Chapter 1: Has the Counterattack System Arrived Ninety-Nine Years Too Early?
Heaven Abyss Dao Domain.
The Immortal Longevity Clan, the Ling Family.
"The little one is awake. Are you hungry?"
Beside him, a woman of unrivaled beauty bent down slightly, gazing at the swaddled Ling Tian with boundless affection.
Yet in her eyes lingered a faint sorrow.
Ling Tian’s chubby cheeks twisted in pain as a torrent of memories flooded his mind:
[At two years old, your talents remained mediocre. Your mother, the Empress Ye Qingwu, extracted the Supreme Bone from the branch line Ling Yun and fused it into you. The Ye Family, the power she belonged to, was later destroyed by Ling Yun.]
[At seven, even with the Supreme Bone, as the youngest son of Ling Zhantian, the emperor who ruled an era, the world’s expectations of you soared. You secretly learned Imperial Techniques out of gambling spirit.]
[At ten, eager for quick success, you forcibly cultivated the second layer of Imperial Techniques, suffered a Qi deviation, your foundation shattered, and the Dao retaliated, rendering you crippled.]
[At fifteen, after becoming a cripple, you were married into another top family but were rejected, becoming enemies with Bai Lai, the future emperor of the Bai Family.]
[At forty, for nearly thirty years, your parents searched for ways to heal you, entering the Abyss of Demons; their Dao foundation was damaged and they had to stop. In those thirty years, they barely smiled.]
[At fifty, your parents’ injuries worsened. The geniuses of the branch line awakened, usurped the family head’s position. The Supreme Elder tried to stop them but was powerless—only strength mattered.]
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[At one hundred, your parents utterly lost power, tragically. Though you wished to stop it, you were still a cripple. The son of a great emperor, yet ultimately a cripple—how utterly defeated you were!]
[In the past hundred years, even as a cripple, you never gave up cultivating; your martial heart remained resilient, meeting the conditions... The Counterattack System activates!]
[Host Ling Tian, do you have the courage to accept this task now?]
[Counterattack task released.]
[For a hundred years, your mother labored for your recovery, and since you became crippled at ten, her smile vanished. Please try to make the Empress smile again!]
[Task reward: Chaotic Dao Embryo!]
Ling Tian stared at the transparent screen before him, lost in deep thought.
Possession? No, the memories flooding his mind belonged to him and his parents.
In other words, these truly were his own experiences.
A heavenly opening, a hasty ending!
Yet now, he wasn’t even a year old—how had the Counterattack System arrived already? It made no sense!
At two, his talents were mediocre... The memories felt utterly real.
His mother Ye Qingwu now frowned slightly, clearly worried about his talents, her eyes tinged with doubt.
Both she and Ling Zhantian were emperors; the higher one’s cultivation, the harder it is to bear children.
With only Ling Tian as their precious heir, he was cherished in every possible way. At his birth, people were astonished.
How could his gifts... be so weak?
He was extremely ordinary!
Originally, Ling Tian, so young, shouldn’t have had such thoughts, but as memories surfaced, he found his mind maturing, as though he had truly lived a hundred years!
That meant Ye Qingwu would very likely extract Ling Yun’s Supreme Bone when he turned two!
Thus making an enemy!
He had indirectly harmed his mother’s faction!
In a flash of thought, Ling Tian grew excited—he was not yet one year old, meaning the Counterattack System had arrived ninety-nine years early!
Moreover, the reward for completing the first task was the Chaotic Dao Embryo!
Essentially, the Chaotic Physique—Dao Embryo was the seed, the Chaotic Physique the mature form!
If he possessed such talent, his mother Ye Qingwu wouldn’t need to extract Ling Yun’s Supreme Bone, and perhaps all that would follow might never happen!
Counterattack, from infancy!
Thinking this, Ling Tian couldn’t help but grin foolishly.
Such a scene, when seen by the Empress Ye Qingwu, appeared rather comical.
A child yet to grow teeth, giggling silly and waving his limbs—it was hard not to laugh.
"Pfft..."
Ye Qingwu laughed outright, her smile blooming like a flower.
Mediocre talent? So be it—he was her son after all. No matter what means she used, she would make him a top genius!
As she laughed, Ye Qingwu reached a decision in her heart.
[Task complete.]
[Reward: Chaotic Dao Embryo!]
Ling Tian: Hm? It’s done already?
Ling Tian stared dazedly at his peerless mother, who smiled faintly, as if even heaven and earth paled beside her.
The key was, he had actually completed the task!
Ling Tian felt a little bewildered, but after a brief thought, he understood.
A hundred years later, he was still a cripple. Making Ye Qingwu laugh would be a monumental challenge.
Looking at Ling Tian, whose head hurt terribly, how could he possibly make her smile?
He couldn’t—unless he reached Ye Qingwu’s standards, perhaps then she might smile.
For the crippled Ling Tian of a hundred years in the future, such a task was almost impossible, but for the current Ling Tian, it was unexpectedly simple!
As Ling Tian was lost in thought, a pair of soft hands lifted him from the swaddling cloth, gently pinching his baby-fat cheeks.
"Look at you, I haven’t fed you in so long you’re frozen in hunger—did you become silly from starvation?"
Ye Qingwu held Ling Tian in her arms, then began to pull open her clothes.
Strictly speaking, in this Dao Domain, the Ling Family was a top clan. There were many sources for milk.
For example, milk from the Dragon or Phoenix clans—strong races—could help lay Ling Tian’s foundation.
But now, the situation was different. Who was Ling Tian’s mother?
She was Ye Qingwu! An Empress!
Did anyone believe an Empress’s milk was inferior to that of dragons or phoenixes? Ridiculous!
A mother feeding her child was perfectly natural.
Yet Ling Tian was no longer the memory-less infant; his true mind was already a hundred years old!
With the wisdom of a centenarian, to drink breast milk?
The thought alone stung his eyes; who could accept such a scene?
No, absolutely not!
To stop something, the best way was to shift attention elsewhere.
Yes—Chaotic Dao Embryo!
If it emerged in his body, he could escape the awkward predicament.
It would be revealed sooner or later, a few days made no difference.
Otherwise, Ling Tian couldn’t know what mad things his mother might do for him.
To be fair, Ling Tian was deeply moved by all Ye Qingwu had done for him.
Ye Qingwu’s chest already revealed a dazzling whiteness.
Ling Tian knew he couldn’t delay any longer; his thoughts stirred:
"Chaotic Dao Embryo, activate!"