In a cave somewhere in the Rhine Continent, there was an old man sitting in a meditative position. He did not look in any way to be wise or intelligent. Instead, he was struggling to breathe. The man himself looked weary as if he was tired of the world.

Then, suddenly, a golden light surrounded him. It bathed him and the features of the old man changed. He lost some of his weariness and gained some of the wisdom an old man should have.

"Ha-ha. I cannot tell whether I should be happy or not. After all, the world has finally allowed me to break through. But I had to wait an hundred years just to enter the 1st stage of the Origin Realm."

The old man's feelings were very complicated and then he just laughed.

"Every single person who ever mocked me was right. After years of hard work, thanks to my talent, this is the best result I could achieve. The heavens have completely shunned me. I have truly wasted my life for this power I could never receive. Why did I not ignore them and spend a life of pleasure? I can't even have the revenge I deserve on all those people who have shamed me."

The old man began to reminisce his life of suffering and defeat. He had been a member of a famous clan in a world of cultivation. Naturally, he was expected to be talented since he was the son of the patriarch of the clan. However, it was found out that he had not talent for cultivation. Once every clan member found out about this, they began to treat him like trash even in front of the patriarch. After all, he did live in a world of survival of the fittest.

"Son, you do not have to worry about what other say about you. I shall still love you and take care of you. You do not have to live a life of cultivation. Pursue your other interests or dreams. If others try to hurt you, I shall protect you."

"Father, I can never bear that shame in my whole life. If you protect me, whatever little pride I have will also be destroyed. And no matter what others say, I will not be deterred because I have no talent in cultivation. I wish to pursue a life of cultivation, so I can become strong. Please do not stop me."

The old man laughed when he remembered this because now, he wished he had never said this. If he had done what his father told him to, even if his pride was gone, his life would not have been wasted. However, he did not heed his father's words.

Year after year, he practiced cultivation, but he did not make any progress in his cultivation. As his fellow clan members grew and accomplished many things, he was stuck at the beginning stage of cultivation. Soon, his father died of natural causes and an elder came into power.

In all his days, the one day that the old man hated to remember was the day he was humiliated horribly. The new patriarch kicked him out of the clan and humiliated him with the elders in front of all the clan members. Everybody at the clan insulted and disgraced him. That was the day his pride was completely lost.

From then on, he lived a life of training. However, he could not make a breakthrough in his many years of life. Everywhere he went, he suffered. He had to go through ten times more shame than a normal man does. People kicked him around. They robbed him. The rich made him beg and tortured him. Until, he decided to isolate himself from the world 50 years ago. He had come to this cave and lived in it for 50 years without contact with the world. The cave had enough food and nobody ever disturbed him. This cave had become his home.

Remembering his life, the old man began to cry. These tears came from 100 years of suffering. He had struggled to become a cultivator his whole life. The old man had no pride left and he could not be considered a man. However, this was the result.

"Hey, old man. Quit crying, all right. You're not a kid alright. It's annoying. Otherwise, I might kill you."

The voice caused the old man to stop crying. He was shocked more than he had ever been. He had been in this cave his whole life, but no one else was ever here. They could not even come in because the main entrance had sealed up 50 years ago.

"Who are you?"

The old man looked around for any sign of life.

"Who am I? Who are you, old man? I don't remember a cultivator being here and I've been here for a thousand years, Wait, why are you still at the 1st stage of the Origin realm?"

The voice was very arrogant and had a air of superiority.

"Why do you care? I'll kill you if you don't shut up."

The mysterious voice incited the anger of the old man because he could not bear to suffer any more shame.

"Oh, you dare insult the Great Master by not respecting me. I'll kill you if an other word comes out of your mouth."

The old man did not what this voice was, but he could tell that the threat was very much real.

"Good, it seems you're learning to respect the Great Master. Then, I shall reveal myself to you. You should be thankful, since many have wished to see me, but they never succeed because I am the Great Master."

The old man could finally locate the arrogant voice. It was coming from where he was sitting. Suddenly, the earth started to shake and something came out from the ground beneath the old man. The blur, which came out from under him, knocked the old man into a wall in the cave.

"Aaaaaaah. My arm."

The tremendous pressure from the force of the blur coming out broke the arm of the old man.

"Old man, you really are weak. Your arm was completely broken and that was just a minuscule amount of power I put in."

After the old man got used to the pain in his arm, he looked at the source of the voice.

It was a cat . The owner of the voice was a cat of all things. The cat was black almost everywhere but his paws and mouth. It was wearing a white scarf around its neck. It was possible to tell how arrogant the cat was from a mile away.

"A cat. Ha-ha."

The old man at first was shocked not because of it being a cat because there were monsters that could talk. However, they were very rare. Still, he could not help but control his laughter once he learned that it was a cat. When he saw how arrogant this cat was, he could not stop it because he had not laughed in a long time.

"How dare you laugh at me!"

The anger of the cat could be sensed and the old man stopped laughing because he could sense its aura. The old man gulped and hoped he could avoid the anger of the cat.

"Since you love using your mouth so much, I'll help you."

The cat waved his paw at him and muttered something.

"Aaaaaaah."

The screams of the old man echoed through the cave. His other arm was also broken, now, because of the cat.

"That'll teach you to laugh at me."

The cat grinned as if he had done some great deed that needed to be venerated.

