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[PIECW] Chapter 1: Special Effects System, Core Formation Realm

In the Sea of Falling Stars, there is a small island named - Wangyue Island. This island is full of people who cultivate on the road to become an Immortal, and there are also many cultivator families that have settled down to build a strong foothold for their future generations.

Hiss~

At this time, Chu Xiao held his aching head and slowly sat up to look around the extremely beautiful scenery of graveled beaches and the rise and fall of the snow-like ocean waves.

"Where am I?"

Chu Xiao was at a loss. He just remembered that he came home after getting off from work and because he was free, he opened a new Immortal Cultivation game. He was about to have his first experience of this newly launched game, but unexpectedly, his consciousness suddenly darkened in the next second and he passed out.

When he woke up again, he was already in this strange place.

[Hum~]

Suddenly, a huge wave of memories emerged in his mind, and it took a while for him to absorb them.

"It turns out that I've crossed over to another world."

Chu Xiao was stunned and didn't expect that even he could become the next victim of the scenes that were only mentioned in the online fantasy novels.

According to the absorbed memories, Chu Xiao came to know that this world is an extremely vast world with hundreds of millions of miles of territories.

In this world, there are endless ocean edges, countless islands, and vast continents in the center. There are places like Profound Heavens, Northern Wilderness, Eastern Region, and so on.

However, none of this really matters. The most important thing that matters to him is that unlike in his previous world, people can cultivate supernatural powers in this world.

In simple terms - Cultivating to become Immortals!

This world is a world of cultivators, to be precise a Cultivation world. As for Chu Xiao's current identity, he is just an ordinary and weak rouge cultivator in this world filled with countless cultivators.

His qualifications are average and his cultivation is also at the Lowe end. The only thing that's worth mentioning about him is that his face is extremely handsome.

However, that soon was about to be turned into a curse when a female cultivator almost kidnapped him to become her man slave.

In addition to that, his strong memory is worth mentioning, which he has cultivated from childhood to adulthood by reading many books. (Here, he means the previous Chu Xu.)

"Cultivation World!"

Chu Xiao regained his composure and his face become slightly excited.

Power fantasy is the dream of countless men, and no one can refuse a chance to gain power and stand at the top of the world. This series of future is much more enjoyable than the boring daily working life of his previous world.

However... to enjoy the scenery of this world, one needs to have extremely strong strength. Otherwise, this seemingly beautiful cultivation world will definitely show its ferocious face and let you know that being weak is the first and foremost sin.

And, now, he - Chu Xiao is a synonym for ants who can only walk on the ground and can never dream of flying above the sky.

He is just a weak rogue cultivator with no background and has the strength of just a small mid-stage Qi Refining Realm.

Even when he wants to walk around the road, he has to cover his face for fear that he will be spotted by some strong females to make him a man-slave.

"Don't I have any cheats? Isn't it a norm to have one, as in those fantasy novels?"

Chu Xiao who was sober a moment ago couldn't help but shout out loud in his heart.

In those cool power fantasy novels where the main protagonist gets transmigrated to another world, there will always be some kind of cheat. Such as: Sign-in System, Sleeping System, Training System, and so on.

[Ding!]

[The Special Effect System is activating.]

[Activating!]

Just as Chu Xiao was expecting his own cheat, suddenly a mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

"Woah! I really have one!"

Chu Xiao looked slightly happy. He has a good experience in reading those online web novels and he clearly knows what a system is.

It's an unreasonable plug-in that can defy the power system of the world and make the user rise at a rapid pace.

From now on, with the help of this system, he can rise quickly and crush those so-called heavenly geniuses all over the world and become an invincible existence.

[Activation Succeeded!]

The mechanical voice sounded again and at the same time, a light blue translucent screen slowly appeared in front of his eyes.

[This system can provide the host with many real-life special effects including temperament special effects, cultivation realm special effects, and cultivation technique special effects.]

[As a first-time user, the system will unlock one special effect for free.]

[In the future, the host's cultivation base will need to reach certain standards to unlock any more special effects.]

Hearing this, Chu Xiao was dumbfounded. He thought that his system would be something like a 'Trillion times talent system', but didn't expect it to be like this.

After all, in this cultivation world, the most important thing is obviously talent. If the talent is not good enough, then the journey on the road of cultivation will be very difficult.

Without a certain height in talent, it takes a lot of medicinal elixirs, pills and heavenly treasures to make up for it. Sometimes, opportunities like inheritance, the secret realm, and so on can change one's

life, but it's very rare to encounter such things.

