Chapter 1

Ziwei Empire, Huayang Mountain, Huayang Sect.

Huayang Mountain Range is one of the main mountain ranges within the territory of the Ziwei Empire. The highest peak, Huayang Mountain, is the very foundation of the Huayang Sect.

At the foot of Huayang Mountain, there is a large area of houses built in a staggered manner according to the terrain. This is where the miscellaneous disciples of the Huayang Sect live.

It was early morning at Huayang Mountain, and the rising sun was shining on the cluster of houses where the miscellaneous disciples lived.

In a secluded corner, there was a dilapidated thatched cottage.

A sturdy, dark-skinned teenager with a simple and honest expression, about sixteen or seventeen years old, held two cold, hard steamed buns in his hand and pushed open the wooden door of the dilapidated thatched cottage, walking in.

The space inside the thatched cottage was very small, with bare walls.

The only decent furniture was a table so old that its original color was unrecognizable, and a wooden chair with one of its four legs almost broken.

The sturdy teenager placed the buns on the table and walked to the bed.

On the bed lay a motionless, ragged, and terribly pale teenager.

He was also about sixteen or seventeen years old, with bloodstains still visible on his body, and a faint smell of blood lingering in the air.

The sturdy teenager's name was Meng Shan, and he was a miscellaneous disciple of the Huayang Sect.

"Fei Ge, Fei Ge."

Meng Shan called out loudly twice, but the teenager on the bed showed no reaction.

Meng Shan's personality was a bit rough and lacking in emotional sensitivity.

But at this moment, seeing his best brother in a life-or-death situation, his heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, causing him immense pain.

"Fei Ge, you've been unconscious for three days and three nights, and you still haven't woken up. Fei Ge, you can't be dead, can you?"

"If you die, I, Meng Shan, will be all alone in the Huayang Sect. How unrighteous of you to do this."

At the sad part, Meng Shan's tears suddenly flowed uncontrollably, like a floodgate opening.

"Fei Ge, you always protected me. Whenever some bastard bullied me, you were always the first to stand up and beat them so badly that even their parents couldn't recognize them."

"Now, Fei Ge, you're being bullied and beaten to this state, and I, Meng Shan, am useless and can't help you at all. I'm sorry, Fei Ge, wu wu……"

As he spoke, Meng Shan's voice broke, and he began to wail loudly.

The sorrowful cries made the dilapidated thatched cottage tremble.

"Fei Ge, if you die, I don't want to live either. I'll go and fight those bastards to avenge you!"

Meng Shan was a straightforward person who acted on impulse.

He immediately turned around, ready to rush out of the thatched cottage to find someone to fight.

Suddenly.

"Who, who is crying so loudly and so badly, almost deafening my ears?"

A weak voice sounded softly.

Meng Shan, who was about to step out the door, suddenly stopped.

His movements were several times faster than usual as he rushed back to the wooden bed and exclaimed in surprise, "Fei Ge, did you call me? Are you awake?"

Fei Ge? It had been a long time since anyone had called him that.

Only his close friends from his school days, who played basketball together, used to call him that.

Lin Fei's consciousness gradually returned, but he felt a splitting headache, as if his brain was a mess of paste, incredibly heavy.

He suddenly opened his eyes, "Where am I? How did I get here?"

Looking at the dilapidated thatched cottage in front of him, Lin Fei was stunned.

How did I end up in this small thatched cottage? Is this in the wilderness? How can anyone live in such a dilapidated place?

Lin Fei was an employee in a company in S City, a bustling coastal city in the Huaxia country on Earth.

After graduating from university, Lin Fei and his girlfriend came to S City to strive for a better life.

In the company, he rose from a regular employee to the position of deputy manager in the sales department through his bold and adventurous spirit.

Just as his career was starting to take off, a major setback occurred.

While competing with another deputy manager for the position of department manager, he was framed by the other party, causing significant damage to the company.

As a result, not only did he lose the chance to become the department manager, but he was also fired from the company.

Adding insult to injury, his girlfriend, whom he had been with since school, suddenly met a wealthy man.

Enticed by the promise of help to obtain a U.S. green card, she finally abandoned Lin Fei to become the wealthy man's mistress.

Devastated, Lin Fei fell into a state of depression, drowning his sorrows in alcohol every day.

One night, as Lin Fei wandered the midnight streets, drunk, a gray car came speeding towards him. He heard a loud bang and felt his body fly through the air before everything went black.

