7: Chapter 7 Lin Feng's Premonition, System Issues a Task

Deep within the Dragon Fall Abyss, gray-black miasma lingers year-round. The bottom of the abyss is filled with jagged rocks, and an ancient dragon's might faintly emanates from it. This is a place where even Golden Core Cultivators dare not tread lightly, yet currently, a youth covered in blood and filth, Lin Chen—or rather, Lin Feng—is sitting there.

Three days ago, he was still a corporate wage slave on Earth. He woke up to find himself a Named Disciple of the Yuqing Sect, bound to the "Heavenly Mandate Plunder System." Having read countless web novels, he knew exactly what this meant—he was the protagonist, the Child of Destiny in "Path to Peerless Immortality" who would cheat his way to the Peak.

According to the original plot, he should have first slapped the face of the villain, Ye Fan, at the Sect competition before beginning his legendary life.

But with the appearance of the golden list, everything was thrown into Chaos.

That day, while he was communicating with the remnant Soul of an Old Grandpa in his jade pendant in a cave on the back mountain, the Dao charm of the golden list directly shattered the remnant Soul. The Old Grandpa was gone before he even went "online."

Lin Feng was stunned at the time, but the System remained. The System told him that the world line had changed and advised him to leave the Yuqing Sect immediately.

He fled overnight, heading east, and stumbled into the Dragon Fall Abyss. For three days, he barely survived by relying on small missions issued by the System. His cultivation had dropped from Qi Refining Great Perfection back to the ninth level of Qi Refining, but his Heart-Nature had become much more ruthless.

Just now, when the golden list announced the "Chaos Demon Physique," the aura of Divine-Grade potential traveled from ten thousand miles away, actually triggering the Ancient Dragon Resentment at the bottom of the abyss. An ideological impact of ten thousand dragons wailing swept through, and Lin Feng felt as if his Soul was about to be torn apart.

Just as his consciousness was on the verge of collapse, the System issued an urgent alarm.

[High-concentration resentment attack detected! Initiating emergency defense... Failed!]

[Host consciousness at 99.7% risk of sinking! Initiating ultimate contingency plan... Forcibly activating Precognition Talent...]

A cold power forcibly intervened in his Sea of Consciousness, clashing violently with the dragon resentment. Blood seeped from Lin Feng's seven orifices, and his body convulsed violently.

Fragmented images began to flash before his eyes—

At the top of the Nine Heavens' golden list, a blurry figure received the worship of all living beings, but it wasn't him.

A figure shrouded in Chaos Yin and Yang fought an enemy with towering demonic flames within the Nine Heavens.

Countless beautiful Fairies surrounded a man whose face filled him with fear and loathing from the depths of his Soul.

Finally, the image froze on the Yuqing Sect, where a pale youth climbed up from the ground—Ye Fan. In the next moment, that figure overlapped with the blurry figure at the top of the golden list.

[Precognition Talent successfully activated.]

[High-threat target detected: Ye Fan. Threat level: Rising rapidly. Current estimation: Extremely High.]

[This target has a fate-level opposing Karma with the host. In over 97.3% of future fragments, this target poses a serious obstacle to the host, even leading to the host's downfall.]

[Issuing urgent long-term mission: The Fall of the Fated Enemy]

[Mission Objective: Completely erase the existence of Ye Fan. Rewards: 10,000 destiny points, 1x Random Divine-Grade Treasure, 1x Random Divine-Grade Skill, and a portion of core Fate/Luck]

Lin Feng snapped his eyes open; his once clear youthful eyes were now bloodshot.

"Ye... Fan..."

He rasped out the name. So it was him. That trash villain from the original story who was the first to be humiliated by him and whose family was destroyed. In the fragments of the future, he had actually become his greatest threat?

Absurd, but the System would not lie to him.

[Mission Hint: Yuqing Sect is conducting a Special Physique Screening. The target is at risk of early exposure; this is a potential opportunity.]

Lin Feng wiped the blood and filth from his face and began to analyze calmly. He was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining; charging back to the Yuqing Sect would be seeking death. But if Ye Fan really was exposed during the screening, the Sect might handle this trouble for him.

Even if he stayed hidden, he could wait for an opportunity.

"System, how can I quickly increase my strength?"

[Suggestion: Leave the Dragon Fall Abyss as soon as possible and head to a Cultivator gathering place to trigger side missions.]

Lin Feng stood up, identified the direction, and began to make his way out of the abyss.

At the same time, on the main Peak square of the Yuqing Sect, the heart-questioning mirror screening was underway.

Batches of Disciples stepped forward to be reflected. Most had spiritual light above their heads the size of a fist and of mixed colors. Occasionally, there were some with decent Aptitude, but they were far from reaching the level of a "Special Physique."

Ye Fan stood toward the back of the crowd. On the surface, he was calm, but his nerves were taut. He could feel the fluctuations of the heart-questioning mirror carrying a strange penetrating power. Whether the Yin-Yang Breath Concealment Technique could hide him would soon be known.

Another batch of Disciples finished their screening. On the high platform, Sect Master Perfected Lingyun's brow suddenly twitched, and his gaze swept toward an area in the side-rear of the square. The white light of the heart-questioning mirror in his hand flashed violently, and the image of that area in the mirror subtly distorted for a moment.

"Hmm?" A sharp light burst from Perfected Lingyun's eyes, and his Nascent Soul pressure instantly enveloped that area.

The square fell deathly silent. Ye Fan's heart sank. That direction wasn't where he was standing, but it wasn't far.

Perfected Lingyun's gaze swept over every terrified face before finally moving away.

"Continue."

But Ye Fan clearly saw the half-open eyes of the Scripture Pavilion master, Tian Xuanzi, glance extremely subtly in his direction.

That glance was very faint, but cold sweat instantly soaked Ye Fan's inner garment. He knew, or at least suspected. The abnormal fluctuation just now was likely a ripple produced when his Physique came into contact with the heart-questioning mirror.

He couldn't wait any longer; the Sect was no longer safe. Ye Fan lowered his head, concealing the sharp look in his eyes.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the Dragon Fall Abyss, a ragged figure with unstable breath stumbled out of the forbidden land.

Lin Feng looked up, gazing at the golden list in the distant sky, then toward the direction of the Yuqing Sect. He grinned, revealing teeth stained with blood.

"Ye Fan, I'm coming."

The threads of fate quietly tightened. Two transmigrators—one possessing a peerless Dao Body yet walking on thin ice, the other holding a plunder System and boiling with killing intent.