Chapter 2

*DING*

I suddenly woke up due to a loud alarm blaring in my head, causing me to open my non existent eyes and look around. The only reason that this alarm thing would appear is if my destined Master has found me, so I look around for him/her.

I notice that the place I was in changed immensely. It used to be a normal forest with some stone monuments around, but now it is pretty much a tomb, which is weird. I have no clue what happened when I slept.

It appears I slept for 1472 years... Holy shit that is a long time. That could be enough for me to live 20 lives on Earth. Whatever, where is my Master at? I don't see anybody around me. Well, I don't see anything around me for that matter, since I am underground now.

Maybe there was an earthquake or something when my slept. It wouldn't be surprising since I nearly slept for 15 centuries. Either that or someone built the tomb around me, but it doesn't look like something man-made, so I crossed that option out.

'Is my Master some sort of treasure seeker or something?'

Since my Master isn't near me, this idea came to my mind. Well, it's not like I mind if my Master is a treasure seeker or something of the likes. It sucks that I don't have my Spirit Sense yet, so I can't use it to find where my Master is yet.

I wait for a while and eventually hear some sort of digging around me, so I guess my Master has finally found where I am or is just lucky enough to of found it. Not long later, a hole appears in the roof of the little tomb I was in, and a young man popped out of it.

He looks to be around 16 years old. He has long black hair that reaches halfway down his back, a pretty handsome face and abyss like black eyes, which honestly startled me for a moment there. His eyes were pretty freaky, but in a good way.

He looks straight at me for a moment, and I could see surprise flash within his eyes, but that disappeared quickly. He then walks past me and walks deeper into the tomb, much to my annoyance.

Does this kid not want to be my Master or something? Who the heck would just ignore a beautiful sword like myself within a tomb like this? Jeez, hopefully he comes back, I don't want to wait for another thousand years. Not to mention that he is supposed to be my destined Master, or else the alarm wouldn't go off within my head.

Thankfully he comes back after a short while, and I notice that he has a ring in his hand now, which is probably one of those storage rings in novels. He walks towards me again and stands in front of me where I can see him and inspects me.

"This wasn't here in my last life... Did me going back in time cause a paradox that created this sword this time around? The Demon Sun Sage's storage ring is still here, so I didn't change it too much..."

'Oh, it seems like my destined Master has went back in time according to his words. So this is one of those worlds where the protagonist or whatever goes back in time after finding a treasure or something?'

"Oh well, I might as well take it. Considering it is within this tomb, then it is obviously going to be a decent sword, at least I hope it will."

He mumbles as he places his right hand on my hilt, and I instantly felt something connecting to my Soul, which means he is indeed my destined Master, as he just bound our Souls together. He seemed to be surprised as shock appeared in his eyes, but he doesn't let go of my hilt.

"Did this sword just bind itself to my Soul? What the heck is this sword?"

He mumbles in surprise as he pulls me out of the ground and looks at me closer. My basic sword form is a pitch black katana with a red hilt and that is all it is. Even though it looks average, my basic sword form is still extremely strong.

With my basic sword form, I should be able to cut through any weapon or armor under grade 6 or 7, which isn't surprising considering my final form is a grade 10 artifact. He holds me and tightens his hand, and I suddenly found myself in a new space.

Instead of the gloomy and rocky tomb I was in when I woke up, I am now in a grassy plains area. There is a sun in the sky, and everywhere around me is grassy with a few hills in the distance. I was extremely surprised, and I can tell this isn't in the storage ring I saw my Master have in his hand before.

Storage rings only have a pitch black space inside of them, so this is a completely different space from the storage ring. What confuses me is that I don't know what this space is actually, nor how I got it.

Another flash suddenly appeared and I saw my Master appear inside this grassy plain space as well. He also seemed to be surprised by this place, but for a completely different reason than me.

"What the heck? This is the Imperial Cleansing Pearl's space... This is an item from my last life, so how do I have it still? Wait, is this the reason I went back in time to when I was 16?"

'Wait, are you kidding me?! Imperial Cleansing Pearl?!'

When I was sleeping for those 1472 years, I was also obtaining some information about this world, a, well as a bit of information about the upper realm. I don't know about the cultivation ranks for the upper realm yet, but I do know about the grades now.

The lower realm has grade 1-10 while the upper realm has Common grade, Uncommon grade, Rare grade, Epic grade, Saint grade, Immortal grade and God grade. There are only a total of 3 God grade artifacts in existence in the upper realm currently.

And one of them is the Imperial Cleansing Pearl! The Imperial Cleansing Pearl can completely cleanse any type of poison that exists in the whole Jinmei world, and it can also clear muddled meridians and slowly restore broken meridians!

It is one of the most sought out artifacts in the entire Jinmei world, and now my Master actually has it?! Holy shit, he said that he got it in his last life, so that means he went to the upper realm sometime in his last life!

"Hey, since you could bind with my Soul, does that mean you have your own Soul? If so, can you speak with me?"

I was startled out of my thinking when I heard my master speaking. I focused again and noticed that he was talking to me, asking if I could talk to him. Thankfully I actually can. Now that he has bound to me, I can finally activate my Spirit Body!

I focus on my Soul itself and do the process that God implanted into my head, and my sword body was eventually shining with a white light, and I instantly felt my body change from a sword to a human body.

When the white light stopped shining on my body, I noticed that my Master was staring at me in shock and confusion. I ignore him for now and clench my fist and flex my body, feeling glad to finally have a body after nearly 1500 years.

I turn to my Master and notice that he has a red face, which confused me but I didn't think much of it and smiled at him slightly and gave him a perfect bow.

