Starting with a Fallen Lineage, Signing In for Great Emperor Cultivation, Then Taking On Three Missions

Chen Fan's name was Chen Fan.

At that moment.

He stood before the gates of the Chen Lineage estate, incomparably handsome, like a banished immortal descended to the mortal world.

Without a word, he watched the passersby come and go.

"Daddy, his house is so big!"

"Goudan, there's no need to pity him. Come on." The young father passing by picked up his child and gradually walked away.

Another little girl tilted her head and looked at Chen Fan. "Mommy, never mind how big his house is-even the guard at the gate is so handsome. Why don't you marry into his family? I'll come live here too..."

"You little brat, stop talking nonsense!" The beautiful woman scolded her daughter and hurried away, tugging her along.

She even turned back to look Chen Fan up and down.

Everyone knew that the Chen Lineage was no longer what it once had been.

Still, a starved camel was bigger than a horse. There really was no need to pity him for guarding a huge estate without even a wife.

Chen Fan stood with his hands behind his back, and suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled upward.

"System, stop hiding. Come out!"

The cards were on the table. He was a transmigrator!

"..."

A long while passed without a response.

This was a fantasy world called the Desolate Ancient Continent.

This place was Langya City, Heavenly Abyss Domain, White Emperor Province-one of the eighteen provinces.

And the Chen Lineage was a fallen lineage.

Back in its day, the Chen Lineage had possessed deep foundations, countless resources, riches, and experts. Occupying cities and territory in its own region, it had been a great lineage second only to the Desolate Ancient Domain aristocratic families.

Unfortunately, in ten thousand years, it had never produced a descendant with heaven-defying talent and fortune to sustain its prosperity.

It had gradually declined.

As a result, the various territories and resources belonging to the Chen Lineage had been stripped away and devoured piecemeal by other lineages, factions, and aristocratic families.

When a wall fell, everyone gave it a shove, carving up the spoils.

Its prestige had plummeted a thousand fathoms.

A few decades ago, the Chen Lineage had still felt it could be saved.

To defy heaven, change its fate, and alter its circumstances, the entire Chen Lineage had decided to spare no expense in sending the newborn Chen Fan to Empress Cliff to take a master and learn.

Once he grew powerful, he would return to the lineage and take over.

Chen Fan, an infant and the lineage head's son, had indeed taken a master.

The Chen Lineage had nearly emptied its coffers for this, staking everything on one throw and treating Chen Fan as the hope of its resurgence, a tiny spark...

Yet when Chen Fan was three, his empress master had suddenly gone off to reincarnate, saying she needed to break through the shackles of her cultivation.

It was all over. Frost on top of snow.

The Chen Lineage had ended up in its current sorry-ass state.

It was during these very years...

"Father went out searching for a way to revive the lineage, and there's been no word from him. I've spent years agonizing over whether it's time for a funeral feast!"

"Mother went back to her birth lineage to seek help and hasn't returned in over a decade. Her family probably doesn't want another burden."

"The lineage's ancestors and elders all went out to temper themselves, even braving danger to infiltrate other lineages, so they could return with new skills and strengthen our Chen Lineage!"

"Our disciples have infiltrated factions across the entire continent, sacrificing themselves to secretly learn their skills. Not a single one has returned!"

"...My empress master might even be three years younger than me now!"

At this thought, Chen Fan nearly had tears streaming down his face. Everything had fallen apart.

"Our resources and territories have been seized, even the spirit veins forming our foundations have been secretly dug out, and now passing children are eyeing the Chen Lineage estate!"

"In my previous life, I was a hot-blooded young man defending the crystal, running until my legs smoked, but I kept getting matched with dumbasses. The crystal fell, and I transmigrated!"

"Now, I thought I'd have my lineage backing me up and reach life's pinnacle. Instead, I'm the one backing up the lineage, and they've even left me to guard the base alone..."

"System! I've run my mouth this much already. Don't fucking throw my goodwill back in my face!" As he spoke, Chen Fan returned inside to keep watch over the empty house alone.

[Ding! Invincible Desolate Ancient Aristocratic Family System successfully activated.]

[Binding in progress...]

Chen Fan exhaled in relief. This proved that running his mouth was never in vain.

Taking off on the spot!

[Ding! Binding successful. This system aims to help the host build an invincible Desolate Ancient Domain aristocratic family, rise to glory, and expand its territory...]

"System, cut the crap."

