The once tranquil atmosphere of a planet had been shattered by a great event, uniting everyone against a cruel individual, even the wrath of the heavens had seemingly given up. Now, this person was cornered, surrounded by everyone from all corners of the planet. His power wasn't particularly terrifying; what was frightening was their intelligence and cunning. The planet was filled with fear at the mere mention of his name.
Elsewhere, a fierce battle raged against the world's cruelty.
"Get out of that pavilion, you bastard, get out!"
"Your life ends here, you bastard! You won't be able to escape the chaos you created yourself!"
All the cultivators gathered on Mount Hua. That mountain was the residence of a vicious demonic cultivator, crueler than the seven overlords.
He was known for his ruthlessness, having killed anyone who disturbed him, even the innocent.
The mountain had lost its light, as thousands of cultivators covered the sky with their red-colored auras.
From imperial generals, forces of the upper realm, and several other powerful individuals were present in one place with a single purpose: to kill a demonic cultivator.
These cultivators had reached the Spirit Chaos cultivation level just to fight the demonic cultivator whose cultivation level was at the Blood Infane stage: the cultivation levels in this world were divided into two paths, the demonic path and the immortal path.
The power of the demonic path was twice as strong as the immortal path. However, it required great sacrifices to achieve it.
Everyone saw a man walk out of the Hua Mountain Pavilion.
He walked out of the pavilion. His long hair flowed in the wind, moving slowly with the breeze.
There were bloodstains on his outer robe, he wore black clothes with a slight brownish tint and a bit of white, his tattered clothes were covered in bloodstains, the blood also filled Mount Hua until the mountain no longer looked green.
The pungent smell of blood on Mount Hua made anyone who smelled it feel like vomiting.
All the blood there was from his victims to achieve his goals.
He was Gu Tian Li, a vicious demonic cultivator from the Zhang Kingdom on the planet Guitama.
The Zhang Kingdom was the largest empire in the mortal world of planet Guitama.
Planet Guitama was divided into three realms: the Mortal Realm, the Lower Realm, and the Upper Realm, which still held mysteries. The fear of this planet rested solely on Gu Tian; whether in the upper or lower realms, they would all be terrified upon hearing the name 'Gu Tian'.
Gu Tian walked slowly, step by step, calmly yet threateningly.
Every step he took made the gathered cultivators retreat quickly, wary of his movements, they even broke out in cold sweat.
No one knew what kind of final attack he would make.
All eyes were on him, watching with full vigilance. Gu Tian stopped in front of the mountain, he stood still like a statue, and a lot of blood began to flow and pool beneath his feet.
The silence created a palpitation of tension for everyone, it lasted until sunset.
As the sun slowly began to fade its light from the mountain, Gu Tian slowly looked at the twilight sun, its red light reminded him of the fresh blood that flowed every day on that mountain, he began to speak.
His voice was cold, full of calmness, making everyone feel a great sense of vigilance.
Word by word came out of his mouth.
"The strong will rule as long as they are unmatched, and the weak will always be oppressed until they die," his calm and cold voice seemed to add to the tension.
Everyone felt confused and strange when they heard the words spoken by Gu Tian.
They didn't understand what he meant, and no one believed that Gu Tian also had good intentions; he only wanted the inhabitants of the planet to know that their enemy was not him but the seven overlords.
Some people shouted hatred at Gu Tian.
"What you say won't change your fate, Demon!"
"It's useless for you to utter such useless words!"
Gu Tian let out a long sigh, his whole body limp as if he had no fighting spirit.
"Am I really destined to be gone?"
Gu Tian chuckled softly, he muttered.
"In this life... will it be the same as in my past life?"
Shouts and cries full of hatred echoed among the crowd. Gu Tian remained silent and ignored what everyone said.
Suddenly, he smiled thinly, cynically. Instantly, everyone fell silent, wary of his movements.
"It's only natural that you wouldn't understand what I'm saying," he said slowly.
"But remember; don't trust too much in what others say, if even your closest family might not be telling the truth, in this world full of deceit you must rely on yourselves if you want to live peacefully."
He frowned, a terrifying laugh began to come out of his mouth, his laughter was full of hatred for everything he had gone through in this cruel world.
"Is this the end of my journey?" Gu Tian sighed, muttering to himself.
"Is this the end?" he said, full of hatred for fate.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense and the day turned pitch black.
Everyone looked at each other, preparing to attack.
"Everyone, be careful! We don't know what this bastard will do!"
"Prepare! We will attack him now!"
The cries of several people who wanted to end all suffering as quickly as possible.
