When Lin Heng figured out his current situation, he was completely dumbfounded!
He had been lucky enough to become a transmigrator, but his soul had ended up in an unborn fetus.
His mother was named Liu Ling'er, and she had originally been a palace maid.
His father was the reigning ruler of the Chishui Kingdom-Lin Changqing!
About three months ago, Lin Changqing had lost his virtue after drinking and taken Liu Ling'er's body. Unexpectedly, he had hit the mark in a single shot. That was how Liu Ling'er had gained her current status as a secondary consort, and how Lin Heng had come to be in her belly.
Lin Heng calculated the time. He still had about two hundred days to go before he was born.
It would have been one thing for an ordinary fetus, which had no awareness, but Lin Heng was different. With his soul awakened, his mind was perfectly clear!
Waiting around like this for two hundred days would be far too boring!
Fortunately-
Although everything before Lin Heng's eyes was a blur, he could hear sounds from outside and learn a little about the world ahead of time.
The world his soul had transmigrated to was called the Divine Firmament Continent, a fantasy world where demons ran rampant.
Demons were powerful and repeatedly invaded Human Race territory.
The human race was barely holding on, never knowing if it would live to see the next day!
Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er weren't in a good position in the palace either. One could even say they were surrounded by danger.
After all, Liu Ling'er was merely a lowly palace maid who had accidentally become pregnant with the ruler's child. Others were bound to envy and hate her.
The ruler's principal consort in particular had threatened to throw Liu Ling'er into the Devil-Sealing Well once she gave birth!
Another secondary consort had even ordered a palace maid serving Liu Ling'er to poison her!
Whether Lin Heng could be born safely was a question in itself. Even if he was, there was a very good chance he would die young!
His grandmother's leg!
This was a hell-difficulty start!
Lin Heng was deeply frustrated and wanted to curse up a storm.
"The system has detected a significant fluctuation in the host's emotions and has activated automatically. Welcome, host, to the Invincible Sign-In System!"
As Lin Heng pondered, a mechanical, synthesized voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
The Invincible Sign-In System?
Haha!
Sure enough, what was bound to come had finally arrived!
Other transmigrators all had cheats, so of course I couldn't be the odd one out!
"Attention, host. The system's specific functions will now be explained to you!"
Over the next short while, Lin Heng learned what made the Invincible Sign-In System so formidable.
Simply put, every time he signed in at a location, the system would grant him a reward.
The more impressive the location, the higher the grade of the reward!
He could only sign in once a day at each location. He could sign in repeatedly, but the more times he signed in at the same place, the worse the rewards would become.
There were many kinds of system rewards.
There were cultivation techniques, magical treasures and pills, heavenly materials and earthly treasures...
Just as Lin Heng grasped the specifics of the Invincible Sign-In System, his mother in this life, Liu Ling'er, entered the Ancestral God Temple deep within the palace.
There were many Ancestral God Temples in the human world of the Divine Firmament Continent. They were mainly used to pay respects to the departed sages and mighty figures who had made outstanding contributions to the human race.
Besides paying respects, people could also pray to those Human Race ancestors for protection in the Ancestral God Temples.
The Ancestral God Temple in the Chishui royal palace was reserved for the Lin royal family. If Liu Ling'er hadn't been made a secondary consort, she wouldn't have been qualified to set foot inside.
Ever since she had been made a secondary consort, she had come to pay her respects almost every day, praying that the sages would bless her with a safe delivery, preferably of a prince!
She entered the Ancestral God Temple.
Liu Ling'er saw a familiar figure-Su Ying!
Like her, Su Ying was a secondary consort.
The difference was that Su Ying came from a prominent family. Her father was the commander-in-chief of the kingdom's Demon-Subduing Army, a highly respected man of formidable strength!
If the ruler's principal consort hadn't been a princess from another kingdom, with an even nobler background, Su Ying might have taken her place.
Liu Ling'er and Su Ying had another relationship that was widely known.