[Ding! The host can earn rewards by nurturing lineage experts and disciples, recruiting disciples, marrying and having children, competing for territory, cities, and resources, expanding the lineage's influence, raising its prestige, completing missions, and more.]

[Ding! The host may perform the basic action of signing in once daily to receive guaranteed reward support.]

Chen Fan fell briefly silent. He was the only one guarding the house. Nurture disciples, his ass.

It seemed he would have to summon back the experts and disciples who were away.

His old man needn't return. He would fill in as lineage head for him for now.

[Ding! Beginner gift package issued. Congratulations to the host on obtaining the Supreme Bone, Ancient Double Pupils, and Chaos Dao Body.]

Holy shit! The full loadout!

At once, Chen Fan felt himself change. His bones grew harder, his eyes brighter, and the blood throughout his body boiled, like ethereal, formless chaos.

"This system's pretty damn accommodating."

Chen Fan smiled and said casually, "Sign in!"

[Ding! Sign-in successful. Congratulations to the host on obtaining Great Emperor cultivation.]

Great Emperor cultivation? Chen Fan's smile gradually took on the weight of ages, becoming majestic, unfathomably profound, and still as an ancient pool.

He had the bearing down pat.

Rumble.

A tremendous boom rang through the sky. In an instant, tribulation clouds gathered thickly, their blackness blotting out the light. All of Langya City-no, all of White Emperor Province-was enveloped in an oppressive presence.

Crackle.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared. Countless beams of golden light as thick as buckets traced angular lines, piercing the void.

They illuminated the boundless earth.

Chen Fan stood with his hands behind his back and looked up.

He let the power of the Heavenly Dao, as vast as an ocean, converge into his body from every direction.

On the Desolate Ancient Continent, cultivation was divided into Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Wheel Sea, Golden Core, Divine Court, Transcendent, Heavenly Origin, Spirit Transformation, Void Return, Body Integration, Dao Palace, Tribulation Transcendence, Saint Realm, and Emperor Realm.

Each was further divided into ten minor stages: the first through ninth layers and the peak.

Great Emperors were the strongest beings at the pinnacle of this world, possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth!

And Chen Fan was currently twenty-three, in the Wheel Sea realm... That settled it. A fallen lineage, a master who'd run off-they really had declined until the chill pierced the heart.

He fell far short of the favored sons of heaven from ancient aristocratic families.

But cheats really were sweet.

At that moment, Chen Fan's presence climbed steadily.

He soon broke through Golden Core, Divine Court... Spirit Transformation, Void Return... Tribulation Transcendence, the Saint Realm, and finally broke through in a single stroke to become a Great Emperor!

An Emperor Realm expert!

Chen Fan's expression burned with fervor.

Powerful. Incomparably powerful!

"So this is the power of a Great Emperor..."

Fast. Far too fast.

An emperor in an instant!

"With strength like this, why worry that the lineage won't prosper!"

Chen Fan thought it over. His old man's position as lineage head no longer seemed so appealing. Becoming an ancestor outright seemed more reasonable...

With a gesture, Chen Fan dispersed the extraordinary phenomena. Everything came at a wave and departed at a wave.

The thunderous tribulation clouds spanning hundreds of millions of miles ceased to exist.

At that very moment, he wanted to proclaim it to his heart's content: whoever offended the Chen Lineage would be slain, however far away!

At once, the entire Desolate Ancient Continent fell into unrest.

A Great Emperor had been born!

Meanwhile, thoroughly satisfied, Chen Fan considered what to do next.

It was then that the system issued missions.

[Ding! Main mission one: harmony within the lineage is the foundation of its prosperity. Host, please gather the lineage's basic forces and purge its ranks. Completion reward: seven Saint Realm puppets.]

[Main mission two: marrying, having children, and carrying on the ancestral line are the source of a lineage's continued legacy. Host, please father a descendant with the potential of a Great Emperor. Completion reward: one Extreme Dao Divine Weapon.]

[Main mission three: recruit disciples, gather fortune, and diversify the lineage's development. Host, please recruit a direct disciple possessing top-tier power of fortune. Completion reward: summon an army of ten thousand puppets.]

[Note: the time limit for the above three missions is one year.]

Pfft.

Chen Fan laughed.

"System, never mind the rest. You think I can just pop out a descendant with Great Emperor potential whenever you want?"

"What am I supposed to give birth with, my head?"

[Ding! Friendly reminder: correct answer...]