System Activated, Little Dragon Girl Arrives

"Jiang Lin?"

"Wake up, Jiang Lin—"

A kind, aged voice sounded beside Jiang Lin's ear. When he opened his eyes again, a familiar face appeared before him.

"Grandpa Jack?"

"It's me, Jiang Lin. I'm sorry. Grandpa came too late."

Old Jack's face was full of guilt. He set down his cane and bent over, intending to lift Jiang Lin into his arms.

But he was already advanced in years and needed his cane just to walk. Even using all his strength, he could do nothing more than raise Jiang Lin's arm.

"Grandpa Jack, don't worry. I can stand up myself."

Jiang Lin was moved. Enduring the intense pain throughout his body, he slowly rose from the ground.

Then, the old man and the child supported each other as they disappeared into the curtain of rain.

That night—

Lying alone in bed, Jiang Lin tossed and turned, unable to sleep from the pain. At last, he recalled the voice from earlier.

"That sounded like a system notification. Could it be—"

Jiang Lin immediately summoned the system panel. The progress bar that had been stuck at 99% had finally vanished, replaced by a game-like character panel.

[Host: Jiang Lin]

[Age: 6]

[Martial Soul: None]

[Cultivation: None]

[Summon Slot: None]

[Collapse Points: 0]

[Card Pool: Locked]

[Inventory: Novice Gift Pack, Novice Tutorial]

"Novice Tutorial?"

Jiang Lin tapped it directly, and a stream of information flooded into his mind.

More than ten minutes later, Jiang Lin finally came back to his senses.

"The All-Heavens Card-Drawing System? As long as I alter the original plot, I can obtain Collapse Points, and Collapse Points can be used to draw cards from the card pool."

"There are nine tiers in the card pool: 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000... The higher the tier, the richer the rewards."

"The corresponding card grades are also divided into nine levels: Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold... Each level is further divided into three stars, and every star corresponds to a cultivation realm on the Douluo Continent."

"For example, Black Iron one-star corresponds to Soul Scholar, while Black Iron two-star corresponds to Soul Master..."

"There's even a Novice Gift Pack? Let's open it."

Jiang Lin tapped it directly. In the next instant, four cards of different colors and materials appeared in his inventory.

[Inventory: Demon-Exterminating Divine Flame: Pure Yang Flame (Gold Two-Star Inheritance Item), Heaven-and-Earth Sword: Royal Authority Sword (Gold Three-Star Inheritance Item), Ancient God Art: Fragment (Dark Gold Three-Star Inheritance), Random Character Summoning Card (Bronze)]

"This system is really this generous?"

"A Gold-tier Novice Gift Pack right from the start, and it even includes something like the Ancient God Art from the world of Renegade Immortal!"

Jiang Lin stared at the first three cards floating quietly in his inventory, his eyes filled with shock and excitement.

He then took out the card bearing the image of Pure Yang Flame and used it with a thought.

The next instant, Jiang Lin's vision went dark, and he arrived in a world filled with flames.

"Where... where is this?"

[Welcome to the Inheritance Space]

[During the inheritance process, Host must steady your mind. Otherwise, your soul may very likely be scattered by the inheritance information.]

"Inheritance Space?"

Jiang Lin looked around in confusion. The next moment, a wisp of crimson-gold flame flew out from the endless sea of fire and surged directly into his brow. An overwhelming burning pain instantly crashed over him like a tidal wave!

Who knew how much time passed? When Jiang Lin opened his eyes again, he had already returned to his own room.

As if sensing something, Jiang Lin opened his palm, and a pale golden flame appeared within it.

The flame was incomparably dazzling, instantly illuminating the originally pitch-dark room.

"So this is Pure Yang Flame, the legendary Demon-Exterminating Divine Flame?"

"Has it become my Martial Soul in its current state?"

"Right, there's still the King's Power Sword."

Jiang Lin took out the sword-shaped card. Just as he was about to use it, hesitation flickered in his eyes. The agony of his soul being scorched during the Pure Yang Flame inheritance had been all too real.

"Maybe I should wait a while and get some proper rest first?"

Jiang Lin muttered to himself. But just as he was about to convince himself, the scenes of Alto and the others humiliating him surfaced in his mind.

