Chapter 1: How strong have I become again?

【Ding, level+1!】

【Host current level: 100000 level!】

A youthful-looking man in white clothes slowly opened his eyes, looked around, and the surroundings were overgrown with weeds.

The youth rose from the stone bed, his figure tall and slender, his face like a jade crown,

Together with his white robes, he was quite unrestrained.

"100000 level!"

"I actually slept over twenty thousand years this time, slept a bit long."

The white-clothed youth yawned, looked at the system panel appearing before him, and muttered to himself.

He is Li Zhangsheng; in his previous life he was a recent college graduate, but while looking for a job he suddenly had great luck, opened his eyes, and found himself in a world of cultivation.

Like other transmigrators, Li Zhangsheng also awakened a golden finger.

It's not something like a ring-wielding old man, an invincible cultivation technique at his side, or the like!

But he possessed endless longevity.

In other words, he became immortal!

The longevity that all cultivators dream of is his golden finger!

Others' endpoint is his starting point.

However, immortality aside, when he first transmigrated he was just an ordinary person; if he suffered a fatal attack, he would also die.

Fortunately, his system also has a function: each year he can increase his level by 1.

He also doesn't know what amount of cultivation in this world the system's 1 level increase corresponds to.

Simply, each time he levels up, all his physical qualities improve, becoming stronger, harder, and...

Therefore, the transmigrated Li Zhangsheng has only one thought: to laugh and... survive in this cultivation world full of unknown risks.

For an ordinary person to survive safely in this cultivation world, there is only one word: lie low.

Stay away from cultivators, stay away from war!

Cherish life, stay away from danger!

The advantage of this immortality system is that he doesn't need to eat to survive, and he won't get hungry.

Of course, his handsome looks won't age either.

When he first transmigrated, Li Zhangsheng lay low in an unnamed small village, building a thatched hut that could shelter from wind and rain; each day besides waking up he just continued sleeping, never stepping outside.

He hardly attracted any attention!

After several springs and autumns, his level reached 10!

He continued to lie low in the thatched hut!

A hundred years passed, and he witnessed the births, aging, sickness, and death in the village!

At level 100, he should be able to leave the newbie village, right?

In Li Zhangsheng's first hundred years in this world, he for the first time stepped out of that unnamed village, walked among the world's mountains and rivers, and saw the wonderful world.

He walked and stopped, never starting conflicts with anyone!

He wore all white, carried a sword, one person one sword, just walking on, from one place to another……

Li Zhangsheng was like walking along the bank of the river of time, with scenes constantly playing like a movie, various fragments.

A thousand years passed, and Li Zhangsheng personally witnessed the rise and fall of several dynasties!

He continued walking and stopping……

Ten thousand years passed, the stars shifted, and the Age of Dharma Decline arrived!

Li Zhangsheng's level reached 10000!

At that time, Li Zhangsheng experienced the first dark turmoil.

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone, who knows where he came from, was shrouded in scarlet evil aura, harvesting like wheat, feeding on the blood of all living beings in the world.

Wherever he passed, not a blade of grass grew, and all living beings suffered!

Too terrifying, too horrible!

That scene directly left a heavy shadow on Li Zhangsheng's young soul.

Li Zhangsheng clearly remembers that the Lord of the Forbidden Zone responsible for harvesting the living beings in this area was a red-haired monster.

That red-haired monster flew from afar, its scarlet evil aura covering the sky, and his face bore the expression of enjoying a delicacy.

Wherever it passed, plants withered, and birds, beasts, insects, fish, and humans all turned into pure white bones.

Truly a hell on earth.

Li Zhangsheng stared dumbfounded; he wanted to run, but his legs wouldn't obey.

Of course, that red-haired monster harvested quickly; in the blink of an eye it swooped past above Li Zhangsheng's head, and he had no time to run at all.

When Li Zhangsheng also thought he would turn into pure white bones like other living beings and become insignificant sustenance for the red-haired monster, he discovered he was completely unharmed.

At that time, all living beings around him had been harvested clean, leaving only him standing there, like a solitary plant in a desert.

Originally, a weak living being like Li Zhangsheng was not worth the notice of such a mighty being as the Lord of the Forbidden Zone.

Even if noticed, it wouldn't be given much thought!

After all, he was just an ant; missing him was no big deal.

But that red-haired monster seemed to have a strong obsessive-compulsive disorder!

When Li Zhangsheng thought he had escaped disaster, the monster suddenly turned its head and fixed its gaze on him.

"Huh? How did I miss one?" the red-haired monster was a bit strange; it turned around and flew toward Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng's heart felt bitter: "Don't come over!"

The red-haired monster flew before Li Zhangsheng, fierce and evil-looking, a standard villain's appearance, its copper-bell-sized eyes staring at him, making Li Zhangsheng's heart go numb.

"Why haven't you died?" the red-haired monster's hoarse and harsh voice asked.

