NOVEL NEXT Ch. 13
Chapter 13: I Am the Special One
【Wh-What… what’s that sound…?】
The System within Li Tianwei’s mind had already sensed the violent commotion outside.
It had only hidden inside Li Tianwei’s consciousness for a short while, yet its host had already stirred up another disaster.
After sensing the movement outside, the System traced back what Li Tianwei had done just moments ago—and was utterly dumbfounded.
The people of this world might not understand what Li Tianwei was doing, but as a System that could traverse worlds, possessing knowledge that reached heaven and earth, how could it not recognize what Li Tianwei was attempting?
【Li Tianwei, are you trying to die?! Fission—you even know what fission means?!】
Just the thought of what was about to happen next made even this thread of data, the System itself, feel a chilling dread that seeped through its nonexistent bones.
“Of course I understand…”
“E = mc²…”
Hearing the voice in his mind—especially the System’s questioning of his actions—Li Tianwei immediately rattled off the entire reaction equation without a pause.
He spoke so much that by the end, his mouth had grown sore.
As for the System, after comparing the equation Li Tianwei spouted with the data stored within its records—it actually matched perfectly.
【How do you know this?!】
“My studies weren’t for nothing. If Einstein hadn’t been born before me, who knows whose name the theory of relativity would bear?”
Li Tianwei replied with disdain.
“Don’t distract me. Once I draw in spiritual energy and step onto the path of cultivation, I shall ascend in a single leap.”
After speaking, Li Tianwei immediately began his operation.
As for the System in his mind, it was still stunned by his brazen arrogance.
When it finally came to its senses, Li Tianwei was already in motion.
【No, stop!】
Watching the violently turbulent spiritual energy being absorbed by Li Tianwei, the System realized it was too late to stop him.
At that moment, the System deeply regretted binding itself to such a narcissistic maniac.
If Li Tianwei were to die, its final chance of survival would vanish as well—and that meant complete erasure.
Thinking of its fate, the System’s vision went dark as it awaited death.
Rumble—!
As Li Tianwei drew the frenzied spiritual energy into his body, his entire frame stiffened, as though his flesh itself screamed.
Blood seeped from every pore, and his skin began to crack apart.
The pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at his bones assaulted him relentlessly, yet Li Tianwei acted as if he felt nothing.
“It’s just the normal pain of cultivation…”
Though his skin was splitting, five-colored spiritual light shimmered beneath the cracks.
A surging power welled up from his heart, and the strength filling him made Li Tianwei believe there was nothing wrong—
Just a bit painful, that was all.
Meanwhile, the System within his consciousness was so tense it shut its eyes, waiting for its host to collapse—so that it, too, could sink into eternal darkness.
But what it expected never came.
When it next checked on Li Tianwei—
He was already pulling out all kinds of healing elixirs from the storage ring on his hand.
Bai Muxu would never have left him any pills that enhanced cultivation, but when it came to healing medicine, he had been quite generous.
“Minor Fortune Pill, Jadeflesh Rebirth Pill, Life-Continuing Pill…”
These were holy medicines capable of reviving the dead and regenerating flesh—items over which countless rogue cultivators would kill each other.
Yet Li Tianwei was swallowing them like candy, as if they cost nothing.
Because he was in such a rush, he didn’t even notice Bai Muxu’s note:
“These healing elixirs are to be taken only after becoming a cultivator of the Qi Refinement Realm.”
But Li Tianwei was still at the stage of merely drawing spiritual energy into his body.
For a mortal, consuming these pills could lead to only one result—being blown apart by the overwhelming spiritual power within them.
Yet now, something entirely different occurred.
The ferocious five-colored spiritual energy rampaged through his body, endlessly destroying his flesh.
At the same time, the medicinal power of the pills he devoured was triggered to its fullest.
These pills each contained terrifying energy meant for healing cultivators.
Ordinary people would explode after consuming even one, unable to store the rampant energy anywhere.
But this time, the raging five-colored spiritual energy gave the pills an outlet for their power.
The healing elixirs’ medicinal properties were meant to mend damage, and Li Tianwei’s body was being destroyed continuously.
At this moment, the pills’ effects were unleashed to their utmost, endlessly repairing every inch of his flesh.
Cracked skin turned smooth in an instant—then split again.
Blood streamed from his pores as spiritual veins tore and reformed in endless cycles.
Under this paradoxical balance of mutual destruction and healing, a strange equilibrium emerged.
One force sought to annihilate his body, while the other sought to restore it.
If either had acted alone, he would have died—but together, the impossible happened.
In this bizarre state, Li Tianwei’s body began to transform.
The pills mended his near-shattered flesh while the spiritual energy invaded every corner of his being.
No one knew how long it lasted, but following the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method, Li Tianwei continuously channeled the spiritual energy to strike at the Dao Embryo within his body.
According to the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation, anyone with a Spiritual Root would possess a Dao Embryo within.
Depending on the type and quality of one’s Spiritual Root, the purity of the Dao Embryo would vary.
The better one’s aptitude, the purer the Dao Embryo; by drawing spiritual energy into the body, one could transform mortal flesh into a Dao Body, thereby stepping onto the path of cultivation.
Furthermore, depending on the Spiritual Root, the Dao Body would manifest in various forms.
As stated in the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method:
Those with a Pure Yang Heavenly Root could evolve into the Heaven-Origin Dao Body, Pure Yang Sacred Body, or Falling-Radiance Celestial Body…
Those with dual Spiritual Roots might form the Fire-Wood Dual Element Body, Heavenlight Five-Spirit Body, or Azure Tide Sacred Water Body…
Such physiques would grant immense advantages in spell cultivation and amplify one’s power far beyond that of ordinary cultivators.
And now, what Li Tianwei sought—was to manifest his own Dao Body and step onto the path of cultivation.
“I wonder what kind of Dao Body I’ll form…”
Feeling the surge of spiritual power, Li Tianwei guided it toward the Dao Embryo according to the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation Method.
But the spiritual energy he had drawn through his so-called Fission Formula was incomparably violent.
When his awareness reached the Dao Embryo, he saw that it was different from what the Heaven-Origin Dao Foundation described.
A normal Dao Embryo should have been pure and flawless.
Yet the one within Li Tianwei’s consciousness was covered in cracks, radiating an ominous, destructive aura, laced with black patterns that pulsed with annihilating energy.
“As expected—I am the special one.”
Seeing this abnormal Dao Embryo, Li Tianwei felt no alarm.
Instead, he believed it was only natural.