Chapter 2: 10,000 Years Later

After a long time, Chu Fengmian's consciousness gradually awakened.

"What is happening? Could it be that I'm not dead?"

Chu Fengmian fiercely opened his eyes and sat up, yet the pain in his body made him furrow his brow.

"Where am I? Didn't I jump off Heavenly Extinction Peak? How could I still be alive?"

In Chu Fengmian's eyes, there was a deep sense of bewilderment as he looked at his surroundings, which were utterly foreign to him.

"Chu Fengmian? The banks of Wei River? Lin Mansion?"

Suddenly, Chu Fengmian felt confused; then, as he looked around, his gaze began to change.

"So, I, Chu Jianbai, have been dead for ten thousand years?"

Chu Fengmian raised his head and looked around, his eyes filled with melancholy.

Chu Jianbai.

This name, if mentioned ten thousand years ago, would have been recognized throughout the victorious martial realm, known by everyone.

Sword Dao, it was the most significant Martial Arts of the victorious martial realm, even the entire continent.

If asked who was the foremost Sword Dao practitioner, even a child would blurt out—'The Sword Dao Master.'

The supreme ultimate realm, the first person in Sword Dao.

But if asked who was the foremost in Sword Intent, ten thousand years ago, it was another name.

Chu Jianbai.

The Chu Jianbai of the past was once the foremost Sword Dao practitioner, the smallest disciple of the Sword Dao Master; even the Sword Dao Master had once exclaimed to this Chu Jianbai.

Regarding Sword Intent, regarding the understanding of Sword Dao, Chu Jianbai had already surpassed his master, the Sword Dao Master.

However, this statement wasn't so much a praise as it was a sigh.

For although Chu Jianbai possessed unparalleled Sword Intent, he had a fatal flaw—throughout his life, he could not cultivate Spiritual Power.

Spiritual Power is the power accumulated and condensed within the Spirit Vein of a human body.

Without a Spirit Vein, it was impossible to cultivate Spiritual Power, let alone accumulate it.

With great Sword Intent but no Spiritual Power, he was almost as good as a cripple, with no difference.

Later, the Sword Dao Master was then besieged and fell due to the combined forces of seven great sects seeking the countless sword techniques he possessed. The powerful practitioners of these seven sects began hunting the disciples of the Sword Dao Master.

Many of Chu Jianbai's fellow disciples perished at the hands of these practitioners from the seven great sects.

Finally, Chu Jianbai too was found on Heavenly Extinction Peak by the practitioners of the seven great sects.

Rather than let the sword techniques fall into the hands of the practitioners from the seven great sects, Chu Jianbai chose to destroy himself and leapt into the abyss below Heavenly Extinction Peak.

"Heavenly Sword Sect! Ancient Desolate Sect! Holy King Sect! Celestial Pivot Hall! Nine Demon City! Gai Yue Canyon! Medicine King Valley! The seven great sects! I, Chu Jianbai, will certainly climb up one by one to take revenge for my master and fellow disciples!"

Chu Fengmian, it was also Chu Jianbai's roar in anger.

Since heaven had given Chu Jianbai another life this time, he was set on taking revenge against the seven great sects to avenge the deep blood feud of the past.

However, now it is already ten thousand years later, the name Chu Jianbai has long since disappeared, and his current body is named Chu Fengmian.

"Phew, that Chu Fengmian really had it rough, actually beaten to death by two servants."

After awakening, the memories of this body also flooded into Chu Jianbai's mind, and he already understood everything that had just happened.

"From now on, Chu Jianbai is dead, and there is only Chu Fengmian."

In Chu Fengmian's eyes, a hint of determination surfaced.

Chu Jianbai had already died beneath Heavenly Extinction Peak ten thousand years ago, and now, there was only Chu Fengmian, seeking revenge against the seven major sects.

"This body..."

Chu Fengmian's eyes quickly grew solemn as he inspected this body, and a sudden odd sensation from his left hand brought a great joy to his expression.

"This is, Spiritual Power!"

On Chu Fengmian's left hand, there was an inconspicuous green granule.

The Spiritual Power within this green granule was extremely scant, but for Chu Fengmian, this was the first time he had felt Spiritual Power.

The former Chu Jianbai had a body known as the Nine Extremes, devoid of any Spirit Veins, and even the countless Spiritual Medicines sought by his master, the Sword Dao Master, were of no use to Chu Jianbai.

But now, although the Spiritual Power in this body was also extremely scant, for Chu Fengmian, it was already hope.

As long as it wasn't a Nine Extremes body, he was confident that he could transform this body into the most perfect body in the world.

Chu Fengmian sat down cross-legged and slowly began to cultivate the sparse Spiritual Power inside his body.

Gradually, in Chu Fengmian's mind, a golden ancient book appeared, and on the cover of this golden book, five glittering gold characters emerged.

Bone-breaking Rebirth Technique!

The number one cultivation technique in the martial nation ten thousand years ago.

For all martial artists, Spirit Veins are crucial; a person's Spirit Veins represent their talent and their future achievements.

Spirit Veins are determined at birth, like Chu Fengmian, who was a martial artist with only one and a half Spirit Veins. He didn't even have a single Spirit Vein opened in his body, making his cultivation several times, even tens of times slower than that of ordinary martial artists.

Having a single Spirit Vein at birth is enough to cultivate martial arts, but the achievements are limited.

In the Lin household, the true internal disciples had at least three Spirit Veins, and among the elite, several were born with five open Spirit Veins at most. The first person of the Lin household, the young master, naturally had all seven Spirit Veins opened, marking him as the foremost talent of the Lin household in a century and a famous genius in the entire martial nation.

Although Spirit Veins are natural, they are not without other methods to be opened; some heavenly treasures and the assistance of strong individuals can help open Spirit Veins.

And this Bone-breaking Rebirth Technique, acclaimed as the number one technique of the time, was precisely because it had the effect of opening Spirit Veins.

The former Chu Fengmian had also wanted to open his Spirit Veins and had desperately sought the Bone-breaking Rebirth Technique, but even this technique failed to open the Nine Extremes body.

However, this time, the body of Chu Fengmian was not a Nine Extremes body, and even with the blocked Spirit Veins presently, Chu Fengmian was confident he could open them.

"Condense!"

Chu Fengmian sat on the ground, his eyes tightly closed, beginning to cultivate the Bone-breaking Rebirth Technique.

Soon, countless beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down from Chu Fengmian's forehead.

The Bone-breaking Rebirth Technique was far from a perfect cultivation technique and required enduring great pain to cultivate, particularly since this technique first required breaking the Spirit Veins within the body before reconglomerating them.

The pain of breaking Spirit Veins was even more excruciating than breaking bones.

Nevertheless, for Chu Fengmian, this was his first chance to cultivate, and he was too delighted to be in his heart to fear this minor pain. In his past life, he had tried everything yet never had the chance to cultivate, and even if the pain was immense this time, Chu Fengmian would endure it.