Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The quiet and comfortable village was especially peaceful.

Beside the entrance of the village, there was an ancient tree towering into the sky, standing tall and sturdy like a guardian of the village.

The rough bark of the tree was almost as black as carbon as if it had been burned by fire.

But the tree was not one that grew from a seedling. The spot where it currently stood had once been occupied by a stone. During a thunderstorm one summer, lightning and thunder roared and flashed angrily one after another as if they were at war at each other.

Eventually, the colossal being was struck by a bolt of lightning and fell out of heaven onto the spot where it stood today.

The tree crumbled and fell violently, the turbulence of the strike and impact of the fall created a deafening boom that sent tremors throughout the seemingly endless land.

It no longer had its branches and its bark had been charred black. The lightning strike had cut off the tree’s vitality.

Now, the tree stood as a guardian spirit of the village. Even when a giant python as thick as a tree battled with a bird covered in golden and red feathers with deafening roars, their tumultuous scuffle might have struck at and broken more of the tree, but the village remained as peaceful and undisturbed as ever.

For years, the tree stood seemingly lifeless until a single branch finally grew.

Despite its unimpressive appearance, green grass spread wantonly under the tree, occupying its shade.

If one looked carefully under a starry night sky, one could vaguely catch sight of a misty figure glowing light green like a piece of emerald, pulsing with vitality as it sat among the grass and swayed with the wind under the ancient tree.

The sunlight during the day allowed the misty green presence to camouflage among the wild grass around it.

A voice suddenly spoke from somewhere within view. “Ugh… What’s happening? Do I have a fever?”

The moment Ye Yun opened his eyes, he felt his body suddenly become heavy and he was unable to move.

‘What’s going on? Is a ghost pressing down on me?!’ He thought in confusion and tried to move his body again. But the weight remained on his body like shackles that prevented him from moving.

His head was spinning and he was having difficulty keeping his eyes open. Ye Yun tried his best to take back control over his body. He tried to keep his eyes open to look around.

But everything he saw was quasi-black. It was like a nightmare.

The suffocating feeling on his body escalated and he started to feel as if someone had piled layers of quilts on top of him. He was starting to have difficulty breathing.

‘What’s going on? Could it be that someone wants to kill a penniless person like me?’ Ye Yun could not help but panic.

He desperately tried to move his body, struggling for a long time before he finally recovered from the indescribable suffocation. The moment the light entered his eyes, his brain was filled with an endless stream of information.

After taking a moment to take it all in, he took a deep breath.

That’s right, he had transmigrated. He had arrived in a world with endless territories, complicated laws, and many small sub-worlds.

This place was filled with rich spiritual Qi. All living beings in this mortal world could absorb spiritual Qi to cultivate.

As for him, he had turned into a blade of grass!

How did he turn into a blade of grass after a nap?

Ye Yun was at a loss. He was still having a hard time accepting this fact.

He finally understood what he was experiencing earlier.

If he was a blade of grass, that meant that he was suffocating because he was still in the soil.

“Well, isn’t this just perfect? What am I supposed to do now? Don’t tell me I have to cultivate for tens of thousands of years to turn into a human?”

Ye Yun sighed helplessly. He felt that he had just been given an unjust fate.

At the same time, the system’s sudden voice echoed in his mind.

[Beep beep. Congratulations, dear host, for successfully binding with the system!]

[The host’s basic information is as follows:

Host: Ye Yun

Identity: Nine Heavens Jasper Grass

Status: Sprout

Item: 0