Chapter 1: Return of the Great
Above the highest clouds, thousand rays of light suddenly flashed, flames surged like billows, hurricanes and tornadoes howled, lightning and thunder cracked like a tempest, and thousands of sword strikes crisscrossed left and right. It was like the wrathful riptide of a savage beast.
The combined strength of these attacks all contained the power of destruction. The sky trembled as if the heavens were about to be ripped apart.
All of these attacks shot like a bullet towards the center where a god-like man was standing upright.
The man had an imposing stature, he had a cold face where a hint of a cold sneer was hanging on his lips. His long black hair danced with the wind. He was wearing a dark colored armor in which a black cape gracefully flowed.
“Hahahaha. Good, very good.” His voice rolled like waves that rang out through the sky.
“Aurora Celestial Emperor, Je Yehao!”
“Raging Flame Celestial Emperor, Wan Guqiu!”
“Wind Celestial Emperor, Ming Yangtian!”
“Thunder God Celestial Emperor, Ao Laixing!”
“Sword Emperor, Yue Xiao!”
“Water Flower Celestial Emperor, Gu Feiyue!”
Each name was spat forth from the man’s mouth. Anyone would be greatly shocked hearing these names. These names belonged to the absolute peak masters of the Tianheng Continent. They possessed the power to control the life and death of hundreds of millions of people.
“You all perfectly executed your devilish schemes, your plans were well calculated!” The man continued to sneer, then his face became very cold, “If I do not die today, then I will crush you into my Netherworld Hell where you will all be bitten in torment by devils and demons forever.”
The blast of thunder reverberated through the eerie atmosphere and resounded through the skies.
“Shut up, enough nonsense. Hand me the Source of Everything and I will leave your corpse intact!” A voice shouted which suddenly shrouded the heaven and earth in darkness.
The Source of Everything – legend says it possessed the secret of becoming a god. All of a sudden, it appeared at the Ancient Wasteland three months ago. Then a rumor plunged the world into shock and chaos. It was said that this object had fallen to the hands of the Ninth Netherworld Celestial Emperor.
The Ninth Netherworld Celestial Emperor looked up and saw a huge mountain appear in the sky above his head that crushingly fell down towards him, “Mountain Celestial Emperor, Duan Xingyu!”
“Die!
“Die!”
“Die!”
The hands of death came from all directions. The combined attacks of the emperors which possessed the power to reform the earth violently landed at the Ninth Netherworld Celestial Emperor. The sky shattered, the earth rumbled, and even space itself was distorted.
“Booooooom!!!”
Blue Moon City, the sun was shining high amidst the loud rattling of a carriage that drove rapidly through the street. The ground quaked and pedestrians hurriedly retreated and jumped backwards while cursing aloud. But when they noticed the patterned carvings engraved on the carriage, their faces immediately changed at once and they became solemn.
“Fuck off, if you don’t move I’ll ram you into paste!” The driver in front of the carriage waved a whip while yelling at everyone in a violent temper. In his arrogant eyes, the lives of the civilians in front of him were totally worthless.
Compared to the honorable lord inside the carriage, what is their life worth? If the lord was delayed and his important plans were canceled, then even ten heads of these untouchables could not make up for his losses.
“Get the fuck out of here!”
The carriage sped along without slowing, and a wave of pedestrians fled in panic.
However, a pair of young siblings dressed in poor rough clothing were also in the middle of the crowd.
“Brother, what’s the matter with you. The carriage is coming aah, we need to run aah!” A cute little girl around six or seven years old was full of panic and anxiety. Tears were dripping from her tender face as she constantly shook the youth’s arm.
But the youth was like a demon. He was just standing still, and his face was without any movement.
The crowded street was now wide open as the pedestrians scrambled towards the sidewalk. Only the siblings were left alone right in the middle of the road.
“Fuck off you two little retards. Get the fuck out of the way!” The driver shouted. As the dashing carriage neared the brother and sister, it didn’t stop nor slow down. Instead, the driver cracked his whip like lightning and urged the horse to push forward.
A lot of people were frightened. Most do not want to see a gruesome bloody scene happen, and they instinctively covered their eyes with both hands.
“Brother! Brother! Brother……..no!” The little girl was so frightened that she turned pale. Her heart stopped. She subconsciously hugged the youth and buried her face tightly into his chest.
As the black horse and siblings were about to collide, the driver smiled devilishly.
“Hou!!!”
Just then, the blanked out youth awoke from his stupor and suddenly shouted loudly.
“Neigh!!!”
The incoming horse reigned backwards in fright and suddenly slammed its hooves in the ground which rattled the carriage up and down the hard ground.
People on both sides of the street were so terrified that their voices were stuck in their throats.
“What is this? I…..am reborn???” The blank expression of the youth was gone and replaced with joy and excitement.
The youth laughed in his heart, “Hahahaha, I, the Ninth Netherworld Celestial Emperor! I am back!”
“Those fucking emperors scum, scheming for the Source of Everything I obtained from the Ancient Wasteland. After they joined forces to kill me, my soul should have flown away and vanished. I didn’t expect to be reborn.” A section of his past memories flooded into the mind of the youth which coalesced with his present memories. In this world his name was Shi Feng, 15 years old.
