Chapter 1

In the year 2216 of the Wu Shen Calendar.

In the highest place of the Tianwu Continent — the Wu Domain.

Black gales howled wildly, tearing the sky into massive wounds, grotesque and terrifying. The black void rifts, which spat and flickered, resembled an ancient, tireless beast, devouring everything in their path.

This was one of the seven forbidden places on the Tianwu Continent, the Death Canyon in the Wu Domain.

In the Death Canyon, the terrifying void storms raged year-round, never ceasing. Over tens of thousands of years, they had devoured the lives of countless powerful figures. It was like a meat grinder, crushing all life that entered.

Few ventured here, even the most confident of the powerful would not dare to come. The vast void storms were enough to tear a Ninth Heaven Wu Emperor into pieces with ease.

"Why? Shangguan Xier, Feng Shaoyu, why did you betray me?"

Qin Chen, covered in blood, stood on the cliff face before the Death Canyon, his face filled with anger as he looked at the man and woman before him. His eyes were filled with endless resentment and fury, his heart aching as if being sliced by a knife.

Qin Chen.

A legend of the Tianwu Continent, a Ninth Rank Emperor-level Alchemist, an Eighth Rank Royal-level Bloodline Master, and an Eighth Rank Wu Emperor.

He was an orphan from a young age, with a broken meridian, unable to cultivate.

Yet, he broke through this constraint, starting as a Bloodline Master, defying the heavens and changing his fate. With his broken bloodline, he ascended to the peak, blazing a path never before taken, becoming the first in history.

At the age of twenty-six, Qin Chen ventured alone into the Heavenly Array Mountain, passing through eighty-one Ninth Rank Great Arrays in forty-nine days, becoming the only Array Master in a thousand years to pass the Heavenly Array Mountain.

At twenty-eight, he broke through to the Ninth Rank Alchemy Emperor, serving as the Honorary Elder of the Continent's Alchemist Hall.

At thirty, with the accomplishments of an Eighth Rank Bloodline Royal Master, he challenged the ten top Bloodline Royal Masters of the Bloodline Tower, emerging victorious in every battle, his name resounding across the continent.

He became the highest legend of the continent!

He had a beloved, named Shangguan Xier, known as the beauty of the continent.

For ten years, they shared life and death. Qin Chen devoted everything to Shangguan Xier, making her cultivation soar, achieving the rank of Ninth Heaven Wu Emperor, a tale of beauty and strength on the continent.

He had a brother, named Feng Shaoyu.

For ten years, they were inseparable, and Qin Chen devoted everything to help him build a vast empire, establishing the renowned Xuan Yuan Empire.

But just as he helped his beloved and brother reach the peak of the continent, the two betrayed him.

That day.

In his sleep, Shangguan Xier suddenly attacked, using the imperial weapon he had personally refined to stab into Qin Chen's body.

At the same time, Feng Shaoyu, who had been lying in wait, burst into his palace, launching a powerful attack.

The two Ninth Heaven Wu Emperors ruthlessly attacked the Eighth Rank Wu Emperor Qin Chen, who was caught off guard, suffering severe injuries. He fought his way out of the palace and fled for three days and nights.

But in the end, he was still chased to the Death Canyon by the two.

At this moment.

Qin Chen was already exhausted, his meridians shattered, barely alive, and no longer capable of fighting.

But he couldn't understand why these two people he considered closest to him would betray him.

"Why?"

Shangguan Xier, with her exquisite beauty like a celestial maiden, laughed coyly and leaned into Feng Shaoyu's embrace, while Feng Shaoyu's large hand directly caressed her waist.

Qin Chen's eyes widened in disbelief, his heart shaking violently as he spat out a mouthful of blood, his voice hoarse: "You two actually..."

Shangguan Xier sneered, looking at Qin Chen with disdain, mocking him: "Before I met you, I and Shaoyu were already in love. I was with you only to use you."

"Do you think I truly loved you? Ha ha ha, you're wrong..." Shangguan Xier looked at Qin Chen with venom: "Every time I was with you, I felt disgusted. If it weren't for the benefits you could bring to me and Shaoyu, I wouldn't bother to pretend."

"For the past ten years, every move you made was part of our plan with Shaoyu."

"Your obsession with cultivation and alchemy, and your frequent seclusion, gave us many opportunities to be together."

"We had already agreed that the day we became Ninth Heaven Wu Emperors would be the day you met your end."

"Finally, with your help, I became a Ninth Heaven Wu Emperor, and Shaoyu established the Xuan Yuan Empire."

"We can finally be together openly."

"That's why!"

Shangguan Xier laughed wildly, her laughter filled with arrogance, venom, and coldness, so different from the gentle and virtuous Shangguan Xier he knew.

Qin Chen's face was ashen.

For ten years, this woman had been plotting to get close to him.

How foolish he was, not realizing it, only knowing to give his heart completely.

He never expected that the past ten years of companionship were just a deception.

Qin Chen's heart felt as if pierced by a thousand arrows.

More than anything, it was filled with hatred!

That familiar face now seemed so strange, even her beautiful appearance had become 'ugly and repulsive'.

"Good brother, do you understand now?" Feng Shaoyu's lips curled into a sly smile, "To achieve this goal, I endured for ten years, even giving my woman to you. Every time I saw you with her, I swore that when the time was right, I would kill you, take everything from you, and make your wealth, status, and women mine."