It's so rare that Chu Xiao doesn't want to put his hope in such an imaginary adventure. He thought that his system will take care of his talent and that he can increase his strength in a short time.

But... his system is actually a special effects system.

From those movies in the modern world, Chu Xiao has an understanding of what a special effect is.

Special effect is nothing but an illusion that was created to make the clips and videos awesome. Although it looks good and powerful, but it can only be used as a bluff, right?

[Ding!]

[Temperament special effect - Worldly Expert has been unlocked!]

[Cultivation Realm special effect - Core Formation has been unlocked!]

[Cultivation Technique - Thunder Cloud Burst has been unlocked!]

Ignoring Chu Xiao's dumbfounded expression, the system continued like an emotionless robot.

After the system prompted these three notifications, all the remaining relevant information about these special effects was passed into Chu Xiao's mind.

After being silent for a while, Chu Xiao stroked his chin. Here it comes, the insurance for my safety.

Chu Xiao is an adaptable guy who doesn't dwell much on his misfortune and tries to blend in with the current situation. Although the function of the system is somewhat different from his expectations, it's better than nothing. Right?

Besides, if these special effects are used well in certain circumstances, maybe there will be unpredictable results.

After analyzing through the information, Chu Xiao relaxed a lot and then his eyes fell on the light screen in front of his eyes.

In a total of three categories are shown -

Temperament Effects | Cultivation Realm Effects | Cultivation Technique Effects

Chu Xiao is an intelligent guy and he can understand this user interface without any further explanation, after all, he had also played RPG games in his previous world.

Looking at these categories, Chu Xiao can see that the first options in each column have been unlocked and they are -

Worldly Expert | Core Formation | Thunder Cloud Burst

Chu Xiao raised his and taped it on [Worldly Expert]. In an instant, he felt as if there was an invisible aura enveloping his whole body.

Feeling such a change, he immediately hurried to the shore of the beach and looked at his reflection on the surface of the calm water.

At this moment, Chu Xiao himself has changed drastically. His whole atmosphere doesn't look like an ordinary cultivator at all.

Instead, he looks like a box full of mysteries, as if there is an unfathomable wave of strength hidden in his six-foot body.

Even Chu Xiao himself is having an illusion of sinking his stature in front of this mighty demeanor. Looking at this handsome face, he can feel from his heart that this man is an unfathomable master who stands atop the world.

"Isn't this special effect too realistic?"

Chu Xiao was speechless for a moment, because this special effect is too real that even he is having illusions.

If he didn't know in advance that this is a special effect, just a bluff, then he himself would think that he is a master of the world with strength high above.

"Let's see what the second special effect is like."

Chu Xiao raised his hand and tapped on the Cultivation Realm special effect [Core Formation].

[Hum~]

In an instant, a terrifying aura surged out of his body and swept throughout the surrounding.

The ground began to tremble and the sea surged with strong waves while a huge round sun rose slowly behind his head.

This is a vision of a golden core forming that only the Core Formation cultivators can have, and it's also a kind of a unique logo.

Chu Xiao turned around and looked at the sun-like golden core carefully. He could feel that there is a strong sense of oppression, and even he himself was a little terrified.

[Hiss~]

It's too terrifying!

"Half bright golden core. This represents the vision of the middle stage of the Core Formation Realm."

Chu Xiao said while looking at the vision of the golden core.

In the vision, only half of the area of the golden core is incomparably bright and it's emitting a strong radiance of golden light, whereas the remaining area is slightly dark.

The realms in this cultivation world are divided into -

Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul → Deity Transformation → Spirit Transformation → Form Synthesis → Transcending Tribulation → Great Ascension

Each high realm is divided further into four small realms of -

Early Stage → Middle Stage → Late Stage → Peak Stage

For a remote place like the Sea of Falling Stars, not to mention Core Formation, even the Foundation Establishment Realm can be called a ceiling-level power.

Therefore, a strong person like Chu Xiao in the middle stage of the Core Formation Realm can walk without any care and even live an incomparably comfortable life, as long as the special effects are not seen through.

This was really a good thinking.

Soon he came out of his deep thinking and was about to click on the next special effect - [Thunder Cloud Burst], but suddenly he stopped his moving hand and frowned slightly.

Because he heard some sound behind him. Chu Xiao turned his head sideways and squinted his eyes slightly as he looked a little further only to see that at some point, there were two more people at this shore.