Chapter 0001: Rebirth

Rain Country, Ling Family of Cangyun Town. The moon hung high in the sky.

Henry Langley spent a full ten seconds before he could finally be sure—he had truly reincarnated.

For a powerhouse at the Heaven-Human Realm, needing ten seconds to confirm something was absolutely inconceivable, but it also proved just how unbelievable the event that had happened to him was.

In his previous life, he stood at the pinnacle of martial arts, and achieved unprecedented accomplishments in alchemy. The “Three Flames Guidance” technique he created sparked a revolution in the world of alchemy, earning him the title of “Pill Emperor.”

But he was not satisfied. He wanted to go even further, to reach the legendary Void-Breaking Realm—shattering the void, transcending the mortal, and becoming a god. For this, he explored countless ancient ruins, and finally entered the Black Blood Valley, where, after braving countless dangers, he found a mysterious ancient tower.

It did not disappoint him. Golden characters appeared on the tower—an unparalleled cultivation method called the “Indestructible Heavenly Scripture.” If cultivated to the highest level, the body would become indestructible and immortal, coexisting with heaven and earth, living as long as the sun and moon!

Yet, even with Henry Langley’s Heaven-Human Realm martial prowess, he still found the “Indestructible Heavenly Scripture” obscure and unfathomable, as if reading a heavenly book, with no clue where to begin.

He forcibly memorized the scripture, and just as he was about to study the ancient tower, it trembled lightly, releasing a boundless divine light that instantly shattered his physical body. Strangely, his soul did not dissipate, but instead fell into a state between waking and dreaming, which lasted for over ten thousand years.

During these ten thousand years, his soul pondered the Indestructible Heavenly Scripture—there was nothing else he could do. After ten thousand years, he finally comprehended the first layer of this cultivation method.

A Heaven-Human Realm powerhouse, spending ten thousand years to comprehend just the first level of a technique—what did that mean?

You must know, a Heaven-Human Realm expert’s lifespan is less than a thousand years. Normally, no one in the world could ever master the Indestructible Heavenly Scripture, because they would die of old age before even beginning.

But Henry Langley, through this bizarre method, mastered the first layer of the Indestructible Heavenly Scripture. Then, he suddenly came back to life, reincarnated into the body of a sixteen-year-old youth also named Henry Langley.

Utterly unbelievable!

“No matter what happened, the point is—I’m alive again!”

“Although this body is only at the second level of Body Refining, and is as useless as can be, I was once a Heaven-Human Realm powerhouse, standing atop the martial world, and a master of alchemy. If my talent is poor, I’ll make up for it with pills. I refuse to believe I can’t return to the peak.”

“Moreover, I can finally cultivate the Indestructible Heavenly Scripture. This is an unparalleled technique—perhaps… it doesn’t even belong to the mortal realm, but comes from the legendary divine realm. Otherwise, how could it take ten thousand years to comprehend just the first layer?”

“In this life, I will surely surpass all predecessors and attain godhood!”

“And, what’s the deal with this body? Sixteen years old and only at the second level of Body Refining—could it be that martial arts have declined too much in this era?”

Boom—a flood of memories surged into his mind. These belonged to the other Henry Langley, the original owner of this body. In this process, the two completely different people merged into one, inseparable.

“I understand now.”

Henry Langley nodded inwardly. The reason he was only at the second level of Body Refining was because his spiritual root was too poor.

To become a martial artist, there is a prerequisite: one must possess a spiritual root. With a spiritual root, one can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, temper the body, and transform it into one’s own source power.

Some spiritual roots absorb energy quickly, others slowly. Thus, spiritual roots are divided into four major grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each grade is further divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks. Heaven-grade upper rank is the best, Yellow-grade lower rank the worst.

The key to judging a spiritual root’s quality is its purity—the purer, the better. But Henry Langley’s spiritual root contained all five elements, the most chaotic type. In the martial world, this was the lowest of the low, barely qualifying as Yellow-grade lower rank. That’s why, at sixteen, he had only reached the second level of Body Refining, while his peers had already reached the fourth or fifth level.

In his previous life, Henry Langley had a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and it was even a Heaven-grade upper rank Nine Yang Fire Spiritual Root. Coupled with his unparalleled talent in alchemy, using pills to assist his martial cultivation, he reached the Heaven-Human Realm in just two hundred years—a record never before seen.

“A five-element mixed spiritual root—this is the lowest of the low. No wonder my predecessor worked so hard, yet only reached the second level of Body Refining.”

“To me, a five-element mixed spiritual root is a bit troublesome, but with the aid of pills, I will surely return to the peak within four hundred years at most!”

“Huh!”

Henry Langley exclaimed inwardly, his face showing an expression of disbelief. He was stunned for a while, then used his powerful soul to examine the spiritual root in his dantian again. His shock instantly turned to wild joy.