Chapter 1: World Above the Clouds

The Cloud Immortal Realm has no concept of land; the whole world is like a piece of azure gemstone, dotted with large white spots—that is the clouds. Besides that, there is nothing else.

One afternoon, the sun projected from the Golden Crow Flame Realm had already slanted westward; the western sky was covered with a halo of light, and the few white clouds on the horizon were edged with gold. At that moment, a black dot suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

"Damn it! This is a conspiracy! It's all fake!" Jia Teng said, each utterance sending a stream of light flying from his body—a spell used to transmit messages. But the spell would dissipate not far from him shortly after flying out.

Looking closely, one would see a phantom shadow floating behind him; each time the stream of light flew out, the shadow would intercept it.

"Hehe, you haven't given up yet?" the Shadow said, "You actually managed to uncover the core information—I have to say you're truly talented; why not join us? With your intelligence, you will surely..."

"Shut up!" the Shadow's words were rudely cut off, but Jia Teng's gaze grew increasingly dazed. He bit his tongue hard, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth; the intense pain restored his consciousness to momentary clarity.

The Shadow didn't care, chuckling as he continued: "Oh ho, not bad, you discovered this so quickly—indeed you are"

Jia Teng suddenly burst forth with a surge of spiritual power, increasing his escape speed again; he began to overdraft his internal spiritual power, even the spiritual clouds beneath his feet showing signs of collapse.

"Is this really alright? If the spiritual clouds collapse before you catch that cloud beast, you'll truly be doomed forever. It's said that those who fall into deep space lose even the chance of reincarnation." the Shadow said, "Look at my memory—this is something we did, hahahaha ga."

The Shadow's laughter stopped abruptly; a tiny bird the size of a palm appeared ahead, its plump body indicating it was merely a low-grade cloud beast.

Jia Teng couldn't help but sneer: "Sorry, I didn't expect it to have only flown this far"—along the way his mind almost lapsed several times; from now on, as long as he destroys the false information with traps on that cloud beast, his mission will be considered complete.

Jia Teng mustered the last bit of his spiritual power, shaping it into a giant spiritual hand that seized the fleeing cloud beasts everywhere; the mere second-grade cloud beasts vanished in ashes before a casual strike of a Golden Core expert, and the cloud energy returned to this realm.

"Success!" Jia Teng felt great joy inside; the Shadow couldn't stop him.

"A Golden Core expert infiltrated the enemy's nest to gather intelligence; after obtaining confidential information, his identity was exposed, so he had to fight his way out, ultimately collapsing heavily wounded on the road to Cloud Sea City, accidentally rescued by others, and only after great hardship managed to deliver the message. What do you think of this script?" the Shadow said with a smiling squint.

"You! Pah!" Jia Teng, shocked and angry, his mind tumultuous, spat out a mouthful of blood. The Shadow seized the opportunity, intruding into Jia Teng's sea of consciousness.

The Shadow entered Jia Teng's sea of consciousness effortlessly, easily destroying his consciousness. As the Shadow wondered at how easy it was, he discovered his body was disintegrating.

"Stop it!" this time it was the Shadow who was shocked and angry. Jia Teng realized he couldn't resist the Shadow's erosion, decisively burning the spiritual power contained in his body, causing even his Golden Core to crack. At least he had to destroy his own body—that was his final thought.

After consuming most of his divine sense, the Shadow managed to preserve his body. He himself could not move, so he lay in place awaiting rescue; according to the plan, a fleet would soon "pass by". "He's simply a madman, actually burning his spiritual power just to stop me," the Shadow thought with lingering fear; if not for his quick reaction, this realm would have been his by now.

"But that's also good; this makes it seem more real." Thinking this, the Shadow relaxed his mind to feel this body; although his Golden Core was near collapse and his interior was in chaos, having been without a body for too long, even pain now made him feel especially pleased.

In a place he couldn't see, outside the Cloud Sea Realm, dozens of meteors tore through the void; under countless astonished gazes, the meteors effortlessly pierced the world barrier, and countless conspiracies came to naught. One of those meteors fell into the Cloud Immortal Realm.

Because of Jia Teng's decisiveness, when the Shadow took over his body it was effortless, though he also lost a large amount of memory; thus impersonating Jia Teng would reveal noticeable flaws, so he resolved to, after leaking the information, die outright and seize another body, thereby making the information's security much more reliable.

