After digging down over ten meters, finally, there was movement.
A golden light shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire cave with an overwhelming brightness.
Even though he was in the Soul Splitting Realm, Jiang Cheng found it difficult to even stand, and his previously sharp eyes couldn't clearly see ahead.
All he could see was a finger-sized transparent crystal floating at the center of the light, vaguely forming a human face around it.
Then, he died.
As his soul drifted away from his body, Brother Cheng was dumbfounded.
Although his biggest future goal was to let more experts kill him, thinking of ways to die, this time he was really unprepared.
Who would have thought digging for treasure could actually lead to death?
This world is just too damn dangerous!
If not for the system, it felt like he wouldn't survive an hour after transmigrating over.
"Ding! The host has been killed by a World Heart Fragment..."
Jiang Cheng felt powerless to complain, being killed by a fragment; it sounded way too humiliating a death.
"The host is currently Level 2 and can resurrect twice a day. Activating the second resurrection, while granting the host the Origin Aura of the world."
"With this aura, the World Heart Fragment will recognize it as its master."
During Jiang Cheng's resurrection, the fragment that had just been excavated underwent a magical transformation.
The crystal gradually faded, and the human shape became more defined until it transformed into a naked baby.
As soon as it touched the ground, the baby grew rapidly with the wind.
By the time Jiang Cheng opened his eyes after reviving, she had already grown to three or four years old.
She continued to grow until she looked about five or six years old before finally stopping.
"Is this how the fragment has taken form?"
"Has it become sentient?"
Jiang Cheng had a strong ability to accept things. After all, anything was possible in this world.
But then he almost broke down.
The little girl with disheveled hair, yet exquisitely adorable, twirled her shiny black eyes and took small steps.
With chubby little hands, she ran toward him.
"Mama!"
"You're mama!"
Poof...
Jiang Cheng spat out blood.
He understood it was because of the system, so the fragment recognized him as the master due to some Origin Aura thing.
He'd heard of some animals imprinting on the first creature they see after hatching as their parent.
But he really hadn't expected the fragment to adopt this method of master recognition.
And calling him mama no less...
The little girl had extraordinary strength, almost knocking Jiang Cheng over.
When he finally got up, she opened her arms again, speaking in a childlike voice.
"Hug, mama hug!"
Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched as he picked her up.
"I'm your dad, can't you see I'm a handsome guy?"
The little girl suddenly burst into loud wails: "Mama doesn't want me anymore, waah waah waah..."
Clinging even tighter, Jiang Cheng felt his neck choking for breath.
He could only adjust his tone.
"There, there, just change how you call me, say daddy, will you?"
"Mama!"
"Can't you understand human words?"
"Mama!"
When he went out, Jiang Cheng's handsome face was already covered in saliva.
But in the matter of this address, he ultimately did not win.
Outside the cave, Ji Linghan was laughing so hard she couldn't straighten up.
She didn't know that Jiang Cheng had died once again, but she witnessed the process where the fragment formed and recognized him as master.
Though she hadn't heard about World Heart Fragments, she knew that anything capable of manifesting a form must be a high-grade marvel.
"Congratulations, Sect Leader!"
She now saw Jiang Cheng as one of her own, and it was a great thing for the Sect Leader to subdue such an exotic treasure.
However, while speaking, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker.
As a man being called mama, Brother Cheng felt rather humiliated.
"You teach her too, get her to change the way she calls, I think this little friend doesn't understand much."
"Also, help wash her up later and prepare a set of clothes."
After speaking, he handed the little girl over.
"Sure!"
This child was cute enough to melt hearts, and Ji Linghan had long wanted to hold her.
But the little girl puffed her cheeks and turned her face away.
"No! I only want mama!"
Which made Ji Linghan rather embarrassed, her eyes misty with grievance.
However, Jiang Cheng was delighted. It seemed this fragment had maxed out its recognition of him after recognizing him as its master.
"Good child, this auntie is one of our own, she'll teach you many things, so be good."
The little girl looked at Jiang Cheng, then at Ji Linghan, before finally agreeing.
"I'll listen to mama."
Jiang Cheng was very gratified: "What a good child!"
Ji Linghan also joyously accepted the child, and then, she collapsed.
What the heck!
Jiang Cheng swiftly caught her.
"What are you doing? Didn't kill her, did you?"
The system can only revive himself, not others!
Jiang Cheng still had quite a good impression of Ji Linghan.
This girl, unlike other cultivators, didn't shout and scream to kill when meeting him, and seeing him get the treasure didn't become greedy. She had a decent character.
Even if it weren't for the sect leader relationship, he wouldn't want to see her come to harm.
The little girl smiled with her mouth closed, shook her head: "I didn't kill her, she'll wake up in a bit."
"Huh?"
Upon checking, Jiang Cheng indeed found that Ji Linghan had only fainted.
"What did you do to her?"
"Didn't mama tell me to learn from her? I entered her consciousness and learned all her knowledge."
While speaking, the little girl casually waved, a circle of pink light like stars surrounded her.
Soon, a little dress appeared on her.
The disheveled hair moved without wind, magically forming two pigtails.
Upon closer look, she seemed no different from other human girls.
Except for being more adorable.