Transmigrating into Battle Through the Heavens, Obtaining the Erlang God Template

In the Magic Beast Mountain Range, atop a solitary peak that soared into the clouds.

A young Daoist in a yin-yang cosmos robe slowly opened his eyes. A sharp glint gradually faded from them, while strands of flowing light flickered across the silver, eye-shaped mark between his brows.

"Ding. Congratulations to host Yang Chen. After sixteen years of arduous cultivation, you have broken through to the Dou Wang realm. The template of the Illustrious Sage of Pure Source, Erlang True Lord Yang Jian, is now being activated."

Yang Chen felt little emotional fluctuation as he listened to the voice in his mind.

When he had first transmigrated into this world and learned that he possessed a system, Yang Chen had been overjoyed. Especially when the first character template he drew was the Illustrious Sage of Pure Source, Erlang True Lord—he had been ecstatic.

The Illustrious Sage of Pure Source, Erlang True Lord, was more commonly known as the Erlang God. He was the God of War of the Heavenly Court, possessing terrifying martial prowess and countless methods, a truly well-rounded fighter.

With the Erlang God template loaded, Yang Chen had been confident that he could stand atop this world, grasping the sun and moon and plucking the stars!

However, the moment he transmigrated, Yang Chen was dealt a crushing blow. He had become an infant. His parents had died when he was young, and the only family in his household had been an elder sister much older than him. Not long after his birth, she had married, and a few years later, she had left the imperial capital with her husband's family.

It could be said that Yang Chen had grown up relying on himself and the household servants. Fortunately, the Yang Clan had some assets, enough to support him until adulthood.

During that time, the system had seemed almost nonexistent. Aside from assigning him tasks and making him cultivate diligently, it had rarely appeared. Thankfully, the Erlang God Yang Jian template had been loaded at his birth, granting Yang Chen exceptional talent.

Later, worried that his outstanding talent might draw the secret hostility of certain imperial-capital clans, Yang Chen dismissed the servants when he was ten and came directly to these mountains to cultivate in seclusion. That had also been a task issued by the system.

"Ten years already. I wonder how my sister is doing."

Yang Chen murmured softly. He had little feeling for his parents, but he felt deeply attached to his sister. After all, she was his only relative in this world.

Moreover, when Yang Chen had been young, it was thanks to his sister's support that the family property had not been seized by others. Otherwise, Yang Chen might not even have had the chance to grow up.

If his sister learned that he had become a Dou Wang powerhouse, she would surely be delighted, right? In the Jia Ma Empire, a Dou Wang was already considered a regional powerhouse, enough to rank among the top ten experts.

Thinking of his sister's happy expression, Yang Chen could not help but smile.

"I remember my sister had two sons. We haven't met for so many years. When we meet for the first time, as their uncle, I should prepare some gifts, shouldn't I?"

As he spoke, Yang Chen's gaze drifted toward a distant mountain peak. That was the territory of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, the overlord of this region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

That creature could be considered Yang Chen's old opponent. Since breaking through to the Dou Ling realm in recent years, he had fought it many times. Yang Chen had always been the one at a disadvantage, though he had never suffered serious injuries—only some embarrassment.

"That Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's flame is rather good. It should be just right."

Yang Chen had cultivated bitterly in the mountains for years. Though he had become a Dou Wang powerhouse at such a young age, he truly had no present suitable enough to offer upon their first meeting.

Yang Chen stood and gazed toward that mountain peak. At some point, a black folding fan had appeared in his hand, which he gently waved. Yet his handsome, slender, imposing swordlike brows furrowed slightly.

It was certainly a good thing, but Yang Chen was a man of principle. He could not simply rob the other party. Yet if he wanted to exchange something for it, he did not seem to possess anything suitable.

"Ding. The template of the Illustrious Sage of Pure Source, Erlang True Lord Yang Jian, has been successfully activated. Congratulations to host Yang Chen for obtaining the complete inheritance of the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art, the complete inheritance of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Samadhi True Fire, the Five Thunder Formula... The Heavenly Eye has officially opened!"

As mysterious energies surged from endless nothingness into Yang Chen's body, he felt his physique undergoing enormous changes. His already sturdy body rose to another level, becoming even more formidable than magical beasts of the same realm.

His entire aura also became more ethereal and elusive, difficult to grasp, carrying an inscrutable profundity.

Of course, the greatest change was the silver, eye-shaped mark between Yang Chen's brows that he had possessed since birth. Not only had it gained a more majestic air, but it also contained incomparably terrifying power.

After sensing his changes, even Yang Chen, with his steadfast will, could not help but smile. Having carried Yang Jian's template since childhood, he now truly possessed some of Yang Jian's divine bearing.

"Now I can go trade with that Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for a beast flame. I imagine that fellow won't refuse the cultivation technique in my hands."

Yang Chen chuckled softly. As old acquaintances, he naturally knew that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had a cub.