"Fortunately, it's all over now."

Feng Shaoyu's eyes were filled with unmasked killing intent. He stared at the storage bracelet on Qin Chen's right wrist, his face greedy, and sneered: "Rest assured, after you die, everything you have will be mine, especially the thing you obtained in the forbidden land, and your woman!"

Feng Shaoyu laughed evilly, his long hand directly caressing Shangguan Xier's ample hips. The two of them laughed together in front of Qin Chen.

Qin Chen's eyes were cold, and he gave a bitter smile.

The two people he considered closest to him had been deceiving him all along, using his seclusion to devour everything he had. How foolish he had been, not realizing it.

This was the reason for his current predicament.

Qin Chen laughed.

He laughed at the despicable and shameless pair.

He also laughed at himself, for being foolish and stupid.

As he laughed, two streams of blood tears rolled down his cheeks.

He slowly stood up, his eyes filled with hatred, staring fiercely at the two before him.

The greatest sorrow is the death of the heart.

He hated, and if he had the chance, he would definitely kill them.

But.

There was no chance left.

Qin Chen looked at the raging void rifts behind him. In the shocked and angry gazes of the despicable pair, he leaped, and was instantly swallowed by the endless void rifts.

Before he died, Qin Chen's eyes were cold, and a sneer lingered on his lips.

Want my things? Not in this lifetime!

The gales howled, and the void shattered.

On the cliff face, only the shocked and angry shouts of Feng Shaoyu and Shangguan Xier echoed for a long time.

In the Dinging Wu Kingdom of the Da Qi Empire on the Tianwu Continent.

"Shangguan Xier, Feng Shaoyu, you despicable pair, I hate you so much!"

A young man suddenly woke up from a gilded bed, sitting up in anger. His eyes were wide with fury, and a deep-seated hatred radiated from them. He was drenched in cold sweat.

On the bed, the young man's hands were tightly clenched, the nails digging into his palms, causing excruciating pain, but he felt nothing.

After a long while, he came to his senses, staring blankly at the ancient and elegant bed and the eaves, speechless.

What happened? Wasn't he already dead?

A sudden, intense pain shot through Qin Chen's mind, causing him to cry out in agony.

Along with the pain came a new set of memories.

"Did I... reincarnate?"

Qin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and even he, a top-tier powerhouse on the continent, looked incredulous.

In his memories.

It was now the year 2516 of the Wu Shen Calendar, three hundred years after his death in his previous life.

In those three hundred years, the world had changed dramatically.

The Xuan Yuan Empire, under Feng Shaoyu's expansion, had become the first imperial dynasty on the continent, known as the Xuan Yuan Emperor, revered by all.

Shangguan Xier had established the Ethereal Palace, known as the Lingbo Empress, worshipped by millions.

With the divine weapons and elixirs left by Qin Chen, the two had become the highest beings on the continent, their power so great that the entire continent would tremble at their feet.

Qin Chen, however, had reincarnated in a remote small kingdom on the continent.

"God has given me a second chance. Shangguan Xier, Feng Shaoyu, you will pay. I, Qin Chen, have returned, and your nightmare is about to begin. One day, I will personally step into the Wu Domain and reclaim everything!"

Qin Chen clenched his fists, making a vow to the heavens in the ancient and luxurious room.

The intense killing intent formed an invisible whirlwind above the room, lingering for a long time.

"Dust!"

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and a beautiful woman in a clean robe, with a jade hairpin, rushed in, her eyes filled with anxiety. Seeing Qin Chen awake on the bed, her anxious eyes suddenly showed a hint of joy.

"Thank goodness, Dust, you're finally awake. Mother was so worried."

Tears glistened on her long lashes as she hugged Qin Chen, sobbing, but her sobs carried a note of joy. The warm embrace enveloped Qin Chen, bringing a sense of warmth to his heart, which was filled with hatred upon waking.

The woman was named Qin Yuechi, the daughter of the Dinging Wu King of the Da Qi Empire, and Qin Chen's mother.

The original owner of this body was also named Qin Chen. He had fallen from the martial arena in the capital's Tianxing Academy, hitting his head and falling into a coma for three days and nights, eventually dying.

In the end, the soul of Qin Chen from three hundred years ago unexpectedly took over this body, gaining a second life.

"Dust, you've been in a coma for three days and nights, scaring Mother to death. From now on, Mother won't allow you to act so recklessly. Do you hear me? If you're gone, how will Mother live on?"

The woman caressed Qin Chen's thin face, her beautiful eyes filled with deep concern.

Qin Chen looked at the woman, a new sense of emotion rising in his soul.

In his previous life, Qin Chen was an orphan, never expecting that God would give him a second chance and a mother.

In the original memories of this body, his mother Qin Yuechi had been extremely kind to him, taking care of him meticulously, and their relationship was very close.

After reincarnation, Qin Chen's soul merged with the original soul of this body, inheriting all the emotions of the original owner.

Seeing the worried and crying woman before him, Qin Chen felt a surge of emotion and blurted out, "Mother, I won't act recklessly again and make you worry."

After saying this, Qin Chen felt a weight lifted from his heart, his soul feeling lighter, and the last bit of constraint disappeared.

Qin Chen knew that the consciousness of the original Qin Chen, having understood his thoughts, had completely dissipated.

From now on, this body would have only one consciousness: his, Qin Chen.