"THE MYRIAD CALAMITIES DAO COURT destroyed eight hundred years of Great Yin rule and slaughtered my kin. How I hate them!"
Fury blazed in the young man's eyes, mingled with bitter unwillingness to accept his fate.
His name was Yun Chengyi. Once a scion of the former Yin imperial family, he had survived the battle in which the Dao Lord of Myriad Tribulations shattered the Yin Capital only because a loyal family retainer protected him. Since then, he had wandered from place to place, living under an assumed name.
Not long ago, his identity had somehow been exposed. His retainer died while they were surrounded, leaving him to flee in panic.
The Dao Court had issued no warrant for these remnants of the former dynasty. But after eight hundred years of ruling the realm, Great Yin had done plenty of things that deserved no mercy, and people eager to beat a drowning dog were everywhere.
"I can't die. I have to take revenge. I have to restore Great Yin—"
Yun Chengyi panted, teeth clenched. But his legs felt filled with lead, growing heavier with every step, and waves of dizziness swept through his head.
Whoosh!
An arrow sliced through the air and buried itself in Yun Chengyi's right arm. His strength gave out, and he collapsed, despair written across his face.
A slope lay directly ahead. He tumbled down it a dozen times before slamming into the trunk of a thick tree with a thud.
Whether the impact shook the tree or a mountain wind stirred it, its leaves rustled. Yun Chengyi heard a rush of air above his head. Something fell, struck him on the head, then bounced into his arms.
"Even a tree wants to bully me?"
On the verge of passing out, Yun Chengyi reached into his