Chapter 1

Night.

Qingcheng.

The bright moon hung high, with countless stars twinkling.

"Roar!"

A roar echoed in the suburbs, like the anger of a wild beast.

"What are you running for? You can't outrun me anyway."

In the forest, Zhou Xu stood on a dog as big as a bull and spoke.

The dog had three heads, all trampled under his feet.

Zhou Xu, twenty-two years old, had just graduated from university not long ago.

During his junior high school years, he always felt that some strange animals were wandering around at night.

Occasionally, they would even hurt people.

Perhaps because he had read too many novels and anime, he thought it was better to maintain the city's peace.

A typical middle school syndrome.

It continued all the way through his university graduation.

That's why he was here tonight, but this three-headed dog was something he had never seen before.

Strange and bizarre.

Without much thought, he decided to kill it first.

"Lalala, your phone is ringing again."

It was the ringtone.

He took out his phone and saw it was from his father.

"Hello, Dad?"

"My son, now that you have grown up, there are some things your father should tell you."

Zhou Ran's voice came through, but Zhou Xu felt something was off.

"Dad, why are you speaking so formally? Half in white, half in black, did you watch some TV drama?"

"Cough, cough, son, your father is not joking, listen to what I have to say."

"Okay, go ahead." Zhou Xu pressed down on the three-headed dog with his foot to prevent it from barking.

He wasn't sure if the other two heads were just for decoration.

"Your father has something to confess, I am a great master in the cultivation world," Zhou Ran said.

Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Dad, what is the cultivation world?"

Like in novels?

"It's about cultivating immortality," Zhou Ran replied.

Zhou Xu was both shocked and delighted:

"So, I am the descendant of a immortal sect?"

As he spoke, he clenched his fists, so the unusual strength in his body wasn't a coincidence but a necessity?

The reason he could defeat the three-headed dog so easily was naturally special.

It started around second grade, when his math scores were usually above ninety.

But once, he performed poorly and scored in the seventies.

Afraid to tell the truth, he lied and said he scored in the eighties.

His mother was kind and didn't blame him, encouraging him to keep trying.

But perhaps because it was the first time he lied so big, somehow it was exposed.

Then he was beaten severely.

He regretted not studying hard and decided to focus on his studies.

From then on, reading felt different; it was as if his body gained something new when he read.

It felt like he was sick.

He was scared, but thinking of his mother's beating, he didn't want to tell them about it.

He wanted to wait until he was sick to make them regret beating him.

Such a childish thought.

Unfortunately, from that day on, he never got sick again.

By junior high school, he realized his body was filled with a kind of power, and he could even use it.

With full force, he could shatter mountains and break rivers.

Once the power was used up, it could be replenished by studying.

Knowledge is power.

However, there was a limit; once his body was full of that power, it couldn't increase any further.

He called this "thousand-year power."

A hundred years wasn't enough for him.

Only a thousand years matched.

But after hearing his father, he thought it might be immortal power.

"Cough, cough, cough." This time, Zhou Ran coughed hard and then said heavily:

"Son, your father is revealing the truth, I am a great master of the demonic path."

Zhou Xu was silent for a moment:

"Dad, I'm busy, I'll hang up."

He hung up the phone.

"The cultivation world... it sounds so serious." Shaking his head, Zhou Xu put away his phone, regretting that he had believed it.

"What if it's true?" One of the dog's heads suddenly spoke.

"It can talk?" Zhou Xu squatted down to look at the dog's head, quite surprised.

Of course, he didn't plan to chat with it, just moved his hand slightly:

"I suggest you don't talk. It's the first time I've encountered a talking beast, and it's a psychological burden for me.

Let me bury you quietly."

"Human, don't bully me too much..."

Bang!

The dog's head was still speaking angrily when it was punched.

The punch shattered the dog's head, and it fell to the ground.

"Awooo!"

The remaining two heads screamed on the ground.

That punch scared the three-headed dog, and the other head immediately said:

"Sir, I was just passing by, I had no intention of hurting anyone."

Bang!

He stood up and kicked the speaking head.

The head was kicked to pieces.

He had been dealing with animals in the city for years, whether they could talk or not made little difference.

After finishing, he went back to sleep, and he still needed to find a job in the next few days.

Another head was shattered, and the three-headed dog trembled all over:

"Sir, I didn't know this was your training ground, I was just looking for someone.

I had no intention of causing trouble."

Zhou Xu didn't listen, clenched his fist, and swung it.

"Take a deep breath, it might be a bit uncomfortable, but it will be over soon. I have a lot of experience."

The punch landed.

The speed was so fast that the three-headed dog trembled in fear.

"Lalala, your phone is ringing again."

The ringtone sounded from his pocket again.

Zhou Xu stopped his action.

At that moment, his fist was right in front of the three-headed dog, and it might have stayed there forever.

Zhou Xu took out his phone.

It was his father again.

"Dad, I'm really busy." This time, he pressed down harder with his foot, as the dog could talk, it might cause misunderstandings.

"Son, don't hang up, what your father said is true, listen to me explain." Zhou Ran was worried his son thought he was senile.

Then he explained a lot. They were super-strong cultivators, but because their son had no cultivation talent, they had to enter the mortal world to give him a good life.

In the end, Zhou Xu reluctantly believed it:

"Since I have no cultivation talent, why tell me all this?"

It made him think his body's special power was immortal power, but it might be demonic power.

"That's because I and your mother forgot something. You were born in a demonic sect, so you are actually the holy son of the demonic path," Zhou Ran said.

He became the antagonist directly.

Zhou Xu was silent for a moment and said:

"Hang up, Dad, I'm busy."

"..." Zhou Ran immediately said: "Wait, there's one more thing."

"What is it?" Zhou Xu looked down at the three-headed dog, wondering where it came from.

"Aren't you getting a bit old? Your mother has arranged a match for you, go and meet her," Zhou Ran said.

"Who is she?" Zhou Xu was a bit surprised.

Zhou Ran said: "Someone like you."

Zhou Xu sighed in relief, thinking it was a normal person.

The demonic path didn't feel safe, and he wasn't a bad person, so it wasn't suitable.

But just as he relaxed, his father said:

"You are the holy son of the demonic path, and she is the divine daughter of the opposing side, a perfect match."

Zhou Xu: "..."

In the end, he hung up the phone.

Silent for a moment, he put away his phone and looked down at the three-headed dog:

"Do you know the cultivation world?"

"Sir, what do you want to know? I know a bit about the cultivation world, big or small matters," the three-headed dog immediately replied.

"Are you from the demonic path or the righteous path?" Zhou Xu asked.

"Righteous, righteous path," the three-headed dog stammered.

"A righteous path lackey." Zhou Xu clenched his fist:

"Looks like we're enemies."

As he spoke, he swung his fist again.

"Sir!" The three-headed dog immediately shouted:

"Sir, I am a demonic path lackey, I am really a demonic path lackey.

I saw you as a righteous light, fighting demons, but I didn't expect you to be a demonic beacon."

"Have you ever eaten a normal person?" Zhou Xu asked again.

Faced with this question, the three-headed dog hesitated.

Finally, it lowered its head:

"I'm ashamed, sir. I was not allowed to harm normal people as I grew up."

"You can go." Zhou Xu released his foot and continued:

"Don't come to this city unless necessary."

The three-headed dog was grateful and disappeared into the darkness.