It hovered at the very source of the River of Time, where that door had opened, like a dismantled core slowly dissolving.
At that moment, he saw the system for what it was: a program designed to collect from and transport things across the Myriad Worlds, powered by emotional energy.
Put more plainly, it was a fishing rod with multiple hooks. It used him and the Heart-Piercing Emotional Power he collected as bait to fish across the Myriad Worlds.
It neither created nor used Miracle Power. It was merely a courier.
That was why Yongye could withstand the River of Time with the Law of Time and his Xingtian Immortal Body, while the system had dissolved under the river's relentless current.
Yongye reached out and seized the fading Origin Core. He pulled it free of the crack in the River of Time and fused it with his Mindscape.
A blessing in disguise. From then on, the system was his.
He stood at the source of the River of Time, feeling the abilities he had reclaimed settle through his body and soul, layer by layer, taking root and becoming part of him. Then he turned and set off against the current.
The water parted beneath his feet and closed behind him.
"The system is mine now."
"From now on, I'll do whatever makes me happy."
"Everything... is up to me."
As he walked, he switched on his Personal BGM.
"Ultimate moves, mighty martial arts—how many can reach the peak?"
"Success and glory—how many men are heroes through and through...?"
When Yongye returned to the real world and set foot on solid ground, he felt damp stone slabs beneath his soles, slick with a thin film of moss.
He stood in the middle of the alley and glanced down at his hands,