Chapter 1: Transmigration: The Xuanhuang Great World

The Dali Dynasty, Long Yuan Province, the Fang family.

Bang bang bang bang!

In the Myriad Manifestations Garden, a group of Fang family disciples were performing their morning drills. Every one of them was lithe and vigorous, like starving tigers pouncing on prey, like gazelles hanging by their horns—every movement of their bodies brimmed with hard, forceful power.

Especially the way their limbs and spines worked together, like five bows drawn to the full, their fists and feet like arrows, falling like the wind—revealing a solid foundation in the martial path.

"Where have I ended up? Long Yuan Province, the Fang family—I'm Fang Yu? This world sounds a little familiar."

Among the disciples practicing martial arts, one young lad was also going through the motions of throwing punches, but his mind was no longer on the training.

Because he had transmigrated.

Fang Yu had been an ordinary working stiff on modern Water Blue Star, freshly graduated not long ago, living a decent life, nine-to-five—until suddenly, he transmigrated.

He had transmigrated into a disciple of the Fang family of Long Yuan Province, also named Fang Yu.

"Long Yuan Province, the Dali Dynasty—this seems like the opening scene of the Eternal Life Great World. Have I transmigrated into the Eternal Life Great World?"

Fang Yu felt through his memories, his mood growing a little tense.

No helping it—if he really had transmigrated into the Eternal Life Great World, it was extremely dangerous.

This world had countless great worlds. Setting aside the lofty Heaven Realm, just among the great worlds of the lower realms there were the Xuanhuang Great World, the Wuji Great World, the Xiuzhen Great World, the Posuo Great World, the Central Great World.

On each of these great worlds were countless cultivation sects, righteous and evil alike, with a multitude of demonic fiends. The Dali Dynasty, where Fang Yu now found himself, was merely a small country on the Xuanhuang Great World, occupying very little territory.

That wasn't the most important thing either. The most important thing was that this world was extremely dangerous—if one couldn't grow powerful quickly, one could be snuffed out at any moment.

The sects of this world, whether righteous sects or demonic sects, all had a demonic air about them. The righteous sects would round up countless commoners from one country after another into their own grotto-heavens and blessed lands, provide them with food, and make them only bow down in worship, supplying faith-power—making them slaves to the righteous sects, in effect.

As for the demonic sects, they were even more vicious than the righteous sects. There had once been a sect that, in order to refine one Top-Grade treasure weapon of its disciples into a Low Grade Dao weapon, directly blood-washed an extraterritorial planet of several billion people—all just to let a single magic treasure ascend in grade.

Living beings were like ants; if a commoner's luck turned bad, they would be sacrificed by demonic cultivators to forge their magic treasures.

Such was the state of the Xuanhuang Great World in the Eternal Life Realm.

On second thought, being raised in the grotto-heavens of a righteous sect, only bowing down in worship, seemed a little better—at least better than the demonic sects.

However, Fang Yu seemed to recall that the Dali Dynasty was within the sphere of influence of immortal sects like the Yuhua Sect and the Qunxing Sect, and that his Fang family even had a Young Lady, Fang Qingxue, who had become a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect.

He just didn't know what year it was now, or whether the Fang family's Young Lady had yet achieved the position of true disciple of the Yuhua Sect.

Just then, a towering, powerfully built middle-aged great fellow strode step by step into the Myriad Manifestations Garden. The moment his gaze swept forward, an immense pressure rolled in.

This was one of the Fang family's experts—Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong—whose fame resounded far and wide, renowned throughout the entire Dali Dynasty; anyone who saw him had to be polite and respectful.

"In officialdom, there are nine ranks and eighteen grades—first rank is the Prime Minister, ninth rank is a minor local official. But martial cultivation is divided into ten stages. First stage, Health Preservation; second stage, Force Training; third stage, Technique."

Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong stood in the middle of the field, and all the Fang family disciples stopped their drills to listen to this Fang family expert's lecture.