In a daze, he heard someone calling "Fei Ge" and woke up to find himself lying here.

Lin Fei looked at the unfamiliar yet somehow familiar, honest-looking teenager in front of him and asked, "Did you just call me?"

Meng Shan, seeing that Lin Fei had finally woken up, nodded excitedly, "Yes, I called you. Fei Ge, you're finally awake. I thought you were going to die."

Lin Fei rubbed his aching head and asked, "Who are you? I don't seem to recognize you."

Ah... this body...

Without thinking, he glanced down at his body and was stunned speechless. The body was clearly that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager, while he was almost thirty.

How did I end up like this? Could the car accident have rejuvenated me?

"I... I'm your good friend, Meng Shan. Fei Ge, they must have hit your head even harder."

Meng Shan scratched his messy hair, thinking that although Fei Ge had woken up, his mind seemed to be even more damaged.

Before, he was just a bit slow, but at least he recognized him. Now, he didn't recognize him at all.

It seemed that Deng Yuan and his gang had really done a number on Fei Ge.

At that moment, Lin Fei suddenly clutched his head tightly and screamed, as if his brain was about to explode.

In the intense pain, Lin Fei suddenly found that he could clearly see the situation inside his brain.

In his mind, there were several bright white light balls attacking each other.

Ten large light balls and eight small light balls, like two opposing armies, were trying to completely devour each other.

Lin Fei subconsciously knew that the ten large light balls represented him, while the eight small light balls represented another person's consciousness.

If the ten large light balls won and devoured the others, his consciousness would continue to exist.

Conversely, if the eight small light balls devoured him, he would be completely erased from the universe.

After a fierce battle, the eight small light balls, being smaller in size and outnumbered, were finally cornered.

The eight small light balls huddled together, trembling in fear and emitting pitiful squeaks.

But the ten large light balls pounced on them, aggressively eroding them.

In the end, the eight small light balls were completely devoured by the ten large light balls.

After devouring the eight small light balls, the ten large light balls grew to more than five or six times their original size.

They emitted a bright, dazzling light, appearing full of energy and incredibly strong.

Lin Fei subconsciously sighed in relief, finally securing his life.

Suddenly, some memories that did not belong to him emerged in his mind as the eight small light balls were devoured.

Lin Fei slowly began to understand the truth.

I've been transported to another world?

It turned out that this world was no longer Earth. It was called the Yuanwu Realm, a world without the technological civilization of Earth.

The culture here was somewhat similar to ancient Huaxia from thousands of years ago.

In the Yuanwu Realm, people revered the cultivation of primordial energy, and martial artists ruled, with the strong being respected.

The primordial energy, the essence of the universe, was very abundant in the Yuanwu Realm.

Many people with extraordinary talents could transcend the limits of their physical bodies through the cultivation of primordial energy, reaching extremely high levels of cultivation.

Powerful cultivators with great abilities could not only split mountains and rocks but also control rivers and seas, move mountains, and fill valleys.

Even the legendary ability to split the sky and earth was just a matter of a wave of the hand.

As more and more fragmented memories emerged, they gradually formed a systematic memory.

Lin Fei slowly understood the identity of the body he now inhabited.

It was also a person named Lin Fei.

In the Yuanwu Realm, Lin Fei was an orphan before the age of ten, wandering around.

He was discovered by a Huayang Sect disciple responsible for recruiting new members, who found that Lin Fei had an extraordinary talent for martial arts and brought him back to the Huayang Sect, making him an outer sect disciple.

After three years of cultivation, Lin Fei's martial talent blossomed.

In just three years, he reached the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.

The sixth level of the Qi Condensation Realm was already considered outstanding among outer sect disciples, and the ninth level was considered outstanding among inner sect disciples.

The cultivation realms of martial artists in the Yuanwu Realm, from lowest to highest, were: Qi Condensation Realm, Earth Primordial Energy Realm, Mystic Primordial Energy Realm, Heaven Primordial Energy Realm, and Imperial Primordial Energy Realm.

It was said that there were even higher realms above the Imperial Primordial Energy Realm.

Just as Lin Fei was preparing to advance to the Earth Primordial Energy Realm and become a core disciple,

He was suddenly ambushed, suffering severe brain damage and losing all his cultivation, becoming a dazed and confused person.

Finally, the higher-ups of the sect, seeing that Lin Fei seemed to have no hope of recovery, demoted him from an outer sect disciple to a miscellaneous disciple.

