'Even my system can do nothing?'

When the voice sounded merely amused, Zhiran was truly afraid. He almost thought that even his system couldn't save him.

But when he received a normal prompt from his system again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

---

[Extraction Successful!]

[Congratulations! You got the deep memory of an ancient entity....]

---

'Thank God!'

Zhiran breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the humongous skeleton finally go silent inside the coffin, its hollow eye sockets no longer moving.

However, before he could fully hear the system prompt, his vision suddenly went black, as if someone had extinguished the world itself, and his body slowly dropped, floating gently in the cold, empty void.

Without even realizing it, Zhiran lost consciousness, his thoughts scattering into nothingness. He couldn't hear the remaining prompt at all.

---

[Congratulations! You have obtained the deep memory of an ancient entity… Immortal ***.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully extracted a Physique: Heaven's Devourer! Your fate has been disconnected from the known path.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully learned a Divine Consciousness Technique: Spiritual Field!]

[Congratulations! You have successfully learned Immortal Arts: ***.]

[...]

[Due to the weak body and consciousness, all skills above Saint Grade have been sealed.]

[For the safe transfer of data, the host has been put into deep sleep.]

[Forcefully initiating realm promotion to the Foundation Establishment stage for improved consciousness.]

[Please wait...]

---

The system went on and on, even when Zhiran was already unconscious.

Just like a machine with determined programming, it began to regulate the incredible extraction that Zhiran had managed to do just now.

As a Qi Condensation cultivator, extracting the brain of an unknown Immortal was unheard of.

In fact, it was downright ridiculous.

But due to a strange circumstance and the Brain Extraction System that knew no bounds, Zhiran, in this life, managed to do just that.

In the vast darkness of the void inside the coffin, right beside the humongous skeleton, Zhiran was transforming rapidly.

His physique, mind, and consciousness were rapidly evolving, as if some kind of incredible drug had been injected forcefully.

"Boom!"

In no time at all, Zhiran's realm suddenly climbed up to the Foundation Building Realm out of nowhere.

"Boom!"

But he didn't stop there, as his realm began climbing rapidly, like some kind of floodgate had been opened.

– Mid-Early Stage of Foundation –

– Late-Early Stage of Foundation –

– Peak-Early Stage of Foundation –

– Early Middle Stage of Foundation –

– Mid-Middle Stage of Foundation –

– Late-Middle Stage of Foundation –

"Boom!"

In no time, Zhiran directly climbed to the realm of the Late Stage of Foundation.

Surprisingly, what he absorbed to reach such a realm was the overwhelming Yin Energy around the coffin.

The energy that should make even a demonic cultivator go crazy just by absorbing a bit was being absorbed by Zhiran rapidly.

And his new body, which had awakened an unknown physique, was converting it into pure spiritual energy like nothing at all.

"Crick!"

As Zhiran continued to absorb the Yin Energy from inside the coffin, the lightning chains surrounding the platform began getting restless again.

It seemed that after the disappearance of that entity, they had begun to get active, as their violent tendencies were being awakened yet again.

---

[Detected an anomaly outside.]

[Danger level exceeds the safety threshold.]

---

Fortunately, even though Zhiran was unconscious, his system was unusually active and immediately halted the absorption of the surrounding Yin Energy, stopping the chains in time.

---

[Unable to eliminate the source of danger.]

[Unable to extract the soul of the dead.]

[...]

[This Heaven has no soul!]

---

With an unusual prompt that made no sense, the system stopped paying attention to the outside and began working on Zhiran.

Right now, Zhiran was already sitting cross-legged in the void, with the humongous skeleton behind him, sitting just like him, cross-legged.

It was as if some kind of connection had been established between their bodies.

---

[Successfully awakened the Divine Consciousness!]

[Current Realm: Late Foundation Establishment!]

[Transferring extracted data that is usable while sealing those that are not.]

[Deconstructing the Consciousness Platform to accommodate the "Immortal."]

---

With the system prompt, Zhiran's consciousness began to rumble loudly, as if a massive earthquake had occurred.

His consciousness platform, which had grown countless times larger, started to shake, and the chains circling the pillar began to shrink rapidly.

"Click… bang!"

Under the shrinking of those chains, the shorter pillars made up of the heads of low-grade monsters began to be crushed, followed by howls of death.