The Shadow gloated over his plan when his divine sense suddenly sensed someone approaching—only the speed was far too great.

The Shadow's damaged divine sense slowed his reaction considerably; by the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late. A person slammed hard into the clouds, causing the already near-collapsing spiritual clouds to disperse largely; oddly, the impact site remained unharmed, while the clouds around him scattered outward.

Shadow:........

Fu Feng sat up on the clouds with a bewildered face, "Did I just transmigrate?"

In the morning, a colleague recommended a game called "Savior" to him; after finally waiting for lunch break, he went out to eat and hurried back, not even having time to notice the liveliness nearby, though there was nothing worth seeing—just a traffic accident.

After returning, he opened his phone, easily found "Savior" and downloaded it. Without real-name verification or registering an account, a pop-up appeared: the "Savior Agreement"; he found it a bit suspicious but didn't think much, casually tapped confirm, then created a character, just having settled on the name Fu Feng. The next second he lost consciousness.

Name: Fu Feng

Species: Human

Lifespan: 25/73

Abilities: Eloquence Level 1 (you have already mastered the ability to speak like a person to people and like a ghost to ghosts), Agility Level 3 (you always find opportunities to slack off), Vigorous Energy Level 2 (you dare to call an all-nighter even after a night without sleep?)

Status: Erosion 0% (under spiritual aura erosion)

Looking at the simple system interface, Fu Feng was speechless toward the heavens. This can be called a system? No explanation, no user manual—could you at least give a shop? At this moment he especially missed the Penguin Mall, where spending money makes you stronger.

Not knowing whether it heard Fu Feng's inner voice, a ding sounded, and a system prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Slay low-grade demon soul, +200 points】

Immediately afterward, system prompts sounded repeatedly.

Ding! 【Shop opened】

Ding! 【Achievement: First Kill, achievement points +1】

Ding! 【Achievement shop opened】

Indeed, two icons appeared in the attribute interface; the first was achievements, opening it revealed a lone first-kill achievement, also marked as unique.

"Maybe I should check the shop," Fu Feng thought, opening the shop and immediately being dazzled by the screen-full of skills, the glittering gold-trimmed cover effect comparable to a low-tier web game.

"Opening Heaven Decree": a powerful technique usable only by True Immortals, capable of opening one's own world in the void, worth ten billion points.

"Cough cough," Fu Feng was startled by this extravagant price; he had only just earned two hundred points from an inexplicable kill, and to accumulate ten billion would take who knows when.

After some screening, only a few manuals remained that he could afford.

"Cloud Moving Technique": refining cloud energy for personal use, worth one hundred fifty points.

"Cloud Riding Technique": steering spiritual clouds for transport, worth one hundred fifty points.

"Qi Refining Technique": refining spiritual energy for personal use, worth one hundred fifty points.

"Thirty-three Layer Chaos Refining Spirit Grand Method": enhancing divine sense, worth zero points.

At a glance at the name's style, Fu Feng knew this was the novice gift pack; seeing the price behind it only confirmed his thought. Unfortunately, body-tempering techniques are too expensive, and he has no source of points.

"What a pity," Fu Feng slapped his thigh, heartbroken. Afterwards he was stunned.

This feel isn't right.

He abruptly lowered his head to look—"Where are my clothes?!!!

Fu Feng casually grabbed a patch of cloud to shield his vital parts—no wonder he felt chilly; it seemed he had truly returned to nature.

He tried to recall, but couldn't remember how his clothes disappeared; however, he indeed saw how the cloud patch dispersed.

The spiritual clouds that Jia Teng formed from cloud energy were already somewhat unstable due to high speed; after Jia Teng died, the Shadow, though severely injured, could not maintain the spiritual clouds' existence, and then, due to the impact, they fell—yet the fact that the spiritual clouds have persisted to now is truly miraculous.

Fu Feng just watched the spiritual clouds slowly dissipate, unable to do anything, once again feeling the terror of awaiting death.

"Right." He recalled those few skills and immediately opened the shop.

【Spiritual aura erosion: 5%】

Just as he was about to do something, his body suddenly went rigid, his consciousness turning fuzzy; as he fell, he vaguely saw a black dot ahead.

"Wow! Older sister. He's not wearing clothes." Hearing a clear girl's voice, Fu Feng finally lost consciousness.