Chapter 1

There is a prelude of a few hundred words at the beginning, please don't miss it.

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Peak Star, the main star of a star system with numerous planets, is over a hundred times larger than the sun.

On Peak Star, there is a vast mountain forest covered in snow, which the locals call Thousand Snowy Mountains.

Among the countless mountains, there is a deep ice valley surrounded by steep ice peaks.

A thousand years ago, a red light descended from the sky, landing on the icy ground in the valley and burrowing into a small red stone. From then on, the stone began to emit a hazy red light, slowly breaking through the soil and ice, emerging above the snow. No matter how many years of snow fell in the valley, it could no longer bury the red stone's glow.

Fifteen years ago, several red lights flew into Peak Star, attaching themselves to the snowflakes in the air, drifting into the valley and burrowing into the red stone.

In an instant, the red stone emitted a bright light and transformed into a small infant.

There was nothing to eat in the ice valley, but the infant grew slowly in the red light. When he was five years old, the gradually dimming red light finally disappeared, and the infant opened his eyes from his dream...

On the blood-stained ground, countless swords and knives wielded by dense figures created a dazzling display, flying towards the figure under the sky. The man endured countless attacks on his back, and his glowing hands fiercely pierced the sky—

The sky was torn apart by these hands, and countless colorful lights shone through the cracks!

Countless voices in the world shouted wildly: the Eternal Creator God...

The young man woke up from his dream, but not because of this dream he had long grown accustomed to.

His stomach growled, and he opened his eyes to see the vast snowfall outside the ice cave, pulling the animal fur that kept him warm. "Eternal in thought, the divine relies on courage, the heart decides with focus, life is born from qi..."

The young man, hungry, muttered the incantation he had learned in his dream. The white light of the snow entered his body, and the hunger gradually disappeared, his strength returning. He grabbed a handful of snow and put it in his mouth, feeling refreshed. His stomach still ached faintly, but he felt as if he had absorbed the cold energy from the surrounding snow into every hair on his body, which then seeped into every part of his body, filling him with strength. Since he could remember, the young man had possessed this innate ability; whenever he practiced the incantation he learned in his dream, he could absorb the cold energy from the snow and ice, so he never starved.

The ice cave was surrounded by steep cliffs. Over the years, he had tried to climb them countless times but never succeeded.

He couldn't remember how he got there, but he remembered that the large rock at the cave entrance was once taller than him, and now he was twice as tall as the rock.

"The incantation is a good thing, it keeps me from starving..." The young man searched his long-term home, hoping to find traces of birds or animals in the snow, as meat was always better to eat.

Suddenly, a bird's mournful cry echoed in the sky. The young man, who was searching the snow, shouted, "Bad luck!" and ran back to the ice cave. He ran quickly, but before he could reach it, a hailstorm mixed with a large bird that had been struck dead fell into the valley!

Hailstones the size of adult heads rained down on the valley's snow, and the young man, who had no time to celebrate the luck of having bird meat, quickly raised his fists to attack the continuous hailstones! Without any particular technique, he just aimed for speed and accuracy, striking the giant hailstones one after another!

With each punch, the hailstones shattered into ice mist.

The young man's fists moved as fast as lightning, and despite the numerous and dense hailstones, not a single one hit him.

The heavy force of the hailstones from the sky did not injure his fists at all!

The white mist of ice energy surged into his body, covering his skin with a hazy white light, which gave him the strength to easily shatter the hailstones.

The young man fled back to the ice cave, and when the hailstorm passed, he happily ran out to pick up the large bird that had been killed by the hail.

Chewed-up bird bones were scattered on the snow, and the young man sat on an ice rock, gazing at the snowy sky, fantasizing, "If only another hailstorm would come and kill a few more large birds..."

Snowflakes drifted down, but there was no sign of hail.

Suddenly, three black dots appeared in the snow.

"Three large birds?" The young man stretched his neck, eyeing them with hunger, thinking that if they flew low enough, he could use ice to knock them down.

The three black dots fell quickly, growing larger and larger...

"Not birds? They're... people who can fly!"

"Ha ha ha ha—what a good place! Our Three Elements Sect will be born here today!"

The three people smiled as they looked around, and when they landed, they were surprised to see the young man.

"Brother, there's a little wild man here?" The youngest one, looking at the young man's long hair trailing on the ground, was somewhat frightened. The middle one, who was much calmer, looked at the young man for a moment and suddenly became excited, patting the slightly fat man on the left. "Second Brother! This is the will of heaven! Our Three Elements Sect has just been established and already has its first disciple! Good, good! This is a good omen! From today, you are the first disciple of our Three Elements Sect. What's your name?"

The young man, who had never seen people except in his dreams, curiously examined them for a long time, pondering what to name himself. Recalling the incantation he had learned, he took the first two characters and answered, "Heng Yi."

