Jiang Zirou froze.

Her big eyes fluttered and she almost burst into tears.

Things were looking up!

This was truly wonderful!

A system… the standard equipment for a transmigrator.

Jiang Zirou let out a breath of relief, as if a ray of light pierced through her dreary world.

However, systems also came in all levels.

A powerful system could lift you up and a weak system could bury its host alive.

Jiang Zirou’s expression remained unchanged.

She silently asked within her heart.

‘System, what rewards can be obtained from checking in and are there any special requirements?’

[Ding! This system’s check-in functions are divided into three types.

The first type, Daily Check-In, allows one check-in per day after setting a commonly used location, granting ordinary rewards.

The second type, Special Check-In, can be performed at any location after accumulating sufficient energy and the rewards vary depending on the check-in location.

The third type, Mission Check-In, grants rare rewards after completing system-issued missions. …As for the contents of the rewards, the host will naturally understand once they are received.]

The system’s explanation was very detailed.

After listening, Jiang Zirou already understood most of it.

‘Then what are the requirements for setting a commonly used check-in location? And how many Special Check-In opportunities do I have right now?’

Jiang Zirou asked again.

[Ding! The commonly used check-in location may be set anywhere and can be changed once every ten years. The host currently has one Special Check-In opportunity.]

‘Got it!’

Jiang Zirou nodded.

Her heart stirred with excitement.

‘Set the Sutra Repository Pavilion as the commonly used check-in location and use the Special Check-In inside the Sutra Repository Pavilion.’

Once Jiang Zirou spoke.

Her voice fell.

Immediately, a profound connection appeared between her and the Sutra Repository Pavilion before her.

‘Check in!’

Jiang Zirou made her decision, wanting to obtain power as quickly as possible.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully performing a Special Check-In, reward obtained: The Primordial Ancient Sutra.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully performing a Daily Check-In, reward obtained: One Hundred Years of Cultivation!]

After that, an ancient scripture appeared in Jiang Zirou’s hand.

This ancient scripture was not paper, but instead resembled a brick forged from metal.

Its surface was filled with the marks left by the passage of countless years.

Upon the bronze scripture were countless tiny symbols, hooked and carved with forceful precision and on the reverse were ancient illustrations: ancient ancestors offering sacrifices, ancient martial artists battling savage beasts and primordial relic species slaughtering one another.

Just one glance made her feel dizzy.

Before she could carefully comprehend the contents of the scripture in her hand.

A pure stream of energy rushed into Jiang Zirou’s young body.

This energy was brimming with life.

Immaculate and unstained.

It entered her from the center of her brow and merged into her limbs and bones.

In an instant.

Jiang Zirou felt something in her inner world shatter and her entire body seemed filled with endless strength.

Her five senses sharpened, allowing her to see patterns in the wings of birds flying overhead and hear the faint sounds of plants growing within the moist earth.

It felt like rebirth.

Within the Sutra Repository Pavilion, she found a bronze mirror in a secluded corner. Jiang Zirou saw her skin faintly glowing with a white radiance, giving the already adorable girl an even more spiritual appearance.

‘This must be the hundred years of cultivation gifted by the system… truly miraculous…’

Sitting cross-legged within a side hall.

Jiang Zirou shook her head and began cultivating the contents of The Primordial Ancient Sutra.

The Primordial Ancient Sutra used the body as a furnace.

Vital blood turned into fire and all spirits nourished into qi.

* * *

One day and one night.

Time passed quickly and it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Jiang Zirou opened her eyes.

Though she had not rested the entire night, her eyes still brimmed with vitality and spirit, without the slightest trace of fatigue.

‘Today is the day to receive daily necessities and have tasks assigned. I can’t afford to neglect it.’

Thinking of this.

Jiang Zirou rubbed her stomach, recalling that since arriving in this world, she had not eaten anything.

Although she now had one hundred years of cultivation.

She was still far from reaching the fasting realm.

She ignored her hunger.

Walking into the main hall of the Sutra Repository Pavilion, she found her current superior in a secluded corner—an Overseer of the Palaces, a Third Rank official.

“Greetings, Granny Li.”

Jiang Zirou lifted her ruqun and bowed proactively.

Granny Li appeared to be sixty or seventy years old, with a head of silver hair and a face full of wrinkles, her eyes narrowed as she smiled kindly. Sunlight passing through the window shone upon her tied-up white hair, giving off a faint golden glow.

“You are Jiang Zirou, aren’t you… Honestly, to think a child this young would end up here. The tasks you must handle should have already been explained to you back in the Internal Affairs Office. Remember to clean the Sutra Repository Pavilion thoroughly. You have no backing here, so never provoke those nobles… otherwise no one will be able to protect you!”

After Granny Li finished.

She assigned Jiang Zirou a room and a palace token for receiving supplies, then turned around.

Trembling as she walked away.

“What a sin… what a sin… such a small girl, how did she end up here…”

Jiang Zirou held the palace token.

Watching Granny Li wobble away, she thought the old woman’s temper wasn’t actually bad.

* * *

In the afternoon, Jiang Zirou returned to her room to tidy it up.

Then she changed into a grey cleaning dress and after preparing herself, she spent the entire afternoon cleaning the Sutra Repository Pavilion.

The Sutra Repository Pavilion was seven or eight stories tall.

By the time the afternoon passed.

Even with one hundred years of cultivation, Jiang Zirou nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

‘This is child labor exploitation!’

The little girl puffed her cheeks angrily.

* * *

That night.

After dining at the Imperial Dining Hall, Jiang Zirou returned to the Sutra Repository Pavilion once more.

This time, she was not here to clean.

She was here to find information.

‘Hoo! Hoo!’

She took an ancient book from the shelves and blew off the dust.

Records of the Various Nations

‘This world has martial artists. Martial cultivation is divided into the Body Tempering Realm and the Qi Refining Realm, each divided into nine ranks. The distinction depends on whether one can sense the existence of qi…’

Seeing this.

Jiang Zirou closed her eyes and felt the pure internal force circulating within her body according to the Primordial Ancient Sutra.

‘So that means I’m already a cultivator of the Qi Refining Realm? I just don’t know which rank exactly.’

Jiang Zirou continued flipping the pages.

Above the Qi Refining experts was the Grandmaster Realm.

Experts at this realm were extremely rare, able to fly with swords, command wind, thunder, water and fire and even in special circumstances.

They could influence the fate of a nation.

Above the Grandmaster Realm, there seemed to be an even more mysterious Great Grandmaster Realm…

Jiang Zirou shuddered.

All the pride that had surfaced on her face earlier vanished completely, her chubby cheeks tightening.

Her thin lips pressed together.

The little girl looked extremely serious.

‘As expected, this world is far too dangerous. There is always someone stronger. There is always a higher sky. Hmm, let’s set a small goal first. Once my cultivation surpasses the Great Grandmaster Realm, I’ll go explore the outside world…’

Jiang Zirou closed the book.

As she left the Sutra Repository Pavilion, she casually performed a check-in.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, Daily Check-In successful, reward obtained: One Bottle of Superior Beauty-Nourishing Pill.]

‘I’m already this adorable… this kind of thing is unnecessary… crunch, still, it tastes pretty good, kind of like candy beans.’