Chapter One: The Immortal World

The Nine Realms, the Dance City.

It is a spring morning, as the first swallows are performing their aerial dances above a lake the color of an emerald gem. The ripples spread across its surface like tiny jewels. All nature is awakening: tender grasses push through the earth, and the newly risen sun glints on dewdrops clinging to blades of green, creating a hazy, iridescent glow.

Ding Hao stood by the flower-edged window, looking out at the spring outside. Then he lowered his head to look at the hemp linen tunic he was wearing, and finally confirmed one thing.

"I actually traveled through time!"

His past life was in a remote star-studded sea region of ancient China. He had no legitimate occupation and didn't pursue academics. His only talent was martial arts cultivation. He didn't practice any other family's martial arts, only his own unique Star Absorption technique.

Very good, he is the forty-second grandson of Ding Chunqiu, the old devil of internal energy cultivation.

Ding Chunqiu's attempt to **re-refine the Star Absorbing Skill**, was sadly met with futility. In this world of technology, let alone spiritual energy and fairy qi, even martial arts skills were possessed by few. It was pitiable that Ding Hao had learned the Star Absorbing Skill, yet there were no stars for him to absorb.

It's strange to say, but as he played with the black stone left behind by Ding Chunqiu for the nth time, he strangely traveled through time.

Most people would panic in this situation, but Ding Hao felt strangely calm. He picked up the copper mirror on the table and looked at himself. He even found it strange, "It's really me, Ding Hao, I look about seven or eight points like... Could it be that I lived on Earth for over twenty years just waiting to cross over?"

There weren't too many obstacles, and Ding Hao quickly digested all the memories of this 15-year-old. He had a general understanding of this strange world.

"This! It's actually a small world created by a descendant of an immortal!"

The Kyushu world, or the Kyushu sub-world, is a low-level plane constructed by the descendants of immortals. In other words, everyone in this world has an immortal lineage! There are immortals, and one can cultivate immortality!

"It's amazing, everyone even has a fairy! Not just those martial artists, cultivators, and ghost cultivators, but even shoemakers and farmers cultivate immortals!"

This discovery overturned Ding Hao's memory of immortals.

The inheritance of the immortal world in the Nine Regions has lasted for millions of years, and the entire immortal system is incredibly complex. It can be said that there are immortals in every profession out of the three hundred and sixty, with all kinds of immortals, numbering in the thousands!

Of course, not everyone with a fairy would necessarily cultivate it. For example, someone with an Iron Hammer Fairy might just use it to make forging twice as efficient, eventually becoming the master blacksmith. There's also the Kitchen Knife Fairy, this person excels in cooking and is sure to become famous.

"So that's how it is, Xian actually refers to someone with excellent aptitude in a particular area! And only those who possess powerful and unique combat Xian or Fa Xian can eventually become a Xian Shi, entering the Immortal Refinement Grand World and joining a sect!"

Discovering this world, immortals were as common as dogs. Ding Hao couldn't help but chuckle, "Even farmers who cultivate the land have descendants of immortal cultivators. These immortals are truly worthless!"

But when Ding Hao looked at himself, he suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

"What, there are still immortals to awaken!"

Awakening is a very important issue, everyone has a spiritual nature, and most people can awaken. However... there are some people who cannot awaken, that is to say, there are also mortals in the Kyushu small world!

If this were another world, ordinary people could engage in some lowly professions and live an unremarkable life. But this world is different. Even miners and blacksmiths have been taken over by the Hammer Immortal; farmers and tillers by the Hoe Immortal; even tailors have been usurped by the Scissors Immortal.

What else can mortals do?

In this world, mortals are trash, real trash! They can only beg for a living!

The most crucial thing is that Ding Hao hadn't awakened until he was 15 years old.

"Generally, people start to awaken to their immortal nature around six or seven years old. The most common age for awakening is eight! After that, the number gradually decreases. By twelve or thirteen years old, it becomes even rarer, and by fourteen, it's extremely uncommon. If someone hasn't awakened by fifteen, they can prepare to beg for a living. After sixteen, there is no more hope, as their immortal pathways close, their meridians solidify, and there is no chance of ever awakening again!"

"Damn! How did I end up in such a place?!"

Ding Hao was instantly dumbfounded, nearly collapsing to the ground unconscious, "Can I even travel back in time?"

If one's spiritual apertures are closed and their meridians are blocked, they are nothing but a useless person! A waste! A complete failure!

In short, it's a total failure.

At this moment, the door creaked open and a middle-aged man with an eight-character mustache walked in. Although he was dressed as a house servant, his face wore an imposing expression.

This is precisely Ding Family's evil butler, Old Four Ding!

Ding Hao vaguely remembered that the original Ding Hao had once asked Ding Lao Si to find some books about the Awakened Immortal.

As expected, Old Fourth Ding walked in with a book in hand. He slapped it down on the table with a loud bang and snarled, "This book costs ten taels of silver! Where is there money in your Ding family? I'm Old Fourth Ding, I served as your housekeeper, and it feels like eight lifetimes of bad luck! Not only do I not get my wages, but I also have to put up with this every day!"

In Ding Hao's mind, scenes of Ding Lao Si's long-term harassment and mockery flashed before his eyes. He suppressed the anger in his heart and snorted coldly, "Butler, you've worked hard. If you're truly unwilling, then don't force yourself. Now, just hand over all the keys to the Ding family, take your wife and son, and get out of the Ding family!"

"You!" Ding Laosi was taken aback. He didn't expect that Ding Hao, who was usually timid and submissive, would be a completely different person today.

