In the desolate era trillions of years ago.
In a battlefield filled with corpses and beasts with blood flowing like a great river, clashes of weapons and the flashing light of skills, accompanied by the roars of vicious beasts can be heard. In the far west from beneath the sunset a large beast approaches the battlefield, letting out fierce roars that shake the heavens. In the far east alongside the rising moon three tents and several thousand soldiers stand still. Through the sounds of battle a loud voice can be heard accompanied by the sounds of footfalls, "Lord Reincahrt! A heaven stage earth dragon is approaching from the west! We can't handle it even with 400 xian stage practitioners!".
Sitting at a desk and looking at a map sat a thin man with a scholarly air wearing green robes and his dark hair tied with a silver ribbon that emanates a fierce aura, this man is Reincahrt, "A heaven stage earth dragon? They really underestimate me".
With a sneer on his face Reincahrt stands up and looks at the trembling solder gasping for breath, "At ease, go get some rest, you'll need to clean up the trash after the battle".
The soldier exhales and exits the premises, "Thank you, lord!".
Looking at the approaching earth dragon in the distance Reincahrt sighs as a gleam flashes through his eyes, "If only they knew that at my level, a heaven stage earth dragon is only an ant to me".
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Countless eras flicker by and stop at the current era, in a manor in a room there is a handful of maids surrounding a baby bundled in cloth. An old maid picks up the baby, and starts to speak to the baby and the other maids. Only fragments of their conversation could be heard.
"The master and his wife died"
"Found in the woods"
"We have an heir"
Time passes and the old maid leaves the room after watching the other maids leave, the quietly sleeping baby suddenly opens his eyes and looks around as a light aura appears around the baby.
A broken voice can be heard in the shadows.
"Last of my bloodline"
"Be reborn through you"
The aura quickly vanishes as the baby closes his eyes.
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In a room in a slightly small shabby house, Ren is sleeping as his sweat drenched forehead scrunches as if he's having a nightmare. After muttering some unintelligible words he sits upright with a bolt letting out a startled shout, "AH!".
Squinting to see through the sunlight shining into his eyes from the window, Ren lets out a breath of air as he recognizes the surroundings, 'Aih, that was a strange dream, It felt too real, aih, whatever, shouldn't think too much about this, gotta go setup the stall or else my spot will be taken'. After getting up and washing his face, Ren grabs a piece of meat despite Aunty Leah pressuring him to take more than just meat, and leaves to setup his stall. Watching through the window Aunty Leah sighed as a concerned look appeared on her face, 'Last night there was something in young master's room, and I couldn't open the door.. A practitioner that surpasses heaven stage? No, besides one person, there is no one in Riven with that kind of cultivation.. I didn't sense any ill intent, young master tell aunty if something happened'. As she watched Ren dragging his stall Aunty Leah sighed again, "I feel like this is the calm before the storm, I need to keep an eye on him".
Walking through the streets of Riven a middle aged man is making his way through crowds of people and moving through alleyways. After a while his eyes lock onto a teenager pulling a stall, with a grin on his face the middle aged man starts to follow the boy, 'Such a pain, why am I stuck watching this kid? What is the clan head thinking making me tail him? There's nothing special about him, he just sells roasted meat everyday and returns home when the sun sets.. I can't approach the house because of that d*mn old woman..'. As the middle aged man was lost in his thoughts he didn't notice an old woman standing in front of him, so he ran into her.
Suddenly running into someone the middle aged man became enraged and started yelling flinging saliva into the distance, "D*mn you little sh*t! Watch where you walk! Do you know who I am-"
Slap! Suddenly receiving a slap to the face the middle aged man flew even further into rage as he glared at the old woman in front of him, "D*mn woman, who do you think you are? Do you know who I have behind me? You dare hit me? I'm gonna-"
Slap! With a flicker in her eyes the old woman looked at the middle aged man, "What are you going to do?"
The middle aged man stared at the old woman lost for words, 'What am I going to do? Does she look like I can be easily pushed around? This D*mn old woman looks familiar, it can't be her, she should be waiting for her young master at home'
With a trembling voice the middle aged man lifted a trembling finger at the old woman, "You-"
Slap!
Before he could even finish what he was saying, he was interrupted by another slap in the face, followed by another.
Slap!
Grinning the old woman looked at the middle aged man, "Where you going to ask me a question? if so, speak up"
Grabbing the middle aged man she started to drag him to a deserted alleyway, Still enraged the middle aged man yelled at the old woman, "You're that d*mn old woman who watches that brat aren't you! You think just because you're the ancestor, you can lay your hands on me!? My clan isn't easy to push around yo-"
Slap!
Finally silenced the middle aged man looked at the old woman finally shaking in fear, The old woman stopped dragging the middle aged man into the alley as she looked at him with a cold look on her face, "Why where you following young master?"
The old woman was actually Aunty Leah.
Shaking his head in fear the middle aged man clenched his mouth shut as a wet spot appeared on his pants. Noticing he wouldn't speak, Aunty Leah continued to drag him into the depths of the alley, with a sneer she looked at him as she dragged his face against the walls, "I'll make you talk".
And Ren, oblivious to the storm that's approaching, is selling roasted meat in a busy street.