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The Ascension Journey of a Mortal

In the bustling heart of Saigon, the city dazzles with its duality: opulence for the affluent and desolation for the destitute. Amidst this urban chaos, a compelling saga unfolds, capturing the essence of survival, ambition, and the relentless pursuit of hope. Meet Minh, a streetwise young man with a knack for evading trouble. Despite his unassuming appearance and history of petty theft, Minh harbors a heart full of loyalty and a dream for a better life. His life is a constant chase, not just from the authorities but from his own limitations and circumstances. "Are you good at standing still?" might as well be Minh’s mantra, for his life is anything but stationary. Minh's closest confidant and moral compass is Mr. Ly, an elderly man who, despite his advanced age and destitution, possesses a wealth of wisdom. Mr. Ly has taught Minh how to read and instilled in him the value of knowledge. Their bond is not just of necessity but of mutual respect and unspoken familial ties. Minh often reflects, "I often suspect that you are a person from another world who has come here!" This suspicion is more admiration, highlighting the stark contrast between their lives and Mr. Ly's enigmatic presence. The narrative takes a mystical turn when Minh's encounters introduce him to a realm of fantastical possibilities. The tales Mr. Ly used to tell about different kinds of spiritual bodies and their abilitiessome blessed by gods to control elements like Wind and Lightning start to feel less like stories and more like hidden truths about the world Minh inhabits. This revelation begins when he meets Luu Tich Quan, a formidable woman bound by family pride and mysterious powers. Their interaction is a dance of power and secrecy, each with their own past and future to protect. Minh's struggle intensifies as he grapples with his own latent abilities and the harsh realities of the mystical world he is slowly drawn into. "Your problem is that the bitter sea recovers too quickly, it is difficult to expand, you can only rely on external support to explore," Luu Tich Quan tells Minh, hinting at the untapped potential within him and the monumental challenges he faces. His body, described as the Longevity Body, suggests he is destined for greatness but also curses him with perpetual struggle. The stakes rise as Minh becomes entangled with the powerful Luu family, known for their mastery over ancient techniques and ruthless ambition. The conflict with the Luu family is not just physical but deeply ideological, testing Minh's principles and his resolve to protect those he loves, like little Vi, who represents his hope and future. In a particularly gripping scene, Minh faces off with Luu Toan, a proud member of the Luu family. The tension is palpable, with Luu Toan underestimating Minh's tenacity. "I really don't want to offend you, I'm just forced to," Minh says, encapsulating his reluctant heroism. This moment marks the beginning of Minh’s transformation from a street survivor to a significant player in the unfolding mystical war. The narrative's climax is both a physical and spiritual battle. Minh’s journey through ancient relics, facing mythical beasts, and deciphering cryptic prophecies leads him to a profound understanding of his purpose. The encounters with other powerful entities, like Doc Co Minh and the enigmatic Nether Demon Master, push Minh to his limits, forcing him to harness his true potential. “Don't worry, I can never die,” Minh declares, embodying the resilience that defines his character. This statement is not just bravado but a testament to his undying spirit, foreshadowing his crucial role in the larger cosmic struggle. Can Minh fully realize his potential and face the harsh challenges that lie ahead? Where will this journey take him, and what secrets will be revealed in the battle between good and evil? Stay tuned to uncover the surprises and wonders still hidden within "[The Ascension Journey of a Mortal]".

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Chapter 21: Dreams of Ancient Times

After being kicked into the palace by teenager Thao Thiet, Doc Co Minh's eyes also turned dark, completely unaware of anything.

It's not clear how long it took him to wake up, but he only felt terrible pain in his left chest. When he looked down, he suddenly discovered that his left chest was being stabbed by a gray arrow, black blood was constantly pouring out from the wound, looking horrible...

- I... where is this?

Trying to suppress the pain, Doc Co Minh stood up and looked around, the horror in his eyes becoming even darker.

It's not a ruined relic, is it? Currently, he is lying on an extremely comfortable bed with a body made from the wood of the Boi Yuan divine tree, covered with a piece of white skin from the ancient White Tiger beast, all top-class materials that only appear in the world appear in legend.

- Is Minh Vuong awake?

A gentle female voice spoke. Doc Co Minh looked back and saw a beautiful young woman holding a basin of water and walking towards his:

- Minh Vuong can rest assured, Demon Lord has invited the Heavenly Venerable Creator to come, he should be able to pull out the Chaos Arrow!

Doc Co Minh was stunned. What is Minh Vuong, what is the Heavenly Venerable Creator? Could it be that we are traveling through time again?

- That's not right, the girl mentioned the Demon Lord in what she said, so this is the ancient era. Could it be that it was a dream in King Minh's memory that he wanted to use to test and find his successor?

