Chapter 1 Reborn (Part 1)

It is said that when a person is about to die, countless memories of their life will flash before their eyes, especially those missed opportunities, regrets, and the things that leave the deepest unwillingness. James Carter is in just such a state right now.

The first scene to flash through his mind is when James Carter, after being falsely accused, found himself with nowhere to turn. The true culprit gloated before James Carter, while James Carter, gravely wounded, was utterly unable to resist.

"I killed the man, I did the deed, so what? Who would believe you now? You are the murderer!" The cruel grin on William Carter's face was crystal clear before James Carter's eyes. "Let me tell you, it was I who spread the news, I who lured the Taixian Sect's young master here, I who killed him, I who framed you—so what?"

"Despicable!" Severely injured, James Carter could not confront William Carter head-on and could only curse in pain.

"What are you? Do you deserve to possess a ten-thousand-year vermilion fruit? Why don't you take a look at yourself?" William Carter sneered. "It was I who reported you to Taixian Sect, claiming you coveted the vermilion fruit the young master obtained and killed him in secret. Taixian Sect rewarded me with the vermilion fruit but hunted you down. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not knowing your place. If you had obediently handed over the vermilion fruit, none of this would have happened. A lowborn wretch like you, the child of a tenant farmer, dares to possess the vermilion fruit? Dares to refuse my demand?"

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The second scene was of James Carter's beautiful master being forced by the Taixian Sect master to become a cultivation furnace. The beautiful master swore to resist and took her own life in defiance.

"James Carter, go, get as far away as you can, never think of avenging me, just live, go!" The look of final farewell in his beautiful master's eyes was so vivid in James Carter's mind that even at the moment of death, he could feel that heart-wrenching pain.

"Master, it's all my fault! It's all my fault for implicating you!" James Carter knelt before his master, sobbing uncontrollably.

Because of a single vermilion fruit, James Carter was framed by William Carter, and now even his sect was implicated. The current master of Taixian Sect suddenly discovered that James Carter's beautiful master possessed the rare innate full spiritual root and immediately decided to make her his cultivation furnace. Four Nascent Soul cultivators from Taixian Sect surrounded Pure Yang Palace, leaving no way out.

"James Carter, go!" The determination in his beautiful master's eyes never wavered. With a blood escape technique, she sent James Carter outside the encirclement, and the last sight James Carter had of his master was her self-detonating her Nascent Soul.

"Master!" James Carter's anguished cry echoed for dozens of miles.

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The third scene was right after James Carter had just ascended. He thought that after all his bitter cultivation, he could finally take revenge, but he never expected that, alone and powerless, he still had no way to deal with a great sect like Taixian Sect and was ultimately forced to ascend. Yet, after ascending, he still encountered Taixian Sect's influence in the spirit and immortal realms.

"Even after ascending, you're still a useless wretch. Keeping you alive is just to serve as an example to others, to show them the consequences of offending me!" The former master of Taixian Sect, now the vice master of Xuantian Sect, sneered at James Carter and placed a restriction on him.

Everyone who ascended could see James Carter's miserable plight, but Xuantian Sect was so powerful that no one dared utter a word of complaint. After all, it was James Carter who suffered, and everyone else just took him as a warning. And so, James Carter endured thousands of years of torment.

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But soon, James Carter's memories returned to his happiest moment—the time when his beautiful master gave him his very first flying sword.

"James Carter, this Mingguang Sword was specially forged for you by me. Take good care of it and cultivate diligently!" His master's slender jade fingers held the Mingguang Sword and handed it to James Carter. That moment was the happiest in James Carter's cultivation journey.

The scene froze, and a heart-wrenching pain surged through his body. James Carter couldn't help but cry out in agony.

"Ah…"

A long, anguished scream burst from James Carter's mouth, filled with deep unwillingness, startling everyone around him.

"Who dares to shout so loudly here?" An angry shout rang out, and then a figure appeared, immediately spotting James Carter in the crowd, still standing there, mouth agape and at a loss.

"Making a ruckus at the mountain gate for no reason, being so rude before even entering—there's no need for you to participate in this year's spiritual root test!" Before James Carter could even see the newcomer's face clearly, the person swept a wide sleeve, and James Carter was involuntarily lifted into the air, flailing helplessly as he was sent flying far away.

With a thud, James Carter crashed heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a long while. But the intense pain also made James Carter realize—he was still alive.