"Man, this Job is tiring" the man uttered, in his late 20s, he's a man with an average build, height and even looks, Jin had been a loyal audit employee in a government sector.
"Senior Jin, do you want to drop in the bar tonight?" his coworker asked, a bald man in his early 20s, he almost looked like Saitama.
"Nah, I'll pass, my stomach's been a real mess" said Jin, with an awkward smile.
Fast-forward back in his home, after having dinner, Jin layed in his couch. fantasizing about the favorite manhwa he read, until suddenly.
"Argh" his chest became heavier, Jin could hear the sound of his heartbeats, which had been accelerated in a rhythm.Suddenly he loses his consciousness until he wakes up in the body of a baby, He had been reborn as Yun Xiaotian. The MC of the cultivation manhua he had been always reading, "Beyond the Heavens". Although it's not much to his liking, he still read them despite many critics of it.
"Where am I?" he thought to himself, witnessing a baby hand peeping up on his sight, only to find out that Jin had just transmigrated.
"Where the hell is this place!? who am I? is this china?! the mediaeval times!!" Jin thought out loud, panicking until he finally calms down, he's shocked by the strange fate that he had encountered. Suddenly a beautiful lady peers at him, with exquisite amethyst eyes, and a long black hair.
"This lady, she looks exactly like the servent of that old man, don't tell me...this... it's like a plot from any cliched manhwa story..." Jin or now assumed Yun, was shocked at this lucky predicament.
"little Yun!" She beamed as she picked him up, gently caressing his back, she's the adoptive mother of Yun Xiao, aka Jiang Qin. She puts him on a table to feed Jin some chicken porridge.
"Eat up little Yun, you must grow taller than your father" She stared at Jin with earnest eyes. Jin accepts her spoonfed, to his surprise the chicken porridge tasted the best in his whole lifetime.
"Woah, fuck. This is...delicious.." He thought to himself, Yun's chubby face gleamed with excitement, boobing his fists, Jiang Qin was pleased by his reactions.
"Hehehe, I'm glad you like it" she said, feeding him more of the porridge. After the meal, Yun felt satisfied with himself.
"I'm too blessed for this second chance, although I can't use my phone, lord, thank you for giving me this second chance, I'll surpass the MC while keeping a low profile" he thought to himself.
"Well...I can't even walk right now..." Yun accidentally pees on the floor, he blushes with embarrassment. "I wanna grow up fast" he thought to himself, with shame he bawls heavily like any other toddler.
3 years pass by, Jin or now Yun Xiaotian had been living on the mountains with his aunt, ever since he had been transmigrated. Since he can walk now, he decided to practice outside, only to be distracted by the scenery.
"Beautiful" the young boy said, looking at the view on the edge of a strong and sturdy cliff, he was distracted by the environment around him.
The gush of the river and waterfalls nearby, the birds that chirped all over the nooks and corners of each and every tree, Yun was admiring the scenery for a while, there's a forest of bright flower plum trees beneath his house, which had been glowing with qi, shifting back his focus he picks up a twig, and starts practicing with it. Swinging it like a sword, just akin to kendo martial artists.
"No, I need to get used to this" thought Yun Xiaotian, suddenly an old man appeared in front of him, floating in mid air.
"AAAAAH GHOST" he screamed, Yun moves out of the figure. he then saw an old man with a moustache and a beard, he looked much like an immortal, he's none other than the Grand Elder Yun Chifeng.
"Little brat, you think I'm a ghost?" the old man pinches Yun's left cheek, as he calmly lands his feet on the ground.
"Owwie" he squealed, "now that I think of it, this old man is the MC's mentor. I should definitely ask him to be my master but I shouldn't be too direct" Yun thought to himself, rubbing his cheek to calm the pinched area.
"Old man, are you a cultivator? I wanna learn martial arts" the little boy pleaded.
"Little boy, have you decided to take the path of thorn and blood in your hands? you can never go back once you've set up in a martial path" asked Yun Chifeng.