Thinking carefully, Doc Co Minh found that his guess was eight or nine percent correct. In some fairy tales, there are often secret scenes like this.

Memories often contain regret and confusion. That said if you want to gain the inheritance of King

 Minh, you need to resolve his regrets and problems. Thinking for a moment, he waved his hand to call the maid to ask:

- Do you remember what my name is?

The beautiful maid giggled:

- Minh Vuong is joking again, didn't the Chaos Arrow cause people to lose their memory? Besides the legendary name of King Yama, what other name could he have?

King of Hell!

Doc Co Minh took a deep breath. This is one of the Ten Great Minh Kings before the Nether Demon Lord in ancient times. After disintegrated, the Demon Lord was still lost, and all the Ten Great Hell Kings died. In ancient times, another Demon Lord appeared, also named Diem La. But the whole world doesn't know if this Lord of Hell is the same person as King of Hell or not.

- In the taboo years of ancient times, there must have been some earth-shattering secrets hidden!

Doc Co Minh began to calculate what to do next.

After a while, suddenly a young man with starry eyes and sword eyebrows walked in outside, leading a man in a yellow shirt next to him.

- Doc Co Minh!

- Mong Tieu Pham!

The young man cried out in surprise, and Doc Co Minh on the other side also had an expression of disbelief.

The yellow-shirted man frowned:

- Diem La brother, Giang Tam The, what's wrong with you two?

Mong Tieu Pham regained his surprised expression, looked deeply at Doc Co Minh, and said:

- Diem La, this is the Heavenly Venerable Creator of the human race invited by the Demon Lord to cure your illness!

- I've heard about it for a long time!

Doc Co Minh nodded, completely immersing himself in his role and lying down to let the yellow-shirted man treat him.

I saw him take out a pair of gloves identical to Mong Tieu Pham's tattered gloves from before, then put them on and forcefully spit out the gray arrow.

- It turns out that Mong Tieu Pham is a descendant of the Heavenly Venerable Creator!

The twelve Heavenly Venerates of the human race were the top-level existences of the ancient period, worshiped by all sentient beings. Their magic power is sky-high. Although their cultivation base is lower, their status is completely comparable to that of a Human Master level powerhouse. After going through the "Taboo time", these twelve celestial beings all fell, and even their names gradually faded from the hearts of sentient beings.

If it weren't for this dream, Doc Co Minh wouldn't have known that the name "Dao Hoa Thien Ton" belonged to the yellow-clothed man in front of him.

- Try to endure the pain!

The yellow-clothed man grabbed the Chaos Arrow and pulled hard. I saw countless gray runes emitting from the Chaos Arrow, sticking tightly to the wound, madly absorbing Doc Co Minh's life force.

- Tich Ta!

The man in yellow shouted loudly, the golden light around his body shone brightly, completely eliminating these runes.

Even though it was just a dream, the pain was very real. Doc Co Minh admitted that his ability to endure was very high and could not help but let out a scream that shook the whole palace.

- It's done, just need to rest for a while to completely recover. Now I must return to the battlefield with the fairy world, otherwise the human race will be in danger...

- Thanks to the Heavenly Venerable Creator for your help!

Doc Co Minh and Mong Tieu Pham waited for the yellow-shirted man to leave and then stared at each other.

- How did you get here?

Doc Co Minh spoke first.

Mong Tieu Pham replied:

- Not long after you entered the secret realm, I also entered. Unexpectedly, when I woke up, I found myself becoming King Giang Tam The Minh! I guess this secret world wants to challenge us to solve a regretful problem in the memories of King Minh. But I've been searching for days and still can't find out what that regret is...

- I think this is simple, just go find him and ask directly!

Doc Co Minh offered a solution but Mong Tieu Pham immediately shook his head:

- The chronology we enter is when the six worlds are in a great war. "You", Minh Vuong, and Bien Thanh Minh Vuong were sent to the northern battlefield with the human race against the demon world and chaos world reinforcements. However, you were seriously injured by the Chaos Arrow. Bien Thanh led you to retreat, Real Estate stayed behind and Tu Ha Thien Ton has not returned yet!

While still outside the ruins, through the mouth of teenager Thao Thiet, Doc Co Minh learned that Tu Ha Thien Ton was the beauty of Real Estate. Perhaps the biggest regret in his memories was related to her.

- Oh, I forgot, I haven't told you yet. There are two people accompanying us into the secret realm. One of them is Hua Du of Nascent Soul. Currently, he is playing the role of King Tan Quang Minh, very satisfied, calling beautiful women from the underworld all day to come and have sex with him.

Mong Tieu Pham looked solemn and continued:

- In addition, there is a very strong character, even I am not sure of defeating him. From his aura, I surmise that this person is comparable to some of my supreme heroes.

