In the Primordial Immortal Domain, the Ancient Luo Clan.
A beautiful woman in the late stages of pregnancy knelt on the ground, her expression filled with sorrow.
Above the magnificent golden palace before her hovered the solemn, ancient phantom of an elder. He was the Great Emperor Ancestor of the Luo Clan.
"Ancestor, I cannot give up this child. I beg you, please spare us, mother and son, and let me give birth to him!"
"Impossible!"
"The Medicine God Valley has already assessed you. Your fundamental source is damaged and congenitally deficient. The fetus in your womb has ordinary aptitude. How could our Luo Clan produce such a descendant? Would we not be ridiculed by the myriad clans?"
"Even if he is born of a concubine, it is not permitted!"
The elder's words plunged the woman into an icy abyss.
Her name was Jiang Cixin, a daughter of the Jiang Clan.
Years ago, by a twist of fate, she had saved the life of the Young Clan Leader, Luo Zhantian. She later married into the Luo Clan, but because her maternal family was weak, she could only be a concubine.
Over the years, Luo Zhantian only fawned over his principal wife, Mo Yun, who was born into an Emperor Clan, ignoring Jiang Cixin completely. She had never complained.
But now, being forced to abort the child in her womb – this was a boundary Jiang Cixin absolutely could not cross!
"Zhantian... does he feel the same?"
Jiang Cixin bit her lower lip hard, tears welling in her beautiful eyes as she gazed at the golden palace.
Inside the golden palace, a majestic figure showed a hint of helplessness on his face, and within that helplessness, there was also a trace of impatience.
"Considering the affection we once shared, if you truly wish to give birth, it can be permitted."
"However, you must return to your maternal family, the Jiang Clan, to bear the child. In the future, this child can only bear the surname Jiang and must not be entered into the Luo Clan genealogy!"
His deep, resonating voice drifted out, devoid of any pity thereafter, as if this was already the greatest favor he could bestow upon her.
These words undoubtedly meant he considered her child unworthy of the Luo surname, mediocre and talentless, fit only for the Jiang name!
Jiang Cixin's heart died completely.
But no matter what, she would not give up her child's life. What did it matter if he had no talent? He was her flesh and blood. Even if driven back to the Jiang Clan, she would ensure he came into this world.
In silence, Jiang Cixin rose and departed, her slender figure vanishing into the void.
Within the golden palace, a faint sigh echoed.
"Ah, why can't Cixin just be understanding?"
"Her child's aptitude is mediocre. In the future, he would inevitably compete with Yun'er's child for our Luo Clan's resources and fortune. But with such innate talent..."
"The child in Yun'er's womb possesses a Divine Body, the future hope of our Luo Clan. How could her child compare? For the sake of our clan's ten-thousand-year legacy, Young Clan Leader, you did nothing wrong... Jiang Cixin will surely come to regret this too!"
The Ancestor's voice lingered in the air.
...
Surrounded by a warm, moist embrace, with only darkness before his eyes, yet it gave him an incomparably secure and comfortable feeling.
A long time seemed to pass.
Jiang Wang had already accepted the fact that he was sent through time by a truck driver and had ended up in his mother's womb. What was harder to accept was his and his mother's current predicament.
[Name: Jiang Wang]
[Innate Talent: Congenitally Damaged] (White)
[Status: Discarded Son of the Luo Clan] (Concubine-born)
Jiang Wang looked at his status, the memory of Luo Zhantian's cold voice ringing in his ears, and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
"His wife is pregnant with his child, and he drives her out in the middle of the night? You call yourself a husband, a father?!"
But then, thinking again, being able to escape that kind of heartless, snobbish family and not having to call that man 'father' wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
His only concern was for his mother, Jiang Cixin.
At that very moment, Jiang Cixin was gently cradling her belly with her hand, careful to shield the child within from the slightest jolt on the Tianma carriage heading back to her maternal home.
A young maid sat beside her.
The maid's tone was also filled with indignation: "Miss, that Luo Zhantian truly is an ungrateful wolf! Now he despises you for your congenital deficiency."
"But has he forgotten? It was precisely because you saved him back then, pouring much of your own innate origin energy into him, that your own foundation was damaged!"
"What a thankless, heartless bastard! Boohoo~"
The young maid was Xiaolan, Jiang Cixin's personal maid who had accompanied her in marriage. She was the only one in the Luo Clan who felt wronged on her behalf.