Why is it that all living beings have died, but you haven't?

Are you that lucky? But I just don't want you to be that lucky!

If I don't harvest you today, I won't leave.

"I don't know." Li Zhangsheng replied instinctively.

Right, why haven't I died?

All the other living beings around have turned to white bones, so why am I standing here vigorous as a dragon and lively as a tiger?

"Maybe you were lucky enough to slip through a gap in my breath; I rarely make such mistakes."

"But it's fine; later you'll become nourishment for my body just like the other living beings."

"To let me expend a bit of effort alone to absorb your life is already a great honor for you." The red-haired monster said, acting as if bestowing a favor.

"Oh, then hurry up, I'm afraid of pain." Faced with such a terrifying creature, Li Zhangsheng simply gave up on being healed.

"Don't worry, I'll be quick." The red-haired monster opened its mouth and gave Li Zhangsheng a gentle suck!

Hiss!

Li Zhangsheng stood there nonchalantly!

The red-haired monster glared, bewildered: why can't I suck it in?

Hiss!

He continued sucking!

Li Zhangsheng remained standing there alive.

"Huh? Hurry up?" Li Zhangsheng wondered.

"I... I can't speed up!" the red-haired monster was utterly perplexed; this person clearly looks like an ordinary human, so why can't I draw his blood and qi?

"I don't believe it." The red-haired monster, refusing to accept evil, extended his palm, mobilized his internal qi, scarlet qi coiling around his palm, and reached out toward Li Zhangsheng.

"Hey, friend, sucking is sucking, but don't move your hands and feet!" Li Zhangsheng furrowed his brows, still thinking the red-haired monster would slowly torture him to death.

Death is fine, but don't torture me!

Even a cornered rabbit will bite!

Then Li Zhangsheng reached out, drew the sword behind him, and wanted to try resisting a bit.

He is now level 10,000, but he doesn't know which cultivator realm that corresponds to.

He also doesn't know how much damage he could inflict on this red-haired monster!

But after all, we ought to resist a bit!

Li Zhangsheng usually walks the martial world with a sword on his back mainly because he thinks it looks cooler; it has no substantive effect.

Wandering the martial world is just for show!

He has never even drawn his sword on a person.

So this is Li Zhangsheng's first time drawing his sword at someone, and also his first time swinging it at someone.

Although it's his first sword, his movement is not at all unfamiliar!

An ordinary, unremarkable sword strike without any fancy effects, he swung it!

Then…

The red-haired monster departed peacefully!

Li Zhangsheng stared at the red-haired monster he had cut in half, dazed!

He seemed dead, cut off of vitality.

"Dude, just like that I cleaved you in half, you seem kinda fragile?"

Boom!

While Li Zhangsheng was dazed, the ground split along the midline of the red-haired monster's two halves, spreading from here to the distance, bottomless and endless!

Li Zhangsheng looked at his long sword, then at the cracked earth, and belatedly realized, well, I seem to be… quite strong!

Li Zhangsheng continued to wander the world…

After that sword's stunning effect, he is no longer as timid as before!

Whoever provokes me, I'll slay them!

Whoever I dislike, I'll slay them!

Later, Li Zhangsheng surprisingly discovered that there's nothing in the world that can't be solved with one sword!

If there is, then two swords!

Li Zhangsheng kept walking, walking; when tired he slept, when awake he continued on the road, traversing mountains and rivers!

The world is so big, I want to see my fill!

But longevity is truly lonely as snow!

And being invincible makes it even lonelier!

Thus, upon reaching the 700,000th year of this world, Li Zhangsheng, weary from walking, found a mountain, settled down, and took in some orphans.

Incidentally, he founded a sect named Eternal Life Gate.

Without much management, it became a top power of the continent!

After staying in one place for a long time, boredom is inevitable; he continued his travels, and when passing a stone cave, feeling a bit weary, he took a nap!

Who would have thought, this sleep turned into over twenty thousand years…

"Unbeknownst to me, I've already lived for a hundred thousand years." Li Zhangsheng patted the dust off his body, feeling a bit dazed.

He deeply felt the saying "Time flies like an arrow, days and months like a shuttle!"

He took out a mirror, glanced at it, and was again struck by his own handsomeness!

Hmm…… still so handsome!

Li Zhangsheng picked up the sword that had been placed beside the stone bed more than twenty thousand years ago, and slung it across his back.

Clad in white robes, with a sword in hand, matching his top-tier looks, he was handsome and ethereal, on par with the 'Li Xiaoyao' from the TV drama he had watched in his previous life!

He strolled out of the stone cave and stretched lazily!

"More than twenty thousand years have passed; I don't know what changes have occurred in the outside world, and I… just how strong have I become?"

(Realm: Body Tempering Realm, Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, Opening Apertures, Spiritual Platform, Heaven-Piercing Realm, Supreme, Holy, Quasi-Emperor, Emperor Realm……)