In a large grassland, there were two giant mountains.
Thunder sounded in the heavens and lightening stroke the two cultivators on the mountains.
When the ninth strike fell, the aura dissipated.
Heavenly light streamed from above, about to land on the two cultivators.
Just then!
One of the cultivators pulled a sword, using all the might left, throwing it towards the other!
"Li Xihe, we've finally done it-" as the other cultivator was about to speak, he saw the sword hurling it him!
Without obstruction, it directly pierced his abdomen!
"LI XI HE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" the cultivator asked.
"Heaven and earth are rewarding the breakthrough, using it, it's more than enough to stabilise the cultivation. But… what if I use the rewards of two cultivators? Won't I directly advance to the mid stage?"
"XI HE! YOU!!!" The cultivator was enraged, but looking at the sword in his abdomen, and feeling his dantian breaking, he softened his tone and became calm.
"Xihe, why are you doing this? We have been together for so many years. Working together, we could even advance to the Soul Palace stage together, why, why are you doing this? Our culti-"
"Pfft, did you, did you really think we've been in love all these years?
Hahahaha!
Why would I be satisfied with you? HAH!
Mid-grade talent, basic appearance, and you're just a water alchemist, with no great achievements whatsoever.
After so many years of enduring it with you, I can finally kill you!
Hahaha, since you will die, I will tell you one last secret.
The Crimson Fire Sect's True Lord's disciple has taken a liking on me!
A sixth-stage sect, disciple of a sixth-stage cultivator! Hahaha, with backing and talent, my cultivation will soar through the heavens!"
"XIHE! YOU WICKED BITCH!
YOU THINK YOU'LL BE SAFE?"
He shouted to the sky, his words clear, his blood flowing –
"Below the heavens and above the earth, Li Xihe will never find peace! The heavens shall send thunder when you cultivate, the earth shall bestow the karma of ten thousand souls upon you!
I CURE YOU! I CURSE YOU XIHE! YOU WILL NEVER LIVE WELL!
In my next life, I will come for you! I will haunt you for eternity! You will never ascend to the immortal realm!"
The blood flowed abnormally strong, the cultivator's robes already drenched in crimson colours.
Yet when he looked at his lover who betrayed him, there was only a grin on his face.
His eyes dimmed, his final breath loose.
…
Among the seventeen continents, three are extremely close, connected by a huge mountain range, barely counted as separated continents.
Of these, one is occupied by Beasts, Spirit Beasts established clans and controlled the fortune of their territory, Wild Beasts roam the lands ruthlessly, killing without discrimination, a huge sea of chaos all around.
At the edge of the lands, close to the shores, there are countless small territories of human origin, split into Duchies, Kingdoms and Empires…
Tingle Kingdom, Western Border Region, Black Stone County…
A young boy hugged his father, desperately shaking his body, "Father, please, please don't die! Wake up father!"
His eyes were empty, seemingly about to fall off.
With each shake, his energy left his body.
Right when the boy seemed to lose all his strength –
A bright light, silver like the moon in the sky, appeared in the depths of his pupils!
It spread – from a drop, it soon coloured the eyes silver!
"XIHE!" the boy shouted, his voice screeching, deep resentment expressed with no bounds!
But when he looked at the man in front of him, then at his own hands, he suddenly felt something was amiss.
As he was thinking, suddenly, a surge of information into his mind!
Seconds passed as he digested the information.
"I- I've reincarnated… again?!" his eyes were filled with shock.
The first time he reincarnated, he truly reincarnated.
Growing up from a baby to his teen years in a mortal kingdom, he thought he was in the ancient times, preparing to study and enter scholarship.
Right at the age of twelve, his parents took him to the county town, where he met an illusory cultivator!
Testing his roots alongside other young boys and girls, he was tested and found to have formed his roots by 55%, barely reaching the rank of Prosperous, the mid grade!
From then on, he joined the sect, cultivated meticulously, reached Qi Refining, Foundation Building and finally per chance Origin Light. Later he left with his lover and after adventuring for a while, they finally entered an ancient ruin!
He was separated from his lover and found a mysterious moonstone hidden between the crevices of the ruin, along with it, he found three jade slips!
At the end of the ruin, he reunited with his lover and they found Spiritual Core Formation materials, directly forgetting all the other matters, pursuing advancement!
Afterward… he died.
Anger flashed across his eyes, but he suppressed it.
Instead, he looked at the depth of his soul –
A moon stone, shaped like sphere, truly like a moon in the sky, rotated casually.
On the surface of the moon, there were four distinct bite barks, as if it had been held in the mouth of a strange being!
"My first reincarnation was a true reincarnation… this time, it's not a reincarnation but escaping the mystery of the womb, remembering the memories of my last life!
This life, I am called… Xinshe? Just like my past? Is it a coincidence or fate?"
When he looked at the rotating moonstone, he didn't know what to think.
With the moon came three jade slips, which he had imprinted deeply into his memories.
He could recall them right away.
"Three jade slips, all containing ancient inheritances –
True Yin Lunar Immortal Art! Reaching up to the immortal realm, it contains all stages! Unfortunately, it's sealed… because of my past life, I'm able to see up to the fourth stage, but the rest is obscured, as if sealed in my memories.
Supreme Witchcraft Inheritance! Containing the true inheritance of ancient witchcraft! Ranging from curses to Gu insects and even sacrifice rituals! I'm also able to see up to the fourth stage!
Myriad Medicine Creation Art! The path of medicine is one of the most respected arts, and this inheritance spans countless medicines, not discriminating between demonic and righteous arts!"
He looked at the three arts resonating deeply with his origin and felt something weird –
Such inheritance was passed down in a crevice of a ruin, who did it? And what did they intend to do with it?
But looking at the most core witchcraft inheritance, an inheritance that clearly points to a path, he suddenly realised.
Was this inheritance left by the Ancient Witches, intended for the future of cultivators?
He couldn't understand, but knew that some things, even if he wanted to know, he had no right to know.