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.
"Why would I lie to you?" Li Tongtian smiled affably at him, his eyes warm but smug, just like a weasel that had just caught a chicken. "Brother Zi, old big brother here is a sixth-grade Supreme Martial Artist who has gone past the boundary of immortal and mortal! Do you think someone of my status would deceive you?"
Chu Yang replied repeatedly, "My apologies, my apologies! Of course, you wouldn't, not at all, not at all."
"Hurhurhurhur…" A sharp glint flashed within Li Tongtian's eyes. "See, you're already in my hands. Threatening you with your life or making use of other methods to make you do as I say… That's not very difficult for me, right?"
Chu Yang agreed repeatedly, looking like he was terrified to the extreme. His back drenched in perspiration, he said, "Not at all, not at all!"
Li Tongtian nodded in satisfaction. "But I'll still offer you the chance of working together with us… Hmm?"