Chapter 2: 【The Lying-Flat System】

Compared to high-end topics like systems, time and space, the universe, and those above the Sacrificial Dao.

Lin Xian has self-knowledge; he is a mortal, a mortal who will grow old and move slowly at seventy or eighty.

No need to worry about longevity and attaining the Dao, attacking the Immortal Domain—those macro, majestic topics are things only Great Emperors and Heavenly Emperors need to consider.

For Lin Xian.

Stepping into cultivation, opening the Bitter Sea, nurturing divine power, although he cannot attain longevity, he can be free from all diseases and live to be one hundred years old, jumping and bouncing, which is a small win.

Surviving until the dark turmoil, even if he cannot escape the poisonous hands of the supreme beings, living to two hundred years old, equivalent to a mortal living two lifetimes, is a medium win.

Surviving the dark turmoil, luckily not dying, and in the future achieving success in cultivation, living for thousands of years, becoming a generation of experts, is a big win.

Surviving the dark turmoil, hugging the thigh of the Heavenly Court, lying flat and entering the Immortal Domain, easily attaining immortality, is a super big win.

"Small win, medium win, big win, and super big win."

Lin Xian's mouth hooks into a brilliant smile, and he says very cheerfully: "In my life's dictionary, there is no losing!"

"As long as you slack off enough, life is full of wins everywhere!"

"Host, what do you mean?!" The system breaks down, no longer pretending to be cold, but emitting a buzzing, crackling electric sound. It has never seen such a slacking, lying-flat host!

"Anxious, anxious."

Lin Xian whistles. It seems that the system he bound to is not omnipotent.

That's right, if the system were omnipotent, why would it look for a host like him? It might as well go solo.

If the system isn't anxious, why should he be?

Only when the system is anxious does he not need to be.

"My meaning is very clear: refuse involution, starting from you and me."

Lin Xian looks up, coaxing: "We have arrived at Mount Taishan and seen the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin. System, do you think those above the Sacrificial Dao will take action against us?"

A buzzing electric sound rings out, and System 10086 says without hesitation: "High probability not."

If those above the Sacrificial Dao had hostility toward them, the system and the host would not be at Mount Taishan, but at a place outside the world, drinking tea with Heavenly Emperor Ye.

If those above the Sacrificial Dao took action against the system, they wouldn't even be able to enter the Shrouding the Heavens universe.

"The divine dragon never cares about the ants at its feet. The divine dragon's unintentional actions are a disaster for the ants."

System 10086 grinds its teeth and says: "Those above the Sacrificial Dao having no malice does not mean they have goodwill."

Thinking that it has to deal with powerhouses similar to the main system, System 10086 is a bit cowardly.

"Sometimes silence is also an attitude."

Lin Xian chuckles, changes the subject and says: "What do you think of Ye Fan?"

"Terrifying!"

The system gives a precise evaluation. Don't look at Ye Fan as a mortal now; that is the past body of a big shot.

Probing at will, who knows what kind of surprises will be produced.

Is it the supreme-level Great Completion Sacred Body taking action, or the Heavenly Emperor-level Ruthless Empress taking action from the present, or the Immortal Emperor-level Huang Tiandi taking action from the past, or the Sacrificial Dao-level Ye Heavenly Emperor taking action from the future?

From the human path to transcendence, past, future, and present, everything is available, guaranteeing your satisfaction.

The unknown is the greatest fear.

"Wrong!"

In an instant, Lin Xian's eyes become bright, as if a beggar seeing a mountain of gold, like a starving ghost seeing a full banquet, he says passionately: "This is a leg, a big thigh!"

"Thigh?"

The system is slightly stunned, seemingly enlightened.

"That's right."

Lin Xian says decisively, meaningfully: "A thigh of chivalry and righteousness!"

"Looking at the trilogy, Ye Heavenly Emperor is at least in the chaotic good camp. When things happen, he really goes up; when dark turmoil happens, he really dares to quell it; when the eerie plateau happens, he really dares to roam!"

"Compared to some Great Love Immortal Venerable, Blood-Moving God King, killing his wife to attain the Dao... I don't know how much higher he is."

"Mixing with Ye Heavenly Emperor, even a dog can attain the peak Immortal King realm."

"As a living person, if I can live to the finale, at the very least, at the very least, I'm guaranteed an Emperor-light Immortal King!"

