ragginovel Chapter 1 The Transmigrator Wang Paopao
Chapter 1 The Transmigrator Wang Paopao
Deep within an unnamed sacred mountain in the Great Jin Dynasty.
Wang Tianlong slowly walked out of his makeshift cave, letting out a long breath. A mountain breeze brushed his face, carrying the chill of someone who had survived a close call. "Heh, that was really close..."
If he hadn't been alert and noticed the unusual fluctuations in spiritual energy beforehand, he probably would have truly fallen into the hands of the Black Wind Old Ghost. He had only casually killed his wicked "Shadow Leopard," yet this old ghost held such a grudge, sparing no expense to enlist the help of several Nascent Soul cultivators to set up a deadly trap!
Recalling that battle, Wang Tianlong still felt a chill run down his spine. Five people surrounded him, their formation formidable. Even more troublesome was that Old Ghost Black Wind had somehow acquired a powerful, heaven-reaching spiritual treasure—the "Bone-Corroding Black Banner." When that black banner unfurled, the sky was filled with a soul-corroding, bone-penetrating aura of malevolent energy. He was caught off guard, and a wisp of this aura pierced his left shoulder, which still throbbed with pain.
Fortunately, he also had a trump card.
With a thought, a pair of seemingly simple and unadorned black boots appeared beneath his feet, with a faint wisp of wind swirling around them—this was the life-saving item he had obtained after going through countless trials and tribulations in the "One Cut System": the Heavenly Treasure - Heaven-Treading Boots.
It was precisely because of the boots' incredible speed—traveling thousands of miles in an instant—that he was able to tear open a gap in the encirclement, escape into the void, and survive.
"However... every cloud has a silver lining." Wang Tianlong looked inward at himself, a smile returning to his lips. This extreme escape, after nearly exhausting his spiritual energy and then frantically circulating it again, coupled with the pressure of life and death, actually caused the bottleneck he had been trapped in for many years to begin to loosen. Now his cultivation was firmly at the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, only a thin veil away from the late stage.
Ascending to the upper realm no longer seems so far away.
Gazing at the distant mountains shrouded in mist, his thoughts drifted back a thousand years. Back then, he was just an ordinary college student on Earth. An accident brought him to a different world. In this life, his parents were both mortals, living aimlessly and knowing nothing of cultivation.
It was the crisp "ding—" sound deep in his mind, and the newbie gift pack that followed, that gave him hope and direction. Wind Spirit Root, Howling Wind Physique… this starting talent made him realize that he had stepped into no ordinary world.
The system did not directly bestow upon him a cultivation technique. He could only grope around like a headless fly. In the end, he almost exhausted all his worldly silver to exchange for a book called "Qi Induction Technique" with yellowed paper and rudimentary content from a down-on-his-luck scholar who claimed that his ancestors had been cultivators but was actually penniless.
It was with this unremarkable cultivation method, coupled with his own exceptional talent, that he managed to refine his first wisp of spiritual power and open the door to the path of immortality.
It was at that moment that his ridiculous "golden finger" was truly revealed in its entirety—the One-Cut System.
Each time a cultivator breaks through a major realm, the system will issue a task: other cultivators must "cut" him 999 times, and the cuts must be made by 999 different people in order to receive the generous rewards for that realm.
"This isn't a cheat code, it's practically a self-torture guide..." Wang Tianlong shook his head helplessly. Initially, he had considered joining a sect and cultivating peacefully, perhaps even using the sect's power to complete this strange mission. However, the path to immortality was fraught with difficulties. Due to a trivial matter, he unintentionally offended an arrogant sect disciple, not only losing his chance to join the sect but also incurring a grudge. He was forced to begin a long life of wandering as a rogue cultivator and... "seeking to be killed."
After enduring endless pursuit and being "begged to be killed" for many years, Wang Tianlong finally received the system's first realm reward.
When that vast amount of information flooded his mind, he felt a chill in his heart—"The Wind-Treading Technique." The name was simple and unadorned, even exuding a sense of shabbiness; it didn't seem like any earth-shattering inheritance at all.
However, after he actually studied it, he was overjoyed. This technique was practically tailor-made for his life of being "hunted" - the core essence of most of its early spells and supernatural abilities pointed to two words: escape.
During his Qi Refining stage, he mastered the "Wind-Treading Step." This footwork is profound; it's not simply about increasing speed, but about using the momentum of the surrounding air currents so that his steps are aided by the wind. Combined with even the most ordinary boot-type magical artifacts, his straight-line escape speed can consistently exceed that of cultivators of the same level by more than 50%, allowing him to escape unscathed from countless encirclements in the early stages.
After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, his cultivation techniques finally granted him some ability to counterattack. "Sandstorm Technique" disrupted the enemy's perception, while "Wind Tornado" combined offense and defense. But the true core remained his life-saving secret technique—"Wind Transformation Technique." This technique allowed him to instantly merge with the surrounding airflow. Although far from the true "Wind Escape" that was undetectable and could cover thousands of miles in an instant, it was still an extremely rare short-range evasion and concealment method among low-level cultivators, a simplified version of Wind Escape, which repeatedly proved invaluable.
Upon reaching the Core Formation stage and refining the "Wind-Riding Boat" as his natal magic weapon, he further amplified his "unparalleled speed" advantage to new heights. This boat, nurtured by the fire of his cultivation and connected to his mind, becomes as fast as a streak of light once activated. Ordinary cultivators of the same level often cannot even catch a glimpse of his trail, and can only gaze at the boat with envy.
At the Nascent Soul stage, he finally mastered the true "Wind Escape Technique." Traveling by the wind, disappearing without a trace in an instant, was already a top-tier escape technique. And the matching "Whirlwind Technique" finally possessed the astonishing power to move mountains and destroy cities, allowing him to no longer rely solely on dodging and instead gain a direct deterrent force that would make enemies wary.
