Now, he could be considered to have achieved some small success.

Ethan Brooks’s profession, in his previous life, was truly something unspeakable and unpleasant...

But in this world, it’s not so disgraceful.

His profession is that of an assassin.

The kind of job where you take money to risk your life.

The reason it’s not so disgraceful is because, in this world, being an assassin is a legitimate profession!

An age of chaos.

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The “Jun Tian Shou” that Ethan Brooks belongs to is an assassin organization.

Undisputedly the number one assassin organization on the continent.

“In a chaotic world, hold the blade in your hand; cleanse the world of evil, purify the sky above your head.”

This is the iron rule that every assassin of Jun Tian Shou must firmly remember when joining the group.

Perhaps in other worlds, the idea of assassins becoming a force for justice is absurd; but in this world, it is a very real reality.

Of course, not all assassin organizations are like this.

But Jun Tian Shou truly is such a breath of fresh air. And this current has existed from long ago until now, for who knows how long, and is clearly one of the dominant powers on this continent.

No one knows where the headquarters of Jun Tian Shou is located, nor does anyone know exactly who its leaders are.

But the world does know many things about Jun Tian Shou. For example, there is no threshold to join Jun Tian Shou; as long as you obey the organization’s rules, even if you are a beggar with no strength to truss a chicken, you can join.

And as long as you can complete missions and eliminate the targets, you can obtain whatever you need to live—be it money, food, or even cultivation techniques and resources.

And the very first iron rule of Jun Tian Shou is: “Life and death are fated, no responsibility taken.”

This is easy to understand, very straightforward.

Dead means dead. Once you’re gone, you have nothing more to do with the organization; there will be no compensation or anything of the sort.

But even so, an organization like Jun Tian Shou still gives many people with no way to survive another choice.

A choice for survival.

When you can’t go on living, what else can you do?

Isn’t it good to have one more way out?!

In a world where the law of the jungle prevails, where demonic beasts run rampant, every step is a life-and-death crisis, and disaster can strike at any moment.

As long as you’re not under the protection of a kingdom-level power filled with strong individuals, or in a place with strict laws, then the life and death of the weak can only depend on elusive luck.

Or perhaps the mercy of the strong.

Living on mercy, luck, and charity.

In such circumstances, when the weak go into the mountains to gather herbs, they only dare to pick ordinary ones. Even if they find a spiritual herb, they wouldn’t dare to touch it.

Because if they do, it might bring them fortune, but more likely, it will bring disaster and even the extermination of their family.

Virtue unworthy of position brings calamity; people unworthy of wealth bring misfortune.

This is not superstition, but reality, human nature.

It is also the current state of the Anping Continent.

How ironic.

“Anping!”

Such a turbulent and chaotic world, yet it bears such a peaceful name. Most of the people living here are anything but peaceful, even living on the edge of survival, facing destruction at any moment.

Every person who manages to grow up to adulthood in the wilderness has no idea how many storms and life-and-death moments they must endure.

Ethan Brooks, on the other hand, is relatively lucky—though his experiences growing up could only be described as utterly miserable, still... he survived in the end.

Surviving itself is already an extremely lucky thing!

And he’s not disabled... it’s practically divine favor!

This poor transmigrator, from the very first day he arrived, was just an ordinary little beggar wandering the continent.

Stealing, robbing, cheating, begging, going three or five days without food until his eyes glowed green with hunger...

This was a common occurrence.

Until he heard about the existence of the Jun Tian Shou organization.

That year, he was nine years old, the second year after he transmigrated.

He realized this might be his chance to change his fate.

Over a year of begging and poverty had long since made him give up all his unrealistic fantasies.

That day, he used a sharp stone to cut his own wrist, collected half a bowl of blood, and dripped it into a jade bowl in front of the altar at the Jun Tian Temple.

This is the necessary process for anyone wishing to join Jun Tian Shou—

[Swear by your heart’s blood, let Heaven bear witness, fate as the guide, from now on, all is equal under Heaven.]

Note, it’s “equal under Heaven,” not the “Jun Tian” of Jun Tian Shou.

Jun Tian Shou gives you a chance for equality among all beings.

Of course, whether you can truly share the world equally in the future... that’s up to you.

Then he received a white, paper-like token of unknown material.

[Jun Tian Token]

Also known in the martial world as the “Jun Tian Judgment Order,” the exclusive token of Jun Tian Shou.

Don’t underestimate this token; it contains a universe within, connected to countless pieces of information across the world.

All missions related to Jun Tian Shou must be accepted through this token.

Rewards are also collected from the token.