Strongest Supporting Character System

Starting out as a supporting character in Battle Through the Heavens, Xiao Fan woke in a room and stared blankly at the old-fashioned ceiling overhead.

Where am I? Wasn't I reading a novel at home? How did I suddenly end up here?

Ding! Host detected to be mentally disoriented. Applying stimulation mode.

"Aaaah!"

Before he could react, a surge of electricity shocked Xiao Fan awake, but he also understood what was going on.

Looks like I've transmigrated! And I even have a system. Isn't this the perfect protagonist setup? Next, it'll be my duty to unite the continent and save all living beings!

Just then, however, Xiao Fan heard, "Erroneous thoughts detected in host. Please proceed with the beginner tutorial."

Hearing the system's words, Xiao Fan hurriedly accepted the system's Beginner's Gift Pack, only to discover a simple set of instructions. There were no hundred consecutive draws right at the start, nor any peerless protagonist template. All he got was a system name: "Strongest Supporting Character System—I will become the strongest supporting character across all heavens and worlds."

[Strongest Supporting Character System]

Host: Xiao Fan

Level: 1 (1100)

Strength: dou qi, sixth stage

Cultivation method: none

Dou Technique: none

Quest: none

Xiao Fan was dumbstruck. The strongest supporting character? Doesn't that mean I can't become invincible beneath the heavens? Has my dream of being the protagonist just shattered?

Still, Xiao Fan had figured out that he had transmigrated into the world of Battle Through the Heavens. That wasn't so bad.

In his previous life, Xiao Fan had been a die-hard reader of Battle Through the Heavens, having read it no fewer than twenty times. Besides, Xiao Yan valued loyalty and friendship. As long as Xiao Fan clung tightly to that powerful backer, he could surely scrape by until the grand finale. Luckily, this wasn't some world of Blue Silver Bind, or he wouldn't even know when someone sold him out!

With that thought, Xiao Fan adopted the attitude that since he was here, he might as well settle in, and began accepting his new identity. He also started learning about the system.

"System, what functions does the Strongest Supporting Character System have?"

"The host's current level is too low to unlock further functions. You may only accept main quests to gain experience." As it spoke, a quest panel appeared:

Quest 1: Help Xiao Yan unite the Dou Qi Continent. Rewards: 1,000,000 experience points, 10 Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods, 10 Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.

Quest 2: Help Hun Tiandi unite the Dou Qi Continent. Rewards: 1,000,000 experience points, 10 Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods, 10 Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.

Please select a main quest.

Seeing the two main quests, Xiao Fan was instantly dumbfounded.

*I can even help Hun Tiandi unite the Dou Qi Continent?* Without a second thought, Xiao Fan skipped Quest 2 and accepted Quest 1.

Never mind that Hun Tiandi didn't even know him-even if he did, Xiao Fan would still have to choose Xiao Yan! If he couldn't trust Xiao Yan's character, was he supposed to choose a ruthless archvillain instead? He probably wouldn't even know what killed him.

"Ding! The host has accepted a main quest. The system will now officially activate. Time limit: ten years. Penalty for failure: annihilation. The host is advised to help Xiao Yan unite the Dou Qi Continent as soon as possible."

As the system's voice faded, Xiao Fan's quest panel changed as well.

[Strongest Supporting Character System]

Host: Xiao Fan

Level: 1 (1100)

Strength: dou qi, sixth stage

Cultivation method: none

Dou Technique: none

Main quest:

Xiao Yan has suffered a setback. As the strongest supporting character, you must seize this opportunity to encourage him and help him regain his spirits! Rewards: 100 experience points, Alchemist talent.

Accept? ```

The words about annihilation left Xiao Fan completely stunned. Help Xiao Yan, who was only at the third stage of dou qi, unite the Dou Qi Continent in ten years? Xiao Fan was full of question marks. Unfortunately, he had already accepted and couldn't cancel now.

Xiao Fan noticed that his quest panel had changed too. It seemed that helping Xiao Yan unite the Dou Qi Continent was the ultimate quest, so it wouldn't be displayed now. What came next was completing main quests to grind Xiao Yan's favor and raise his own level.

