Shawn Roberts moves to Japan to become an artist. When he arrives  to Japan his translater Ito Shuu just so happens to be one of the most popular people on campus that is known for being the Gay artist that uses people in his art pieces. Will Shawn just so happen to be Ito's next piece and what art does Shawn create when nobody is around?

A normal salarymen died from the mistake of higher-being . As to apologize the being gift him with some wishes. Now the new story begins.
I don't own any thing from my hero academia or ben 10 series. All the art belong to their respective owner

Right after Tian Long installed the twenty Gravity Rooms inside the mountain he went inside it, intending to try out the abilities of the room.

As soon as he entered the stone-looking building, he saw an incredibly wide open space that was around 200 meter².

There were no windows, no furniture, there wasn't anything inside except a luminous light source at the ceiling and the silver marble-looking floor and walls.

After a few seconds of looking around, Tian Long suddenly heard a monotonous systematic voice, however, it wasn't the usual voice of the Apex system.

[ Please select your desired gravitational multiplier. You can multiply the gravity within the room up to a thousand times the normal gravity of the outside world. ]

Tian Long was surprised hearing another systematic voice other than the system's since he got used to it by now.

"Multiply the gravity five times the normal please." said Tian Long, eager to try out the Gravity Room.

Instantly, a formless pressure enveloped his body, obviously, it was the gravity inside the room increasing.

He could feel his body had gotten a bit heavier when he tried moving.

However, for the current Tian Long, this little bit of increase wasn't even worth anything since his physique has improved to an insane level.

"Increase the pressure to 10 times the normal gravity." he ordered.

Right after he said those words, the pressure was encasing him became stronger.

But still it wasn't enough, Tian Long shook his head since this current pressure from 10 times the gravity was just too easy for him.

Following that, he increased the pressure to 20 times, 30 times, 40 times... all the way up to 200 times the gravity.

Just by relying on his physical body alone, Tian Long breezed all the way up to this level.

There were a few drops of sweat on his forehead as he stood in that same spot.

He then nodded his head and took out the Golden Dragon Spear. "This 200x the gravity should be a good level to start training with my spear as I increase and multiply the gravity here."

With the intimidating yet valiant-looking gold black spear, Tian Long started training the spear art that he had been using all this time.

This spear art came from the Tian Family back on Earth and he had been training it since he started on the path of martial arts.

Its name was the {Tyrannical Spear Art} and it had a total of 7 movements with each being stronger than the last.

Tian Long had basically mastered the {Tyrannical Spear Art} considering he had been a once-in-a-millennium genius back on Earth and he had been training it his whole life until he died.

He relied solely on his physique as he trained under the immense pressure of the 200x gravity. 

*Boom* *Whoosh*

Each swing was capable of destroying everything in its path tyrannically, befitting its name. Explosions resounded everywhere as the air itself was sundered by the horrifying strength of his strikes.

Each attack he used was capable of ending those with the same cultivation as him, be it their quality or quantity, everything was useless in front of his absolute strength. And this was under the suppressive effects of the 200x increased gravity.

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A few hours later.

Tian Long had the gravity increased as he kept training his body under the stressful pressure. If it was any other King realm or even Emperor realm cultivators, then they'll probably have died or suffocated under the horrifying strain from the increased gravity.

250x gravity...300x...400x...500x.. His physical body was being pushed to its limits as he continuously swung his spear under the crushing pressure.

The cells within his body were as if they were screaming as they were endlessly strengthened. The cells that died were instantly replaced by new ones which were more enhanced and stronger. His muscles were being refined to an exaggerated level as he continued his non-stop inhuman training.

The gravity multiplier continued to increase until it finally reached 1000x the gravity which was the current limit of the Gravity Room.

His clothes were drenched in sweat as he kept swinging and stabbing his spear in the air, it was as if he had a limitless amount of strength and that he could keep this up forever.

*Crackle Crackle*

Sparks of lightning suddenly appeared all around his body.

It was precisely the heavenly tribulation lightning that he absorbed with the help of the {Heavenly Lightning Body Refinement Method} when he helped Lin Zhou during his ascension to the False God Realm.
(Note: Chapter 17 if yous don't remember.)

Although he had absorbed the lightning to level up the {Heavenly Lightning Body Refinement Method} and increase his physique, there was still a lot of leftover tribulation lightning that stayed within his body. And finally, with the help of the suppression of the 1000x gravity increase, they were being refined by Tian Long unconsciously which further enhanced his already monstrous physique and his affinity towards lightning.

"Don't stop! Keep going! It's only a 1000x gravity, its no big deal at all!" shouted Tian Long.

He had not been using any heavenly energy or any other techniques at all to help him withstand the pressure but instead solely relied on his physical body.

Although it was suicidal, the benefits of doing so were incredibly beneficial to him since his beast-like physical body was currently being enhanced further.

Under the suppression, his body cells and flesh continued to die and be reborn, solidifying and augmenting his physique.

Even his bones were being refined due to the crushing gravity and the tribulation lightning which was going crazy inside his body.

Right now, weapons below the King realm are basically impossible to cut or injure himat all due to his godlike constitution.

His comprehension and attainments with the {Tyrannical Spear Art} have also improved due to the strenuous pressure of the increased gravity, allowing him to find previous faults on his understandings to the spear art and improving his foundation in it.

Currently, every time he swung or stabbed with his spear, it was as if the winds were howling as his strikes carried an unstoppable momentum which was capable of destroying the world.

The space cracked and the void was sundered due to the limitless amount of strength behind each and every attack of his.

Destroy every obstacle in the way, kill the gods and buddhas if they dared to obstruct his path! 

Suppress and dominate everything with your strength no matter what they are!

Pave your tracks with mountains of bones of and rivers of blood of your foes, climb to the top and establish your own world and your law!

The Tyrannical Path! The Dao of the Tyrannical Spear Art! Your life is destined to be filled with endless battles! You only have two choices: To rise above everything and everyone and reach the peak or to fall and eventually disappear alongside the countless masses in the long river of time

This novel has been rebooted, look up Apex System if you're interested in reading the new version!

