On a small, barren mountain, before a dilapidated thatched hut.
A boy of only sixteen sat on a little stool, his eyes like stars and his nose straight and high, handsome and refined but dressed in rags.
"I transmigrated here years ago, and I can barely keep myself alive!"
Ye Chen hung his head, wanting to cry but finding no tears.
In this great fantasy world full of big shots, his strength at the first level of Body Refinement was worse than a noob's.
He had long since learned that this place was called the Desolate Immortal Great World, one of the three thousand great worlds, home to countless cultivators.
The Desolate Immortal Great World was divided into the Eastern Victorious Continent, Western Congratulatory Continent, Southern Bountiful Continent, Northern Kuru Continent, and Central Divine Continent!
He was in the Azure Heaven Region of the Eastern Victorious Continent!
Although it was only one region of the Eastern Victorious Continent, as far as he knew, the Azure Heaven Region was countless times larger than Blue Star in his previous life!
And the Eastern Victorious Continent had eighteen regions like the Azure Heaven Region!
So just how vast the entire Desolate Immortal Great World was could well be imagined!
"I'll take it one step at a time!"
Ye Chen was helpless too. Why couldn't he have one of those outrageously awesome physiques, the sort that let him break through like crazy as soon as he cultivated?
He really was a disgrace to transmigrators!
"I remember this place seemed to be the ruins of some sect. I wonder if I can still dig up anything good?"
He had come to this desolate place specifically to dig for treasures.
Never mind digging up Spirit Stones-even finding a powerful cultivation method could save his life!
Ye Chen had spent half a month digging here and had unearthed quite a few cultivation methods.
Unfortunately, they were all incomplete, and he dared not practice them carelessly for fear of Qi Deviation.
"Clink!"
Just then, he suddenly struck something hard.
Ye Chen was instantly delighted. Could it be something good, like a Spirit Stone? He hurriedly scraped the soil away with his hands and soon unearthed a damaged black token.
"It's not a treasure?"
Deeply disappointed, he turned the token over and over. The words "Sect Master Token" were engraved on it.
"Sect Master Token? Could this be a token that only the master of that destroyed sect was allowed to hold?"
"The material's pretty good. Unfortunately, it contains no spiritual power, so I can't use it to cultivate! Forget it. Keeping it might prove useful!"
Just as he was about to resume digging, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
[Ding! Detected that the host has inherited the title of sect master. The Number One Sect of the Heavens System has awakened and successfully bound itself to the host!]
"What? I've awakened a system?"
Holding the Sect Master Token, Ye Chen shuddered all over, every pore opening.
[Beginner gift pack: one grant of Immortal Emperor cultivation. Would the host like to claim it?]
The system's voice filled Ye Chen with astonished delight. He had known he was no disgrace to transmigrators. I'm getting cheats too!
The cultivation realms were: Body Refinement Realm, Qi Refinement Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, Spirit Transformation Realm, Void Refinement Realm, Body Integration Realm, Mahayana Realm, Tribulation Transcendence Realm, True Immortal Realm, Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, Mystic Immortal Realm, Immortal Lord, Immortal King, and Immortal Emperor!
Once he possessed Immortal Emperor cultivation, where in the entire Desolate Immortal Great World could he not go? He could even roam the void and travel through the three thousand great worlds!
Destroying a small world with a lift of his hand would be effortless, wouldn't it?
To advance directly from a noob in the Body Training Realm to a supreme Immortal Emperor-he had never even dared imagine it!
"Claim it!"
Without a second thought, he claimed the beginner gift pack.
At the same time, terrifying power poured into his body, and his cultivation actually kept rising without the slightest obstruction.
The mountain forest had originally echoed with the roars of many Demon Beasts, but now they all fell silent.
The entire process was swift, and Ye Chen completed his transformation!
Countless rays of light wreathed his body, each a manifestation of terrifying rules, while the dreadful pressure of an Immortal Emperor continuously radiated from within him!
And that was with him deliberately restraining it. Otherwise, forget the Azure Heaven Region-even the entire Eastern Victorious Continent, or indeed the Desolate Immortal Great World, would have been thrown into upheaval!
