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Three months later

It was cloudy, the sky darkened, and the clouds were filled with ominous energy. Thunder boomed in the distance, getting louder and louder until it shook the ground itself. The air collided with electricity as a vortex of spiritual energy erupted above, reaching down like a pillar to strike the human world.

A low rumbling sound rose in the distance, growing louder and shriller until it became a deafening roar.

A bolt of lightning shot across the sky, striking the ground with a blinding flash

The expert disciples stood at the edge of the cliff, watching the storm rage for another half hour without stopping. Bolts of lightning continued to randomly strike the ground, electricity dancing across the ground in jagged, crackling patterns. The fire blazed and crackled, devouring everything in its path. But as 30 minutes passed, the storm's fury suddenly stopped. The lightning stopped striking, the fires dwindled into burning embers, the thunder moved away, and then a strange silence and stillness fell over the area. The experts exchanged confused glances

In the entire area, there was a small army of people, and they were led by three big men

They were these, the three largest families in Tongxi City, the Zang Family, the Huan Family, and the Jian Family

The three eldest gentlemen, leaders of the most influential families in the area, stood reverently in the middle of the scorched earth

The leader of the Zang Family, was a hugely built person with a thick brown beard running across his face so that his mustache stuck to his beard.

Both families stood on either side of that family, unlike the leader of the Zang Family, Zang Lian, the leader of the Huan Family, Huan Di was a fat, bald person with a white beard that already covered his chubby neck.

Who was left was the head of the Jian Family, Jian Bi, he was a slender person but he stood upright like a spear, with his short gray hair and a single eye lens on his face, he seemed to be the most poised.

"Brother Zang and Brother Huan, it seems there is no treasure here." Jian Bi looked dryly at his opponents

Zang Liang snorted in response, carefully stroking his beard. "Strange. The Heavenly Tribulation was extremely intense, and according to our ancient books, this is a sign of the appearance of a treasure, it is impossible for the ancestors to miss."

Huan Di nodded in agreement. "Something is wrong, but even if we find it, we will lose it by his presence."

The three raised their heads into the sky, looking at a handsome young man in a red robe with dark red stripes on the edges, who was flying above them while standing atop a beautiful silver sword.

To everyone's shock, as if he had heard them, the sword began to descend and its edge shone with a dull light. With a smile on his face, his voice rang out at the scene, "My fellow trainees, it seems to be a false alarm. Nothing was found, even after I used the search tool."

Zang Lian furrowed his thick eyebrows in confusion, "messenger , then what will we do in the families competition?"

"The competition will still be held, after all it is the reason for my presence," he announced, his voice echoing towards the three small armies behind the elders.

At the bottom of that cliff stood a burned body, staring up at the sky. "Haha...it worked." He coughed, exhaling smoke from his mouth.

(Heaven Defying Body skill lvl1 learned)

(Strength +250

Endurance+250

Agility+250

Intelligence +100)

"You only took three months because it was your first time, you should get used to lightning striking you at every stage." Ling Xi's voice came from the side, as she crossed her arms.

"So I suppose I can leave the place, honestly I'm feeling hungry, it's impossible for me to survive without food for three months." Zhang Yong smiled slowly as he wiped his face with his clothes, his figure was charred from the lightning strikes and the impurities that came out of his body.

When he removed the charcoal on his face, Ling Xi couldn't help but sneer, "Look at you, you better wear a mask, flower boy. Your appearance was already tempting girls when you came here, but now when they see you, they'll fall down."

Ling Xi turned around and left the place. Zhang Yong couldn't help but wonder, "Where are you going?"

Ling Xi turned her head and had an unreadable expression on her face, "You are leaving, but I will stay for as long as I am here."

Zhang Yong asked, "Don't you want to leave?"

Ling Xi replied, "Yes and no. Yes, I wanted to leave, but I lost the desire a long time ago. I don't know where my master is, and I can't move the sword on my own. I'm tied to him."

Zhang Yong stared blankly, feeling that he was somewhat indebted to her, so he quietly stepped next to her and walked to a place he had never crossed before.

Ling Xi watched him in surprise, "Where are you going?"

Zhang Yong turned around for a moment and replied, "It's not my habit to remain in debt to anyone. My trip will be boring anyway, so how about we leave together?"

Ling Xi blinked, obviously taken aback by his offer, "Why would I do that?"

Zhang Yong shrugged, "Well, I don't know anything about this world so I might need an expert to guide me, and what's better than a being exist here for many years?"

Ling Xi fell silent, deeply considering his words, before a small smile appeared and the smile gradually turned into a laugh, "Okay, that sounds like a nice change, follow me."