It has been more than two years since the ART Pirates were formed officially , but news of their first appearance has spread throughout the world. News about Arthur fighting with Whitebeard for 5 whole days and successfully walking out casually showed Arthur's fighting abilities. There are even rumors circulating that Arthur managed to defeat the number 1 swordsman in the world, The Hawk Eyes, Dracule Mihawk. The information of the members of the ART Pirates crew also did not escape everyone's ears. 
First Mate of ART Pirates, Nico Robin, The Devil Child, a girl who got the first wanted status since the age of 7 years. She is the ear and eye for the ART Pirates, no information will be slipped from her if she wants to know. Whereas Boa Hancock, which is very recognizable by the whole world because of her unparalleled beauty. She also earned the nickname "Weather Empress" because of her beauty and the ability of her devil fruit that can change the weather as she pleased, some even heard that she sent thunder rain to an island because of provoking her anger. The member who was initially thought to be a supporter, Baby-5, is now nicknamed "Fairy Queen" because of her latest bounty poster's photo that has wings and crown. Other members do not have too much information known by the public because they have never been seen fighting directly. But because of the increasingly popular members of the ART Pirates, Arthur earned another nickname.
Robin: "Art of Harem." Robin who was sitting relaxed while reading her book suddenly said something.
Arthur: "What's that?" Arthur was confused because he did not understand what Robin said.
Robin: "The nickname made by all men in the world for you." Robin answered by turning the pages of the book she was reading.
Hancock: "Hahaha, that suits you better than the nickname of The Art of Death." Hancock could not help laughing because he heard Arthur's new nickname.
Sugar: "Young master Arthur. Our wanted poster changed. " Sugar ran into the lounge with News Coo in his hand.
Bepo: "Captain, were they misprinted when they made my wanted poster?"
Robin: "This is the lowest pirate bounty price I know of." Robin holds Bepo's first wanted poster.
Bepo: "My fighting ability is not inferior to Sugar, but the price of her bounty is higher than me. Why?"
Monet: "Maybe it's because you're a bear."
Bepo: "I'm sorry." Bepo is very depressed because of his nature and is exacerbated by his bounty status which is very low compared to the others.


Bepo showed Arthur his wanted poster and made Arthur also hold back his laughter. It's been 1 week since the incident at the Twin Cape and they are still sailing towards Foolshout Island. During this time Arthur continued to train his new members and their wanted posters began to change, except for Monet and Law who were less active in combat. Sugar and Bepo also get their first wanted poster. When everyone saw Bepo's wanted poster, they burst out laughing, causing the depressed bear to sink even worse.
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WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
"THE ART OF DEATH"
PHANTASM D ARTHUR
750.000.000 B
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WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
"THE DEVIL CHILD"
NICO ROBIN
150.000.000 B
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WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
"WEATHER EMPRESS"
BOA HANCOCK
280.000.000 B
-------!_!-------
WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
"THE FAIRY QUEEN"
BABY-5
80.000.000 B
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WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
MONET
50.000.000 B
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WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
TRAFALGAR D LAW
50.000.000 B
-------!_!-------
WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
SUGAR
1.000.000 B
-------!_!-------
WANTED
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DEAD OR ALIVE
BEPO
500 B
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Sugar: "Bepo, ugh, don't worry, ugh, your bounty values ​​will rise as soon as they know your abilities, ugh hahaha." Sugar tries to calm Bepo but instead worsens the white bear's mood.
Arthur: "We better not disturb him for a while."
Hancock: "Yes, I'll do that." Hancock who usually likes to bother Bepo also felt sorry for him.
Arthur: "So how long will we arrive on Foolshout Island?"
Hancock: "At normal speed, we will arrive after 3 days."


During those 3 days, Bepo started to get back normal again, even though he was still depressed often and said the word sorry but he didn't think too much about the price of his bounty again. During that week Arthur also began to teach Sugar about shooting techniques and continued to train the bodies of new members to reach the minimum limit to use the Rokushiki technique. Arthur also did not forget his training and one morning after waking up he felt something in him that was different from the previous days. He didn't think too much about it and immediately got up from the bed and went to practice, and it was when he tried his devil fruit ability that he felt the change he had just felt.
Arthur: "HAHAHA !?" Arthur's laughing voice surprised everyone who immediately ran towards him.
Baby-5: "Young master Arthur, is something wrong?"
Arthur: "Look at this." Arthur showed a white fluffy round pillow in his hand.
Robin: "What's wrong with the pillow?"
Bepo: "Captain, please return me to normal." Bepo's voice came from Arthur's pillow.
Sugar: "The pillow can talk." Sugar is shocked after hearing Bepo's voice from the pillow.
Bepo: "I'm sorry." Bepo, who became Arthur's guinea pig, turned into a Minion Pigs of the Angry Birds character but still has white fur.
Arthur: "Looks like my devil fruit has awakened now, after 15 years I used it finally my devil fruit has awakened. Hahaha." Arthur laughed happily tossing Bepo in the air.
Bepo: "Captain ... I feel dizzy."
Hancock: "What's the difference from your previous abilities?" Hancock catches the pillow (Bepo) in the air and checks the pillow (Bepo).
Arthur: "Before, I can indeed change the appearance and function of the target according to my wishes, but I cannot change the basic shape of my target. If my target is human, the changes created by Art-Art Fruits will continue to have a human form that is to have a head, body, hands, and feet. But now I can change the basic shape and even reduce the size of my target. Now I can do this too, [Omni Art] "Arthur changed his hand to a skull-hand and tried to move it.
Everyone: "Wow ..."
Robin: "I have never seen Arthur change himself." Robin gave his statement after recalling Arthur's abilities.
Bepo: "Captain ... ugh!" Bepo felt very dizzy and looked like he wanted to throw up.
Arthur: "Ah, sorry, [Liberty Art]" That way Bepo's body returned to normal.
Monet: "Is that all you have of being able to after your devil fruit awakened?" Monet who was lacking in enthusiasm because of the change in the ability of Arthur's devil fruit was less conspicuous.
Arthur: "I need more experiments, but it seems I can change the target in more detail. Maybe now I can change the arrangement of atoms in minerals and DNA in a person's body. Very great is not it? "
Everyone: "Wow ..."


Arthur thought while rubbing his chin and developing his chest proudly because it represented the ability of his awakened devil fruit. All were surprised to see Arthur's expression, not because of his words.
Robin: "So, what is DNA?" Robin who asked Arthur made him almost falling like in the anime.
Arthur: "You don't know what DNA is? Baby-5? " Arthur tried to ask Baby-5 who was more knowledgeable about health science.
Baby-5: "I'm sorry, young master Arthur, D ... NA, the first time I heard those words." Baby-5 feels guilty for not being able to fulfill Arthur's expectations.
Arthur: "Ah, that's fine. But why do you look surprised if you don't know the meaning of my words? "
Monet: "So what is DNA?"
Arthur: "How do I explain it huh? Um ... Ah. Maybe Baby-5 will know if I call it with name Lineage Factor. " Arthur remembers one of the terms in the anime.
Baby-5: "What !? Lineage Factor !? Eh ... sorry, I was just surprised. " Baby-5 screams to everyone's surprise.
Robin: "This is the first time I've to see Baby-5 surprised until she screams like that."
Hancock: "So ... what is Lineage Factor?"

Otaku who want to be reincarnated in the world of One Piece, hm. 
Trying to go on an adventure in his second life, hm. 
Enjoy everything in the new world, hm. 
This is a synopsis, hm. 
Hm, that's it. 
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I am a beginner writer so don't expect too much. 
English is not my native language.
This novel is just fan fiction and the only thing that comes from me is all the new characters and places that I have added.
Cover is based on [ FGO-Arthur Pendagron (Prototype) ] and [ Akatsuki no Yona-Kija ], I got the images from google and merge it.

If you haven't read my fanfic yet, go read it now before coming back to this aux chap.

This is not the normal mythology of the world of Naruto. This is the Mythology of the whole Universe of Naruto.