"Mother Qin said that we'll go back to Yun's household, now that he's an orphan he won't be welcomed by anyone in this family, except grand elder, if I go back, I'd start rotting over there, I can't do that..." Yun Xiao thought to himself.
"I have to, since I don't have any other choice" Yun Xiao replied with a melancholic expression.
"interesting boy" the old man thought loudly.
"Alright, you must not break your words, here's the plaque and a storage ring" he said, hoarding the plaque, Yun Xiao catches both of it quickly with each of them.
"ouch" uttered Xiao with reddened hands.
"I'll take you to the Divine moon Sect next day, from now on you're my discipline, and Jiang Qin will be your senior" the old man stated.
"Nice, this plaque is to call him whenever there's big trouble, also Divine moon Sect is pretty good, MC hadn't joined it, sadly in that manhua, it had some chapters where the sect had been destroyed and looted out in a big war, the war of the three divine sects" Yun Xiaotian thought to himself.
"Many thanks, Old man" with an obedient stance, Yun Xiao bowed to respect his new mentor.
"Brat, is that what you call your master! old man?" Yun Chifeng groaned at him.
"No I mean..many thanks master..hehehe" says Yun Xiao, nervously bowing.
"Sure enough, little kids are naive but this kid's temperament is not bad, he's a little odd for his generation" the old man thought, Yun kept bowing again and again, until old man became worried about him.
"Alright enough, don't break your spine, don't be too humble" the old man was disparaged, yet he forgives him for being a little child no more than 3 years old.
"Master, what's your connection with Mama Qin" Yun Xiao asked him.
"She's my first disciple, I had been training Jiang Qin since her childhood, now a genius at nascent soul realm" he said with a proud grin.
"Woah, Nascent soul stage" Yun Xiaotian said, "I had to react this way, I knew about the story already, when the mc was proclaimed as "dead", Jiang Qin became a ruthless tyrant who would never stop until the killers or my enemies were dead, such a women is gentle step-mother of mine" he gulped thinking about it.
"Little Yun, do you know about the cultivation realms?" the old man asked Yun Xiaotian.
"Yes I do" he replied, after an awkward pause the old man asked "then state each known realms of cultivation on Xuan planet" Yun Chifeng heard from his disciple that this boy had been a genius, therefore it piqued his interest and curiosity. Yun Xiaotian or Jin didn't like how he kept pestering him with the questions, but he didn't have a choice, "did this his old man say planet?..alright fine..here we go" he thought to himself.
"Body tempering, Qi condensing, Foundation establishment, golden core refining, nascent soul, Ensoulment or spirit formation, Nihility or spirit transformation, Ascendant spirit, Half immortal, immortal...and so on, each according to its potential raw power" said Yun Xiaotian.
"if i had mentioned about higher levels I'd be doomed..this guy is way too cautious" Yun Xiaotian thought, although there's no hint of nervousness in his face, yet he stated those realms judiciously to avoid being suspected as "reincarnation of a devil spirit".
"Well said, your master is at peak half immortal realm, regardless, if you're curious about common realms, most people you'd meet here are only at body tempering to gold core, so it's much rarer to meet people who are at nascent soul and beyond. Although on Lingtian empire, one of the biggest empire in Xuan planet, there you'll find plenty of Nascent souls and Nihility realms, anyone beyond peak Nihility realm are the strongest in existence" the old man said while touching his beard.
"Lingtian empire is far from Xiao kingdom, I can only imagine myself reaching there with flying swords" said Yun Xiaotian, with a broad smile.
"kekeke Brat, you're really amusing, already day dreaming about flying swords..it'll take plenty of years to reach their with foundation realm" Yun Chifeng chuckled, gently patting over Yun Xiaotian.
"How big is this planet, I'm curious" Yun Xiaotian asked the old man. "I wonder how the lore of this world feels like" Yun Xiaotian thought to himself, hence the old man explained.
"it's too vast, consider one Xua as the value of the speed of a lamp light, that takes an year to cover it's appropriate distance"
"Therefore this realm of existence is atleast 700 billion Xua value in diameter, the moon and the sun that orbits it, both of them are too vast and nigh infinite with atleast 300 billion Xua value, distance between them is 1 trillion Xua value."
