Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 223 Go, Working Immortal!

"However, the Insect System is flawed. The temple lacks a cracked energy source for the system, which is why it absorbs the host's energy," the Dog System continued. "The one on Di Zifan's body is the first-generation Insect System, which directly absorbs the primordial spirit's energy, while the one on Miao Jia's body is the second-generation, which absorbs her cultivation level."

"Those insect systems, are they still causing trouble on various continents?" Qiu Ci's heart tightened. When she ascended, she only retrieved the systems and did not consider the insect systems. She did not know how many of them the temple had released.

"Master, rest assured." The dog system immediately replied, "The insects released by the temple are all bound to their systems. You've reclaimed all their systems and shut them down, so the insect systems, being lower-level systems, are naturally rendered useless."

"That's good." Qiu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's more...!" The dog system suddenly added awkwardly.

"Anything else?" she asked directly.

"Well... well... I found some learning materials in these systems' databases," it said weakly. "But these materials are incomplete, like they've been deleted; I can't piece them together completely."

"What information?" Qiu Ci asked curiously. Something that the dog system would bring up must be something important.

[This data is completely different from what I have in my database; it's like... university courses!]

"Huh?" She didn't react for a moment, and then exclaimed in shock, "You mean, it's data on cultivation in the Immortal Realm?"

[Yes, Master!] The dog system nodded, bobbing up and down. [However, this data is incomplete, and the later knowledge is mostly missing. My computing power can't fully fill the gaps. If I synchronize with Master, I can only upgrade to about the second semester of my sophomore year at most.]

Qiu Ci was stunned for a moment. She recalled the cultivation levels that Yi Hongyu had just explained to her, and then did the calculation. Wouldn't that mean she could synchronize with the cultivation level of the late-stage Celestial Immortal? Although it was much worse than reaching the maximum level in one step, it was still not bad.

After careful consideration, she decided against risking having the dog system directly synchronize. After all, she didn't know much about the Immortal Realm yet, and without sufficient cultivation to suppress her, keeping a low profile was the best approach. Besides, the dog system had mentioned that the data was incomplete, and some parts were calculated by it; who knew if synchronization would cause any problems?

Thinking of this, she took out the remaining systems and stuffed them all into Dog System, saying, "Eat the rest of these systems and see if you can complete the data."

【Yes, Master!】The dog system instantly became excited and swallowed the dozen or so systems in her hand in one gulp. The entire ball of light also flickered, as if it was trying to digest the new energy.

Qiu Ci simply had it recall the light cluster clone as well, focusing all its efforts on digesting these systems. After all, since the Upper Realm, all the hosts' systems had been recycled. Although no one in the Lower Realm except her and Juan Shan could see the light cluster, who knew if it existed in the Upper Realm? So it was better to be cautious.

"We must find Juanshan as soon as possible!" she said, standing up abruptly. "There's no time to lose; let's set off tomorrow."

But master (chewing), I can't detect a signal (chewing), where am I supposed to find old man Juanshan (chewing)?

She was silent for a while before saying with certainty, "Let's go to the Western Immortal Realm first." The manager Yao who registered earlier had mentioned that there was also a system binder in the Western Immortal Realm who was just as clueless as her. If she guessed correctly, that person was most likely Juan Shan.

Xiao Er is a subsystem of the Dog System, so the Heavenly Fortune Book probably can't find it. Furthermore, Juan Shan's cultivation level was achieved through genuine practice; it was just that he synchronized with the ascension. If it weren't for his obsession with Blue Star, he wouldn't have remained without ascending.

Now that she has appeared, Juanshan's obsession has been resolved. Even without synchronization, he can still ascend on his own. Therefore, compared to her, who has an unfair advantage, Juanshan is the rightful immortal.

Qiu Ci made up her mind and decided to ask Yi Hongyu the next morning how she could get to the Western Immortal Realm.

But she didn't expect that she wouldn't be able to go at all.

According to Yi Hongyu, although the locations of these system hosts' ascension to the immortal realms are random, once they ascend, they basically become the private property of their respective immortal realms. Before the loan is paid off, they have no human rights whatsoever, no immortal rights whatsoever.

The place of residence and destination must be arranged by the Immortal Realm. Those who escape on their own will be severely punished, and death and annihilation are possible.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, our 'Spirit Garden' is already the best place imaginable," Yi Hongyu advised earnestly. "Normally, all you need to do is weed the immortal tree and water it. There's no easier job than that. Don't be reckless and make trouble for yourself."

Qiu Ci fell silent. She hadn't expected the Immortal Realm to be so strict with its system hosts. No wonder Yi Hongyu called them immortal slaves. Forbidden to go out, denied cultivation, and forced to constantly work to pay off debts—weren't they immortal slaves?
She hesitated, wondering whether to take a gamble and break out to find Juanshan to reunite, or stay here and wait for an opportunity. After all, the previous manager, Yao, hadn't found the dog system; he had only told her to stay temporarily at the Spirit Garden while awaiting further confirmation after a report was submitted.

If they can't find the system, can she be considered an ordinary ascendant, so she doesn't have to repay any system loan and can leave openly? I just don't know when they mean by further confirmation.
What if they come up with something even more powerful than the Book of Destiny to detect the system's existence? What if... Never mind, at worst, she'll just have the damn system shut down again. She doesn't believe that will be enough to detect it.

Qiu Ci suppressed her urge to immediately go and meet up with the old man from Juanshan, and decided to wait a while longer.

Of course, she wasn't just waiting around. There wasn't much to do at the Spirit Garden. As Yi Hongyu said, the work here was easy, and there was a lot of free time. However, she used all of that free time to cultivate.

Reporting to Manager Yao might not be taken seriously, so we need to be prepared for both possibilities. However, if she can break through to the Human Immortal realm, it will directly prove that she is not the system host, since the bound user cannot improve their cultivation.

Thus, Qiu Ci began his cultivation, the second time he had worked so hard since awakening, aside from the years he spent digesting the lightning tribulation in the Preaching Tower.

She also took the opportunity to learn about the situation of her location. The immortal realm she ascended to was the Eastern Immortal Realm, one of the four immortal realms. The ruler of the Eastern Immortal Realm was a pill cultivator with the cultivation level of Immortal Venerable.

It is precisely because of this that the Eastern Immortal Realm produces many alchemy cultivators, and the entire Eastern Immortal Realm is also full of immortal herbs and plants. The Spirit Garden is one of the many gardens in the Eastern Immortal Realm that cultivate immortal fruits.

She was located in Yinxian City, on the south side of the Eastern Immortal Realm. Because of the Ascension Platform, immortals often ascended there, making it a very lively immortal city.