"Alright, Xiaolan. I'm fine... No matter where we go, as long as my child can live safely and come to me, that's enough."
As Jiang Cixin spoke, her expression couldn't help but dim. She stroked Jiang Wang's back through her abdomen. "It's just... my poor child. It's all because mother is useless, making you start life at a disadvantage to others before you're even born."
"Mother will definitely do her utmost to make it up to you and protect you in the future."
Jiang Wang's tiny form trembled. Motherly love was so close, so warm, yet so heartbreaking.
Having lived two lives, how could Jiang Wang not know that his mother was just comforting Xiaolan!
Being driven back to her maternal home while pregnant, she'd be lucky not to be mocked. If she wanted to scrape together any cultivation resources for him, she would likely have to endure even more humiliation!
No way!
This absolutely could not happen. He would be born to face ridicule, his loving mother to endure scorn, while Luo Zhantian and the Luo Clan sat high above, looking down on them!
Just as Jiang Wang was anxiously pondering how to break this deadlock, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed in his mind, and lines of text materialized before his eyes!
[Host Jiang Wang, three hundred years old. The Late Bloomer System activated!]
[Your life has been exceedingly difficult and full of setbacks. Congenitally deficient, unable to cultivate, you and your mother Jiang Cixin often suffered the scorn and mockery of the myriad clans.]
[Your half-brother attained the Dao long ago, but you could only prolong your meager existence relying on pills your mother begged for.]
[This year, having learned from your bitter experiences, you resolve to rise up in defiance.]
[...]
Upon seeing the system bind, Jiang Wang was first ecstatic with joy. He and his mother could finally defy fate!
But soon, he sensed something was wrong... three hundred years old?
Wait, system, couldn't you have come three hundred years earlier?
After some verification, looking at the tragic life experiences that matched what he imagined, Jiang Wang became more certain the system had arrived early!
Early, all the way back in the womb.
"I just don't know how to use it. 'Late bloomer'... If I bloom early, I can definitely change our fate, right?"
As Jiang Wang pondered, a system task suddenly popped up!
[Your mother Jiang Cixin has worried over you for years. Due to your congenital deficiency, you always avoided cultivation. She never blamed you, but would often feel dejected and guilty.]
[Novice Task: Take the initiative to cultivate for the first time, surprising your mother.]
[Reward: Fusion of the Primordial Sacred Body!]
Sacred Body!!
Seeing the reward, Jiang Wang's two dark, round eyes went wide!
As expected of a system! Starting off by granting fusion with a Sacred Body, and not just any Sacred Body – the Primordial Sacred Body, a top-tier existence!
At birth, one manifests a heaven-overturning, earth-shattering phenomenon, with myriad sage phantoms paying homage. With minimal cultivation, one's physical form becomes invincible, rivaling the Ancient Emperors!
What are Divine Bodies or Demonic Seeds compared to it? They are utterly weak!
With this physique fused, how could he fail to turn the tables?
Jiang Wang was incredibly excited.
The crucial point was that this was just the novice task reward. And thankfully, it had arrived three hundred years early!
If it had truly waited until he was a useless, three-hundred-year-old man, with meridians blocked and advanced age, how difficult would completing that first cultivation be!
But in the womb, it was different!
Thinking this way,
Jiang Wang immediately began cultivating using fetal respiration. This was the beginner's advantage of being in the womb – he could use his mother's meridians to channel spiritual energy, making it as easy as drinking water.
Coincidentally, Jiang Cixin, sensing his earlier movement and thinking he was uncomfortable, was channeling a continuous stream of spiritual essence to warm and nurture him.
"Huh?"
Jiang Cixin was momentarily stunned. She sensed that the spiritual essence she was sending was being actively absorbed by the little one in her womb.
"My child is so sensible. Could he already know how to cultivate in the womb?"
Her beautiful eyes shimmered with moisture as she thought in disbelief.
And at that moment, lines of small text reappeared before Jiang Wang's eyes!
[Task Complete!]
[Fusing... Primordial Sacred Body!]
Realm Divisions for this Book:
Early Stages: Blood Moving, Cave Heaven, Divine Transformation.
Middle Stages: Ultimate, True Immortal, Immortal King, Immortal Emperor, Saint, Saint King, Saint Emperor, Heavenly Emperor.
Later Stages: Divine Realm.