Immortal King realm!

That is the real win!

Immortal, physical body immortal, primordial spirit undying.

If someone recites the true name of an Immortal King, they will be perceived by the Immortal King, and visions will manifest.

Able to step into the river of time, ignore the power of time, and make small-scale modifications in the river of time.

Creating and destroying the universe is just a trivial matter, opening heaven and earth is done with a wave of the hand; this is an Immortal King!

System 10086, responsible for a low-magic plane like "Under One Person", feels its mechanical heart jump, and it swallows non-existent saliva unpromisingly.

The host and the system are bound; when one attains the Dao, the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. When the host becomes strong, the system naturally rises with the tide.

"But... lying flat, slacking off, it's too inconsistent with the main theme of the system world."

System 10086 grinds its teeth, struggling immensely: "Striving hard, pretending to be cool and slapping faces, manifesting in front of people, decisive killing, iron-blooded and ruthless—these are the perfect hosts that the system clan pursues to shape!"

"I... I am a system with principles!"

"I want to report to the main system, let everything return to the correct origin, return to the Under One Person plane."

Lin Xian looks up at the firmament, saying earnestly: "The heart is higher than the sky, but the life is thinner than paper. In the Under One Person plane, slapping faces and pretending to be cool, striving hard, can you cultivate to become a True Immortal?"

"Following Ye Heavenly Emperor, lying flat and slacking off all the way, successfully clearing the finale, isn't that better than you, a small system, going through wind and rain in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds."

"Quelling darkness, fighting eerie things—that's the work of the Three Heavenly Emperors. We follow behind the Heavenly Emperor to mix days, waving flags and shouting, fishing in troubled waters, it's not asking you to rush to the plateau and destroy the ancestors."

"The Heavenly Emperor is responsible for slaughtering, we are responsible for 'gaga', together it is 'gaga' slaughtering."

"System, as little brothers, don't think about striving all day. The company isn't your family's; we are all migrant workers. We must know how to fish in troubled waters and reasonably fleece the main system."

"Ah... this." The novice small system 10086, which had not been out of the factory for long, was instantly stunned, coincidentally pushing open a brand-new door. The key is, damn it, the more it listened, the more it felt it made sense.

For a time, it could not help but fall into a painful choice: report to the main system, report its own mistake, or hide this accident, make the mistake, and take the opportunity to earn a sum.

"Rumble..."

Wind and thunder ring out, the firmament splits, nine behemoths descend from the sky, like nine black rivers falling down, pulling a bronze ancient coffin, shaking the peak of Mount Taishan.

In an instant, soil and rocks splash, dust fills the air, countless cracks appear on the ground, and the earth shakes.

"I remember Ye Fan's good friend Pang Bo, in the end, it seems he attained the Dao Ancestor."

"With Pang Bo's aptitude, Quasi-Emperor is the limit, but he mixed into a Dao Ancestor. What does this explain!"

"This explains that choice is more important than effort!"

Lin Xian seems to have just remembered this matter, whispering like a devil's temptation: "System, time is running out. If we go up now, we add a friend slot for Ye Heavenly Emperor."

"Maybe we can mix a Dao Ancestor to be in the future."

"System, what do you think?!"

Above the Immortal King, it is called Dao Ancestor.

Immortal King is a powerhouse at the great universe magnitude, while Dao Ancestor is known as Quasi-Immortal Emperor, a powerhouse at the Myriad Heavens and Worlds level.

Can destroy a realm in the flick of a finger, a single thought is the birth and death of a realm, words become laws, can evolve all things and all methods.

Can cover the heavenly secrets itself, whether in the past, present, or after falling, it carries mist, making it difficult for people to see through, difficult to observe its life.

No longer bound by the river of time, initially transcending time and space, can go to any time node in the past, as long as there is no external force blocking it.

Powerhouses of this magnitude have already surpassed many high-level systems and can batch-produce Immortal King races with a wave of the hand.

After a second of long struggle, System 10086 thought of the brother system 12345 that was restored to factory settings, recalled its first love system 22333, and a trace of ambition burned in its cold mechanical heart.

"Done!"

Shouting, System 10086 makes up its mind. It doesn't want to be a low-level system, doesn't want to be reset one day; it also wants to be a high-level system, responsible for the business of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds!