The Nascent Soul stage is known as the "Wind Control Chapter".
Transform into the wind: It can completely transform into a void wind spirit, merging into heaven and earth, making it difficult to detect its divine consciousness.
Wind Control Domain: Unfold the "Void Wind Domain," within which I am fast and my enemies are slow, allowing me to advance or retreat at will.
Wang Tianlong had complained countless times that the name "Wind-Riding Technique" wasn't imposing enough, but it was this seemingly "useless" technique, which was based on the logic of escaping and saving his life, that accompanied him through his weakest and most dangerous phase, allowing him to "ride the wind" away time and time again in desperate situations.
Throughout his long years of cultivation, Wang Tianlong has always been active as a rogue cultivator. Now that cultivation resources are abundant, most of the items needed for Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages can be purchased in the market, so he is happy to live a carefree life and has never had the idea of joining a sect.
Relying on the unique freedom of a rogue cultivator, he has been "stirring up trouble" in various circles - his core purpose is to deliberately provoke and entice others to attack him in order to complete the 999 "assistances" required by the "One-Cut System".
During his Foundation Establishment stage, completing the "Cut with One Slash" system quest granted him the talent for talisman crafting. This talent was considered heaven-defying; no matter how complex or difficult the talisman was, he only needed a few tries to master it, and his success rate was extremely high. Now, he could even draw a small teleportation talisman that could move him a hundred miles at a time. Although the materials were rare and the production was scarce, and it could not be used in certain forbidden areas or large formations, this talisman was still a priceless life-saving treasure in the cultivation world, earning him a large amount of resources.
After achieving the Core Formation stage, he obtained the Heaven-Treading Boots, a divine treasure. These boots proved invaluable in countless crises, helping him escape danger time and again and rise above the heavens.
Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the system's rewards become even more generous: the Divine Consciousness Cultivation Technique "Nourishing Spirit Technique" and the Body Refining Technique "Golden Body Technique." The "Nourishing Spirit Technique" can increase a cultivator's divine consciousness strength by 30%, allowing direct cultivation up to the Mahayana stage. Its accompanying "Spiritual Thorn" secret technique specifically targets the sea of consciousness, making it virtually impossible to defend against. While the "Golden Body Technique" lacks earth-shattering divine abilities, it steadily forges the physical body to a level comparable to a demonic beast of the same rank. He has now cultivated his body to the level of a demonic beast in the early Nascent Soul stage, making him difficult to harm with ordinary magic weapons.
And so, with his own talent and the help of the system, Wang Tianlong gradually grew from a nobody cultivator into a powerful Nascent Soul stage cultivator who was renowned throughout the region. However, his style of "starting fires everywhere in search of a kill," coupled with his mastery of various escape techniques and unparalleled ability to run away, meant that although he was repeatedly hunted down, he always managed to escape unscathed.
In a desolate valley in the Tiannan region, Wang Tianlong, through his superb acting skills, "accidentally" revealed a forged map pointing to an "ancient cultivation ruin." The map was meticulously crafted, emanating a chilling aura, almost indistinguishable from the real thing. News of this attracted several groups of greedy Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators vying for it. He, too, was "coincidentally" caught in the middle, becoming the target of everyone's attacks. After a fierce battle, he fled "in a sorry state" with the forged "core array plate," leaving behind a mess and dozens of cultivators who had "killed" him but only found a pile of broken stones. After this incident, a rumor spread among low-level cultivators in Tiannan: Never trust any "treasure map" from a seemingly exhausted but incredibly fast and unkillable fellow.
At a mid-sized auction in the Great Jin Dynasty, Wang Tianlong anonymously consigned an auction for an "ancient talisman" (actually a modified mid-level talisman) that he had personally hand-painted and whose effects were deliberately exaggerated. After the talisman sold for a high price, he "accidentally" let another seemingly identical, but subtly tampered with, "flawed" talisman "fall" from the hands of a "snatcher" as he left, landing right in the middle of several groups of cultivators with a long-standing feud. Instantly, a chaotic battle erupted outside the auction hall. He, in a state of "panic," shouted, "Give me back my talisman!" while weaving through the crowd, precisely avoiding the attacks of at least a dozen bloodthirsty cultivators. By the time the law enforcement cultivators arrived, he had already vanished without a trace, taking his mission tally and auction winnings with him, using his Sky-Stepping Boots. The organizers' subsequent investigation only uncovered a mess of inconsistencies and the infamy of a "mysterious troublemaker."
In a certain area of the Chaotic Star Sea teeming with demonic beasts, Wang Tianlong developed a "Beast-Attracting Incense" that emitted strange fluctuations, possessing a strong attraction and a slight stimulating effect on certain low-level demonic beasts. He would pilot his Wind-Riding Boat, specifically targeting the edges of sea areas where cultivator teams were training or mining resources, quietly lighting the incense before swiftly fleeing. Soon, small groups of demonic beasts would be attracted and enraged, harassing the cultivator teams. When the teams were forced to fight and descended into chaos, he would appear as a "helpful passing cultivator" or an "unlucky fellow caught in the crossfire," "assisting" in the battle while "accidentally" spreading the conflict further, or "forced" to endure some "collateral damage" from both sides. Afterwards, he would always manage to "luckily" escape with some spoils and new "kills," leaving behind an unsolved mystery among the low-level cultivators of the Chaotic Star Sea: "Why have the demonic beasts been behaving so frequently lately, and why are there always people taking advantage of the chaos to rob them?"
These deeds also made him "famous" in the cultivation world - he was nicknamed "Wang Paopao" and also known as "the troublemaker of the cultivation world", making people feel headaches and unable to catch up with him.