In the apocalyptic world where no life could survive, a mortal girl was strenuously thrusting her sword. Her clothes were dirty and filled with marks and cuts, the uncovered skin was blackened by dirt, yet she continued on.
Shua, shua! The sound that the wind would make after being torn was invigorating to her, allowing her to persevere. Finally, after she completed 100 thrusts, a sweet voice resounded.
“Langyu… You have trained enough, you can rest now.” The speaker was a woman with a plum blossom robe, the one charged with teaching her for these few days, Fu Li.
“You don’t need to ask, the Sect Master is coming today. He especially created sword arts and techniques that would suit you, so be grateful when you meet him. Also…” Langyu couldn’t help but hold her breath at her pause.
“…You look unpresentable. Let me fix that.” With a flick of a finger, a fragrant wind with scent of plum covered Langyu. The next moment, her body was completely cleansed and her clothes were changed. A healing power sent Langyu’s body into a perfect state, all her energy renewed.
Langyu seemed used to this. In the time that had passed, she had been healed many times like this.
“Come with me. The current you has already experienced a year’s worth of tempering in this world where time passes faster. The mission that the Sect Master entrusted me with, to temper your body to the limit of your mortal frame has been completed.” Langyu meekly followed Fu Li, but mentally she kept herself calm, not showing that a blue screen flashed before her.
[Mission #1: Limit Training Completed]
[Gained 20 free allocation stat points]
[Gained title, ‘Limit of Mortality]
In response, she thought: ‘SYSTEM, display status’. Another blue screen flashed.
[Host name: Langyu]
[Cultivation realm: Mortal (Has not begun cultivation)]
[Title: Limit of Mortality]
[HP: 100/100, Qi: 100/100, Spiritual Force: 100/100]
(Strength: 10, Agility: 10, Vitality: 10, Intelligence: 10, Luck: 25)
[Unapplied points: 20]
A year ago, only luck was supreme at 25 points while the rest were scattered 2 and 3s. Now, the limit training had multiplied the points to 10 which seemed the temporary limit.
While the improvements were extreme and Langyu’s current body was capable of crushing the entire assassin organization of her last life, the stats were like a Lv.5 character of a MMO. She couldn’t help her disappointment.
But now, her training was over. She would meet her master Sheng Jiansui who would pass on to her the sword arts he tailor-made for her. After that, it would be time to enter the Wind Supreme World and begin with the plot in earnest!
For a moment, she focused on Fu Li as she trailed behind her. The beautiful woman was still an Immortal King, a cultivation realm that could crush her with a thought. Using the system to scan her didn’t bring any results. The energy that surrounded her made her impossible to see through.
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That said, there wasn’t any reason for her to be wary of the twin Fu Immortal Kings. After all, they were disciples of the same master now. The entire reason behind their enmity in the story of ‘Ninelight Sword Sovereign’ was their desire to obtain the ‘Clear Jade Sword Art’ that she possessed. Sheng Jiansui had already transmitted that art to them so the reason for that enmity was extinguished.
The vast apocalyptic world passed by in a blink as Langyu followed Fu Li. The world seemed to fly by as every step shrunk the distance for thousands of kilometers to a step. The gravitational restrictions and apocalyptic phenomena would have made traversing at this speed impossible for her but due to Fu Li’s influence the impossibility was bridged.
Finally, Langyu saw the figure of a girl that resembled Fu Li standing beside a youth. The youth was strong, yet seemed incomparably weak when he stood beside the Immortal King. Changing the circumstances of the story she had read, Sheng Jiansui managed to survive the world ending apocalyptic invasion of the Outsider yet he should have been incomparably weakened. He might have even regressed to a mortal!
Since she possessed the system, how could she not think about sneaking a peak at his strength?
There was no need for a command. The moment she laid her eyes on him, the intention turned into analysis, as if this was the SYSTEM’s primary function, to analyze all existence impartially.
