Chapter 4: The Secret Hidden Deep in the System

After his stunning victory, Yunfeng received a special mission from the system, something that had never appeared before:

[Hidden Mission Unlocked]
Trigger condition: Defeat an opponent of a higher realm with your own strength.
Content: Simulate “Fragmented Memory,” a faint memory connected to the host’s true origins.
Warning: The simulation may cause mental shock. Proceed with caution.

Yunfeng was startled. He had been an orphan since childhood, raised by an old farmer in a mountain village at the foot of the Qingyun Sect, and had joined the sect only because a routine survey had found a trace of spiritual root in him. He had never known who his real parents were.

That night, he decided to try simulating that mysterious memory. This time the space of consciousness was nothing like before. It was hazy and flickering, like shattered fragments of memory: a woman in white, her face unclear, clutching a newborn as she fled through a stormy night, with shouts of pursuit behind her and flashes of sword light blazing.

“…My child… you must live…” the woman’s voice came in broken fragments. “…this Dao Rhyme Seal… will protect you…”

The simulation ended abruptly. Yunfeng jolted awake, drenched in cold sweat, his head pounding. The system displayed a notice:

Memory simulation partially successful.
Discovery: The host carries a “Dao Rhyme Seal,” the mark of an ancient cultivation bloodline long thought lost.
Note: The host’s true identity is connected to a great secret of the cultivation world. Exercise caution and avoid exposure.

Yunfeng sat silent in the darkness of the cave for a long time, his mind in turmoil. So his origins weren’t as simple as he had always believed. And perhaps it was precisely because of that mysterious Dao Rhyme Seal that his family had been hunted all those years ago, forced to flee on that stormy night.

The biggest question now was no longer how to become stronger, but this: who had hunted his parents, and what was the true purpose behind the Dao Rhyme Seal?