anyway. Do whatever you want!
Qing Mo had planned to help the old master find precious materials at a leisurely pace. But since the Heavenly Dao wanted to follow him, and he did need someone to show him around, he simply brought it along.
He'd nearly gone stir-crazy after spending several years cooped up in the old master's courtyard. What young man could stay home for years on end? So it was nice to take in the scenery along the way. He also helped the Heavenly Dao improve some of its laws, and the little old man thanked him profusely the whole way.
Halfway along, Qing Mo remembered to ask the System, "System, what can you do? You said before that you needed me to do something for you. What was it?"
System: Don't call me System-y. You're System-y, your whole family's System-y!
Qing Mo: Sure, System-y (￣y▽￣)~*
System: Don't call me System-y ٩(๑`^´๑)۶
System: This System—cough, no, I mean, I have a lot more features than other systems. I can let you spend money, check in for rewards, draw prizes, absorb luck, copy the skills and moves of famous figures from other worlds, and so on... (I can't think of anything else for now, so I won't pad this out) (ー_ー)!!
Qing Mo: None of that seems useful to me. I'm already at the top. Why would I worry about any of that? ٩(●´৺`●)૭
System: I can also change other people's physiques and alter their talents. Surely that's useful, right?
Qing Mo: Oh! d(ŐдŐ๑) That's actually pretty good!
System: Of course it is! ٩(๑^o^๑)۶
System: Help me collect world origins from other worlds, and I'll give you a discount in my shop. You can't possibly do everything yourself, right? You'll need to recruit some underlings or hire some enforcers. Besides, I know you're not going to smash an entire world to pieces with one slap. You've just been pulling too many 996 shifts, and now you want to have some fun!
Qing Mo: How big a discount?
System: 9.5?
Qing Mo: No!
System: 8.8?
Qing Mo: No!
System: Just say it. What do you want?
Qing Mo: 1.
System: What did I do to deserve this? I must have had rotten luck for several lifetimes to choose you! (๑ १д१)
Qing Mo: Take it or leave it. I can't do anything to you, and you can't control me either.
The System gritted its teeth. "Deal."
Qing Mo nodded in satisfaction. Suddenly, he thought of something. All those big shots in Journey to the West had mounts. Should he get one for himself, too?
Once the thought crossed his mind, he couldn't shake it. No time like the present!
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