The Heavenly Dao System

An unknown amount of time had passed since Ye Ming fainted on the spot. 

While his physical body might have collapsed, the truth was that he was now drifting in the supposed sea of consciousness. The memories and flashback scenes were so overwhelming that they required a ton of effort to process and comprehend.

Nevertheless, Ye Ming finally realized the gist of his situation.

'Damn, so I was a golden spoon— no diamond spoon from the beginning.' He clicked his tongue and was frustrated. 

Essentially, the Ye Ming's body that he awakened was in fact his true body. 

Aside from that, his parents were already the pinnacle of the pinnacle in the cultivation world. They resided on the highest domain otherwise known as the Eternal Celestial Dimension (ECD). 

His father, Ye Xuan, reached the highest cultivation realm known to every cultivator, Beyond Origin Realm. The same goes for his mother, Ye Qing Lei as well. 

And because of how powerful they are with an unlimited lifespan, they were destined to only be capable of having one child. 

Lo and behold, he, Ye Ming, was the only child of these two!

"My goodness. Every damn protagonist of a cultivation world starts from the lowest of the bottom barrel possible. But I'm the opposite." Ye Ming didn't know how to react to such information. 

To identify himself as a diamond spoon was still considered an understatement of his status. The only child of two mega big shots who achieved the highest cultivation realm. 

Who the hell would dare to mess with him?

"Right, I shouldn't be distracted." He swiftly shook his head and tried to search for information about why he was on Earth.

After filtering out a lot of information, Ye Ming finally stumbled upon a scene. 

'Hmm, what is this scene about?' He furrowed his brows and brought the scene over to inspect. In the scene, it displayed the original Ye Ming— or him prior to the transformation he had gone through. 

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Ye Ming's Study Room

"Young Master, you should take a rest. The Master and Mistress are worried about your health." A maid exclaimed, her face filled with worry.

"You don't understand. I'm the son of Beyond Origin Realm, so how can I be mediocre? If I don't improve my cultivation and soar higher, then I'll be an embarrassment." Ye Ming clenched his fist. 

"But Young Master, you are already at the Immortal Emperor Realm at such a young age." The maid tried to emphasize that he was already extremely talented and gifted.

However, it only did more harm than good as Ye Ming lashed out in fury. 

"Immortal Emperor Realm? That's just the highest realm for the Higher World. There's still the Immortal World, Celestial World, and Eternal Celestial Dimension." 

Shortly after, he lost control of his aura and nearly shattered the surroundings, only to have the maid easily prevent the destruction. 

When Ye Ming realized that even a maid could stop him, he wondered if he was really talented and gifted. 

"Immortal Emperor Realm might sound great for those born in the lower worlds, but look at you. You're my maid, but you're in the Void Lord Realm." Ye Ming laughed bitterly. Void Lord Realm was the 5th cultivation rank within the Immortal World. 

It was definitely far superior than his Higher World cultivation rank at 7th, who still struggled to breakthrough to match those powerhouse in the Immortal Realm. 

"Please don't be disheartened, Young Master." The maid suddenly went on her knees and kissed her forehead on the floor. "No matter my cultivation, I'm always at your command." 

Seeing the maid's loyalty, Ye Ming felt his heart burning with guilt and anger. 

Anger not at the maid but at himself for being so slow. Had it been any other fortunate person like him, then they would have long surpassed expectations and become widely known. 

However, till now, he was still addressed as Young Master because he was "just" the son of Ye Xuan and Ye Qing Lei. 

After a long pause, Ye Ming gazed at the maid. She was far stronger than him but here she was, kneeling before him and displaying unwavering loyalty. 

"Cao Meng, get up." He called out and proceeded to rip his spiritual conscious sea out of his body. 

His action caused Cao Meng to scream loudly in panic. To rip out a spiritual conscious sea was the equivalent of a cultivator attempting to die without a chance of ever reincarnating in the Wheel of Life Cycle. 

"YOUNG MASTER! YOU MUST NOT DO ANYTHING RECKLESS!" She stood up and was ready to restrain Ye Ming from proceeding with what she thought in her mind. 

