A warm breeze drifted through the Divine Forest of Isolation, carrying with it the scent of ancient flowers and spiritual mist. Towering trees, their bark glowing with soft runic symbols, stood like silent guardians. The protective formation hummed with faint golden light, pulsing in time with the heartbeat of the land itself.
At its center, a small boy sat cross-legged on a stone, eyes closed, breath steady. Though only five years old, his aura carried a strange calmness… and a wisdom far beyond his age.
Two years ago—when he had turned two—his past-life memories had awakened.
The shock had been enormous. One moment he was a giggling child, the next he was a transmigrator remembering a life from another world entirely. He remembered technology, cities, loneliness… and his final moments. He remembered wishing for power—the kind of power that could break fate.
Yet even with these memories, his body had been too weak to handle the system's presence. So it had waited. Growing silently with him. Evolving as he evolved.
Now, on his fifth birthday, the moment finally came.
A chime rang inside his mind.
DING!
[Host's body has reached minimum maturity threshold.]
[System functions fully restored.]
[Pending rewards from previous sign-in 4.]
His eyes snapped open, deep and steady.
"It's finally time," he whispered.
The System Rewards
A bright screen unfolded before him like a divine scroll.
Reward 1: Primordial Chaos Body (Incomplete Form)
His veins vibrated as dense chaos energy seeped into his flesh, bones, and soul. His body glowed—silver, gold, and ink-black patterns flickering beneath the skin.
A mortal child became something else entirely.
Reward 2: Heaven-Sundering Origin Art (Father's Inheritance Fragment)
A cultivation art far beyond divine rank—filled with violent, world-rending diagrams.
Just one glance sent a tremor through his mind.
Reward 3: Luminous Beast-Warding Lantern
A jade lantern materialized in his hands, warm and serene.
It pulsed once—and the entire forest bowed.
Birds, beasts, and spirit vines all lowered themselves in respect.
A hidden instinct whispered:
This is your father's protection. One day you'll unlock its deeper power.
Reward 4: Formation Authority Full Ownership Granted
The entire forest lit up.
Tens of thousands of runes swirled into the sky like a river of divine stars.
He felt them enter his soul.
A deep, ancient voice echoed in his heart—his father's will.
"From today forward, the Divine Isolation Formation answers only to you."
His small hands trembled slightly.
Partial control belonged to his mother, but full ownership…
That was his birthright.
Learning the World Three Years Inside the Divine Forest
His mother, unaware of the system, had been teaching him everything she knew.
Each day she spoke, demonstrating techniques, writing in the air with spiritual light, telling him stories of the world outside.
He learned about the world's structure:
Mortal Realm
Semi-God Plane
Ancient Realm
God Realm
He absorbed everything like a sponge—his transmigrator mind a bottomless well.
The Great Clans
His mother explained the bloodlines that shaped the world:
Heaven-Slaying Dragon Clan
Nine-Tail Celestial Fox Clan
Jade Phoenix Sacred Bloodline
Shadow-Spear Asura Tribe
She spoke of wars, betrayals, alliances, ancient beasts, destroyed continents, and the rise and fall of dynasties.
The Sects
From humble grassroots sects to towering divine ones:
Grass-Root Sect
Iron-Level Sect
Spirit Sect
Heavenly Sect
Emperor Sect
Divine Sect
Ancient Sacred Sect
He learned how sects were judged:
Heritage
Rank of formations
Peak experts
Arcane libraries
Number of divine artifacts
Dynasties
She described kingdoms, great dynasties, sacred dynasties, and the Ancient Imperial lineages whose blood could shake continents.
Pills & Formations
She taught him:
Pill grades from Mortal Chaos rank
Formation levels from Mortal World-Annihilating rank
Different types: sealing, killing, protective, illusion, tracking, and time-dilating arrays
And all the while, he hid the truth:
He understood formations better than she thought—because the one surrounding them was already talking to him like a living being.
Artifacts
He learned ranking systems:
Mortal
Spirit
Earth
Heaven
Saint
Divine
Primordial
Chaos
Supreme
Every day was a lesson.
Every night he practiced mentally.
He had never taken a step outside the forest—
But he knew more than most grown cultivators in the mortal realm.
On the night he finished reviewing everything his mother taught him, he sat before a massive ancient tree.
He invoked the Heaven-Sundering Origin Art.
The world changed.
Wind gathered.
Qi surged.
Leaves trembled.
The Divine Isolation Formation pulsed like a beating heart.
His body drank in qi like a black hole.
BOOM—!
A shockwave rippled across the forest.
His meridians opened.
His blood vibrated.
His bones strengthened.
[Congratulations, Host.]
[You have stepped into: Body Tempering — Stage 1.]
A faint dragon's roar echoed in the air above him—soft yet majestic.
The forest responded in reverence.
Hidden in the distance, his mother smiled faintly, sensing the sudden rise in his qi.
He's growing faster than even I expected…
Just as he relaxed, a cold pulse rang through his mind.
[Warning.]
[The Divine Isolation Formation has detected movement.]
[A powerful presence is searching the distant mountains.]
He froze.
Someone was looking for something—
No, someone was hunting.
Still far… but getting closer.
He looked up at the night sky, grip tightening on the jade lantern.
"I don't know who you are…"
His voice was soft, calm, steady.
"…but if you threaten my mother or come for me, I'll destroy you."
The formation hummed in agreement.
Somewhere far away, a cloaked figure paused mid-step…
Feeling the faint echo of a power that should not exist in this realm.