They all drew flying swords, magic spells, and terrifying weapons ready to be launched at Gu Tian and end all the suffering in this world.
There was one person who recklessly wanted to kill Gu Tian directly, but alas, before he could touch Gu Tian, his body had been cut into small dice-like pieces, spraying fresh blood everywhere.
This made the other cultivators tremble even more with fear, some others became increasingly annoyed but they held back their anger for fear of trembling, cold sweat flowing like rain from their faces.
Gu Tian stood still for a moment, raising his hands as if ready to receive all those attacks.
"Is this the end?" his voice began to weaken, helpless.
He remembered the technique he had developed over the past 500 years, his expression changed to relief but also worry whether the technique he had developed would succeed or fail, he no longer cared.
Gu Tian let out a short sigh, and muttered.
"If this succeeds... I will remain a heartless and merciless person in the next life."
Gu Tian closed his eyes slowly. Light began to emerge from his body, the light contained extraordinary power, it was the last power he had stored for 500 years.
The bright light illuminated the entire mountain. The light was even clearly visible from the Imperial Capital, causing ordinary people in the capital to only pray that nothing unwanted would happen.
In the last moments of his life, he remembered the goal of his past life when he first arrived in that world.
He was actually a college student on Earth, he often received unpleasant treatment from some students there, until the moment when he was bullied in a campus toilet, he breathed his last.
In the last seconds of his life, he only wanted one thing: peace, freedom, and power.
Inside a space filled with cosmic stars falling like rain, Gu Tian's body felt empty and uncomfortable. Gu Tian opened his eyes slowly, he was confused.
"Why am I in this space... Did I fail?"
"You didn't fail, my 'pawn', you will succeed."
A voice from a mysterious figure echoed among the stars.
Gu Tian was surprised and turned to the source of the voice, but he found no one.
"Who are you? And where am I?" Gu Tian asked, full of curiosity.
But there was no reply at all, making him frustrated and confused, leaving a mystery in that space. Before he had time to explore all the places in that space, his eyes were shone by a very bright white light, as if illuminated by the light of 1000 lamps, everything suddenly became silent and soundless.
....
Now, in a remote village owned by the Gu clan, a ceremony of honoring ancestors was being held, the ceremony was taking place in a pavilion.
They placed incense sticks of supplication in front of plaques, in front of them were displayed three plaques, they began to prostrate themselves before those plaques, the ceremony proceeded solemnly.
When the day began to darken, they started to return home.
"It doesn't feel like it, but it's been a year."
"Hahaha... right, it feels like just yesterday we made the supplication."
The sound of several people talking as they were about to return to their respective homes.
Night fell, the moonlight illuminated the trees and the houses in the village, the wind blew slowly through the bamboo leaves that began to rustle, the night atmosphere became increasingly solemn and peaceful.
Several people gathered again in the pavilion, they were talking about the awakening ceremony in the Gu clan, this event was an annual event in the Gu clan.
The sound of conversations began to be heard from inside the pavilion.
"Our Gu clan is currently lucky, several geniuses have been born."
"Yes, I know, but there is one child who makes me curious, you must have heard the rumors, right?"
"Of course, I know, that child managed to reach the Qi Gathering realm at the age of only 5 years."
"Not only that, it is said that he is also skilled in spiritual matters."
"That's right, that child lives with his younger sister."
"They both became orphans when they were very young."
This conversation between the Gu clan elders greatly intrigued the Gu clan Patriarch.
The Gu clan Patriarch murmured in his thoughts.
"This child... can definitely compete in the five-yearly event that is participated in by 100 clans," thought the Gu clan patriarch.
"Hahahaha... Our clan is truly very lucky to produce such great children," the Gu clan patriarch suddenly said, breaking the conversation of the clan elders.
Instantly, all the elders present there were surprised.
"You startled me!"
"Damn it! You made me jump!"
Said the elders in the room, half annoyed, half amused.
"Hahaha... Sorry, sorry," said the Gu clan patriarch.
"Alright, since it's already too late, let's continue this tomorrow morning," said the Gu clan patriarch.
Feeling it was too late, they all began to return to their respective homes.
At almost the same time, Gu Tian woke up from the bed he used to sleep in in the past, he saw his hands which had become small like when he was a child, he was shocked to see his hands, the wind began to blow slowly as if calling him.
He felt an unfamiliar feeling within him.
Inside a small room, he hurriedly looked for a mirror and saw himself in front of it. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"H-have I succeeded?" he said with a trembling voice.
"Did I really manage to reincarnate?"