The cold winds howled through the Forbidden Beast Graveyard, a desolate wasteland where even the bravest warriors dared not tread. Broken bones of long-extinct celestial beasts lay scattered like forgotten relics, their lingering auras so oppressive that ordinary cultivators would crumble under their weight.
Jin Xuan lay motionless on the cracked ground, his once-proud robes torn and soaked in blood. His body ached with a searing pain, yet it paled in comparison to the agony of betrayal.
"Shen Tian... Yao Ling..." His voice was hoarse, filled with disbelief. The two people he trusted most—his sworn brother and his childhood love—had conspired against him.
They had framed him, branding him as a traitor to the Heavenly Beast Hall, and stolen his Celestial Beast Contract, severing his bond with the legendary beast he had nurtured for years. Worse yet, they had cast him into this cursed graveyard, a place where even the bones of gods turned to dust.
As darkness threatened to consume him, a deep, ancient voice echoed in his mind.
"O' child of fate... awaken."
His eyes shot open.
A faint glow pulsed beneath him, illuminating intricate patterns carved into the ground. It was a primordial formation—one that had been hidden beneath the graveyard for eons.
The voice resonated once more.
"Do you seek vengeance?"
Jin Xuan's fists clenched. His heart burned with rage, but he swallowed it down. Revenge alone was not enough—he needed power, absolute power.
"I do," he whispered.
The ground trembled as the formation flared to life. A surge of ancient energy enveloped him, and before he could react, his soul was pulled into a vast expanse—an ethereal void where galaxies swirled like endless rivers of light.
Floating before him was a massive tome, its pages shimmering with cosmic runes. The air itself trembled under its presence.
The Primordial Beast Codex.
Jin Xuan reached out. The moment his fingers brushed the cover, a torrent of knowledge flooded his mind—secrets of long-lost beast taming arts, techniques that defied the natural order, and the ability to bind creatures no mortal had ever dared to control.
His vision blurred as countless beasts roared in unison.
A Cosmic Devourer Dragon, its scales glistening like a night sky, towered above planets.
A Phoenix of Eternal Ash, its wings igniting dimensions with every flap.
A Void Abyss Titan, its mere presence warping reality itself.
These creatures... I can tame them.
Jin Xuan's lips curled into a smirk. He was no longer the abandoned disciple of the Heavenly Beast Hall. He was the master of a power that defied the universe itself.
As his consciousness returned to his battered body, a surge of vitality coursed through him. His wounds healed, and his aura erupted like a storm.
For now, he had a single goal.
Survive. Grow stronger. And then... return.
The betrayers thought they had buried him.
But Jin Xuan was about to rise—stronger than ever.
And this time, the universe would remember his name.