Luciel Voidborne.
Thinking back to the moments before my death my smile vanished. I was too excited that I was still alive to remember the fact that I couldn't even fight back just to get revenge.
I failed, not just to kill those who turned against me, but also failed my own family. I was so strong yet my power was insignificant. Not just that, but there's also the fact that all my progress is gone.
I thought back to my past life, when i was 15 to be exact. A set of stairs appeared, there was about 50 steps on them and my mind went back to the explanation of them.
"Today we will test your aptitude for cultivation, child. This set of stairs are the test we prepared. There's 50 steps, each 10 steps signals a higher level of aptitude. The first 10 have low spiritual pressure, and it keeps increasing at every step." A woman said, her azure blue eyes scanning my body before continuing the explanation.
"steps 0 to 10 indicate low level potential, 11 to 20 indicate average potential, 21 to 30 indicate above average potential, 31 to 40 indicate high potential, and finally, 41 to 50 indicate godsent levels of potential."
The memory stopped there, maybe that was for the best considering i couldn't even pass the 5th step. I had no potential, maybe if i had some, i could have reached the peak of this world or even ascended to the 4th dimension and have a chance at survival.
My whole past life flashed before my eyes for a moment, every hardship i have faced, every friend turned foe, every time I held myself back and showed them mercy.
"I am tired of being restrained. I have grown weary of being reasonable, and I am done showing mercy. I have been granted a second chance at life, and this time, I will prevail. Whether it be insect or higher-dimensional being, I will show them all true despair. I shall become what even destruction cannot be." I said, mostly to myself.
I may be in the form of a baby now, but that also means I can nurture my body from the start.
Usually people don't get any techniques to help them until after their test of potential, but my score was so bad that i didn't get any technique. The only reason i was able to cultivate was because of my sister, she was always lazy because even though she managed to get up until step 49 in her test, she didn't want to live a life of cultivation, she'd rather help me get strong so I can protect her and the rest, which I failed to do.
I looked outside, it was the middle of the day, It wouldn't be smart to start now so I wait. When nighttime comes around I am laying in the crib my parents set up for me. I sat up in it making sure they were gone.
The moment I was certain they were gone I sit up. "I think its best if i don't use any techniques to actually cultivate yet, otherwise it will catch too much attention." I thought. Instead of using a cultivation technique I started using a body tempering technique. If i can temper by body and soul enough, I might be able to reach the so called godsent level of potential.
Someone who manages to do so would have all the cultivation materials they would ever need, which is very important if I want a chance to get my revenge and protect those i love.
This time around, my loved ones will never have to suffer again, I'll always be there to help them in this life.
Every night I temper my body, by the time i was 8 my body was already tempered enough for me to fight on equal footing with someone from the body tempering stage of cultivation. The difference is that in the body tempering stage they temper their body with their own Qi, I tempered by body with the Qi in the atmosphere.
Now it's time i nurture my mind so that I ace my aptitude test in a couple years.