"Click…""Click…"

That was just the start. After one, then two, then three…

One after another, the pillars surrounding the central one were crushed, as if being discarded.

It was almost as if they were no longer worthy of being on this sacred platform.

At last, only the heads belonging to the Foundation Establishment realm survived.

But the main attraction above all was still the silhouette of the skeleton head suspended on the main pillar right at the center of the consciousness platform.

In fact, the central pillar was now so high that it was nearly impossible to see its full height. Only the shadow of that ancient entity could be seen, overlooking the entire platform like a god.

---

[Extraction and transmission of data complete.]

[Host… you may now awaken.]

---

"Hah…"

As soon as the system prompt disappeared, Zhiran woke up, breathing heavily, as if he had been pulled from the depths of the ocean and was taking a breath of air for the first time.

His whole body was already covered in sweat, as if he had just completed an incredible exercise.

But even though he felt on the verge of collapse, the strange rush of power surging through his veins made Zhiran feel more alive than ever.

"…"

"What… happened?"

For a moment, Zhiran was completely confused. After all, he had just realized that he was now at the Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

'This is… ridiculous!'

It was hard to believe such a thing could happen to him all of a sudden.

Zhiran even thought, maybe, just maybe, he had died.

'Is this… the afterlife?'

---

[This is not the afterlife. The host has merely completed the extraction process.]

---

But it seemed not, as his system directly prompted him, waking him up completely.

Since his system said so, he should still be alive, right?

'Wait a minute… when did you learn to reply?'

Zhiran was suddenly stunned. He had never heard anything from his system all this time.

It only appeared when he extracted the brain, and it disappeared right after.

He had never thought that his system could give prompts outside of those times.

'...???'

Unfortunately, after giving that prompt, the system disappeared again, leaving Zhiran speechless.

'Forget it! This place is still dangerous. Let's leave before anything happens.'

Zhiran decided to ignore his unusual system for now and focus on leaving.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, as long as he was alive, he was happy.

Not to mention, he seemed to have received an incredible reward today.

'I think the exit is right inside this coffin.'

Zhiran recalled something about the place he was in after extracting the brain of this ancient being.

Without waiting a second, he took out the jade slip he used to navigate this secret realm from his mana ring.

Sure enough, as soon as it appeared, it began to float just like before, pointing toward a specific direction in the dark void.

It was showing him the way.

'Just as I thought. This must be the exit prepared by this entity to leave this place.'

Zhiran smiled and cautiously followed the direction pointed by the jade slip.

He could have gone outside the coffin to search for the exit there, but he had a hunch that the moment he stepped outside, he might be attacked.

His soul was warning him of an unknown danger.

So, he discarded that thought and simply followed the jade slip for an unknown amount of time.

'Damn… is this coffin really this large, or am I just circling around?'

Zhiran couldn't help but wonder, as he felt he had already walked for half a day, but still couldn't find the exit.

Besides, since his surroundings were completely dark, he had no way of knowing exactly how much time had passed.

"Hmm? Is that it?"

Just as Zhiran was losing his patience, he suddenly felt a vibration ahead.

Then, he finally saw a portal similar to the one he had taken to come here before.

'Finally!'

Zhiran breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the jade token, and dived directly into it without a second thought.

He didn't want to stay in that place one moment longer. Otherwise, he might go crazy, and he wasn't exaggerating.

***

"Oh my God! Help!"

In an unknown underground tomb surrounded by hellfire, a petite figure was seen running for her life.

Behind her was an army of skeletons.

But the frightening part wasn't their number; it was the fact that each one of them was actually at the Peak Qi Condensation Realm, while some had even reached the Foundation Realm.

Facing such an army of undead, Mei Xuan had no choice but to despair.

She never thought this tomb was actually a trap, a trap meant to kill anyone who entered this place.

She shouldn't have entered this place so fearlessly.

But now, she couldn't even regret it, as the army was already closing in on her and she had nowhere left to run.

The only exit from the tomb was on the other side, right behind the army.

'Agh… why am I so unlucky? Is this… how I die?'

Mei Xuan wanted to cry, but no tears came out.

She regretted leaving the Mo Mansion in such a hurry to come to this place.

While running away from Yan Xi, afraid of her schemes, she had instead directly caused her own death.

She should have followed her initial idea and invited Mo Tianyu without caring about Yan Xi.

Maybe he would have saved her.

But now, it was too late.

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