Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Ye Chen

Barbaric Wilderness Continent, Heavenly Wind Kingdom, Qingyun Sect.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

The torrential rain poured down, enveloping the entire range of rolling mountains of the Qingyun Sect.

Located at the foot of the outer mountain of Qingyun Sect were hundreds of small courtyards with green-tiled roofs, where the nominal disciples of Qingyun Sect resided.

In a secluded small courtyard, Ye Chen sat on the bed, looking at the heavy rain outside the house and muttered to himself, "I had no idea that a Martial World truly existed, and that I would transmigrate to this new world, taking over the body of a young man who shares my name and looks exactly like me."

Ye Chen glanced at the fine steel sword by his bed and still found it somewhat unbelievable.

In his previous life, Ye Chen was an archaeology student at a university on Earth. During an outing, an accident occurred, and when he woke up again, he found himself in the Barbaric Wilderness Continent.

Arriving suddenly in a strange world and in a new body, even someone as mentally strong as Ye Chen was stunned for a while.

Only after thoroughly integrating the memories of his new body and knowing that nothing could be changed did he have to accept reality.

However, beyond the shock, deep down Ye Chen felt a vague sense of excitement about arriving in this new world.

In his previous life, Ye Chen was immensely fascinated by the bizarre world of Martial Arts and longed to wield his sword across the land, growing stronger and exploring the wonders of the world.

Now that he had truly arrived in the Martial World of the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, he was naturally thrilled.

"After all, in my previous life, I was an orphan with no attachments."

"Now that I am in this new world, let it be a brand-new beginning!"

Ye Chen clenched his fists, bidding farewell to his past.

Through the integrated memories, Ye Chen also learned a lot about this world.

The world he was in was called the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, where Martial Arts were revered and strength was paramount!

Here, the weak could only live at the mercy of others and be bullied, while a master of Martial Arts could lead heroes and command the world!

Rumor had it that powerful martial artists could easily smash mountains, sever rivers, ride on giant beasts and soar through the skies, and some mighty ones with great magical powers could even comprehend life and death and become immortal!

In the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, Martial Arts were highly respected. Citizens of various nations of the continent started to hone their bodies and train in martial skills from a young age.

However, although everyone practiced martial arts, not many could truly step onto the path of Martial Arts and become Martial Cultivators.

In the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, to truly step onto the path of Martial Arts, one must open a point within the body called the "Qi Sea Acupoint."

Only by opening the "Qi Sea Acupoint" could they gather "True Qi" within their bodies, thus stepping into the first major realm of Martial Arts, the "True Qi Realm," and become a Martial Cultivator.

Ye Chen was a descendant of a significant family from Qingyang City in the Heavenly Wind Kingdom of the Barbaric Wilderness Continent.

At the age of twelve, he successfully opened his "Qi Sea Acupoint," entered the first layer of True Qi, and was then accepted as a nominal disciple into the "Qingyun Sect."

However, what was frustrating was that during the two and a half years at the "Qingyun Sect," Ye Chen remained at the first layer of True Qi, with little improvement in strength, and was even surpassed by many new disciples of the Qingyun Sect.

It is known that the True Qi Realm is divided into twelve layers. Only the first four layers qualify one to be a nominal disciple in the Qingyun Sect. Only by stepping into the fifth layer of True Qi does one qualify to join the Outer Sect and become a formal Outer Sect disciple of the Qingyun Sect.

"I will practice the True Qi Skills every day from now on, striving to absorb more True Qi into my body," Ye Chen decided, adjusting his mind and entering a meditative state focused on his Qi Sea.

This meditation brought Ye Chen's entire consciousness into the space of the Qi Sea Acupoint; upon entering, he was immediately startled.

Just like the Buddhist saying, "In every flower a world," the Qi Sea Acupoint was a marvelously mysterious acupoint for martial cultivators, seemingly an independent world that could harbor True Qi within it.

However, for most martial artists, the Qi Sea merely served as a storehouse for True Qi and contained nothing else. Ye Chen, however, discovered a seven-tiered Pagoda floating in the world of his Qi Sea.

This seven-tiered Pagoda, towering and vast, seemed to serve as the Sea-Calming Divine Needle within the world of the Qi Sea. Even more miraculous was that the Pagoda was shrouded in endless brilliance, as if garlanded with countless stars!

"This Pagoda!"

"It's actually inside me!"

Ye Chen almost cried out in shock.

The reason he came to this new world was because of this Pagoda.

In his past life, as an outstanding Archaeology student, Ye Chen had received an opportunity to travel to the Antarctic. While attempting to traverse the glacier, he accidentally fell into an ice cavern.

Thinking the cavern wasn't too deep, Ye Chen kept falling further and further until he eventually plummeted into a vast, ethereal abyss.

In that space, infinite starlight shone, casting a surreal glow.

Even more astonishing, around the space, colossal beasts prostrated themselves, worshipping towards the center of the space.

These beasts were each over ten thousand meters long, making Ye Chen seem as minute as a speck of dust in comparison. Mysteriously, he was somehow able to see these massive creatures clearly.

As a top student in the field of Archaeology, Ye Chen had never heard of such enormous creatures existing on Earth in either past or present records.

Scanning around, he saw that there were as many as ten thousand of these beasts, each of them over ten thousand meters long, all worshipping in the same direction in the space.

Below the Antarctic Glacier, within this boundless void, ten thousand colossal beasts lay prostrate, worshipping in unison.

If he were to tell others about this, it was doubtful anyone would believe him.

Ye Chen himself could hardly believe it. Following the direction of the beasts' worship, he looked toward the center of the space and saw a seven-tiered Pagoda floating there.

The size of the Pagoda was unimpressive compared to any of the colossal beasts, yet the aura it emitted confirmed its status as the absolute center of the space, the true master of that realm!

Just as Ye Chen's gaze fell upon the Pagoda, it seemed to sense his presence and spun around. Suddenly, Ye Chen felt as if he was being scrutinized by a deity.

Then, the Pagoda emitted an endless surge of starry light. Within the brilliance, Ye Chen saw the Pagoda shrink smaller and smaller until, finally, it was the size of a thumb.

The thumb-sized Pagoda flew straight towards him, and before Ye Chen could react, it entered his body.

At that moment, Ye Chen only heard the roar of the beasts and was overcome by a powerful dizzying sensation before he lost consciousness.

When he awoke, he found himself in a new body within the Qingyun Sect.

Now, discovering this mysterious Pagoda within his Qi Sea, it was natural for Ye Chen to be incredibly shocked!

He had not expected that the Pagoda, like him, had also come to this new world, and moreover, it was inside him.