Chapter 3 —

"Another world…" Emily murmured to herself, a hint of curiosity flashing in her crimson pupils.

In the hundred years since the Beast Rift appeared, it hasn't always been accompanied by a beast tide; occasionally, items from the other side of the rift would fall out—as far as she knew, those items were all priceless treasures.

“Perhaps, this ring that struck her is the legendary priceless treasure?”

“Your Highness, shall I use my spiritual power to investigate?” Before Emily could ponder further, a man in black robes suggested in a low voice. His fingers trembled slightly with excitement—even having lived for nearly a hundred years and witnessed the appearance of the Beast Rift firsthand, he had never experienced anything like this.

“No need, I want to investigate myself.” Emily licked her lips and decisively refused—if this ring truly came from the Beast Rift, since it struck her, it was her opportunity, how could she let someone else get there first! “

If there are any treasures inside, I’ll give 80% of them to Brother Feng Ye—he just awakened his special ability and is currently in his growth period. Obtaining these things will definitely make his strength advance by leaps and bounds… Moreover, this will also make him rely on me more, thus keeping him away from those two women, Xia Yiyue and Xia Xinshuang, from the Xia family!”

Thinking of this, her vigilance lessened considerably, and she began to look forward to what might be inside the ring.

Without hesitation, she slipped the ring onto her slender, fair finger, simultaneously extending her spiritual energy into the ring to admire its "splendid" contents. Meanwhile , in the storage space, Yang Jing, awakened from his slumber by sensing someone wearing the ring, slowly opened his eyes—his gaze held both joy at returning to his homeland and worry and weariness about the dissipation of his spiritual energy.

"Phew, after drifting in the temporal turbulence for nearly a century, I've finally arrived on Earth. I wonder who awakened me, and where I am now… Hmm? How did someone get in?"

He was about to release his divine sense to investigate the outside world when a ripple appeared in the space outside. Then, a white-haired, red-eyed, pointed-eared girl suddenly appeared in this space.

Sensing the intense malevolent aura emanating from the other person, Yang Jing frowned. "This little girl is surrounded by malevolent energy, and she looks human but isn't—where has Heaven sent me? Is this still Earth?"

He released his divine sense to carefully perceive the surrounding environment—concrete, unfinished buildings, and a modern city with bright lights in the distance… These obvious features indicated that he was in what seemed to be Earth.

However, when his senses shifted to the beings inside the unfinished building, he immediately rejected his idea: "Sure enough, Heaven sent me to the wrong place. The malevolent aura emanating from those black-robed figures is even stronger than that of the white-haired girl outside. The red-haired girl bound on the ground has shriveled up as if deflated. Hmm… there seems to be a new energy in the air, different from spiritual energy—it seems I've arrived in an incredible new world." He observed carefully and discovered that the girl who was knocked down by the ring and the black-robed figures around her looked remarkably like vampires depicted in Earth's novels and comics.

Besides, he also sensed an energy body in the air of this "Earth" that was completely different from spiritual power—all signs indicated that this was indeed not the Earth he knew!

However, as a cultivator, Yang Jing was broad-minded and didn't care too much: "Well, on Earth I have no parents and no ties, and this place has modern cities and energy bodies in the air that can be absorbed... who knows if coming here won't be a good thing for my cultivation path?"

Withdrawing his senses, Yang Jing then focused his attention on Emily, who was curiously looking around and pacing about outside, and laughed:

"This white-haired girl really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, daring to casually probe her spiritual power into a ring of unknown origin... Let me test it out first."

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The perspective returns to Emily's side.

After probing her spiritual power into the ring, Emily was quickly attracted to the independent space inside—this space was so beautiful, like a wonderful secluded place.

"Hahaha, as expected... this ring is indeed extraordinary! It has its own independent space, and even has living beings inside—get down here!"

Seeing a crane suddenly appear and hop past her, Emily was incredibly excited. Unable to suppress her bloodthirsty nature, she fired a scarlet energy blast, striking the crane directly.

The crane, severely injured, was sent flying, letting out a mournful cry, and landed right in front of the wooden house.

Emily walked to the door, grabbed the crane, and, discovering that she could still hold objects in this space in her spiritual state, bit down on its neck, sucking it dry in no time.

"Hoo... the blood of this otherworldly creature has a unique flavor!" Casually tossing the crane's corpse aside, Emily's murderous aura intensified. "Why is there a house in this space? Does someone live here?"

She sniffed, keenly detecting an alluring energy emanating from the house. She could tell that the energy was dozens of times stronger than the "primal energy" of this world.

"I want to see what's inside!"

