1 A Divine Artefact
Hong Chen; was only but a 10-year-old boy who was trying to feel and absorb the so-called 'wind-lightning strength' through the dark clouds while sitting on the highest peak in the 'Wind Lightning Pavilion'.
It was extremely dangerous to do that for a mere 5-Star Dou Disciple to risk doing something like this as the supposed 'wind-lightning strength' is extremely overbearing. If one's mental strength is not strong, it is likely that it would be difficult to control.
Moreover, there is the risk of a backlash if one is not careful. There have been an unknown number of outstanding disciples of the 'Wind Lightning Pavilion' whose spirits were torn into pieces at this step. However, once one is successful, the attacking strength of one's Dou Qi ends up being something that even lightning affinity Dou Qi, which is known for its powerful attacking strength, cannot compare with.
Hong Chen was the young master of the Hong Clan in the Tian Bei City of the Central Plains in the Dou Qi Continent.
When Hong Clan was visited by a 'Wind Lightening Pavilion' Elder known as Chen Yun some 5 years ago, the elder recognized the talent of Hong Chen and made him his disciple.
Ever since then the Hong Clan became a tyrant in the Tian Bei City, rivalled only by the Han Clan which was an Alchemist Clan.
Right now when Hong Chen was trying to sense and integrate the 'wind-lightning strength' from the dark clouds, suddenly a purple-coloured lightning struck him!
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A man in his late twenties with an average build was rushing to his home in the heavy downpour when suddenly he was struck by lightning.
'Where! Where am I!?' was all he was thinking as one moment he was rushing through the traffic and the next moment, he was suddenly in a white space where purple-coloured thunder was streaking everywhere!
'Could it be..that I transmigrated!?'
After being scared, and depressed for a long time, when he realized that he was slowly moving towards a blue halo in this weird space, he finally calmed down and theorized that he might be getting the opportunity to either transmigrate, or this was hell.
Being an avid fanfic and web novel reader makes people unreasonable and schizophrenic when they are presented with a situation their logical mind cannot comprehend.
For example, we don't know which god is real, but every time someone who has faith in a specific god is on death bed, they usually say that "I can see my God, or I can see my beloved", etc.
Still, in the confusion of the absurdity of his situation, the unknown soul slowly drifted towards the blue halo and finally merged with it.
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Hong Chen was trying to absorb the 'wind-lightning strength' from the Purple Lightening which was repeatedly striking him when suddenly he discovered that someone was attacking his very soul.
'Who are you!?' He questioned in his heart towards the soul which suddenly appeared in his mindscape and was trying to forcefully seize his body.
'Presumptuous..'
Hong Chen, who was a 5-Star Dou Disciple already had a very strong soul and as soon as this other soul tried to take over his body, he instinctively attacked the foreign soul with all his soul power, and to his pleasant surprise, he discovered that his soul attack also integrated purple coloured lightning with it.
"Aarrgghghhhhhh…Nooo! No-" was all the foreign soul could wail before it was torn apart by Hong Chen's soul,
After the soul was destroyed, a blue-coloured light fell out from it and automatically merged with Hong Chen's soul, after which the remnants of the destroyed soul also travelled towards Hong Chen, as if sucked by a vacuum cleaner and merged with Hong Chen's own soul.
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Chen Yun was near the mountain when he saw the dark clouds produce a rare purple-coloured thunder on top of the mountain.
He was ecstatic when he saw it as this was the purest and the noblest of the Lightning recorded in the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
He had instructed his disciple Hong'er to try and temper his Dou Qi in the Lightening but he didn't know that his disciple would be blessed by the heavens and the rarest of the rare lightening would descend on him.
Chen Yun was worried, sure. But he knew that he shouldn't disturb Hong Chen right now. Even though this level of lightning could very well destroy his disciple, but only by tempering, an iron can lose its brittleness. Without risks, there were no rewards in this world and so he carefully guarded the mountain, and when the clouds dispersed, he rushed to the peak and found Hong Chen unconscious.
"You are still breathing! And your meridians are not destroyed! Great! This means you have successfully tempered your Dou Qi with lightning.
Oh Honge'er; Your Master is so proud of you"
Chen Yun carefully lifted Hong Chen and took him to his courtyard where several maids were working.
"Riva, Come take Hong'er to his room and let him rest. I am going to the Main hall and when Hong'er wakes up, ask him to come meet me in the main hall of the Eastern Pavilion."
Riva, who was a pretty middle-aged maid dressed in a blue cheongsam bowed towards Chen Yun as she took Hong Chen in her arm and said
"As you wish, Master."
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'This is very…..Interesting' said Hong Chen as he was watching a fragmented life of the soul which tried to take over his body.
He was at a loss for words as he floated around in his mindscape and saw that the world which this soul came from had no Dou Qi in it. He was also speechless when he saw the soul read novels such as Battle through the Heaven.
At first, he was very confused but when he saw the familiar names popping in the novel such as Canaan College, and Han Yue, an ominous premonition took place in his heart, and when he saw his own name come up in this novel, and how the protagonist named Xiao Yan crippled him and destroyed his clan, his eyes became serious.
