Rebirth

Qing Mao Mountain was shrouded in the quiet embrace of spring rain as night fell. A gentle breeze accompanied the light shower, but it failed to cast darkness over the mountain. Dozens of tiny lights dotted the side of the mountain down to its foot, forming a bright band that emanated from the tall buildings. Though the number of lights did not reach ten thousand, it still amounted to a few thousand, imparting a sense of human civilization to the vast, lonely mountain.

A young man stood by the window, feeling the cold wind that blew in with the spring rain. He looked lost as he wondered where he was, having just finished rereading his favorite manhua for the hundredth time. The manhua, "Reverend Insanity" or "Daoist Gu," was banned in a particular country due to its conflicting portrayal of human nature. The story was so perfect that the man had always marveled at how the author had come up with such a tale. He couldn't find any flaws in the story, no matter how many times he read it.

Suddenly, he realized where he was and looked at himself in the mirror. He had the appearance of a horse-faced boy and was tall and dressed in linen robes. He was in the world of "Reverend Insanity," and he had somehow transmigrated there from Earth.

The young man was feeling lost and overwhelmed by complicated emotions that he couldn't put into words. It was like a dream coming true.

He was snapped out of his reverie by the voice of Gu Yue Mo Chen, a Rank 3 Gu Master of the Gu Yue Clan. Mo Bei, the young man, was his grandson, and tomorrow was his aperture awakening ceremony, the most important ceremony of his life.

Despite being tired, Mo Bei was filled with horror at the thought of having become an Otherworldly Demon from an ordinary person on Earth. He knew he was in a perilous situation, but he was too exhausted to think about the future or comprehend his situation further.