The door wasn't locked, and Emily pushed it open with a gentle push—the room was empty. In the center of the room was a table with several spirit stones and herbs on it. Emily quickly walked to the table, picked up a stone, and examined it curiously:

"This stone has a strong energy aura, somewhat like a Yuan Energy Crystal. The other plants also have an extraordinary aura; perhaps they're herbs? Hmm… I wonder if I can absorb them like a crystal? I'll try it first, and if it works, I'll give the rest to Brother Feng Ye!"

With that, Emily sat cross-legged on the bed with one of the "stones," closed her eyes, and began trying to absorb the energy within. At the same time, her physical body also sat cross-legged on the ground, ready to receive the unknown energy transmitted through her spiritual body.

"What a reckless, bloodthirsty girl! Not only did she casually enter an unfamiliar storage ring, but now she's recklessly absorbing unknown energy—she'll probably explode and die soon. She'd be better off handing her body over to me for a fresh start."

Just as Emily closed her eyes, Yang Jing, who had concealed himself using an invisibility spell, slowly revealed himself in a corner of the room. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he looked at the white-haired girl sitting cross-legged on the bed—he had controlled the crane earlier, deliberately running to Emily's side to test her, but he hadn't expected Emily to not even spare a passing bird, draining it of its life **** in no time.

Now, in Yang Jing's eyes, Emily Marlene had become a rather suitable vessel.

“Since she’s shrouded in murderous aura, she must have killed countless people—though she’s female, she’s actually a pretty good body, so I wouldn’t feel any psychological burden if I possessed her. But just in case, I’ll take advantage of her absorbing spiritual energy to browse through her memories and understand what this world is really like!”

With that, he silently approached Emily, gathered spiritual energy between two fingers, and pointed at her forehead, using a relatively gentle technique to absorb her memories without her noticing.

“Let me see what kind of world this is!” Yang Jing held his breath and, relying on his powerful spiritual sense at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, quickly digested all of Emily’s memories— the place he was in was called Blue Star, which contained two relatively complete continents: the Nine Provinces Continent and the Illusionary Law Continent.

Blue Star had entities called “Elemental Energy” and “Beast Rifts”—most humans lived on the Nine Provinces Continent, and at age 18, there was a 1% chance of awakening supernatural abilities. The non-human races are distributed throughout the Illusionary Continent, and they awaken extraordinary abilities of varying power at birth—they are collectively known as "Transcendents."

Based on strength, they are uniformly divided into nine ranks. Based on talent, they are ranked from F to S.

The owner of the memories is named Emily Marlene, a genuine vampire princess born on the Illusionary Continent, possessing A-rank talent at the third rank.

Her mother is deceased; the cause of **** was the possession of her body by a special evil beast, and she was ultimately killed by her father—the ninth-rank S-rank talent powerhouse, Ilmin Marlene.

A year ago, she came to Moon River City alone, and while hunting drunk, lone humans at night, she was injured by an evil beast that suddenly emerged from the Beast Rift.

Hanging by a thread, she was saved by Jiang Fengye, who was working part-time nearby. When questioned by the Supernatural Association staff, he even covered for her, concealing her sin of preying on other humans. At that time, humanity and the alien races were in a honeymoon period of cooperation against the Beast Rift. If she caused the alliance to collapse, her father, the king, would certainly not spare her.

It was then that she fell for Jiang Fengye, the human. Months later, she returned to Yuejiang City, this time as a special transfer student in Class 1, Senior 3 at Yuejiang First High School. Then, just days ago at the 18th-birthday ability awakening ceremony, Jiang Fengye awakened an S-tier spatial ability—a talent that sparked jealousy in Zhao Leyun, who had failed to awaken any abilities herself...

What followed was Zhao Leyun hiring thugs to beat Jiang Fengye. Seeking ****, Emily kidnapped Zhao Leyun with her men, intending to exploit her status to pave the way for Jiang Fengye's future rise. “What an interesting world. It's just like the clichéd plots in those Earth-based supernatural novels.” After reviewing Emily's memories, Yang Jing's lips curved into a faint smile.

After reviewing Emily's memories, Yang Jing's lips curved into a faint smile. Recalling how Ilmin Marlene had fought with all his might to kill his wife, who had been parasitized by a demonic beast and reached the peak of the eighth rank, he confidently said,

"The overall strength of the people in this world is really a bit weak. Ilmin, as one of the top combatants in this world, only barely reaches the Nascent Soul realm in terms of destructive power. His wife, originally at the mid-seventh rank, was actually parasitized by a demonic beast one rank lower than her—this shows that their bodies and souls are not as powerful as their destructive power... truly a glass cannon."