An immortal like man, tall in stature,his dark eyes revealing the passage of time, wearing a gorgeous robes was standing on the tableland of Mt. Solitude.
Right above the man, dense cloud covered the sky. The rumble of the sky sounded like the anger of God. It was a terrifying sight.
The man appeared calm but the veins popping out of his clinched fist told another story. However, the man stood his ground. Nothing could stop him from ascending into the immortal realm. He had been preparing for these moment for a thousand year.
Just then a heavy lightning descended and struck him heavily. To descend into the immortal realm, cultivators had to undergo 99 tribulations.
One lightning after other descended on him. The man who appeared like an immortal before, now looked unkempt like a beggar . The scent of burned skin and flesh were thick and nauseating.
The man stood up quiveringly. He supported himself with his sword. Intense lightning was forming in the sky as if determined to strike him to death.
The man took a heavy breath. He turned to his sword that had accompanied him from the very beginning
"Mortifer! This is it."
" Now is the moment that will determined our life and death. Are you ready?"
A cold voice came out of the sword
"Master! My life itself is given by you. It's my honour to serve you"
The man cold eyes soften for a second but it quickly disappeared as if it was just an illusion.
He took out all the defensive weapon he had collected over the years and armed himself. Though these weapons were a rare treasures of heaven and earth but what is it, infront of his own life!The man looked up the sky. The last lightning, much powerful than the previous 98, descended upon him.
Just as the lightning was about to strike him, a meteor like object shoot towards him. When the Heaven perceived another person, it got enraged.
No other person can interfere while in tribulation and all the cultivators knows about it. So it can only be malicious if such things happens.
The intensity of the lightning increased by over dozen times .
The man knew his survival was very slim.
Furious but helpless he could only threw out Mortifer for a glimmer of hope.
Mortifer flew out of the range of tribulation with his master last words
"Find a way to save me"
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Yuxuan was born in 3024 years in a Planet called Blue Empire.
With advanced Technology and also a special drug that increased people's lifespan to an average of 300 years, Humans became a God like existence.
However there were also frequent invasion by monsters which they named "Nightcrawler " , as they invades only during night time and they crawl with their 3 pairs of limbs.
To face these monsters, the Empire had to trained large army every year which strained the Empire's economy. So even with advanced technology and medical level, people of the Empire lived in dire state.
Both Yuxuan's parents died fighting these monsters.
At a young age he became one of these many soldiers.
At the age of 25, his strength reached 3S and became the youngest General . With unlimited potential, he became one of the powerful candidate to become a Marquis.
However, such a promising young man was now lying naked on a cold operating table .The unconscious Yuxuan had his brain opened and a group of researchers led by the Crown Prince, who is well known among the circle to be a Madman, were now operating on his brain.
When Yuxuan regained consciousness, he found himself inside a transparent glass with a yellow sticky liquid filled to the brim.
An oxygen mask was attached to his face.
Being treated worst than an animal, Yuxuan felt extremely humiliated. He didn't even know as to how he got into such a
situation.
Even if he does have some not so pleasant relationship with some people but it was just due to healthy competition . He don't think anyone could be petty enought to send him here just for a minor conflict.
So it can only be that he got in between some higher up power struggle.
When Yuxuan was using his full brain cell thinking of many conspiracies, he heard footsteps approaching.
As he was trying to identify the person from his blurry vision, the man spoke
"Yuxuan! You must want to know the reason for your current predicament, right?"
Yuxuan knew the voice. It was the voice of the current Crown Prince of the Empire, Muchen.
However from his voice, he could hear hatred towards him. They just met once during his award ceremony so Yuxuan was clueless as to where the hatred is coming from.
"You shouldn't have appeared near Xin Yan! "
Yuxuan was even more confused. He heard about her but had never met in person.
Xin Yan is the girlfriend of Muchen. Their relationship is so high profile that infact, most of the people of the Empire must have heard about her at some point.
Muchen continued
"After she saw your videos of fightning in the frontier, she couldn't stop talking about you. She even wants to be a soldier like you! "
Yuxuan was extremely confused now.
Not to be narcissistic, most of the younger generation do look up to him as their role model. But he couldn't see why that could be a problem.
"I will never allow another person to occupy even a tiny bit of her attention. I will destroy anyone who dares to takes her attention from me ... blah blah blah"
Yuxuan now realised that it was simply an unprovoked disaster. He was too lazy to listen to the rest. He realised that it was just his back luck for breathing the same air with a madman who is both vicious and stupid.
After speculating about all those brain consuming conspiracies, the result made him speechless and powerless.
He closed his eyes and took a rest, waiting for the fool to go away.
Yes, now the respected Crown Prince of the Empire is just a fool in Yuxuan's eyes.
Yuxuan wanted to think of a way to get out of his current predicament but Muchan's voice is like a bee buzzing near his ears. It's so irritating.
After talking by himself for a while, Muchen got bored and left with a sentence
"These is just the beginning. You are going to enjoy what's next to come"
If not for his inconvenience, Yuxuan would have rudely rolled his eyes.
Stupid !
If by any chance he gets out of here, he will let the disgusting couple taste all the tortures of the military prison.
He don't think Xin Yan is innocent. They are childhood sweetheart. She must have known about his jealous nature and still spoke about him infront of a madman.
Yuxuan also have a strong intuition that he must not be the first victim in their love game.
A excited male voice suddenly rang inside his mind, startling him.
"Master! I finally found you"
Mortifer was shocked and angered by the condition of his master. His master who was so nobel was insulted by ants like mortals. He wanted to swing the sword and killed everyone responsible for his master situation. But he quickly calm himself.
He couldn't let emotions carry him away. The most urgent matter is to take his master to collect his soul fragments.
Before Yuxuan could proceed the voice, he felt himself being freed from the shackles and floating towards the only place in the room where he could lay down, the operation table.
His strength which was suppressed by the drug slowly started regaining.
Yuxuan sat up from the table with difficulty.
He thought of something and hurriedly looked at the door where the alarm signal is placed. Only now he realised that the alarm didn't go off when he was freed from the shackles. It must be the work of the sword.
"What are you?"
Mortifer was depressed that his master couldn't remember him. But he understood that it was nearly impossible to retain memories with an incomplete soul.
"Master! I am your sword. You forged me by yourself and named me Mortifer. I have been searching for you for over a hundred years now. I finally found you. "
Mortifer explained to Yuxuan aggrievedly.
Even if the technology of the Empire is so advanced it hasn't reached to the point where the Al can replicate human's emotions and empathy.
And as far as to his knowledge, no other nearby planets has achieved such level.
So Yuxuan couldn't help but believe him to some extent. Not just that he also felt some connection to this sword named Mortifer.
But what need to be asked still had to be asked
"Say, what you told is true but why don't I retain any memory?"