In the darkness, floated an ethereal figure hugging her legs. Silence filled the abyss, and the only source of light came from this bright soul.
Cuojue felt very comfortable, the darkness pulled her into its' embrace. Her life flashed before her, the times where she had enjoyed her life with her friends who left and the times where she had fun with Jin Yi, memories where her father, Wuqing Huang, took care of her, being strict with her and teaching martial arts, showing kindess and care, being cool like the dark knight in the movies by taking down scary bad guys. To her, he was the greatest father in the world. He died due to old injuries relapsing at the wrong time while he did labour to uphold their livelihood. After that the organisation took her in at the age of 10 and trained to be an assasin. It was thanks to the promise her father made with them to take her in when he died.
In the end, Year 2020 October 21st, Cuojue Huang died at the age of 18 as an assasin, reputed as the [White Deceit], one of the most notorious assasins known on earth.
***
All of a sudden a bright light cut the abyss open. What stood in the rift was a transparent golden figure, emitting a dominating pressure.
He gazed at an insignifcant spark of dim light surrounded by darkness. He mused in his thoughts before saying.
[Oh lucky soul who was chosen by the abyss, they have decided to give you a chance to live a second life, a future filled with excitement and death. A future where those who work hard are rewarded whilst those who don't, suffer.]
Cuojue, who was the spark of light woke up from what seems like a neverending slumber. Startled awake, she looked at the golden figure with awe and confusion.
Seeing this, the being chuckled softly.
[The abyss is giving you a chance to start a second life without returning to the cycle of samsara. This chance is only given every millenium chaos cycles, a chance so rare, gods who have died would definitly fight for it.
However, be warned, the moment your second life ends you will never return to the cycle of samsara again. You either strive to achieve godhood, or perish in the abyss.]
Cuojue, who was regaining her senses, thought with a worried expression.
(What? A second life? How am I supposed to live a second life? And in an unfamiliar future? Godhood? How to reach godhood?)
Having read her thoughts, the being laughed out loud.
[HAHAHA~ No need to be so worried, theres another reason why this is a chance that the abyss gave, a system will be given to you to help you carve out your legend. Hehe, and the rest...you should explore it yourself.]
Understanding what the being said before her she thought,
(Why not? And its better than staying in this dark and lonely place. System? Seems like fun.)
After making up her mind, she was elated and agreed to take the chance.
Seeing her delightful expression, the being nodded before finishing the procedures.
[Im the Herald, I will guide lost lambs from the embrace of the abyss. For I am the the guidepost on the path to reincarnation.]
[I hope you enjoy your second life.]
The Herald's golden glow became very dense and swallowed the whole of the abyss in a very bright light.
Cuojue lost her conciousness once again while she was eaten by the golden light.
***
[Year 1060 AA of Galactic Callender]
On a blue planet resembling earth, a thousand times as large as mars, a huge city. Besides that city was a mansion that had a very scientific look like buildings in Star-trek but with a more robust design.
A child was crying, she has silver hair with a slight streak of pinkish-purple, flowing down her shoulders. Her eyes were bluish-purple and looked like stars and galaxies. She wore a cute dress without frills, pink in colour, that looked similar to those of pop-idols that was easy to move in.
A servant in victorian maid outfit walked over and carried the child up in her arms.
"Young Miss, please stay in your room for the time being. Madam specifically told me to make sure that you stay here for the day." spoke Mira, the head maid of the Huang Family
Seeing a chance, the child replied, both tiny hands locked together, pursing her lips and watering her eyes.
"Aunt Miwa pwetty pwease, im hungwy, Juejue wantz to weat dewicous fwood." accompanied by a growling sound.
Yes, this child is Cuojue Huang a daughter of the huang family at the age of 6. Using her very cute and incredible looks that put even famous actresses to shame, Mira gave in.
She put Cuojue back in her room before leaving for the kitchen.
Having found an opportunity, she sneaked out her room and sprinted down the hallway straight to a room beside the nursery.
It was a surgery room decked out in mid-high class technology and was prepared for woman who were giving birth.
She could hear the crying sounds of a baby from here. She noticed that the door was opening, so she hid herself in a corner. The double doors swung slightly open and a butler came out with a crying baby.
The butler then walked over to the nursery room and left the crying baby there in his comfortable craddle. He then left without noticing Cuojue at all. The butler had felt something but decided it was his imagination. The butler was a 9 Stars Realm Warrior, but people at his cultivation was already considered as equal status of a civilian. Do take note that Cuojue used to be an assasin and she was the most skillful at deceiving the senses. Thus, the butler coudn't quite sense her.
Making sure that the butler was gone, Cuojue sneaked into the nursery.
When she sneaked in, the baby cried again, making Cuojue panicked. She quickly moved to the cradle and tried to make funny faces. After making 4 to 5 faces, the baby started to calm down. Seeing it, her face flushed red out of excitement.
The baby had glossy smooth black hair and large ruby eyes that gave it an unbelievably cute appearance. Its round cheeks made it look like a plush doll.
(Awww, so cute, is this my brother? He looks abit like mom. Welp lets play with him.)
"Hi, baby hehehe~" Cuojue pointed her finger towards her newly born baby brother and let him grab her finger. He started laughing again, making his face rosie.
"Haha, aww so cut-AAAAAHHHHH!! BABY NO!! STOP!! MY FINGER, YOU CAN'T DO THAT! AAAAHHH!!! OWOWOW!!!"
Her finger was getting crushed, she started screaming at the top of her lungs. She regretted letting him grab her finger.
She tried to free herself, but who knew that this baby had so much strength.
Hearing the commotion, the butler ran to the nursery room only to see the young miss weeping, screaming and crying, while the baby was laughing non-stop.
The butler easily seperated Cuojue from her super-strong baby brother and rebuked her.
"Young Miss, your not supposed to be here,
Madame has already ordered Mira to take care of you in your room today. I'll be taking you back to your quarters now."
Tears still leaking from her eyes, she had no choice but to return to her room with Samuel a butler that was assigned in taking care of her mother, Madame Pugong. She wouldn't be able to resist a 9 Stars Realm cultivator since she hasn't begun cultivating.
Returning to her room, Mira came back to see Cuojue in Samuel's arms. Seeing that Cuojue was with Samuel, she understood what happened and mildly scolded Cuojue. Although it didn't sound like a scolding, Cuojue took it seriously before Samuel returned to the Madame.
She nibbled on a cookie that she took from a basket right beside her on an exquisite looking table that was rimmed with golden decorations.
Cuojue felt depressed that day, her finger still aching.