With no choice but to accept this news, Xiao Fan finally began taking a serious look around his room. It was quite a mess. Apparently, he wasn't anyone important in the Xiao Clan!

Through the system, Xiao Fan had already learned exactly when he had arrived: right at the beginning of Battle Through the Heavens, when Xiao Yan's dou qi was tested at the third stage.

Xiao Fan made his way to the courtyard where the Xiao Clan tested its younger members, arriving just as that classic declaration rang out.

"Dou power, third stage!"

Hearing the voice from the platform, Xiao Fan looked toward the boy undergoing the test.

The boy on the platform was expressionless, his hands clenched so tightly that Xiao Fan suspected his nails had already dug into his flesh.

Everyone around him burst into mocking laughter at Xiao Yan.

"Third stage? Sure enough, our genius is still treading water this year."

"This piece of trash has utterly disgraced our Xiao Clan."

Listening to the crowd ridicule Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan smiled inwardly. You're all still too green! This is the future Flame Emperor! Now watch how I work my way into Xiao Yan's heart and become the strongest supporting character in Battle Through the Heavens.

The steward on the platform paid no attention to Xiao Yan's expression. After rolling his eyes at him, he called out the next name on the testing list.

"Next, Xiao Mei."

Watching the girl walk onto the platform, Xiao Fan thought she was quite pretty. After all, people in this world could cultivate, so things like acne had long since been cleared up by dou qi. Although Xiao Mei looked only fourteen or fifteen, how unattractive could a girl be if she had competed with Xiao Xun'er for attention at Xiao Yan's side when they were little?

As expected, Xiao Mei's dou qi test matched the original story: seventh stage of dou qi, advanced.

Everyone began fawning over Xiao Mei, and if Xiao Fan remembered correctly, Xiao Xun'er would be next.

If Xiao Mei's seventh stage of dou qi inspired envy and jealousy, then Xiao Xun'er's strength at the ninth stage of dou qi could only make these mere mortals shut their mouths. After all, she was a true favored daughter of heaven. Gazing at Xiao Xun'er on the platform, Xiao Fan was momentarily dazed as well.

As expected of the Gu Clan's young lady, and the future Flame Emperor's principal wife. She's only fourteen or fifteen, yet she's already showing beauty that could topple cities and kingdoms. Unfortunately, Xiao Xun'er's love for Xiao Yan has already taken deep root. I have no chance of stealing his girl.

Standing in the crowd and watching Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er's figures slowly recede, Xiao Fan could only envy Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan had transmigrated into the world of Battle Through the Heavens and ultimately ended up with a girl like Xiao Xun'er. They were both transmigrators, yet Xiao Fan could only become his supporting character.

After waiting a little longer, he finally heard his own name. After all, every young member of the clan had to undergo this test, and he was no exception.

"Next, Xiao Fan."

Xiao Fan walked up to the Testing Magic Stone Tablet and regarded it curiously. After all, just the day before, he had still been a modern man from the twenty-first century, only to arrive in this continent of dou qi the next instant. It would have been impossible not to be curious.

Xiao Fan slowly placed his hand on the tablet. He felt a peculiar energy flow from within it, entering his body through his palm, circulating once, and then flowing back out. Just then, he heard the testing steward's voice.

"Xiao Fan, dou qi, sixth stage! Rank: intermediate."

Fifth-stage dou qi didn't make him an exceptional genius in the clan, but it still placed him above average. The testing steward gave Xiao Fan an approving look and dismissed him from the platform.

After leaving the courtyard, Xiao Fan returned to his room and rested for a while, beginning to consider his future plans. Helping Xiao Yan unite the Dou Qi Continent within ten years would be very difficult, after all, especially when Xiao Yan was currently only at the third stage of dou qi.

Only when the sky began to darken did he head toward the mountain behind the clan grounds. After that afternoon's test, Xiao Yan was probably sitting there alone, wallowing in self-pity. Xiao Fan had to go give him some proper comfort and grind through his system quest.