Future path

A quiet spring rain fell down on the Zhao clan. It was already late at night a slight breeze blowing along where the light rained. Zhao Yan woke up with a mind splitting headache. He was still thinking about the fact that he had successfully reincarnated. "I can't believe that I succeeded."

"Who would've thought that the heavenly bracelet could take me back this far in time.Even I couldn't have guessed that I would be reincarnated this far back in time." Zhao Yan thought as he looked across to see faint light coming from his window from the moon. Zhao Yan quietly gazed, standing by the window, letting the moonlight gently fall on him. The sound of the drizzling rain hitting softly against the window sill filling his ears, he slowly closed his eyes, opening them after a long while. He sighed, "1000 years of experience truly feels like a dream"

But he knew it clearly: This was definitely not a dream.

He slowly started to recall his experience of going back in time. He witnessed his whole life but in a third person perspective. He witnessed the lives of others as well. All along this increased his understanding of time. As he drifted along a mere second felt like years.

He looked at dark moon lit sky thinking about what to do "it seems my companion betrayed me but little did he know about heavenly time bracelet that it had the ability to reincarnate me into my younger self"

Zhao Yan looked at his wrist where the heavenly time bracelet used to be but it was gone but instead there was a black tattoo etched on his wrist. Zhao yan wondered "There are only two explanation about the heavenly time bracelet one either it was destroyed by forcefully bringing into the past and reincarnating me as my younger self or it still exists and has fused with me and is to weak and fragile to appear now as it must have taken damage or needs to recharge after bringing me back in time"

Zhao Yan started contemplating him being betrayal by his comrade over the heavenly time bracelet "I don't blame him" There were no feelings hatred and betrayal Zhao Yan heart as a normal person would've have when betrayed instead it was calm like serine river, he thought " I would've done the same if I were him as well after all trust is only matter which he gets the most benefits from, luckily he did not know about the functions heavenly time bracelet as it was one of the seven heavenly treasures of the world there was little known information about them known to the seven heavenly treasures as they were incredibly rare and it it was incredibly difficult to find them as well. There were only legends and stories about the treasures feats of strength and abilities of the treasures. All that was known about the heavenly time bracelet was that it had the ability to interfere and control time but nobody knew to what scale it could actually control and interfere with time. Even I was surprised at what level it could control and interfere with time, who knew that it could actually be able to reincarnate me as my younger self, so far back in time."

Zhao yan smirked and started imagining their expression on their faces if they knew that they not only did not manage to kill him but they allowed to be reborn into his younger self. but to be fair he did not know about its ability as well after all If Zhao Yan were not cornered into such a state, he would also not use it so hurriedly.

But now, Zhao yan is thoroughly convinced. Because the reality of the truth has been laid before his eyes and there was no denying it. He has really been reborn!

It's just a pity… From the start I had wasted an absurd amount of effort, killing hundreds of thousands of people, making even the heavens furious and inciting people's vengeance, went through suffering and multiple hardships to finally attain and refine the heavenly time bracelet " Zhao Yan thought with a sigh. Even though he had been reborn there was no sign of the heavenly time bracelet, it may have been destroyed or fused with him,

Zhao Yan didn't know all he knew was that there was black tattoo mark in place of the heavenly time bracelet and that he came to logical conclusion that it had fused with him rather than being outright destroyed but it could've have been destroyed as well and the tattoo mark was a side effect of the heavenly time bracelet bringing his conscious back in time.

"But even if it's gone, I can still find and refine another one . I have done it in my previous life, why can't I do it in this life?" After the thoughts of pity were put aside, Zhao Yan burst forth ambitious and determined feelings.

To be able to be reborn, this fact made the loss of the Heavenly time bracelet entirely acceptable.

Not to mention he had something precious with him something equal to the heavenly time bracelet , so it's not like he lost everything.

The precious treasure was his 1000 years worth of memories and experience and combat experience.

In his memories are a multitude of all kinds of treasures and precious items that no one has opened yet in this time that he can find. All the big events and incidents he can easily grasp by the veins of history. There are a countless number of figures: some are predecessors of hidden levels; some are geniuses, some people not even born yet. Also in these 1000 years of life are memories of painstaking cultivation and rich combat experience.

With all these memories and experiences, he had undeniably grasped the overall situation and upcoming opportunities. With good planning and execution, he could empower the situation with great fierceness and elegance. It was not a problem now that he could take a step ahead of others, breaking the higher boundaries! And achieve his goal of immortality!

"So how do I go about this hmmm…" Zhao Yan was incredibly sensible and focused his thoughts and collected himself together and faced the night rain outside the window, pondering. With this thought, things started to feel complicated. After thinking for a moment, his brows wrinkled deeper.

1000 years of time was a rather long period. Not mentioning those long muddled memories that cannot be recalled and memories that he cannot remember with accuracy , even remembering the hidden locations of treasures or special encounters of people was already lot, but the main issue was that the locations were separated among a long distance and had to be accessed or visited at certain periods of time otherwise it wouldn't work.

"The most important thing now is cultivation. There are ways to increase memory capacity, recalling ability and improve cognitive abilities. The Me right now has not even opened my Qi sea and hasn't stepped on the path to be a cultivator yet . I'm just a mortal! I have to hurry and cultivate so that I can catch up to history and seize the opportunities with the best advantage."

Not to forget, many of these hidden locations of treasures were useless without proper foundation. Instead it would just be walking into a dragon's den, looking for death and sometimes there possibilities to experience fate even worse than death."

The problem in front of Zhao yan right now was cultivation.

He had to increase the level of his foundation as fast as possible. If he were slow like his previous life, he would just be too late and never achieve anything

"To cultivate as fast as possible, I would have to borrow the resources from the clan. With the state I am in right now, I have no power or ability to travel back and forth across the dangerous forest that exists around the city . Even an ordinary animal can take my life. If I can reach the cultivation of a spiritual sea stage , I'd have the means to protect myself and leave the forest area"

Through the eyes of a 1000 year old person who has cultivated in the Demonic Way , The misty forest was just way too small, Zhao clan even feels like a cage.

But while the cage restricted freedom, the sturdy bars of the cage also brought about a certain kind of safety.

"Hmm, in this short period of time I'll just stay in this cage and grow as much as possible. As long as I can reach the spirit sea sea stage, I can leave this poor shitty forest . Zhao Yan started to inspect himself "it seems that i was reborn to when I was 15 years old judging by the calendar hanging at corner of the room today today is november 15, luckily the ascension is tomorrow only, and I'll be able to start training as a cultivator soon after."

When he thought about the Ascension Ceremony, old memories that had long been buried away in his heart resurfaced themselves.

"Talent huh…" He sneered, his gaze focused out the window.

At this moment, the door to his room was lightly pushed open and a person walked in.