World of Cultivation (Part 1)

5 years ago, Yasmin was on her way to the local shops to purchase some food for dinner and more diapers for Ether, who was only one year old at the time. Just before she arrived at the shops, however the clear blue sky ripped open and an endless black vortex emitted an endless suction.

She was terrified and wanted to scream for help, but her voice couldn't escape her throat and everybody around her seemed to not notice anything wrong. The didn't even notice as she was pulled off the ground and into the sky.

She blacked out after being sucked into the vortex and when she came to, Yasmin found herself in a daze floating down a slow moving river.

"Third mistress! Third mistress!" She barely heard over the buzzing in her ears as she was pulled out of the water by some poorly dressed servant.

Yasmin was taken back to a clan holding in what appeared to be an ancient oriental township. She soon found out she was occupying the third mistress of the Bai clan head, Bai Yuemin, 'Yue' meaning the moon and 'Min' meaning a jade-like stone.

The Bai clan was one of three famous clans in Shenhao Township, but was constantly suppressed by their two rival clans, the Wei and Lin clans.

The original owner of the body, Bai Yuemin, was the exact same age as Yasmin but had fallen pregnant after an illicit relationship by an elder of the Lin clan. She had tried to tell her husband that the baby was his, but the truth was eventually found out and she tried to commit suicide out of shame by throwing herself into the river. She had succeeded, but at the same time, Yasmin, who shared an uncanningly identical appearance to Yuemin, had taken over her corpse.

Shunned by the entire family and sent to the outer court with two bedraggled servants to serve her, Yasmin lived her days in fear and loneliness as she finally gave birth to a son, Bai Haojie, 'Haojie' meaning a hero.

She missed her husband so much most night she cried herself to sleep, but she still cared for her son even though she was unsure whether he counted as hers or as Yuemin's. Bai Haojie grew up supressed and bedraggled, but on his sixth birthday, he was found to have a heavenly vein and was immediately take into the Heavenly Clouds Sect to practice cultivation.

Yasmin continued to live in her small court, shunned and supressed by the other family members until she was nearly forty years old when Bai Haojie returned as an immortal on a flying sword. The Bai clan were thrilled to acknowledge such a prodigy as one of their own and what was originally known as a shameful bastard child became their own flesh and blood.

Yasmin's treatment instantly turned for the better as well, being welcomed back into the main family with nobody daring to disrespect her. She was already numb from her miserable life, her mind almost broken when she returned.

She immediately cried and hugged her now 12 year old son who had already reached Core Formation in his cultivation. Bai Haojie treated his mother like a precious treasure, he secretly passed her his sect's cultivation manual and even several secret arts.

What was the most surprising was that Yasmin had an immortal vein, surpassing even her own son's heavenly vein. Despite her advanced age and impure body, her immortal vein remained pristine and she cultivated even faster than Bai Haojie.

She broke through Qi Condensation and reached Foundation Establishment in a single year, a year and a half later building a perfect golden core in her dantian and entering Core Formation. Three more years and she successfully refined her soul and became a venerable with a Nascent Soul cultivation.

Yasmin's cultivation slowed down dramatically after that. She had regained her youth with the 800 year lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator and detatched herself from the Bai clan. Bai Haojie, her son was a late Core Formation cultivator and begin to travel the world gaining battle experience and seeking the legendary five heavenly beads, precious stones containing all the power of the elements left behind by the last Immortal when they transcended their heavenly tribulation and ascended to the heavenly realm.