Infinite Sins

Book 1: Reborn as a Demon

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Rain was pouring heavily. Thunderstorms formed in the sky while flashes of lightning kept striking by. A lone silhouette of a man was floating in the cliff of the mountain covered in blood and gore.

His eyes were brightly shining. He was holding a halberd drenched in blood. A pile of corpses was beneath the mountain. His pure white clothing was now deep red in color.

He sighed and stared at the people who were obviously there to kill him.

"You guys...Why?" A tear was forming in his eyes. Although he lived for more than three hundred years and had a resolute mind, he still can't help but cry.

"Xuan Qiang, hand over the Breaking Shackles Relic. We will spare your life if you do so." This man was oozing with righteousness.

"You have done many heinous sins demon! Repent and hand over the Breaking Shackles Relic to us. We might spare your life if you do so!"

Another added, "Don't make it hard for us. You stole many precious immortal materials from the sect's treasury. Just hand over the Immortal Relic."

"Bullsh*ts! I used my own fortune and sect contribution points to get all these materials. You dare called yourselves part of the benevolent path! All of you are lunatics! Hypocrites! Bastards!" Xuan Qiang was full of helplessness. His emotions were running rampant.

"Even my own wife wanted to kill me. Tell me, all this time, were you all using me?" Xuan Qiang yelled. He was like a crazed gambler who was on the verge of destruction.

"I contributed a lot to the sect! You killed my father yet I still kept working for all of you, hoping to elevate our sect as the number one force but... But you guys dare kill me after I refined this Relic!"

"Shut up demon! You're filthy mouth is full of lies! To think you had the guts to blame our sect for the trouble you yourself caused!" An old immortal shouted. A sword was on his hands radiating with a killing glint. All the immortals below Xuan Qiang kept cursing, blaming, and spouting nonsense, telling him to give up the Relic he refined for decades.

Xuan Qiang was quiet observing these hypocrites in front of him.

A memory flashed in his mind.

He was originally a normal student from Earth in the past when he died and transmigrated to this cultivation world.

For an unknown reason, he had a system only he can see to guide him on his journey.

However, as he grows he noticed that the system was like a shackle, dictating his choices and fate. So after he became an Immortal, he rushed refine this Breaking Shackles Immortal Relic hoping to destroy the system in him.

But fate really likes playing around. After he refined this Immortal Relic, the sect mobilized their full force to snatched away this Relic he painstakingly refined.

"This world is inherently evil. Even though we are part of the benevolent force, these rascals still wanted to kill me for the sake of benefits. If I die, I will lose everything. I'm finally at the end of my road." With this thought, he suddenly laughed aloud.

"Bastard, why are you laughing!"

"He must be planning something sinister, stay on guard everyone!"

"Xuan Qiang! Just surrender the Relic!"

Xuan Qiang swept his gaze. His former shining eyes become ink black, devoid of any emotion. The previous stubborn look on his face was replaced with a mocking smile.

"I did my best. I enjoyed my journey! I have only one regret!"

After saying that he maniacally laughed again.

"Do you guys know what's my one and only regret?"

The immortal shut their mouths and looked at Xuan Qiang as if he was someone they don't know.

"I regret walking the path of the Immortal! I should have walked the path of a Demon! If I was given a chance to reincarnate in this place again, then I will wreak havoc in this world. I will kill! I will murder! I will slaughter every single one of you!" Every word was spoken with deep emotion.

The immortals who heard what he said were shocked.

"Have you gone senile!"

"A demon will forever be a demon indeed."

"You have no hope left in you."

The truth was, Xuan Qiang didn't really do anything that crossed their bottom line. In fact, they admired and looked up to him. He was one of the leading immortals of his generation. Young, kind, strong, righteous, and valiant. However, he made a mistake. And that was refining the Breaking Shackles Immortal Relic.

Xuan Qiang didn't speak anymore. He silently floated in the sky.

Two hours passed yet the immortals haven't moved yet. They were afraid of Xuan Qiang's final strike.

"I will all see you in the netherworld. I hope all of you die a painful death!" After saying that Xuan Qiang exploded.

He suicide!

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*Ding!*

'Hm? This place is familiar.'

Although there was only darkness everywhere, Xuan Qiang felt nostalgic.

'This is where I was when when I died and got transmigrated.'

[Requirements are met to unlock the host's Exosia]

"Eh?" Xuan Qiang saw bright letters silently floating in front of him.

[Congratulations on unlocking your first Exosia! Obtained Exosia: Rebirth!]

Xuan Qiang blinked, speechless.

[Exosia: Rebirth forcefully activated]

[Use everything you have to active skill? Y/N? ]

"Rebirth? What the f*ck is happening?" Xuan Qiang was flabbergasted. He couldn't follow the current flow of events.

"Uhmm. Yes?" He could only say that at the least.

[Cultivation realm, resources, attainments, reputation, manuals,... All consumed. Preparing to rebirth three hundred years in the past...]

"Hallucination or not, I don't care. If all of these is true, then I will fulfill my promise to myself."

[Rebirth in 3, 2, 1...]

*Ding!*

Xuan Qiang's vision dissipated. The letters floating in front of him vanished. His cognitive abilities shut down. He was unconscious.

***

Rain was pouring outside the Afterglow Palace situated on the top of the Shan Yun Mountain.

Thunderclouds touched the tip of the huge palace. It might seem a depressing sight but the bright lights coming from the palace offset the depressing atmosphere.

