YOU ARE WEAK!
YOU DON'T DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE!
Hengsheng sat on a cultivation mat in the cultivation chamber, his eyes closed. The atmosphere around him was dark and shrouded in dark clouds.
He was now undergoing a minor mind tribulation. The dark clouds manifested themselves upon him to inject all of the negative thoughts through his mind.
Hengsheng's Spiritual Symbol was eroded by the negative Qi of the dark clouds constantly. The moment his mind was weak, the erosion would become stronger.
Hengsheng put his guard on his mind to maximum focus and kept his state of mind stable, not allowing it to drown in negative thoughts.
Unfortunately for him, his Dao Heart had no effect on these dark clouds at all, as Heavenly Dao itself protected it, preventing him from cheating.
He had to tolerate the erosion of the negative Qi for who knows how long. He had to continue guarding his mind until the tribulation was over.
The mind tribulation continued, and another wave of negative thoughts arrived.
DO YOU THINK ALL OF THIS IS REAL?
YOUR REAL BODY IS ON THE BED IN THE HOSPITAL!
YOU ARE DREAMING…
Hengsheng almost laughed that these dark clouds made a dark joke and tried to make him doubt reality. How could something like that be true, right…?
The moment doubt appeared in his thoughts, the negative Qi's power became more intense, further eroding his Spiritual Symbol, covering it with the dark spectrum all over half of its surface.
Hengsheng steeled his mind up once more, chasing away the negative thoughts from his mind.
Time went on. Wave after wave of negative thoughts arrived and tested his mind and his Spiritual Symbol.
The mind tribulation continued until the ninth wave of negative thoughts arrived. Hengsheng could sense by instinct that this was the last wave!
WHO ARE YOU?
The world inside Hengsheng's mind became dark. The question sent ripples through his body and soul.
It was a simple question, but the impact was larger than all the waves of negative thoughts combined.
He was Lan Hengsheng, the only son of Lan Fuyu and Wang Lianxue, the heir of the Lan Clan of the southern Metal Flow Plains.
Before that, before he was reborn into this world, he was a highly successful businessman, and a multi-business owner. He is…..?
Why can't I recall my previous name?
Why can't I recall my previous family and friends?
Why have I never doubted this abnormality before?
With an immense amount of doubt clouding his mind and thoughts, at this moment, the erosion power of the negative Qi was reaching its peak instantly.
Hengsheng's Spiritual Symbol was covered entirely by the dark spectrum. Once the blue-colored System World Orb—his Spiritual Symbol—now became a dark orb that emitted a negative aura as it was about to dissolve into nothingness soon.
At that moment, His primal survival instincts kicked in once again. Hengsheng opened his eyes, His eyes looked calm as if he was no longer attached to anything.
He gazed at the dark clouds directly, as if he was no longer afraid of direct contact with negative thoughts.
Lan Hengsheng murmured, "Fuck it."
Hengsheng immediately threw away the negative thoughts through the window of his mind once he sensed these thoughts only caused him harm.
"I am now Lan Hengsheng. The past could define me today, However, I am today—my present—Will define my own future, my own path. Whatever or whoever plays with my memory, my rebirth, I really don't care anymore." Hengsheng muttered as he had enough of the bullshit mind trial.
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"What important thing is that I just need to survive today and be stronger hereafter!” He shouts his voice full of determination.
His shout sent a ripple through the dark clouds and shook it.
Hengsheng's state of mind had stirred up and reached a stable point, then went beyond it.
The mind tribulation—the dark clouds—was instantly pushed away from his surroundings by Hengsheng's mind power.
The dark clouds disintegrated into a golden cloud—The Heavenly Dao Qi—and flowed into Hengsheng's body, strengthening all aspects of his being, especially his Spiritual Symbol, which was once covered by the dark spectrum but now returned to the blue orb, refined to be shinier than before!
The dark cloud continued to disintegrate until Hengsheng's surroundings were visible once again in the cultivation chamber. Finally, the dark cloud that filled almost the entire chamber was completely gone, leaving only Hengsheng sitting in the center and Yunsu in the corner of the chamber.
The minor mind tribulation was over.
Hengsheng still sat there on the cultivation mat his eyes wide open but there was no light there as his consciousness still had not returned to his body yet.
Inside Hengsheng's sea of thought, his ideas, beliefs, and commitment harmonized to form the crystallization of his Heart essence.
