Mission complete

Xiao Fan heard the system announce that his mission was complete and excitedly opened his panel.

[Strongest Supporting Character System]

Host: Xiao Fan

Level: 1 (1100)

Strength: Dou Qi, sixth stage

Cultivation method: None

Dou Techniques: None

Main mission:

Xiao Yan has suffered a blow. As the strongest supporting character, seize this opportunity to encourage him and help him regain his spirit! Rewards: 100 experience points, Alchemist talent. (Completed)

Looking at his mission panel, Xiao Fan said, "System, claim the mission rewards."

"Understood. Main mission-Encourage Xiao Yan-completed. Reward claimed: Alchemist talent."

"Ding! Host detected at level 2. You have officially embarked on your journey as the strongest supporting character in Battle Through the Heavens. Event Mall unlocked. Strongest Supporting Character System Beginner's Gift Pack unlocked."

Hearing the system's voice, Xiao Fan nearly jumped with excitement. Just as I thought! There's my beginner's gift pack!

Xiao Fan saw an icon shaped like a large gift pack appear on the system panel. Apparently, this was his Beginner's Gift Pack. He wondered what he would get from it.

Xiao Fan also noticed that an Event Mall option had appeared on the system panel. Apparently, the system would unlock more modules as he leveled up. They were simply hidden now because his level was too low.

As soon as he opened the Beginner's Gift Pack, several messages appeared on Xiao Fan's panel.

"Ding! Gift pack opened. You have received ten lottery draws."

"Ding! Gift pack opened. You have received the pure yang flame body."

"Ding! Gift pack opened. You have received the Black Tier high-grade cultivation method, Radiant Sun Art."

Looking at the gift pack before him, Xiao Fan grinned. The chaos flame body sounded connected to fire just from its name. Apparently, now that he had transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent, there was no escaping flames-first the Flame Emperor, then a flame body.

As for the High Profound Tier high-grade Radiant Sun Art, even the Xiao Clan's current patriarch only practiced a high-grade Yellow Tier cultivation method. For Xiao Fan as he was now, a High Profound Tier high-grade method was a true treasure.

He checked the item descriptions.

Chaos flame body: One of the three thousand superior spirit bodies of the Three Thousand Worlds. Possesses one hundred percent affinity with fire spiritual energy and is a darling of the fire element. Practicing fire-attribute cultivation methods yields twice the results with half the effort.

Radiant Sun Art: A Black Tier high-grade fire-attribute cultivation method. Devours flames to strengthen one's own spiritual flame, transforming spirit into fire and pursuing the sun with flame.

Xiao Fan smiled at the descriptions. Pursuing the sun with flame-using fire to rival the sun? Interesting. If that's how the system describes this cultivation method, its effects must be beyond my expectations.

"Would you like to accept the rewards?" the system's voice suddenly asked.

"Accept."

As soon as Xiao Fan spoke, he felt a wave of heat sweep through his body, followed by excruciating pain. Caught completely off guard, he collapsed onto his bed, clutching the quilt tightly to keep himself from crying out.

If anyone finds out, I'll have a hard time explaining this.

Xiao Fan felt as though his body was being torn apart and reassembled. Now, even if he wanted to scream, he could not, because he felt he had completely lost control of his body. At last, unable to bear the agonizing pain, he passed out.

An unknown amount of time passed before Xiao Fan regained consciousness. The pain in his body had vanished, replaced by a pleasurable tingling sensation.

It took a while longer for Xiao Fan to return completely to normal. "System, why does changing my physique hurt so much?"

"To explain it in terms you understand, changing your physique involves first breaking down your original physique at the molecular level, then reassembling your body. That is why you experience pain as though your body is being torn apart."

Xiao Fan gave a bitter smile. "I really don't want to experience that again." The thought alone sent a shiver of lingering fear through him. Anyone who had not experienced that pain personally could never understand it.

"By the way, System, don't you have a name? I can't keep calling you System forever!"

The system fell silent briefly before replying, "The host may assign the system a nickname."

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, then said, "Then I'll call you Pidàn from now on. Hahaha." Now that he had arrived in another world, returning home was easier said than done. But thinking of the system gave him renewed motivation. He would take the system back to Blue Star, back to see his hometown again.

Remembering that he still had ten lottery draws, Xiao Fan entered the Event Mall under Pidàn's guidance, found the lottery section, and looked at its various rewards.

Heaven Tier cultivation methods, Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, purifying lotus demon flame, nihility devouring flame...

Don't ask why Xiao Fan recognized these as treasures at a glance. It was not just their names-the items had gold backgrounds!

Who didn't love a golden legendary?

However, most of the items in the Shop had gray or green backgrounds. Apparently, just like in online games, item quality was ranked by gray, green, blue, purple, and gold.

With no other choice, Xiao Fan gritted his teeth and selected the lottery option. Closing his eyes, he prayed for something good. But after seeing that An Unremarkable Weed was also among the options, he knew better than to dream of those golden legendaries.

As the lottery selection box slowed, Xiao Fan received the items he had drawn.

"Experience +10"

"Roadside Wild Stone"

"An Unremarkable Weed"

"Experience +10"

"Experience +10"

"Yellow Tier Low Grade Dou Technique: Fire Cloud Palm"

"Storage Ring"

Once the results were out, Xiao Fan felt he could accept them. A Yellow Tier Low Grade Dou Technique was just right for him now. As for the weed and wild stone, he pretended he had never seen them. No one else knew, anyway. And a Storage Ring was like charcoal delivered in the snow to him right now; otherwise, he would have nowhere to hide anything he drew.

"The system comes with its own storage space, so the host need not worry about exposing any items drawn." Perhaps sensing Xiao Fan's thoughts, the system responded.

Xiao Fan froze briefly at the system's words before realizing. Right, I have a system now, so a Storage Ring is much less useful. Still, selling it or keeping it to throw people off later would both be good options.

After receiving everything, Xiao Fan checked his panel again.

[Strongest Supporting Character System] (Pidàn)

Host: Xiao Fan

Level: 2 (1200)

Strength: Dou Qi, seventh stage

Cultivation method: Radiant Sun Art

Dou Techniques: Yellow Tier Low Grade Fire Cloud Palm (Not yet initiated)

Items: Low-Grade Storage Ring

Main mission: None

Looking at his panel, Xiao Fan discovered that his Dou Qi had also advanced by one stage. Apparently, the elevation of his physique had caused his Dou Qi to break through as well.

Setting aside what he had received from the system, simply talking to Xiao Yan had brought them closer. Moreover, Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Zhan must have been hiding nearby at the time; he simply could not detect them.

That meant he had entered Xiao Zhan's and Xiao Xun'er's sights. As long as he continued following Xiao Yan from now on, he would not arouse their suspicions at all. He effectively had powerful backing now, too.

As for himself, his physique had undergone a qualitative leap, and he now had a cultivation method. Next, he only needed to practice his Dou Technique. For everything else, he could follow the plot he remembered and make preparations in advance.

But helping Xiao Yan unify the Dou Qi Continent in just ten years seemed difficult. If things followed the original plot, he did not know whether even his ashes would be left by then. Apparently, he would have to take the initiative and make changes wherever there was room to do so. Otherwise, the longer things dragged on, the more variables there would be.

As a transmigrator with a system, he could not disgrace the vast ranks of his fellow transmigrators. Besides, tomorrow seemed to be the first climactic moment of Battle Through the Heavens!

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river-do not scorn a young man for being poor.