Chapter 1: Five Hundred Years Late
Jiuzhou Continent, the top of Jilei Mountain.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and bronze thunder flashed in the clouds, just like dragons and snakes crawling behind the dark clouds, like gods and ghosts. The might of heaven was as heavy as a mountain, which made people terrified.
The rumbling thunder was like drums beating in my ears, deafening.
The mighty thunder poured down, turning into plasma and rushing to the figure standing with his hands behind his back on the top of Jilei Mountain. The figure let the thunder fall, standing still.
After the thunder tribulation, Jiang Li looked at the sky with anticipation.
However, the sky was only clear after the dark clouds dispersed, and there was no golden ladder to heaven as he expected.
"It turns out that I can't ascend."
Jiang Li muttered to himself in loss, full of melancholy. This was his fifteenth time to overcome the tribulation of becoming an immortal.
Overcoming tribulations and ascending to heaven is not an illusory legend, but there is clear evidence. There are still immortal traditions, immortal weapons and magic, as well as old antiques who have seen the ladder to immortality in the Jiuzhou continent.
According to those old antiques, thousands of years ago, there were often great monks who became immortals in the Kyushu continent. As long as they survived the heavenly tribulation, the fairyland would lower the ladder to immortality to welcome the monks.
But for some unknown reason, the fairy world no longer lowered the ladder to immortality, cutting off the path to ascension, causing countless great monks to sigh in regret and die in depression.
Jiang Li traveled to the Jiuzhou Continent five hundred years ago. Without any golden fingers, he rose from obscurity through hard work, wisdom and luck, overcame all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, and finally cultivated to the highest realm of the Jiuzhou Continent, the Mahayana Stage, becoming the contemporary Human Emperor and the well-deserved number one person in the Jiuzhou Continent.
It is a pity that you cannot ascend to the immortal world after traveling to it.
Jiang Li also once thought that if he had a golden finger, such as a system or a portable grandfather, he could avoid taking detours.
Then he felt relieved. Why think about these things now? With or without the golden finger, he has reached his current position. And looking back now, aren't those extra detours a kind of fun? [Host information detected, counterattack system activated.]
[Name: Jiang Li]
Age: 518
[Identity: Contemporary Human Emperor]
【Cultivation: Mahayana Stage】
A mechanical voice sounded beside Jiang Li's ears.
Jiang Li subconsciously opened his spiritual sense and acted alert, but when he heard the voice clearly, he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know whether he was excited or helpless. He laughed and scolded: "Isn't your system too late!"
No matter how much you laugh or scold, the system still has to be turned on.
[This system is a counterattack system, helping the host to defeat all those who look down on the host. 】
[Host, please accept the novice gift package. 】
Hearing the word "counterattack", Jiang Li felt a deep sense of uneasiness in his heart, but he suppressed his uneasiness and said, "Accept it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of things appeared out of thin air in front of Jiang Li.
He sat cross-legged and counted these things.
As soon as you open the small medicine bottle, you can smell a refreshing fragrance that uplifts your mood. This is the fragrance that only the best elixir can have.
Twenty top-grade Qi Gathering Pills, which have miraculous effects on those in the Qi training stage.
A top-grade foundation-building pill can help those in the Qi training period achieve a perfect foundation.
Ten low-level talismans, including two strength talismans, two speed talismans, two concealment talismans, and four meditation talismans.
One hundred and fifty low-level spirit stones.
A broken book of Taoist magic titled "A Little Force to Move a Great Weight", with the system thoughtfully marking it on the side.
["Four ounces to move a thousand pounds" is a secret of the Dao Sect that is not passed down. If you learn a fragment, you will be invincible during the Qi training period. You can spend 100,000 source points to complete it.]
[Current source point: 0]
Jiang Li looked at the pile of things in silence.
Is this beginner gift pack a bit too beginner-friendly?
Jiang Li carefully examined these things, and probably the most valuable one was this tattered-looking Taoist book. Not only was it tattered, it was also incomplete.
"And 'A Little Effort to Deliver a Great Amount'..."
Jiang Li pondered for a moment and took out a brand new book from his storage ring. The book was also called "A Little Effort to Achieve a Great Amount".
This was copied by the Dao Sect leader himself and given to Jiang Li. It also contains the insights and comments of the Dao Sect’s predecessors.