"Damn it!"

"Why wait? I'm doing it now!"

A ruthless gleam flashed through Jiang Lin's eyes as he selected use.

The next instant, Jiang Lin appeared within a golden sea of swords.

Before he could prepare himself, a stream of gilded sword qi containing boundless sharpness appeared at the center of the sword sea. Like the crimson-gold flame before it, it surged directly into his brow!

If inheriting Pure Yang Flame had felt like being burned by an endless sea of fire, then this felt like being pierced through by countless sword qis—ten thousand swords through the heart!

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Lin felt completely numb. Even if someone carved flesh from his body with a blade, he would not feel the slightest thing.

At that moment, the fusion of the King's Power Sword reached its end. As the final wisp of golden sword qi entered Jiang Lin's brow, he finally recovered.

With a beckoning gesture, an ancient sword appeared in his right hand. Its entire body was silver-white, its design antique, and the two words "King's Power" were engraved upon its guard.

Jiang Lin merely gripped the hilt and lightly swung the sword forward. At once, an invisible sword qi shot into the wall ahead, leaving behind a terrifying sword mark three feet long and half a finger deep!

Yet there was not the slightest surprise in Jiang Lin's eyes. He even felt that the power was somewhat lacking.

After all, according to the system's classification, the King's Power Sword itself was an existence comparable to a Third-Level God!

It was only because his cultivation was too low that he could not display its true power.

The same was true not only for the King's Power Sword, but also for Pure Yang Flame. Jiang Lin could currently use only one millionth of its power.

Even so, with the King's Power Sword Martial Soul and the Pure Yang Flame Martial Soul in hand, Jiang Lin's combat strength was now equivalent to that of a level 19 Soul Master.

As long as Jiang Lin gave both Martial Souls Soul Rings, he could wield combat power comparable to a Great Soul Master despite having only the cultivation of a Soul Master!

"Just a Gold-tier inheritance can grant me such a terrifying boost. I wonder how great a surprise this Dark Gold three-star inheritance, comparable to a God King of the Douluo God Realm, can bring me?"

Jiang Lin reached expectantly toward the Dark Gold card bearing the Ancient God inheritance. But just as his fingertips were about to touch it, boundless terror of death enveloped him.

[Ding!]

[The minimum cultivation requirement for a Dark Gold three-star inheritance item is a level 50 Soul King. Host, please act within your limits.]

"Level 50?"

Jiang Lin shook his head helplessly.

"My life matters more. I'll think about it after my cultivation improves."

"Huh, there's also a Random Character Summoning Card. I nearly forgot about it."

"But it's only Bronze-tier. Since it doesn't list a star rating, does that mean the person summoned will be somewhere between Soul Venerable and Soul King?"

"Whatever. I'll summon them first and see."

Jiang Lin took out the Bronze Summoning Card. Just as he was about to use it, the system's voice sounded first.

[Ding!]

[Host, please note: the summoned person is an independent individual and is not under the Host's control. They follow only one principle: they must not harm the Host. Should the summoned person violate this principle, or should their favorability toward the Host fall below 30, the system will forcibly return them.]

"It can even return them? Does that mean the people summoned come from real worlds?"

Jiang Lin was somewhat surprised.

He pinched the Bronze Summoning Card in his hand and considered it carefully. In the end, he decided to use it.

The next instant, a flash of white light appeared, followed by an ancient Bronze Gate materializing in Jiang Lin's room.

Just as Jiang Lin curiously reached out to touch it, a peerlessly beautiful young girl stepped out from the Bronze Gate. Her expression was cold and detached, her figure slender and delicate, and she was draped in moon-white gauze.

"You?"

"Hello, my name is Jiang Lin."

"Hello. I am a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect. I have no name."

"No name?"

Jiang Lin looked at the girl in surprise, then glanced at the summons section of his panel.

[Summon Slot: Little Dragon Girl]

[Age: 13]

[Cultivation: Level 37 Soul Venerable]

[Martial Soul: Frost Dragon Soul (Cross-World Compensation)]

[Techniques: Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, Jade Maiden Swordplay...]

[Favorability: 40 (Stranger)]