1: Chapter 1 The Arrival Five Thousand Years Later

Main World.

Morning Star City, Eastern Prefecture.

"Have you heard? As long as we choose to become a Lord and enter the Chaos Source Sea, we can receive an Advanced-grade piece of equipment or item from the municipal government. The level of support is unprecedented."

"Hiss, Advanced-grade? Is that for real?"

The classroom was buzzing with discussion; everyone was talking about the recent topic, making it quite noisy.

One item of Advanced-grade for everyone...

Lin Xiao sat in his seat, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

"It seems the situation on the front lines is not optimistic."

People in the Main World, once they reached the age of eighteen, could descend into the Chaos Source Sea via cross-world teleportation to become a Lord, embarking on the extraordinary path to becoming a god or saint.

This was a world where Lords were supreme.

Only by becoming a Lord could one achieve longevity, possess endless lifespan, and wield extraordinary power capable of destroying heaven and earth.

If one did not become a Lord, they would remain an ordinary person, with a lifespan of no more than a hundred years.

It seemed as though everyone should be rushing to become a Lord, yet the reality was far from that.

The path of a Lord was a perilous one, filled with both opportunity and crisis, and the mortality rate had always remained high.

Moreover, there was no regret medicine to take; there were only Lords who died in battle, never Lords who retired. For various reasons, the number of new Lords in the Main World rarely exceeded three million per year.

To think that in order to attract more people to become Lords, they were now even offering the benefit of an Advanced-grade item for everyone.

While others saw the easy-to-obtain benefits, Lin Xiao saw the deeper meaning behind this policy.

His heart felt slightly cold.

"Lin Xiao, will you enter the Chaos Source Sea?" the little fatty at the same desk asked curiously.

"Of course," Lin Xiao answered without hesitation.

"Sigh, I really envy you; you don't need to hesitate at all." The little fatty's face was filled with conflict: "That's an Advanced-grade item, should I take a gamble or not..."

The mortality rate of Lords was very high; this was a fact.

They could carry a total of three items into the Chaos Source Sea, but an ordinary family, even after exhausting all their efforts, could only provide three ordinary-grade items. Now, being able to receive an Advanced-grade item of a higher level for free from the municipal government undoubtedly made the little fatty, who had long ago decided not to enter the Chaos Source Sea, waver.

Lin Xiao did not speak.

When it came to life and death, he would not interfere with others.

Time passed quickly, and soon, it was the annual teleportation day.

Lord Calendar Year 5084, January 1st.

In the central square of Morning Star City stood a huge teleportation array; it was the cross-world teleportation array leading to the Chaos Source Sea.

Lin Xiao arrived at the central square early and waited quietly.

New Lords arrived from all over Morning Star City. Among them were teenagers like Lin Xiao who had just turned eighteen, as well as vigorous young and middle-aged people, and even spirited elderly people.

There were also many familiar faces among them.

The number of people exceeded previous years; at a glance, there were tens of thousands.

Lin Xiao was a bit surprised.

Looking at the big picture from a small one, with over three hundred cities across the five continents of the Main World, the number of new Lords entering the Chaos Source Sea this time would likely not be less than ten million. It showed how great the temptation of starting with an Advanced-grade item was, causing many to change their minds and decide to take the risk.

"Lin Xiao, you're here too."

"Lin Xiao."

Some familiar classmates greeted Lin Xiao, and it was clear they were all quite nervous.

Lin Xiao did not act aloof and nodded in response to each one.

"We are all new Lords from the same batch; we must unite to fight against the alien races."

"God bless, let those alien races not discover me."

"Hahaha, Chaos Source Sea, your King has arrived."

Amidst the expectant, frenzied, or uneasy gazes of the crowd, water-like light emanated from the cross-world teleportation array, enveloping the entire central square. When the light faded, the tens of thousands of people inside had already disappeared.

"I hope more of you can gain a foothold in the First Source Sea."

A sigh echoed leisurely in the central square.

