(I had a bit of fun doing a xianxia-style synopsis, I tried to make it relevant for the planed story while being as useless as 99% of the synopsis on novelupdates.)

Hi everybody i'm Doctor Nick ... not really... but hi

This is my first time writing fiction since high school. I just got a new job and as a stress relief, I tried to write, to think about something not job related. My first language is not English, so I probably slaughtered this world famous language.

Chapter 1

The darkness, the heat, the fleeting memories of a long life. The steady rhythm of a heart. This went on for what felt like eternity.

He who just was, remembered how he grew up in a poor family without love. How he excelled again and again, but was beaten by the realities. He went to school, but the apathy of the teachers did nothing to further his education. How he tried to be kind, but was bullied for it.

What remained of opportunities were wasted, as life spiraled out of control. He joined his neighborhood gang and excelled at stealing, at maiming and killing. How his book-smart got turned into street-smart How his kindness got turned into ruthlessness.

He remembered his redemption and his bane. He tried to save a young girl from being raped by a well dressed white boy. The girl went into shock and coma. The boy was killed in the fight. He got blamed and vilified. He got sentenced to life in prison without parole. How his hatred eventually made him search for answers. How studied western religion without finding any meaning. How he turned into eastern religion and philosophy.

How he finally found peace in the isolation ward of a high security prison. How he accepted his killing urges and hatred while remembering his youthful kindness and hope. How he spend his last 30 years, of his life, pondering over his dark and light sides. How he concluded that he will make his own way through life and conquer any reality.

With the memories came awareness of I. His newly remembered epiphany and acceptance of his own light and dark sides, catalyzed his very being. A steady stream of bright light interweaved with pitch black darkness started to stream into his body.

Jarus, a senior servant of the D'uran family was watching, an old man examining a pregnant convulsing women. "Doctor, what is happening, she is one of the third masters favorite slave-concubines." The old man looked up with a weird expression on his jagged face "it seems like the child is having its first awakening." Jarus' jaw almost hit the floor. Awakening before being born, this child could be a genius and even be adopted to the main family. "Is there any danger to the child or mother". Jarus was starting to get really nervous, the third master was not a kind person, and any mistakes would be fatal. The doctor was silent while examining the women. "We need to start the birth, and we need somehow to control the energy of the child. Go and get a divining stone and an Elder ."

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Jarvus returned with third Master Ador D'uran in tow as the birth ended. The new mother was almost unconscious and wasted by the influx of strange energy as well as the labor. The third master was looking at the scene with cold eyes "Let us test the spawn and see if he is worth cultivating." Jarvus went nervously ahead with the divining stone to the crying boy. The stone started to pulse with weak rays of dark and light. Elder Ador was silent, for a while, before he pronounced the newborns fate "hmph... small affinity for light and dark. two conflicting support elements... no real future." The old doctor was looking at the cynical father, while considering any options for the boys survival. "He needs a jade slip with some rudimentary energy control for him to survive. " As the elder was about the refuse, the mother managed a desperate "Please..." After a long pause the elder finally responded "Go to the depository. You can request a single common grade jadeslips or crystalnexus with the proper affinities." With a last sigh he turned around and walked away without looking back.

Jarvus was desperately searching for the right technique at the depository. He was limited to search in the common area under careful watch of the guardian, furthermore yinyang arts were an oddity. Dark and light elements were used to support the other common elements, and form tertiary elements such as lightning or ice. After searching for almost a whole day did he stumble upon a technique in the corner.

The abridged version described it as an ancient art that used the balance of darkness and light to improve the fundament of the body and refine internal energy. A warning was written with newer script: this art is too slow and cumbersome to cultivate. You need to refine every single internal organ separately. The first step took two months to refine and the second took another four months. There are a total of two hundred fifty six steps in the first stage. I think this art is made by a long lived unknown race with a lesser talent for cultivation. Hence I placed it among the common grade techniques.

Jarvus hesitated a bit, before mumbling "He will sadly not manage to raise above his station, but at least this technique should be able to control the energy in his body."

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I would love any criticism (preferable constructive, but I will accept an "you suck" as well). Should this be split up to a prologue and chapter 1 (where the scene change to Jarvus and co.)? Do you want to hear more about our yet to be given a name (suggestion?) protagonist?