From the Start, I Had the Sky-Piercing Pillar and Fused with Li Xin's Template

Lu Li stands on the Awakening Platform, feeling the scorching gazes of the townsfolk watching him.

As Qingcheng’s once-in-a-century top scorer in the written exam, he’s being treated like a rare zoo animal, one that’s about to perform a backflip.

“Pressure? None at all.” He adjusts the nonexistent glasses on the bridge of his nose. “After all, I’m the man who can recite the entire Three-Hundred-Year Exam Syllabus on Spiritual Qi Revival backward.”

Then he presses his palm against the cold Awakening Stone, and nothing happens for ten whole seconds.

A wave of gasps rises from the crowd. Even the sparrows dozing in the trees startle and fly away.

“System?” Lu Li cries out in despair. “If you don’t show up soon, I’m going to go from top scorer to total laughingstock!”

[Ding! Strong will to survive detected… King Template System activated!]

A surge of primordial power tears through his body. Torrents of light and darkness shoot into the sky, instantly turning Qingcheng Plaza into a giant dance party.

The host teacher’s voice trembles as if he’s standing on an electrified floor. “Provisional S-rank… code name… ‘Lord of Light and Darkness’?!”

Lu Li looks down at the motes of light and shadows entwined in his palm, the corners of his mouth curling wildly upward.

“Good. From today on, ”

“Just call me a walking cheat code.”