Where am I?
Qin Mu looked around blankly.
A thick mist blanketed the area, and the visibility was extremely low.
‘This is strange. Wasn’t I just sleeping? How did I end up here?’
He lifted his feet and began to walk, step by step.
After an unknown amount of time, the mist before him finally thinned.
After walking for a while longer, a golden wall appeared in his path.
He looked up, but because of the lingering mist, he could not see the top.
There was no telling how high it reached.
He reached out to touch the golden wall, and a cold sensation met his fingertips.
“Heh, kid, you’ve finally come in.”
A booming voice rang out.
“Who! Who’s speaking!”
Qin Mu quickly scanned his surroundings, searching for the source of the voice.
“Heh, stop looking. Look up.”
Hearing this, Qin Mu raised his head and jumped in fright.
Two eyes, as large as lanterns, were staring down at him.
“Who are you!”
Qin Mu forced himself to remain calm, but his heart was racing.
Anything that could pull him into this place without a sound was definitely not something simple.
Immediately after, the golden wall moved.
To be more accurate, the golden wall was actually a part of this creature.
“Don’t be nervous, human brat. Your current strength is too weak; you can’t even see my true form. This won’t do.”
Qin Mu hated it when people brought up his cultivation, but there was nothing he could do.
He truly was a talentless loser.
“Look at your right arm.”
Qin Mu immediately looked at his arm.
At some point, his entire right arm had become covered in patterns.
“This… this!!”
He hadn’t activated his inner power, so how did they appear so suddenly?
“Kid, this old man is currently inside your right arm.”
Qin Mu was stunned.
“You’re that glob of golden liquid!”
“Heh, you guessed correctly. That is my Source of Heaven and Earth. My physical body was destroyed, my soul was sealed, and I was attached to an Outerworld Object. They wanted to use power from beyond the heavens to completely erase me.”
His physical body was destroyed, and his soul was even sealed!
This plot… sounded a bit like a villain’s backstory.
“Forgive me for asking, but did you do something terrible to deserve that?”
If that were the case, Qin Mu would have to call Aunt Lu for help.
“Hmph!”
A cold snort shook the heavens.
The voice continued, “Whether it was the Human Clan, the Demon Clan, or the Beast Clan, they all wanted my source power. To that end, they even joined forces to deal with me.”
“If I hadn’t fallen for their schemes, how could I have lost!”
‘Whoa! He was actually defeated by the combined efforts of all three clans. Senior, you’re a bit too incredible if you could make the Humans, Beasts, and Demons work together.’
It seemed he really did have a formidable cheat inside his body now.
“This junior still doesn’t know who you are…”
Hearing Qin Mu’s question, the voice made no attempt to hide the truth.
“I am the Divine Dragon! I am a spiritual creature of the world born at the dawn of creation!”
These words instantly sent shockwaves through Qin Mu’s heart.
Even someone like Qin Mu, who didn’t read many books, knew that according to the legends of the Heavenly Profound Continent, there was an era even more ancient than the Primordial Era.
In those times, the world was ruled by spiritual creatures born at the start of heaven and earth.
However, logically speaking, those primordial spiritual creatures should have been incredibly powerful.
It didn’t make sense for none of them to exist now, leaving only legends behind.
“Our race has existed since the dawn of creation. We were the darlings of heaven and earth. Later, because we were so powerful that no other race could rival us, the long years became quite boring. Eventually, someone suggested holding a contest to see who was the strongest.”
The voice paused for a moment.
“It started as mere sparring, but it grew increasingly violent until the first death occurred. Later on, the battle tore the heavens and split the earth. The blood and the Spirit Energy of those of us born from the world transformed into the spiritual power that fills the air today.”
“By the time we regained our senses, it was too late. Our numbers had become extremely scarce. The war stopped after that. After an unknown amount of time, the Heavenly Dao no longer favored us, so we went into seclusion.”
“Until one day, a human found me. He craved my flesh and blood, my internal Spirit Energy, and most of all, my Source of Heaven and Earth.”
“Hmph! From that day on, my peaceful life ended. However, with my strength, according to your human realm divisions, even the most powerful Great Ascension Realm master could do nothing to me.”
“But in the end, it’s easy to dodge an arrow in the light but hard to guard against a stab in the back. Though I was defeated, my Source of Heaven and Earth isn’t something just anyone can take. In their frustration, they sealed me away.”
Qin Mu listened in silence until the story was finished.
However, he still had some doubts.
Since so many powerful experts couldn’t do anything back then, how did this incredibly powerful senior end up residing in his arm?
“Senior, I have a question!” Qin Mu raised his hand.
“Oh? Human brat, go ahead and ask. It has been a long time since I’ve had someone to talk to.”
Ahem.
Qin Mu cleared his throat and asked, “Since so many people were unable to obtain your Source of Heaven and Earth back then, why was someone as weak as me able to get it? What’s going on?”
“Heh, an interesting question. I’m not entirely sure myself. However, your blood has a unique scent. No, to be precise, your soul feels as though it doesn’t belong to this world.”
‘So that’s why.’
Qin Mu wasn’t originally from this world, and the item was something Jing Kun had wanted to obtain.
Jing Kun wasn’t from this world either.
In other words, only those who weren’t from this world could obtain the Source of Heaven and Earth.
‘What kind of system bug is this?’
“Senior, since you’re residing in… my arm, will anything happen to me?”
With such a powerful being inside him, Qin Mu was very worried about whether he could handle such a heavyweight.
“Heh, human brat, rest easy. Nothing bad will happen to you by possessing my Source of Heaven and Earth.”
Hearing this, Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
Then came the next sentence—
“At most, over time, once those patterns cover your entire body, you will be able to take on my Divine Dragon Form from back then.”
“What!!”
“What? You seem unwilling, human brat? You should know that many people once coveted my Source of Heaven and Earth just to become a Divine Dragon. Though we are no longer favored by the Heavenly Dao, we possess longevity equal to heaven and earth, as well as vitality that is incredibly difficult to extinguish.”
“That may be true, but Senior, didn’t your physical body still get destroyed?”
“You… ahem. But it was only my physical body that was destroyed. As long as my Source of Heaven and Earth remains, I am an immortal existence!”
“But isn’t being in this state basically the same as being dead?”
Qin Mu’s words were like needles, piercing straight to the heart of the matter.
“You human brat! Hmph! You should just go back. To think I went through the trouble of pulling you in here. Remember, break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage as soon as possible.”
“Wait a minute! Senior! Wait—”
It was no use.
In the next moment, Qin Mu felt the world spinning around him.