I Have an Omen System

The moment these words were spoken, all the sorrow and grief inside the ancestral hall was swept away.

The women of the family all looked up, their grief turning to elation, faces beaming with joy.

A clan elder began to brown-nose. "I knew it! That boy, Si Yuan, has been destined for greatness since he was little!"

A tsunami of cheers echoed throughout the ancestral hall.

The last vestiges of the sorrowful atmosphere vanished without a trace.

...

「The border of You Province」

Qin Xuan received the message from the Bone-Transforming Corpse Beetle. His expression froze. Like a bird startled by a bowstring, he spun around and fled.

’A Purple Mansion Daoist!’

This time, however, his Golden Finger hadn’t issued a warning, and Qin Xuan had no time to overthink it.

’Too bad, Old Zhao. You’re on your own.’

Qin Xuan’s figure flickered like a phantom, vanishing in a near-instantaneous flash.

All that remained was a fleeting afterimage of blood, formed from his dissipating Blood Qi.

After fleeing for dozens of miles in the opposite direction, Qin Xuan suddenly looked up.

A brilliant star suddenly blazed in the sky, sending down a beam of white starlight that formed a shimmering bolt of energy.

It wasn’t a Positional Divine Technique, but the aura it radiated was remarkably similar to his Ghost Shadow Seven Kills.

Qin Xuan’s heart trembled. ’This is a Star Technique, too?’

BOOM!

The sound arrived long after the flash of light, a deafening thunderclap that shattered the air.

In the distance, an entire valley had been reduced to rubble.

He looked over and saw it was the direction of the Cloud River District. Much like Yunxi Valley, where Qin Xuan was, the district even had a group of Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators who ran a black market and held auctions.

Yet even those Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators hadn’t been able to withstand a Purple Mansion Daoist for even half a breath!

Two Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators had just flown out of the valley.

But then, a massive True Essence Hand shot out from the valley’s depths and dragged them back inside.

They were utterly annihilated, leaving not a single trace behind!

’A Star Technique can only be fully unleashed by a Purple Mansion Daoist borrowing the Power of the Stars...’

Qin Xuan’s scalp went numb, his heart pounding in his chest.

He suddenly realized something very serious.

Daoist Techniques could be divided by rank into six categories: Magic, Great Techniques, Star Techniques, Taoist Skills, Divine Techniques, and Positional Divine Techniques.

Positional Divine Techniques were the strongest and came with their own Five Elements Pressure. Starting from the Foundation Establishment Realm, a Cultivator could only learn one per major Realm.

But that didn’t mean Star Techniques were weak!

Ever since entering the Holy Sect, with the help of his Golden Finger, everything had come far too easily.

This had caused him to seriously underestimate the true power of this world’s Cultivators.

A Purple Mansion Daoist drawing upon the Power of the Stars was no empty boast!

’You can’t master everything by biting off more than you can chew. I haven’t even begun to unleash the full potential of my Star Technique, Ghost Shadow Seven Kills.’

Mysteriously, Qin Xuan felt his thoughts suddenly accelerate.

Details from his cultivation that he had previously overlooked now flooded his mind.

The rhythmic flow of Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth seemed to slow down, while the starlight he had gained from seizing the Purple Mansion Star Order was steadily being absorbed.

In the distant valley, a withered, yellow-green leaf drifted from a treetop, then abruptly froze in midair.

He gazed at the firmament, and the vast expanse of stars was reflected in his eyes.

ROAR!

The stars in the western sky blazed brightly, forming the image of a majestic, silver-white tiger. It was utterly lifelike as it raised its head and let out a great roar.

And on the white tiger’s forehead, three fiery-red Life Stars shone with dazzling brilliance.

Connected, these three Life Stars resembled a bird’s beak, or perhaps a small, fiery-red monkey. They projected a faint glimmer of light across an unfathomable gulf of time and space.

’It’s calling to me!’

Qin Xuan wanted to step forward.

But the moment he moved, the silent world around him shattered.

The distant leaf slowly drifted to the ground.

Among the 108 acupoints in his body, six suddenly lit up with a corresponding radiance, shining like stars and echoing the heavens.

Qin Xuan felt as if many hours had passed, but in the outside world, it had only been an instant.

’My comprehension of Ghost Shadow Seven Kills has deepened!’

A look of joy spread across Qin Xuan’s face as he understood instantly.

He had just experienced an epiphany.

’Foundation Establishment Seventh Level, Stargazing Acupoint... So this is what it means...’

He closed his eyes and looked inward.

The liquid, pitch-black Demonic Essence in his meridians surged ceaselessly, emitting a low rumble.

Empowered by his Three Daoist Rank Divine Techniques, Qin Xuan’s reserves of Demonic Essence were equivalent to those of three Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivators at the same Realm.

When his Demonic Essence passed through the six acupoints illuminated by starlight, it was further refined and purified, and his recovery rate became significantly faster!

’No wonder the Golden Finger didn’t issue a warning. That Purple Mansion Daoist’s target wasn’t me... Or rather, he hadn’t locked onto me at all!’

Qin Xuan quietly found a more distant, hidden location to hide and consolidate the gains from his epiphany.

At the same time, a sense of dread and vigilance grew in his heart, strengthening his resolve to condense his own Purple Mansion.

’Cultivators in this world are as common as blades of grass. A mere Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator is nothing but an ant. I must light my Purple Mansion Fate Star as soon as possible. Only then will I have the power to truly secure my place in this world...’

...

「Three days later.」

Qin Xuan was immersed in his cultivation inside his Cave Mansion.

Suddenly, a shrill, tragic ape shriek from outside nearly pierced his eardrums.

SHRIEK!

The shriek seemed to be laced with waves of Divine Sense attacks. They were sharp, yet they also felt as if they were running out of steam.

’Old Zhao’s Ape Cry Sound Wave?’

Qin Xuan shot to his feet, a faint glow in his eyes as he abruptly released his Divine Sense.

Outside, he saw the figure of a blue-black demon monkey staggering through the dense forest, its body covered in crimson blood, both of its arms broken.

Behind the blue-armed demon monkey, a yellow-robed old man at the Foundation Establishment Fifth Level was in hot pursuit.

"Vile beast! Just obediently enter my Beast Taming Ring. Wouldn’t that be a carefree life? Why put up this pointless struggle?"

The yellow-robed old man held a black Copper Ring and let out a vicious laugh.

"In your dreams! I would rather die than become your Demon Slave!"

"ROAR!" Zhao Youliang bellowed, his voice choked with despair, like a Fierce Ghost wailing in one’s ear.