Golden light illuminated an unfamiliar room.

The room was eerily quiet, with not a single sound, not even the ticking of a clock. It was as if time itself had come to a standstill.

Heavenly Demon, also known as Cheon Minjun, opened his eyes, hoping he had successfully perfected the 5 Heavenly Treasures for his reincarnation.

"How many years have passed?" Cheon Minjun wondered, his eyes dazed as he reached for the wooden pillar in front of him.

Just as his fingers touched the pillar, the room distorted, causing Cheon Minjun to frown and assume a martial arts stance.

"This pillar... there's something familiar about it," he thought, and the distorted room transformed into a stage surrounded by ten towering pillars that pierced through the clouds.

"The final trial?" Cheon Minjun pondered in his heart, his expression slightly calmer. He likely knew he had failed.

As soon as he thought this, the space distorted once more, as if recharging long-forgotten energy.

"This much origin qi... what's going on?" Cheon Minjun wondered inwardly as Origin Qi gathered around the stage.

The black and white Origin Qi began to coalesce into an existence, an existence so majestic that it was difficult to behold with ordinary eyes.

That existence stared directly into Cheon Minjun's soul, making him feel stripped bare by its gaze.

"Are you satisfied with what you've experienced in your life?" The voice of Origin Qi echoed through the vast room, both loud and soft.

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"Satisfied...?" This question filled him with nostalgia for his past life. He was the first Heavenly Demon since the new Murim world was formed and had become the world's greatest enemy solely through his efforts.

"I can get whatever I want, but I ignore that. Power is more important than ego. In all my life, I have never once regretted what happened to me. Living alone, slaughtering enemies wherever I go, pursuing power until hunted by billions of humans... I think my life is enough to be immortalized in the monuments of history until the destruction of this world.

A life shaped by strength and fear made me realize the importance of the traits that grew within me.

But...

"Are there any regrets in your life?" The existence enveloped in Origin Qi spoke again in a firm tone.

Regrets? During my life, I have always fought for myself, lived for myself, and pursued this peak. There has never been a single thing that I have done by the will of others. You could say that I just entertain myself and do what I want to live in pursuit of strength.

"No, I don't have any regrets," Cheon Minjun replied with a loud voice and full determination.

"Then, what is your purpose for collecting the 5 Heavenly Treasures to reincarnate?"

I.......... don't know what I want to reincarnate for.

But I think...

For a while, there was something stuck in my heart.

"Me, it's not enough to pursue supreme power like my purpose. All the things I went through just went according to the will of the world in giving power. I can say that everything is too easy to live. I still need entertainment in life and learn everything from scratch to shape myself according to my nickname, The Heavenly Demon."

"Ha ha ha," a chuckle sounded from the Origin Qi enveloped creature. He immediately spoke again, "Alright. I will guide you in the path you want to take, ambitious guy. Your second life won't be so easy as the one you've already experienced."

'Akk... wh...what?' A figure flashed in the shadows so fast that even he couldn't keep up with the speed of his eyes.

His fingers touched her forehead, Cheon Munjin.

What Cheon Munjin remembers, however, is only...

A majestic gold-colored outfit and an old figure that he had never seen before.