You were put to guard a shabby mountain gate, yet all your disciples became Immortal Emperors.

Lin Zhou's expression changed instantly.

Golden fortune!

Yet another chosen one!

Judging by how fast the beam of light is dimming, it's about to kick the bucket!

Is this still available?

This is the future Super Power Bank No. 2!

A mobile cultivation refueling station!

"Keep a close watch on the mountain gate!"

Linzhou didn't even have time for a superfluous explanation; his words were still echoing in front of the thatched hut.

The person had already transformed into a blur, rushing towards the direction of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Beasts marked on the Qi Luck Heavenly Eye map at full speed.

Damn it, hurry up!

It'll be too late, even the body will be cold!

……

Abyss of Ten Thousand Beasts.

This place is a forbidden area not far from the sect, filled with miasma and teeming with demonic beasts.

At the edge of the abyss, a huge black-scaled demon tiger was playing with its "prey" in a cat-and-mouse manner.

He was a boy.

A boy covered in blood, so thin he was just skin and bones.

His body was covered in deep, bone-revealing wounds, and he was almost covered in blood, his breath so weak that he seemed about to stop at any moment.

Even so, a flame of resentment still burned in his empty eyes.

With his last ounce of strength, he clutched a piece of yellowed, tattered cloth tightly to his chest, as if it were the last glimmer of light in his life.

The young man was Shi Yi.

Born with the supreme bones of the Primordial Chaos, he should have been the most dazzling scorching sun in the neighboring Stone Kingdom.

However, his cousin Shi Hao, together with his mother, cruelly dug out his supreme bone and transplanted it into his body.

He was discarded in this Abyss of Ten Thousand Beasts like trash.

He endured the excruciating pain of having his bones dug out every day, unable to live and unable to die.

He had wanted to die for a long time.

But he was not willing to give up!

The Black-Scaled Demon Tiger, having grown tired of playing with the creature, opened its blood-red maw, and its foul-smelling saliva dripped onto Shi Yi's face.

Death finally came.

Shi Yi slowly closed his eyes.

Just as the demon tiger's fangs were about to pierce his throat...

"You beast! You're asking for death!"

A loud shout came from the horizon.

Immediately afterwards, a gigantic spiritual hand, blotting out the sky, suddenly emerged from the clouds, carrying a world-destroying force, and slammed down!

The Black Scale Demon Tiger's head, which was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, didn't even have a chance to react before it was precisely pierced through by this palm strike!

"Boom—!"

The full force of the Golden Core cultivator's attack unleashed a terrifying torrent of power.

Lin Zhou's heart was bleeding. He had used up his last remaining time-limited cards and hoped that the gains would outweigh the losses.

The massive body of the Black Scaled Tiger instantly turned into a blood mist, and even half of the mountain behind it was leveled to the ground by this one palm strike!

When the dust settled, the scene was utterly horrifying.

Shi Yi was stunned by this sudden scene.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw a middle-aged man dressed in a plain Taoist robe slowly walking out of the swirling dust and landing in front of him.

The visitor was none other than Linzhou.

He looked at the dying boy on the ground, his heart still bleeding.

Damn it! The last [Cloud-Sweeping Palm] time-limited card!

That's it!

What a waste of money! So incredibly wasteful!

If this kid can't break even, I'll be losing money hand over fist!

Without saying a word, Lin Zhou took out the [Life Creation Pill] from the system warehouse, which he had been reluctant to use since getting it from the newbie gift pack, and directly pried open Shi Yi's mouth and stuffed it in.

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a surge of immense life force coursed through Shi Yi's entire body.

His horrific wounds began to heal at a visible speed, and his parched body regained its vitality.

Shi Yi stared blankly at the man in front of him.

Lin Zhou didn't bother with any more words; his Heavenly Eye of Luck had already clearly seen the other party's information.

Name: Shi Yi

[Aura: Gold (Emperor-level, in decline)]

[Destiny: Chosen One]

[Physique: Primordial Supreme Bone (Stolen)]

As expected, he's a Celestial Dragon template!

Even the kind where bones are dug out!

This tastes absolutely authentic!

Lin Zhou squatted down, his voice carrying an undeniable domineering air.

"Do you want revenge?"

Shi Yi's body trembled, and flames reignited in his empty eyes.

revenge!

These two words were his only obsession with living!

"Yes!" he squeezed out in a hoarse voice.

"If you become my disciple, I will give you a chance to overthrow the Stone Kingdom and take back what you have lost a hundredfold or a thousandfold."

