Rebirth

"It's all starts with his death." A voice echoed through the land full of chaos. A world full of slaughter, blood filled the earth, the sky colored with blood, and the buildings that marked the era of peace and modernity has been turned into rubbles and fallen.

At the center of a fallen city, a man seated at the throne made from a mountain of rubbles. He glanced down below which few people covered with wounds can be seen, their clothes are tattered and they were pitiful.

All of those people wearing all sorts of outfits, some are like so called mages, priests, swordmen from east and west, daoists and so on.

At the throne, a man wearing an eastern robe, he looked like an evil immortal emperor. His pupils are red like a sun bathed with blood, his long hair are black that are synonymous with night sky.

"You all are the last one remaining in this world, tell me how you want to die." the voice sounded again and it was from the man sitting at the throne, he said it indifferently yet it gives cold to those who listen that shivers their soul.

"Shut up, Jian Zhen." A middle age daoist who cannot take it anymore confront Jian Zhen. "It's all because of you that this world has been destroyed!"

"Ohh" Jian Zhen said coldly as he locked his stare to the middle age daoist.

"Kong, the one who is known as the Dao Ancestor. Yet, you reduced to this pitiful state, how ridiculous is it that the well known ancestor of cultivation become like this." Jian Zhen mocked.

"You can kill me but you cannot humiliate me!" Dao Ancestor Kong said. "Since I might as well die from your hands, can you answer a question from me."

"Very well, tell me what it is." Jian Zhen said.

"Star of the abyss, Emperor Zhen. Tell me, why did you destroyed this world? And blocked the path to ascension as well as deacension?" Dao Ancestor Kong asked. His eyes filled with hatred as the memories of the flourishing world suddenly get destroyed by one person.

"Hmm... because I'm bored?" Emperor Zhen wondered for awhile before answering. He said it as if it was nothing and was not worth mentioning.

"You- you- you-!!" Dao Ancestor Kong cannot take it anymore suddenly rushed to Emperor Zhen. He circulated his spiritual energy and gathered the power of heavens and earth to his essence soul, he wants to take Emperor Zhen with him.

Emperor Zhen about to raise his hand when he felt something restricting him, he look at a person below that are responsible from this.

"Great Sage Ming, how did you get this power? You are not even as powerful as this when you're at your peak." Emperor Zhen said. And he suddenly saw something. "Ohh, you are ruthless aren't you. Sacrificing even your comrades for the sake of restraining me for a few seconds."

"But it was useless!" With a thought, the restrictions was destroyed. Great Sage Ming who was using his staff to hold Emperor Ming suddenly turned ghastly pale, he bleed from his seven orifices.

Ignoring Great Sage Ming, Emperor Zhen raised his hands and shadows of swords suddenly appeared beside him, locking to the targets below.

Suddenly, the sword dissipates. Emperor Zhen was not surprised by this but he stared at the person below. A young looking man wearing a white robe, contrary to Emperor Zhen, this young man looked like the heavenly emperor of the nine heavens.

"Incarnation of heavenly dao, Nie Jie. You are ruthless as well, not to others but to yourself. Sacrificing your incarnation to use all power of the heavenly dao, but do you think that was enough?" Emperor Zhen said, he flicked his fingers and Nie Jie suddenly spat a mouthfull of blood, his face turned ghastly pale.

Suddenly, Dao Ancestor Kong who are gathering the power of heaven and earth suddenly fastened his pace and dashed along with his speed, myriad of all kinds of swords appeared, each was equally enchanted.

"Ohh, the ants of divine palace and sword god pavilion joined forces. But do you really think this can affect me?" Emperor Zhen said.

"What if I join in too?" A voice suddenly appeared. The sky has been opened, revealing a multi-colored light, a figure appeared at the sky, reminiscing a god descending from the heavens.

Emperor Zhen was slightly shocked, he immediately calmed down. "How did you descended?"

"Ask that question when you meet death!" The figure said, as he waved his hand, series of golden light appeared forming a chain, and suddenly rushed to Emperor Zhen, tying him down.

"I didn't expect that even the Son Of God, Ye Shua joined in. Hahahaha…." Emperor Zhen said, he grinned and laughed.

Soon, the swords that are in the sky stabbed the body of Emperor Zhen. Divine blood spurted out from his wounds, his body are covered wound and swords.

Trembling, Emperor Zhen raised his hands and pointed at Dao Ancestor Kong.

"Oh you can still move at that condition." Ye Shua was stunned. "As expected of the star of the abyss."

Emperor Zhen clenched his hand a little and suddenly the space around Dao Ancestor Kong froze. The essence soul that are about to explode are also suddenly froze.

"W-what…..d-did..you..do?" Dao Ancestor Kong asked.

Instead of answering, Emperor Zhen pulls Dao Ancestor Kong. He hold Dao Ancestor Kong by the neck.

"Y-you... what are you doing?" Dao Ancestor Kong who cannot move, asked again.

Just like before, Emperor Zhen didn't answer.

Holding the Dao Ancestor, Emperor Zhen begun absorbing the power that the Dao Ancestor absorbed from the heaven and earth turning it into his own energy.