"Greetings Master, I am your new Spirit Sword."

"Uh... Ah, right. Stop bowing. Can you put some clothes on first... It is uncomfortable to see a naked girl, even if you have a childish body."

'What? Naked girl? Oh hell, did God turn me into a girl?!'

I stop bowing and notice that my Master has blocked his eyes with his hand while his other hand is holding a black shirt, most likely one of his shirts. I grab his shirt and look down at my body, hoping I am not a girl.

Much to my relief, I am not a girl, but I am not a guy either. To be more exact, I don't have a gender. Well, I was somewhat expecting this considering I am a sword, but it still feels a bit sad to lose my little brother after I had it with me for 22 years in my last life.

"Master, I am not a girl. I am not a guy either. I do not have a gender, so there is nothing to be uncomfortable about."

I spoke to master again while putting his shirt on, and it reaches down to my knees. I guess I have a really small body, huh. Master removes his hand from his eyes and looks at me again, and I notice that he is quite tall compared to me.

"Oh, well my bad then. What did you mean when you said you were my new Spirit Sword earlier?"

"Ah, that's right! I am what is known as a Spirit Sword. Spirit Swords are a special type of Sword that can grow along with their Master. I have a total of three forms, and each one is stronger than the last one."

I explained while sitting down on the grassy plains, and Master also sat down across from me. he seemed to understand what I said so far, so I continued explaining.

"To unlock my other forms, Master musts learn my other names to do so. My name for my first form, which is the form you found me in, is Yu Yan. I cannot tell you both of my other names, as you need to obtain the right to know them first.

"So you can't tell me them, huh. Yu Yan, can you tell me what powers you can give me if I use you?"

"No problem, Master! In my first sword form, I am only extremely sharp. But don't underestimate that sharpness! In my first sword form, I can cut almost any weapon or armor below grade 6 or 7! In my second sword form, I would obtain a Soul attack, so if Master uses me to damage an enemy while I am in my second sword form, they could take damage to their Soul itself! In my third sword form, Master would obtain a mask that will increase Master's power by multiple folds, as well as increasing the damage of any attack Master does. Naturally it has a time limit on it."

"Well, that is pretty good. Is there anything else?"

"Yep! If Master is a Spirit Warrior, I will obtain a Spirit Sense that lets me see anything within 5000 meters. If Master is a Spirit Lord, I can bring my Spirit Body to the real world for 1 hour every week, if Master is a Spirit King the time increases to 2 hours a week, if Master is a Spirit Emperor the time increases to 3 hours a week. If Master is a Spirit Monarch, I can come bring my Spirit Body into the real world for 1 hour a day, if Master is a Spirit Overlord the time increases to 2 hour a day, if Master is a Spirit Saint the time increases to 5 hours a day and if Master is a Spirit God the time increases to 10 hours a day. This way, if Master needs me to help, I can come to the real world for a set amount of time to assist in a battle."

Now this time Master had a completely shocked face on him, which I secretly laughed at, considering his face has been impassive for the whole time I have been with him so far. Seeing him shocked is quite interesting.

"That is honestly amazing, but how strong is your Spirit Body exactly?"

"In my first sword form, my Spirit Body has the strength of a Spirit King, in my second sword form my Spirit Body has the strength of a Spirit Monarch and in my third sword form my Spirit Body has the strength of a Spirit God."

"Good, you can be really strong, which will save me if I am fighting opponents much stronger than me in the future. Especially if you can have the strength of a Spirit God in your third form, because I will definitely fight against some of those in the future."

At least Master isn't stupid and knows he will fight against really strong people in the future. As expected of someone who lived another life. I also noticed that Master let out a faint amount of killing intent when he mentioned fighting some Spirit Gods, so he was probably betrayed by someone who was a Spirit God at one point.

'Wait... Holy shit, Master has no Spirit Energy in his body!'

"Master, I noticed that you have no Spirit Energy in your body. Why is that?"

Hearing my question, Master had a dark look on his face and I could feel the anger radiating off of his body, causing me to subconsciously back away from him. I was a bit shocked at how angry he was when I asked my question. It seems that something bad happened to him.

"My god damn stepbrother poisoned me years ago, crippling my meridians and making me unable to cultivate anymore. Inside the ring I picked up in the tomb where I found you is a massive amount of wealth, which I am going to use to buy a grade 7 pill which can restore my meridians."

'Huh, why is Master going to use the wealth in the storage ring to buy a pill when he can just use the Imperial Cleansing Pearl to fix his meridians? Does he not know about this? No, I should tell him about it so he doesn't waste his wealth.'

"Master, there is no point in buying the pill when you have the Imperial Cleansing Pearl. The Imperial Cleansing Pearl is a God grade artifact from the upper realm, and it is also the strongest God grade artifact. It can cleanse any poison that exists in the Jinmei world, and it can also repair crippled and muddled meridians."

Master seemed a bit angry when I first starting speaking, but when I told him about the uses of the Imperial Cleansing Pearl he had a stunned expression on his face again, which means he really didn't know about this. How did he not know about this when he had the Imperial Cleansing Pearl in his last life? Did he not ever try to use this function of it?

"Are you sure? Can I really repair my meridians with the Imperial Cleansing Pearl?"

"Yes Master, I am 100% sure you can. There is no way that the information about the world that I have is wrong. I learned this over the 1472 years I have lived in this world."

"Hahahaha, good!"

Master suddenly started laughing madly, which didn't surprise me at all. Since he said that he was poisoned years ago, that means that Master dealt with this issue in his last life, which is most likely from using the wealth obtained from the Demon Sun Sages storage ring.