Li is sitting at the dinner table with his family and they are all having a fun time eating the boar that dad bought from the market. It''s Li''s second birthday, and he can already form proper sentences and walk on his own. Thus, the dinner table is packed with lots of food, desserts, and a birthday cake.


    "Thank you for cooking the meat, mommy!" Li said with glee as he took another bite from his plate before asking for seconds. He grabbed more bacon and a variety of different vegetables from the table before scarfing down the food he had just grabbed. Li has an abnormal appetite for someone so young.


    "I''m happy you''re happy Li, it''s your birthday, it''s the least we can do for you. Make sure to thank Daddy for getting the boar from the market." Yue said with a smile on her face. She was happy that her son was already able to form sentences and walk. She hopes that Li will continue to show his smarts as he grows up.


    "Daddy, thank you for going to the market to get the boar! It''s very tasty!" Li said as he happily had a third helping to the food.


    "Of course, son." He said with a somewhat happy tone, but Li could tell he meant well by it. Li has noticed that he has stopped showing a lot of emotion for a while now and is a little worried by it but doesn''t know what it means.


    After eating and talking for awhile, they finally get to the birthday cake. They place 2 candles on top of the cake to celebrate Li''s second birthday.


    "Flame arise, burn with might, From the spark, ignite the night" Yue chanted and lit the candles ablaze before they started to sing to Li.


    This caught Jue''s attention again as magic has always interested him. Seeing how powerful Malrik is and the versatility of magic he has always wanted to try and learn it. Unfortunately one you learn one energy then it''s impossible to learn another. With the exception being Shenhuang of course. The ancient master who was able to learn more than one energy with ease. The most powerful being in existence who acts as a god inside of Minos. Even just thinking about him brings Jue''s heart to skip a beat in fear.


    After eating the cake and getting his presents from his parents Li walks over to his room. It''s already much later than when he would normally go to bed but it''s his birthday so its an exception.


    Li looks out the window and looks at the galaxy above him. Looking at the countless stars in the sky and attempts to count them. Hoping that he will finish before he falls asleep.


    1


    2


    3


    4


    5


    6...


    1147


    "Hello Li" Jue''s voice boomed in Li''s mind.


    Li startled by the sudden thought almost fell out the window in shock. Losing all count of the stars he had just counted for the past half and hour. But there is no time to be worried or mad about that. He is in fear from the voice in his head.


    "Who... who are you!" Li though to himself in fear of the voice.


    "How are you in my head! Answer now!" Li''s fear already faded and he is angry about the voice inside his head invading his privacy.


    "Jeez.. calm down kid. If you knew who I was you would be bowing down in forgiveness. However I do admire your guts, so I won''t do anything to you yet." Jue bluffed immensely as he talked to Li. Jue couldn''t do anything if he wanted to. He has been trying for the past 2 years to try and take control over Li''s body but nothing happened. Not even a single twitch of the finger or the bat of an eye.


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    "Well who are you then mister?" Li said somewhat afraid but still confident in his own abilities.


    "I am The One Armed Devil! The greatest cultivator who has ever lived in the Minos! Feared and resented by many!" Jue proudly boasted with confidence with his nose held high up in the air. Even though he already knew that Li had no idea who he was.


    "If you''re so great why have I never heard of you then?" Li said with confused, he''s heard of some of the great heros in the Order such as Shengjun but not the One Armed Devil. Li sighed when he heard this since he could hear all of Li''s thoughts.


    "You won''t know me until you get out of this forest place of yours. However that''s not what is important right now. You see, I used my soul transfer technique in an attempt to regain my youth and start back from the bottom and go up to the top with all my knowledge. However, the only way my technique doesn''t work is if the person has more soul strength than me. You kid, are one of the handful of people who do. Which is why I''m just some thoughts in your head. Your body now houses two souls."


    Li''s head was practically on fire with all the knowledge he just obtained. Sure he could understand that he is a voice in his head, however soul transfer technique?? Li was confused out of his mind.


    Li and Jue continued to talk throughout the night as Jue talked to him about what soul strength is and how he got there and why he is just a voice in his head. Although Li was only two years old, Jue was impressed about how much he started to understand in such a short amount of time. He understood what most of the stuff was despite how young he was.


    But Jue was still in a stalemate, he still couldn''t do anything for Li''s progress as a mage for a couple of years until he can fully understand how to gather mana to form a mana circle. He also has to wait until he can properly walk and use his muscles before he can teach him how to train his body. Li is still only 2 years old and training won''t be able to start for at least 3 years.


    Still Jue also could only just sit in Li''s mind. Jue needs to find a way for him to either have some control over his body at some times or a way to get his soul a new body to inhabit.


    In the next morning Li can''t stop talking to his new friend. He has to ask Jue everything about his life. Li was always curious about the worlds outside of his own and now he knows someone who has practically been everywhere.


    "Hey hey, mister what was your family like?" Li asked Jue in a innocent way just wanting to know more about Jue.


    "Well, when I was younger I had a family just like yours right now. We all had every meal together, we slept in the same room, we were always there for each other. Then when I left my family for work as a mercenary, my family was killed in a battle between strong cultivators. Hence why I started my cultivation journey."


    "Woah mister, I''m sorry. I didn''t know.." A tear went down Li''s eye as he thought about his family getting killed by someone.


    "See Li, that''s why I''m going to help you train to become really strong. Just right now isn''t the proper time for it. Wouldn''t you like to get stronger and protect your family?" Jue thought of this perfectly, he set everything up knowing how sensitive Li was. By saying that he would get Li to think about his family dying and the thought of protecting them. A genius plan to get him to want to get stronger.


    "Yes! I''m going to protect my family from anyone who dares to lay their hands on them. I''m going to be the strongest!" Li''s mood instantly cheered up and he was booming with confidence. He didn''t understand why he couldn''t train now but he trusted the mister in his head. The mister had already told him a lot about the world outside of his own and he liked the mister.


    "Good." Li said with a smile knowing that his plan had worked perfectly.


    Li walked out of his room and he ran towards his mother. Hugging her with all his strength and not ever wanting to let go.


    "Mommy I''m going to protect you from all the bad guys, I swear it!" Li said with a smile as he was still hugging his mother. Yue smiled as she heard this and hugged him back.


    "Thank you baby." Yue said with a smile and she comforted Li.