Rain hammered the windshield like bullets as Zhang Wei gripped the steering wheel with white knuckles. The rejection email still burned in his mind: "Effective immediately, your position is terminated due to repeated underperformance." Underperformance? He had worked 80-hour weeks for three years while his boss stole his ideas and his girlfriend.
Last week she had laughed in his face. "You're a loser, Wei. Always have been. Li Jun can actually give me the life I deserve."
Now Li Jun was the one driving a Lamborghini while Zhang Wei sat in a rust-bucket sedan that smelled of instant noodles and regret. Headlights blinded him. A truck horn blared. Metal screamed. Glass shattered.
Everything went black.
Then a cold, mechanical voice pierced the void.
[Host confirmed deceased. Transmigration protocol initiated. Selecting suitable vessel… Lin Chen, 16 years old, Azure Cloud Continent. Binding complete.]
Zhang Wei—no, Lin Chen—gasped awake on a silk bed that smelled of dust and medicinal herbs. His head exploded with foreign memories.
Lin Chen, the so-called "trash young master" of the prestigious Lin Clan. Born with completely blocked meridians and a spiritual root so weak it might as well not exist. Yesterday, during the clan's monthly talent assessment, he had failed to even condense a single strand of qi. His cousin Lin Hao had publicly broken his arm while the entire outer court laughed. "The patriarch is considering expelling you," the memory whispered. "One more failure and you lose everything."
Lin Chen sat up, heart hammering. He was no longer the overworked programmer. He was in a xianxia world. The kind he used to read at 3 a.m. to escape his pathetic life.
A glowing blue panel materialized in his vision.
[Welcome, Host. The SSS-Class Change System has successfully bound.]
[Unique Feature: Infinite Class Change. Switch classes at will. Absorb any talent, skill, or bloodline. No cooldown. No limit. Evolve from F-Class to God-Class and beyond.]
[Current Body Status: F-Class Trash Cultivator (Meridians blocked, Spiritual Root: None, Cultivation: None).]
[Beginner Gift: One free class change + 10,000x comprehension boost for 24 hours.]
Lin Chen's mouth went dry. "SSS-Class Change… at will? This isn't a normal system. This is cheating the heavens themselves!"
He didn't hesitate.
"Auto-select optimal starting class!"
[Auto-selection engaged. Switching to hidden SSS-Class: Void Devourer.]
Power erupted inside him like a volcano. Black lightning crackled along his skin. Every blocked meridian snapped open with audible cracks. His dantian transformed into a swirling black vortex that greedily sucked in the ambient spiritual qi of the entire courtyard. The weak spiritual root? It mutated instantly into a Divine-grade Void Root—capable of devouring any energy and converting it into pure power.
A new status window appeared.
Name: Lin Chen
Age: 16
Class: Void Devourer (SSS)
Cultivation Realm: Qi Condensation Stage 1 (progress: 0/100)
Talent: Infinite Devour – Steal and permanently integrate any skill, talent, or bloodline by devouring its source.
Skills:
• Void Step (Movement) – Short-range teleportation through shadows.
• Qi Devour – Absorb spiritual energy from enemies or the environment at 10x normal rate.
Lin Chen clenched his fist. The broken arm from yesterday? Healed in seconds. He felt like he could punch a hole through a mountain.
"This… this is insane. In my last life I was nobody. Here? I'm going to be the final boss everyone fears."
He stood and tested his new power. One casual step and he teleported three meters across the room in a flicker of black mist. Laughing like a madman, he punched the stone wall. His fist sank in like it was tofu.
"Finally… I'm not trash anymore."
The courtyard door exploded open.
Lin Hao stormed in, flanked by two outer disciples. At seventeen, the cousin already stood at Qi Condensation Stage 5, wearing expensive spirit robes and a sneer that could curdle milk.
"Well, well. The cripple woke up. Still crying over yesterday's beating?" Lin Hao cracked his knuckles. "The patriarch's decree is final. If you can't show any progress by tomorrow's clan competition, you're out. So hand over this month's spirit stones—both of them—or I'll break your other arm. Maybe both legs this time."
The two lackeys laughed. One of them spat on the ground. "Young Master Hao is merciful. Last time he only broke one bone."
Lin Chen smiled. Not the weak, trembling smile of the original owner. A cold, predatory smile.
"Cousin Hao," he said softly, "you always loved picking on the weak. Tell me… how does it feel when the weak suddenly isn't weak anymore?"
Lin Hao blinked, then burst out laughing. "Did the failure hit his head harder than I thought? You're still a zero-talent waste. I could crush you with one finger."
He stepped forward and threw a casual palm strike infused with Stage 5 qi.
Lin Chen didn't dodge. He activated Void Step.
Black mist swallowed him. He reappeared directly behind Lin Hao.
Before the genius could react, Lin Chen's hand clamped on his cousin's shoulder. The Void Devourer talent activated on instinct.
[Devouring target talent: Fire Palm (Low-Grade Earth Rank). Integration in progress… 100%.]
Lin Hao screamed as his strongest skill was ripped out of his body. His qi plummeted. The palm strike he had been charging fizzled into nothing.
"What—WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Lin Chen flexed his fingers. Flames now danced in his own palm—perfectly controlled, twice as strong.
"I just took what you didn't deserve," he said calmly. "And I'm still hungry."
The two lackeys lunged. Lin Chen teleported between them, devouring their qi in passing. Both collapsed like puppets with cut strings, faces pale with terror.
Lin Hao staggered back, eyes wide with genuine fear for the first time. "Y-you… you're a demon! Guards! Elders! This trash has gone mad!"
Lin Chen cracked his neck. "Go ahead and call them. By the time they arrive, I'll have changed classes again… and maybe I'll feel like trying something new. Like 'Heavenly Sword Sovereign' or 'Ancient Dragon God'. Want to find out which one can kill a Stage 5 genius the fastest?"
The courtyard fell silent except for Lin Hao's ragged breathing.
For the first time in his life, the arrogant young master realized he had just poked a monster that should never have existed.
Lin Chen's system dinged cheerfully.
[First successful talent theft completed. Reward: Random SSS-Class Skill Chest + 500,000 Spirit Stones. Open now?]
Lin Chen grinned at his trembling cousin.
"Open it."
The chest materialized in his mind, glowing with terrifying power.
And somewhere in the distance, the sound of rushing elders grew louder…