Feeling the supreme might within him, Ye Chen held his head high in triumph. "Sure enough, I haven't disgraced transmigrators!"
Terrifying power unlike anything before surged within him. He felt that he could tear the void apart with a lift of his hand and draw on the power of the stars for his own use. The imperial might flowing around him was enough to overawe the entire Azure Heaven Region!
Supreme might flowed through his hands, and his entire body seemed to contain a whole small world's Heavenly Dao principles!
"Is this what it feels like to possess supreme strength?"
Feeling the surging power within him, Ye Chen found the sensation wondrous.
"All right, explain what you do. You'd better give me something interesting!"
Ye Chen spoke to the system.
[This is the Number One Sect of the Heavens System, designed to create the number one sect!] [Dominate the heavens and myriad worlds, grow bigger and stronger, and create glory. Please take action, host!]
Listening to the system's introduction, Ye Chen was fairly satisfied. Developing a sect was all it took. For an Immortal Emperor like him, that was no difficult task.
[The higher a disciple's aptitude, the better the rewards!]
"A disciple's aptitude? How is that measured?" Ye Chen asked.
[Disciples' aptitudes are divided into several grades: mortal, spirit, profound, king, saint, immortal, and emperor!]
"A piece of cake. Right, I haven't named the sect yet. I'll think of a name first."
Ye Chen had no intention of using the name of the sect that had been destroyed.
Since he was the sect master now, of course he would be the one to name it!
"I think... I'll call it Kunlun Holy Land!"
[The host has successfully named the sect and received one sect gate!]
As soon as he gave it the name "Kunlun Holy Land," he immediately triggered a system reward, and a small gate appeared in the system space.
Inscribed upon it were the words: Kunlun Holy Land!
"If I'm establishing a sect, a barren wilderness like this definitely won't do. I need to find a blessed land, a heavenly grotto!"
Ye Chen had no intention of building up a place in ruins. Spreading his vast Divine Sense, he soon found a location: the Severed Dragon Mountain Range!
A smile lifted the corners of Ye Chen's mouth, and his figure suddenly merged into space and vanished.
When he reappeared, he had already crossed more than ten thousand li and arrived above the Severed Dragon Mountain Range!
Sensing the dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, Ye Chen was quite satisfied. Now this looked like a good place to establish a holy land.
And the most precious location in the Severed Dragon Mountain Range was Severed Dragon Mountain at its center, a place where the essence of heaven and earth converged!
However, Severed Dragon Mountain was occupied by a Demon Beast whose strength had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. Ordinary cultivators did not dare approach it at all.
In the past, never mind going to Severed Dragon Mountain-even entering the outskirts of the mountain range would have been courting death for Ye Chen.
But things were different now. Having become an Immortal Emperor, he was already invincible in this world!
What could a mere Tribulation Transcendence Realm Demon Beast do to him?
Ye Chen descended onto Severed Dragon Mountain, appearing before a Nether Bone Dragon whose body stood over a hundred zhang tall as he lay on the ground taking a nap.
The Tribulation Transcendence Realm Nether Bone Dragon did not notice Ye Chen's arrival at all.
Ye Chen did not move to kill him. Instead, he looked him over and said, "My newly established sect needs someone to open the gate. You'll barely do as a gatekeeper."
The sudden voice gave the Nether Bone Dragon a tremendous fright.
He snapped his eyes open, the nether flames in his eye sockets flaring to life, and turned over to see a human boy standing right before him.
"Huff! A human? When did you appear?" The Nether Bone Dragon was extremely wary and did not attack rashly.
For this person to have reached him without a sound meant that he was certainly no ordinary figure!
"Don't concern yourself with that. Just be my little gatekeeping beast," Ye Chen said with a smile. "Oh, right. I don't like looking up at others now. Shrink yourself down!"
At those words, the black nether flames on the Nether Ancient Dragon's body suddenly leaped higher.
This human actually wanted to make him a little gatekeeping beast, and even told him to shrink his body?
The Nether Bone Dragon flew into a rage. With the speed of thunder that left no time to cover one's ears, he opened his blood-filled maw and spewed black nether fire straight at Ye Chen!