A shrill buzzing sound caused Yang Feng to slowly open his eyes. He tried to move his limbs but found that he couldn't.
There was a majestic sky spanning across the universe in front of Yang Feng. The sky seemed to stretch on infinitely, having no seeable boundary.
It was littered with endless colors and hues, awing anyone who laid their eyes on it.
However, countless black spots were also squirming around in the distance. They tore cracks and ripped apart the space itself within the sky, leaving black stains in their wake.
The buzzing sound grew louder.
More black spots emerged from the stains left behind, causing the infection of the sky to spread even faster.
The once glorious sky was now crawling with parasites, its former glory hidden behind swarms of black spots.
The sky kept screaming.
SAVE US
The black spots eventually covered everything, obscuring Yang Feng's vision.
Yang Feng blinked and discovered that he was lying down on the ground. The scent of plants and dirt flooded his nose as he sat upright.
It had been a long time since he had dreamed, or even slept. At his realm, his body was always in peak condition, not needing sleep or rest.
Yang Feng glanced around.
It appeared that he was in the middle of a forest, surrounded by countless trees and flora. The chirping of birds could be heard as the sunlight gently touched the soil wherever it could through the gaps in the myriad of branches and leaves.
Yang Feng tried to circulate his qi, to discover that he could not.
This time, however, was not due to the interference of the Heavenly Dao.
His qi had completely disappeared from his body.
Yang Feng stood up, to discover that his body felt weak and tender, a feeling that he had not known in a long time.
His tempered body, alongside his qi, had also gone.
He walked around, exploring his surroundings, to find a small and quiet pond.
A white deer, drinking from the water, quickly ran away when it saw him approaching. Yang Feng ignored it and walked to the pond, examining his reflection in the water.
What he saw was a youthful face, seemingly untouched by the vicissitudes of life. Yang Feng took a second and analyzed the condition of his body.
He could feel that the bone age of this body was currently sixteen.
Yang Feng felt that this was an interesting situation. He had been returned to when his body was sixteen in a completely foreign place.
He thought back to what the black cube said.
REINCARNATION
He did not feel as if he had been reincarnated, still retaining all his previous memories and even his younger body.
Yang Feng shook his head and went back to the task at hand.
Even though he was an Immortal God Emperor in his prime, he was currently a young teenager who had yet to even reach the first level of the Body Tempering realm.
Any major threat could instantly end his life.
As if on cue, a giant bear walked out from the trees toward the pond. The two locked eyes, before the bear roared and started running toward Yang Feng.
This was not a major threat.
Having reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship in his previous life, merely losing all his cultivation did not mean that he was entirely helpless.
Yang Feng stretched out two fingers and slashed out. The bear's head was instantly severed and fell to the ground. Warm blood splattered over the green grass.
The bear's body continued for a couple more steps before collapsing to the ground.
This was currently the strongest attack that Yang Feng could muster, as the Way of the Sword also required a strong body. However, it was enough for the bear.
Yang Feng heard whimpering and looked over. There was a bear cub hiding in the bushes, trembling at the sight of its mother's corpse.
It was now defenseless without the protection of its mother. It would most likely die within a day or two to hungry predators.
But such was its fate.
Yang Feng turned around and continued exploring, searching for a shelter where he could safely practice until he was confident in his survival abilities. After all, he had no idea what was in these forests.
He did not want to fall prey to some demon beast that was looking for food.
After walking around for a bit more, Yang Feng stumbled across a cave that looked suitable.
Strolling inside, the interior was not huge, but also not small enough to be cramped. There was a musty smell lingering in the air and cobwebs across the ceiling.
For now, this would serve as his dwelling.
Yang Feng sat down in the middle of the cave, legs crossed and eyes closed.
Reciting the Boundless Heavens Sutra in his mind, a cultivation scripture that he created himself, he started absorbing the spiritual energy in the air.
The spiritual energy flowed tremendously into his body, leaving him surprised.
The quantity and quality of the spiritual energy was many times that of even his sect's Heavenly Spiritual Pool.
Yang Feng allowed the spiritual energy to nourish his muscles and bones, expelling impurities from his insides out of his skin. The black sludge coming out of his body dripped to the floor, evaporating into the wind.
This continued until all the impurities contained within his body were eliminated.
Yang Feng slowly opened his eyes.
He was now in the first level of the Body Tempering realm.
The Body Tempering realm was exactly as it sounded. Tempering the body and cultivating the muscles and bones, essentially rebirthing from a mortal to a cultivator.
The starting point for everybody.
Now, even three of those bears at the same time would not pose the slightest threat to him.
However, this was not enough.
Yang Feng quickly consolidated his realm and once again began absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy into his body.