I Stayed At Home For A Century, When I Emerged I Was Invincible Chapter 1 - Invincible After a Hundred Years of Seclusion
“Chu Xuan’s words and actions are improper, damaging the family’s reputation. He must leave the ancestral residence at once! Without permission, he cannot set even half a foot inside the ancestral residence!”
Chu Xuan glanced back at the splendid ancestral residence, shaking his head in resignation. Being banished from the ancestral residence amounted to removal from the direct family line.
When someone is despised, even a simple sneeze becomes an unforgivable offense.
He had only just transmigrated when the Chu family held a feast for honored guests from the imperial capital. As a direct descendant, Chu Xuan naturally attended.
A mere sneeze led to his expulsion from the ancestral residence. Though not formally struck from the family records, the effect was the same in reality.
The butler escorted him to a barren courtyard distant from the ancestral residence.
“Thirteenth Young Master, this will be your home from now on. I’ll have food delivered to you.”
With that, the butler departed.
Chu Xuan, a direct heir of the Chu family—one of Qin state’s three mighty clans—held the thirteenth rank. Among the younger generation, he faced the most disdain.
He shoved open the courtyard gate. Weeds choked the space, clearly untouched for years.
Far from the ancestral home and perched at the Chu family estate’s fringe, this spot saw no visitors naturally.
Chu Xuan let out a sigh. His parents’ shadow had long earned him the family head’s dislike—Chu Tianming, his own grandfather.
His father, Chu Tianming’s third son, had enjoyed endless favor as the brightest star of his generation. Yet he shattered the arranged marriage and wed Chu Xuan’s mother, a woman lacking powerful backing.
This nearly drove Chu Tianming to his grave in fury.
Three years prior, Chu Xuan’s parents vanished without a word. His plight worsened thereafter; his grandfather grew irritated at the mere sight of him.
At last, today, patience snapped. Embracing ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ he booted Chu Xuan from the ancestral home.
Classic aristocratic family melodrama!
Chu Xuan stood speechless. Yet he could alter nothing. Having shelter was already a mercy.
At minimum, food and garb posed no concerns.
Gazing at the yard’s weeds, Chu Xuan pondered. As an aristocratic young master, must he weed it himself?
Luckily, relief came swiftly. Two Chu family servants, sent by the butler, cleared the yard. They uprooted weeds and tidied everything.
Furniture got swapped out, and daily essentials stocked.
At last, Chu Xuan savored a taste of aristocratic young master comfort.
He commanded the servants to fetch a deck chair and books.
Here he would remain from now on.
Servants gone, Chu Xuan reclined on the deck chair, inhaling the fresh, sweet breeze. Staring at the azure sky and drifting clouds, confusion flickered in his gaze.
He had crossed through time. His lot was rough, yet bearable. For now, sustenance and shelter were secure.
Still, in this realm of spirit-level cultivation where warriors toppled mountains and churned oceans, a frail weakling like him could hardly feel secure.
The next day, Chu Xuan lounged on the recliner, paging through a book. The courtyard held only him. Servants dropped off meals, tidied up, and vanished—barely uttering a word.
Not even a maid in sight!
Chu Xuan sighed. Unwelcome as expected. Even an aristocratic young master lacked personal maid service.
“The stronger the house, the more powerful the system is. Binding the current place of residence to the territory of the house. You have stayed in the house for one day. The reward is the indestructible Vajra Divine Art!”
A voice abruptly echoed in his mind.
Chu Xuan perked up, bolting upright. A system?
A hazy realm materialized in his mind, relaying a system notification.
The mightier the house, the mightier he grew. Daily stays in the house yielded rewards, varying by how he dwelled there for randomized boons.
Provided one remained confined to the house and courtyard without stepping outside, the longer the stay indoors, the more lavish the rewards and the mightier the cultivator would grow.
Yet, the moment one departed the courtyard, all records would reset, requiring a complete recalculation of the score.
Chu Xuan's spirits soared instantly. 'Maids aren't important. I just like staying in the house. Staying home is great. No danger to my safety here!'
He claimed the reward without hesitation.
A torrent of knowledge flooded his mind, while a surge of power coursed through his frame. His skin began to shimmer faintly with golden light.
Chu Xuan sensed his power rising without cease. In tandem, he quietly activated the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art.
Gripping his fist tightly, his might exploded upward, especially his defenses, now hitting the Mortal Realm's zenith.
The Vajra Indestructible Divine Art ranked as a supreme defensive art in the Mortal Realm. Still, in this world, it didn't count as overwhelmingly dominant.
Beyond the Mortal Realm stood the Profound Realm, Spirit Realm, Void Realm, Unity Realm, True Realm, Emperor Realm, and more.
The Mortal Realm formed the most elementary stage, further split into three phases: body refining, meridian opening, and Qi gathering.
True cultivation only ignited after shattering the mortal gate and entering the Profound Realm. From there on, every realm consisted of nine levels.
Even at the Mortal Realm's strongest, without piercing the mortal gate, a person stayed forever just a mortal.
Chu Xuan harbored no regrets, though. This was merely the prize for one day cooped up inside.
Prior to the reward, his prowess sat at the meridian opening stage of the Mortal Realm—pure trash tier.
Having ascended to the Mortal Realm peak, harming him became nigh impossible, above all for those still trapped in the Mortal Realm.
Content with his gains, Chu Xuan vowed to hole up indoors!
Lazily stretching, he shifted his position and sank back into the recliner. Snatching up his book, he dove back into reading.
A long sigh escaped him, bringing a wave of refreshment.
Comfortable!
Armed with this cheat, vitality brimmed within him, erasing all former irritations.
“You changed your posture and stayed comfortably at home. You are rewarded with a box of qi-gathering pills!”
A reward for that too?
Chu Xuan's vigor spiked higher. He withdrew the system-granted qi-gathering pills, revealing a full box.
Crafted from wood, the box brimmed with hundreds of bottles, each holding twelve pills.
Chu Xuan grabbed one bottle of pills, returning the rest to the system storage.
One pill spilled out—deep brown, radiant, with a subtle medicinal aroma hovering. He faintly detected the spiritual essence within.
Top-grade for sure. System products never disappointed.
Chu Xuan swallowed the pill. It melted into pure spiritual energy, flooding his body and converging in his dantian, threading his meridians.
Qi gathering formed the Mortal Realm's final cultivation phase.
With Qi fully amassed and cycling through the body, it heralded the Mortal Realm peak.
To push beyond, the sole path lay in breaking the Mortal Gate, transcending mortal limits, shedding the mortal shell, and stepping into the Profound Realm.
Shattering the Mortal Gate proved fiendishly difficult, stalling countless souls there. Fail to breach it, and one lingered eternally as a mortal.
Downing a qi-gathering pill, Chu Xuan felt spiritual energy saturate his dantian. It surged along his meridians, his body glowing softly golden.
Thanks to the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, he had leaped from meridian opening straight to qi gathering.
The pill allowed him to perfect his Qi accumulation, anchoring his cultivation at the mortal pinnacle.
Still, no mere qi-gathering pill could conquer that hurdle. Only storming the Mortal Gate would unlock the profound mysteries.
Chu Xuan felt no rush. He figured a few more days might grant him the breakthrough.