Chapter 1: Date Modification System! Cultivation Modified!
Chu Kingdom, Haonan Province, Liuyun Sect
Outer Sect, Small Wooden Cabin
Gu Yang sat cross-legged on the bed, a trace of helplessness on his face.
“I didn’t expect to transmigrate into such a dangerous world…”
He murmured softly, occasionally shaking his head in disbelief.
Not long ago, he had still been in his own room, playing games with cheats enabled.
Then, all of a sudden, everything went black—and when he woke up… he had already transmigrated.
He had become an outer disciple of the Liuyun Sect.
His cultivation level was utterly average—Body Refining Stage, Level Four.
Even among outer disciples, he ranked at the very bottom.
In a fantasy world , the most important thing was strength.
The strong ruled, and the weak were like ants—utterly insignificant!
In this world, talent mattered above all.
Those with great talent advanced smoothly in cultivation and rose rapidly.
Those with poor talent, even if they trained twenty-four hours a day, might still not achieve what others did in a single hour!
That was the norm here.
Unfortunately, the body he now possessed belonged to the latter group.
His cultivation talent was extremely ordinary.
Not so bad that it was completely hopeless, but definitely slow and unimpressive.
He belonged to the most average category of all.
Thinking of this, Gu Yang couldn’t help but shake his head again.
“Damn it, I had bad luck with in-game loot before—now I transmigrate and still end up ?”
Gu Yang was speechless.
Before transmigrating, he had been a hardcore gamer—yet even with nonstop grinding, his bad luck with loot meant his gear always lagged behind, and he constantly got crushed by others.
It was incredibly frustrating.
So, as a programmer, he had written his own cheat script to modify the game.
But while he could cheat in games, real life offered no such shortcuts.
That thought made Gu Yang clench his fists.
Suddenly, a series of mechanical prompts rang in his ears.
The voice sounded familiar yet strange.
Gu Yang’s face froze in surprise.
Could this be what webnovels always mentioned…
It actually existed?!
As a long-time reader of cultivation novels, Gu Yang instantly understood.
His golden finger had arrived!
Without delay, he asked the system, “System, explain your functions!”
After hearing this, Gu Yang’s face filled with shock.
Damn! He could change the production date of all things?! That was ridiculously powerful.
In simple terms, he could manipulate time—make the old new, and the new old.
Gu Yang took in a deep breath.
This system might actually be broken-level overpowered!
After all, being able to manipulate time freely—even in a fantasy world—was something only absurdly powerful beings could achieve, and they still had to worry about backlash.
Gu Yang’s excitement surged.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to him.
“Right—if I can modify the birth date of all things, doesn’t that mean I can modify my cultivation too?”
He immediately tried it out, choosing to modify his cultivation to ten years into the future.
The result? His cultivation instantly skyrocketed to Body Refining Stage, Level Ten!
Feeling the clear surge in strength within himself, Gu Yang’s face lit up with joy. He clenched his fist and said, “It really worked! My cultivation just got pushed ten years forward—this is absolutely broken!”
“So this is the power of Body Refining Level Ten?”
He clenched his fist again, feeling the raw power, extremely satisfied.
Compared to before, his previous strength was downright pathetic.
This—this was what true power felt like!
“But… each item can only be modified once. Unless I break through a major realm and refresh the cooldown, I can’t just keep boosting . That’s a bit disappointing. Otherwise, I could spam my way to invincibility.”
Gu Yang remembered the system’s rules and felt a little let down, but quickly lightened up.
“Well, I guess I’m being greedy. Before I had the system, I could only struggle and suffer. This is already more than enough.”
“But seriously, my talent is garbage.”
Then he remembered—he had modified ten years and only reached Body Refining Level Ten. His expression twitched.
Ten years of cultivation only got him to Level Ten? This body’s talent was awful.
A normal Liuyun Sect disciple wouldn’t have talent this bad. He only got into the sect because he pulled strings.
“Wait a second. If I can modify my cultivation, does that mean I can also modify the time spent cultivating sword techniques?”
With that thought, Gu Yang’s eyes lit up. He immediately modified the time spent practicing his basic sword technique to ten years later.
In an instant, his mind flooded with sword insights.
“Damn! It really worked!”
Gu Yang beamed with joy.
After tasting success, he tried to modify the time spent on his basic fist technique. Newest update provided by n0velfire.net
“So that’s how it works. If I haven’t actually practiced a skill, I can’t modify its time. Makes sense.”
After thinking it through, Gu Yang understood the logic.
“But I have practiced Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, so I should be able to modify that.”
He immediately modified the cultivation time of his Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, a mid-grade human-level martial skill.
A wave of ten years’ worth of enlightenment surged through his mind, and his understanding of swordsmanship deepened further.
His Flowing Cloud Sword Technique directly reached the mastery stage.
His sword flowed like clouds—each move light and ethereal.
“Huh… the improvement from modifying martial skills is way more noticeable. Looks like cultivation level depends on talent and physique, which I can’t change. But understanding techniques depends on comprehension—and my comprehension seems pretty solid.”
Gu Yang was a bit surprised, but quickly accepted the reality and praised himself a little.
Next… he needed to figure out how to raise his cultivation level further.