"Catch him! His leg is injured!"
The Nascent Soul cultivators with their weapons chased after me.
I limped as I ran towards a cliff.
"Heavenly Godspeed, you can't run anymore. Hand over the Fate Commanding Seal and we will grant you a painless death."
"Grant me a painless death? I, Yun Lei, will not give the likes of you the Fate Commanding Seal" I said as I assume a sword stance.
Heavenly Godspeed Sixth Form: Light Dispersion Slash
A slash containing refined heavenly qi slashed through the cultivators and dispersed their Nascent Soul.
"Heavenly Godspeed, do you still think that you can defeat all of us? You are almost dead after using that technique"
I gritted my teeth as I see my life force getting drained by my technique.
The sixth form was originally a technique I could perform with ease and with no drawbacks.
However, I was now on the verge of death. Using the sixth form would require me to burn some of my life force.
"Yes, I am confident that I can defeat you guys even in this state!"
My sword clashed with their swords. Burning even more life force, I gathered enough heavenly qi to unleash
Heavenly Godspeed Fifth Form: Annihilation From Light
My blood vessels and organs explode as I performed the fifth form.
The cultivators' bodies split in half and their Nascent Souls break.
I fell to the ground and healed a bit of my internal injuries.
"Am i safe now?" I smiled.
Suddenly, a sky-splitting pressure fell on me.
"Yun Lei, you've been too cocky ever since we ascended"
Whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy? WHY!?
Why was a Soul-Shattering cultivator here? They should've ascended to a higher plane long ago.
In an instant, my arm was sliced.
My arm is now gone and I'm on the verge of death. Can I defeat a Soul-Shattering cultivator?
I gripped my sword and cut the cultivator with precise and fast slashes imbued with refined heavenly qi.
"Yun Lei, you truly are too arrogant for your own good. To think you would try to kill me with a Nascent Soul cultivation realm."
As I continued slashing, I felt my body splitting apart.
I fell? My upper body was split apart from my lower body.
Ah, even with the Fate Commanding Seal, could I not defy fate?
No! I lived my life fighting against fate! I'm not going down like this.
The legendary tenth technique of the Heavenly Godspeed, known as the absolute pinnacle of the Heavenly Godspeed.
This technique will certainly kill me, but if this is what it takes to defy fate, then I will perform this technique!
My upper body slowly reconnected with my lower body. A barrier surrounded me
"Yun Lei, what tricks are you trying to pull?! The legendary tenth form is not real!"
I ignored his words and continued to pull in heavenly qi.
Soon, the surrounding areas withered and the sky turned pitch black.
The cultivator tried to kill me, but it was too late. I had already prepared all the heavenly qi needed to perform the tenth form.
As I took on a seemingly sloppy sword stance, the heavenly qi envelops my blade.
I, Yun Lei, will defy fate!
"YUN LEI, STOP IT! YOU WILL DESTROY THIS WHOLE PLANE!"
Heavenly Godspeed Tenth Form: Defying Fate
A light far more radiant than anything explodes and envelopes the whole plane.
I see a bright light.
"Our little baby boy has woken up!"
"What should we name him?"
"Yun for Heavenly, so that he will surpass the heavens"
"Lei for Thunder, so that he will strike down all evildoers"
What is this? How am I still alive?
"gooogaa?"
Have I been reincarnated?
That means I got another chance! This time, I will become stronger and truly defy fate!
When I was finally left alone in my crib, I gathered qi to form a dantian.
Dantians are relatively the same when you form them. However, if you use specific qi to form your dantian, your dantian will have a special characteristic.
In my case, I would be using heavenly qi. This would give me the Blessed Dantian and give me more space to store qi as its special characteristic.
A heavenly light shine as I form my Blessed Dantian.
Now, let's start getting to Qi Refining Realm.
Cultivation is divided into many planes.
The first plane is the Mortal Plane
The second plane is the Ascended Plane
The third plane is the Divine Plane
The fourth plane is the Immortal Plane
And the final plane is the Origin Plane
Each plane has multiple realms. The plane that I am currently in is the Mortal Plane.
The Mortal Plane consists of six realms. Qi Gathering Realm, Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Core Formation Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, and Soul-Shattering Realm.
I am currently at Qi Gathering Realm. To get to Qi Refining Realm, I must gather enough qi and refine them.
I sit into a lotus position and started gathering heavenly qi.
By the time the sun came out, I had already reached Qi Refining Realm.
I will continue my routine of refining heavenly qi until I think that it is enough.
3 years had passed, I was now a 3 year old and could walk and run to some extent.
During these 3 years, I gathered information about myself.
I was the only son of Zhang Ye and Liu Ya.
Zhang Ye was my father, he worked as a city guard and possessed a cultivation realm of Qi Refining, which was exceptional considering that he was not trained.
Liu Ya was my mother, she stayed at home and took care of me.
And the most shocking part is myself, I was named Yun Lei.
This couldn't possibly be a coincidence, fate was playing tricks on me.
Anyways, I finally reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and could form a qi sword.
"Yun Lei, your father got you a toy sword!" My father smiles as he walks in.
It is about time that I reveal my martial talent.
But still I wondered the extent of my power now.
I took the toy sword that my father gave me and imbued heavenly qi.
The most basic yet lethal form of Heavenly Godspeed, the first form.
Despite it being only the first form, you would need to be at the peak of Foundation Establishment to use it.
I am only at the beginning stages of Foundation Establishment, could I use it?
Well, if I never tried, I would never know!
I took on a basic yet mastered sword stance.
Heavenly Godspeed First Form: Dispersion Slash
In an instant, I had cut down the entire forest.
