"Not like this!"A youth hysterically shrieked.The youth who shouted as if the skies were falling was currently putting the pedal to the metal on his internal engine as he dashed ferociously across the grassy plains.Originally, these plains and knolls were hissafe haven, but today,itseems likeitmay be his death sentence.His head, in curiosity of his impending status of death, couldn''t help but turnbackwardsslowly in anticipation of presumed safety.However, what welcomed his eyes were sights far more disastrous than originally believed.


    Ameteor!


    A crimsonmeteorof almost blinding light was descending from the skies atunimaginablespeeds.A few secondsago, thismeteorseemedto have the destination of a far-off scene, and all the youthwantedto achieve was to avoid any possible fallout from itsdescent.Unfortunately for hislittlelife, themeteorseemedto have eyes and a mission as it shifted directions ever so slightly andseemedeven closer than before.


    "What thefu-!"He couldn''t help but curse the heavens forwantinghislittlelife.What did he everdoto deserve this?


    Thinking aboutit, perhapsitwasn''t entirelyunwarranted.


    This youth, named YanZaizen, was amber-eyed,scrawnyinphysique, messyshortblack hair, no more than sixteen years of age, and possessed a face that was neither distinctively attractive orovertlyugly for the eyes.Currently, he cursed his life choices.Staying in an isolated plain with nearby knolls to get away from it all left him in his current predicament.The nearest human lifewastens of miles away from him, so outrunning this hell-bent meteor seemed to be a sweet dream of impossibility.


    The meteorreached evercloser until he couldfeelit radiating a sensation of distinct death.


    His life flashed before his eyes so vividly at that moment.


    YanZaizenwas just anormalboy in a place called Meteorite City.It was namedthusnotbecauseof the constant meteorites that would land near the city, butbecausea thousand years ago, tens of thousands ofmeteorsculledthe entire population-human and beastalike. Themeteor showerspanned a thousand miles, and Meteorite City was created with its epicenter hoisting the largest existingmeteorto date.Sincethen,onlymeteorsthat had a size that would be small and harmless upon entry to the world would fall.They were nolargerthan a basketball, and that''s always been the case since the culling shower.


    However, it seems like YanZaizen''s luck will forever be bad.


    YanZaizenoriginatedfrom one of the strongest familyclanssituatedin the city and should be enjoying immense favor ashewas a grandchild of the currentclanhead from his mother''s side, and for a time that wasabsolutelyhowhewas treated.That was until his talent, at the age of five, was decided to be the lowest grade possible in both Body & Qi cultivation.This set off a series ofeventsthat soon lead toevenmore unfortunateevents.It didn''t help that beforehewasevenfive, both of his parents had already left this world and were now buried in the family''s sacred cemetery, andthushepretty much had to rely on himself from then on.


    Misfortune tends to be followed by even more misfortune, and his life was a superb example of that.At the age of seven,hefell for a girl named YaQinqan.Itwas child-level infatuation.She had the dream of entering one of the five great sects— Water Veil Sect —it had high standards for cultivation and age requirements to enter.Italso had one ironclad rule:Females Only!Recognizing this,hetriedtoaidhertheonlywayhecould think of,hegavehera majority of his ownclangiven resources.


    TheYaClanandYanClanwere allied forces in Meteorite City, but theYaClanare direct subordinates of theYanClanand one of the lesserclansin the power standings;therefore, the given resources of someone, even one talentless and devalued, but in the descendants line of the clan head was vastly superior in both quality and quantity of what a normal member of the Ya Clan would receive.Not to mention, he still held the status as one of the grandsons of theclanleader.


    To put it in perspective, he received far more resources than the direct descendants of the Ya Clan with exceptional talent!Let alone a basic member.


    The difference was just too vast-heaven and earth essentially.


    After this was done, his own cultivation into body & qi coupled with his lackluster innate talents put him at the bottom of the ladder as a cultivator out of all of the city''s youths.YaQinqan''s cultivation, however, explosively rose as she already possessedgreaterinnate talents than many and coupled with the resourcesgiventoherby YanZaizenand the onesgiventoherby her own clan.With that, she directly entered the top ten of her generation in the city at the age of ten.


    This, however, lead to even more problems for poor littleYanZaizen.


    Firstly,YanZaizen''s decisions and lackluster results lead to the clan notgivinghim sufficientresourcesanymore at the age of ten, but the pigs fat had already been eaten.YaQinqan, unbeknownst to her clan about theresourcesgiventoher, had received the utmost attention from her family and was given top qualityresourcesthatcouldrival the totalYanZaizencouldgive.They essentially funneledalltheir hopes and dreams intoher,heraldingheras a genius, andfurthergivingherallsorts ofearthly treasures with heavenly waters.They spared no cost.This caused her cultivation to explode evenfurtherand talents to befurtheraccentuated.Even worse, although YanZaizenwas givengreatlyreduced resources,hestill gaveherwhathecould to convey his determination and feelings forher.Itwas as ifhewas saying:''EvenifIbecame a uselessperson, as long as thepersonIlovesucceeds, beitdisdainful gazes or dirty curses,Icanbearitall!''


    Obviously, this didn''t work out well for thescrawnysap.


    At the age of thirteen, an incredibly talented and direct descendant in line to be the next clan leader,YanJinzen, had declared his love forYaQinqanand with the approval of both theYaandYanfamily, they were engaged.The standard of engagementwasthirteen years of age, but actual marriage happened at fifteen.YaQinqanandYanJinzenwere the same age asYanZaizenand got married one year ago.They had alreadyconsummatedtheir commitment andYanZaizenhad, at that moment,losteverything.His future, his girl, and even his dignity.


