Scorching heat radiated from the heavens, washing the Earth with it's warmth.

A beady eyed child with black hair was looking up at the sun intensely, he slowly closed his eyes letting himself bathed in the sun light. Nature itself focused on the child, suddenly his eyes shot open

"So this is what being a cultivator feels like," the child with an unknown origin calmly stated.

The child's name was Zhang Liu, He was born into the Zhang family of Skyfall city and son of the Zhang family head.

Currently he was at the age of 12, he had just breakthrough to the Qi gathering realm being considered a peerless genius and prodigy within Skyfall city.

Before his talents were discovered he had lived a harsh life, he was alienated and alone at all times for being talent-less airhead. Now he was already considered a cultivator at the age of 12, such talent is considered peerless within the entire Hollow Region.

But such talent doesn't come without calamity.

At the Zhang estate, the family head was utterly shocked at what his son had just accomplished. Immediately the Zhang family head resonated with the energy of heaven and earth and created a sound barrier, within he softly sighed and looked at his son.

"Child, you must hide this from everyone, within the Zhang estate nobody will bother you. keep this matter hidden is crucial, such talent is the pray of others envy. Many calamities will come your way now that you've entered the world of cultivators, you are my one and only son I have put all my faith in you. Your are the future of my Zhang family," Family head Zhang Yuan stared at his son, and slowly closed in and gave him a hug.

Zhang Liu stood silently in his fathers embrace a strange, yet blissful feeling swam through his entire body filling it with an unknown warmth.

this feeling, how strange such a feeling is something i can get used to.

"Father, I understand" slowly breaking away from his fathers embrace, it now the dawn of night.

Zhang Liu left and went to his abode, he went back into his courtyard as he stepped inside glancing up at the moon in all its beauty. slowly approaching the center of the courtyard he sat down in the lotus position, looking up into the starry sky.

Hours pass as Zhang Liu stared at the starry sky, suddenly he realized secrets of the universe and immediately broke through to the 3rd stage of the Qi refining realm. The will of the world centered itself at Zhang Liu's position, the world integrated itself inside his body morphing it and refining it.

Surging pain radiated within Zhang Liu's body as his body began undergoing the body refining process, his insides were on fire and felt like he was getting torn apart from the inside out. such pain was hard to deal with, but then he recalled that feeling he felt when was embraced by his father.

The warmth mediated the pain he felt making everything feel more bearable, hours pass as the sun rose bathing his body with more heat mediating the pain.

Zhang Liu was drenched in sweat as his skin started becoming filled with cracks, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, he emerged a new person and reached the first stage of the copper body realm.

Zhang Yuan had been secretly been watching this entire process and was utterly shocked, his eyes nearly came out of his eye sockets.

reaching Qi gathering 3rd stage and 1st stage of the copper body realm at 12 shouldn't be possible. realizing this Zhang Yuan decided to make sure this didn't spread around, or else it would bring calamity to his family.

6 years had passed since Zhang Liu had reached Qi gathering 3rd stage and 1st stage of the copper body realm, Zhang Liu was now in the Qi Sea realm on the 1st stage and peak copper body.

Zhang Liu was now a dashingly handsome adult with long black hair and sharp piercing eyes, he was beloved within the entire Zhang estate, be it his aunties and uncles they all loved and treated him as their own.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Liu, his recent breakthrough to the Qi Sea Realm it caused a large disturbance within all of skyfall city.

The old monsters of the 4 major families caught wind of this disturbance but only one chose to take action, The Xiao family had sent messages to the 7 minor families with an offer.

The Xiao family sent requests to the 7 minor families and informing them of the talents of one of the youths within the Zhang family, immediately the 7 minor families agreed to the request.

This request would be the first of many calamities Zhang Liu would face in his future, The request was an extermination request.

To exterminate the entirety of the Zhang family.