In an unknown forest, near the wasteland, several dead bodies were lying around a giant tree.

A youth was sitting under the tree, his sky blue uniform was now dyed red in blood, he was heavily injured.

The youth was panting heavily, he was sitting cross-legged under the giant tree, if one looks closer they would notice that there is slight Qi fluctuation around the youth which was a sign of a cultivator trying to breakthrough.

Even if he was injured the youth had a determined look on his face, he was continuously absorbing spiritual Qi from the atmosphere like there was no tomorrow.

'Hu..hu…hu... I need to breakthrough to the Soul Strengthening stage or I won't have any chance of survival' Ye Tian thought then he focused all his attention on absorbing the energy in the atmosphere then channeling it through his meridians nourishing his whole body.

After 2 hours ..a burst of energy broke out from the youth, it was a sign that he successfully achieved the breakthrough.

The youth was finally able to breakthrough to Soul Strengthening 1st stage, at this stage, a cultivator's soul becomes far stronger than that of ordinary mortals, they can not open their Sea Of Consciousness and can use Spiritual Sense to check their surrounding without even looking.

"Finally I succeeded, but looks like I am still won't be able to make it, the wounds on my body are too deep and my body's healing speed is too slow, I don't fear death… maybe it's not too bad.

I don't have to struggle anymore, I don't have anyone to grieve over my death either and I can finally stop running and rest in peace… but my biggest regret is that… that bastard Ba Jung is still alive," While mentioning the name of Ba Jung the eyes of the youth was red, he was full of anger when he thought about Ba Jung. But suddenly he noticed that something is wrong his soul energy was diminishing at a rapid speed.

"What's happening even if I am dying because of severe injuries and blood loss I can still persist for a few days, there is still slim hope of survival but where is my soul strength decreasing, if my cultivation base goes back then I won't be able to hold on… my wounds will open again….

My newly tempered soul is weakening again …sigh looks like this is really the end of my journey, even after running for whole life, hehe it feels funny now that I think about it, I thought that I can finally make a home for myself… hehehe…" Ye Tian tried to resist at first but then he gave up the last bit of hope remaining inside, he thought it was already too late but he still wasn't able to guess the reason behind the diminishing of soul.

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Ye Tian kept sitting there with his back resting against the tree trunk, it looked like he was waiting for his end, after 3 hours when his Soul Strength was just equal to a mortal it stopped weakening. When he noticed that his soul stopped weakening he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Now that his soul strength has decreased so much his chances of survival have also decreased and even if he survived, then as a Soul Strengthening stage cultivator with such a weak soul he could forget about going further on the road of cultivation.

He still could not figure what was wrong with his soul that suddenly he heard an ice-cold mechanical voice in his head.

[System requirements met]

[System initializing 1%..2%…10%…30%….80%..99%..100%]

[System reactivated successfully]

[System updating...]

[Moving update progress to background]

[Collecting information from player's current memory..2%…43%…66%…86%…98%..100%]

[Information received]

[Information stored in the new database]

Ye Tian was dumbstruck, he thought that it was an enemy but even after looking all around he did not found anyone.

It was like the heavens were playing a joke on him but after some careful consideration he thought of something, it might be that so-called…fortunate encounter there must be a powerhouse who saw him and came to look at his current situation.

With his current strength if the other party wants to kill him he can't do anything but if he caught the other party's eyes and they decided to save him then he might still have a chance to live so he decided to communicate and show some respect.

"Senior this humble one is Ye Tian, can I know the name of the Senior," Ye Tian asked sincerely but he was completely ignored by the system

[Starting backup....]

[Players previous memory and achievements related data are being restored ..1%…2%…15%…25%..43%…74%…87%..91%…..100%]

Suddenly an intense pain struck Ye Tian in his head, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, then tightly clutched his head and rolled on the ground in pain but when the process was completed a bunch of memories flooded into his head out of nowhere after all those pieces of memories started to combine with his memory of this life…

Ye Tian stopped screaming all of a sudden. Out of nowhere he sat cross-legged under the tree and started meditating.

Few hours passed just like that…

After sorting out all the memories in his head Ye Tian opened his eyes, but when he opened his eyes this time they weren't like his previous self.

The look in his eyes, the expression on his face…. his whole temperament had changed like he was a completely different person.

If earlier he was like a regret-filled teenager waiting for his death then right now he was like a wise sage who had lived a long life building his calm personality and refining his temperament over the years.

When the youth looked at the dead bodies lying near him, a cold light flashed in his eyes for a second before his they became calm like still water again.

Although it was only for a moment, but the look in his eyes was like a predator who could kill without a second thought.

The main looked at his empty hands which were covered in bruises and injuries then tightly clenched his fist and calmed down his heart.

He took a deep breath then spoke.

"Scums can be found everywhere," Rex muttered to himself.