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Chapter 1: An Unfortunate Child
Bang!
“Ugh…”
Peng! Smash!
“Pheh! That’ll teach you not to hang around these parts! Come on guys, let’s show this trash here where he belongs!”
A foul-mouthed young man said while spitting on the street like he was looking at the sight of something disgusting.
In a corner of an alley lies a young man. Blood begins to drip in the corner of his mouth. Looking at his appearance, a frail body that is beaten and bloody can be seen.
The poor young man has a look of distain at himself. In a flash a glint of lights can be seen in his eyes, but it was only for a moment until it turned void and empty again.
“Why…?” his voice cracked.
Trying to stand up, he stumbles a bit before he regains an upright position. He dusts his ragged clothes and lightly looks up at the young boys and girls crowding him with an air of arrogance.
His looks are full of confusion and despair. Thinking about his life until now, he can only shake his head as he look at his bruises on his body.
He looks down and bring his two hands in front of himself. Tears begin to fall into his hands. Staring at his soaked hands, he whispers some words.
“Why was I born a cripple?” his voice muffled sounding lost and desolate.
*** Continent of Frozen Jade Dragon ***
Strength. In this world, that is how you determine your worth.
In this world, ferocious beasts and creatures wander the continent. Mighty and valiant warriors have stood up to face these monsters. To protect their family, that is what they must do.
Because humans are in a constant war against beings called Grimms, a country’s survival rest on the strength of its people’s strength. Even women and children have to contribute to the fight against the Grimms.
Grimms are desolate beasts, monsters, or creatures, that wanders the frigid and broad continent. There are various type of Grimms.
Simple Grimms can be mutated animals that is multiple times stronger than the original up to weird creatures.
Legend says that Grimms can also take the shape of mythical creatures.
The strongest and most famous Grimm, according to the Record of the Six Dynasties, was the Emperor Frozen Dragon that have been said to have appeared eons ago.
The Emperor Frozen Dragon is a divine level that was said to be the reason the majority of world turning into a frozen landscape.
Especially in the north, the people deify the Emperor Frozen Dragon.
The Grimms’ territory takes up about 60% of the world and these places are known as the danger zones. Human life is scarce in these parts of the world and only brave warriors dare to venture these lands.
Historians have wondered long ago how such creatures known as the Grimm came about. Some speculated that they were born alongside humanity.
Others guessed that they were born because of an ancient god performing a dark and ancient spell that turned darkness into malevolent beings.
However, what is known about the Grimms after years of researching is that they are a form of creature catalyzed from the shadows using the mana conflagration of the atmosphere.
The Grimms are categorized into 7 categories: temporal, earth, spirit, king, emperor, nascent, and divine.
A temporal rank is the lowest of the low and divine is the highest of the ranking. Each sections are written in a descending matter which correlates to the might of the beast.
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Each sections are further broken up into 9 different sections. First to third is low class, fourth to sixth is middle class, seventh to eighth is high class. and ninth is peak class.
Humans are also categorized into the same category, however, their power is based on the qi they cultivate.
Since long ago, the desolate beasts wandering the continent have begun to slowly swallow humanity as a whole.
To counteract the Grimms, it has been said that the ancient gods have bestowed upon the human to cultivate the heavenly qi and earthly qi.
Humans who cultivates in the heavenly qi are known as spirit refiners and are known to gather the energy in the atmosphere into their dantian and then into their spirit.
By redirecting the energy absorbed, humans can produce the elements of such fire, water, earth, or air. They can also materialize spirit items that would contain the essence of their soul.
Legend has it that a heavenly qi gatherer of the fire element, who reached emperor level, once slew an army of 10,000 men and burn them to a crisp with just a swipe of his hands.
On the other hand, humans who cultivates in the earthly qi are known as body refiners and flow the earthly qi absorbed to each crevices of their body after cultivating qi into their dantian.
An earthly qi gatherer of emperor level has been said to have a body that is as tough as diamond and can withstand standing on top of a volcano and not be affected.
Usually when a person is born, one would only cultivates one form of qi depending on their natural talents.
It is immensely difficult to cultivate one already, so it is natural to pick one or the other.
The amount nascent cultivator in either category is less than ten in the Frozen Jade Dragon continent so the difficulty can be seen with these numbers.
A nascent qi cultivator is seen as a god by the people’s standards.
How much a person cultivate will determine their strength. Qi gathering is categorized into: temporal, earth, spirit, king, emperor, nascent, and divine levels, which further divides into low, middle, high, and peak.
There are 9 sections in each categories. The first to third section is low class, the fourth to sixth section is middle class, the seventh to eighth section is high class, and the ninth section is peak class.
The continent of Frozen Jade Dragon Continent is located in the northern hemisphere, making it hard for plant life to grow.
Because of the lack of available plot to grow food, resources are scarce. Therefore, valiant warriors would need to go hunt these desolate beasts for their survival as they protect themselves from constant dangers of swarm of beasts.
In a small town Empty Dawn inside the Frozen Jade Dragon continent, Jing Feng is a young lad who lived his days in constant harassment and pain.
Jing Feng grew up being crippled at a young of age of 3 after he was hit by a noble’s runaway cart.
Because the cart lost control and hit a bump just before it hit Jing Feng, the wooden wheel turned into a myriad of sharp wood that pierced his dantian.
He was no longer able to absorb the qi in the heaven and the earth and he was left crippled.
He turns 11 this year, but he is still weaker than even a 3 years old kid.
Jing Feng has been treated with distain by his peers.
Soon his parents got affected by the people in the town and were labeled “that trash’s parents.”
Afterwards, even his parents began to hate him.
Then his sibling, because of how his parents treated him, also began to treat him with contempt.
For 8 years, Jing Feng has grown up not knowing the love of a family, a friend, or a relative.
For 8 years…