The sky over Voidflame Peak was quiet again.
Too quiet.
I leaned on a weather-worn railing overlooking the barren cliff. The wind carried a sharp edge, like winter refusing to leave. Below, broken jade steps wound down into fog, leading into nothingness.
I'd spent the last hour letting silence settle into my bones.
"Su Chen sat cross-legged on the stone floor of his new abode—a simple temple-like structure carved directly into the dark cliffside. There was no opulence here, only stillness. Yet somehow, it felt like the calm before a storm.
He exhaled slowly.
His body was still humming with the aftershock of his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm. The flow of qi in his meridians had never felt so smooth, so effortless. But the real storm wasn't outside—it was in his mind.
Memories were bleeding in.
Fragments of the body's past life—the original Su Chen, a genius disciple born with the famed unknown bloodline. Cold, stoic, and utterly obsessed with cultivation. He'd spent his years alone, buried in manuals and battlefields. Not because he was unloved—but because he never gave anyone the chance to love him.
"He really was a monster on the path of cultivation," Su Chen muttered, a grin tugging at his lips. "Can't believe I got this lucky."
some transmigrators get reincarnated as destined guy who get humiliated in every turn i think its better than them
He leaned back and stared at the ceiling of the stone chamber. The memories continued to fuse with his own—techniques, experiences, emotions, fragments of every realm he had passed through. It was surreal.
"So this is what it's like... to inherit someone else's destiny."
Yet, there was more.
So, I'm a peak master now... just like that."
I didn't feel like one.
Sure, I had power — more than most nineteen-year-olds in the sect. I had a peak, a title, a new life.
But the memories of Earth still clung to me like frostbite.Hospitals. Grey skies. Tubes and beeping monitors.
I couldn't even remember the faces of my parents clearly — just the sound of my mother's soft crying when she thought I was asleep.
And now I was in a world that praised strength, where people lived for hundreds, even thousands of years... and died for less than a disrespectful glance.
"Guess I should be grateful," I muttered, taking a sip of cheap wine. "Reincarnated into a genius cultivator, given a peak, and—"
The moment I said it—something clicked.
🌀 [DING!]
A golden screen shimmered into existence before me, hovering in mid-air like a divine decree.
[Investment Return System Activated]❖ Detected host: Xuanyuan Su Chen❖ Soul Fusion: 100%❖ Initial Gift Prepared❖ Scanning for Fate Threads…
My body tensed. A system? I had read enough novels on Earth to know what this meant.
"Am I really... in one of those stories now?"
📜 [Welcome, Investor of Destiny.]
A soft, elegant voice echoed in my head — feminine, playful, with a hint of something ancient behind it. Like a trickster god in disguise.
"As the sole bearer of the Investment Return System, every act of generosity, mentorship, or fate-altering action may return rewards up to 10,000-fold."
"The stronger their destiny, the greater your potential returns."
My mind went blank for a moment.
"So… you're telling me, I can just… give someone a pill or a cultivation manual, and I might get dozens in return?"
"Correct! Teach a disciple. Give resources. Alter someone's fate. If your investment is significant, the return will be fate-breaking."
💠 [Beginner Gift Granted]
❖ Physique Unlocked: Eternal Primordial Karmic Flame Physique
Grants perfect affinity with flame qi, karmic sensing, and high-tier dual cultivation adaptability.Hidden effect: Attracts karmic threads of heavenly females with intertwined fate.
❖ Skill Gained: Fate Sense (Passive)
You can faintly perceive a person's destiny — luck, misfortune, karmic value, and their "role" in the great narrative.
❖ Feature Unlocked: Destiny Threads Vision (Locked - requires 1st disciple)
I blinked slowly. Then laughed.
"A cultivation cheat code... and one that pays me for being generous?"
Then a thought struck me.Something the voice had said.
The stronger their destiny, the greater your return...
So if I invest in someone who's supposed to be the protagonist...
A cruel grin tugged at the corner of my lips.
"Sorry, protagonist. You'll have to work under me now."
🪞The Reflection
Back inside the stone chamber, I caught sight of myself in a cracked bronze mirror.
I froze.
Hair the color of starlight — a pale, silvery-white hue that shimmered faintly with every breath of qi.Eyes like galaxies — a swirl of violet and grey, ancient and endless.
Even my skin looked unmarred, like polished jade. Almost... unnatural.
"So this is the body of a genius," I murmured. with this much handsomness i can just live on my face . No wonder that some male cultivators hate me "
For a moment, I just stared.
Not with just pride.
But with disbelief. Awe.
Before I could answer—another sound reached my ears.
Footsteps.
Light. Hesitant.Coming from the broken jade steps below the peak.
My gaze narrowed.
A visitor? Already?
I stepped toward the edge of the cliff.
In the distance, through the swirling mist, a faint silhouette approached — feminine, slim, wearing outer disciple robes of the Divine Origin Sect.
I couldn't see her face yet.
But... there it was.
A golden thread, shining faintly from her chest toward me, like the first ray of dawn across the void.
Fate Sense triggered.[High-Karma Individual Detected][Destiny Thread: Minor Protagonist - Female Lead Candidate]Potential Return: 280x
My lips curled into a lazy smirk.
"Well… let's see what fate brings to Voidflame Peak."