"Well, after a thousand years, I finally escaped the seal thanks to your breakthrough. Still, I'm never thanking a trash like you. You broke through to the first stage of the Origin realm at that age. How pathetic. I've never seen a trash as trashy as you."

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The old man once again was very angry. He knew how much of a trash he was, but the cat was rubbing it in his face. Still, he did not argue with the cat because he knew the cat would kill him if he did argue back with it. However, what did the cat mean when it said his breakthrough helped it?

"Still, you would be a useful pawn, old man. After all, such a trashy dude would be the perfect tool for me."

The cat stared at the old man coldly. In its eyes, the old man was just a puppet for it to use.

"How could I ever help someone like you?"

In his and society's view, he was a useless person that was disposable. The old man could never see how he could be useful. Even if he was useful, he would never help the cat that broke his two arms. But he did not say that because he was scared of the cat.

"Do you know what reincarnation is, old man?"

The cat had a cold smile when he said this and even his aura became cold.

"Of course, who doesn't know what reincarnation is? Everybody is going to reincarnate as they die. Do you not know that?"

The old man was baffled why the cat had asked him this question.

"I should rephrase my question. Do you know what soul reincarnation is, old man?"

"Soul reincarnation?"

The old man had never heard of such a thing and he had completely read all the books in his clan library.

"During reincarnation, the soul is cleansed and all memories are forgotten. However, soul reincarnation is a special case that happens in one in a billion cases of reincarnation. Only a handful of people have experienced this type of reincarnation."

"Then all the knowledge you have from your previous life can be kept!"

"Yep."

The old man was shocked to the extreme. That would be desirable to anyone because of all the advantages it possesses, but it would be useless to him because he did not have any knowledge.

"What if I told you I could give you a chance at this type of reincarnation?"

"What do you mean?"

The old man just learned of how rare it was, but this cat said he could allow him to reincarnate this way.

"I mean that you would be able to reincarnate with the knowledge you possess now."

The cat was annoyed at the stupidity of the man. But he was happy anyway because he had found someone he could use.

"No thank you."

"Huh!"

The cat was completely baffled at the reason why anyone would refuse this type of deal.

"This is a great opportunity and I'm kind enough to offer it to a trash like you."

"I don't need to. I have barely gathered any great knowledge that will give me a great advantage in life. Also, I would rather forget all the shame I have went through in this life. The only knowledge I have right now is that you are trying to use me."

The old man was sure of his answer and he did not want to be used by this arrogant cat.

"Che. You idiot. Did you not know that no matter how many times you reincarnate, you will have the same talent? The only thing that is cleansed is the soul. Talent can never change. That is a law set by the heavens. The strong always are the strong and the weak continue to be weak. Who knows how many times you have suffered this same fate over and over again?"

The old man was shocked. No book had ever told him this. He believed that reincarnation was a second chance, but if what the cat said was true, his life was never going to change.

"How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"You don't, but let me just say that I can help you."

"How?"

The cat grinned as he realized that he had caught his prey.

"There is another taboo type of reincarnation called Soul travel. The soul never goes to the heavens to get cleansed. Instead, it gets reborn instantly after finding a suitable womb. It's like soul reincarnation, but there is something different about it."

"What is this difference?"

"Soul travel allows for the change of talent and allows one to keep their cultivation."

"What?"

The old man's jaw dropped. If such a thing was possible, all the cultivators across the entire world would kill for it. And this opportunity was being given to him.

"Is such a thing really possible?"

"Of course, it is. I am the Great Master after all and that isn't all I'm offering you. You will have 9 chances to Soul travel."

The old man could not say anything else. Every time the cat said something, he was shocked out of his mind, but he could not comprehend what the cat just said. There was no way to evaluate how priceless this offer was. But, still, the old man was not dumb in the slightest.

"I would want to accept such an offer, but there must be some drawbacks if it's taboo."

The cat frowned at the old man's statement. Most would beg for this opportunity and do anything it takes. But the old man had figured out the cat was trying to trick him.

"Interesting. Even those guys wouldn't act like him."

The cat had probably never thought of anyone like this before and it made it want to use the old man even more.

"Who knows, old man? But the offer isn't just going to wait for a trash like you. If I have to, I can find others."

The old man smiled at the cat's intelligence. It was planning on making sure that he wouldn't analyze the situation. Still, the old man remembered what his life was like and what the cat told him about reincarnation.

"If all my lives must be the lives of a loser then why not take a risk to change that?"

This was what the old man had decided. He wanted a change to happen, even if it was tabooed by some greater force like the heavens.

"Fine, I accept your offer."

"Very well, then. The Great Master shall fulfill our deal, then."

The old man relaxed, waiting for the cat to do something. However, suddenly, the cat disappeared in an instant and appeared in front of him. The cat's paw stabbed the old man in the chest and took something out. This all happened in an instant so the old man was not able to make sense of it. However, he focused on what the cat was holding. It was the size of his hand and beating rapidly. He realized it was his heart.

"Why?"

The old man was struggling to speak and could not understand why the cat had killed him.

"Don't worry. I don't break my promises. You will be reincarnated."

The old man collapsed and was beginning to lose consciousness.

"Old man, before we see each other again, tell me your name."

The old man struggled to speak, but he succeed with the last of his strength.

"My name is Xiao San."