[Target name: Qin Sheng Heifeng / JIANSUI]
[Cultivation Realm: Mortal / Chaos ]
Langyu realized that she had made a mistake when the information that she gained was an incomplete, illegible and hard to comprehend. She realized that she had screwed up when she heard him speak.
“The principle is similar to the Eight Trigrams of the Bagua that are formed by three lines of yin-yang, creating a binary system based on the foundation of 0 and 1. The infinite series of 0 and 1 can form programs that work by analysis, derive conclusions and act accordingly when preset conditions are fulfilled. This is a type of intelligence, capable of creating something similar to a ‘spiritual genie’ that is close to achieving sentience but cannot reach that level, something that can also be called a Artificial Intelligence. This… is the SYSTEM of your Transmigration System, right?” Sheng Jiansui was already deconstructing the SYSTEM after a single glance!
010001100100000101001001010011000101010101010010010001010010000001010100010011110010000001000001010011100100000101001100010110010101101001000101
[ATTEMPT TO HACK SOURCE CODE DETECTED…]
[ATTEMPT TO NEUTRALIZE ATTACK PROGRAM… UNSUCCESSFUL…]
[IN RESPONSE TO INTRUSION, IMMEDIATE SYSTEM SHUTDOWN…]
[TRANSMIGRATION SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE]
And just like that, the cheat that sent her to this mystical world bailed on her. Since the final messages of the SYSTEM clearly stated that it was being hacked, it was only natural that the person facing her had realized the truth of her existence!
“That SYSTEM… it is a legacy of an Outsider World and you received its legacy as a denizen of that world. However, you don’t seem to completely understand its power. You don’t have much knowledge of the 0 and 1 binary system and the mystical art of ‘programming’ do you?” The Sword Saint referring to programming as a mystical art nearly got Langyu to crack but she held herself as she shook her head.
“That’s pretty unfortunate, then. The SYSTEM can be said to be a heretic way of cultivation. It operates by granting you missions, having you complete them and giving you rewards in form of ‘stat points’ that you can allocate to strengthen yourself. These ‘missions’ use some sort of complex karmic thread-binding system to hide from the World Will while steadily creating a portal for more transmigrators. When a certain amount of transmigrators gather, the world’s will can be subverted. When the World Will is completely subverted by these karmic threads, the SYSTEM will then transmigrate you to a different world to continue the process.” Langyu blanched even more. ‘Fuck, this SYSTEM was plotting this shit?’
“That said, you don’t get off scot-free with all the stat points obtained by the missions. As you complete more and more of these missions and allocate more and more stat points, the karmic threads that covered the World Will will also completely cover you until you turn into a puppet. The SYSTEM is really a piece of work, right?” Sheng Jiansui smiled as he spoke this, appreciating the work of a peak level existence.
Langyu’s face was as white as mutton jade. She calmly waited for Heifeng Jiansui to conclude speaking and lay down his judgement.
“Anyway, I have temporarily shut down that SYSTEM. It will re-activate in a few years so when it does I’ll come to shut it down again. It would be best for the current you to not fuck with it. I can only breakthrough it and get some information due to my understanding of the Bagua Eight Trigrams, some understanding of the art of ‘programming’ is needed to actually use it. You talent is restricted only to swords so just leave it alone.” Sheng Jiansui’s words were calm and no punishment had been laid down.
“Also, I created a poison-based Sword Art especially for you! Since that SYSTEM of yours is gone, you’ll have to spend some time accepting it. Wait, do you still remember the two sword arts that you transmigrated with?” Hearing the voice that was filled with concern, Langyu immediately replied that she still possessed the two sword arts.
“That’s good, I’ll just pass to you this jade scroll then. It has the complete technique written down.” A scroll was tossed to her. “I wrote it after some sudden inspiration last night, so keep it close. It has poison and deals with body tempering, so while it isn’t quite capable of rivaling my masterpiece and that other sword art, it will serve you well in the beginning.”
Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui simply walked away. While he hadn’t mentioned the ‘knowledge she shouldn’t be possessing’, it was only a matter of time…