Lin:
"My own friend betrayed me… I don't know why. At that time, I kept thinking… why was I still alive? Why didn't I just die?
My parents' betrayal… my one and only friend's betrayal… I saw all of this at just 9 years old.
From that moment, I lost faith in this world…
Everyone in this world is a betrayer… untrustworthy… I understood that at the age of 9.
But even then… I don't know why… WHY…!
I kept working in that restaurant for a long time… I didn't end my life… I don't know why!
I stayed with that same friend… and acted like nothing ever happened…!
I still don't know why I did that!!"
Scene
Young Lin is shown lying on his bed in his room, thinking.
Lin (thinking):
"I… I want to escape from here…!
I don't want to stay here…!
Everyone here is bad… like hell…!
But… just how can I escape…?"
Scene – Next Day (Restaurant)
The restaurant is very crowded.
Lin:
"Why are there so many people today?"
Boy:
"Hmph! There's a party today. Some sect elder is hosting it. This is a big deal!"
Lin:
"Oh…"
Lin (thinking):
"This is the perfect time to escape!"
Lin looks carefully toward the party area.
Suddenly—
Boy (shouting):
"Oye Lin!"
Lin:
"Ah?!"
Boy:
"Take this order to table number 3!"
Lin:
"Yes…"
Lin takes the plate and walks outside, placing it on the table.
Three people are sitting there.
Person 1:
"Oye kid! I ordered meatballs too. Where are they?!"
Lin:
"Sir! They are being prepared. I'll bring them as soon as they're ready!"
Person 1:
"Hmph! Okay."
Person 2:
"You can go now."
Person 3:
"Hey! Wait… bastard."
Lin stops and looks at him.
Person 3:
"Look down."
Lin:
"…?"
Person 3:
"Look down! You stepped on my shoes with your dirty feet. Clean them!"
Lin:
"But… I didn't even come near you…"
Person 3:
"Oh? So you're saying I'm lying?"
Lin:
"Y-yes…"
Suddenly—
The owner punches Lin from behind.
Owner:
"You filthy brat!"
Lin:
"Agh!!"
Person 3:
"Look at your worker! He's calling me a liar!"
Owner:
"I'm sorry, sir! I'll teach this bastard a lesson right now!"
Person 3:
"First make him clean my shoes!"
Owner:
"Yes sir, yes!"
The owner grabs Lin by the collar and pushes him.
Owner:
"Go! Clean the sir's shoes outside!"
Lin sits on the ground, removes the shoes, and takes them outside.
He sits near wooden buckets and starts cleaning.
Meanwhile, everyone inside is enjoying the party.
Lin looks around…
Then suddenly—
He leaves the shoes there and runs away.
Present Lin
"As soon as I got the chance, I escaped… I kept running forward for a long time and eventually reached a forest.
My legs started hurting… so I sat under a tree."
Scene – Forest
Lin:
"Haa… haa…"
The forest is very dense.
Lin:
"Looks like I've come deep inside…
But how do I get out now…?"
Suddenly—
A tree falls with a loud sound.
Lin:
"!! What?!"
Another tree falls.
Lin slowly follows the sound.
Scene
He reaches a place where two trees have already fallen.
A man stands there.
His hand is covered in blue water energy.
That Person:
"HEAVEN WATER PALM!"
Without even touching it, the tree falls due to pressure.
Lin:
"Wow…!"
That Person:
"! Who's there?!"
He senses Lin.
Lin comes out of hiding.
That Person:
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Lin:
"Um… I… I am Lin… I ran away from where I lived…"
That Person:
"Oh… so you left your home?"
Lin:
"No… that wasn't my home…
They made me work… they beat me… nobody loved me…
Everyone betrayed me…
There's no one in this world who loves me…
Everyone is evil…!"
The man is shocked.
(Thinking):
"This kid… not even 10 years old… and he's talking about betrayal, love, the world…
That means no one ever treated him kindly…
If no one gives him love or peace now…
he'll walk down a dark path…"
Bau:
"My name is Bau. I don't know who you are or where you came from… but from now on, you will stay with me and train."
Lin:
"Train…?"
Bau:
"Yes. You can call me Master. From now on, you are my disciple… and I am your master."
Lin:
"Mas…ter…!"
Lin's eyes shine.
Present Lin
"And from that moment, I started my cultivation training with my master…
We trained in that same forest for nearly 6 years."
Scene – Mountain
Lin and Bau are sitting.
Lin:
"Master… I've wanted to ask… where did you learn all this?"
Bau:
"I'm just like you."
Lin:
"…Like me?"
Bau:
"Yes. I was a venerable of a small sect—maybe you've never heard of it—the Sand Sect.
But they expelled me."
Lin:
"Expelled? Why?"
Bau:
"Because I stood against evil and tried to protect good.
The day you met me… was the same day they expelled me.
I wasn't training… I was venting my anger on those trees."
Lin:
"Master…"
Bau:
"Hey! No need to get emotional now! You still have a lot to do.
I'm only at Heaven Profound Realm, Level 5 (max term)…
But you…
You must reach Divine Realm… and then Divine King Realm… at max level."
Lin:
"Yes, Master!"
Present Lin
"At 16, I reached Bone Tempering Realm…
At 20, I reached Spirit Earth Realm, Level 3 (mid-term).
Then I took revenge for my master… and wiped out his entire sect.
After that, I kept challenging sect after sect…
If I lost, I trained and returned stronger.
By the age of 29, I had defeated 34 sects and became one of the top 5 cultivators."
Scene
Lin meets his master's family.
Lin (narration):
"My master's wife was old… he had two daughters—unmarried.
The second daughter, Kao, was 5 years older than me…
The first daughter, Kiao, was 8 years older.
My master arranged my marriage with them…
And I received the surname Gean."
Scene – Age 55
Lin:
"Master… my cultivation isn't progressing anymore… I can't reach the next stage…"
Master:
"This happens to everyone… I'm stuck too.
But you can still move forward.
You're at the Immortal Realm…
If you integrate beast body parts into your body, you can progress further.
But it's dangerous… rejection is possible…
The stronger the beast, the higher the rejection… but also the greater the power."
Lin:
"I see…"
Present Lin
"And then… I performed Beast Integration… three times… on different body parts…
I succeeded.
Within a few years, I reached Divine King Realm, Level 14 (max term)…
and became the supreme ruler of the Cult Kingdom."
"I had my first child at age 124… with my first wife Kiao.
At this level, my lifespan became three times longer than demons…
Both my wives are at Immortal Realm… with long lifespans as well."
Lin (final):
"And today… I am the ruler of the Cult Kingdom…
the strongest cultivator in the world…
But still…
Still… when I stood in front of that prince from the Shin Kingdom…
my heart felt silent…
my mind felt peace…
Maybe that's why I wasn't angry today…
even when that rude butler spoke to me so improperly…"
Scene – Ending
Lin stands up and walks away.
He tells a servant:
Lin:
"Clean the place where that servant was standing…
and replace the chairs where King Bit and that prince were sitting."
Lin leaves.