Everything after the God's explanation may end up revealing the entire actual mythology of Naruto, though I doubt it.

I made this whole thing up for my fanfic, so don't scold me in the comments if I've gotten anything about the religious counterparts of this God wrong.

This is for the viewers that haven't seen or read about Hindu mythology, which is what some of the Naruto world is based on.

I will update this chapter as I reveal the different qualities and powers of the Gods.

This is a huge history lecture, so sit tight.

From this point on, it is spoilers for my fanfiction.
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Chakravartin:
Chakravartin is the mysterious god that has gifted Tarou a physical passive skill, and a Kekkei Genkai called the Suryagan. Chakravartin is essentially a "hive-mind", seeing that he has many fractions of his Will spread across the Universe.

Chakravartin may not be all as he seems since the stuff that others have told Tarou, have put Chakravartin in a bad light.

This is where my current explanation for the God that I've revealed so far ends. Further explanation of the different Energies that I've revealed in the fanfic, I wrote below.
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The combination of Chakra and Nature Energy is what is called Mantra, or Senjutsu. Mantra enables a user to become much stronger than others who cultivate normal Chakra. Once one completely masters the art of Mantra, is when one can comprehend the art of Cosmic Energy, or what is called Divine Energy. Once one absorbs or is able to cultivate Divine Energy, is when one can become a Divine Being or a God.

Chakra is what dwells in all living beings. It is the fundamental life force of a person.

Nature Energy, or Senjutsu, is the energy that emits from planets. The God Tree is able to change this Nature Energy, into a physical form of Chakra that is able to be eaten.

Cosmic Energy, or Divine Energy, is the remaining Mantra in the universe after a strong being was destroyed by Divine Intervention. This Mantra was refined by millions of years of being in the vastness of space, which has refined it to a whole new level.

Divine Intervention is the Universe's way of testing one's ability to transcend to the next realm.

To be able to "evolve" one's body is to have a balance of both Chakra and Nature Energy. The world where Naruto is set is lucky to have inhabitants that just cultivate Chakra since most other planets don't have this.

The Otsutsuki Clan were able to evolve their bodies and blood by just a little bit when they ate the Chakra Fruits that grow from the God Tree.

Every other alien race in the universe practices the art of Nature Energy, which is a huge risk to one's body if they also practice Chakra. The Otsutsuki Clan is a nice example. The reason for their pale skin, white hair, and unusual skills is the imbalance of both Chakra and Nature Energy.

A being can practice Nature Energy alone, and be just fine. Nature Energy is a substitute for Chakra in other worlds. But if Chakra is practiced and increases in their system, they will turn to stone, killing them.

The other beings of the Universe can discard their inborn Chakra by practicing JUST Nature Chakra, nothing more.

Most beings aren't able to cultivate Divine Energy because of this. If one has completely mastered the art of Nature Energy, then trying to cultivate Divine Energy will be like hitting a brick wall, you can choose to break it down with Natural Energy Brute Force, but you will just end up being killed by Divine Intervention.

This is why the Otsutsuki actively travels from planet to planet, sapping the planet of it's Nature Energy and Chakra, using the God Trees.

The Otsutsuki clan members' bloodline is so strong from the repeated usage of Chakra Fruits, they are able to withstand the petrification that comes with the imbalance of Chakra and Nature Energy, but in turn, it discolors their body.

Take Chinese Manhua for example. The way they cultivate is like how humans cultivate chakra. Except they receive their power from their surroundings.

The Otsutsuki clan Patriarch barely knows how to resonate with both Chakra and Nature Energy, which is why Urashiki thinks that Mitsuki's Sage Chakra is interesting. Because it's a successful instance of Chakra and Nature Energy resonating.

The powerful animals of the Naruto world are already cultivating in the art of Nature Energy. So when humans get special features of the animals that surround them, after achieving Sage Mode, this is because of the animals unconsciously emitting their Natural Energy.

The Otsutsuki clan still doesn't know how to resonate with both Nature, and Chakra, which is funny considering a talking FROG was able to comprehend it and taught it to the creator of Ninshu, Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Of course, Hagoromo would be the strongest person to have lived, after he sealed Kaguya, because he was able to practice Mantra, which he learned from the Sage at Mount Myoboku, and comprehended a small bit of Divine Energy, which is why he was able to appear in dreams of different people before they died.

Sorry, my non-English speakers reading this aux chap lmao.

I can't believe I spent a whole hour typing this shit...

Tarou was killed and resurrected into the world of Naruto. But as soon as he is born, his birth mother is assassinated. 

Arata Reo and Nakano Reo adopt this baby from the local orphanage. But what do you get when you cross a small boy with the knowledge of the entire timeline of Naruto? Well, we'll just have to wait and see I guess.
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If you haven't seen the tags already, this is a system fanfic.

