Heavenly Martial Continent, Tianyuan City, Lu Family

"I'm not dead?"

"Where is this?"

In the dead of night, a young man wrapped in bandages suddenly awoke in a cold, quiet room, looking around at the unfamiliar surroundings with confusion.

His name was Ren Xiaoyao, ranked second among the Ten Great Titled Martial Emperors in the Divine Martial Realm, known as the Sword Emperor, mastering both swordsmanship and alchemy. At just sixty years old, he had already become the foremost swordmaster in the Divine Martial Realm.

Moments ago, he had been overwhelmed by countless evil demons and self-destructed in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.

Yet in the blink of an eye, he found himself in this strange place, mysteriously transformed into a severely injured young man.

As Ren Xiaoyao speculated whether he had seized the body of this youth, a sharp pain shot through his head, and a flood of memories surged into his mind.

These memories belonged to the owner of this body. Once the pain subsided, Ren Xiaoyao absorbed the memories and understood everything around him.

He hadn't seized a body; he had been reborn, reborn into the body of a young man named Lu Chen, a hundred years into the future.

As for Lu Chen, he was a member of the Lu Family, one of the Four Great Families in Tianyuan City, sixteen years old, a pitiful little fellow.

Six years ago, Lu Chen's father, Lu Yi, was ambushed by a mysterious person in the Fallen Maple Mountain Range, his dantian and meridians completely destroyed, turning him into a cripple.

Afterward, Lu Yi single-handedly led the entire Lu Family from a minor family to the strongest family in Tianyuan City, second only to the City Lord's Manor in overall strength, but was stripped of his position as Patriarch, succeeded by his elder brother Lu Qian.

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Compared to his father, Lu Chen's fate was even more tragic.

At twelve, Lu Chen was discovered to possess high-grade Earthly Veins with dual attributes of gold and earth, becoming the most talented individual in Tianyuan City in nearly three hundred years, even surpassing the City Lord's Manor.

In just four short years, Lu Chen's martial arts advanced rapidly, reaching the 7th-level Martial Master Realm, and he was noticed by Li Wu, the Ninth Elder of the Sword Pavilion, who promised him a place to cultivate there.

For a time, Lu Chen became the brightest young star in Tianyuan City.

However, just when everyone thought Lu Chen's future was limitless, disaster struck again. Lu Chen's meridians and dantian were destroyed, rendering him a cripple like Lu Yi.

Unlike Lu Yi, Lu Chen, after receiving an invitation, visited the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, and shortly after, was accused of molesting Lin Xuan, the Lin Family's prodigious daughter.

Subsequently, a group of "righteous individuals" acted on behalf of justice, breaking Lu Chen's limbs and carrying him back to the Lu Family after his meridians and dantian were destroyed.

Until tonight, Lu Chen unwillingly breathed his last, allowing Ren Xiaoyao to be reborn into Lu Chen's body, becoming this unfortunate soul.

As a former peak martial artist, Ren Xiaoyao immediately saw through all the schemes that had befallen Lu Chen and felt some sympathy for him.

However, realizing he had been reborn into a body with a destroyed dantian and meridians, Ren Xiaoyao felt like crying without tears, sympathizing with himself instead.

Now the two had become one; Lu Chen's misfortune was his misfortune. With such a body, he had strength but nowhere to use it.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, unsure of what to do, Ren Xiaoyao noticed he was holding something in his hand. Turning his head, he saw it was a bead.

The bead was entirely black, seemingly polished from stone, only the size of a pigeon egg, something Lu Chen had casually picked up before.

Looking at the stone pearl in his hand, Ren Xiaoyao suddenly became interested. He tried to pick it up for a closer look, only to find himself wrapped like a mummy, unable to move.

"I refuse to believe this."

Stubbornly, Ren Xiaoyao tried to sit up, but this only aggravated his internal injuries, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.

Some of Ren Xiaoyao's blood splattered onto the stone pearl, which eerily absorbed the blood. Immediately, the bead emitted a yellow glow.

"Buzz~"

The next moment, the stone pearl floated above Lu Chen's head.

"This is..."

Ren Xiaoyao's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the stone pearl before him, realizing it was an extraordinary treasure.

"Buzz~"

Then, the stone pearl emitted a terrifying suction force, and in a flash of pain, Ren Xiaoyao vanished, disappearing from the cold, quiet room.