Soon, the light in his eyes slowly returns and finally, he becomes conscious.
Hengsheng takes a deep breath, in his mind there are still remembers the things that dark clouds use against his mind but he does not care.
He observed the change that happened to him.
First, he found that his Divine sense strength was at least two-fold more powerful, and His other aspect strength also surged by half.
Hengsheng opened his main system panel to see if there were any more changes that he may not have noticed.
Ding!
[The Strongest Cultivator System Panel]
Name: Lan Hengsheng.
Race: Metahuman.
Spirit Core: System Neutral Spirit Core [Heaven]
Cultivation Realms: The Spiritual Foundation [30.01%] / Middle Stage.
Cultivation Techniques: The System World Creation Manual.
Attainments: Dao Heart, Law of Fire, Title: The System Maker, Fruit of the Heart [1 / 3].
[Status Attributes]:
Overall Battle Power: Tier 4 - C
Physical [Physique, Bloodline, Race]: Tier 3 - B
Energy [Qi, Divine Sense, Spiritual Power]: Tier 3 - B
Unity [Mind, Heart, Soul]: Tier 3 - S
Abilities & Skills [Control, Proficiency, Knowledge]: Tier 3 - A
Traits [Innate, Special, Transcendent]: The System World [Tier ???], The Sun Gaze Genetic [Tier 2 - A], Timbergrasp Genetic [Tier 2 - A].
[Cultivated Abilities]: Super Divine Sense, Vast Meridian.
[Skills]: Thousand Motion Art, Endless Step Technique, Horizon Shift Technique, World Shatter Palm Art, Qi Surge Cannon Technique, Heaven’s Pulse Fist Technique, Pure Qi Rebound Technique, Hidden Mind Sutra, Basic Formation Mastery, Basic Artifact Crafting, Basic Rune Engraving.
[Auxiliary Systems] [4 / 4]: Life Simulator System [Tier 2 - S], The Supreme Administrator System [Tier 3 - B], The Solar Eyes System [Tier 3 - B], The Ultimate Leveling System [Tier 3 - A].
[Available Functions]: Absorption, Upgrade, Inspection, Concealment.
System Points: 3,750 SP.
"Fruit of the Heart…" he murmured.
Fruit of the Heart was an essential element for a breakthrough into the True Body realm. the next cultivation realm of his.
Hengsheng used his divine sense to search for it within his body, and soon he found it inside his sea of thought alongside Dao Heart.
It was not completely formed, and it was of no use at all, it only waited to be swallowed.
He also observed his status attributes—almost all of the status attribute volumes had changed.
The genetic trait level had also increased slightly. Even though his race had not upgraded, due to the side effect of his body becoming stronger still affected the genetic trait level, even if it was not a large improvement.
Hengsheng used his time to stabilize his new strength for a while.
"Meow…" Yunsu appeared in front of him. She was asking what the heck those dark clouds were.
"Sorry, I should have alerted you…" While he stabilized his cultivation realm and talked with the cat, he also gazed at his system to check the time.
He found that almost a week had passed, and then he became confused. Why had the Heavenless Dao Cult not attacked yet?
They were so close that they could have reached each other in one day, but they had not come to attack yet. If they had already arrived, Cao Feng should have notified him about it.
What are they waiting for?
There was no answer. He would find one if they still did not come when he was out of his cultivation session.
Then Hengsheng shifted his attention to another matter.
"Blue, how are those guys doing?" Hengsheng asked Blue, as he had given her a task while he was busy.
"Four have made good progress, Master. They have all become Tier 2 system users already in just a few days, thanks to the Golden Sword sect resource…" Blue reported on the mission he had assigned to her.
The mission was for her to distribute the system node of Hunter's Ultimate Leveling System to his clanmates who happened to be in the Golden Sword Sect area.
On the first day he came here, he saw a few of his clanmates sparring with the Golden Sword Sect disciples in the training ground.
Of course, they were being beaten up badly because of the differences in cultivation foundation.
His plan was to let them suffer and see how cruel and unfair the world was, and then he would give them hope.
At first, he asked Hunter to distribute the system node, but he discovered a critical problem that he had never considered—Hunter's system did not have a means to distribute the system node from a distance.
Hunter could only move the system node within 100 meters of Hengsheng's surroundings using his System's Origin Energy.
Luckily, Blue stepped in and used the connection between him and his clanmates from her System—the Supreme Administrator System to distribute the system node directly through it.