Deep inside a large secluded forest, the only sounds that could be heard were the footsteps of a group of men chasing after a young 12-year-old child who kept jumping from tree to tree at immense speeds that shocked the men.
As the child got deeper and deeper into the forest, the men got more and more unwilling to continue as this forest wasn't any normal forest but the Forest of the Evil God.
At the core of the forest was the evilest, powerful, and violent beings in the entire world called the Demonic Beasts. They were normal Beasts that had over 10,000 Years been infected and transformed into these corrupted beings.
This world was called the Heaven Wasteland Domain and within its domain was one world, a sun, and a moon. But what made this world a bit special was it had access to an energy that the world itself had the power of creating called Qi. This Qi permeated in the air and was a representation of the life force of the world and so throughout the uncountable year's humans have existed in this world, the system to take this Qi and make it usable had been created, and this process was called cultivation.
The young child who had been chased was named Shen Tian and he was the son of the Spirit Flame Clan Patriarch.
The Spirit Flame Clan was one of the 13 Ancient Clans and possessed bodies that were highly attuned to Qi allowing them to have an edge over normal cultivators. One of the most important inheritances of the clan was the Spirit Inheritance Stone that allowed one person from each generation to inherit the memories from the stone so only 2 people would have the inheritance, the Patriarch and the Patriarch's Successor, and for this generation, Shen Tian was the Patriarch's Successor.
The memories that were stored in the stone were considered 2 of the 6 God Arts of the Heaven Wasteland Domain: the Spirit God Scripture and the Myriad Flame God Art.
The Spirit God Scripture was never really used as no one had the talent to complete the prerequisite to cultivating this art, but the Myriad Flame God Art was a different story.
To cultivate, one must first open at least 8 Qi Meridians and at that stage, they are considered Martial Practitioners as they push their bodies to the limit to open up their meridians creating a bridge between the world and their body. After at least 8 Qi Meridians are opened, they can begin the process of forging ones Qi Core where their refined Qi would be stored and after the Qi Core is forged they would be called Apprentice Warriors.
But a key part of an Apprentice Warrior and his Qi Core is that during the creation of the Qi Core, an affinity with a Spirit would be created and that spirit would inhabit itself in the core giving that Apprentice Warrior's Qi a form.
In the Spirit Flame Clan, the Patriarch's Bloodline was special because they always had a Fire Elemental Spirit and another Elemental Spirit within their Qi Core. This allowed them to use the Myriad Flame God Art to combine these 2 Elemental Spirits to create immensely powerful Martial Arts and Spell Arts.
Shen Tian despite only being 12-years-old, was able to forge his Qi Core successfully and he merged with the Fire Elemental and the Lightning Elemental Spirit. This led to him using the Myriad Flame God Art to form what he called Thunder Flams and he was using one of the arts he created, the Lightning Flame Flash Step, to jump from tree to tree to escape.
He came to the forest often to hone himself so he was familiar with the outskirts of the forest allowing him to gain a large lead between his pursuers and himself. Despite all of them being much stronger than Shen Tian himself.
For why Shen Tian was being pursued, it was because his clan was just exterminated. Everyone he knew, including his own family, were killed by the various sects as well as the other 12 Ancient Clans coming together. The reason they were exterminated was that the Spirit Flame Clan was accused of creating a portal to summon the Darkness, a strange pocket realm within the Domain that opened every millennium that brought terrifying monsters from its shadow.
But this was false, Shen Tian had no idea why his clan was framed or who framed them but he knew his anger wouldn't be quenched until he exterminated all those who were involved. He knew that the people involved were most likely the most powerful people in the Heaven Wasteland Domain, but he would never be able to sleep calm.
He turned around as he went deeper into the Forest of the Evil God and noticed that the men chasing him had given up. But he didn't stop as he went deeper and deeper, the eerie sounds of weeping and roaring scared Shen Tian but he knew if he stopped now the Demonic Beasts who could easily smell the scent of a human would track him with ease.
As he went to the core of the Forest of the Evil God, the suppressive evil force from the corpse of the Evil God who was the source of the Evil Energy that corrupted the beasts almost crushed him but he was lucky that both his Qi and his speed allowed him to stay alive without dying.
No one knew where this Evil God came from or how he became so powerful, but his corpse itself was so powerful that even the strongest in the domain wouldn't want to get near the corpse of the Evil God which was a terrifying indicator of its power.
Shen Tian looked around for a place to recover himself without being exposed, and his eyes locked onto a strange cave that had been carved into a strange rocky hill. This rocky hill was the highest point in the area near him so it stood out like a sore thumb, but the strange thing was the purple aura that Shen Tian could see all around him was nonexistent near this rocky hill so he could guess that this area for some reason wasn't affected by the Evil Energy.
Entering the cave, he could feel the Evil Energy that had been close to killing him slowly dissipate, allowing him to fall to the floor and breathe. Any normal 12-year-old in that situation would have been killed, but this is the reason he was the Patriarch's Son for one of the biggest clans in the Domain. He kept his mind moving forward, he knew his clan was already dead so what is the use of going back now only to get killed. Despite his eyes being bloodshot red and his wanting to see his parents one more time, he held himself back so he could eventually take revenge.
He was lucky that he was seclusive and almost no one outside of his clan has seen his face or else he would have been in real trouble.
Shen Tian had already planned to join one of the large sects who had not joined in the extermination, and he would grow his power before annihilating the ones responsible for his clan's murder.
Shen Tian looked up and saw that the cave went in quite deep so he struck the entrance of the cave allowing rocks to cover the entrance before summoning a fire on his finger and going deeper into the cave. He needed to make sure his scent wasn't too strong so he controlled his sweat and he didn't want to stay near the outside of the cave in fear that some of the stronger demonic beasts would find him so he decided to go deeper was most likely better, not only would he know what was on the other side but he would be safer.
