Chu Yang, the Ninth Master of the Nine Tribulations Sword, sacrificed almost everything he had for the sake of improving his martial arts, including the love of his life. After spending three years locating the fifth fragment of the Nine Tribulations Sword, he was ambushed by all sides at that very place. Mortally injured with no means of escape, Chu Yang executed a sacrificial technique by plunging the Nine Tribulations Sword into his very own heart. “With the blood of my heart, ten thousand tribulations will collapse!” After witnessing the death of all his ambushers, Chu Yang’s vision began to darken. At a distance, moments before his death, he saw the mastermind who had plotted his downfall — Mo Tian Ji. With that, his eyes finally closed. However, with a start, Chu Yang once again awoke to find that he had returned to when he was sixteen years of age! Furthermore, the Sword Spirit of the Nine Tribulations Sword now resided within his Dantian, the energy center of his body! From that very moment, Chu Yang would then begin to right all of his past regrets, and carve his very own legend by fulfilling his destiny as the final Master of the Nine Tribulations Sword, and defeating the Heavenly Devils beyond the realm of the Nine Heavens Continent.
Chu Yang was somewhat dumbfounded.
[Human nature… is exactly the nature of a human. It's not the character of a person. I made you study human nature. But, you left that path, and headed towards a different direction altogether.]
"I know that you had meant something else. You had been talking about the human instincts!" Mo Tianji waved his hand to-and-fro. He then said in a serious manner, "I've also vigorously thought about the instincts of a person. But, there's nothing to study about it. It can be summed up in these few words — the strong prey on the weak!
"What I've just said may sound somewhat cruel. However, it is the reality… Even a good person has to face this fact throughout their life. Good people want to live properly. They don't want to harm anyone. However, they'll inevitably do so as long as they go on living!