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Yi used all the strength he had recovered to kowtow heavily to Lin Zhou.

"Master...!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully subdued the Chosen One, Shi Yi!]

[Ding! Apprentice Shi Yi's soul has been successfully bound, and his loyalty is permanently locked at 100%!]

[Ding! Detected that the host has taken on a disciple in a desperate situation, triggering a 10,000x critical strike return!]

A series of system notification sounds exploded in Linzhou's mind!

A critical hit ten thousand times?!

What the hell!

[Ding! Reward processing in progress...]

[Ding! Obtained the divine-level cultivation technique "Undying Dragon Bone Scripture"!]

[Ding! Obtained Ancient Treasure - Dragon Blood Tempering Pool (One-time Use)!]

[Ding! Obtained the incomplete divine ability - Ancestral Dragon's Eye (can be upgraded)!]

[Ding! You have received the Golden Core Realm Early Stage (Void) cultivation empowerment!]

[Ding! You have obtained 5 trial cards for the "One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate" skill!]

Lin Zhou was completely stunned by the series of rewards.

Happiness comes so suddenly!

A divine-level cultivation technique! An ancient treasure! A supernatural power!

There's also the cultivation empowerment of the Golden Core Realm!

The most outrageous thing is that they also gave away five trial cards for the "One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate" skill! This thing sounds way more powerful than the "Cloud-Sweeping Palm" skill!

It's out!

This is a huge profit!

What Golden Core trial card? Compared to this pile of rewards, it's nothing!

This is like upgrading from slingshots to cannons, no, it's like going from millet and rifles to interstellar star destroyers!

boom!

An immense amount of cultivation power appeared out of thin air and surged wildly into Lin Zhou's body.

His cultivation bottleneck was as fragile as paper in the face of this power.

Foundation Establishment Completed... Breakthrough!

Early stage of Golden Core (Void)!

Lin Zhou's cultivation level skyrocketed like a rocket!

No one expected that in such a short time, Lin Zhou would achieve a cultivation level on par with the sect elders!

"Speaking of which, what does 'virtual realm' mean? I'm not virtual at all!" Lin Zhou thought to himself.

As expected of a protagonist who embodies the "bone-digging" genre, his charging efficiency is even more powerful than high voltage!

With a thought, he disguised his cultivation level as Qi Refining Perfection, while adjusting the second layer of disguise to Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Keep a low profile, you must keep a low profile.

"Good disciple, get up."

Lin Zhou looked at Shi Yi, who had almost fully recovered, and nodded in satisfaction.

With a wave of his hand, a blood-red pool exuding an ancient and desolate aura appeared out of thin air in the valley.

It is indeed the [Dragon Blood Tempering Pool]!

The pool was filled with viscous, mercury-like golden dragon blood, and streams of extremely pure energy caused the surrounding air to distort.

"Go in." Lin Zhou pointed to the blood pool.

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Yi jumped in.

"ah--!"

As soon as he entered the pool, Shi Yi let out a heart-wrenching scream.

That feeling was a million times more painful than having your bones dug out!

Countless domineering dragon blood essences transformed into billions of steel needles, frantically drilling into his limbs and bones, eroding his bones, meridians, and flesh!

This is a reshaping!

Using the supreme dragon blood as a foundation, he was reshaped into a bone that surpassed even the Primordial Supreme Bone—the Ancestral Dragon Emperor Bone!

Lin Zhou ignored his screams and instead directly implanted the divine-level cultivation technique, the Undying Dragon Bone Scripture, into his mind.

"Hold on! Circulate your energy, guide the dragon blood—this is your only chance!"

During the excruciating process of reshaping, Shi Yi's roar echoed throughout the entire valley.

……

at the same time.

To the east of Lingxiao Sect, in the depths of the imperial palace of the capital of Shi Kingdom.

In a secluded room, a handsome young man with a delicate and feminine demeanor was meditating cross-legged.

He was surrounded by a dazzling glow, and behind him, faint, sacred phantoms appeared—the extraordinary phenomenon of the Primordial Supreme Bone.

This person was Shi Yi's cousin, Shi Hao.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if he had been struck hard by an invisible hammer.

"puff!"

Shi Hao spat out a mouthful of blood and suddenly opened his eyes.

He could clearly feel that the supreme bone that had perfectly merged with him was trembling and moaning violently!

It's as if something of the same origin, yet more advanced and powerful, is being born in some corner of the world!