"Y-Yun L-Lei, w-what w-was that?!" My father shouted.
When night fell, my father and my mother had a discussion..about me.
"Liu Ya, that child possessed a monster-like martial talent!"
"But, he is our child. Are you sure you didn't see wrongly?"
"Yes, I'm sure! Yun Lei unleashed a strike comparable to Core Formation cultivators!"
"I see, how about we send him to the Martial Youth Competition?"
After some time discussing, my father and my mother decided to send me to the Martial Youth Competition.
The Martial Youth Competition was a competition held by the Martial Association to find talents and nurture them.
If you can get 1st place, you would be rewarded a chance to choose something from the Martial Association's Treasury.
The Martial Youth Competition is still a few years away, so I still have some time to train.
A few years passed, it was finally the Martial Youth Competition and I had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.
"Father, I will take 1st place and make you proud"
"Yun Lei, you've grown so much!" My father says as he hugged me.
"Yun Lei, don't push yourself too hard, okay? Be careful!" My mother said to me.
I, a 7 year old was up against a 12 year old.
"I need to fight a kid?"
As soon as the match started, he charged towards me
"Cloud Steps"
Oh? He is taking this seriously. As expected of the Martial Youth Competition, there are many young talents!
He dashed towards me and used the Earth Slash.
I deflected it with ease and countered using the Earth Slash.
"How do you know the Earth Slash?!"
In my past life, one of my disciples was the creator of the Earth Slash. The Earth Slash created by him was truly wonderful. You could exhibit Core Formation strength when you are in Qi Gathering Realm with it.
But the Earth Slash that was now passed down was the wrong version.
"Kid, let me show you the real version of Earth Slash and grant you enlightenment"
Earth Slash paired with Cloud Steps was terrifyingly powerful, but what if you paired it with Earth Steps.
Due to the compatibility of both techniques, Earth Slash would advance into a Core Formation technique.
Earth Slash True Form: Slash Of The Rough Earth
In an instant, I defeated the 12 year old and advanced further in the competition.
I defeated many others and advanced into the semifinals where I was up against my one of my other disciples' descendant, Gong Li.
"I don't know how you managed to advance to the semifinals, but I recommend you surrender now before I beat you up" Gong Li warns me.
"Well, what if I don't want to surrender?"
"Then, I will beat you!"
Gong Li appeared behind me and used Beast Pummel.
Gong Li was truly talented. Beast Pummel was a technique that required you to be at Peak of Core Formation.
"Gong Li, you are not strong enough" I say as I used a barrier.
Now, it is time for my counterattack.
Beast Pummel: Enhanced
Gong Li was instantly beat down and pummelled by me.
"H-how do you know Beast Pummel?!"
"Well, let's just say I knew your ancestor, Gong Wei"
"Let me enlighten you, Gong Li"
Beast Transformation: Enhanced
Beast Transformation was a technique that lets you transform any part of your body into a beast, granting you enhanced strength and defence.
I transformed my arm into a beast and pummelled Gong Li.
"P-please stop!!"
I advanced into the finals.
"Liu Ya, look! Our son advanced to the finals!"
"You can do it, my little boy!"
I warmed up and saw him.
The person I'm facing against in the finals…. was the direct disciple of the Leader Of The Martial Association.
It was clear that the Leader had pulled some strings to make his disciple win.
But, I won't let you win.
The final match has started!
The crowd is cheering and the whole arena is filled with qi, signifying a great battle.
I pulled out my sword and assumed a sword stance. I'm planning to end this in one single move.
"Hey kid, I am the direct disciple of the Leader. You should just surrender if you don't want to die!"
I gathered Heavenly Qi and pushed all my strength to its limits.
Heavenly Godspeed Second Form: Moonlight from the Slow Dance
It was slow yet fast. Blood spurted out.
The direct disciple's arm had been sliced.
"M-my arm!? You bastard!"
He dashed towards me with incredible speed.
As expected of the direct disciple of the Leader, his realm is at the Peak of Core Formation.
But, my realm is also at the Peak of Core Formation!
My sword clashed with his sword.
Gathering even more Heavenly Qi, I unleashed the first form and the second form.
Dispersion Slash
Moonlight from the Slow Dance
What I didn't expect was that the direct disciple knew Order Of Justice.
"With this, you shall obey me and commit suicide!"
My body moved by itself and kneeled down.
Order Of Justice was a technique only the Leader knew. It was a technique that I had a hard time dealing with. To think that selfish bastard would pass down his techniques.
My arm grabbed my sword and pulled it towards my neck.
"This is not it, it is incomplete."
Order Of Justice was probably one of the strongest techniques in the Mortal Plane, but it had a fatal flaw. It is almost impossible to master.
One would need a supreme talent like the Leader to even consider mastering it.
"I can do it, this version of Order Of Justice is incomplete"
Gathering even more Heavenly Qi, I used the qi to pull the sword away from me and to control my body.
Both Order Of Justice and my Heavenly Qi is now fighting over control over my body. During this time, my body is neutral, meaning I can control it to some extent.
Heavenly Godspeed Second Form: Moonlight to the Slow Dance
I swiftly cut off the other arm of the disciple.
"A-ah, p-p-please s-s-spare m-me!!!"
I sheathed my sword and declared.
"To everyone watching this competition, I, Yun Lei, has won this competition and will be granted a chance to enter the Treasury!"
Cheering erupted in the crowd.
7 years in my reincarnation, and I had already reached Peak of Core Formation, Second Form of Heavenly Godspeed, and became the champion of the Martial Youth Competition.
With such a good start, this time, I will defy fate!