Chapter 1: Transmigration and the System Awakens
It all ended with light.
One moment, Liana Feng was standing in her lab, surrounded by high-frequency pulses and glass tubes, adjusting the stabilizer on an unstable quantum battery. The next, there was a shrill tone, a tremor through the floor, and—
White.
Everything dissolved into that blinding, soundless light.
She didn't feel her body explode, burn, or shatter. It was like falling asleep too fast. And then—
Wind.
Grass.
Warmth on her cheeks.
Liana opened her eyes and gasped. She wasn't dead. Or at least, not in the way she understood death. Above her stretched two suns in a purple sky, and around her lay twisted trees and crumbling stone buildings overtaken by moss and vines.
She sat up slowly. The air shimmered with magic, not static. She could feel it on her skin.
She wasn't on Earth anymore.
And she definitely wasn't alone.
[SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMPLETE][Welcome, Principal Liana Feng. You have successfully reawakened the Arcanmere Academic System.]
A translucent blue screen appeared before her, hovering in the air. Liana blinked. A… system?
[You are now the Headmistress of Arcanmere Academy, a forgotten institution of arcane learning.][Binding Unique Skill: Principal's Authority.][Granting Passive Effect: Supreme Domain — Within a 1000-meter radius of the academy, you are INVINCIBLE.]
"…Excuse me?"
[Magic cannot harm you.][You cannot be killed, stunned, sealed, or displaced within the academy bounds.][You are the sole administrator and anchor of the system.]
Liana stood up, looking around. The academy grounds were covered in rubble, overgrown ivy, and crumbled towers. What remained was barely more than ruins.
"This place needs... everything."
The system chimed again:
[System Store Unlocked.][You have 10 System Points.]
She opened the store out of habit—and froze.
Every item, every legendary structure, every magical beast summoning scroll… was listed at 1 SP.
[Warning: Shop Glitch Detected. Defaulting all item prices to base value.][All items currently cost 1 SP until system patch.]
Liana narrowed her eyes.
"…I could abuse this."
And she did.
By the time the sun dipped below the horizon, the ruins had begun to change. Glowing lanterns lined restored pathways. Floating classroom platforms reassembled themselves with crackling mana. A massive dome library stood reborn at the academy's center, its shelves already filling with knowledge.
And in the courtyard, Liana sat calmly on a conjured throne of polished stone, the Khanda sword across her lap—something she had bought purely out of curiosity.
The blade pulsed with silent, ancient power.
[System Update: First Teacher Summoning Scroll Acquired.][Do you wish to begin recruitment?]
She smiled for the first time since waking up.
"Yes," she whispered. "Let's build an empire."
End of Chapter 1