"Fourth stage, Hard-Soft; fifth stage, Divine Strength; sixth stage, Qi Control; seventh stage, Internal Vigor; eighth stage, Divine Valor; ninth stage, Spirit Communion; tenth stage, Divine Transformation."

Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong spoke loudly. "The ancestors of our Fang family once cultivated to the 10th Stage of Physical Body, the Realm of Divine Transformation—five horses could not tear apart his corpse. This is the power of the 10th Stage of Body Refinement, Divine Transformation!"

"Do you know what kind of horses those were? They were the Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds of the Great Xuan Empire. The Great Xuan Empire has a population of over ten billion, and reveres the Taiyi Dao Sect. Its might is not something our Dali Dynasty can compare to. Many empires across the land take the Great Xuan Empire's laws and currency as their standard. Those Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds can travel three thousand li in a day—when heavy cavalry charge, even city walls can be smashed through! Five horses could not tear apart the corpse—imagine just how terrifying the Divine Transformation Realm truly is!"

All the Fang family disciples, hearing Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong's words, showed looks of shock on their faces. Fang Yu, like the others, also displayed a look of shock.

If it were a horse from Water Blue Star, it would be utterly impossible to travel three thousand li in a day—even a thousand li in a day would be extremely rare. Yet the Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds of the Great Xuan Empire of the Xuanhuang Great World could, while running, smash through city walls. Calculating this kind of power, one had no idea how many units of a single horse's strength it amounted to.

It was an utterly terrifying number.

"But do you think the Divine Transformation Realm is the limit? No—the Divine Transformation Realm is only the beginning. Above Divine Transformation is the Divine Ability Secret Realm—that is the true starting realm of cultivation. If you cultivate to this realm, then in our Dali Dynasty, you could be ennobled as a marquis or appointed as prime minister—no, you could even be enfeoffed as a king."

Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong's voice grew even louder, rolling like thunder, so loud it even made Fang Yu's ears ache.

"What is the Divine Ability Secret Realm?"

Just then, a Fang family disciple asked.

"The Divine Ability Secret Realm, of course, refers to breaking through the world as ordinary people understand it."

A solemn look also appeared on Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong's face. "Cultivate to the Realm of Divine Transformation, and slaying dozens of giant tigers or handling several hundred wild bears would be a trivial matter. But can you grab your own hair, lift yourself up by it, and fly?"

"No."

"How could that be possible?"

"How could a person lift themselves up by their own hair?"

"Impossible—otherwise I would have stepped on my left foot with my right and ascended to the heavens long ago."

All the Fang family disciples shook their heads.

"But the Divine Ability Secret Realm can do it! Breaking through ordinary understanding—that is the Divine Ability Secret Realm. At this realm, a person can make their body fly, and perform all manner of inconceivable feats—such as treading air across the void, sword-flying for a thousand li, summoning snow across ten thousand li, flooding eight thousand li with water. These are all abilities of the Divine Ability Secret Realm."

As Fang Tong spoke, a hint of longing also showed on his face.

"Then Uncle Tong, have you cultivated to the Divine Ability Secret Realm?"

Another Fang family disciple hurriedly asked.

"I'm still several steps away from the Divine Ability Secret Realm. My current cultivation base is only at the 8th Stage of the Physical Body Secret Realm, the Divine Valor Realm. If I could obtain a single Foundation Establishment Pill from the Yuhuaxian Sect, there might be a great chance of breaking through to the 10th Stage of Physical Body. However, I have already reached my age limit now—you all must work hard. If you can break through to the Divine Ability Secret Realm, even if the Emperor wanted to marry his daughter to you, it would be no problem."

"Hahahaha."

All the Fang family disciples burst out laughing.

If one could break through to the Divine Ability Secret Realm and also marry the Emperor's daughter, that would truly be a double blessing.

"And now—get back to your training!"

"Yes, sir!"