In the Ganhai Universe, outside Hanging River City, Nine Springs County, a beam of heavenly light rose, piercing through the clouds.
When the many commoners within Nine Springs County saw the direction from which the heavenly light rose, their scalps went numb. The peddlers hurriedly packed up their wares, while passing customers rushed home to huddle with their families, trembling in fear.
Some of the county's landowners even called for their servants to pack their luggage, intending to hide elsewhere.
The reason for this scene was very simple.
In the Ganhai Universe, cultivators reigned supreme!
This was something every living being in the Ganhai Universe had to immediately remember once they gained awareness.
This was a world that belonged to the "strong"! The four words "the strong are revered" formed the foundation of order in this world.
As it happened, a cultivator lived atop Wine Spring Mountain outside the county, where that heavenly light had risen.
At this moment, either that cultivator's cultivation had gone wrong, or he had refined some extraordinary treasure.
Before long, this place would likely become a battlefield for the cultivators of the surrounding region.
At that moment, within a Daoist temple on Wine Spring Mountain, a young Daoist slowly opened his eyes.
"What is this?"
As Yu Chen's consciousness gradually returned, he only felt that his head was swollen. After carefully recalling things, he finally sorted out the cause, course, and result of the matter.
Seventeen years ago, Tongtian had sent a fragment of Yu Chen's divine consciousness into this universe. Along the way, several great powers had obstructed him, affecting that fragment and causing it to fall into reincarnation, suffering the delusion of the womb.
Only today, drawn forth by an external force, had he awakened to his past.
*I had thought I would