Inside the palace, in the outer parameter of the sect, a young man woke up in his bed.

When Xuan Qiang opened his eyes what he saw was a plain-looking room.

One normal bed, a table, a small kitchen, and a small bathroom. And a dim light flickering on the table.

The style was quite primitive but it still radiated elegance.

"It worked?"

Xuan Qiang adapted easily. After all, he witnesses countless things that were unexplainable in his previous life.

He already got reincarnated once, rebirth was nothing compared to it.

He observed his body and memories.

Everything was fine. He was really reborn three hundred years before his death. He was back in his younger years!

He stared at the mirror.

From the mirror, he saw a young man with sharp eyebrows, a straight nose, and bright black eyes. His hair was short and messy. His stature wasn't buff nor skinny. While his height was 170 centimeters.

Xuan Qiang then looked at his memories and sighed.

"I'm back in the Afterglow Palace. I really traveled back in time."

After saying that, he whispered in his mind.

"Interface open!"

Nothing happened.

"Interface open!"

No reply came.

"Hm? I still haven't unlocked my system?" He rubbed his chin.

He wasn't omniscient. He already forgot some memories of his past. After all, he lived for already three hundred years. He can't possibly remember every single detail.

Before he can ponder more about his situation, someone shouted outside his residence.

"Qiang! The sect elders have summoned us. It's time to pick our first martial manual!" A jubilant voice shouted loudly.

"Gao Meng? I remember now! Then that means the system will appear after 'that' event." Xuan Qiang laughed out loud.

"I'm coming. Wait a minute." He shouted back.

He hurriedly changed his clothes.

After that, he opened his door and saw a short, slightly plump innocent-looking man.

"Brother Qiang, let's go together. I'm so excited about getting my first martial manual! I can finally start cultivating my first martial skill!"

Seeing his jubilant expression, Xuan Qiang sneered.

'That time, you almost killed me. I can't believe I got deceive by this pitiful acting. But to activate the system, I still need to dance in your palm.'

Was he seeking for revenge? No, he wasn't. His vision was set on a larger picture. He won't kill this pitiful mortal, he was still useful to him.

His goal was now as simple as ever. It wasn't reaching the peak, nor being the strongest. His goal was to destroy this world! Destroy this world and kill himself, leaving no one alive.

He realized that this world was full of sinful people. There were hypocrites, demons, sinners, mass murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and many more.

If that was so, then he will be the one to bring them justice. He will bear all these infinite sins to pacify this world. And to achieve that, he needed strength, power, and might.

He will be a Demon God that will destroy this world!

Death was something you'll experience once in your life. Near-death experience and real death were two different things. The latter was more serious.

Xuan Qiang already changed for the better. Like what he said before, he will walk the road of the malevolent path.

"Let's go little brother Mengmeng." Xuan Qiang spoke with a loving gaze.

This old immortal has already improved his scheming and acting skills for years. Tricking this kid was child play to him.

'Hehe, poor Qiang, call me little brother more while it lasts. After I give you to senior brother Fang then you're dead meat. I'll snatch your martial manual and cultivate it! Whatever you choose, it will benefit me nevertheless.'

The two casually talked while walking towards the huge palace.

On the way, there were small houses similar to the design of Xuan Qiang's home.

This was where outer disciples stay in. It was spanned over the top of the mountain towards the middle part of the mountain. Countless outer disciples were also running, walking, and sprinting towards the public square where the elders were, waiting for them.

Xuan Qiang was in no hurry. His patience was inhumane. Remember that this old immortal refined a Relic for a decade nonstop.

After walking for a while, they finally arrive at the public square.

This place was huge. The public square was as large as the football field, housing thousand outer disciples at once.

The two found a place and sat there respectfully. The outer disciples stop chatting when they entered the public square and stare at the elders on the stage respectfully.

Only Xuan Qiang was indifferent. To him, these elders were as good as ants. He was a grand immortal before, to him all of the people in this place were ants.

However, the situation was different. He was back in the past where he was at his weakest. He still needed to act like a weakling he was.

"Silence!" The elder spoke. His voice wasn't loud but mystically, everyone heard it loud and clear.

Xuan Qiang stared at this elder. He was emitting an E-Rank middle stage aura.

In this world, there were a total of seven realms. The mortal realm encompasses only three realms while the immortal realm has a total of three realms too.

These mortal realms were the F-Rank, E-Rank, D-Rank realm, F-Rank being the lowest. This realm was then furthermore divided into four stages. Lower stage, middle stage, upper stage, and peak stage.

F-Rank was the lowest of them all. They were the bottomfeeders. E-Rank was in the middle, in a sect, they can be elders. Possessing strength and abilities beyond human comprehension. D-Rank was the peak of the mortal realm. In the sect, there was only one D-Rank. And that's the old sect leader of the Afterglow Palace.

Above them was the immortal realm. Only one in a million D-Ranks can become an Immortal. Xuan Qiang himself spent hundreds of years ascending C-Rank.

C-Rank, B-Rank, and A-Rank. These were the three immortal realms. Each being countless times stronger than the later stages. Their power knows no bounds. Ordinary mortals can't even see their silhouettes.

While above the immortal realm was the God realm.

This realm was also known as S-Rank. Only twelve beings in the history of humanity had ever reached this stage. It was the pinnacle of cultivation.

Xuan Qiang lived for more than three hundred years yet he was only at C-Rank upper stage Immortal. From this, you can gauge how hard it was to ascend.