"The heaven up above." A dishevel young man entering Dan forming realm stands in defiant of the heaven. Who is he? Shi Xiang, once an unparalleled genius, now just an angry young man in the rain.

"I ask of you, if you dare come down, answer me!" A shocking declaration, all cultivators follow the heavenly Dao, who dare to question it? At best nothing happens, at worst the resentment against the Heavenly Dao gathers over time causing one to enter deviation, death at best, entering the devil path at worst.

And yet, this young man, this genius demands answer from the heaven. Of why they treated him so.

As if answering his demand, at that moment a transparent screen appear in front of him.

The words appear at the top

"The Heavenly Dao discussion."

At that same moment, in a higher continent, a certain sect master has just exited seclusion. In his eyes there are melancholy.

"This bottleneck... It seems no matter how much I cultivate it will not breakthrough. Is this the fault that master has said long ago?"

The graceful sect master of the Heavenly Sword sect, already reaching the height of the Sky Sea realm, one step beneath ascending. From his youth, he was picked up by the previous sect master of the Heavenly Sword sect. 

'Your talents are no good. Your body is no good either. But if you diligently cultivate, you have the quality to reach the Heavenly Dao.' The sect master laughs.

'However, there is a flaw.'

'What is that flaw master?'

The sect master only smiles mysteriously. On the road of discovering the Heavenly Dao, there are something one has to discover for themselves.

The previous sect master has ascended, leaving the Heavenly Sword sect in the hand of Zheng Jie. Remembering the grace of his master, Zheng Jie starts swaying his sword.

Right in the yard of the Heavenly Sword Sect the beautiful swordsmanship of the sect master was displayed. Only two words can describe it. Heavenly Defying. Even other masters on the same realm of the sect master would weep at the beauty and grace of the sect master's swordsmanship.

Smooth like jade, flowing like air. The movement of the blade was "empty". Like the naturalness of space, always being there, the movement of the blade is like space itself. Always being there. The next movement perfectly accentuate the previous. As if it was the perfect movement.

Like space.

Cutting through space is so meaningless, at the state of a master, even if their skill was not quite there, with their cultivation they can force the matter, going against the law of nature. The Dao of the Heavenly Sword's sect is different. To not defy the Heavenly Dao but to be one with the Dao. Be one with nature.

As the sect master, Zheng Jie has always uphold that principle. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. If one could describe his base, it is straight as a rod, without any deviation, standing between heaven and earth.

And yet...

"There is a flaw."

The sect master of the Heavenly Sword sect stops, his face full of contemplation. He has been stuck at this bottleneck for the last 500 year, just one step from ascending.

At that moment, a transparent screen appears in front of Zheng Jie. The sword in his hand has already moved toward the object that appears out of nowhere. Just one movement and the sword would come down, showing the offending object the might of the sect master of the Heavenly Sword sect.

"Heavenly Dao discussion?..." Zheng Jie reads, curiosity arose in him. The word is written in another language, however at that moment, it resounds clearly with Zheng Jie. As someone who follows the path of the Heavenly Dao all his life of course it greatly interests Zheng Jie.

"Is this the guidance of heaven?" Zheng Jie mutters, his eyes glinting. Did he have a fortuitous encounter after failing to break through the bottleneck for too long?

At that moment, strange words suddenly appear on the screen.

"System Notice: For the safety and anonymity of the participants, the system has chosen participants from all over the wide world. It's recommended that you don't share any of your personal information. The cultivation world is treacherous, devils and saints walk the same path. Happiness turn to tragedy overnight. The only permanence is impermanence."

Zheng Jie stares at the screen with a strange expression. What is this "system", and why is it necessary to remain safe and anonymous? And yet some of the words resonate clearly with Zheng Jie, at the same time some of the words clash fiercely. Devils and Saints walk the same path? Absurd! If he encounters devils he will slay all devils in his path. The one who walks the Heavenly Dao don't follow the same path as the devils. The devils are a cruel and evil existence who has deviated from the one path, the only thing await them is oblivion!

"System Notice:

Mission: Advice a young man on the path of the Heavenly Dao.

Description: Everyone walks the same path under the heaven. The one who walked before guides the younger generation, this is the way of thing. You may even get good Karma in the process, leading to untold benefit in the future."

Zheng Jie nods. That is the way of thing, is the heaven telling him to guide the younger generation to breakthrough?

Suddenly the final words appear on screen

"Reward: The many path of Reincarnation (limited) unlocked."

So the reward is not breaking through but "The many Path of Reincarnation"? It seems to be a profound system. But it is not because of the reward that urge Zheng Jie, it is because it is the right thing to do.

"The one who walked before guides the younger generation, this is the way of thing"

The words resonate with him. The previous sect master took him in. And now he is the sect master instructing countless disciples. This is indeed the way of thing!