Before Su Ying married into the royal family, Liu Ling'er had been her personal maid!
It was only because Su Ying married into the royal family that Liu Ling'er had been able to follow her into the palace.
Her own maid had transformed in the blink of an eye into a secondary consort of the same rank as herself, and Su Ying was furious.
What made Su Ying even more resentful was that she had slept with the ruler who knew how many times without ever becoming pregnant, yet Liu Ling'er had conceived after just one encounter!
Hearing someone enter, Su Ying slowly rose and turned around.
She seemed to have expected Liu Ling'er. There wasn't a trace of surprise on her rather delicate face, which was instead filled with undisguised annoyance.
"Greetings, Consort Su!"
Liu Ling'er dipped into a slight curtsy.
"Don't put on that act in front of me."
Su Ying didn't return the courtesy. She raised her pointed chin and said condescendingly, "Since you're carrying the ruler's child, you should stay obediently in your chambers and focus on your pregnancy. Don't go wandering around so much. If anything goes wrong, killing you a hundred times wouldn't be enough to pay for your worthless life!"
The secondary consorts might have seemed to hold the same rank, but the differences in their standing were enormous!
"Yes, yes, yes. Consort Su is right to admonish me!"
Liu Ling'er smiled calmly. "Consort Su should also take good care of herself and strive to bear the ruler a prince soon!"
What a beautiful retort!
Lin Heng praised her inwardly. His mother didn't seem to be someone to be trifled with either!
"Hmph!"
Su Ying naturally caught the implication in Liu Ling'er's words, and her already unpleasant expression grew even darker.
She gave a cold snort and swept out with a flick of her sleeve.
You escaped being poisoned once, but can you escape more attempts on your life? Sooner or later, I'll make you wish you were dead!
As she left the Ancestral God Temple, Su Ying thought furiously.
She had ordered others to make an attempt on Liu Ling'er, but as long as there was no conclusive evidence, and with her father backing her, even the ruler could do nothing to her!
Inside the Ancestral God Temple.
Liu Ling'er watched Su Ying leave, then knelt on the cushion where Su Ying had just knelt.
The Human Race of the Divine Firmament Continent paid their respects to the sages in a very simple way: they only needed to kneel, kowtow a few times, and offer a silent prayer.
The Ancestral God Temple reserved for the royal family was naturally quite large.
The entire temple had only one floor, but it was a full six zhang high and more than ten zhang in both length and width!
The wall facing the main entrance rose in tiers, with memorial tablets arranged upon them.
The higher a tablet stood, the higher the deceased person's status had been in the Human Race world.
When Liu Ling'er began to pray, Lin Heng tried signing in here.
"Congratulations, host. You have successfully signed in at the Ancestral God Temple in the Chishui royal palace. The system rewards you with the Supreme Divine Physique!"
Holy shit!
Awesome!
Lin Heng was excited.
The Supreme Divine Physique sounded extraordinary!
Haha, was I about to take off while still in the womb?
"Host, would you like to activate the Supreme Divine Physique immediately?"
Activate it!
Of course I want to activate it! What am I waiting for, the New Year?!
"The Supreme Divine Physique has been activated!"
As the system notification rang out in Lin Heng's mind, a mysterious power suddenly surged through his entire body.
However-
Before Lin Heng could take the time to experience the might of the Supreme Divine Physique, the mysterious power rapidly surged out of his body through the umbilical cord.
*???*
What the hell was going on?
Lin Heng was dumbfounded again!
"Ah!"
Liu Ling'er, who was praying silently, suddenly felt an unknown power erupt inside her body.
She was completely controlled by this unknown power and couldn't move.
She could clearly feel the unknown power rapidly invading every part of her body.
Excruciating pain swept through her entire body!
Although Liu Ling'er couldn't move, she could still cry out.
Shouting in the Ancestral God Temple was a grave show of disrespect to the Human Race sages, a punishable offense!
It hurt so much that she desperately wanted to keep from making a sound, but she couldn't help it.