193: Chapter 193 The First Lamp

The kitchen was tiny.

The stove was old.

The bowls were old too.

Steam was still rising from the pot.

The woman sat by the table peeling garlic, her movements slow, as if she had been waiting here for many years.

When she turned her head, all the flames on the Inverted Chessboard lowered by half an inch.

It wasn't a kneel.

It was more like they recognized her.

Li Yan's Adam's apple bobbed.

"This person... doesn't look like a villain."

Zhang Changlin's voice was deep.

"The less they look like one, the more careful we must be."

The Dragon Girl held the lunch box and whispered, "Master, does she know how to cook?"

Jiang Feng looked at the woman inside the doorway.

"Tell me, why did I transmigrate?"

The woman put the peeled garlic into a bowl.

"Because you were never a person of this era to begin with."

Zero Seven's expression changed.

"Mr. Jiang..."

Jiang Feng raised his hand, signaling her not to worry yet.

The woman continued speaking.

"Your past life was not on the Blue Star, not in the Demon Realm, and not on the First Blue Star."

"You come from Beyond the Flower Stamen."

"I sent you to the Blue Star so that you could live."

Li Yan's scalp tingled as he listened.

"Wait, this development is a bit much."

Liu Cuilan's communication stabilized again.

Her voice was very direct.

"You sent him?"

"Then did you ever ask me?"

The woman in the kitchen was stunned for a moment.

Then, she chuckled softly.

"Ninth Lamp, you still have this temper."

Liu Cuilan frowned immediately.

"Don't call me names."

"My name is Liu Cuilan."

"Not a lamp."

The corner of Jiang Feng's mouth twitched.

That was his mother, all right.

Whatever "First Lamp of the flower stamen" or "Ninth Lamp."

None of it sounded as real as sweet and sour pork ribs.

The woman put down the garlic in her hand and slowly stood up.

Behind her, the kitchen walls began to peel.

Behind the wall were not bricks.

There were rows of golden roots.

Deep within the roots hung countless old images.

An infant was sleeping in a sea of stars.

A closed eye opened from the darkness.

An axe split the Chaos.

A Blue Star was stuffed into a golden flower bud by a pair of hands.

Zero Seven's voice was dry.

"Those are... images of the Blue Star before it was sealed."

The woman said, "The Inverted Chessboard wants to turn all worlds into a chessboard."

"The Name Writer is responsible for writing their purpose."

"The First Blue Star is responsible for making tools."

"Pangu was originally a Wasteland-Opening Axe."

"The Blue Star was the center of the flower they first wanted to split open."

Li Yan cursed directly.

"These things really want to take a slice of everything."

The woman looked at Jiang Feng.

"I lit the First Lamp not to control ten thousand families."

"It was to leave a path home for those who were written as tools."

"Later, I hid the Blue Star inside the flower stamen."

"And then I sent you into the Blue Star."

Jiang Feng asked only two words.

"Reason."

The woman raised her hand.

The old bowl on the table lit up.

A line of golden characters appeared at the bottom of the bowl.

[Flower Stamen Outsider: Jiang Feng.]

[Original Status: Nameless, Homeless, Boundless.]

[Suggestion: Insert into the Ninth Lamp, use a Mortal mother's wishes to nurture a self.]

Liu Cuilan's side went silent instantly.

Jiang Jianguo's voice deepened.

"What do you mean by 'insert'?"

The woman did not avoid the question.

"It means sending him into Liu Cuilan's womb."

Boom!

On the edge of the Inverted Chessboard, a whole row of remnant pieces exploded on the spot.

The colorless divine light on Jiang Feng suppressed the entire golden gate.

He didn't lose his temper.

But everyone knew.

He had killing intent.

The woman looked at him.

"You can hate me."

"But without this step, you would not have become Jiang Feng."

"You would have been eaten by things outside the flower stamen."

Jiang Feng raised his hand and grabbed at the line of golden characters at the bottom of the bowl.

A System prompt popped up.

[Touch: Flower Stamen Outsider Deployment Record.]

[Function: Records the host's Transmigration source, deployment path, and maternal connection process.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng's voice was flat.

"The record belongs to me."

[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]

[Zero-er triggered simultaneously.]

[Deployment record protection erased.]

[flower stamen witness rights erased.]

[Plundering Flower Stamen Outsider Deployment Record.]

Boom!

The old bowl exploded.

Golden fragments all flooded into Jiang Feng's palm.

[Obtained all attributes: 1.2 asankhyeya.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 9.16 asankhyeya.]

[Obtained key clue: Transmigration coordinate remnants.]

[Obtained special authority fragment: Self-Sustaining Origin.]

[Effect: The host's origin is not subject to mandatory definition by external records, deployers, or guides.]

Li Yan's eyes lit up.

"Good grief."

"He can even snatch the Transmigration records?"

Zhang Changlin nodded.

"Reasonable."

"Since he's already here, he might as well take back his household registration."

The Dragon Girl added seriously.

"Master is not an undocumented person."

