Have fun reading. This chapter is quite fast paced and will mostly introduce the world. From the next chapters onwards, the story will slow down dramatically.
Enjoy
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Chapter 1: A "Cursed" child
When the youth opened his eyes again, he was startled. He was currently in quite a luxurious room and in the arms of a quite beautiful woman. Her face however was clearly showing signs of exhaustion. She had long black hair and blue eyes, her skin was pale and she had a delicate face. She looked at him with a kind, happy expression.
When he looked around to get a clearer view of things, he saw that everyone else in the room were frowning. In the room were two men and one old woman. One of the men had a built body and black hair with gray stripes mixed in. The other however was quite slender and had blond hair. As they both were frowning, the seemed to discuss something.
They constantly pointed and looked at him. “Shouldn't I have lost my memories? That's how reincarnations usually work. My memories are erased and I would be growing up like any other. Thanks to some lucky event I awaken my memories etc.” As he was quietly pondering to himself, he glanced at his new mother again.
This time she had a sad look in her eyes as she held him close. She just whispered, “From now on your name is Shaon. Whatever happens, know that your mother always loved you.” As she kissed him on the forehead, he felt dizziness taking over.
He was confused, “What did she mean by that? Is there something wrong or is something bad going to happen?” As he had a harder time keeping his eyes open, he fell asleep. When he woke up, he was in the hands of an old man. From that day onward, he never saw his “Mother” again.
In the blink of an eye, 7 years had passed and Shaon had learned a lot about this world and what happened to his mother. This world was called Solead. It was ruled by the Xuxin dynasty, at least this continent was. In this world were over 50 continents all ruled by various powers.
Typically each power had one continent but some stronger ones had two or three. Solead continent was 3 times bigger than Earth back home and Shaon had understood this: “This world is hundreds of times bigger than his previous world and a thousand times more dangerous.”
All sorts of hidden dragons and crouching tigers were hidden here. Originally he was born as the second son of a Prefecture Lord and was supposed to live a life of luxury. However, due to being born with weird red tribal tattoos, the clan thought he was cursed and actually wanted to kill him. His mother took him and fled. She managed to find the sworn brother of her father and she entrusted Shaon to him.
The old man had traveled the world and knew that the boy wasn't cursed but born with a special bodily constitution and would become a terrifying power in the future. The old man lived a few kilometers outside of Andse city where Shaon was born. Since the old man was a peerless power in the little Prefecture, even the Prefecture Lord didn't dare to openly fight against him, so they reached an agreement.
The old man would raise Shaon and they would not attempt to kill him anymore but Shaon's mother Emily had give up her life to regain their face. When Shaon learned of this, he was enraged. He came from a world where life was more important than face, people would eat their own feces if that allowed them to live for one more day. He couldn't understand the mindset of face over life.
Even though they promised not to kill him anymore, that didn't stop them from constantly harassing him. Since he could walk, all sorts of people had beaten him up and tormented him every way they could. When the old man went to demand an explanation, all he got was, “We can't be held accountable for random peoples actions.”
Since he had not caught anyone, who had direct relation with this accursed Fang clan, he couldn't take this to the higher authorities either.If he just went on a rampage, he would end up targeted by Law Enforcement and would also give them a chance to kill Shaon.
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As Shaon grew up, he realized more and more, how he hated the very same clan he was born in. They wanted to kill him just because they thought he was “cursed”. His new mother died because of it as well. Although he hadn't known her for long, he was moved that she gave up her own life to protect him. He promised himself that should he be at the peak one day, he would annihilate this accursed clan.
The “peaceful” life ended sooner than it started. When he was 5, the Prefecture Lord, his grandfather, and his own father attacked the old man. Shaon barely managed to escape as he enter the Archaic Forest. The old man, who had raised him until now, died to stall them long enough for him to run.
Archaic Forests were danger zones where Archaic Beasts lived. Archaic Beasts were beasts who cultivated and were extremely strong. Some of the stronger monsters were even on par with the current Emperor, who was crowned as the strongest on Solead. When Shaon first entered the forest, he was chased by 3 elite members. He only managed to survive that calamity thanks to Heavens luck.
It was also then, that the “Gift”, the old deity gave him, awakened. When it did, all sorts of information floated in his head and he realized that it was a cultivation technique. It's name was “Bloody Angel”, it was quite ironic as this cultivation technique didn't emphasize on any weapon but used his own blood as a weapon.
Due to the elite members being cocky and underestimating Shaon, thinking that he had no means to resist, Shaon managed to catch them by surprise and kill them. Since the trio enjoyed seeing Shaon in despair, they just let him run while they mockingly pursued him. They could have killed him at any time but found him fleeing for his life more fun and that brought their own downfall.
When Shaon had collected all of their belongings, he ran deeper into the forest and hid himself in a cave. Since the cultivation technique awakened, he automatically became a first rank Student. That meant that he had started his journey of becoming one of the peak existences there is.
After reaching the first level of Student, he didn't need to eat for a week and could survive without water for two weeks, so he holed up in his cave and didn't leave unless he had to collect food or water. His resolve to crush this good for nothing clan deepened with the latest events.
When he had cultivated for a year, he met a mysterious man in the depths of the forest who gave him a black medallion. Imprinted on it were some strange symbols and a dragon. The man left with the words, “If you ever have the chance, go to Soradeen and go to the Black Dragon School. If you show this medallion to them, they will let you in and protect you.” As the man didn't even leave his name, Shaon was quite suspicious of him as he had never heard of the Black Dragon School.
During the two years of constant cultivation, fueled by his desire to crush that bullshit clan, he progressed quite quickly. However, over time, the rage dissipated. He wanted to become stronger for himself, not to take revenge on the clan. He started to pity them instead, they actually made a lot of enemies because of their narrow mindedness and also lost a lot of beneficial things for the clan due to it as well.
When Shaon decided that training there was not enough anymore, he thought he would try his luck with the command medallion. It's best not to forget, he didn't lose his memories in reincarnation so even though he looked 7 his mentality was that of a 22 year old.
In this world, cultivation techniques were divided as Qi Refinement and Body Refinement. A person could only train in only one type. He couldn't train in both Qi and Body Refinment. “Bloody Angel” however was one of the strongest Body Refinement techniques in the Dimension.
He praised the person who developed this technique and constantly pondered why it felt so familiar and easy to train in. Little did he know that this technique was developed by himself in his life before the previous one.
The life in which he was titled as the strongest deity of all “Bloody Angel”.