As he went deeper he noticed that the cave was declining and it was going underground causing him to wonder how deep this went because if it went underground who knew how large the cave would be. It also allowed him to breathe with relief because he wouldn't run into the other side of the rocky hill and meet a Demonic Beast.
His footsteps halted when he squinted his eyes and when he made the flame on his hand bigger his eyes went wide in shock as he saw a gigantic stone door. The door was huge, taller than the hill itself and there were markings on the door that Shen Tian had no idea what they were saying.
Shen Tian felt reservation at first, but his eyes filled with anger and he knew this might be something that not only would allow him to restore his clan pride by getting revenge. But to restart his clan once more as he would possess the overwhelming power to rule the entire domain.
When he pressed his hand against the door, he fell to the ground. Shen Tian had died.

The Heaven Wasteland Domain, a land where humans called Warriors all strive to become the strongest in the lands to achieve immortality and bring themselves endless honor and pride. 

A young boy named Shen Tian fights to reach the peak of not only the Heaven Wasteland Domain, not just the universe, but all of creation. With his motivation for revenge, his natural talent, and his fateful encounter his dream is bound to be achieved through his treacherous plotting and Heaven Defying Battles!

Hazel hadn't realized how badly her attempt at acting like everything was normal after her world came crashing down was going until Will called her out on it. Of course he would notice something like that. 
Had he always watched her like a hawk and she simply didn't notice? Since coming back from Georgia she had paid extra close attention to the way he acted, searching for anything that might explain what kind of person he actually was. 
She didn't find much. For the most part he was too happy to see her to do anything other than be overly affectionate like usual. 
The questions Hazel had tried so hard to suppress kept popping up as they went about their days. How dangerous was he really? What else was he hiding from her? Why had he latched onto her of all people? 
When Will suggested moving the trip they planned up she was immediately suspicious that there was some sort of ulterior motive behind it. For some reason he wanted them out of the country. 
Why? Was it because he missed her and wanted to spend more time with her sooner or was there a more sinister reason? 
Knowing nothing about his life, she wasn't sure whether or not he was the kind of man who made enemies. Running away from someone would be a good excuse to go to Paris early and stay there longer than originally planned. 
The worst part was that Hazel wasn't sure whether or not she was being paranoid. She had to act like everything was normal. 
It was easier once they made it to France because she was excited about being there. They had a lot of awesome things planned, first and foremost being eating a real French breakfast.
The croissants there made her wonder how she was ever able to eat the store-bought ones back in the United States. They weren't even in the same universe of taste or texture. She inhaled three of them before her café au lait had even cooled.  
"This is the most amazing thing I have ever eaten," Hazel said with her mouth full. 
Will laughed. "This is the most basic of all French foods and you're so excited already?"
She stuck her tongue out at him. This level of teasing familiarity was what she was used to and it helped her relax even further. No matter what else might be going on with him, he was still her best friend. 
Hazel was in a foreign country and she intended to have fun with her favorite person in the world at any cost. Sightseeing should be sufficient distraction from her raging thoughts. She could do this—have fun and be normal. 
After breakfast the first thing they did was head straight to the Louvre, arguably the most famous museum in the world. As an avid art lover, this was what she had been looking forward to most about this trip. Some of the most famous art pieces in all of human history were kept here. 
She walked around examining everything with a sense of wonder and the critical eye of an artist. The choices of medium, brushstrokes, color palettes, and everything else that made up the paintings were all fascinating to her. It was all the more impressive when you thought about the historical context of the pieces. 
Hazel babbled on excitedly to her husband, giving even more random details than the plaques next to the paintings did. A tour guide nearby overheard some of her monologue about the Mona Lisa and seemed impressed that she knew so much off the top of her head. 
Will wasn't as awestruck by what they were seeing as she was but he smiled contentedly as he listened to her go on and asked questions that proved he was actually paying attention. He had always been like that. 
He even managed to contribute a few observations of his own about the historical context of some of the paintings and sculptures they were seeing. She was surprised to say the least. 
He noticed and shrugged casually. "I took a few art history classes in college. It made me feel closer to you somehow because you said you wanted to be an artist back in the hospital."
Was that really it? Had he remembered that from way back then or had he been checking up on her and knew she was an artist-in-the-making already? She wasn't sure how long ago he had started keeping tabs on her but it was definitely at least as far back as her sophomore year of college. 
Will would have graduated by then but she couldn't help but wonder if he did somehow know what she was up to all that time. How much of what came out of his mouth was lies? 
It dampened her spirits only slightly. There was too much beautiful art to let her questions drag her down right now. She could worry about that later; she might never get the chance to come to a place like this again. 
They spent hours examining every single exhibit in the Louvre, breaking only to get lunch at a café outside. It was still early by the time Hazel reluctantly acknowledged they had stayed too long and they ended up taking a double decker bus tour of the city. 
That was the easiest way to see all of the major architectural sites without walking to each one. They could always go back and visit their favorites up close later. 
Hazel's shutterbug tendencies came out full force and she took dozens of pictures. When Will got another tourist to take one of the two of them with the Arc de Triomphe in the background her smile wasn't even all that strained. 
She was on vacation and that included being on vacation from her worries. Having one of the most delicious dinners in her life later that night definitely helped too. She would get through the next few weeks and everything would finally go back to the way it was before. Right?