Generally, extremely powerful Taoist magic has a realm threshold. For example, Houtu Sect's "Ding Zhen Zhongyuan" can only be activated with the magic power of Jindan Stage. Another example is Xinmo Sect's "Butterfly Transformed into Yin and Yang", which also requires the magic power of Jindan Stage.
The biggest advantage of "A Little Force to Move a Great Weight" is that it has no restrictions on spiritual energy. It emphasizes that force follows the heart and the weak defeats the strong. It is very suitable for reverse-level battles and is a rare Taoist technique with no threshold.
After Jiang Li carefully compared the two books and confirmed that the contents were the same, he couldn't help wondering: "They are indeed good things, but why are these things only for the Qi training stage?"
"System, what is my cultivation?"
A mechanical voice sounded.
【Mahayana period.】
"Did you give the wrong gift pack to the beginner? It's not the gift pack for the Qi training stage, but the gift pack for the Mahayana stage?"
【After inspection, no mistakes. 】
"What is my cultivation?"
【Mahayana period.】
"What level of people are suitable for the beginner gift pack you gave me?"
【Qi training period.】
"Did you give it to the wrong person?"
【After inspection, no mistakes. 】
"My level..."
【Mahayana, no mistake.】
"Alright." Jiang Li was speechless, "You all know how to answer quickly."
Jiang Li didn't know whether to say this system was rigid or intelligent.
[A newbie mission is being issued. This mission cannot be rejected or avoided. ]
[Failure penalty: Cannot activate the remaining functions of the system. ]
[The system's functions include: shop, spiritual energy infusion, avoiding inner demons, space movement...]
[Novice Mission: Jiang Yixing, relying on his status as the clan leader's son, repeatedly bullies you. Please defeat Jiang Yixing.]
Jiang Li's mind was full of question marks.
Jiang Yixing, such a familiar name, who is it?
Jiang Li turned his memory back to the beginning of the time travel and then he remembered who Jiang Yixing was.
Jiang Li's father was the clan leader of the previous generation. After his death, he left behind an orphan and a widow. His mother also died of a serious illness, so Jiang Li was left without a father or a mother.
After his parents died, Jiang Yixing relied on the fact that his father was the son of the current clan leader to bully people everywhere. The one he liked to bully the most was Jiang Li, which gave him an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. Jiang Yixing was the most talented in the entire clan, so no one could say anything. Jiang Li was also a disappointing person. After being bullied, he did nothing and complained about everything every day. In the end, he died of anger.
He traveled through time at that time.
After traveling through time, Jiang Li decided that staying in this family would do more harm than good, so he ran away from home.
This happened five hundred years ago.
Judging from today's perspective, Jiang Yixing, who is said to have the best talent in the family, can only build a foundation at most in this life, and then work hard to reach the late stage of foundation building. The probability of achieving golden elixir is very small.
The lifespan of a person in the Foundation Establishment Stage is the same as that of an ordinary person, which is 140 years. The lifespan of a person in the Golden Core Stage varies from person to person, and ranges from 200 to 300 years.
No matter whether Jiang Yixing finally reaches the foundation building stage or the golden elixir stage, he cannot die any more now! And the most important thing is that this novice mission is not meant for me to complete now! "System, what era is it now?"
【The 4300th year of the Yan calendar.】
"It is now the 4800th year of the Yan calendar!"
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Jiang Li finally understood where his uneasiness and sense of disharmony came from. This broken system was activated five hundred years late!
【Please refer to the time determined by the system. 】
Jiang Li was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"I request a change of assignment."
【The mission cannot be changed.】
"Jiang Yixing is dead!"
【Please refer to the time determined by the system. 】
"I am now in the Mahayana stage. Is it appropriate to fight Jiang Yixing, who is not sure whether he is practicing Qi or building a foundation? Is this called a counterattack?!"
【Please complete the novice task. 】
"Reboot the system."
【Please complete the novice task. 】
"Uninstall the system."
【Please complete the novice task. 】
Jiang Li almost vomited blood.
When he first saw the word "counterattack", he should have guessed it. What a damn counterattack system! As the contemporary human emperor and the strongest person in Kyushu, who is he going to counterattack?
"What a broken system! What use are you to me?"
Jiang Li made up his mind not to bother with this system anymore. It started up five hundred years late, and it still required him to defeat a dead person. How could he win? Was it a spiritual victory? !
