Shen Jiufeng lost her footing and fell off a cliff. When she opened her eyes, she had arrived in the barren Tianling Beast World, just in time to find Chi Yuan, a black snake, being hunted by a fifth-rank red python. In a panic, she struck out and accidentally killed the python. The wounded black snake Chi Yuan looked at her, dazzled. "Little female, you saved my life. I'll repay you with my beast form. Be my mate!"
[Ding! Host Shen Jiufeng successfully bound!] System Xiaoding was hopping around in a panic. [Bad news! Another System snatched our spot in the cultivation world, so we're stuck in this Beast World, where spiritual energy is scarce!]
Spiritual energy was thin here, making cultivation difficult. Xiaoding angrily stormed the System headquarters and reclaimed the Five Elements cultivation method and the Qi Refining manual. With danger lurking throughout the forest, Chi Yuan hunted beasts for food and gathered beast crystals for Shen Jiufeng. Shen Jiufeng cleared land for farming and built a stone house, establishing a homestead where the two of them could live in peace.
Time and again, ferocious beasts attacked, and every time Chi Yuan risked his life to protect her. Though Shen Jiufeng had feared snakes all her life, their days together helped her overcome her wariness. Using the cultivation method, she carved out a new spiritual vein in the Beast World, and her cultivation steadily improved.
When she reached the peak of Qi Refining, Xiaoding reminded her gravely, "This world can no longer sustain you. There's not enough spiritual energy for you to break through again. If you want to pursue the Great Dao, you'll have to cross a hundred thousand li of ocean and take a teleportation formation to the cultivation world!"
Their peaceful life in the fields was lovely, but they couldn't let the opportunity that had been stolen from them go. Shen Jiufeng packed her bags, with Chi Yuan at her side, and the two bid farewell to the home they'd built with their own hands before setting off across the waves for the cultivation world. They would start from scratch as rogue cultivators, working hard to improve their cultivation while tracking down the System that had stolen their spot. They swore to reclaim the opportunity that was rightfully theirs!