Starting with Three Picks out of Eight

Dou Qi Continent, Jia Ma Empire.

The Xiao Clan...

Inside an elegantly crafted, old-fashioned wooden house, a boy whose face still held a hint of childishness sat cross-legged on a cushion in the center, his hands forming a seal atop his knees.

The boy was bare-chested. Under his guidance, the dense Dou Qi floating around him seeped through his skin, coursed through his body, and followed his meridians toward his dantian.

As the seconds ticked by, the Dou Qi in the air grew restless. The temperature in the room steadily rose, and faint blue-violet arcs of electricity flashed through the air.

Fine beads of sweat formed on the boy's temples in the heat. Before they could drip to the floor, the scorching temperature evaporated them, leaving only faint white traces.

Who knew how much more time passed...

Within his meridians, the surging Dou Qi flowed like a raging river, washing through every limb and bone again and again.

Beneath the boy's skin, an exceedingly faint layer of crimson-gold firelight flickered in and out of sight. Hidden deep within his flesh, it was all but impossible to notice without a careful look.

Boom!

A low, muffled rumble suddenly came from within his dantian.

The violent Dou Qi abruptly contracted. Energy that had been scattering in all directions swarmed back like bees returning to their hive, gathering into the vortex in his dantian. The vortex spun rapidly and suddenly swelled, its Dou Qi growing considerably denser than before.

Dou Zhe!

The boy slowly exhaled a scorching white breath, his chest rising and falling. His dark eyes gradually opened, a fleeting glimmer of crimson flame flashing deep within his pupils.

"So this is the power of a Dou Zhe?"

He lightly clenched his fists. A sense of brimming strength surged through his limbs, while the lingering heat on his skin made the air inside the wooden house shimmer faintly.

"It's who knows how many times stronger than the Dou Power stage."

Xiao Yuan was still immersed in the joy of his breakthrough when a powerful torrent of memories surged from the depths of his mind. The sheer volume made his head ache slightly.

His name was Xiao Yuan, and he was a transmigrator from another world.

In his previous life, he had merely happened upon a post about Battle Through the Heavens while browsing Tieba. After leaving a comment, he had inexplicably transmigrated.

[If you transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent and could choose three perks as your cheats, which would you pick from the following eight?]

[1. Gold Tycoon: Gain unlimited Gold Coins. No matter how much you spend, you will never run out.]

[2. Soul Genius: Your soul power will break through more easily.]

[3. Supreme Inheritance: Gain the complete inheritance of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques belonging to a Supreme-level powerhouse from the Great Thousand World.]

[4. Heavenly Flame Blind Box: Gain a random heavenly flame from the Heavenly Flame Ranking, generated independently.]

[5. Divine Grade Bloodline: Gain the divine grade Dou Di bloodline of a random clan among the Ancient Eight Clans.]

[6. Ninth Grade Alchemist: Gain the inheritance of a ninth grade Alchemist.]

[7. Fire Spirit Body: Similar to the woeful poison body, with an innate affinity for the Fire Attribute. Absorbing heavenly flames becomes easier. (Note: Your Dou Qi attribute will be randomized upon awakening.)]

[8. Totem of Undying ×1: Automatically activates upon death. Immediately restores you to peak condition after resurrection.]

After a storm of brainstorming, Xiao Yuan had finally, painfully settled on 3, 5, and 8...

On the Dou Qi Continent, the lack of origin qi prevented many people from breaking through to Dou Di. That made the inheritance of a Supreme from the Great Thousand World all the more important.

With a little luck, he would not have to fight a bunch of nine-star Dou Sheng for Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave.

A Dou Di bloodline was also highly prized in Battle Through the Heavens. Not only did it accelerate cultivation, but obtaining a clan mark also provided an enormous boost to combat strength.

In the later stages, it could even let someone leap several major realms at once, rising straight to Dou Zun or Dou Sheng.

A divine grade bloodline practically guaranteed a path to nine-star Dou Sheng. In the original story, aside from Gu Xun'er, only Xiao Yan after replacing his blood had possessed a bloodline of that caliber.

As for the Totem of Undying... he simply valued his life. Who wouldn't want an extra life? It even restored him to peak condition automatically after he died!

After he made his choices, the words [Comment posted successfully] appeared on his phone screen, only to vanish immediately.

They were replaced by a message...

[All perks will gradually unlock after you advance to Dou Zhe.]

[Your Dou Di bloodline will unlock after you advance to Dou Zhe and gradually improve, reaching divine grade when you come of age.]

[Enjoy your time in another world!]

Xiao Yuan was still dazed when he read those words. Then his vision went black, and he passed out.

"What the hell! I never said I wanted to transmigrate..."

Back to the present...

Nearly ten years had passed since his transmigration, and he had finally broken through to Dou Zhe at the age of nine.

A nine-year-old Dou Zhe—two years earlier than even the once-genius Xiao Yan. In the current Xiao Clan, he could be called the most talented of them all.

There were two defining traits of a Dou Zhe: the Dou Qi vortex within the dantian, and one's attribute.

Upon reaching Dou Zhe, one could awaken their attribute and choose the cultivation method best suited to it.

In fact, during his breakthrough just now, he had already sensed two forces surging within him.

One was scorching and violent, carrying searing heat.

The other was sharp and explosive, faintly accompanied by crackling sparks.

Dual thunder-fire attribute.

On the Dou Qi Continent, even a single attribute was considered decent, and cultivators with dual attributes were rare to begin with.

Thunderfire and fire were both extremely offensive attributes. With matching cultivation methods and combat skills, their destructive power far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators at the same level.

The wind attribute was clearly incompatible with him, and the Xiao Clan certainly had no cultivation method that accommodated both thunder and fire. Of the remaining three single-attribute methods, even the best was only high Yellow Tier.

That put it just a notch above the Flame Mantra in its current state.

Xiao Yuan inwardly shook his head. Fortunately, he had a treasury of cultivation methods left behind by a Supreme powerhouse. Otherwise, he could only try to talk Xiao Yan into handing over the Flame Mantra.

"Now that I've broken through to Dou Zhe, it's time to choose a suitable cultivation method."

With that, he relaxed his mind and let his consciousness slowly sink into the depths of his soul.

When he opened his eyes again, the scene before him was no longer the Xiao Clan's wooden house.

He seemed to be standing in a boundless space. Pitch-black seawater had replaced the ground, yet beneath his feet, it felt just as firm as solid land.

Above him hung two enormous orbs of light, one black and one gold, suspended in the sky like twin suns.

Xiao Yuan could sense that these two orbs were the only two rewards he had chosen: one was the Supreme powerhouse's inheritance mark, and the other was the Totem of Undying.

He had noticed the mark as soon as he broke through to Dou Zhe. Like a folder on a computer, it remained quietly within his soul as long as he did not open it.

Controlling the manifestation of his will, Xiao Yuan reached toward the inheritance mark above.