1: After three years, the system is finally turned on!

Flowing Cloud Sect, Martial Arts Arena.

“Bang!!!”

A young man, severely burned all over, crashed heavily onto the ground.

“Kid, what was your name again? Never mind, it's not important. I told you to surrender yourself, but you refused. You deserve this tribulation!” A man in a cyan robe stood twenty paces away from Yang Kai, saying triumphantly.

“Cao Rui, this kid is called Yang Kai. He's a Mortal who gets beaten up in the Martial Arts Arena every day. Today, you got an easy win, you're really lucky!” There weren't many spectators, all Senior Brothers of Cao Rui. Seeing him win so easily, they felt a bit sour.

Cao Rui didn't get angry hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, an Elder in a white robe with a white beard landed in the center of the arena, immediately making him swallow his words.

“In this battle, Cao Rui wins, Yang Kai loses.” The Elder spoke indifferently. Cao Rui quickly bowed to the Elder, then stepped off the stage and left.

“I've warned you many times to focus on Cultivating. No matter how hard you fight in the Martial Arts Arena, it won't help you Breakthrough to the Qi Refinement Stage.” The Elder waved his hand, and Yang Kai, who was lying on the ground, quickly recovered from his injuries.

“Thank you, Elder Teng.” Yang Kai grinned, struggling to get up.

Elder Teng sighed, then turned around and disappeared.

Although Yang Kai was a Utility Disciple, he came to the Martial Arts Arena to fight every day without fail. Even when facing Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage, he would fight with all his might. This made Elder Teng admire him greatly, but Yang Kai's Aptitude was too poor, so he had no interest in taking him as a Disciple.

“Detecting that the host has just experienced a battle, the System will now check whether this battle meets the requirement of losing after giving your all!”

“Upon detection, the host fought with all his might but still lost in this battle, meeting the requirement. Losing Streak Progress +1!”

“Losing Streak Progress is being checked... The host has accumulated one hundred consecutive battles where he fought with all his might but still lost, meeting the System activation conditions. The Tenfold Return System has been activated!”

Upon hearing the voice in his mind, Yang Kai remained expressionless on the surface, but inwardly, he was Excited beyond words.

Yang Kai had been Transmigrated to the Liuyun Continent for three years, and along with him came a System called Tenfold Return.

However, this System required Yang Kai to fight with all his might, still lose, and accumulate one hundred consecutive losses before it could be activated.

Yang Kai initially thought he could quickly meet the System's activation conditions, but he didn't expect the System's definition of “giving your all” to be extremely strict. Any act of holding back would be detected by the System and not count towards the total.

Over time, Yang Kai also figured out some tricks. He deliberately refrained from Cultivating and exercising to reduce his chances of winning.

But sometimes, he inevitably encountered some weaker Qi Refinement Stage Disciples who, due to just having Breakthrough or lacking Spell Cultivation or poor mental fortitude, were defeated by Yang Kai, causing him to take a full three years to activate the System.

“I wonder what abilities this System has. I hope it's not too useless.” After his treatment was complete, Yang Kai left the Martial Arts Arena and returned to the wooden house he had lived in for three years. The other Utility Disciples in the room had all gone to the mine to extract ore, so only Yang Kai was in the room at this time.

“Tenfold Return System Rules!”

“First, the host can perform one sacrifice daily. The quantity of items for each sacrifice is one. After sacrificing, the System will return ten times the quantity of the sacrificed item (excluding unique items and special items).”

“Second, items returned by the System cannot be sacrificed again.”

“Hiss! This is a bit powerful. If I were still on Blue Star, wouldn't one dumpling be enough to cook a whole plate?” Yang Kai was still in shock when a gong suddenly sounded outside the door.

“All Utility Disciples, assemble and queue up to receive your qi gathering pills!” A loud voice entered Yang Kai's ears.

“The System just activated, and it coincides with the Flowing Cloud Sect distributing qi gathering pills. My hard days are finally coming to an end!” Yang Kai pushed open the door and walked out. Several people also emerged from other wooden houses and gathered forward.

A group of Utility Disciples surrounded a stone table. Behind the stone table stood a person wearing the cyan Dao robe of an Outer Sect Disciple, who was Wang Hu, the Outer Sect Disciple in charge of this area.

“What are you arguing about?! One by one! All of you get to the back and queue up!” Wang Hu was a bit impatient and yelled angrily.

Seeing Wang Hu's anger, the Utility Disciples obediently lined up.

Yang Kai also followed and queued at the back of the line, and it was a long time before it was his turn.

Wang Hu glanced at Yang Kai, poured a greenish-red Medicinal Pill from the jade bottle in front of him, then pointed to the roster on the table.

Yang Kai picked up the pen, wrote his name on the roster, then took the qi gathering pill, carefully tucked it into his embrace, and turned to leave.

Back in his room, Yang Kai bolted the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, took out the qi gathering pill, took a deep breath, and silently chanted in his mind: “Sacrifice!”

The Medicinal Pill in Yang Kai's hand suddenly disappeared, and in Yang Kai's mind, the System's prompt sounded again.

“Detecting host performing a sacrifice. Item meets return conditions and can be returned tenfold. Item warehouse activated. Host can independently retrieve items from the item warehouse.”

The Medicinal Pill in Yang Kai's hand disappeared out of thin air, and a series of words echoed in his mind. As the words faded, he found a small space in his mind with many storage grids. In the topmost grid, ten qi gathering pills were placed.

“The System truly doesn't deceive me. Extract qi gathering pills!” Yang Kai took a deep breath, calming the fluctuations in his heart. With a thought, a qi gathering pill reappeared in his palm.

“Kid, put down my qi gathering pill!”

Just as Yang Kai was carefully examining the brand new qi gathering pill, the wooden door of his room was kicked open, and several young men dressed in the same coarse linen as Yang Kai walked in.

“Huang Tao! Are you looking for death?!!!”

Yang Kai was also startled by this sudden attack. After recognizing the identity of the newcomers, he subconsciously cursed.

Huang Tao snorted coldly. Several Utility Disciples behind him stepped forward together. Although Yang Kai often fought in the Martial Arts Arena and had rich combat experience, he had deliberately refrained from Cultivating for three years. Two fists were no match for four hands, so he was no match for these Utility Disciples who had Cultivated for many years. He was quickly subdued to the ground by them.

“Let go!”

Huang Tao walked up to Yang Kai, stepped on Yang Kai's wrist, and continuously applied pressure.

There were tens of thousands of Utility Disciples within the Flowing Cloud Sect, divided into various camps, managed by Outer Sect Disciples. After Yang Kai Transmigrated, he focused solely on activating the System and did not proactively offer tribute to Wang Hu, the managing Disciple of this camp. A lone Disciple like him naturally faced various forms of ostracization and suppression.

“A gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late. Once I Breakthrough to the Qi Refinement Stage, I will make you pay!” Yang Kai suppressed the anger in his heart. The Medicinal Pill in his hand fell to the ground. Huang Tao revealed a satisfied smile, picked up the qi gathering pill, and turned to walk out.

“There are too many people here, making it impossible to Cultivate in peace. I might as well enter the mine and find a secluded spot to Cultivate.” After making up his mind, Yang Kai left the wooden house and walked towards the mine.