The teleportation ended, and a series of System notifications immediately rang in Lin Xiao's ears.

[You have entered the Chaos Source Sea and automatically acquired the identity of a Lord. You have received a territory.]

[Starting identity verification. You are a Second-Generation Lord... Soul abnormality detected... Verification complete. You are a First-Generation Lord... Error...]

Suddenly, everything in front of him turned blood-red, and in the void, it felt as if an unimaginable crisis was about to descend.

Just as Lin Xiao's expression changed drastically, the System notification sound returned to normal.

[Verification complete, abnormality excluded.]

[Congratulations, you have triggered an Awakening: Infinite.]

[You have received a Newbie Gift Pack.]

"Talent, Newbie Gift Pack?"

"What's going on?"

Lin Xiao was stunned.

As everyone knew, Talents and Newbie Gift Packs were benefits unique to First-Generation Lords.

What was a First-Generation Lord?

It was simple; the billions of Blue Star Lords who descended into the Chaos Source Sea over five thousand years ago were the First-Generation Lords.

After these Blue Star Lords gained a foothold in the Chaos Source Sea, they created the Main World to propagate their race. Nowadays, the people of the Main World are all their descendants and are Second-Generation Lords.

In the Chaos Source Sea, the origins of all major races were like this.

Lin Xiao was a person of the Main World and should be a Second-Generation Lord.

"Could it be because of my past life?"

Combining this with the previous System abnormality, Lin Xiao quickly thought of a possibility. He had a secret he had never told anyone.

In fact, he was also one of the billions of beings on Blue Star, just in his past life. On that day, billions of people on Blue Star were selected to descend into the Chaos Source Sea and become Lords.

Originally, Lin Xiao should have descended with the billions of people from Blue Star, but for some unknown reason during the teleportation, he appeared more than 5,000 years after the Lord Calendar.

In other words, Lin Xiao, who was selected at the same time, descended into the Chaos Source Sea more than five thousand years later than the other Blue Star Lords...

Regarding this, Lin Xiao felt fortunate.

The high mortality rate of Lords? Compared to the mortality rate of the Blue Star Lords at that time, it was completely insignificant.

Being thrown into the Chaos Source Sea without any warning and knowing nothing about the Chaos Source Sea, the misery was imaginable. The vast majority of Blue Star Lords died within a year of descending; those who could survive until now were as rare as a Phoenix feather.

The heroes of the world were as numerous as crucian carp. Lin Xiao, who was unremarkable on Blue Star, never thought he could be one of the few surviving Blue Star Lords.

The arrival delayed by five thousand years allowed him to escape a deadly disaster.

Shaking his head, Lin Xiao quickly calmed down.

"Open attribute panel."

With a swipe of his finger, a light screen visible only to him immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Lord: Lin Xiao]

[Rank: Rank 0]

[Physique: 10]

[Spirit: 10]

[Talent: Infinite]

[Cultivation Technique: Evergreen Art]

[Skill: None]

If the First-Generation Lords of Blue Star from over five thousand years ago saw Lin Xiao's attribute panel, they would probably be shocked into speechlessness.

Ordinary Blue Star humans had a Physique and Spirit of around 1. Even the outstanding ones would not exceed 2. But for people of the Main World, even the lowest would not be less than 3, easily crushing the former. Outstanding individuals like Lin Xiao even reached double 10.

This was not Lin Xiao's limit, but the limit of Rank 0.

Only by becoming a Lord and embarking on the extraordinary path could one break the limits of an ordinary person and acquire more powerful strength.

Second-Generation Lords also had their own advantages.

They did not have the unique benefits given by the System, but they had the legacy left by their Seniors, had Cultivation Techniques, and had strategy guides. They ate food containing Spiritual Qi and lived in an environment with dissipating Spiritual Qi. Their starting point was much higher than that of Blue Star humans.

Lin Xiao looked at the Talent he had just activated.

[Infinite (SSS): The strength of you, your troops, and your heroes will not be limited by the territory Rank and will grow infinitely.]