I made up the mythical age - Chapter 1

Chapter 1  After Signing In for Thirty Consecutive Days…

“Ding! Host has successfully signed in and received 100 Shock Points.”

“Ding! Host has signed in for a full month. Mysterious grand reward unlocked: an additional reward of one D-rank Secret Realm Space.”

Hearing the two system notifications in his mind, Ling Chen was so excited he nearly burst into tears.

A whole month!

A full thirty days!

He had finally obtained a Secret Realm Space. It all started with the damn system he had received. One month ago, just like a protagonist from an online novel, Ling Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world and was bound to a system.

This system was called the Mythical Secret Realm System, which allowed him to create all kinds of secret realms based on his own imagination.

A “secret realm” was basically equivalent to a dungeon in an online game. It had its own enclosed environment, complete with monsters, flora and fauna, terrain, weather… and most importantly—treasures, techniques, and more.

Once a secret realm was built, it could attract natives of the fantasy world to enter it, from whom Ling Chen could harvest Shock Points. He could then use those Shock Points to develop more secret realms or improve his own strength. But all of this hinged on one key thing—having a Secret Realm Space!

Creating a secret realm had to be done inside a designated Secret Realm Space. There were two ways to acquire such a space.

One was to directly purchase it from the system store…

The cheapest D-grade secret realm space was clearly priced at 10,000 Shock Points!

As a broke newbie player, Ling Chen could only look on helplessly. The second way to obtain one was through sign-in rewards. The Mythical Secret Realm System had a daily sign-in feature that awarded 100 Shock Points each day.

In addition, accumulating sign-ins over a certain number of days would grant a mysterious gift. Ling Chen had thought he would need to sign in for 100 days before he could obtain a D-grade secret realm space, but to his surprise, he was rewarded with one directly.

From this perspective, Ling Chen was quite lucky. Not only did he get a D-grade secret realm space for free, but the 3,000 Shock Points he had accumulated over the past month could now be saved and used as startup funds to set up his realm.

“Ling Chen, slacking off again, are you? Do you still want this job or not?”

Just as Ling Chen was immersed in the joy of his system rewards, a middle-aged man with a fat face and big ears stormed over and harshly scolded him.

Ling Chen snapped back to reality. Looking at the pharmacy manager, Boss Wang, he calmly replied, “I quit.”

“What? Quit? Do you know how many people would kill for a chance to work at my pharmacy?”

Boss Wang stared at Ling Chen in disbelief.

“I know. But I’m not like them — I have my own path.”

Ling Chen’s tone remained calm and steady. He had transmigrated to this world a month ago. In order to make a living, he joined Baolin Pharmacy as an apprentice.

Every three days, he had to accompany the guard team into the Vast Mountains to gather herbs. The rest of the time, he worked in the pharmacy grinding medicinal ingredients.

Now that he had acquired a secret realm space and could begin setting it up, there was no longer any need for him to stay there. Amidst Boss Wang’s resentful gaze, Ling Chen strode out of the pharmacy with style.

To be fair, the Baolin Pharmacy was indeed a decent place. Although it wasn’t large in scale, it was a business under the Xianling Ancient Sect. The Xianling Ancient Sect was the number one sect in the Chixiao Divine Dynasty, where he currently resided. It was said to have a great reputation throughout the entire Southern Region.

Even the Chixiao Divine Dynasty had to show them due respect. As an affiliated enterprise of the Xianling Ancient Sect, Baolin Pharmacy had the privilege of recommending one outstanding apprentice each year to take part in the sect’s entrance examination.

The Xianling Ancient Sect was a powerful existence — once admitted into its inner circle, it was like a carp leaping over the dragon gate — a meteoric rise to greatness!

For the sake of this recommendation spot, many people were willing to forgo any compensation just to send their children into Baolin Pharmacy.

However, none of this mattered to Ling Chen.

With the Mythic Secret Realm System in hand, even if ten Xianling Ancient Sects were placed before him, he wouldn’t spare them a second glance.

…

After leaving Baolin Pharmacy, Ling Chen walked straight out of Blackstone City and made his way toward the Vast Mountain Range with practiced ease.

Having spent a whole month gathering herbs, he had long since become familiar with the route. The Vast Mountain Range was enormous — said to consist of millions of mountain peaks linked together, stretching across the Southern and Northern Regions of the Eastern Wasteland.

The section of the Vast Mountain Range within the Chixiao Divine Dynasty was only the tip of the iceberg. Such an ancient mountain range naturally contained countless treasures. Every day, countless adventurers ventured into the mountains in search of fortune and fateful encounters.

However, Ling Chen’s goal was different from the others. He wasn’t there to seek a fortuitous encounter—he was there to set one up. After walking through the vast Cangmang Mountain Range for about half an hour, Ling Chen stopped in a dense forest.

This area was on the outskirts of the range, where most of the fierce beasts had long since been cleared out. Going any deeper would mean entering the inner region, where powerful beasts might appear. He had no cultivation at the moment and couldn’t handle such threats.

Secret Realm Space!

Ling Chen found a suitable spot and summoned the secret realm space. The secret realm existed in an independent dimensional space, while its connection point to the real world was determined by Ling Chen himself. He set the access point on the trunk of an ancient tree, then reached out towards it.

A miraculous scene unfolded—his arm sank directly into the trunk, as if swallowed by it. Seeing this, Ling Chen didn’t hesitate. He stepped forward—and his entire body vanished without a trace. When he reappeared, he was already inside the secret realm space.