After carefully reading the entire memory of the foreign soul, Hong Chen finally turned his attention towards the blue halo which was to his left.
[Welcome to 'Salvation']
'Who are you?'
A monotonic voice came from the blue screen as it displayed the characters in a blue pop-up.
['Salvation' is a Divine Level Artefact from another world]
'Really now…So what are your features?'
['Salvation' has 3 main features.]
[Inventory]: A virtual storage space capable of storing non-living things. It's size can increase based upon the strength of the User. Current size: 100 Square Meters (1 Hectare)
[Salvage o-Matic]: Able to destroy anything of worth into Salvage Shards. These shards can be used to strengthen and evolve any item, artefact, or technique. If the salvaged item had anything of worth, it can be directly extracted and used instead of salvaging it.
[Space Mesh]: The 'Salvation' has visited several worlds and had several users before. This makes it possible for 'Salvation' to transport the user into those worlds; and nearby worlds at will.
Currency for travel: Salvage Shards.
[Apart from the 3 main functions, the 'Salvation' also has an auxiliary function called [Status].]
'You mention previous users. What happened to them?'
[The previous users have all died.]
'Even after possessing such a divine artefact?'
[The previous users either tried to communicate with the system through voice, which compromised its existence, or told their brothers, parents and wives about the existence of the system, which led them to their demise.]
'oh..That makes sense.'
[It is recommended that the user only communicates with 'Salvation' through mental commands and avoid using voice commands and gestures.]
'Hmm. [Status]'
[Status]
[Name: Hong Chen
Age: 10
Physical Attribute: 10
Mental Attribute: 460
Bloodline: Human
Cultivation: 6-Star Dou Disciple
Skills: Three Thousand Lightning Movement(16/100 Minor), Wind-Lightning Dual Mantra(45/100 Minor)
Special Skills: Purple Void Lightning(1/10,000 Minor)
Equipment: None
Salvage Shards: None]
'It doesn't display my hand-to-hand combat skills or my sword skill. Why so? And what is the Minor written after the technique?'
[Only recognized Skills are displayed in the system. User doesn't have any recognized fighting technique.]
[All the Skills have three levels of comprehension. Minor, Major and Perfection. User can upgrade these skills through either Salvage Shards or through Practice.]
'Alright.'
Hong Chen quickly understood the function of this Divine Level Artefact that came attached to the foreign soul. He had doubted about it being a scam but after reading through the memories of the foreign soul, he believed in the authenticity of such 'System'.
His eyes looked at his status and focused on mainly 2 things.
One was his Mental Attribute, which was unusually high, and the other was a special skill named [Purple Void Lightning]
'Explain' he thought and his system responded.
[Dues to the User absorbing another soul in his own and further tempering it with the [Purple Void Lightning], User's soul strength has far surpassed his peers. The [Purple Void Lightning] is a tyrannical space storm which travelled with 'Salvation' through the space tear and was also the cause of death of the previous user.]
[Purple Void Lightning: The Lord of Lightning element, able to tear space at will. Can be used in any way, shape or form. Limited only by User's imagination. The power it can exert is directly proportional to User's own soul strength and cultivation.]
'Oh, So that foreign soul which tried to seize my body actually died from this powerful thunder strike.'
Hong Chen then saw his inventory space, which was comparable to a large football field; albeit empty. He then checked the Salvage o-Matic but left it as he didn't have anything to salvage and then lastly saw the Space Mesh, which had a very long list of names written on it.
[Space Mesh:
*Travel cost calculated per 6 months.
Random: 50 Salvage Shards
Against the Gods: 500 Salvage Shards
Douluo Dalu: 300 Salvage Shards
Desolate Era: 500 Salvage Shards
King of Gods: 500 Salvage Shards
Martial God Space: 250 Salvage Shards
Martial World: 500 Salvage Shards]
Wu Dong Qian Kun: 500 Salvage Shards
Tales of Demons and Gods: 200 Salvage Shards
I Shall Seal the Heavens: 800 Salvage Shards
Martial Peak: 400 Salvage Shards
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There was a very long list of novels, anime and even games with absurd prices and after reading it through Hong Chen asked
'Tell me the details of travelling to another world. Will those be the same as the novels which were in the memory of your previous owner?'
[The user can choose to temporarily travel to any of the listed worlds for a minimum of six months to get any artefact, skill, bloodline, etc from them. If the user wishes to travel for longer, he can do that for the appropriate price. Further, if the user wishes to re-travel to the world he has visited before, he needs to save his Space-Time Coordinates when exiting that world for a cost in Salvage Shards, depending upon the location and situation of that world and that of the user.
When user is travelling to those worlds, the user's Space-Time Coordinates of this world will be saved by default, which will ensure that once the user returns from those worlds, not even a moment would've passed in this world.]
'Well well. I seem to have gotten quite lucky by acquiring you.' thought Hong Chen with a calculating smile as he planned his future.