"Relax yourself, Cao Meng. I'm not dumb enough to destroy my life." Ye Ming's tone was melancholy. 

He safeguarded his spiritual conscious sea and placed it on the table. "My mother should be arriving soon now that I am detached from the spiritual conscious sea. But before then, this is a recording and you can give it to her when she arrives." 

"Huh?" Startled, Cao Meng received an orb from him.

"Rest assured, once she saw the recording, my mother wouldn't think you tried to harm me." After saying his piece, Ye Ming's eyes slowly closed as he collapsed to the ground. 

The moment he collapsed to the ground, there was a fierce killing intent pressure that shattered nearly space itself.

"Cao Meng, how could you!" Ye Qing Lei appeared, and despite her elegant appearance, her tone was still filled with the sound of gracefulness. Anyone could discern that Ye Qing Lei's emotion had long surpassed the adjective terms infuriated, enraged, etc. 

When her gaze locked on the unconscious Ye Ming who lay on the floor motionless, Ye Qing Lei quickly restrained Cao Meng. Without a doubt, she was only a split second away from disintegrating Cao Meng's very existence.

That was until the orb that was on Cao Meng's hand began to shine. As it shone brightly, a hologram video was displayed. From the video, it showed a bittersweet Ye Ming smiling lightly. 

"Mother, do not harm the maid. They did not betray or hurt me. This is my decision." Ye Ming explained in the video and turned around, seemingly unable to look at the recording feature in the eye. 

"I realized I was born with everything, so my Dao Heart has never been honed. When a cultivator never has to fear anything and is protected heavily, they won't be able to improve. Thus, I've decided to detach my spiritual sea consciousness and my soul to become another person to experience tribulation. It could be 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, 10 years, 100 years, 10,000 years, or even longer till I return. But when I do, just know that you will witness a different me. Hopefully, I can still be your beloved son no matter how much I change, Mother. Tell father that I idolize him too hard." 

As the final speech ended, Ye Qing Lei was rendered speechless. Tears even began to drop down and those tears seemed as if the world could be turned upside down alone. 

The tears of a Beyond Origin Realm were no joke. 

"How could this be?" Ye Qing Lei felt her heart had been stabbed repeatedly, and she nearly collapsed from the shock. Thankfully, before she could lose herself, Ye Xuan emerged on the scene and managed to console her.

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The scene was about to continue, but the current Ye Ming had seen enough so he stopped it, especially after that long monologue.

"Phew, my previous self must have been overwhelmed with pressure and expectation to drive him crazy enough to pull such a stunt." Ye Ming took a deep breath. 

By now, he had understood he didn't transmigrate or reincarnate whatsoever. In fact, he merely returned to his rightful place after the "tribulation". 

To ensure maximum effect, the spiritual conscious sea that enabled one to cultivate was detached from his own past self-decision. That way, he wouldn't be able to cultivate no matter how hard it was, except his soul was the only thing that remained that allowed him to experience multiple lives. 

And apparently, there were some hidden criteria that he personally set before the soul would automatically return to his true body. 

"Ugh, just how much of a tryhard was I?" Ye Ming facepalmed and shook his head in disbelief. After browsing through the memories, he found his old self to be the extreme hardcore type.

In general, there were 6 category worlds, with each world having its own set of 7 cultivation ranks. 

Lower World, Middle World, Higher World, Immortal World, Celestial World, and finally, Eternal Celestial Dimension. 

Despite the simplicity, there were actually multiple lower worlds numbered in billions, etc. Even the so-called Celestial World had numerous worlds, but only the Eternal Celestial Dimension remained as one. 

"Sigh, what am I going to do?" Ye Ming felt as if he was a small fish that got thrown into the vast ocean. 

Suddenly, at this moment, the numerous memories began to merge as one. Following was his soul being detached and rushed toward the memories. 

Such a scene should have resulted in supposed pain, but Ye Ming didn't feel anything. Once the merging was completed, Ye Ming saw some words appearing. 

[Soul and Memories have been reconnected! The Heavenly Dao System welcomes you back, Young Master!]