- Where is your place? Are you not from Chu Yu Empire?

Doc Co Minh asked in surprise.

- Chu Yu Empire has few talents, the inheritance is weak and cannot withstand a single blow, I am not unfortunate enough to be born here!

Mong Tieu Pham smiled and continued:

- Surely you have heard of Northern Region. I come from Northern Region, a casual cultivator.

Hearing that, Doc Co Minh couldn't help but inhale the cold air. Tan Cultivator is already strong enough to defy the heavens, opening up Qi Condensation of nearly eighty thousand feet, so how terrifying are the arrogant Supreme Beings in his words?

- If I say it, I'm afraid you'll faint. Northern Region has no less than seven supreme heavenly heroes who have reached the ninety-nine thousand nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine feet of Qi Condensation, which is called perfection in this realm. The person named Sat Tieu Thien who came with us is afraid that he also has the same cultivation base. He is currently playing the role of Quan Do Loi Minh Vuong - the person who is said to have the most potential to become the next Demon Lord.

Because Vuong Minh was plotted by a strong man in the fairy world, leaving a wound in his soul, and in this life he would never have the chance to become a Demon Master, so Quan Do Loi replaced him, becoming Minh's greatest hope gender. If another Demon Lord appears in Hell, it is likely that this disastrous war will be reversed.

- Tell me, if we still get lost in memories, will we lose our lives in real life?

Suddenly Doc Co Minh had a question, so he discussed it with Mong Tieu Pham.

- I feel like nine parts are like that. So we must be very careful, in the near future, according to history, there will be a great war of the six worlds, and this time the outcome of Hell will be very tragic. The six Minh Kings died in battle. If we happen to be one of these six, we're screwed!

At that moment, a ghost guard ran in from outside and knelt down to report:

- Dear two gentlemen, Minh Vuong has returned, covered in blood, holding in his arms the dying Tu Ha Thien Ton...

Both Doc Co Minh and Mong Tieu Pham looked solemn. As expected, the regrets and problems in the memories of Minh Vuong Dong began with this heavenly venerable named Tu Ha...

After Mong Tieu Pham said goodbye, in the next week Hua Do and Sat Tieu Thien appeared to pay him a visit.

They also did not have any good intentions, the purpose of their visit was to find out the truth of the remaining three rivals.

Hua Do came to the dreamland and experienced the feeling of being Minh Vuong, holding in his hands the life and death of countless sentient beings, so he was very proud, and his way of speaking also became more arrogant:

- Diem La is the weakest of the ten King Minh. If you know the time, please become my subordinate. When I obtain Real Estate's inheritance, I will treat you well, appoint you as a Minh General, and join me in conquering the world!

This guy Hua Do seems to have considered himself to be a real Minh Vuong, even calling the nickname of Vuong without any hesitation.

Faced with this blunt provocation, although Doc Co Minh really wanted to break out and beat him to death, she still had to hold back, mainly for two reasons.

First, Yama is truly the weakest of the ten Minh Kings. This has been verified by Doc Co Minh through research. The secret realm is based on the memories of King Minh, so no matter how strong your outside strength is, it is of no value.

Second, this is a secret scene to solve the problem in King Minh Vuong's heart. If he now accidentally kills Hua Du for no reason, it may cause resentment towards him. Although Doc Co Minh is brave as the sky, he is willing to risk his life, but on the condition that he must carefully calculate and take care of every situation.

After Hua Do left, Sat Tieu Thien also arrived.

Facing this young man in black, Doc Co Minh couldn't help but look solemn. This person is indeed very formidable, just from his charisma and eyes alone is enough to make the other person's heart rise up, making him feel like no matter how hard he tries to cultivate, he will never be able to compare to him.

- Your performance in the first secret realm was very shocking...

After clasping his hands behind his back and looking at Doc Co Minh for a long time, Sat Tieu Thien slowly spoke.

- Brother Sat is too complimenting, I'm just a small monk of less than 20,000 feet, not worthy of your attention!

Doc Co Minh smiled and replied.

He didn't mean to condescend to this person but rather wanted to probe his personality. Assuming this is an arrogant and victorious person, Doc Co Minh has hundreds of thousands of ways to plot him, even put him on the path to death.

But what Sat Tieu Thien showed really made him unable to see the depth. I just saw him shaking his head and smiling slightly:

- Cultivation is temporary, only a steadfast heart makes a strong person. I believe that in this secret realm, only Brother Doc Co is worthy of being my opponent!

Sat Tieu Thien smiled half-heartedly, then held his fist and left.

Looking at the black-clothed figure disappearing from the flower garden in Diem La Palace, Doc Co Minh's expression became completely gloomy.

- A supremely arrogant person with perfect personality and cultivation, defeating him is truly more difficult than ascending to heaven!