Chapter 1

"Little Tyrant, wake up, it’s already noon!"

While Zhou Tong was still half-asleep, he suddenly heard a voice and felt a large hand push his shoulder.

"Who is it!" Zhou Tong opened his eyes irritably.

In a daze, a stranger appeared before him.

"You are..."

Just as Zhou Tong was about to ask, "Who are you?" countless memories flooded his mind, and the stranger before him turned into someone familiar.

"Uh, Zhou Yi! What’s wrong?" Zhou Tong asked, still confused.

"What’s wrong? You’ve been sleeping from ten last night until now, twelve o’clock!!" Zhou Yi said helplessly, "Did you forget about the graduation party last night? If you can’t handle your alcohol, don’t challenge three people at once, especially not someone like Pang Bo! And you didn’t even consider your build. Do you know how hard it was for us to carry you back last night?"

As Zhou Yi spoke, he rubbed his forehead, looking troubled.

Zhou Tong was the main power forward of the school basketball team, standing at 1.95 meters tall and weighing 190 pounds, tall and muscular. It took three roommates to carry him back.

Because of his build and the fact that his name, Zhou Tong, was the same as the Lesser Tyrant Zhou Tong from the 108 heroes of Water Margin, he had been nicknamed "Little Tyrant" throughout his four years of college.

"I didn’t lose!" Instinctively, Zhou Tong blurted out.

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes and said, "I know, Pang Bo, Ye Fan, and Li Changqing were also carried back by their roommates!"

"Hmm, Pang Bo, Ye Fan, Li Changqing..."

At the mention of these names, Zhou Tong’s mind momentarily froze, and then a series of memories flooded his mind. Almost reflexively, he blurted out, "Damn."

He sat up abruptly, the dazed expression on his face instantly replaced by one of shock.

"Did you drink yourself stupid?" Zhou Yi, seeing Zhou Tong’s sudden reaction, became increasingly speechless.

"Don’t forget, today is the day we leave school. I remember you have a train at three in the afternoon, don’t miss it!" Zhou Yi reminded him kindly before leaving the dormitory with his backpack.

As Zhou Yi left, the dormitory became eerily empty.

Only then did Zhou Tong have the presence of mind to sort out his current situation.

"It seems I’ve been transported, and to the world of Zhetian?" Zhou Tong got up, a strange look on his face. "I’ve become Ye Fan’s college classmate, and a minor character who doesn’t even have a name in the original story?"

"Did I possess Ye Fan’s classmate? Hmm..."

At that moment, Zhou Tong suddenly noticed something, or rather, something inside him.

It was a very peculiar round mirror, double-sided, thick, and looked like it was made of metal or rock, but definitely not glass.

The moment Zhou Tong touched the mirror, a strange sensation washed over him, as if a mysterious force began to slowly flow into his body.

As this force entered his body, Zhou Tong’s complexion instantly turned rosy, and his limbs were filled with a power he had never felt before.

At the same time, a stream of information entered his consciousness.

This mirror was called the "Reincarnation Mirror," which could reveal the past lives, past past lives, and even further past lives of all living beings.

"So... this warm current is my past life!" After thoroughly understanding the information from the Reincarnation Mirror, Zhou Tong gradually grasped many things.

His transportation was not a possession but a direct reincarnation of his true soul into the world of Zhetian.

What he had previously thought of as "transportation" or "possession" was merely the awakening of his true soul.

"It turns out there was no possession. Zhou Tong’s body is my body; I just missed a few years in the womb... Now that my true soul has awakened, I am me! No wonder this body looks almost the same as my past life!" Zhou Tong took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

His past physical body had been absorbed by the Reincarnation Mirror, transformed into the purest essence of spirit. The warm current now flowing into his body was his past essence of spirit.

Of course, after being processed by the Reincarnation Mirror, his past essence of spirit could not be fully transferred to his body, and there was inevitably some loss.

Whether this loss was a "commission" charged by the Reincarnation Mirror was unknown.

After a long while, the essence of spirit from the Reincarnation Mirror finally dissipated completely.

Zhou Tong felt invigorated, his mind clear and bright.

He knew this was the healthiest state of his body, a state he had achieved for a period in his past life. It was a feeling formed by a balance of work and rest, combined with adequate and deep sleep and nutrition.

"My past essence of spirit has been integrated into this body... which means I now have the strength of two lives!" Zhou Tong clenched his fist, feeling an unprecedented surge of power.

He looked at his bed and had a sudden thought.

He grabbed the iron railing of the bed. This was a common type of railing in dormitory beds, designed to prevent students from rolling off during the night.

Zhou Tong casually twisted it, and the iron railing immediately showed a slight deformation.

"Even with one hand, I can slightly deform this thing. If I use both hands, this railing won’t stop me!" Zhou Tong thought to himself, feeling excited. "With this strength, if I were to do a bench press test, I could lift at least 250 kilograms!"

Zhou Tong was a member of the school basketball team and was very familiar with his original strength. After a rough estimate, he knew his current bench press capability was definitely over 250 kilograms.

The combined strength of two lives was indeed formidable, far more than a simple 1+1.

A 250-kilogram bench press would already break the NBA record; for someone of his height and weight to have such strength was simply incredible.

"But... what use is this strength?" Zhou Tong sighed.

A 250-kilogram bench press might be invincible on Earth, but what about later?

What about when he encounters cultivators? Even a simple Wheel Sea Realm cultivator could easily overpower him with one hand!

"Cultivation, I must cultivate!"

Zhou Tong sighed again and looked at the Reincarnation Mirror, muttering, "Reincarnation Mirror, Reincarnation Mirror, you brought me here, so you must give me some means to protect myself, right?"

The divine artifact had a spirit, and soon a stream of information entered Zhou Tong’s mind.

Zhou Tong was instantly overjoyed.