The cultivation technique in his possession was part of the Sun-Devouring Divine Lord's inheritance. For fire-element magical beasts, especially magical beasts like the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King that could communicate with the blazing sun in the heavens, it was an exceptional treasure. It could even help refine their bloodline.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was already an adult. Perhaps its potential was insufficient for it to reach an exceptionally high realm; Yang Chen estimated that Dou Sheng would likely be its limit.

But the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cub was naturally talented. If it could obtain this cultivation technique, its future would be boundless.

Over the past few years, that Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had served as Yang Chen's sparring partner. This cultivation technique could be considered repayment of that karma.

Do not think only the Buddhist sect valued karma. In truth, the Daoist sect placed far greater importance on it. Those bald old monks cared most about so-called nirvana—that was, after death, all karma was gone.

Having thought it through, Yang Chen flashed away and vanished from the solitary peak. Several streaks of lightning flickered across the sky. When his figure stopped again, he was already above the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mountain peak.

Awakened by the rumbling thunder, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King raised its massive eyelids and glanced at Yang Chen overhead. It was not particularly surprised by the sight of him standing in midair.

At first, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had indeed been startled, thinking this fellow was a Dou Zong powerhouse pretending to be weak. But after seeing it often enough, it had stopped finding it strange.

"Roar-ha! Kid, here to fight again?"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King let out a huge yawn and spoke in a familiar tone. It had long grown used to such things.

Back then, it had been somewhat annoyed. This fellow was not particularly strong, but he was incredibly slippery, making the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King furious. Later, though, it gradually accepted it.

Since it could not resist, it could only enjoy it. What else could it do?

Fortunately, this handsome human man was a man of principle. Sometimes, he even guided its cub, and taught it better than the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King itself did. That made the beast feel that being a sparring partner was not entirely unacceptable.

But just as it finished speaking, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lion eyes suddenly widened. It stared at the man in the sky in disbelief and stammered.

"Y-you... you... you broke through to Dou Wang? No, that aura of yours..."

It was no wonder the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King reacted so strongly. It actually sensed an immense threat from this fellow. In particular, when its gaze swept across the strange silver mark between his brows, immense terror rose from its heart.

It felt as though even looking at it a few more times would be blaspheming a god.

"That's right. I must also thank the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for your generous guidance over these past years."

Yang Chen snapped his folding fan shut and politely cupped his hands toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"Also, I have come to make a deal with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King."

"The Lion King's Purple Crystal Flame is quite powerful. Therefore, Yang Chen wishes to exchange a cultivation technique for a strand of Purple Crystal Flame from within the Lion King's body, as a first-meeting gift for my young nephew!"

As he spoke, divine light descended from the Heavenly Eye between Yang Chen's brows, then condensed into a jade tablet before him. Yang Chen flicked his wrist and tossed it directly to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"This is the foundation of the Sun-Devouring Divine Art. I believe it should greatly benefit the Lion King's cub."

When it first heard that this fellow wanted its beast flame, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had been rather displeased. It was the dignified king of magical beasts, one of the overlords of the Magic Beast Mountain Range—the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King! Yet this human opened his mouth and demanded its beast flame. Where would it put its pride?

But who would have thought that this human would be so straightforward, directly letting it inspect the item first? Hmm, sincere. It could take a look and consider it. If the cultivation technique was merely average, it would give him a fifth-tier beast flame instead.

Thinking this, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King directly extended its soul power toward the jade tablet before it.

"Sun-Devouring Divine Art. The power of the sun, supremely firm and powerful. Cultivate it to profound heights, and one may draw upon Solar True Fire to burn all things, gaining insight into the four directions of heaven and earth..."

"Gulp! Gulp!!!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King swallowed hard, the booming sound echoing around the area. But it could not care about that now.

At this moment, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had only one thought in its mind: it could not let the fellow before it get away.

This cultivation technique was countless times stronger than the so-called earth-tier techniques it knew. It did not know how powerful the legendary heaven-tier techniques were, but to compare to this, they would at least need to be high-grade heaven-tier techniques, right?

To casually produce a cultivation technique like this, he had to be a descendant of a Dou Di who had come out to gain experience.

"Is the Lion King satisfied?"

Seeing that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King remained silent, Yang Chen could not help asking softly. Yet what answered him was a violent shaking of the earth and mountains.

Bang!

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which had been standing moments earlier, instantly dropped to its knees and bowed its head toward Yang Chen.

"Master can call me Little Lion from now on. Whatever Master says, Little Lion will do. The young master needs a beast flame, right? Leave it to Little Lion."

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King did not waste words. It directly separated an exceptionally gentle strand of beast flame from within its body.

If this beast flame were brought outside, it would absolutely be priceless. It required no further refinement whatsoever. Even an ordinary Dou Zhe could refine it instantly without worrying about backlash from its violent nature.

"Since that is the case, follow me from now on. I will first go find my sister. During this time, stay in the mountains and recuperate properly. This cultivation technique is not difficult to begin learning."