You are an office worker. Your life experiences can be said to be quite protagonist-like: a gambling-addicted father, a brother-doting mother, a NEET brother, and you, the working one. However, you are not the female lead of a novel, just an ordinary office worker in this world, earning a meager salary every month, and having to hand over half of it to your parents after paying rent.
You thought your life would just pass by in such a muddled way.
Today is an ordinary workday. On your way to the company, as you step onto the road, a white hole suddenly appears on the ground beneath your feet. You instantly fall into it. Suddenly, a blinding white light explodes, tearing through the chaos.
A terrifying energy instantly grips your soul. You are forcibly dragged into the turbulent flow of space-time, but your body remains in the original world. A sense of suffocation overwhelms you.
A moment later, the power dissipates, and the white light fades. You float in a void space, looking around to see only a expanse of white... not just white... there is also countless data being calculated. Your body feels as light as nothing. When you raise your hand to look, you can only see a soft white light. Just as you think you are dreaming because you are too tired from work...
An electronic voice suddenly appears in your ear.
"Ding—Immortal Cultivation System successfully bound."
A cold, emotionless electronic voice sounds in the dead silence. You instantly look around in high alert, but your fingertips, glowing with soft white light, only brush through cold mist.
"Who's talking!" You look around warily, but it's still all white, with nothing there.
"The host's exclusive immortal cultivation auxiliary system." The electronic voice is flat and emotionless. "The white light just now was space-time jump energy. Your soul has detached from the original world and is now in the transit space of the Xuanyuan Realm."
"Wait! I..." You immediately speak up, wanting an explanation. Your mind is exceptionally active.
The system immediately interrupts, "This realm is divided into the Mortal, Spiritual, and Immortal realms. Six races live together, and secret realms and opportunities coexist with danger." The system is concise and to the point. "You currently have no cultivation base and are a piece of trash. The novice gift pack only contains the 'Basic Breathing Technique', a 'Map', and three packs of herbs and pills, stored in the space. You can check them when needed."
"This space..."
"It will collapse in ten breaths, and you will be teleported to a random place in the Mortal Realm." The system interrupts you. "Outside the Mortal Realm, ferocious beasts lurk. Those without a cultivation base or trash have a narrow escape from death."
You also understand... isn't this "trash" referring to you? Also... this system loves interrupting people too much.
Just as you are still thinking in your heart, the electronic voice in your mind suddenly speeds up: "Countdown, ten, nine, eight..."
Before the voice finishes, you only feel a burst of heat and pain between your eyebrows. The system's voice sounds again, with a bit more mechanical prompting: "Detected that the compatibility between the host's soul and the laws of the Xuanyuan Realm meets the standard. Immediately initiate the random draw for spiritual root awakening!"
A translucent panel suddenly appears before your eyes, displaying dozens of flowing, colorful patterns. The five patterns of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth are dim but stable. The patterns of Thunder, Wind, Ice, Dark, and Light flicker with a mysterious luster. There are even a few patterns hidden in the chaotic mist, their full appearance unclear.
"The Five Elements Spiritual Roots are the basic models, with high compatibility and easy to cultivate. Mutated Spiritual Roots are rare and powerful, accompanied by exclusive divine abilities. Hidden Spiritual Roots require heaven-defying opportunities and bloodlines to unlock." The system's voice carries no emotion. "Draw begins."
The patterns on the panel spin madly, so fast that only colorful afterimages remain. Your heart instantly leaps to your throat. Because you know this is your chance to change your destiny.