"It hadn't been easy to come this far, to finally glimpse the scenery of a higher realm..."
"Was it going to end like this?"
Countless scenes flashed through "Wu Wushuang"'s mind.
Those scenes were the footprints of his journey!
From an ordinary man incapable of cultivation to the most monstrous Immortal King standing in the Eternal Immortal Realm today...
He had walked this road for far, far, far too long...
So long that...
What had his first name been again?
He had forgotten it completely.
He still remembered it had been a remote little town in a savage land, called Azure Cloud Town.
There had been a boy in that town, with no parents and no known origins.
All he knew was that he had been abandoned in a ruined temple outside the town, picked up by Old Beggar, and barely survived.
Old Beggar had no great skills. He only knew one thing: deceive!
Deceive for food, deceive for drink, deceive for money, deceive for everything that could be deceived from others.
"Kid, remember this: in this world, honest people don't live long!"
With his legs propped up, Old Beggar had said this to him with a beaming smile when he was young.
"I've deceived people all my life. Though I never deceived my way into great wealth, I've at least lived until now."
"Look at those honest people. How many of them ever come to a good end?"
Young as he was, he only half understood, but he carved Old Beggar's words into his heart.
Later, Old Beggar died.
He died in a bitter winter, in a forgotten corner where no one cared to look.
When Old Beggar died, only a tattered straw mat covered his body.
He knelt before Old Beggar and kowtowed three times.
Then he left