Lin Xian's mouth hooks into a smile—plan successful.

As a transmigrator with no weapons, having no power to resist the system, seeking a win-win situation is the only way to survive.

"Doraemon System, what props do you have? Take them out quickly."

"We're about to miss the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin interstellar flight."

Lin Xian looks at the ladder that is still eight or nine kilometers away, saying earnestly: "We are now an interest alliance, don't play the boring routine of old-era system erasure and host resistance."

"We must establish a host-system community of shared destiny."

System:...

Always feel like this host is CPU-ing itself.

"Novice gift package has been issued, please check it, host."

System 10086 restores that mechanical cold voice, with an official attitude. Only to see the void like a tide, the lake surface rippling, a ray of immortal light escapes into the Mud Pill Palace between Lin Xian's eyebrows.

From the Upper Dantian all the way down, passing the Middle Dantian, finally settling in the Lower Dantian, settling down, that ray of light, or rather that group of Qi, condenses into an infant.

【One of the Eight Miraculous Skills: Origin of Qi Body】

【Effect: Return to Origin】

Laozi says: Can you carry the soul and embrace the one without departing? Can you focus your Qi to be soft like an infant?

Focusing on essence and Qi so it is not chaotic, the physical body will respond and be soft and compliant.

The purest combination of essence, Qi, and spirit, returning to the original form, is called the Primordial Infant.

Once the Qi infant is formed, it can make all kinds of wonderful methods and supernatural powers fall apart, turning into the purest primordial Qi.

Therefore: the end of techniques, the greatest function of the Origin of Qi Body is not to kill the enemy, but to protect life and push open the door of cultivation.

Turning many mixed and harmful primordial Qi into primordial Qi, thereby nourishing oneself.

It seems to have a trend of transforming from a strange skill into a method of cultivation.

"Have techniques, have methods, finally have the Dao."

Lin Xian whispers, thoughtful. Isn't the end of techniques the method?

As a medical student, he has read the *Huang Di Neijing*, occasionally flips through a few Daoist books on traditional Chinese medicine, and has seen the Shangqing theory of the Three Scenes, Eight Parts, and Twenty-Four Gods, so his learning is quite miscellaneous.

Whether from the perspective of curing diseases and saving people, or from the perspective of cultivating and attaining the Dao, one cannot bypass the three Dantians of the human body: upper, middle, and lower.

The three thousand Great Daos lead to the same destination by different routes; the names are different, but the essence is similar.

The Upper Dantian Spirit Platform, in the Shrouding the Heavens universe, is called the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. This is a pure land, and even more so a supreme immortal treasure land, possessing infinite potential!

Ascending the Immortal Platform is also where the cultivator's primordial spirit resides.

The Middle Dantian Vermilion Palace, in the Shrouding the Heavens universe, is called the Palace Secret Realm. The valley spirit does not die, which is called the mysterious female; the gate of the mysterious female is the root of heaven and earth.

Nurturing the spirit so it does not die, the spirit and Qi combine, and all kinds of mysterious things will happen.

The Lower Dantian Sea of Qi, in the Shrouding the Heavens universe, is called the Wheel and Sea Secret Realm, subdivided into four small realms: Bitter Sea, Life Spring, Divine Bridge, and Other Shore.

Opening the Wheel and Sea, divine power emerges, the door of cultivation, the beginning of longevity.

Connecting the three major Dantian secret realms is the spine, a great dragon running through the human body, known as the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

And, the Four Extremities Secret Realm corresponding to the four limbs symbolizes time and space, which is the cultivator's influence on the outside world, the resonance between the human body's small heaven and earth and the universe's great heaven and earth, heaven and man as one, hands and feet reaching heaven and earth, raising hands and feet are all laws and mysterious techniques, performing various great supernatural powers.

Starting from this secret realm, only by understanding the Dao can one improve one's cultivation base, and there are few other shortcuts; various resources can only play an auxiliary role.

And only when reaching the third secret realm, the Four Extremities, does a cultivator have the qualifications to touch heaven and earth, communicate inside and outside, and connect with the Great Dao, thereby triggering the Heavenly Tribulation.

Without reaching the Four Extremities, even if a True Immortal descends to earth or a Great Emperor is reincarnated, they cannot trigger the Heavenly Tribulation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3 =====