Chapter 1: Rebirth

Darkness filled the space as red particles swivelled randomly at unimaginable speeds.

The void was brimming with chaotic energies that threatened to crumble space itself.

In this space was an oddity. It was a man with red long flowing hair from whom the red particles were flowing from. In contrast to his hair, his body was a pure white like the purest jade.

This man had a terrible countenance.

"To think that I, the mighty Xue Ritian, am forced to restart my cycle of reincarnation. Even worse, to go to a lowly world called Earth. Arrrrgh! My time is running out, might as well keep important fragments of my memories in the River of Time. I can only store one-fifth of them, shit! I swear, Long Aotian, in my next life, I will have my revenge!"

Within moments, Xue Ritian's soul merged back into the Cycle of Reincarnation.

…..

A bright light shrouded Xue Ritian's vision and within a few breaths of time, the bright light dissipated.

"Where am I?"

His head was fuzzy and his vision was blurry, around him was a wide expanse of verdant grass.

Not far from him were two men who engaged in serious fighting. The fight was one of life and death.

"Mortals" Xue Ritian muttered. From what he could sense, neither man had even a drop of Qi in their bodies.

Their apertures were also closed.

When he approached them to ask for where he was, the two men ignored him, seemingly absorbed in their bout.

Xue Ritian wore a puzzled expression and when he tried touching a man, his vision turned black.

A warm soothing darkness engulfed Xue Ritian's soul that he was unable to fight back.

Lu Clan, China

"Push madam"

"A little more, darling"

"I can see the head! It's coming!"

Urghhhh!!!

"What a beautiful child" praised one of the midwives.

"Our Lu clan is destined to live forever" said another.

Holding the new born baby, the father, Lu Shantian said: "His name will be Zheng, yes, Lu Zheng"

Song Bing collected the baby from his father as she cuddled him: "[pants], this is my son. He is so handsome"

~Uh? Who are these…? Oh, I remember now. I am Xue Ritian. I was forced to restart my cycle of reincarnation. My soul has now been transmigrated to Earth. I, oh my, are these… boobs? My mom? So smooth [touches] and soft too~

"Kya! Shantian'er, our child is so perverse. He must have gotten his bad genes from you" Song Bing said.

"Hehehehe. He is my son indeed" Lu Shantian laughed heartily.

~To think I would suck on these for a year. Is this a blessing in disguise?~

Five Years Later, Dark Forest

The Dark Forest was a thick forest that bordered Lu Clan on the south. It was a dangerous place for most people as it was filled with all kinds of beasts. Yet, many martial practitioners swarmed there to fight these beasts for various forms of reasons.

Now, five people stood in the midst of the Dark Forest. They were surrounded by three beasts that were bearing fangs at them.

These beasts were the size of elephants with the bodies of tigers. Their fangs were extremely sharp and could easily tear a normal human apart.

"Cover me! I will use my technique to incinerate these water beasts" Lu Zhao said.

"Yes! Protect the young master! If anyone is being selfish, I'll kill the person before the beasts can!" shouted Feng Yiyao.

"Yes commander!" the troop responded.

About forty metres away, standing on an obscured tree was a five year old boy with short black hair and deep black pupils. This boy was the Lu Zheng that was born half a decade ago.

"Water beasts, Earth really is different from what I remember it as. What happened to all that technology bullshit that Nuwa always boasted about? It's not like it's a bad thing at all, after all, it makes things a lot more interesting" Lu Zheng muttered to himself.

The fight against the water beasts had already reached its climax.

Lu Zhao who was surrounded by his clan's warriors suddenly shouted as his body began to transform. His hair and his pupils turned a scarlet red as faint wisps of crimson flames licked his body, causing the very air to churn in heat.

Lu Zhao raised his arm up as his Qi rushed up his arm and out of his body, turning into crimson fire.

The fire became a small sea as it approached the attacking water beasts. As soon as it reached the fighting beasts, it burnt them, causing them to evaporate. Not even the trees that were nearest to them were spared.

"Ha! Senior brother Zhao is really strong. Only at the second tier of Condensation realm yet you killed three rank three beasts like it was nothing" Lu Zheng praised as he ran from afar.

Ten thousand years ago, a Qi powered asteroid containing the first four realms of cultivation struck the Earth, wiping out all technology, leaving the world with cultivation as an only resort for survival.

Later on, as people continued to breakthrough, they discovered more realms of power.

These realms from lowest to highest were; Opening realm, Refinement realm, Condensation realm, Domain Formation realm, Sky realm, Void Passage realm, Acquisition realm, Original realm, Extent realm and Eternal realm.

Beasts also had their own respective ranks, from rank one all the way to rank ten.

"It was nothing. It is all because of family head's support" Lu Zhao replied modestly. "Junior brother is even better. You started cultivating at the age of two! Now, you're at the first tier of Refinement realm. I only have the advantage of age over you"

"Young master Zheng is really cool" praised Xia Xiowu, one of the warriors that fought alongside Lu Zhao.

"Hehehe. It was only a moment of inspiration" Lu Zheng smiled.

Normally, people could only begin to cultivate at the age of 13. This was because the Heavenly Dao would only inspire them at that age, teaching them how to use the Dantian Sea in their aperture. It was almost impossible to be taught by others.

Every human was actually at the first tier of Opening realm from birth but just couldn't use their Dantian Sea until the Heavenly Dao taught them in the form of inspiration. Lu Zheng as a reincarnation of Xue Ritian already knew how to use his Dantian Sea and cultivate.

"Young master Zhao, young master Zheng, family head requests your presences at the Lu Yang Palace" Dong Fanfang, another warrior that fought alongside Lu Zhao said holding a rank one Simple grade transmission stone.

Just as living beings had realms and ranks, artifacts also had grades. These were Simple, Profound, Spirit, Immortal and Divine which all had seven sub-tiers. These grades were based on the quality of the materials used to make the artifacts and the rank of the artificer.

The artificers were also classified as Master, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster and Supreme Grandmaster.

"I wonder what father wants" Lu Zheng muttered as he and Lu Zhao's troop left the Dark Forest.