He glanced at Ding Hao and realized that it was still the same useless boy from years ago, with no extra arms or heads. Immediately, he sneered, "Well, look at you little whippersnapper, getting all tough now. You better not try to make me find those awakening books! At 15, you haven't even awakened your immortal essence yet. My eldest son, Ding Junjie, awakened at just 11 years old. Have some shame? I advise you to save your energy, because this Ding family's immortal lineage will soon be taken over by my son, Ding Junjie!"

"What, to be robbed of my species!" Ding Hao's eyes flashed with fire.

In the world of Kyushu, a family member is an immortal from the Upper Realm, bringing blessings for five generations. Each eldest son and grandson inherits the immortal lineage! Various privileges are granted. If the eldest son doesn't awaken, the inheritance passes to the second son, and so on. If there are no descendants of the Ding family to inherit, a talented individual can be selected from among their relatives and given the inheritance.

The Xianzong Fen is a privilege granted by the Emperor and City Lord to all descendants of powerful cultivators. Not only can they receive fifty taels of silver from the state and three pills from the City Lord's Mansion every month, but they can also be preferentially recommended to enter the Jiuzhou Academy to cultivate basic cultivation techniques! In preparation for going to the Xianlian World!

By the time it reached Ding Hao's generation, there was only him left! If he doesn't wake up, then the son of Butler Ding Lao Si will naturally be adopted into the Ding family's main branch and become the head of the family, receiving a share of the Immortal Seed!

This is the ultimate!

"No! I absolutely will not allow this to happen! Never!"

"You're not allowed, and you can't. With your kind of trash, how could you possibly awaken?" Ding Lao Si sneered.

Now Ding Hao is not that weakling anymore. Coming from Earth, he knows he doesn't need to be polite to this kind of dog-like servant. He immediately slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Ding Lao Si, watch your words! Although I haven't awakened my Immortal Seed yet, it belonged to me until I was 16 years old! Even when facing the City Lord, I don't need to kneel and kowtow! What are you, a servant of the Ding family, a lowly dog? You have guts? Come with me to the City Lord's Mansion right now and repeat what you just said!"

"You!" Ding Lao Si was scolded like this, and he was immediately furious. He rushed over and raised his hand wanting to hit Ding Hao.

You have to know, Ding Lao Si also awakened as a fairy. Although it's an unflattering ninth-rank rat fairy, wanting to beat up a child like Ding Hao is effortless.

Ding Hao knew he couldn't beat him, so he stood there and said, "Then you hit me! After you're done, I will definitely go to the City Lord's Mansion to report you. If I can never wake up, it was because of this blow from you. At that time, when the City Lord's Mansion comes to punish you, Ding Lao Si (Ding Hao's nickname) might be in danger!"

"Darn it!" Upon hearing this, Ding Laosi could no longer bring himself to strike.

To injure a Xian, preventing it from awakening, is a grave crime! Old Four Ding won't get away with this!

"Xiao Fei, you still have half a year! When the time comes, if you're still not awakened as a fairy, I'll see how you explain yourself!" Ding Lao Si finished speaking and slammed the door shut. Walking out of Ding Hao's door, he suddenly thought to himself, what was he getting angry with this little good-for-nothing about? He had half a year left, how could he possibly awaken?

Thinking of this, she burst into a fit of laughter and turned back with malice, shouting, "Little good-for-nothing, who knows who will be kicked out of the Ding family? Let me tell you, your begging bowl, I have already prepared for you! Beggar!"

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Ding Lao Si left. Ding Hao let out a breath, feeling relieved after being stifled for over ten years!

However, as soon as he finished exhaling, Ding Hao knew very clearly that the current situation was extremely serious!

"In six months, if I can't awaken as a fairy, this fairy seed will be given to someone else!"

Thinking of this, Ding Hao began to look through the classics that Ding Si had just sent him.

"The ten ways to awaken a fairy, this is just what I need."

Ding Hao was amazed. He realized that there were many different ways to awaken one's fairy consciousness. Some people woke up from a nap and suddenly had their spiritual awareness open, becoming fairies. Others were dreaming when they suddenly awoke with a start, their spiritual apertures opening, and their fairy consciousness awakened. There were even cases where someone was walking along and suddenly tripped and fell, awakening their fairy consciousness afterwards.

Of course, these are all rather abnormal ways to awaken.

Actually, the most common and normal methods are two: first, stillness, second, visualization. Of course, these two can also be combined, stillness plus visualization.

Stillness and calmness, that is the state of meditation. Allow your thoughts to settle, your mind to focus, and reach a certain level of awareness! Just as this book says, "In stillness, shut out distractions, clear your mind, and meditate without desire or attachment." Ultimately, you achieve the highest state of "emptiness of heart and cessation of thought."

The higher the static mass, the easier it is to open the fairy orifice and awaken the fairy!

Silence is generally divided into three levels: high, medium, and low. There is also a level called "perfect silence," which is very difficult to achieve.

It is said that even if only for a second, reaching complete stillness could potentially lead to an instant awakening!

Another kind is contemplation. For example, if someone sees a flying dragon passing by during the day, they might dream of soaring through the sky with a dragon at night. If someone spends their days working in the fields, they might dream of rice spirit deities.

In general, there are nine ranks of immortals. Which rank one awakens depends greatly on one's thoughts and aspirations. Therefore, many people carry images of powerful sages or renowned swordsmen with them, hoping to awaken a higher-ranking immortal.