Sensing that something was wrong, Ye Shua finally acted.

"Something was wrong. Nie Jie! Use the power of heavenly dao and summon the heavenly thunder!" Ye Shua said to Nie Jie.

"Yes!"

"Don't worry, I will augmented your power with the God's energy." Ye Shua said as he give Nie Jie his energy.

Soon, gray clouds covered the sky, ominous aura gathered. Rumbling of lightning and thunder echoed across the skies.

Sword made of lightning appeared from the sky, along with the nine heavenly thunder dragons.

"Fall!" Nie Jie Shouted. With the wave of his hand all sorts of lightning immediately descended from the sky, wherever the lightning passes the space distorts. Aura of destruction and death followed the lightning.

When the lightning about to hit Emperor Zhen, instead of dodging or defending he only smiled and directly faced the lightning.

The lightning struck Emperor Zhen, because of the light cause by the lightning, one cannot see what's happening to him, even if using divine sense, one cannot still see it.

Suddenly, the lightning which should can kill and destroy anything suddenly surge crazily like a vortex that absorbs everything.

The source of this so called vortex are of course….. Emperor Zhen, his blood red eyes crazily absorbs the Heavenly Thunder.

Finally after awhile, Emperor Zhen are done absorbing the heavenly thunder, his aura rose to the peak even achieving a new level. His body are recovering at a high speed, his body soon returned to his peak.

"T-this…. How could this be?" Nie Jie was stunned and can't believe of what he just saw. Heavenly thunder are also known as heaven's' punishment yet this so called heaven's' punishment was absorbed by someone who should be killed. Fear and despair slowly engulfed his hearts, slowly breaking his mind.

"Gulp, thank you for the energy." Emperor Zhen said, with the flicked of his fingers his clothes also recovered.

"Let's end this." After saying it, he raised his hands to the sky, all sorts of energy suddenly surged forth to the sky forming a vortex. Few moments later, the torrent of energy transformed into a huge sword, the heavenly thunder which appeared earlier looked like a dust compared to this sword.

"Sigh, so the world will indeed still be destroyed." Ye Shua who saw all of this, sighed bitterly.

"Your highness, please escape and return to nine heavens!" Dao Ancestor Kong who was 'tossed' by Emperor Zhen earlier said with a pale face.

"Forget it, it's too late." Ye Shua said.

The sword which can destroy a whole world suddenly vanished without a trace, the sky which covered with ominous clouds disappeared, suddenly like a morning sun a golden light appeared from the east, wherever it passed a hint of life can be sense, and the land which carries the aura of death are slowly recovering its life.

Heaven and Earth shook, auspicious clouds gathered, the sky has opened, multicolored light descended. A mighty figure has come.

"Unfilial son, Ye Shua, greets heavenly father." Ye Shua bowed respectfully towards the figure.

The figure nodded slightly before turning his attention towards Emperor Zhen. "Let's stop here."

"Huh? Why- wait it's-" before Emperor Zhen could finished speaking, an invisible energy shut his mouth.

The figure raises his hand slightly, pointing his hand towards Emperor Zhen who was still being restrained he clenched his fist.

Emperor Zhen's body suddenly shattered like a glass into thousand pieces, he disappeared without a trace, not even his energy can be detected.

"This is... it's over just like that?" Dao Ancestor Kong who was almost been killed was shocked to the point he cannot even speak clearly.

The figure wave his hands and a golden light descended, enveloping each of them, with the help of the golden light their injuries are slowly recovering.

"Let's leave" the figure said to Ye Shua.

After he said it, they disappeared from their spot. The auspicious clouds retreated, skies are closed, but the aura of life did not dissipate instead its slowly increasing.

…..

In a white space, Emperor Zhen slowly opened his eyes.

"I'm still alive." Emperor Zhen was full of disbelief.

"No, you are dead, you only left with your soul." A voice sounded from the side. A figure slowly emerge.

Emperor Zhen widen his eyes in shocked. "It's you!" His eyes turned sharp almost immediately.

"No need to be on guard, with your current condition you cannot do anything." The figure said.

"Ye, where am I? And why are you here?" Emperor Zhen said to the figure which he called as Ye.

"You are in a space that are existed between two dimensions, life and death, a place where a dead person appear after death." 'Ye' said. Without waiting for Emperor Zhen to respond, 'Ye' continued. "I thanked you for relaying my judgment to the world, as a reward I will give you chance to be reincarnated to ten thousand years to the future. Don't worry, this time you will be free, unrestricted from a burden."

"Tell me how you want to be reincarnated, possess a newborn baby and live a new life or in a body I will create for you and live a new life. Both are the same but the former has an identity while the latter hasn't."

"The latter, I'll pick the latter." Emperor Zhen who's finally catched up responded.

"Good! Now go to sleep and wake up ten thousand years to the future." Ye placed his hand to Emperor Zhen eyes and closed it.

Emperor Zhen had not reacted on time and lost his consciousness.

….

Ten thousand years later. In a bamboo forest, there's a small house.

"Little Bao where are you, come let's go to the city."

A cat dashed to the figure who called her.

"It's been 10 years since my rebirth." The figure said as he stared at the sky.

"Let's go!"