“I’ll marry anyone who will take me!” Hazel declared loudly. “I don’t need love!”

“Get down!” Will hissed. “You don’t know what kind of people are lurking around in here! Talking like that might get you killed!”

==

Hazel Dixon thought she was putting her troubled past behind her. But when the person she thought she trusted most betrays her, she loses her head and proposes to an entire bar full of strangers. 

Enter Will Sheffield, a charming stranger who decides to take her up on her offer to save her from herself. 

He spoils her rotten without expecting anything in return and Hazel's confusion only grows. She doesn't know why he is acting this way. Or why he reminds her so much of the 'dangerous' childhood friend she thought was gone forever...

While the outside world was talking about the appearance of the Blood Ancestor, Chen Fan was still inside the Sword Palace. 
In the main room of the palace.
Chen Fan sat with his legs crossed; there was a pile of Spirit Stones next to him. A fire was burning in the middle of the room, which was connected to the Malice Earth Well and could extract the energy of the earth at any time. 
"After being reborn for five years, I can finally act extravagantly."
Chen Fan looked at the Spirit Stones and was thrilled.
The cultivation environment on Earth was bad and the existing Spirit Qi wasn't enough to push someone into the Connate Level. Even Ye Qincang was only able to break through after the events that happened to him at the Deity Burial Valley, including the help from Chen Fan's "Five Elements Thunder." 
"There are fifty eight thousand Spirit Stones here. Together with the three thousand from Yingzhou Island and the one thousand Divine Crystals I found, I have a total of more than sixty thousand Spirit Stones," Chen Fan calculated.
He was currently half a step away from entering the Connate Level and he needed around three thousand Spirit Stones for that. After getting such a large amount of Spirit Stones, Chen Fan became much more ambitious.
"Since I've reached the Tribulation Level in my previous life, it isn't difficult for me to enter the Connate Level now. I might even achieve the Golden Core Level using secret arts. And yet, same as with the Golden Core Level, the Connate Level is also divided into different stages.
"Some descendants of Divine Beasts, sons of Celestial Lords or Saints and offsprings of Perfected Immortals can defeat Golden Core Cultivators and Entities once they become Connate Cultivators! But I can't just settle for the Connate Level," Chen Fan thought.
The most ordinary Connate Beings were warriors like Ye Qincang, descendants of the Blood Ancestor, those born as Connate Beings or those who cultivated some low-level arts. They relied completely on their instincts and didn't know about real cultivation at all.
The Deities in the Realm of Kunxu were better.
They knew cultivation arts of some small sects and had Divine Powers, Dharma Spells and Dharma Treasures. They belonged to the bottom of the Realm of Cultivation and there were plenty of them across the universe. However, they could never enter the Golden Core Level, not to mention the higher levels, like the Nascent Soul and Soul Formation.
Above them were the elites of the large sects and races. They started taking elixirs as soon as they were born and were the closest to Dao Body Babies. They practiced the top arts of their sects and the most suitable Divine Powers and Dharma Spells. Since they were the seeds of a sect, they could probably enter the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul level.
But they still needed skills and luck in order to enter the Soul Formation level.
"These three groups are the ordinary classes in the Realm of Cultivation. Those who desire to reach the Soul Formation and the Void Returning Level would have to thrive for perfection when entering the Connate and Golden Core levels."
Chen Fan heaved a sigh.
He was only a normal Connate Cultivator in his last life, but with his determination, he reached the top of the world by killing countless warriors. This left some hidden danger for him and was the reason why he died in the end.
"I died because of the demons in my mind and my unstable foundation. I must slowly make up for my regrets in this life, clearing my mind and strengthening my foundation. If not, how could I go beyond the universe?" 
Chen Fan took a deep breath.
Chen Fan had cultivated the three stages of Qi Refinement perfectly and his Azure Thearch Longevity Body had also reached the level of initial success. He had basically gone beyond the normal Realm of Cultivation and could compare with the disciples of the Five Elements Immortal Sect.
Chen Fan then started pondering, "But this isn't enough. The disciples of the Five Elements Immortal Sect can attain a Divine Body and those children of Gods can even cultivate four Divine Bodies at the same time, so that they can achieve a Sacred Body. As for the children of Saints, they are peerless talents that dominate the universe and I'm way weaker than they are. I will need more energy to keep up with them in the future.
There were many cultivation arts and Divine Powers of different sects and races in his head, but he couldn't cultivate them in the past due to the lack of resources. That was why he had just completed his Azure Thearch Longevity Body after a long time.
"My initial-success Divine Body has reached the highest level. If I want to go further, I can only depend on bloodline, Divine Powers, Divine Soul or cultivation arts."
Chen Fan rubbed his chin.
For Divine Powers, he had cultivated the Li Fire Golden Eyes and the Blade of Time. Even though the Blade of Time required his vitality, it could kill cultivators below the Golden Core Level easily, and even Golden Core Cultivators had to be careful with it.
As for bloodline, there was nothing he could do. He had a normal human body which had no blood of Divine Beasts and he wasn't a descendant of any Entity.
"Fine, just don't think about it. I can't just catch a Connate Spirit Being and take his blood anyway! Besides, what would I use it for?" 
Chen Fan shook his head and focused on the Divine Soul and cultivation arts.
"The cultivation of the Divine Soul is the most difficult one. I should put that for last. As for cultivation arts…"
Chen Fan gazed at the air. 
He had cultivated two arts up until that moment, the "Void Mortal Refinement Art" during the Foundation Establishment Stage and the "Azure Thearch Longevity Body" at the Divine Sea Level. Strictly speaking, these were both "Arts of Body Tempering" but not real cultivation arts. Since they were enough for Qi Refinement, Chen Fan didn't practice other arts. 
"With so many resources here, I can try to practice a real cultivation art." Chen Fan thought.
Even though the cultivation arts in the Realm of Cultivation were divided into different levels, they were more or less the same. For example, the "Sword Art of Nine Abandonments" was a low-level art for Chen Fan but it wasn't really quite different from the supreme arts of the large sects.
"The Divine Arts, the Sacred Arts and the Celestial Arts are truly on different levels! They are more advanced than normal cultivation arts and are the key elements for the large sects and races to stand tall in the universe." 
A glint of excitement flashed in Chen Fan's eyes.
Before he established his own sect in his last life, he cultivated the supreme art of the True Martial Celestial Sect:
The "Battling Celestial Art!"
This was the most powerful art that the True Martial Celestial Sect used to dominate the universe! It was said to have been created by the first-generation Ancestral Master of the sect and Chen Fan had never lost a battle thanks to it. The Battling Celestial Art was even in the top ten on the Cultivation Art Roll.
"The Battling Celestial Art requires the level of Soul Formation to start and I must first achieve the True Martial Sacred Body. I'm too far from that. Besides, I might not be able to complete other arts of the True Martial Celestial Sect as well since the requirements are too demanding, not to mention the cultivation arts they created themselves."
Chen Fan frowned.
If he couldn't practice Celestial Arts, then he could aim for Sacred Arts which were a level lower. However, Sacred Arts also had pretty demanding requirements and Chen Fan's Spirit Stones might not be able to supply enough energy for him.
"So, should I practice a Divine Art? But my Azure Thearch Longevity Body has reached the top level and the power it has is similar to that of a normal Divine Art. There's no point in doing this…"
Chen Fan shook his head and a memory about a weird art came to mind.
After achieving the Tribulation Level in his previous life, he had travelled across the universe and had seen twelve paintings on the walls of an ancient palace. The palace floated in the middle of nowhere near the border of the universe and had probably stood there for billions of years. Even Chen Fan was unable to destroy it. He had always thought that it might be the ruins left from the previous era.
"I sat in front of those twelve paintings for ten years and created a cultivation art called the 'Twelve Sky Art Paintings!' It should be comparable to the Battling Celestial Art and might even be more advanced than Sky Arts. Unfortunately, I was already at the Tribulation Level and couldn't cultivate anymore. This may be a good time to do it," Chen Fan pondered.
"It's a cultivation art that anyone can practice, but it also requires tons of resources at the same time. To complete the first painting, I might need dozens of thousands of Spirit Stones, and maybe a thousand times more as I move on. When I reach the twelfth painting, even all the resources in the True Martial Celestial Sect might not be enough.
"But once I complete all of them, I'll become powerful enough to exterminate thousands of races!"
After Chen Fan had been reborn, he was very confident that he could reach the top level and the amount of resources he had wouldn't affect the result.
Besides, he could choose to cultivate something else in the middle of the process.
"Let's practice the first painting! I hope these resources are enough."
Chen Fan closed his eyes.
An old stone painting, which seemed to come from a long time ago—with a hint of ruggedness from the ancient times—appeared in his mind. There was a giant mouth on the painting as if it were swallowing the world.
"Twelve Sky Art Paintings: Sky-Swallowing Painting!"
Chen Fan cast the spell with his mouth slightly open.
"Crack, crack."
The Spirit Stones cracked one after another and turned into dark green Spirit Qi. Chen Fan absorbed the Spirit Qi a hundred times faster than he did before.
As Chen Fan continued cultivating, he absorbed more Spirit Qi and dots of light started to appear in his body. Those light dots represented the energy hidden inside his body, which was mysterious like the universe. The energy was initiated due to his cultivation and Chen Fan began to see some magical changes.
His Longevity True Essence transformed slowly into a strange kind of True Essence. It felt as wide and deep as the ocean, a place that could not be filled, not even if it sucked the world in.
Beams of light shined all over the room and a peerless Overlord was transforming.
In the meantime, the outside world was putting more pressure on the North Qiong Sect and they started to become overwhelmed. After all, they were facing the Blood Ancestor and the entire world!
June 7th, 2012.
The Blood Ancestor entered China and arrived at the Qin Chen Mountain together with the envoys of England, France, Russia and the United States. They went to the Sword Palace and requested to meet Chen Fan to negotiate about the problem the entire human race was encountering.
After hearing about it, countless Overlords started gathering around Qin Chen Mountain.
In a short while, Qin Chen Mountain became the focus of the whole world.


Chen Fan, the great cultivator, failed to transcend the Tribulation of Heaven: the final stage of his cultivation. Little did he know that this accident would bring him back to Earth and turn back time to five hundred years ago when he was just a teenager. 

‘I had once reached the precipice of power in the known universe and could look down on the ten thousand realms with pride; I was lonely nonetheless. I will not leave any regret nor anyone behind while I relive my past life this time around. ’

Join Chen Fan as he relives his teenage years, righting the wrongs of the past as he punishes his unwitting old enemies. 