Liu Cuilan's voice came through.

"Xiao Feng."

Jiang Feng looked at the communication device.

Liu Cuilan said, "No matter what she says, you are the one I gave birth to."

"It doesn't matter who sent you."

"I gave birth to you and I raised you."

"This account belongs to me."

Jiang Feng nodded.

"Mhm."

The woman in the kitchen looked at Liu Cuilan with a complicated expression.

"So you became the Ninth Lamp."

"The first eight lamps could only protect one child."

"You protected him and called the Blue Star home."

Liu Cuilan wasn't buying it at all.

"Don't flatter me."

"First, make it clear: did you leave a back door when you sent my son here?"

Li Yan slapped his thigh.

"Auntie hit the nail on the head!"

Jiang Feng also looked at the woman.

The woman was silent for a breath.

Then, she raised her hand.

The kitchen floor cracked open.

Beneath it was a golden well.

A seed was submerged in the well.

On the shell of the seed, two words were written.

[Recycle.]

Zero Seven's face instantly turned pale.

"There really is a back door!"

The woman said, "It's not mine."

"This was left by the main root of the flower stamen."

"I can only delay it."

"When Jiang Feng becomes a god, becomes the Name-Guarding Divine Lord, and then pulls out the Tenth Lamp Wick, this seed will wake up."

Inside the golden well.

That seed twitched.

A cold voice came from within.

[Detecting Target: Jiang Feng.]

[Status: Growth exceeds standards.]

[Executing: flower stamen Recycling.]

[Recycling Content: pangu godhead, Name-Guarding System, Blue Star Home Lamp, Liu Cuilan Ninth Lamp Sample.]

Liu Cuilan cursed directly.

"Recycle my ass!"

Jiang Feng stepped into the kitchen.

The golden roots surged up at the same time.

They no longer disguised themselves as lamps.

Instead, they turned into hooks, grabbing for Jiang Feng's chest, the Blue Star's core, Tianshu Dragon Garden, and the peace buckle.

The System prompts flashed crimson.

[Touch: Flower Stamen Main Root Recycling Seed.]

[Rank: Core flower stamen First Layer.]

[Function: Recycles abnormally growing targets and seizes their Name-Guarding System achievements.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng raised his hand.

His five fingers gripped the edge of the golden well.

"Finally, something worth looking at."

The woman said urgently, "Don't face it head-on!"

"This is the flower stamen's main root!"

Jiang Feng glanced at her.

"Watch."

"How I dismantle it."

Boom!

Colorless divine light poured into the golden well.

The golden roots exploded one by one.

[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]

[Divine Authority: Heaven-Opening Zeroing activated.]

[Divine Authority: Ten Thousand Generations Return Home activated.]

[Self-Sustaining Origin activated.]

[Refusal to Harvest activated.]

[Erasing recycling lock.]

[Plundering the shell of the Flower Stamen Main Root Recycling Seed.]

[Obtained all attributes: 1.6 asankhyeya.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 10.76 asankhyeya.]

Li Yan's eyes widened.

"It broke ten asankhyeya!"

"With this leveling speed, even the Inverted Chessboard would call the police."

The Dragon Girl looked longingly at the lunch box.

"Hurry up, Master."

"The soup is really going to get cold."

Jiang Feng's five fingers continued to press down.

At the bottom of the golden well, the seed split open completely.

Inside were not roots.

It was a small hand.

The small hand was holding half a black jade tablet.

A character was carved on the jade tablet.

[Feng.]

Jiang Feng's eyes narrowed.

Zero Seven blurted out, "Is that your name?"

The woman's expression changed.

"No."

"That is a fragment of the name that was erased before you transmigrated."

The golden seed suddenly retracted to the bottom of the well.

The cold voice rang out again.

[Recycling failed.]

[Initiating Original Owner Awakening.]

[Awakening Target: Jiang Feng's predecessor.]

[Target: Reclaim body.]

Liu Cuilan's voice instantly rose.

"Who dares to take my son's body!"

Jiang Feng looked at the bottom of the well.

He suddenly smiled.

It was very faint.

"Interesting."

He raised his hand and reached directly into the golden well.

The System prompts flashed frantically.

[Warning: Touching pre-Transmigration name fragment.]

[Warning: Detected remnant soul from the host's original source.]

[The opponent is competing for the unique True Name.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng's voice turned cold.

"My name, my mother just acknowledged it."

"Who are you to try and snatch it?"

Boom!

The golden well exploded.

Half a piece of black jade was dragged out by Jiang Feng by sheer force.

At the same moment.

The lights in the kitchen all went out.

Deep within the Inverted Chessboard, the core flower stamen opened a crack completely.

Inside the crack.

A figure identical to Jiang Feng slowly opened its eyes.

He sat in the center of the flower.

There was no heart in his chest.

Only a complete black jade.

Three words were written on the black jade.

[Original Jiang Feng.]

The figure looked up, his voice calm.

"You have used my life."

"Now."

"Give it back to me."