Tragic Past

Inside a thatched hut, Jian Unrivaled sat on a wooden bed, his expression steeped in despondency. Not a trace remained of who he used to be.

The Jian Unrivaled of the past had been confident and invincible, as though everything in the world lay within his calculations. No matter what happened, he had always remained calm and assured.

But the Jian Unrivaled of today was listless, devoid of even a shred of confidence. He was dispirited and fallen, utterly unlike his former self—as if they were two entirely different people.

"Xi Yan, I'm sorry. Xi Yan, I'm useless. I deserve to die. I can't avenge you. I'm useless... I'm useless!"

With tears in his eyes, Jian Unrivaled slapped his own face, each blow heavier than the last.

The reason Jian Unrivaled had fallen to such a state began ten years ago.

Ten years earlier, while traveling abroad in search of a breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm, Jian Unrivaled had chanced upon a girl. She was a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

It was this girl who drew Jian Unrivaled into love's snare.

The instant he saw her, he fell deeply in love. From then on, Jian Unrivaled secretly plotted, arranging one chance encounter after another.

In the end, after two years of tireless effort, Jian Unrivaled successfully won the girl over. From that point onward, he was utterly lost in a land of tenderness.

Jian Unrivaled and Xi Yan had held hands as they watched waterfalls, sunsets, seas of flowers, falling stars, endless grasslands, and rainbows stretching ten thousand miles.

They were like the immortal couple from a storyteller's tale.

He had thought such beautiful days would continue forever, but then, one day, Jian Unrivaled received a temptation he could not refuse.

An ancient tomb of a Spirit Transformation True