King of Ten Thousand Runes

Jiang Che transmigrates to a world of divine patterns.

The person whose body he inhabits suffers a series of setbacks while awakening a divine pattern. Because of a seal within him, his pattern is of an extremely low grade.

His father and grandfather try every means to break the seal, but to no avail. In the end, they bring out the family heirloom Dao Artifact, suppressing part of the seal and restoring some of the pattern's grade. The price is that their own vital essence is drained to the point of exhaustion, leaving them with only five years to live.

But when one door closes, another opens. Jiang Che is blessed in the midst of misfortune: not only does he awaken a second divine rune, but his Dao Artifact, the Record of Divine Patterns, can also unlock entries and extract vital essence from the blood of various pattern beasts, returning it to him and extending his lifespan.

Cultivation realms: Pattern Nurturing, Spirit Awakening, Profound Passage, Qianyuan, Abyssal Storage, Violet Palace, Divine Arhat, Creation.

Divine pattern grades: Heavenly, Emperor, Spirit, Profound.

Functions of the Record of Divine Patterns:

1. Absorbing the blood essence of pattern beasts and people with divine patterns unlocks the corresponding entries.

2. Absorbing blood essence returns vital essence to the user and enhances their own essence, extending their lifespan. This only works when an entry is first unlocked.

3. Through the divine patterns in blood, the user can transform into a divine pattern already recorded in an unlocked entry and use its secret techniques.

4. Absorbing blood essence temporarily grants the user some of the strength of the person or pattern beast it came from.

With blood as the catalyst, I can transform into myriad patterns; with flame as my power, I can burn all things.