Brought Home

The Tagor Desert.

Deep underground lay a lake of magma, its scorching, fiery-red contents flowing slowly.

Deep within the magma, an azure light shone. Within the area it enveloped, there was not a trace of magma.

Even more unbelievably, an azure lotus stood serenely within the light, as though sculpted by nature itself!

At the lotus's center, a cluster of azure flames floated quietly, its radiance complementing the lotus.

Suddenly, a strange spatial fissure appeared within the azure light. A flash of white light shot out of it and transformed into a glowing sphere.

As though possessed of consciousness, the sphere emitted a peculiar fluctuation. Then a terrifying suction abruptly erupted from it, drawing the surrounding fire energy into it in a frenzied torrent.

The Green Lotus also became a target of its devouring force. But as though sensing what was happening, the Azure Flame at its center unleashed a powerful fluctuation, instantly raising the surrounding temperature to a terrifying degree!

Before the Azure Flame could do anything else, however, the sphere seemed to take its response as a provocation. A suction dozens of times stronger than before descended upon the Azure Flame alone.

Naturally, the Azure Flame was swallowed into the sphere without the slightest ability to resist. Then the sphere floated into the Green Lotus and claimed it outright!

At that moment, the Magma World was in a state of "upheaval." Savage fire energy raged everywhere, frightening a Two-Headed Giant Snake swimming through the magma so badly that it fled the lake and vanished without a trace.

The enormous energy fluctuations emanating from the underground world naturally drew the attention of a terrifying being deep within the Tagor Desert.

Before long, a mature snake woman with breathtakingly beautiful, bewitching features and a purple serpentine tail arrived in the underground world where the Green Lotus lay.

Sensing that the fluctuations came from beneath the magma, the coldly beautiful snake woman did not hesitate. She released an energy barrier, darted into the magma, and headed deeper.

In mere moments, she spotted a patch of azure light. As she drew closer, she discovered a Green Lotus within it!

Could it be?! Even the coldly beautiful snake woman's calm heart rippled with excitement. As queen of the Snake-People Tribe, she naturally knew of certain divine wonders of heaven and earth, such as Heavenly Flames!

When she reached the space above the Green Lotus and swept her gaze over its interior, her body stiffened. There was no Heavenly Flame there. Instead, an adorable, sleeping infant floated within it!

"How could this be..." the coldly beautiful snake woman murmured.

After a moment's hesitation, she released a surge of energy, enveloping both the infant and the Green Lotus, and carried them out of the Magma World...

"Where am I?" Liu Yu slowly opened his gemstone-bright red eyes.

He remembered exercising on the treadmill at home, only to be struck by a sudden, inexplicable bout of dizziness and lose consciousness. When he woke again, he had arrived in this unfamiliar place.

Everything in sight glittered with gold and splendor. Brilliant gems were set into the palace like a sky full of stars, making it resemble a castle from a fairy tale!

He himself lay stark naked on a lavish bed. Just as he tried to get up, Liu Yu discovered, to his astonishment, that he had become an infant!

Looking at his plump, fair little hands, he tried to speak, only to produce humiliating little "goo-goo" noises!

Liu Yu understood that he had transmigrated! And against his will, at that!

I... He had not been in a car accident or suffered heartbreak, nor... He had been perfectly fine, and they had gone and dumped a transmigration on him! Absolutely absurd!

Fortunately, he had plenty of strengths, the greatest being his ability to make himself at home wherever he landed. He adapted well!

Back in elementary school, he had always been "bullied" for being too cute. So he had decisively chosen to... accept it, then join in, and eventually worked his way up to become the "king of the kids"!

After letting his imagination wander for a while, Liu Yu rolled over, braced his tender little hands against the bed, and stood up without the slightest effort.

That surprised him. This infant's body was outrageously strong!

What was more, he could actually sense the condition of his body from within, as though possessing inner sight!

Like someone discovering a new continent, Liu Yu carefully examined the world inside his body!

When he looked at his dantian, he discovered a cluster of azure flames burning quietly within it!

Holy crap, what the hell?! Liu Yu was stunned. There was actually a flame inside his body!

But he soon calmed down again. What am I making such a fuss for? I've already transmigrated. What's so strange about a flame floating inside my body?

Just then, a voluptuous figure appeared soundlessly before him.

Liu Yu felt the light before him dim and instinctively tilted his head upward.

"Goo-goo, gaa-gaa..."

This suddenly appearing "person" gave Liu Yu such a fright that even his limbs began flailing beyond his control!

Watching the adorable, stark-naked infant waving his arms and legs before her, the coldly beautiful snake woman actually found him somewhat "cute"?!

When Liu Yu recovered from his fright and gazed up at the woman with wide eyes, he froze completely. Isn't this... Queen Medusa?!

Her long, narrow, pale-purple eyes brimmed with natural allure whenever her gaze shifted. She wore a luxurious purple brocade robe, beneath which her voluptuous, exquisitely curved body exuded a subtle sensuality, like a ripe peach.

A cascade of dark hair fell casually from her fragrant shoulders to her slender, willow-like waist. Beneath her brocade robe, a stretch of purple serpentine tail showed. As it swayed gently, a wild, bewitching charm washed over him, stirring an inexplicable heat throughout his body!

So this is the peerless beauty of the Dou Qi Continent! Even Liu Yu had to admit that Queen Medusa's appeal to men was lethal!

Luckily, he was only an infant now. When it came to that sort of thing, his spirit was willing, but his flesh was weak.