"Quick, call me Master. I am the head of the Three Elements Sect, call me Danyuan Master." The middle man, who was tall and strong, introduced himself and then pointed to the slightly fat man on the left. "He is the deputy head of our sect, call him Eryuan Master." He then pointed to the particularly thin and short one. "He is the first elder of our sect, call him Sanyuan Master."

The young man didn't know what a master was, but he knew it wasn't something to eat. He agreed to call them as they asked.

Danyuan clapped his hands happily, took off his backpack, which contained some bread, dried meat, and some wine. "Look, look, I told you our Three Elements Sect has a bright future! Come, today is the founding day of our sect, let's celebrate with a drink."

Heng Yi followed, eating the bread and drinking the wine, finding it delicious. He felt these three people were really nice, and after so many years, he was finally seeing people, feeling incredibly happy.

Eryuan, with his round face and narrow eyes, looked worried. Danyuan, after drinking two cups of wine, frowned and scolded, "What's with the long face on such a good day?"

"Brother, shouldn't the disciple kneel and offer tea?"

Danyuan was slightly stunned, then slapped Eryuan on the head. "Are you stupid? Where's the tea? Just be simple!"

"Okay..." Eryuan lowered his voice, and the thin and short Sanyuan said, "Brother, shouldn't we give the disciple a gift?"

Danyuan thought for a moment, nodded, and took out a sword he was carrying, tossing it to Heng Yi. "Disciple, this is an unnamed treasure sword! It's a gift for you. As the first disciple of the Three Elements Sect, you will be the eldest senior brother to countless people in the future, with great responsibility!"

Heng Yi, who had never seen a sword, played with it excitedly. His reaction pleased Danyuan, as if his treasure had found a true admirer.

Eryuan then whispered, "Brother, what will we use?"

Danyuan, annoyed, slapped him on the head again. "Are you stupid? There's only one sword, who needs it, who uses it!" After scolding him, Danyuan laughed and patted his thigh. "Starting now, we will build the base of our sect. In the future, we will diligently practice here, and soon we will become immortal immortals! Eryuan and Heng Yi, one will cut wood, the other will chop trees, and Sanyuan will clear the snow..."

The three brothers brought many tools, including saws, axes, and hoes.

Heng Yi had never seen any of them before, but under the guidance of his three masters, he learned to use them and worked enthusiastically.

By evening, the four of them huddled in the ice cave, lit a fire, and the cave entrance now had two wooden doors. Danyuan said this cave was the sacred place where they would practice their secret techniques.

While drinking, Danyuan took out an old book wrapped in cloth, flipping through it and explaining to Heng Yi.

Suddenly, Eryuan let out a startled cry, interrupting their focus.

"What the hell are you shouting for again!"

"Brother—"

"What are we now? The head of the sect! Call me the head of the sect, brother!" Danyuan was furious, as Eryuan had called him brother for over thirty years and couldn't change. With a pained look, he said, "Yes, head of the sect, brother, I just remembered we still have sweet potatoes in the field..."

Danyuan's forehead veins bulged, and he glared at Eryuan, saying through gritted teeth, "Forget the sweet potatoes! Forget farming—once we master the first attack spell in the world's first immortal technique, we'll go back and steal all the pigs, cows, and sheep from Village God Wang Ba's house! Who cares about a few sweet potatoes?"

Eryuan, thinking of Village God Wang Ba's usual arrogant and domineering manner, immediately grinned and nodded, but after a moment of silence, he said, "But, brother, we can fly now, we could go back at night and bring back a sheep..."

"The sheep pen isn't even built yet, where would we put it?" Danyuan roared in anger, finally making Eryuan shut up. Danyuan, just calming down, suddenly heard Sanyuan snoring and kicked him awake. "You two good-for-nothing bastards! One thinking about sweet potatoes, the other sleeping! It's time to practice, time to practice!"

Sanyuan, rubbing his kicked buttocks, slowly sat up. "Head of the sect, you're not tired, but I've been carrying trees all day, where do I have the strength to practice..."

"Shut up!" Danyuan scolded, seeing Heng Yi concentrating on reciting the incantation he had taught him, and immediately turned from anger to joy, pointing at Heng Yi. "Look! Look, you two aren't as diligent as our first disciple!"

"Brother, he's a disciple, of course, he has to work hard, how can he be compared to us..."

"Call me the head of the sect! Call me the head of the sect, brother—" Danyuan, pulling his hair, looked like he was about to go mad, staring at his two unsatisfactory brothers in pain.

Eryuan and Sanyuan, long used to his temper, knew that Danyuan, as a carpenter, had always earned more than them, and the three brothers had lived together since childhood, always following his lead. Seeing his expression, they didn't dare to argue and began to focus on practicing. Danyuan, after a few deep breaths, didn't want to waste any more time and also started practicing.

The next day, when Danyuan woke up and didn't see Heng Yi, he went out of the cave and saw Heng Yi flying back and forth in the sky, dozens of feet above the ground, and was stunned...

In one night, Heng Yi had mastered the basic techniques of the divine book Danyuan had taught him and learned the ability to fly with the wind.