"The Immortal and ascended scholars had already established this with their studies, what exists between the Xuan planet and the ascended higher realm is a void filled with infinitly several incarnations of Xuan planets, god knows what lies outside of it all"
"Most of are all these, are just seen as stars in the night sky" the old man stated, Yun Xiaotian was thunderstruck by the fact, listening to the old man, his mouth had been wide open in awe, as if his jaw would penetrate the earth which he stood on"
"This planet had been comparable to, or even bigger than the known universe in his past life, it's safe to assume that this planet could also be huge star at the size of the 7 observable universes, what a terrifying world" Yun Xiaotian thought, he felt humbled and frightened by the aspect and laws of this form of existence.
"Indeed, we're all nothing but frogs in the well" said Yun Xiaotian, the old man laughed at his statement.
"Hahahaha, cheeky brat, I agree with you, infront of gods we're all just nothing but mere ants, the ascended immortals that rule the upper heavens are divine beings, in comparison to them we're as small as a dust, weak beyond our wildest dreams" said Yun Chifeng with a warm chuckle, he was quite proud over how humble Yun Xiaotian thought about himself.
"What about ascension? how would people ascend after reaching the peak of immortal realm?" Yun Xiaotian asked the old man, Yun Chifeng was a bit nervous, since he's a little kid he thought about how reckless he could be.
"Boy there are two paths for ascension, I'll tell you later how each one is taken, once you're strong enough, the types of ascensions are Array formation ascension and Golden Body ascension" said the old man.
"Oh it's the just the same as the manhua, oh well.. that's enough lore for today..." Yun Xiaotian thought to himself.
"This disciple is enlightened" Yun Xiaotian assured with a slight bow.
"Yun Xiaotian is your name right? I heard it from my disciple, my name is Yun Chifeng, the grand elder of Yun family, since you're a bright kid I'll give you a gift, here's a body tempering scroll.. practice this diligently" said the old man, while holding his arms on the back.
"Many thanks Master, this disciple will never forget your kindness" said Yun Xiaotian, the old man disappears from the scene. As if he vanished from thin air.
Meanwhile back in divine moon sect's training grounds, Jiang Qin was teaching her disciples. Yun Chifeng arrives in a blink of an eye, the clouds hover over him. everyone looks up at the mythical existence.
"Master Jiang, look, an immortal" a female disciple pointed.
"Everyone do as I say, kneel down, the grand master has arrived" Jiang Qin demanded them.
"Yes" everyone kneels with utter obedience, Jiang Qin kneels down to show her respect towards her master. Yun Chifeng begins his speech to the disciplines who are newly qualified to this sect.
"Arise, all of you" immediately hearing this thousands of new disciples stood up
"Disciples of Divine Moon sect, as you all know, this sect is one of the largest sect in Xuan continent, that preaches harmony and righteousness more than strength, however the strong are respected as usual, that's universal, but people have equal worth, those who aren't righteous aren't fit to cultivate the pure dao, especially in this sacred place"
"That's why it's illegal to kill, cripple and steal from anyone within the sect's grounds, regardless of their race, gender, age, background and culture. Friendly spars are accepted but if anyone intends to kill, they shall be punished and exiled by the sect's laws, I hope everyone obeys the sect laws thoroughly, may each one of you have a great day, with sheer benevolence may the lords guide you to the higher skies" the old man finished his speech.
"Now inorder to congratulate all the disciples who reached the qi gathering realm, here are s qi gathering pills for each one of you, as I have mentioned earlier, senior outer disciples, don't steal from one another. I'll be watching" the old man hoards the pills on each disciples who had stepped into qi condensation realm, in the most precise manner. The pills kept floating until the disciples took it by force, none dared to provoke the sect nor the grand elder by stealing them.
"This disciple greets master" a young women greets her master, none other than Jiang Qin.
"Jiang Qin, how's your day going, I just met that little boy an hour ago" said the old man, rubbing his long beard which stood near his chest.
"Master, what do you think?" She asked, with glittering amethyst eyes filled with awe.