Ling Xi walked along the cliff until he stopped at a sword sunk into a rock. The sword was a little rusty but it exuded a powerful aura.

"So this..." Zhang Yong muttered slowly as he unscrewed the sword from bottom to top to the hilt

"Yes, this is my main body, in fact it might help you too, when you capture it and create a blood contract with it then I can at least cure your missing arm."

"That's more than enough," Zhang Yong smiled with those words, bit his hand and dropped a drop of blood on the handle

The sword began to glow, then it exploded from the stone with a loud crack and Zhang Yong and the sword were enveloped in a beautiful, sparkling crimson red light.

When the light receded and disappeared, Zhang Yong was standing with his arm back and panting hard

"It's over"

But even though Zhang Yong regained his arm, he still saw blackness with his left eye

Inside his head, Ling Xi's voice rang out, "Huh, it seems like my energy was enough to repair your eye from the outside but it still didn't work, but hey, you didn't tell me that your soul sea is already full."

"I hope they don't fight." Immediately upon hearing that, Zhang Yong sat up cross-legged and entered his Spiritual Sea

He saw Ling Xi standing there

Ling Xi: "Hey, don't tell me that you asked to accompany me until you gathered the women inside your soul sea." She pointed her finger at the Empress.

The Empress responded with disdain, "You...stop pointing your finger, little girl."

Yami tried to stop them immediately, "You two should calm down now, arguing won't help."

Ling Xi's jaw dropped again, "And the men gathered as well!"

Zhang Yong hit his forehead hard, already beginning to slightly regret making Ling Xi enter his spirit sea, "Just stop, ah my spirit sea is now crowded."

Yami patted Zhang Yong's shoulder slightly, "Never mind, at least you have some company."

Ling Xi immediately changed her gaze towards the distant space in the Spirit Sea, "And there is still another person."

Ling Xi rushed into the void and when she returned, she was holding a man with long black hair, gray skin, and dark green eyes, who was shouting, "No! Let go of me now!"

None of them had met this person before. As for what was inside someone's soul sea, it was vague

Ling Xi mercilessly threw him in front of the three of them. He nervously raised his hands in greeting, "Ah, hello Naoto."

The man looked like he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He stared at Ling Xi with wide, frightened eyes, his dark hair disheveled

Zhang Yong calmly held his head, "The situation is starting to get really chaotic, now, who are you? And what are you doing? You should know, one false answer and you will be wiped out by us."

The terrified man sitting on the ground had a stupid smile on his face, "It's me, Murasama."

Upon hearing the name, Yami and Zhang Yong showed a tense expression, Zhang Yong's previous sword was Murasama, he had a soul?

Maybe before Zhang Yong met Ling Xi, he wouldn't have believed this, but now he knew it, originally what was left of Murasama had disappeared inside Zhang Yong's body so it was no surprise that he was here.

Immediately the four gathered together

Zhang Yong: "So guys, what are we going to do?"

Ling Xi: "First of all, who is this Murasama?"

Yami: "It is a sword that Naoto used. We will tell you the details later. The most important thing is what do we do with it?"

The Empress: "I think we should erase him. He is considered an intruder."

Yami: "Maybe, but think about what he's done for Naoto so far. He actually helped him when he needed it."

The Empress: "It may have helped him, but only in proportion to the harm he caused him."

Yami: "Naoto, what do you think? You are the owner of the body and you are the one who decides. If you want, we will erase it now and here, and we will never see it again."

Chang Yong: "We don't know if he's telling the truth, but if he's really Murasama, then I might need his help. After all, we're in a world that's not ours and I'll need all the help I can get, but I'm worried about going berserk."

Ling Xi: "Why don't you put a soul badge on him?"

The three of them looked towards Ling Xi, they didn't know about such a thing

Ling Xi: "What, haven't you heard of it? If you put the badge on his soul, then if he tries to harm you, you can erase his soul from existence with an idea of yours."

The rest nodded and agreed on the idea, after their small meeting ended Ling Xi pulled Murasama into the middle of them

"What are you going to do?"

Zhang Yong approached and placed his hand on Murasama's forehead. While Murasama felt his soul being pulled away, making him think that he was about to die, when the feeling was over, Zhang Yong extended his hand towards him with a smile, "Can you stand up?"

Murasama took Zhang Yong's hand and stood up and took a deep breath, "Foo, I thought you were going to wipe me out."

Zhang Yong smiled, "Don't worry, you have already helped me many times, if you try to do something we will wipe you out."

A happy expression appeared on Murasama's face when he heard the first part. It was as if he saw an angel's smile, but when he heard the second part, he swallowed in panic. "Ah, can you repeat the last part?"

