You Were Told to Cultivate as an Official, but You Extract Everything Instead

In the Great Xuan Kingdom, cultivation is forbidden without an official seal of authorization. Those who cultivate in secret will have their entire families executed and their nine clans wiped out. Anyone who wishes to cultivate must pass the recruitment exams and enter government service. Chen Yan transmigrated into this world with a Dao Essence Talisman that lets him extract items containing Dao essence. 【Extracted Introductory Alchemy Insights, obtained a predecessor’s alchemy notes】 【Extracted a red copper alchemy furnace, obtained a Red Sun spark】 【Extracted the Human Dao Scripture, obtained the Human Emperor Scripture of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands】 Some cultivators spend their entire lives traveling from Anping County to the capital, rising from minor clerk to senior official, only to catch a glimpse of the palace rooftops. Chen Yan was born into humble circumstances, but with the Dao Essence Talisman, what does a humble background matter? Years later, Chen Yan sat alone on the throne. He looked at the cultivator who had made it to the imperial palace, now old and frail, then glanced at his own head of jet-black hair. “The road you spent your whole lives traveling took me no more than the snap of a finger.”