In a perfect world, you start by relying on your own strength.

Stone village

On the grass at the edge of the village, a group of children were gathered around a bone fragment covered with patterns, scratching their heads and staring intently at it.

Those winding symbols, resembling bird tracks or tortoise shell patterns, are the bone script passed down in Shicun.

According to my grandfather, the clan chief, these bone inscriptions contain mysterious power. Once you truly comprehend them, you will have a strong physique, be able to move mountains and split rocks, and become a powerful guardian of the village.

Each of them harbored a burning desire to become a hero of Shicun and protect their homeland.

Shi Gen was no exception.

He was even more eager than other children to understand the bone script.

But fate had other plans. Whether it was due to a lack of natural comprehension or some other reason, he studied those ancient patterns for a whole year, but still had no clue and couldn't even grasp the basics.

In contrast, a child a year younger than him was already able to activate the bone script, which emanated a faint, mysterious power.

"As expected of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, who was born to pursue the Dao... He has mastered the bone script at such a young age. The world of geniuses is indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people."

Shi Geng sighed softly, feeling deeply hurt.

In his past life, when he read "Perfect World," he fantasized that if he were to travel to this place one day, he would definitely become an immortal emperor and roam freely across the world.

But when he actually set foot in this vast wilderness, he realized how cruel and difficult the path of cultivation was. The comprehension of the basic bone script alone had him completely stuck.

He even swallowed his pride and, despite being a year older than the little one, brazenly asked for help. But the little one's immature explanations were still as obscure as a foreign language to him, making him dizzy and drowsy, and he couldn't understand a thing of it.

Shi Geng gazed at the small figure that was freely stirring up the bone inscriptions on the grass, causing the plants to tremble slightly, and felt a mix of emotions.

In the same village, facing the same ancient bone fragments, the little boy could easily draw upon the essence of heaven and earth with a casual stroke, while he, after a year of arduous cultivation, couldn't even touch the most basic threshold of bone script.

The difference is as vast as clouds and mud.

He looked down at his hands. The excitement and pride he had felt during his journey through time had been almost completely worn away by the sheer crushing power of his talent.

"Becoming an immortal or an emperor... it turns out it really was just a dream."

He gave a wry smile, turned around and silently walked to the corner, picking up the animal bone that he had rubbed smooth again.

Even though it was like reading a book from heaven, and even though he was dull-witted, since he had come to this desolate world, what other way could he do but grit his teeth and persevere?

I can't possibly be a useless person who can't even understand bone script for the rest of my life.

As he watched, Shi Geng's eyelids began to droop again, and drowsiness washed over him like a tide, impossible to stop.

Not long after, a soft, even snore came from the corner.

Seeing this, clan leader Shi Yunfeng, who was explaining the mysteries of bone script to a group of children, shook his head helplessly.

This child is usually diligent and has a steady personality, but he lacks comprehension. He gets sleepy as soon as he hears bone script, and there's really nothing we can do about it.

He couldn't bring himself to wake Shi Geng, so he lowered his voice and continued to explain the profound principles of ancient bone script to the other children.

Shi Geng, who was already fast asleep, found his consciousness quietly falling into a strange space.

All around was a hazy gray expanse, devoid of sky or earth, without up or down, or any direction, as vast as the beginning of chaos. Only wisps of thin, smoke-like mist drifted slowly and silently in the void.

Suddenly, the surrounding gray mist surged and gathered like rivers flowing into the sea, slowly coalescing into a human figure.

Shi Geng subconsciously moved his hands and feet, clenching his fists, raising his hands, and turning around. The sensations were incredibly realistic, indistinguishable from those in reality.

"Where...am I?"

As soon as Shi Geng finished speaking, the entire chaotic space suddenly boiled over, and the mist in the sky surged wildly, roaring and gathering in one place.

The next moment, a sphere shimmering with a faint glow floated in mid-air.

"A cheat code?"

Shi Geng's eyes widened suddenly, and his heart began to pound wildly.

He had been in this desolate stone village for four whole years, from being full of expectations to gradually becoming disappointed, and then being almost resigned to his fate by the blow of comprehending the bone script... He thought he would be stuck at the starting point for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, his golden finger awakened at this time!

Shi Geng could no longer restrain himself and immediately reached out to touch the ball of light.

This is the transmigrator's cheat code, his only hope for survival in this world. How could it possibly harm him?

Before Shi Geng's fingertips could even touch the ball of light, the ball suddenly shone brightly, and a voice filled with arrogance and indifference resounded throughout the entire space.

"How dare you! How dare you ants touch this Heavenly Dao?!"

"Uh, the Way of Heaven?"

Shi Heng's eyes widened instantly.

He had read countless online novels in his previous life, so he was very familiar with the concept of the Heavenly Dao. But this ball of light in front of him was actually the Heavenly Dao?

He stood there, stunned, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

I thought that what I had been waiting for for four years was a sign-in system or an old man or some kind of cheat code, but how come it turned out to be such an unattainable existence right from the start?

"Ahem, stop teasing the newcomer, look how scared you've made the child."

Just as Shi Geng was at a loss and his heart was pounding, a gentle voice suddenly came from the depths of the fog.

The next moment, the swirling gray mist dispersed to both sides, and a figure dressed in simple training clothes walked out slowly, looking calm and composed, much more approachable than the arrogant ball of light.

"senior……"

"It's too complicated to explain, just feel it for yourself." Before he finished speaking, the man grabbed Shi Geng's hand.

The instant their skin touched, a vast and powerful flow of information surged into his mind. Shi Geng froze on the spot, his eyes glazed over, as if he had been frozen in place.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he suddenly came to his senses. Looking at the man and the ball of light in front of him, he could no longer hold back his tears.

"Brothers, you've finally arrived! Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?!"

"It's just some simple bone script, what's so difficult about it? Am I really that useless, being the new guy?"

A chorus of undisguised contempt immediately emanated from the sphere of light.

"Ahem, Heavenly Dao, stop being so sarcastic." Longshe Shigen coughed lightly, speaking helplessly, "We're all the same person, after all. By saying that, aren't you also insulting yourself?"

That's right, they are all essentially Shi Geng himself.

It's unclear what went wrong during their time travel, but the same soul was torn apart and fell into different worlds, living completely different lives.

The person in front of me, dressed in training clothes, is Shi Geng from the world of Dragon and Snake Romance. He came to this space a year ago and has now cultivated his martial arts to the peak. He is already an indestructible supreme expert.

That proud sphere of light was another version of him, who, in a small historical world, directly became the Heavenly Dao that governed the rules of an ordinary urban world.

This chaotic space harbors an incomprehensible power that has brought them back together from their scattered locations across countless worlds.

Even more amazing is that as long as they have any contact with each other, they can share memories, experiences, insights and feelings without any obstacles, just like a single soul that possesses several complete lives at the same time.