As the two sets of memories merged, Lin Fei felt that he was both the Lin Fei from Earth and the Lin Fei from the Yuanwu Realm.

It was a strange feeling, like having the memories of two lifetimes.

After understanding the cause and effect, Lin Fei couldn't help but smile bitterly. The reality in front of him was hard to accept.

Well, it seems I can't return to Earth for now. From now on, I am Lin Fei of the Yuanwu Realm.

Both my past self and my previous incarnation were betrayed. Since heaven has given me a second chance, I will make the most of it.

I will use my predecessor's talent in martial cultivation to live a good life in the Yuanwu Realm, and live even more brilliantly than before!

"Fei Ge, you've been asleep for three days and three nights. You must be hungry. Here are two steamed buns. They're a bit cold and hard, and they might be a bit sour, but you can eat them to fill your stomach."

Meng Shan's voice brought Lin Fei back to reality from his chaotic thoughts.

Indeed, Lin Fei felt his stomach was empty and he was very hungry.

He took the steamed buns from Meng Shan, not caring about the taste, and started chewing them quickly.

"Meng Shan, thank you for taking care of me all these years. I, Lin Fei, will never forget you as a friend."

Lin Fei stared at the sturdy, dark-skinned teenager in front of him.

During the years he was dazed, Meng Shan had always taken care of him to the best of his ability, never leaving his side.

Lin Fei's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he said gratefully.

When Lin Fei was an outer sect disciple, he had met Meng Shan, who was a miscellaneous disciple in the Huayang Sect, by chance.

He liked Meng Shan's honest personality and formed a brotherly bond with him.

Meng Shan came from a simple farming family in a nearby village. His father had sent him to the Huayang Sect to learn martial arts, hoping he would have a better future than his father.

However, due to his lack of talent, he could only remain a miscellaneous disciple.

"Hehe, Fei Ge, we don't need to say such things. Don't look at me so intensely, it's a bit embarrassing."

Meng Shan scratched his head, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Hmm? After a while, Meng Shan suddenly felt something was off. After some thought, he finally realized.

"Fei Ge, you... you're speaking so fluently. Are you not dazed anymore?"

Meng Shan looked at Lin Fei up and down with wide eyes.

Lin Fei, although thin, had a firm and determined gaze.

Although he was eating the buns quickly, his movements were orderly and graceful, hinting at a refined demeanor, reminiscent of his former glory as the top outer sect disciple.

Could Fei Ge have suddenly recovered?

Meng Shan rubbed his eyes several times, not quite believing it.

"Fei Ge, is your mind suddenly clear?"

Meng Shan asked cautiously.

"Yes, Meng Shan, don't worry, my mind is back to normal."

Lin Fei quickly finished one bun and immediately started on the second one.

He didn't explain the complex changes that had occurred to him to Meng Shan in detail.

"That's great! Fei Ge, you're not dazed anymore!"

Meng Shan hugged Lin Fei and shouted.

With a gulp, Lin Fei swallowed the bun in his mouth, almost choking.

His weak body couldn't breathe properly with Meng Shan hugging him.

"Alright, alright, Meng Shan, let go. If you don't, I'll fall apart. Besides, it's embarrassing if others see us, they might think we're... you know..."

Lin Fei gasped for breath, trying to persuade Meng Shan.

"Hehe, I got too excited."

Meng Shan noticed Lin Fei's red face and realized he might have choked, feeling a bit embarrassed.

After eating the two buns, Lin Fei felt his stomach was fuller, and his limbs gradually regained some strength.

Lin Fei thought for a moment and decided to keep the fact that he had recovered from his dazed state a secret from Meng Shan for now.

He also decided not to let anyone else know that he had woken up from his coma.

Lin Fei intuitively felt that the person who had ambushed him was likely within the Huayang Sect.

If they found out he had suddenly recovered, they might try to harm him again.

First, after being dazed for two or three years, he didn't know how much of his primordial energy cultivation remained, or if it was completely lost.

Second, he didn't know the cultivation level of the person who had ambushed him.

If they were stronger than him, he could be in danger.

His experience in the business world had made Lin Fei very cautious and meticulous.

The thatched cottage was abandoned, and Lin Fei had been assigned to live there after being demoted to a miscellaneous disciple. No one usually came here.

Lin Fei asked Meng Shan to bring food on schedule but not to visit him otherwise.

Lin Fei planned to thoroughly check his primordial energy cultivation status.