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"How do I instruct this young man?" Zheng Jie mutters.

Back at the young man, Shi Xiang. The young genius who has entered Dan forming realm at only 15 years old. And yet because he does not come from a large family, his future is limited. And now, after angering young master Hu De of the Hu family, who dares to touch him anymore?

"You..." He stares at the transparent screen in front of him.

"System notice: State your sorrow young man, a great master on the path of the Dao unimaginable to you is here to guide you to the proper path!

Reward: Receive advice from an unimaginable master on the path of the Dao.

Failure: Didn't receive advice from an unimaginable master on the path of the Dao."

"Did the Heaven listen to my challenge and..." Shi Xiang just realizes he has come upon a fortuitous encounter. What is that about not cursing the heaven? He curses the heaven and now a fortuitous encounter come to him!

He reads the same notice about safety and anonymity and then receive a notice.

"System Notice: Please enter your screen name:

______________"

"Screen name?" At that moment in another continent, sect master Zheng Jie mutters.

"System Notice: A screen name is a unique identification of you. It is the name other will refer you as. Please remember the advice about anonymity and choose appropriately."

The System helpfully explains to both Zheng Jie and Shi Xiang?

"Name? In this heaven and earth I have always gone by the name of Zheng Jie. What am I afraid of? This anonymity feature!"

And then he enters his name

"Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie."

At that moment, Shi Xiang also enters his screen name

"Shi Xiang"

The System: "..."

After that, words start to appear on both the screen of Zheng Jie and Shi Xiang.

"System Notice: You are now in a private conversation with Shi Xiang"

"System Notice: You are now in a private conversation Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie"

"Sect Master?!" Shi Xiang jumps up in fright. He knows of the cultivator sects, for his master is from a sect himself. However, Shi Xiang was never in a sect, he was a rogue cultivator who did not have a background, who would take him in. He was waiting until reaching the Dan forming realm to prove himself as an unparallel genius and gather the attention of the world, with that entering a sect, but after the matters with Liu Xun and Hu De...

"What is this sect? Heavenly Sword Sect, so arrogance and domineering... Why haven't I heard of this sect before?"

Thankfully even though the first two host of the Shared Myriad Paths System was blockheads who didn't know what anonymity is, the system has enough foresight to prepare for this eventuality.

System Notice: For the safety and anonymity of the participants, the system has chosen participants from all over the wide world.

And the worlds itself is wide... Infinite.

Yet all share the same path of the Dao.

"Shi Xiang?" The sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect mutters. "Is this the young man I'm supposed to advice to unlock the Many Paths of Reincarnation system? What is his troubles?" The Sect master wonders.

"System Notice: Currently the System can only provide text message. Please type to communicate."

"Typing?" Shi Xiang mutters. At that moment, character starts appearing on the screen.

Shi Xiang slowly vents his anger at the heaven, of how it treated him on screen. He types a 5000 words message about his relationship with his childhood friend, Liu Xun. When he left home to go on a journey to reach the Dan forming realm, they promise to marry when he come back. And yet, he starts asking the heaven

Why was a bad character like Hu De born in such a big family? Why does good thing not happen to good people and bad thing not happen to bad people?

He types an emotional message. When he come home, Liu Xun was set to marry Hu De. She refuses to meet him to explain. And when he confronts the Hu family, even though Hu De's cultivation was not on his level, the family's servant beat him senseless until Liu Xun intervenes. And yet, when that happened, she did not look at him either. A good fiance never look at another man, let alone, an old boyfriend. He was like trash. She lets him crawl out of the Hu family like a cockroach.

And then he was blacklisted from all major sects in the nation of Zhang. Cutting off his future.

Even then, they didn't spare him.

Just now when he comes home, his entire house was in flame. He was an orphan, there was nothing of important in his home, but it was the memory of him and Liu Xun. The flame consumes the house just like it consumes their relationship. And if he was home, he would have died with the flame.

So he asks the heaven, why does good suffer and evil prosper?

Zhen Jie looks at the emotional letter in front of him unfold and nods with detachment. Of course this young boy is in need of advice on the path of cultivation. One major advice. Detachedly the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect starts typing two simple sentences.

"The Heavenly Dao is without emotion. To achieve the Dao is to cast out emotion."

The words was firm and straight, just like his base, without any hints of allowing conversation.

"You are still young, walking the Dao, silly matter like love is no issue.

I have walked the path of the Dao.

What is this season outside?

Cutting through all worldly matter

She, coming with the prettiest flower

Cannot compare with the truth of the world."

At that moment however

"System Notice: Penalty! Sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie is muted for 3 days.

Note: Please don't impose your idea on an impressionable youth!"

He sits and stares at the System Notice uncomprehendingly.