Chapter 1: The Man Who Defied the Heavens

A Modern World Betrayal

Jiang Yan stood at the edge of the rooftop, the city lights of Shanghai flickering beneath him like dying stars. The cold wind howled past his ears, but his mind was eerily calm.

"So this is how it ends?" he thought, glancing down at the alley below where a group of masked men held guns, waiting for him to make a move. His hands were still stained with blood—not his own, but the blood of those who had betrayed him.

Jiang Yan was once the youngest genius in China, a researcher, a strategist, and a whistleblower. He had exposed one of the largest corporate-government conspiracies in the world. Billions stolen, lives ruined, an empire of corruption built on the backs of the innocent.

But the system always protects itself.

Tonight, they had come for him. Friends, colleagues, even his mentor—everyone had turned against him. He had outplayed them at every turn, yet in the end, the world did not reward those who sought justice.

"If I am to die, at least let it be on my own terms."

With a sharp breath, he stepped forward and plunged into the darkness below.

A Rebirth in Flames

Jiang Yan expected death. What he did not expect was to wake up in an inferno.

His body burned, his skin cracked, yet no pain came. Instead, a surge of power filled him, washing over his soul like a tidal wave. His surroundings were chaotic—raging flames, a vast void, and an endless sky of shattered constellations.

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Before him stood a colossal figure—a being of pure fire and destruction, eyes burning like twin suns. It loomed over him, its voice a whisper that shook the heavens.

"Mortal… You are unchained. You are free."

As the voice echoed, a flood of memories that were not his own filled his mind.

He was no longer Jiang Yan of Shanghai.

He was now Jiang Yan of the Yan Clan, born in the Divine Myriad Realms, where gods ruled over mortals like livestock. A world where power was law and defying the heavens meant annihilation.

His clan had been wiped out for one crime—challenging the celestial order. His new body had been abandoned as an infant, marked as cursed, born under the sign of Heaven’s Banishment.

But within him burned something forbidden.

The Primordial Chaos Flame.

A fire that existed before the creation of the heavens. A power that defied the gods themselves.

The Awakening

Jiang Yan gasped as the flames around him coiled, merging into his very being. His body, once frail and weak, transformed—skin turning smooth like jade, veins pulsing with golden-red light, every fiber of his soul igniting with raw potential.

A memory resurfaced.

A prophecy.

"The one who wields the Chaos Flame shall either destroy the heavens… or be consumed by them."

He clenched his fists, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.

"If the heavens think they can decide my fate… they’re in for a rude awakening."

The moment his thoughts solidified, his surroundings shattered like glass.

A New Life Begins

Jiang Yan woke up in the middle of a desolate wasteland, the sky above painted in hues of red and gold. His body was small—too small. He was just a child, no older than five, yet his mind remained that of his past self.

He checked his surroundings.

A ruined temple. Scorched earth. The air thick with the scent of ashes.

This was where his past self had been left to die.

The heavens had discarded him like trash.

But he would rise from the ashes.

He stared at the sky, eyes filled with a fire that burned brighter than the celestial bodies above.

"Fine, you arrogant bastards. If the heavens want war… I’l

l give them one.

End of Chapter 1