Great Yan Dynasty.
Hundred Sword Mountain.
Inside a Cultivation room.
“Sigh~”
“Failed again!”
The handsome young man, who had been sitting cross-legged Cultivating, opened his eyes and sighed helplessly.
Li Xuanfeng no longer remembered how many times he had failed to Break through to the Spirit Aperture Realm.
It was clearly just a membrane of a Spirit Aperture; as long as he broke through it, he could enter a brand new Realm.
But no matter what, he couldn't break through that barrier.
“Talent truly is a despair-inducing thing~”
Li Xuanfeng was filled with melancholy.
He had Transmigrated to this Xuanhuan world five years ago.
And it was a body Transmigration.
On a stormy night when he was eighteen, he swore to make a name for himself, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reach the Peak of his life.
Then he was struck by an astonishingly thick bolt of lightning and sent to this world.
Upon first arriving, Li Xuanfeng was cautious and struggled every step of the way.
This world was similar to ancient times.
But it was not any Dynasty in Li Xuanfeng's memory.
Instead, it was a Xuanhuan world where martial arts were revered, and the power of heaven and earth could be incorporated into one's own body!
The language people spoke was not much different from the language he knew.
Without a background, he blended in with the refugees and began a wandering life, which didn't attract anyone's attention.
Perhaps because he had some Luck, although he had witnessed terrifying battles where powerful Cultivators destroyed cities and split mountains.
But he managed to escape danger without suffering any harm.
Two years after his Transmigration, Li Xuanfeng was twenty years old.
It just so happened that Hundred Sword Mountain's triennial Disciple recruitment ceremony was opening.
So he followed people from all over the world to try his Luck.
As a result, he actually managed to pass the entrance examination and became an Outer Sect Disciple of Hundred Sword Mountain with the lowest score!
However, three years had passed, and he was still stuck in the Body Tempering Realm!
The Body Tempering Realm is the first major Realm of Cultivation, divided into nine stages.
Most of the Disciples who entered the Sect at the same time as Li Xuanfeng had already Broken through to the Spirit Aperture Realm.
Some had even Broken through to the Qi Circulation Realm and become Inner Sect Disciples.
Those still in the Body Tempering Realm were few and far between.
Li Xuanfeng was one of them.
“Three years have passed, and a new Disciple recruitment ceremony has begun today.”
“If I can't Break through to the Spirit Aperture Realm within a month, I will be sent down the mountain!”
Li Xuanfeng frowned slightly, pondering to himself.
Successfully joining Hundred Sword Mountain did not mean everything would be smooth sailing.
If he hadn't been able to Break through to the Spirit Aperture Realm within three years, it meant his talent was truly ordinary, and he would be sent down the mountain by the Sect.
He could choose to stay, but only as a Utility Disciple, which was a step down.
However, Utility Disciples had an extremely low status, with endless dirty and tiring work every day, leaving no time for Cultivation.
“I've tried to Break through to the Spirit Aperture Realm so many times and failed; even if I'm given another month, I probably won't succeed.”
“If I'm sent down the mountain, where can I go?”
Li Xuanfeng fell into deep thought.
The taste of being a refugee was not good; he often didn't know where his next meal would come from.
He constantly faced various dangers.
Li Xuanfeng's ability to wander for two years without incident was entirely due to good Luck.
Otherwise, he would have long ago turned into a pile of bones.
With his current Cultivation of Body Tempering Realm Ninth Stage, it wouldn't be difficult to make a living.
But he was ultimately just a low-level Cultivator.
Insufficient strength meant he couldn't control his own destiny.
Who knew when bad Luck might strike, and he'd be caught in the aftermath of a powerful Cultivator's battle, leading to his demise.
So if he left Hundred Sword Mountain, he would fall into a terrible predicament.
Being a Loose Cultivator was very difficult.
Doing business was not that simple.
Becoming a bandit would eventually lead to being eliminated by a Genius Disciple as a training mission.
Joining the army basically meant serving as cannon fodder.
Any path was inferior to being an Outer Sect Disciple at Hundred Sword Mountain!
“Ultimately, it's still because of insufficient talent and insufficient background!”
Li Xuanfeng clenched his fist.
As someone who had Transmigrated into this world, his background was out of the question, because he simply had none!
As for talent, he could only say that ordinary people remained ordinary people after Transmigration!
No matter how hard he Cultivated, he just couldn't compare to those Geniuses!
It was almost impossible for an ordinary person, who had achieved nothing, to fantasize about soaring to the heavens after Transmigration.
Unless they gained a Golden Finger after Transmigration!
Li Xuanfeng had also fantasized countless times about the so-called Golden Finger.
But he had waited for five years, and there was still no news.
He had completely given up hope on it.
“Forget it, I'll struggle for another month. What if I get lucky and Break through?”
Li Xuanfeng sighed deeply in his heart.
【Ding!】
【System charging complete, binding in progress...】
A sudden voice echoed in his mind.
Leaving Li Xuanfeng stunned in place.
“System?”
Li Xuanfeng suspected he was hallucinating.
Five years!
He had waited for this thing for a full five years!
【System binding complete!】
【Calm your mind to learn more!】
The System's mechanical and ethereal voice echoed in his mind once again.
Li Xuanfeng took a deep breath, rubbed his face, and confirmed that this was not a hallucination.
Only then did he close his eyes and calm his mind, beginning to communicate with and understand the System.
A moment later, Li Xuanfeng opened his eyes.
He had understood what kind of System he had bound.
This System was called the Destiny Return System.
He could use this System to view people of destiny.
A person of destiny was someone ordained by heaven, possessing great Luck, and destined to achieve great things—an astonishing Genius!
They were the most dazzling group of people in the world during a certain era!
Destiny holders were destined for extraordinary achievements!
The System's function was to discover people of destiny and bind them.
For those bound, any improvements and gains related to Cultivation would be returned to Li Xuanfeng at a multiple ranging from ten to one hundred times!
This included but was not limited to Cultivation, insights, experience, Spiritual Artifacts, Medicinal Pills...
“This System, how does it feel like it's binding the most outstanding people in the world to me, and then having them work for me?”
Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.
The most outstanding group of people in the world working for him, and all their gains related to Cultivation would be returned to him at a minimum of ten times, and a maximum of one hundred times!
This was destined to make Li Xuanfeng's achievements surpass everyone else's!
Moreover, the more people of destiny he bound, the higher his achievements would be!
But there was a crucial question: where to find people of destiny?
If he couldn't find any in a short time, he would inevitably be sent down the mountain after a month!
“I can only start by looking among the Outer Sect Disciples!”
Li Xuanfeng thought.
Hundred Sword Mountain's triennial Disciple recruitment ceremony was coincidentally being held today, and Li Xuanfeng decided to go and see it in person.