System

In his previous life, when Xie Tianxiao read novels, they described Dou Sheng experts as capable of destroying heaven and earth and shattering space with a mere gesture.

He had not thought much of it then, since he had never experienced it firsthand.

Now that he had become a Half-Saint, only by relying on the memories of this body's former owner did he finally understand what the word "Saint" meant. They were truly towering powers, capable of easily killing a half-baked pseudo-Saint like him.

"But it's fine. According to the former owner's memories, Dou Saints are currently living in seclusion. And since I'm a transmigrator, I should have a system too, right?"

Besides reading Battle Through the Heavens, Xie Tianxiao on Blue-White Star had read many other novels.

For example, ones with systems: Reincarnation Systems, Tycoon Systems, Villain Systems.

There were also systems that turned their hosts into puppets, systems that erased hosts for failing missions, and even systems that became girls. All kinds of systems existed.

Since he had transmigrated from Blue-White Star to the Battle Qi Continent, surely he should have the system that every transmigrator needed.

"System, are you there? System?"

Xie Tianxiao called out twice.

"Come out already. A transmigrator from Blue-White Star has arrived."

"Strange, is there really no system? That shouldn't be possible."

"So there are no transmigrator benefits?" As he spoke, Xie Tianxiao tried calling for the system several more times.

After receiving no response from the system despite repeated attempts, Xie Tianxiao frowned slightly.

"Forget it. I'm too fixated on this. Even without a system, with my Half-Saint cultivation, as long as I keep a low profile..."

"Coupled with my familiarity with the original story and my refusal to provoke those major clans, where in this world can't I go?"

"Besides, at this stage, I need to properly familiarize myself with this new body. Otherwise, having Half-Saint cultivation but not even knowing how to use battle skills would be rather embarrassing."

Xie Tianxiao closed his eyes and carefully recalled the various cultivation methods and battle skills in his mind.

"Hmm, as a Rogue Cultivator, he was quite wealthy."

"There's a pile of cultivation methods and battle skills below the Earth tier, while the Earth-tier cultivation methods and battle skills alone add up to dozens of volumes! There's even a high-grade Earth-tier battle skill whose power rivals a Heaven-tier one!"

"It must have been obtained from that Dou Saint ruin before."

"What a pity. This guy wasn't an alchemist. He only had a few high-grade eighth-tier medicinal pills, along with some sixth- and seventh-tier pills."

After learning about the former owner's possessions, Xie Tianxiao sighed regretfully.

On the Battle Qi Continent, alchemists could refine all manner of miraculous medicinal pills, and their status was exceedingly illustrious.

However, the requirements for becoming an alchemist were extremely harsh. Ordinary people possessed only one elemental affinity.

An alchemist had to possess two. One of them had to be fire; their fire affinity also needed to contain a trace of wood qi to serve as a catalyst, and they also needed exceptional Spiritual Strength.

Xie Tianxiao himself possessed only a fire affinity, without even a trace of wood qi mixed within it, so he could not become an alchemist.

Immediately afterward, following the memories in his mind, Xie Tianxiao spread out his hands and slowly condensed flames, one black and one white.

"So this is the Yin-Yang Twin Flame? Though it ranks near the bottom, it's still a Heavenly Flame, and it can help heal and restore injuries sustained in battle."

Yin-Yang Twin Flame.

Born within the void of the cosmos, its black and white flames intertwined, swimming like a pair of yin-yang fish.

Yin and yang were the laws of nature, the source that gave birth to all things in the world.

The Yin-Yang Twin Flame, born from that source, was one form of flame manifested by the source itself. It contained the dual powers of life and death. Yang flame saved people and brought endless life; yin flame killed people and left not even bones behind.

Ding!

[Absorbing Yin-Yang Twin Flame]

Progress: 90%...

Just as Xie Tianxiao was playing with the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, a screen suddenly appeared before him.

"??? Didn't I not have a system?"

The abrupt screen before him left Xie Tianxiao dumbfounded. Wasn't he supposed to have no system?

Ding!

Progress: 100%

[Absorption complete!]

The screen before Xie Tianxiao immediately vanished!

"System, system."

Xie Tianxiao called for the system twice more, but there was still no response.

"What's going on? Why is there no reaction again? Could the interface I saw before have been fake?"

"But that's not right. I can feel that from the time the screen appeared until it finished absorbing the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, my control over the Yin-Yang Twin Flame went from unfamiliar to perfect. It was as though I had become the Yin-Yang Twin Flame itself," Xie Tianxiao said in confusion.

He was certain that voice could only have come from a system, and it looked like a rather impressive one at that.

He simply did not know why it had stopped responding after displaying the absorption of the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.

And aside from a system, Xie Tianxiao could not think of anything else capable of instantly granting him mastery over his Heavenly Flame while even increasing his cultivation by a tiny amount.

That tiny amount should not be underestimated. At the Half-Saint stage, every shred of improvement in cultivation was an enormous advancement. For many people at the same level, going decades or even centuries without making the slightest progress was perfectly normal.

"What exactly is going on? Could it be that this system requires some special item?"

"For example, a Heavenly Flame?"

Still unwilling to give up, Xie Tianxiao took out several high-tier medicinal pills and placed them in his hand, but the system screen from before still did not appear.

"...As expected, it's useless."

"The system only appeared after it absorbed that Yin-Yang Twin Flame. It seems I still need to find Heavenly Flames."

After repeatedly trying again and testing every treasure he could take out from his body, Xie Tianxiao understood that this system required special items like Heavenly Flames to function.

Thus, like the former owner of this body, Xie Tianxiao would have to search everywhere for Heavenly Flames.

However, the former owner had not known where to find any Heavenly Flames and had spent many years without finding a single clue. Xie Tianxiao, on the other hand, clearly remembered the locations of most Heavenly Flames.

A transmigrator with a system, on top of being a Half-Saint-level expert—obtaining Heavenly Flames would be as easy as taking candy from a child!

"That settles it. I'll first head to the Tagor Great Desert and try my luck with the Green Lotus Core Flame. I can also stop by Wu Tan City to see how far the plot has progressed."

"But it probably hasn't reached the later stages yet. After all, when the former owner headed to the Central Plains, he had never heard of anyone named Xiao Yan, nor had any Flame Alliance appeared in the Northwest Region," Xie Tianxiao thought.

As a transmigrator, Xie Tianxiao naturally wanted to meet Xiao Yan, the child of destiny of the Battle Qi Continent.

Of course, he would not be foolish enough to help Xiao Yan gain benefits just to farm favorability, latch onto the protagonist's thigh, and rise to greatness in the end.

He was already a Half-Saint. Even before Xiao Yan's teacher Yao Chen had fallen, Yao Chen would not have been his opponent. Why would he need to curry favor with anyone? Besides, that was not his personality.

Although Xie Tianxiao on Blue-White Star had only recently begun working, he knew full well how unable the human heart was to withstand the test of profit!

Before certain enormous benefits, people could even sell out their own relatives, much less on this dog-eat-dog Battle Qi Continent!

Originally, I did not want to add a system, but without one, it would be hard to explain why the protagonist could devour Heavenly Flames. So I had no choice...

Also, calling him a Rogue Cultivator only means he has not joined any faction. It does not mean he would not rob others, nor does it mean he is weak.