Chen Yuan layed at a bed in the hospital, machines cluttering his vision, the smell of antiseptic overtaking his sense of smell.
A doctor's voice forever recurring in his mind and ear.
"Chen, we are...you have been diagnosed with terminal cancer..."
He sighed, the noise coming out of his mouth weak and small.
"This is truly my end, isn't it?" he said, coughing out the words from his mouth.
"If there's a second life I could live.. i wish to live as long as a star."
Beep.. beep.. bzzzeeeep.
His heart stopped beating, and he left the realm of the living, little did he know, whatever deity was watching over him, had granted his wishes.
And he was transported after death.
To Tianzhu continent—another world. Magical, fantastical, and very clearly eastern.
But he had no system. No cheats, and definitively—no backing.
The world was not ruled by Qi as you might expect in other similar novels. "Dominion Energy" ruled it. Most use it to create domains—calling it the Domain Techniques, many variants exist, and these are what manuals teach instead of skills or knowledge. A domain allows one to control everything inside it. Once you are in a domain, consider yourself dead, as only a few techniques forgotten to time could break through.
But more powerful than any domain is—imagination. Because along with domain techniques, there are also Energy Techniques, which focus primarily on attacking, while Domains focus on defense.
And when Yuan opened his eyes, he was in for a rude awakening.
The body's previous owner was getting chased by some young master of the third level of Domain Awakening. Far greater than what he could even imagine. Why was this guy chasing him? The obvious reason is plot. The plot reason is.. the host of Yuan's previous body was lusting after one of the young masters harem.
And the young master wasnt gonna stop at just an injury—he was planning to kill Yuan.
Thankfully, Yuan managed to get away from that man by hiding away.. well.. he was gonna have to learn to fight sooner or later anyways. Maybe he could start analyzing the world around him or may start accumulating Dominion Energy. Maybe even break through to the first realm of Domain Awakening First Stage..