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    Nothingwenthis way, and It didn''t stop there.


    YanJinzensoon learned about YanZaizen''searlierattemptsat trying to court YaQinqan, hesawhisattemptsas if anunworthytoad wanted to taste his swan''s meat, and since then has suppressed him further withinthe clan.With his father asthe clan''s elder ofresourcesand finances, YanZaizenwas suppressed to the point where his living situation, the number ofresourcesgiven, and even his standing inthe clanwasabsolutelythelowestof thelow.For an entire three years, despite conventional practice, his cultivation and even his body had become rather poor compared to his age whichexplainsthescrawnyappearance of his.


    "Please, up above, if you spare thislittlelife of mines, I''llchangemy ways!I''ll stop stealing meat from UncleLouzen''s storage!"Hismind swirled in his thoughts asheprayed to the heavens for mercy, willing to give up his pleasures in turn for this little life of his.However, asheran forward,hecouldseethe silhouette of the meteor inching ever closer,unrelentingas if on a mission to claim whatwashis.


    His pupils constricted as afrightfulsensation of death stroked his mindcausinghis hair to stand, his skin to crawl, his blood to turn cold, his scalp to tingle, and a sudden loss of breath.Tears slowly came from his eyes, but his legs didn''t stop.No!They became like lightning of the horsehewished to be andheexerted over three hundred percent of his top speed, completely defying hisnaturallimits and causing his bones to crack as a result.YanZaizenwas an individual that was absolutely terrified at the thought of death, especially whenhe''d done so little if nothing at all with this life of his.


    He hadn''t tasted all the gourmet foods of the world, hadn''t gotten so much wealth that he could go into an auction and purchase every last item with hearty laughter, andhadn''t even lost his virginity!That was beyond important andcovereda majority of his regrets.Hecouldn''t help but continue to pray and bargain as if to make a deal with the Gods and Devils in the sky for his life.


    "I will give up peeping!On...the weekends.I''ll even give back the stuffI''ve taken from AuntyQinlan!"Histhoughts wentintoa spiral, but then his expression turned odd as he later addedintohis prayers, "Maybe...actually, nevermind.I''d rather die."Asif the heavens were angry at his half-hearted plea, the meteor-like object wasnowmere inches away from hisbody, and even thesweaton hisbodyfelt like it was producing its ownsweat.The bones in his legs were long since shattered from the intense pressureheplaced upon them asheran, and if not for his Qi Cultivationsupportingit,he''d already have flopped on the ground as a cripple andacceptedhis fate.


    Whoosh!!!


    The impact didn''t initiate a massive explosion as expected, nor did it shatter his body into a billion bloody pieces.It did, however, cause his body to be surrounded by a bright crimson glow, and the whites of his eyes could only be seen as he dropped face first on the ground.Completely unconscious.The invading crimson light wiggled its way inside hisbodylike a parasite, but when it reached his core of existence— the soul —a switch seemed to have been flippeddeep-withinYanZaizen.An earth-shattering noise that seemed to come from an ancient existence erupted from hisbody.YanZaizen''sbodystartedto vibrateerraticallyas ifexperiencinga seizing episode.


    Something had been awakened.


    A resplendent blacklightexploded from deep within YanZaizen''s body, alightthat seemed tooriginatefrom his very soul.Itwas accompanied by the painful screams of another man''s voice, which seemed to be in absolute agony at the moment, anditkept getting more intense."What?Thisweakbody is tryingto devourmy soul?!How?!"Thevoice was obviously alarmed by the sudden, unprecedented development. "I can''t escape, stop!STOP!"Thevoice grewmore and morefrantic, anditevenresorted to begging ourscrawnyhero.


    Upon YanZaizen''s glabella was tiny blackswirlthatseemedto contain infinite darkness andevenlightseemedto be consumed byitwhole, giving theswirla slight glimmer of brightlightaround its edges.Despite it being no more than half an inch inradius, it possessed a tyrannical aura that seemed to outdo even kings of great nations.


    "Please!I''llgiveyouanything, just stop whateveryou''redoing, please!Ihavethings todo, people to slaughter, soIcan''t die like this!PLEASE!!!"Thebegging tones could obviously be seen as somethingthisvoice wasn''t used to, but at the moment, it seemedthateverything was out of its control andthatcaused adeepfear to be ingrained into every single syllable spoken.


    However, how wasthisvoice,thisremnant soul, supposed to know that even YanZaizenhad no way to controlthishorrific black light that seemed to wish to devourall.Hewas unconscious, sohealso had no idea what was even happening.


    The crimson light almost instantly disappeared as it seemed to be sucked suddenly into the black swirl on YanZaizen''s glabella.There was no little last struggle or further words shouted.The spirit that had flown from the sky like a meteor descending from the heavens and enteredthisboy''s body had no longer existed inthisworld, or at least its consciousness didn''t.


    The black lightslowlyreceded, and all of YanZaiXen''s injuries produced by theearlierevents startedto healat a visible rate.A perfectly snug silver ring appeared on his middle right-handed finger as if it was always there andmadesolely for him, while countless crimson streams surrounded by black lightslowlyinvaded his meridians before travelingbackintohis glabella.His eyes that were fully white beforeslowlyreturned to having that amber color to it.Luckily too, as those eyes were his most recognizable and personal favorite feature of hisentirebody!


    Three whole days passed.The sun rose, and a new story of a legend was born!