She Feng reached out his hands and gently stroke the girl’s back. The girl was clutching his body like a frightened deer, holding him so tightly while burying her terrified face into his bosom. Apparently, her small delicate body was shivering, still in shock.
The girl was his one and only sister, Shi Ling, 7 years old.
“Don’t worry Ling’er with me here, no one will bully you again.”
Shi Feng said softly in Shi Ling’s ear. Suddenly his face turned cold, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes as he raised his head.
“You son of a bitch, die for me!” Sitting above the horse, the driver waved his long whip as he fiercely swung it towards Shi Feng and Shi Ling.
The long whip arrived in the blink of an eye amidst the loud crackling of the air which startled everyone. If it landed on flesh, a huge bloody gash would undoubtedly open.
“Looking for death!” Shi Feng quickly hugged Shi Ling as his right foot kick off the ground. The two jumped backwards managing to barely escape the blow. Immediately after landing, Shi Feng jumped a few more meters before stopping.
After a quick, careful observation of his present body, Shi Feng’s heart burst in helplessness, “This body is too weak.”
Thinking of his past life as the Ninth Netherworld Celestial Emperor, he possessed the Ninth Netherworld Body. Just a single stomp of his feet would cause immense earthquakes and the collapse of mountains. Yet this cockroach of a body haven’t even step a single foot in the world of martial cultivation.
“You fucking two spawns of a whore dare to run away?!!!” The driver was utterly furious when he saw his whip was not able to draw blood.
“Hush!”
A cold, angry voice came from the carriage and the curtain was raised upwards. A young man wearing a white robe appeared.
There was an uproar on both sides of the street.
“Look, look, that robe and the medal of the right shoulder. He is … .a Refiner. A Second Order Refiner!”
“Really….. a Refiner!”
“The Hai Family actually invited a Second Order Refiner!”
“Heavens, really!”
A Refiner, whether an Alchemy Refiner or Equipment Refiner, both were a transcendental existence on the Tianheng Continent.
Tianheng Continent, this was a land that advocated the use of strength and power. The strong are respected and martial warriors were countless. But the mysterious equipments used by the warriors, as well as the different kinds of pills they used were all produced by a refiner. Thus, it was conceivable that the identity of a refiner was noble and even transcendent.
For one to become a refiner, one must need to research and study the Path of Refining. Not only an excellent talent and comprehension are a must, one must also posses a soul power and sensitivity that should transcend the limits of ordinary mortals. This was a very high threshold and ordinary people cannot enter this field at all.
There were very few refiners in Blue Moon City where Shi Feng was located, and the highest rank was only a First Order Refiner. Yet they were already treated like an ancestor by major forces.
Today, the Hai Family, one of the four major forces in Blue Moon City even invited a Second Order Refiner to come over, causing a ruckus in the city.
“Ah!” The raging driver suddenly felt coldness behind him. He instantly trembled in fright. He quickly dismounted and bowed his head respectfully, “Lord Ming An.”
The refiner, lord Ming An, looked gloomy. His eyes both emit killing intent and coldness.”What’s the matter with you dog? Can’t you even drive a carriage, keep your dog eyes wide open! "
Ming An stretched out his slender woman-like Jade hand towards the bowing man. The driver’s pupil suddenly contracted, as he repeatedly slammed his forehead to the ground in fright,”Forgive me, forgive me. I have sinned greatly, forgive me, my lord!”
“Just you wait till we reach the Hai Family, I will ask the Hai Family Master to peel your skin off.” Ming An sneered
“Ah, merciful lord, please don’t! Please forgive me, forgive me.” The driver pleaded, continually slamming the ground with his head. A huge wound appeared in his forehead as blood drip to the ground. Suddenly remembering something, he raised his head and pointed to the front of the carriage: “My lord, those two spawns of the devil don’t have eyes. They did not give you face at all. They’re the cause why the carriage stopped!”
“Little brother, run as fast as you can, else you would lose your life. These are not the people you provoke.” A middle-aged man on the street hurriedly reminded Shi Feng.
As soon as he had spoken, he was jerked by his companions, whispering, “Hey, why are you meddling in his matters? Don’t you want to live anymore? Be careful, or else blood will cover your house.”
The man would like to say something else, but thinking of his parents, wife and children, he heaved a sigh of helplessness.
As people began to whisper, as people began to fiddle in nervousness, Shi Feng was able to hear and sense their criticisms and sighs. He gently loosened Shi Ling’s grasp on his bossom while a sneer surfaced on the corner of his mouth, “Second Order Refiner? What kind of fucking shit is that?"
“Hiss!!!!!”
A sharp wind screeched through the hearts of the crowd. People stared with their eyes wide open. Those words……that sentence, they don’t want to believe it. Some even thought that they were dreaming.
When Shi Feng finished speaking, he slowly walked forwards. However, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a pair of little hands. “Brother, let’s go home. I’m afraid.”
Looking at her sister’s soft, pitiful little face and her cute, big watery eyes, Shi Feng gently reached out towards her hand and lovingly said, “Ling’er, brother will take you home in a moment.”
Then, he gently withdrew his hand out of the small hands of Shi Ling.