…
At the foot of Jilei Mountain, there are countless powerful practitioners waiting for the Human Emperor to transcend the tribulation. These people may be the helmsmen of a major sect, rulers of an imperial dynasty, or old monsters who have lived for thousands of years.
The cultivation levels of these sect masters are truly astonishing. If the immortal world were not so obscure nowadays, they would have long ago gone into seclusion to meditate in order to overcome the tribulation and ascend to heaven. Some of them have even overcome the tribulation of becoming immortals, but their number of tribulations is far from comparable to that of Jiang Li.
They came here not to see whether Jiang Li could survive the tribulation, but to see if it was possible for him to ascend to heaven after surviving the tribulation.
However, this time the tribulation was destined to disappoint them, because there was no legendary ladder to immortality after the tribulation.
Becoming an immortal is out of reach, and this thought inevitably appeared in the mind of the head sect ancestor.
Although I had expected it, there was still a faint shadow in my heart.
Jiang Li flew down from the top of the mountain. Even people who were not good at observing people's expressions could see the loss in Jiang Li's heart.
If it was just a one-time tribulation and he failed to ascend, Jiang Li would not be too disappointed, but this sudden system made him think that he had a golden finger that could help him ascend, but he never expected it to be a useless finger.
The sect masters and ancestors could naturally see Jiang Li's abnormal mentality, but they still put on a happy expression and congratulated Jiang Li.
"Congratulations to Emperor Jiang Ren for surviving another heavenly tribulation."
“No, no.”
"Just watching from the sidelines is terrifying, but Emperor Jiang Ren made it through safely, so his cultivation must have improved!"
"It was just luck, just luck."
"If Emperor Jiang can ascend to heaven, he will be the overlord in the fairy world!"
"The road to ascension is long and difficult, and we still need to work together."
"Emperor Jiang Ren must come to my sect and give a lecture to the useless younger generation on cultivation experience. Emperor Jiang Ren must give me some face."
"What are you talking about, Senior Zhang? I will remember your teachings to me in my heart. After some time, I will exchange some experiences of cultivation with Senior Zhang, and I will let this junior listen in."
"It's a pity that the fairyland is too far away from us, the location is uncertain, and the boundary wall is too thick. Otherwise, with Emperor Jiang's cultivation, it might be possible to break the boundary wall with force!"
"Everyone knows that your Xumi Mountain lineage is the best at the way of space. If anyone can locate the fairyland, it must be you!"
Jiang Li was very polite to these sect leaders, thanked them one by one, and promised to go to various sects to hold forums and pass on his experience in the future, which made these sect leaders very happy.
After saying goodbye to the masters, Jiang Li called out the system again. The words of the old Buddha on Mount Xumi just now gave him inspiration.
"System, can you send me to the fairyland?"
[The system will open the space teleportation function later, which can take the host to the fairyland. ]
"Can you take me there now?" Jiang Li was overjoyed. This system was still somewhat useful. It was worthy of being called a golden finger.
[Host, please complete the novice mission first. 】
Jiang Li patiently explained to the system: "You send me to the fairyland first, and then I can go to the underworld through the fairyland. I will find Jiang Yixing in the underworld and defeat him, so that I can complete the task."
[Host, please complete the novice mission first. 】
"Can you please be flexible and buy me on credit? You can't let me beat a dead man."
[Host, please complete the novice mission first. 】
"Broken system!"
Jiang Li felt that this was not a golden finger, but a middle finger given to him by God.
While cursing the system for being useless, he was thinking about how to complete the system's tasks.
For example, find someone named Jiang Yixing and beat him up, or find someone who forces him to call himself Jiang Yixing and beat him up, or dance on Jiang Yixing's grave...
Of course, these are all alternative plans. The first option is naturally to go back to his hometown to see if Jiang Yixing is still alive. Maybe he got a longevity pill. Oh, one is not enough, he needs more than ten. Then he can barely live to this day, or get enlightenment from a master and break through to the Nascent Soul stage. With the natural lifespan of about 500 years in the Nascent Soul stage, he can just live to this day...
In short, aptitude is not the only determining factor. Jiang Li is a good example. Without his hard work and a little help from his natural spiritual roots and infinite Dao body, he would not have been able to cultivate to the Mahayana stage.
(End of this chapter)