"He's such a wonderful boy, I had been secretly checking on him, young man kept swinging the twig like a sword" the old man said, Jiang Qin chuckled at his statement.
"Oh my that's cute, little Yun's dream is to surpass the heavens, what's more, his curiosity in certain things, that's what I love about him" she said with smile.
"Indeed, he's a very smart kid, though I hope you pay more attention to him, teach him a thing or two, besides this old man does not have much time anyways, I have too many sect issues to handle" said Yun Chifeng with a sigh.
"This disciple understands, I'll definitely train him starting tomorrow" Jiang Qin said with a bow.
"Hmm good, very good, the sooner the better" he said with a slight grin.
"Master one more thing, I just heard a news this morning, there's a rift that opened at the east of Gu continent, the cracks on earthen plane had opened a door to hell, the demons had already invaded the wilderness, atleast 200 light years from here" Jiang Qin said with a frown.
"What, the demons? to think they'd show now, something must up on this continent, gladly we're not in the east..many thanks disciple, this old man will take a long stroll" he said, floating away until he a wave of clouds form, as he disappears in thin air.
"Little Yun, please stay at home, I hope you won't cause me any trouble" Jiang Qin thought to herself, with melancholic expression.
Meanwhile, back in the Yun Xiaotian's home.
"I have advanced to 3rd stage of body tempering! didn't I jump two stages in one breath? Oh wait, why should i be surprised? before gaining some plot armor arc, he had been known as the genius of Yun family until he got crippled by his friends because of poison, especially that bitch Li Xu'er. I hope I don't meet her" Yun Xiaotian thought to himself, slightly annoyed by the cliched plot of that story.
"Oh well, I should just keep cultivating this technique, the body tempering art that old man gave me was really good" Yun Xiaotian begins his cultivation again, 5 hours passed by, Jiang Qin returns home, only to find the Yun Xiaotian in half step Qi condensation.
"Little Yun! you can do this!" Jing Qin peeks around, as she cheered him while mumbling to make sure she doesn't distrub him, as soon as Yun Xiaotian eyes opened, a burst of Qi surged around the room. Jing Qi covers her eyes at that instant. Yun Xiaotian has finally stepped into the realm of Qi condensation.
"Mama, I'm ready to be a cultivator" he said while holding Jiang Qin's garments, with a new found excitement in his eyes. It's probably first time for Yun Xiaotian, but it's also first time for Jin to experience a surge of ascendency.
"Congratulations boy!" she hugged him gently. which reminded him of his mother and sister in his past life, "Mother, sister...."
2 years later, Yun Xiaotian became frustrated of his progress, no matter how much he cultivated he's still at qi gathering realm, he had already surpassed 10 stages of qi gathering realm aka qi condensation realm.
"Why..why is this happening..I should have been foundation establishment by now, but i'm at qi gathering stage 12?'" coed Yun, "is this why he's called trash? so he wasn't crippled at all huh?" then he realised, that he hadn't read the novel.
"shit, how would I know, I only read like 200 manhua chapters and it had been updating more on weekly basis, if only i had read the completed novel, i'd not be stuck in this situation"
"Sure enough, it already had atleast 1000 chapters and so, even if i knew the novel, it'd still be at the tip of the iceberg, or perhaps I have reached my bottle neck."
"But there's more information in that comic...Wait a minute, didn't MC kill a gold core disciple at chapter 100 when he had only been on Qi gathering level, it's often mentioned that he was at peak of qi gathering several times, I have no other choice but to ask Miss Qin someday, about the origins of this body" pondered Yun Xiaotian.
"Little Yun, get changed now, we're heading to Yun Sect" said Jiang Qin, wearing fancy looking garments, akin to Hanfu's in Tang Dynasty, except she looked more fairy like, with her vibrant eyes and a pretty face, it's a perfect fit.
"So pretty" said Yun Xiaotian, with a look of awe.
"Hehe Little Yun!" she giggled with pleasure, calling out his name out loud with extreme pleasure, hugging him intensely with her DD sized breasts, Yun Xiaotian was flabbergasted and surprised at the same time.
