"Have I been reborn?"
Ye Fan stared blankly at the familiar room, the deeply etched decorations, and the unforgettable black longsword.
He focused on his dantian—it was shattered, his cultivation completely lost.
The injury on his right hand, the force of the Shattering Stone Palm(Offensive Combat Art), all of it told Ye Fan that he had been reborn to a hundred years ago.
Deep in thought, Ye Fan felt a warmth in his chest. He immediately pulled open his clothes, revealing a strange pattern glowing faintly on his chest.
What is this...
The Celestial Emperor Record(Mysterious Paper)?
Ye Fan's eyes suddenly lit up with brilliance.
In his previous life, his cultivation had reached the pinnacle, attaining the Great Ascension realm. He had made ample preparations to transcend tribulation and become immortal, but unexpectedly, the ascension channel mutated...
He was swept into the Celestial Emperor's secret realm by a spacetime storm and successfully fused with The Celestial Emperor Record.
Just as he was breaking free from the secret realm, the Celestial Emperor's realm exploded, and he was killed by the energy storm!
When he awoke again, he was here.
His home, the Ye family, a first-class family in the capital of the Chu Kingdom in the Eastern Spirit Realm of the Tianwu Continent.
A place he once regarded as supreme glory, until that incident happened—the injury he suffered this time.
Ye Fan was a disciple of the Ye family's branch lineage, but his talent was exceptionally good. His father had passed away early, and Ye Fan was raised solely by his mother, Su Xi.
Fortunately, he worked hard and earned respect within the family, gradually moving from a life akin to a servant to having his own courtyard.
This time, the Ye family's eldest daughter, Ye Linglong, went to play in the Celestial Beast Mountains. Ye Fan accompanied her as a guard, but unexpectedly encountered a group of masked assassins.
For Ye Linglong's safety, Ye Fan and several guards fought to the death to cover her retreat. In the end, his dantian was shattered, he was severely injured, and his cultivation was lost.
He was saved by guards who arrived later and was recuperating in his courtyard.
Feeling the shattered dantian within him and the terrible injuries on his body, Ye Fan was flooded with more memories.
This was the darkest period of his life in this lifetime. He lay unconscious for a month. When he woke up, his injuries had healed, but his mother had inexplicably committed suicide.
His childhood fiancée, Lin Muxue, married Ye Linglong's brother, Ye Feng.
His courtyard was taken away, and he became a servant, washing horses every day or bending over by carriages for the Ye family's young masters to step on.
To save the Ye family's eldest daughter, he lost his cultivation, his path of cultivation, his former status, and was ultimately abandoned by the Ye family. All of this had become an indelible pain in his previous life.
Now, he has been reborn at this critical moment.
Feeling the extent of his shattered dantian, some spiritual energy still flowed through it. Clearly, it hadn't been more than a month since his injury. Recalling the mysterious cultivation method he had accidentally obtained in his previous life—the Dantian Gate Art(Cultivation Art).
Ye Fan immediately began to circulate it.
In his previous life, he only encountered this technique when he was over thirty. Now, he was just seventeen. Combined with his Great Ascension cultivation experience from his previous life, the technique quickly started to circulate.
The Dantian Gate Art was fundamentally different from other techniques because it opened not the dantian, but the dantian gate. In the human body, the dantian is the source of vital energy, the foundation of cultivation.
The dantian gate exists above the dantian. It only appears when the dantian is shattered or if it was originally useless. The Dantian Gate Art was created by a rebellious genius who understood the principle of breaking and rebuilding.
The cultivation system of Tianwu Continent consists of: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refining, Great Ascension. Each stage has nine tiers.
After Great Ascension ninth tier, one undergoes tribulation to become immortal.
Vital energy(Qi) flowed, circulating according to the method of the Dantian Gate Art. The most challenging part was opening the dantian gate—previously, it took him a whole month to succeed.
With the experience from his previous life, Ye Fan was much faster. One Minor Heavenly Cycle completed in his astonishment, followed by the second Minor Heavenly Cycle, the third...
The forty-ninth Minor Heavenly Cycle completed, a Major Heavenly Cycle succeeded, and the dantian gate opened!
How... how is this possible?
Ye Fan was utterly shocked. It was too fast—only half an hour had passed, and his dantian gate had opened. Even more astonishing was that his dantian gate was vastly different from his previous life.
An enormous space, an unbelievable capacity for vital energy—what on earth was happening?
Ye Fan's vital energy within him ran wildly, seemingly without his guidance. His dantian gate grew wider, and then a mysterious paper appeared in his vision.
The Celestial Emperor Record?
The paper entered the dantian gate and slowly vanished. Within the chaotic dantian gate, countless wondrous patterns emerged. Soon, his vital energy was imbued with these mysterious patterns.
New vital energy flowed from the dantian gate. Ye Fan's injuries recovered at a terrifying speed. After about a quarter of an hour, he felt no discomfort anymore.
An indescribable joy arose in Ye Fan's heart. This was miraculous—even a Nascent Soul expert couldn't achieve such a terrifying recovery speed.
And he had just opened his dantian gate, barely at Qi Refining first tier.
Suppressing his excitement, he believed these patterns were far more than just healing. As his cultivation advanced, the functions of The Celestial Emperor Record would gradually reveal themselves.
The dantian gate was vast—five times larger than in his previous life—meaning his vital energy storage was five times that of others, naturally making him stronger.
Of course, he'd need far more spiritual energy to elevate his cultivation level.
He also felt that the circulation speed of his vital energy was at least twice as fast as before, meaning both his attacks and reaction speed would surpass ordinary people.
A faint smile appeared on Ye Fan's face. The Celestial Emperor Record was truly an extraordinary treasure. Not only had it brought him rebirth, but it had also granted him greater talent.
In his previous life, he was a cripple at this time, lost his mother, and endured humiliation. In this life, he absolutely wouldn't allow history to repeat itself.
The Ye family—this heartless family—he would overturn them himself.
Just as Ye Fan was gritting his teeth inwardly, a commotion reached his ears, faint and indistinct.
Ye Fan concentrated, vital energy flowing. The chaotic sounds became crystal clear. Suddenly, Ye Fan's face darkened.
Inside the courtyard...
A portly man with a large head was squinting at Su Xi, scheming inwardly. Though Su Xi was over thirty, she still looked as charming as a young girl.
He was Luo Fu, steward of the Ye family, responsible for managing courtyard properties.
Two years ago, he had seen Su Xi by chance and found her heavenly. All this time, he had longed for this beauty, tossing and turning through countless nights.
But Ye Fan, her son, possessed outstanding talent and was valued by the family, so Luo Fu hadn't dared to harbor any improper thoughts.
Now, his chance had come.