Zhang Yong: "If you do something."

Yami: "We will."

Empress: "B"

Ling Xi: "You are erased."

An overbearing smile appeared on the face of the four, while Murasama was about to die from panic. 'I crawled into the demon's den.'

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Zhang Yong stepped out of his soul sea and took a look around, then raised both his arms, in his right hand the Millennium Tree appeared, and in his left a blood nest appeared.

"Yoni, what happened to my rings, why aren't they showing up?"

(Due to the nature of the world that does not support soul rings, the rings have been integrated into your body)

When Zhang Yong looked at his forearms, there was a small red ring on his left forearm, a small purple ring on his right forearm, and there was a ring on his back just above the scorpion tattoo.

And a black ring in his stomach

These were his soul rings that had merged with his body, but something was missing

"Where is my first ring?"

(The ring has been fused with the soul bone of the right arm)

Zhang Yong smiled contentedly, "That's good."

Zhang Yong looked up and jumped high into the sky, his arms turned into light violet wings and he soared towards the sky, but like before, he was stopped by what looked like a wall, but it immediately broke and let him out.

Apparently he was affected by the lightning that struck the valley

Zhang Yong calmly landed next to the cliff and smiled, "I will begin my new steps in this world."

When Zhang Yong stood at the edge of the cliff, staring at the vast expanse in front of him, he felt a sense of joy and freedom unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

The wind was blowing around him, making his white hair gently flutter. He felt truly alive at this moment

When he made a promise to go against Heaven, he didn't care about the method. If the demonic path would make him go against Heaven, he would gladly follow it. If killing would make him go against Heaven, he would massacre anyone in his path. And now they were returning to the Zhang family.

At the Zhang family home

An envoy from the city's top families stood before Zhang Zi

*the name of the leader of the Zhang family*

"Zhang Family Head, you must send a member of your family to participate in the families' competition tomorrow, you must not evade."

Zhang Zi's eyes narrowed slightly as he listened to the envoy's words, "You know that the competition laws prohibit the participation of those under fifteen and over twenty, even though you know of our family's decline, you still want us to participate."

The envoy rubbed his palms together and licked his lips dirtyly, "So our family has an offer for you, as long as you agree to marry your daughter to our young master Jian Bo, we can help you rise again."

Zhang Si's face immediately showed anger, "I dare to make this offer, even if our family descended from the Bronze rank, I will not give you my daughter even over my dead body, leave my property immediately."

The envoy's face immediately paled before he looked at him seriously, "Are you sure you want to antagonize our family? This is an honor for your daughter to be desired by our young master. This is an opportunity for your family to regain its former glory."

Zhang Zi's face was dark with anger. "You dare suggest that I would sell my daughter like cattle? Even if your family were relatives of the Emperor, I would not hand her over, leave my sight immediately." He took a step closer, his eyes flashing with anger.

"You..." The flame inside the envoy ignited

"Didn't you hear what he said, leave this property." Zhang Yong's voice suddenly appeared in the place. Suddenly, Zhang Yong appeared out of nowhere and shot a hostile intent towards the envoy with the intention of threatening. The two of them immediately turned towards Zhang Yong while Zhang Zi smiled. The envoy shrank under his gaze.

Zhang Zi was unable to believe his eyes. He thought that Zhang Yong was dead after his daughter told him that he had fallen off the cliff, but here he was, standing right in front of him. "Yong...I thought you were dead." Zhang Zi came forward and grabbed Zhang Yong's shoulders with a smile.

Zhang Yong smiled softly, "Never mind, I also thought I was going to die but I didn't, on the other hand." Zhang Yong changed his gaze to stare at the envoy, taking a few steps ahead of the envoy, "Go to your masters and tell them that Zhang Yong will fight in the competition as the representative of the Zhang family."

The envoy's breath caught as he felt as if he was about to melt into place. "H-Okay."

The envoy immediately slipped and quickly left the place

Meanwhile, Zhang Zi approached Zhang Yong cautiously, "Young, why are you participating, your condition is not good for fighting, with your injuries I'm afraid..." Zhang Zi paused for a moment and did not continue.

Zhang Yong nodded, "I know that, but, I owe you a lot. Not only did you accommodate me, but you even sat me at the same table with you. I wanted to repay you for the kindness, so I will participate under the name of the Zhang family."

With that smile, Zhang Yong looked to the side, 'I have to finish the job.'

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Difficulty: C+

Description: The glory of the Zhang family

Required:

Fight in families's competition under the name of the Zhang family and bring glory to them

join the Purple Star Sect

Duration: None

Reward:

20,000 experience points

12,000 sentiment points

High quality card

Failure:

Destroying the world is yours

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