A Hundredfold Return on Cultivation, Starting as an Outer Sect Disciple

One measure of effort, ten measures of reward. A hundredfold critical hit, a thousandfold return! Chen Xi transmigrated to Tianxuan Continent, where martial prowess reigned supreme, and became a son born to a concubine in the Chen family, an eighth-rank clan of the Great Qian Empire. He was also an outer disciple of the Xuanyin Academy. At nearly eighteen, he was still stuck at the middle stage of the Blood Furnace realm. His talent was mediocre, and his future looked bleak. He had long grown used to scraping by amid his family’s cold stares, his fellow disciples’ mockery, and the main branch’s oppression. With only three months until the outer-sect competition, if he couldn’t advance to the inner sect, he would be reduced to a worldly disciple of his clan, doomed to a mediocre life with no chance to rise again. At this critical moment, the Heaven Rewards Diligence System activated. When others cultivated for an hour, his own hour of cultivation counted as ten! When others swung their swords a hundred times, his hundred swings counted as a thousand! He slew a Heavenly Origin expert from the Blood Furnace realm, defeated the outer sect’s top disciple, and claimed first place in the inner sect... Under the critical hits, hundredfold, thousandfold, even ten-thousandfold rewards were possible! And so, an untiring figure appeared in the dense woods behind the mountain. The Flowing Cloud Sword Technique reached perfection, his sword intent emerged, and his cultivation broke through one realm after another. He rose from the outer sect and fought his way into the inner sect, from the struggle for supremacy among kingdoms to becoming a king, from comprehending the Dao in the Great Void to reaching the Imperial Realm. Born a mere son of a concubine, he crossed nine great realms, swept across the eight directions and six quarters, and shattered a status quo that had lasted ten thousand years. While the world was still chasing talent, Chen Xi had already understood that the most frightening talent in this world was called hard work.