As Queen Medusa looked at the adorable infant staring blankly up at her, she found herself at a loss over what to do.

She had brought him back because she suspected he might be a Heavenly Flame that had taken human form!

But after examining him, she discovered that the Green Lotus Core Flame was hidden inside the infant's body!

That had shocked her considerably. Heavenly Flames were notoriously violent. How could one possibly be stored inside a dantian?!

Even an incredibly weakened Heavenly Flame could easily incinerate a dantian! Yet this infant was completely unharmed. It was truly bizarre!

How should I deal with him? Queen Medusa sank into thought.

Time drifted leisurely onward, and with the passing of the years, a decade slipped by!

The Snake-People Holy City.

Inside the alchemy room of Queen Medusa's palace, a handsome youth who appeared fifteen or sixteen, with silver hair, red eyes, and a purple brocade robe, was refining pills in utter boredom. This youth was none other than Liu Yu!

His ten years living among the Snake-People Tribe had been filled with both pain and pleasure.

Ever since Queen Medusa brought him home, she had kept him as a "pet." They slept together, and she even took him along when she bathed. It was truly agonizing!

But when he was two, a voice that drove him a little crazy sounded in his mind.

"Host detected to have completed the first achievement—'Little Devil'! Achievement System activated! Reward has been delivered to System Space. Please inspect it yourself."

You're the Little Devil! I'm clearly just an adorable child! Liu Yu felt that this so-called Achievement System was taking a dig at him!

After calming himself, Liu Yu decided to see just what this system was!

As soon as he thought about checking it, a simple panel appeared before his eyes.

[Name: Liu Yu (Little Silver)]

[Race: Human Race]

[Age: Two (23)]

[Cultivation: Three-Stage Dou Qi (a tiny ant)]

[Soul: Mid-stage Mortal Realm]

[Cultivation method: None]

[Dou Techniques: None]

[Treasures: Green Lotus Core Flame (weakened)]

[Achievements: Little Devil]

[System Space: Alchemy (tiers one through nine)]

Liu Yu took a deep breath. There was no need to pick a fight with a system.

Queen Medusa had given him the name Little Silver. Seeing his silver hair and needing something to call him, she had simply named him Little Silver!

When he learned to read at the age of one with Big Sister Hua She'er's help, he had changed his name back to Liu Yu, though they still called him Little Silver!

As for his Three-Stage Dou Qi, he simply ignored the remark that followed it. It was rather miraculous, really. He had been able to start absorbing Dou Qi as soon as Queen Medusa brought him home!

It was probably because his body had been altered. He felt that his meridians far surpassed those of others his age in both width and toughness. Even more bizarrely, his dantian could store a Heavenly Flame!

This must be a transmigrator's perk! Xiao Yan only started cultivating Qi at four, but I started at zero!

His mid-stage Mortal Realm soul was probably another benefit of transmigrating.

What delighted him most was the Alchemy in System Space. His Dou Qi was fire-attributed with a trace of wood, his soul was fairly strong, and he even possessed a Heavenly Flame!

All he lacked was Alchemy. The Snake-People Tribe happened to have a shortage of alchemists, so naturally, they also lacked knowledge of Alchemy. Even the little they possessed was incomplete.

From the moment he unlocked the Achievement System, his life seemed to take a different turn.

He successively completed the achievements "Restless Little Hands" and "Spoiled Brat," receiving a cultivation method of unknown tier, the "Myriad Forms Divine Art," and a movement Dou Technique, the "Thousand Illusion Body."

The "Myriad Forms Divine Art" could be called an even more terrifying cultivation method than the "Flame Mantra." It allowed its practitioner to accommodate countless cultivation methods within a single body!

The "Thousand Illusion Body" was equally heaven-defying. Once learned, it made one's movements seem illusory, hovering between reality and illusion. At full mastery, it could even create a thousand Phantom Clones, each possessing half the original body's strength!

He had managed to complete those two achievements thanks to the guidance of that earlier so-called "Little Devil" achievement. After all, the system did not even have a beginner's tutorial. After that one beep, it had never made another sound.

He could only slowly feel his own way forward, naturally taking the first achievement as his guide...

It was not until he successfully formed a Dou Qi Vortex at six, leaped into the ranks of Dou Zhe, and completed an entirely new category of achievement—"First Steps"—receiving a reward that strengthened his body.

Only then did he realize that achievements covered other areas, rather than just that one...

That left him feeling as though a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Heaven knew how much "suffering" he had endured over those years! Sigh!

After becoming a Dou Zhe, he began studying Alchemy. Naturally, he needed medicinal ingredients to practice refining pills, and only the Snake-People Tribe could provide them.

For that, he had no choice but to sell his "looks" to please Queen Medusa. The results were naturally gratifying. Not only did he obtain large quantities of ingredients for refining first-tier pills, but he also received a Medicine Cauldron and Pill Formula!

Moreover, Queen Medusa took him to the Divine Temple's treasury to choose cultivation methods and Dou Techniques. Life could hardly have been sweeter!

He had to admit that the Snake-People Tribe possessed remarkably deep reserves. There were several Earth Tier Cultivation Method scrolls—probably five or six, by his estimate—and some were even middle Earth Tier!

As for Black Tier and Yellow Tier ones, there were too many to count, casually piled off to one side.

The same went for Dou Techniques, though there were fewer Earth Tier Dou Techniques than cultivation methods, only two or three scrolls.

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