The sun rose on a world where mortal suffering was of little consequence. In this world, young individuals dreamed of achieving a higher Cultivation base, pursuing power above all else.
Powerful cultivators could level entire mountains, while ordinary people feared even stepping near the central areas. Long Zhantian, a 17-year-old disciple of a small sect, lived in such a place, nestled in a mountain range. As an Outer Court Disciple with a cultivation base of only the first level of the Spirit Gathering realm, he was considered the weakest member of the sect.
Most Outer Court Disciples had cultivations ranging from the 5th to 9th level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, making Long Zhantian nothing more than a piece of trash with no talent for cultivation. His fellow disciples taunted and insulted him for his cowardly behavior and disrespectful attitude towards his elders.
One day, a fight broke out in front of an inconspicuous building in the Outer Court living quarters of the Blazing Sun Sect. Long Zhantian was on the receiving end of a one-sided beating from another disciple, enraged by Long Zhantian's disrespectful behavior towards the disciple's girlfriend.
"I only told her to get up, she's not that weak, right?" Long Zhantian yelled in frustration. Wei Gaoyuan immediately lashed out, "You bastard! She was attacked by a beast at the peak of the Spirit-Gathering Realm and you still talk to her like that?" He drew out a dagger, ready to strike.
"Don't forget the sect rules, Wei Gaoyuan. You can't kill me," Long Zhantian reminded him, fear creeping into his voice.
"Who would care about you? Does anyone even like you? And even if they did, who would find out I was the killer?" Wei Gaoyuan sneered into Long Zhantian's ear.
Long Zhantian begged for mercy, offering all his wealth and servitude for the rest of his life. But Wei Gaoyuan was unforgiving. As he plunged the dagger into Long Zhantian's heart, he coldly whispered, "Remember, in your next life, don't offend just anybody."
Blood spurted from the wound as Wei Gaoyuan retrieved his dagger and walked away, leaving Long Zhantian's lifeless body on the ground. He didn't even bother hiding the body, as he let go of Long Zhantian and proceeded to go back towards his living quarters.
Long Zhantian suddenly came to, but he quickly realized that he wasn't in his own body anymore. Confused and disoriented, he tried to recall how he had ended up in this strange place. Memories of his death flooded his mind, and he wondered how he could possibly be alive again.
As he pondered his situation, he heard a familiar ringing in his head, the same one he had experienced during his previous death. Suddenly, lines began to materialize before his eyes, filling him with a sense of both wonder and fear.
[Name: Long Zhantian]
[Cultivation: First Level Spirit Gathering Realm]
[Cultivation Technique: Blazing Sun Spirit Gathering Art]
[Stealth Arts:]
[Martial Techniques: None]
'Is this some kind of stat window? He looked toward his body, and suddenly he felt pain. He just understood the original owner of this body must have just died, when he was interrupted in his thoughts
[Host, you need to rest]
As he heard this, Long Zhantian was overwhelmed by tiredness and tried to remember where his living quarters were. As he remembered he made his way towards them, he walked slowly and held his chest with both his hands, other disciples were giving him weird looks as he entered his living quarters. Once he saw his bed, he jumped onto it, and immediately fell asleep.
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As the sun slowly shone through the window on Long Zhantian, he woke up for the first time in this new world full of cultivation and other mythical things.
He got up and washed since all the blood and dirt from the day before remained. He took some time to regain his normal appearance, he then dressed and proceeded to sit on his bed. 'I still need to look through the memories of this body. If I'm even able to do that.' he then cleared his thoughts and concentrated on his memories, the life of someone else showed itself in his memories, after he understood everything he sighed and murmured, "So I'm in the body of a cowardly bastard with no desire to get stronger, huh? What a shitty way to start a new life."
He then remembered the system messages he started to receive right before his death and the day before when he just awoke in this new body. 'How do I activate this? Yesterday some kind of Stats appeared, but why?' he asked himself.
He then proceeded to shout inwardly 'SYSTEM, SHOW ME MY STATS!' to which it showed no response. Afterward, he proceeded to ask more politely 'System, may you show me my stats?' to which the system actually responded:
[Name: Long Zhantian]
[Cultivation: First Level Spirit Gathering Realm]
[Cultivation Technique: Blazing Sun Spirit Gathering Art]
[Stealth Arts:]
[Martial Techniques: None]
[Since Host activated the Stealth System on his own for the first time, he will receive the basic passive ability to hide his cultivation from the heavens.]
[Host is forced to change his Cultivation Technique to the Celestial Shadow Arts]
[Because the host changed his Cultivation Technique he is forced to disband his current Cultivation]
[Stats Updated!]
[Name: Long Zhantian]
[Cultivation: Mortal]
[Cultivation Technique: Celestial Shadow Arts]
[Stealth Arts: Celestial Concealing Art]
[Martial Techniques: None]
'I even needed to disband my cultivation, which was at the first level of the Spirit Gathering Realm? Well, I don't think that matters. Since it's only one stage away from my current stage.'
'System, can you show me information on my new Cultivation Technique' Long Zhantian asked carefully since he didn't know who he was dealing with.
[Celestial Shadow Arts]
[Origin: The God of Shadows created this Cultivation Technique in his prime, meaning that no Technique in the World can match its unmeasurable amount of prowess.]
[Info: Cultivate in a dark environment to maximize the efficiency of your Cultivation session]
'System? Could I see the Information for my newly obtained Stealth Art?'
[Celestial Concealing Art]
[Origin: The God of Shadows created this concealing art to cultivate peacefully without being disturbed]
[Info: In this world, if you move in the dark, no one will be able to see or sense you.]
'This is overpowered, and these are the perfect techniques for an assassin like me.'
That's right, Long Zhantian was an Assassin in his previous life back on earth. He slaughtered for money, indifferent to human lives.
Long Zhantian then thought about cultivating so that he could reach higher realms in the future but realized that he would need to earn some wealth to start cultivating properly.
'An assassin, huh? The previous Long Zhantian knew of an organization called the Shadow Eminence, whom you could contact from basically everywhere and as long as the payment was on point, the target was already considered dead. Every target died of a single attack with a dagger.' he thought
'If I could contact them, and maybe start working for them maybe I could earn some money.'
[Beginner Quest Received: Become a member of the Shadow Eminence as well as reach 5th level Spirit Gathering Realm within 30 days to receive a reward]
'So I can also get missions like this, this is getting more and more interesting' he smirked.