Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

The Great Xia Dynasty

Inside a mansion in Qingzhou City.

Xia Jin leaned back in the armchair, looking at the stage above, and couldn't help but hum along.

Even those with extraordinary immortal bones covet a share of the mortal realm's wealth...

"Pour the wine!" Xia Jin waved to the green-clad maid beside her.

The other person quickly poured the wine from the wine pot into the celadon-glazed wine cup. Xia Jin took it, took a small sip, and then showed a contented expression.

Suddenly, a series of slightly hurried footsteps approached.

A figure with fair skin and not a speck of stubble quickly approached the armchair.

"Master."

The high-pitched voice, characteristic of eunuchs, reached Xia Jin's ears: "I just received a letter, a letter sent by His Majesty."

Xia Jin finally looked away from the stage, then glanced at the letter in Eunuch Wei's hand, and frowned.

"That Xia Yu, why did he have to send a letter out of the blue? It seems he's been having a pretty leisurely time as emperor lately! Don't you think so, Little Wei?"

Upon hearing Xia Jin's words, Eunuch Wei, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but smile bitterly. He dared not accept such a remark.

Under heaven, the only one who would dare to address the current emperor by his name is probably the one before us.

"Forget it, you won't give me a reason anyway! I want to see what trouble this guy has gotten himself into this time." Xia Jin shook her head and took the letter.

"Hmm?" Xia Jin's gaze swept over the letter, and her previous nonchalant expression vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of coldness in her eyes.

"I didn't expect that these remnants of the demonic sect would be up and running again so soon, only a short time after I left the capital. And this Qingyun Sect too!" Xia Jin narrowed his eyes, secretly calculating, "They really want to extend their tentacles into my Great Xia Dynasty! Too bad, with me here, it won't be that easy!"

"Little Wei, go pack your things in a bit." Xia Jin crumpled the letter. "We're setting off for the capital tomorrow."

"Yes!" Eunuch Wei nodded and disappeared from Xia Jin's sight in the blink of an eye.

After Eunuch Wei disappeared, a trace of melancholy appeared on Xia Jin's face.

As a time traveler, he and the current emperor, Xia Yu, were originally twin brothers in the Xia royal family.

In his youth, he displayed a martial arts talent rarely seen in the entire Great Xia Dynasty for a century, a truly remarkable genius.

Even after being reborn into this world, I didn't receive a system like other transmigrators.

But with his talent, he became one of the five Grandmasters of the Great Xia Dynasty before the age of forty.

When the late emperor passed away, the struggle for the throne was fierce. In order to support Xia Yu to ascend to the throne, he went alone to Langya Mountain and fought a fierce battle with the Grandmaster who supported the Third Prince for three days and three nights, finally killing him.

With this battle, Xia Yu successfully ascended to the throne, and after that battle, he was hailed as the most powerful grandmaster in the Great Xia Dynasty.

However, apart from him, no one knew that after that battle, his meridians were almost completely destroyed, and his cultivation level plummeted. He fell directly from the Grandmaster realm to the first level of the Acquired Realm. This is why he came to Qingzhou City to recuperate after his younger brother Xia Yu secured the throne.

"Qingyun Sect..." Xia Jin looked up at the sky, feeling that the sun was a bit too bright.

"Rumor has it that the newly appointed sect leader has already reached the half-step Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm. Half-step Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm... even at my peak, I might not be his match."

"Three months to find a way to deal with the Qingyun Sect! This is really giving me a headache."

A long-forgotten sense of powerlessness suddenly crept into Xia Jin's heart. This was the first time he had felt this way since being reborn into this world.

He picked up his glass, just as he was about to drink the rest of the wine,

"Ding!"

A cold voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Host's soul fluctuations detected, meeting binding requirements... World coordinates confirmed... Energy compatibility complete...]

[The Martial Arts Godhood System has been successfully activated.]

[Bound Host: Xia Jin.]

Huh? What? A Martial Arts Godhood System?

"Wait, could this be the system I've been waiting for all these years?" Xia Jin's hand holding the wine glass froze in mid-air, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes.

"Host's current strength is detected to be weak; a beginner's reward will be issued!"

Xia Jin's expression was somewhat strange. A beginner's reward?

[New player rewards are being distributed...]

[Reward 1: Meridian Reshaping]

[Reward Two: Martial Arts Manual - The Nine Revolutions Creation Scripture]

[Reward Three: Ten Years of Cultivation Power.]

[Would you like to retrieve it immediately?]

"Meridian reshaping?" Xia Jin's wine glass suddenly fell to the ground, and his pupils contracted instantly. He didn't hear anything else, because he was completely stunned by the first reward.

As long as his meridians can be reshaped, he can rely on his insights and foundation from his past as a Grandmaster.

Five years, at most five years, and he will be able to return to the Grandmaster realm.

"What's there to hesitate about?" Xia Jin practically shouted.

"Retrieve! System, retrieve the newbie rewards for me immediately!"

The moment Xia Jin's voice fell—

"Ugh—!"

Suddenly, a warm current surged into his countless meridians. Before he could even properly feel it, the warm current transformed into countless blunt knives, churning wildly within his severed meridians!

Xia Jin clenched his fists and straightened up from the armchair. Veins bulged on his forehead and neck, and his face turned deathly pale in an instant. Large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Your Highness! What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Xia Jin's unusual behavior startled the green-clad maid serving wine, who gasped in surprise. The actors on the stage also stopped and looked at Xia Jin below, somewhat at a loss.

"All of you...get out of here!"

"Notify Xiao Wei, everyone... immediately... leave the backyard! Don't come near!" Xia Jin gritted her teeth, enduring the excruciating pain, and waved to everyone.

Although the maids and the opera troupe members were confused, they still hurriedly left the backyard as Xia Jin instructed.

Xia Jin was the only one left in the entire backyard.

"Is this what meridian reshaping is? It really hurts... like hell!!" Xia Jin took a deep breath, got off the armchair, and sat cross-legged on the spot.

For three days, Xia Jin endured the excruciating pain and sat cross-legged in the backyard for three days straight.

"Buzz—!"

A strange fluctuation emanated from Xia Jin. He opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"It's done!"

"Indeed, my meridians have not only been reshaped, but are even stronger than before!" Xia Jin felt the changes within his body, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. "With this foundation, why would I need five years to return to the Grandmaster realm? Two years... no, perhaps only a year and a half, I am absolutely confident that I will regain my peak! Moreover, my strength at that time will be incomparable to what it was before!"

"Oh, right," Xia Jin suddenly remembered, "there's also the 'Nine Revolutions Creation Scripture'! I wonder what kind of martial arts manual it is!"