"Head of the sect, Master!" Seeing Danyuan awake, Heng Yi happily flew down, excitedly saying, "I've mastered it, flying is really fun! Head of the sect, Master, I want to fly out and see, I've never been outside."

"No!" Danyuan firmly refused, seeing Heng Yi's disappointed face, and then smiled, "Good disciple, you really have talent, even more than me. There will be plenty of opportunities to go out in the future. For now, we need to follow the plan, first build the base of the Three Elements Sect, then we'll go to Wang Ba's house and take his pigs and sheep. Then you can go out and see, don't be in a hurry, okay?"

Heng Yi immediately cheered up and nodded in agreement.

Danyuan's expression softened, and he gently taught Heng Yi, "Disciple, the outside world is very complex. Without good fortune, one's life is pitiful. The divine book changed the fate of your three masters! In the future, your cultivation will teach those who call themselves gods and bullies a lesson, and our Three Elements Sect will surely become a great and respected sect! Diligent practice and building our sect are the most important, don't worry about other things."

"Yes, disciple obeys!" Heng Yi, though he didn't understand what a god or a great and respected sect meant, was infected by Danyuan's hopeful and proud emotions, feeling that it must be something great!

Having learned the wind-riding technique, Heng Yi not only helped chop trees but also carried wood, working much more efficiently with Sanyuan than the previous day.

When he flew down to the forest again, Sanyuan, sitting under a tree, saw Heng Yi pick up an axe to chop a tree and hurriedly called him to sit down, handing him a half-empty flask of yellow wine. "Take a break."

Heng Yi sat down, and Sanyuan, looking at him, sighed. "You have amazing talent! Back then, it took Brother a month to cultivate qi and three months to fly, but compared to you, who mastered it in one night, he's still far behind."

Heng Yi, uncertain, scratched his head. "Third Master, I don't think it's like that. I don't have the qi that First Master talks about in my body, but I can always absorb the cold energy around me, um... the qi that Master talks about, and once I absorb enough, I can use it!"

"Absorb the surrounding qi?" Sanyuan was puzzled. It had taken him a year to cultivate qi, and only recently could his body's qi support wind-riding. Absorbing external qi seemed impossible.

Heng Yi then explained the incantation he had learned in his dreams, and Sanyuan suddenly understood, saying happily, "You have a god watching over you! No wonder, tell Brother tonight, let him teach you more techniques... But that won't work, Brother hasn't even mastered the second one yet. Better to teach you to read, and once you learn, you can practice the secret book on your own. Can you keep absorbing qi? Then why don't you have qi in your body?"

Heng Yi knew Sanyuan was misunderstanding, but he didn't know why. "I can keep absorbing, but the qi I absorb can be used, but it doesn't stay in my body like Master says, I don't know why..."

While they were talking, there was a rustling sound in the forest, and a reindeer chased another reindeer past.

Heng Yi's eyes lit up, drew his sword, and flew after them.

The reindeer ran fast, but not as fast as Heng Yi's legs. With his wind-riding technique, the reindeer was no match, and it didn't run far before Heng Yi stabbed it with his sword.

At the same time, the sword in Heng Yi's hand suddenly glowed red, startling him and causing him to drop the sword.

Sanyuan, who had caught up, quickly said, "Pick it up! Brother treasures it, if he knows you can't hold the sword, he'll scold you!"

"It glowed! It glowed red!" Heng Yi was still shaken.

"What's so strange? The sword does that, it glows when you kill chickens or ducks, that's why Brother treasures it." Sanyuan was unimpressed, remembering how they had been scared the first time it glowed, thinking there was a demon inside, and found it amusing.

Heng Yi picked up the sword and asked curiously, "What kind of sword is this?"

"Who knows? The sword doesn't have a name, and the cover of the divine book is worn out, so you can't see the name. Second and I found it while digging a well, originally planning to sell it for money. Brother studied the divine book for a month and cultivated qi, breaking a tree as thick as my arm with one punch! Later, Brother forbade selling the sword and made Second and me practice the divine book every night. He practiced quickly, and once Second and I mastered the flying technique, we came here." Sanyuan, carrying the reindeer, grinned, his lantern-like eyes full of joy. "Brother will praise you again! This will last us a few days."

Heng Yi was still thinking about the sword glowing when it killed the reindeer, but it was hard to find active animals in this season, and he still had to chop trees, so he put it aside.

The four of them worked for a month, building seven wooden houses. Eryuan complained that they didn't need so many, but Danyuan argued that the Three Elements Sect might have too many disciples in the future, and this wouldn't be enough. They also built sheep pens, cow sheds, and pigsties.

On the night the work was completed, the four of them cooked the last of their rice.

"Tonight, we'll take Heng Yi out to see the world!"

Eryuan jumped up excitedly. "There's meat to eat! How many should we take tonight?"

"How many? You're hopeless! We'll take all the pigs, cows, and sheep!" Danyuan's bold and domineering spirit made Eryuan and Sanyuan admire him immensely. They had been waiting for this day for a long time!