Hunted by loan sharks, Lin Chen takes refuge in the old house left behind by his grandfather. At the brink of despair, he bonds with an ancient Xuanhuang System.
While others have to meditate and reflect to earn sign-in rewards, he has to visit archaeological sites, spatial rifts, and the heart of ancient battlefields.
While others kill monsters to level up on missions, he exploits a bug in the mission descriptions, triggering hidden rewards by “refusing heartless missions.”
Everyone thinks he is just a dark horse, until the Void army descends and the world falls.
Lin Chen stands on the Great Wall's defensive line. Behind him are the nine System terminals he has gathered; before him stands the Void Overlord, who has devoured an entire civilization.
The System prompts: “Host, please choose: sacrifice your loved ones to gain ultimate power.”
Lin Chen sneers. “I choose a third path.”
On the spot, he breaks the System's rules and uses his own martial arts to forge a tenth path.
[Not a mechanical sign-in story. The protagonist is clever and principled. The complete million-word outline is ready, so following this story is worth your time.] (Modern urban high-martial arts, System, sign-in, invincible protagonist, decisive and ruthless, no naïve saint, spiritual qi revival)
I didn't have high expectations for this book, but I ended up really engrossed in it. Lin Chen starts out owing two million and being hunted down, with his parents hospitalized—a classic tragic beginning. The Xuanhuang Sign-in System he's connected to is a bit different; it's not the kind where you check in daily for rewards, but rather you collect "Sparks of Civilization" to fight the Void…