Back in the Sword Hall, Gazeen had begun practicing the Extreme Unity Art.  Although this meant he hadn't formed any artificial meridians, this wasn't a problem.  Like most great Cultivation Arts, the Extreme Unity Art also recorded how to form artificial meridians.  Where it differed was in when those meridians were meant to be formed.  Typically, cultivators would form their artificial meridians in the Opening Meridian Realm.  With the Extreme Unity Art, this wasn't an option, since the art couldn't be practiced until Armament Bonding.  
In theory, a cultivator could attempt to skip Meridian Opening as well as Soul Inception in order to practice the art sooner, but the art had an explanation for why that was a poor idea.  Specifically, it warned that without opening one's meridians it would prove very difficult to successfully complete Armament Bonding.  After all, Armament Bonding required a certain amount of Qi to help one connect with their Armament.  This was especially true for someone who hadn't entered Soul Inception, as one would typically use their soul to aid them in bonding their chosen Armament.
So rather than worrying about forming artificial meridians, Gazeen jumped right into Armament Bonding.  The first step in this Cultivation Realm was to infuse one's Armament with Qi.  Once the Armament was filled with Qi, the next step was to practice circulating Qi from one's Dantian to the meridians, from the meridians to the Armament, through the Armament's own structure, then back into the meridians, and finally returning one's Qi to the Dantian.  This process didn't increase one's total Qi but rather built up the connection with the Armament.  Much like with Aura Genesis, Armament Bonding tested one's ability to use Qi.  The main difference was that Armament Bonding had shortcuts that could expedite the process.
Using one's soul to strengthen the bond between cultivator and Armament was the most common trick used but hardly the only one.  Gazeen didn't have a soul yet but he did have divine sense.  The Extreme Unity Art left a detailed list of instructions on how one could use their divine sense to further deepen the bond in Armament Bonding.
Divine sense was a kind of sensory power that functioned without Qi.  Even mortals could possess divine sense if they survived the Divine Sense Tribulation.  In the modern cultivation world, most cultivators would never even encounter divine sense, let alone possess it.  So not to mention techniques for using divine sense, just finding someone who had it was hard.  For Gazeen, this meant that he'd hit the jackpot.  Not only did he have divine sense, he also had the Extreme Unity Art which could teach him how to apply his divine sense.   
Although he could've attempted to follow the Extreme Unity Art's instructions in reinforcing his bond with his divine sense, he didn't do that straight away.  He instead focused on grasping the basics, so that he'd have enough experience to avoid making any mistakes.  Only once he was confident he could control his divine sense did he intend to use it in his cultivation.
This led the sand wraith to split his time between cultivating and practicing his divine sense.  Even though his progress in Armament Bonding was even slower than it would be for an average cultivator who'd entered Soul Inception first, Gazeen wasn't worried.  He wanted to build a solid foundation and here in the Sword Hall, where he was safe, was the best place to do exactly that.  No one would interrupt his cultivation here, so why should he rush?  Gazeen wanted to make the best use of this opportunity, not waste it by being too hasty.
So the sand wraith immersed himself in learning how to wield his divine sense.  It was a very interesting experience for a number of reasons.  For one thing, divine sense resembled Qi in terms of its mobility.  It could form almost any shape imaginable so long as Gazeen had the skill to control it properly.  The resemblance to Qi ended there, though.  
Divine sense was a sensory ability, one that allowed Gazeen to view the world in a totally new way.  It normally settled into a sphere surrounding Gazeen, giving him a 360 degree view of his surroundings.  The sand wraith found he could expand or shrink that sphere to decrease or increase clarity.  The larger the area his divine sense covered, the less detail Gazeen could make out.
In regards to how observing the world through divine sense actually functioned, Gazeen was unsure.  He didn't see precisely, as he couldn't identify colors with his divine sense.  He could detect Qi most clearly, followed by mass, and finally energy.  For example, Gazeen could clearly sense any Qi within his divine sense's normal range.  He could also detect the objects in that range with greater detail than any of his other senses.  As for sensing energy, he was very poor at that.  As an experiment, Gazeen used a very basic heat spell to light a fire in his log cabin's fireplace.  Looking at it with his divine sense, Gazeen could only barely tell some type of energy was there using his divine sense's normal range.  Only by reducing the area his divine sense covered and wrapping it around the fireplace was he able to recognize the energy as heat.
That wasn't the only weakness divine sense had.  In terms of the effective range of his senses, both sight and hearing had longer ranges than divine sense.
Even though divine sense was truly wondrous, it was clearly not without its imperfections.  Gazeen, recognizing this, promised himself not to rely on divine sense too much.  He'd want to complement his other senses with divine sense.        
Four days after he began practicing with his divine sense, Gazeen felt he was ready to start using it in his cultivation.  He recalled the instructions listed in the Extreme Unity Art and followed them precisely.  Unlike with his Qi, which was being rotated in and out of the spear, Gazeen tightened his divine sense around the spear's form.  This gave him a far greater understanding of the spear's structure and allowed him to observe his Qi moving through the Armament far more clearly.
Using his enhanced understanding of the spear and its internal pathways, Gazeen was able to improve the flow of Qi in the weapon.  At the same time, he began slowly merging his divine sense into the weapon.  
According to the Extreme Unity Art, this was the beginning of the process of transforming his divine sense into armament sense.  In terms of its sensory ability, armament sense was identical to divine sense.  There were three real benefits to turning divine sense into armament sense, aside from improving the strength of one's bond with their Armament.
The first benefit was that one's Armament's offensive ability could be increased.  Essentially, armament sense could enable one's Armament to interact with divine sense, allowing a cultivator to attack or destroy it with far less difficulty.  Without armament sense, harming foreign divine sense was a challenge, especially if that divine sense was greater than the divine sense a cultivator possessed.  While Gazeen didn't expect to ever need to destroy someone's divine sense, he wasn't going to assume he knew his own future.  
Beyond that, there was a much more useful reason to form armament sense, at least in Gazeen's opinion.  The five standard senses were all tied to one's body; divine sense was the same.  Although divine sense had a highly mutable form, its origin was still the cultivator.  Armament sense wasn't tied to the cultivator; it was actually centered on the Armament.  This meant that no matter where one's Armament was located, so long as their armament sense remained intact, they'd be able to observe the Armament's surrounding environment.  
Finally, armament sense greatly aided other techniques in the Extreme Unity Art.  As the art itself described, the Armament was the most important aspect of the Extreme Unity Art.  All the various powers the Extreme Unity Art combined together relied on the Armament to act as the unifying foundation.  The Extreme Unity Art was truly a demonstration of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.  Armament sense was one of the building blocks that made this possible; it was crucial for the Extreme Unity Art to display its absolute best performance.  As for Gazeen, he wasn't going to second guess the wisdom contained in the Extreme Unity Art.  He followed its words to the letter.

As it has before and will again, Fate Shifts in the world of Qi.  In the Heavens, Hells, and Mortal World, the Harbingers of Fate proclaim the coming of the Fate's Own and a warning to all.  The Fate's Own must become one.

This is a tale of reincarnated cultivators, transmigrants, intelligent beasts, angels, and demons.  This is a tale of gnashing teeth, tears shed, promises broken, blood spilt, ambitions conceived, painful betrayals, love found, laughter on the wind, and so much more.  This is the tale of a mythic age, with a beginning and ending.  

Warning: In Fate Shift I'm going to avoid explicit sex scenes, overly descriptive gore, and things of that nature.  I'll try to keep things tasteful enough that teenagers can read this story.  That said there will be depictions of cruelty, some foul language, and other things of that nature in the story.  So on the almost unbelievable chance a parent is reading this to see if it's okay for their kid(s), I suggest taking that into consideration.

Release Schedule: Seven to fourteen chapters a week, I'll try to keep it to one to two per day but mistakes can always happen.  Every month starting with July 2018 I'll try to release 120k words.  That means I'll try to release 4k words a day.  If the schedule changes even more I'll once again update this synopsis.

Goal: I plan for this to be a very long story, most likely 2m+ words.  I would also like to write full-time.

Looking back, Han Li couldn’t help but give a knowing smile. 

In the half year that Han Li spent with Zhang Tie, because their personalities  matched well with each other, the two had naturally become very close friends. 

Han Li slowly stood from his crossed-legged position and rubbed his calves.  After sitting in the cross-legged position and meditating for a long time, his  legs had become numb, and even some of his bloodstreams felt clogged. 

After kneading them for some time, his legs returned back to their normal  state. Standing up, Han Li dusted himself in his usual custom before exiting  the stone chamber. 

Turning his head back to look at the stone chamber used for cultivation, Han  Li couldn’t help but sneer at himself. 