"Perhaps it's my fate to get choked by her chest...no...wake the fuck up you pervert, you have a sect to burn" he silently mumbled inside her chest.
"mama you're choking me" he screamed, Jiang Qin heard him, yet she didn't let him go.
"eh really" she said with a sardonic grin, as Yun Xiaotian thought to himself, "This crazy women, how cliched..not only she hugs me out of nowhere, she's just too clingy to a point i'd cringe. Is she making fun of me" Yun Xiaotian thought loudly, with a visible blush on his face, Jiang Qin was satisfied at the expression he made, And so she lets him go.
"Now get changed or i'll suffocate you to death" she said with a slight grin.
"this vile women, I'd have chosen the latter but I'll forgive you this time" thought Xiaotian, after collecting himself.
"Fine..." Yun Xiaotian said nonchalantly, as he changed to a small Hanfu dress, which were meant for kids. Both Yun Xiaotian and Jiang had been heading to Tien kingdom, which had been pretty far atleast 1 light year in a distance.
After hours of travel on a Qilin carriage, they reached the Tien Empire, a vast land over 100 million kilometre radius. The most crowded area being a Central Tien branch, the area that mostly consists of 100,000 km radius at best.
The kingdom had slight peaks of landmass, towns and barren lands, to even high mountains as well. Beyond all populated areas, there's a mountain that stood in solitude, the tallest mountain in Tien Empire, which looked similar to Himalayas, stood unfathomably incomprehensible in size, known as the Jade dragon mountain.
Countless experts have died setting their foot on this vast peak, hence none dared to provoke this place for treasures or secrets, unlike our Xiaotian here.
"This..this place, I need to get the inheritance, it's probably a hard climb but, Yun Xiaotian had succeeded in getting it so far, so it should definitely work for me" thought Yun Xiaotian. But unbeknownst to his own carelessness, there exists something sinister, the mysteries that lie beyond his understanding of a mere fictional comic. Yun Xiaotian felt ominous, looking at the mountain that seemed big even at a distance over 2 million kilometres.
"How big is that thing" he asked Jiang Qin, pointing the mountain over there.
"it's really big, it had been estimated around 1 Xia" she replied.
[Note
1 Xia=300,000 km=1 light second
1 Xua=1 light year= 9.18 trillion km]
"What the!.." Xiaotian thought to himself, at that moment he was in a trance, Xiaotian witnessed something as he got paranoid over it, a sense of dread that hit him severely, an eerie feeling to what he had been trapped into, a powerful presence from that mountain, stared into Xiaotian's soul.
It was a young figure of a pretty looking man, his amber eyes glowed with a sparks of red light, a cynical smile appeared, amused by Xiaotian's reaction he lets go of him, regardless of his intentions, it severely effected Xiaotian's psyche. The first time he had been humiliated with a near death experience, this will change his new life forever.
"I hope the rumours spread across this realm, all those who dare step a foot on this moutain shall suffer the fate worse than the depths of hell. Unless I met the destined one..my stepping stone to success" the strange man said, feeling excited he couldn't help but laugh maniacally.
Meanwhile, at the Qilin cart, Jiang Qin who didn't have a child of her own, nor had she lost her virginity for the past 40 years, had already honed her parental motherly instincts after raising him as a child.
Judging from the expression that Xiaotian had made, Miss Qin felt more worried about Xiaotian, she looked at the mountain only to find nothing out of the ordinary, like a mother's concern to their children she knew something was odd, and so she hugged him to comfort him.
At that moment Yun felt warmth, a sense of being protected by someone, no matter how strong or weak they were, longing for being in someone's arms reminded him of his past life. Yun Xiaotian hugged back, further diminishing this uncomfortable feeling of despair.
"it's alright, everything is going to be okay" she said, while gently caressing his youthful scalp. Yun Xiaotian gets unconscious as he lay on her lap for the rest of the day. Jiang Qin smiled with a slight beam, watching the clouds at sunset, as the beautiful scarlet light strikes on her aesthetic looking face.