This entire chamber was made of solid granite while the doors were made of a  giant piece of crocidolite. If a normal human wanted to break into this room,  he or she would need to spend at least three hours hacking at the doors with an  enormous axe. 

(TL: crocidolite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riebeckite  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riebeckite>) 

In the Seven Mysteries Sect, only the Sect Leader, Elders, and Division Heads  were allowed to use this type of silent cultivation chamber. Not even Inner  Disciples were allowed to use them as they pleased! This cultivation chamber  was created for those practicing profound cultivation techniques to guard their  practice against any external disruption and in order to prevent qigong  deviation. Han Li didn’t know what methods Doctor Mo had used, but the Sect  somehow granted him the usage of his own personal cultivation stone chamber,  built into the side of the cliff of the God Hand Valley. 

(TL: Qigong deviation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zou_huo_ru_mo_(medicine)>  is when cultivation goes awry.) 

After the cultivation chamber was built, Doctor Mo had assigned it for Han  Li’s sole use. Seeing such a gift, Han Li couldn’t help but feel humbled by  Doctor Mo’s benevolence. 

Doctor Mo’s treatment of Han Li was perhaps too good to be true. Ever since  Han Li had become his official apprentice, Doctor Mo had personally dipped into  his own supply of herbs for Han Li to consume. Not only that, Doctor Mo also  created an unknown medicinal bath for him to soak his body in. Han Li didn’t  know what types of herbs were being used, but as he watched Doctor carefully  refine those herbs, his normally impassive face revealed a hint of reluctance.  Even Han Li could figure out that these herbs were extremely valuable. 

Clearly, these benefits were extremely useful to him, causing Han Li’s  cultivation speed to increase severalfold. Han Li had recently succeeded in  mastering the first layer of the mysterious formula chant imparted to him by  Doctor Mo. 

During his process of breaking through, his meridians had nearly ruptured  several times and he had suffered from some moderate internal injuries. But  thanks to Doctor Mo’s expertise in the healing arts, the injuries to his  meridians were easily repaired, and with the aid of the medicinal herbs, Han Li  did not suffer from any serious, permanent damage. 

Every time Han Li was even slightly injured, Doctor Mo would become even more  worried than Han Li himself. This worry manifested itself the entire time he  treated Han Li, making Doctor Mo very tense. It was only when Han Li’s injuries  began recovering that he let out a sigh of relief. 

Doctor Mo’s concern went far beyond that of a normal relationship between  master and disciple and caused Han Li to feel a little uneasy about the  situation. If it were not for his Third Uncle or the fact that no one ever  walked out from these valleys, Han Li would have thought that Doctor Mo was  actually his long lost relative based on the attention that he had been showing  to Han Li. 

(TL: the author did not make it clear how Han Li’s Third Uncle prevented him  from thinking this) 

Walking out of the cultivation chamber, Han Li lazily stretched his body and  walked away from the cliff. After he had become an official disciple, Han Li  and Zhang Tie moved from their original quarters into their own personal house. 

As he passed by Zhang Tie’s room, Han Li shot a glance inside. 

As it turns out, Zhang Tie wasn’t inside. Han Li thought that he was probably  by the Crimson Water Peak’s waterfall, cultivating his new martial arts  technique. 

After the examination, Doctor Mo instructed Han Li to continue practicing the  oracular formula chant and refused to teach him any martial arts. However, in  an attempt to pacify Han Li, Doctor Mo personally instructed Han Li in the art  of healing without holding anything back. Whenever Han Li had a question about  medicine, Doctor Mo would answer right away, even going as far as allowing Han  Li to look through the various books in Doctor Mo’s library to find an answer  to his question. 

As for Zhang Tie, Doctor Mo fulfilled his previous promise and imparted a set  of martial arts to him. 

The martial arts Zhang Tie practiced was extremely peculiar. According to  Doctor Mo, it was an extremely obscure branch of martial arts named the “Way of  the Armored Elephant”. Even the name of this particular martial art was rarely  heard of, let alone the existence of practitioners who actually cultivated it. 

It differed from the martial arts of regular practitioners in Jiang Hu.  Generally, the progression of cultivation for normal martial arts ranged from  easy to difficult. As the level increased, so would the difficulty. Thus, the  higher the level, the more effort it would take for one to achieve a  breakthrough. Zhang Tie’s particular martial art style was divided into nine  layers, with the initial three layers being the easiest to cultivate, following  the same principle as normal martial arts. However, starting from the fourth  layer, the difficulty of breaking through was increased to a monstrous level in  addition to suffering the excruciating backlash caused by practicing the Way of  the Armored Elephant. Many cultivators of this set of martial arts could not  bear such excruciating pain and would stop their progression at the fourth  level. Not to mention the 5th level nor the 6th level, the excruciating pain  would only increase with each level! 

(TL: Jiang Hu= World of Martial Artists) 

After breaking through from the sixth layer into the seventh, there would be  no further bottlenecks, and cultivation would be much smoother. The only  drawback was that the cultivator would need to suffer from monthly bouts of  intense pain. 

This intimidated many people who desired to cultivate the Way of the Armored  Elephant. This particular branch of martial arts was slowly dying out. 

This martial arts style was very peculiar. When it reached a high enough  level, its strength would become truly astounding. It was said that those who  reached the ninth layer had bodies as tough as gemstones. They were impervious  to all weapons, even fire and water! Even palms strike, fist techniques, and  legendary swords and sabers wouldn’t be able to injure them. 

But what made people most envious was that after cultivating this branch of  martial art, practitioners would gain the tremendous strength of an elephant.  After reaching a high enough level, their strength would be limitless. They  were capable of catching live wolves and ripping tigers apart, as well as other  unparalleled feats. 

Those who had heard of this style both feared and adored it. Other than the  creator of this martial art, there was no other individual who had managed to  cultivate it to the ninth layer. Legend has it that the creator of this martial  art was born without the sense of pain! That was the reason why he was able to  create such a perverse martial art and execute it to its greatest potential. 

Although Doctor Mo had explained the benefits and consequences in its entirety  to Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie had no concerns about the harm it could bring to his  body. He coveted the strength the Way of the Armored Elephant could bring him  and promised right away to cultivate in this style of martial arts. Without  even looking for another style suitable to him, Zhang Tie had already reached  the peak of the first layer in two months. 

In order to break through the first layer of the Way of the Armored Elephant,  Doctor Mo had suggested that every afternoon, Zhang Tie should go to the  Crimson Water Peak’s waterfall and cultivate under the impact of the surging  waters. 

According to Zhang Tie, this method really did have a godly effect. The  difference between the peak of the first layer to the second layer was only  paper thin, and as long as he worked a little harder, he would break through  the bottleneck with relative ease! 



A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disciple by chance. How will Han Li, a commoner by birth, establish a foothold for himself in in his sect? With his mediocre aptitude, he must successfully traverse the treacherous path of cultivation and avoid the notice of those who may do him harm. This is a story of an ordinary mortal who, against all odds, clashes with devilish demons and ancient celestials in order to find his own path towards immortality.

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