Chapter 0001: Transmigration to Another World
The Battle of Deification ended with the great defeat of the Jie Sect and the triumphant victory of the Chan Sect.
On the continent of Shenzhou, there were vast mountains. In the southwest, atop a mountain that reached into the clouds, mist swirled, rosy mists lingered, pines and cypresses grew thickly, herds of immortal deer wandered, white cranes spread their wings, and monkeys played around—truly a blessed land for immortals.
This was the dwelling place of Huang Long Zhenren, one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect—Erxian Mountain.
Inside Magu Cave on Erxian Mountain, Huang Long Zhenren was sitting in lotus position, channeling the power of immortality within his body while continuously absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Spiritual energy from a radius of millions of miles around Erxian Mountain kept flowing into Magu Cave.
During the Battle of Deification, although the twelve Golden Immortals had their three flowers on their heads cut off by the Three Goddesses of the Jie Sect using the Hunyuan Golden Dipper and lost their five vital energies, thus losing part of their spiritual power, they later received help from Yuan Shi Tianzun, the leader of the Chan Sect and the Sage of Hunyuan. Their spiritual power not only recovered but advanced further, and all twelve Golden Immortals reached the realm of Great Luo Golden Immortals.
Now, more than ten thousand years had passed since the Battle of Deification.
During these ten thousand years, Huang Long had remained in seclusion in Magu Cave, greatly advancing his spiritual power. He had reached the pinnacle of Great Luo Golden Immortals and was on the verge of breaking through to the realm of Quasi-Sage.
Humans have three “worms of the body”—upper, middle, and lower—located in the upper, middle, and lower dantians respectively. By cutting off these three worms, one can achieve the status of Sage of Hunyuan, thereby being free from karma, immortal and eternal, living alongside heaven and earth. Cutting off one worm leads to the early stage of Quasi-Sage, while cutting off two leads to the peak of Quasi-Sage.
Currently, Huang Long was relying on an innate spiritual treasure to cut off one of the worms, aiming to break through from Great Luo Golden Immortals to Quasi-Sage. He was at a critical moment.
As spiritual energy from a radius of millions of miles continued to flow into Magu Cave, turbulent winds and clouds arose in the heavens, with lightning flashing repeatedly. At first, the lightning was as small as snakes, but eventually, each bolt grew as thick as a dragon, rolling through the clouds.
The sky above Erxian Mountain and its surrounding area became completely dark!
Space and air currents seemed to stagnate, and a terrifying pressure descended. The immortal beasts, whether spiritual or not, hiding in their caves trembled on the ground in utter fear.
It seemed as though the sky might collapse.
As the lightning flashed in clusters, tearing apart space, cracks spread across the sky above Erxian Mountain, a sight that was truly shocking.
Unaware of all this, Huang Long Zhenren sat in lotus position inside Magu Cave. He had entered a state of emptiness and meditation. Above his head, his life treasure, the Sword to Slay Immortals, emitted a dark blue glow, enveloping the cave.
With a hum, the sword’s light shot upward from the cave, reaching the heavens, forming a sword pillar spanning several miles. This created a hole in the sky, causing the surrounding lightning to vanish instantly.
Above True Man Huang Long, half an acre of celebratory clouds appeared, and atop those clouds rested an ancient bronze bell. On top of the bronze bell, various mountain rocks, fish, and insects were depicted, with a grayish misty airflow subtly circulating—this was the primordial Huang qi formed in the pre-creation chaos of the universe. This primordial Huang qi was even rarer than the chaos qi; it had disappeared after Pangu created the world, existing only in some innate treasures born from chaos. This ancient bronze bell was none other than the Chaos Bell, one of the three most renowned innate treasures alongside the Taiji Diagram and Pangu’s Banner. In ancient times, during the great war between the witches and demons, the Eastern Emperor died, and his life treasure, the Chaos Bell, went missing. Despite thousands of years of searching by the ancient immortals, it unexpectedly appeared here. After the Battle of Deification, True Man Huang Long obtained the Chaos Bell through a miraculous encounter. Over the past ten thousand years, he had continuously refined it until it was fully transformed. Now, he intended to use this innate treasure to slay Yi Shi and thus achieve the realm of Quasi-Saint. The Chaos Bell, suspended above the celebratory clouds above True Man Huang Long, emitted dazzling light that gradually grew brighter, overshadowing even the dark blue glow of the Sword of Slaying Immortals. As the light from the Chaos Bell intensified and covered the entire Erxian Mountain, the violent thunderstorms in the sky above the mountain became even more fierce. The thunder was so intense that it even forced the Sword of Slaying Immortals, which protected Erxian Mountain, to retract its light. Centered on the sky above Erxian Mountain, violent air currents formed, gradually creating a black hole. Though small, this black hole exerted an overwhelming gravitational pull toward True Man Huang Long. What was happening? True Man Huang Long, who was about to use the Chaos Bell to slay Yi Shi and achieve the Quasi-Saint realm, was shocked by the gravitational pull. He quickly summoned the Sword of Slaying Immortals and the Chaos Bell back into his body to protect himself. But before he could take further action, he was suddenly sucked into the black hole by its immense force. …
On the Hengyuan Continent, in the Huang family of the Lutong Kingdom, although it was late at night, the entire family home was brightly lit and filled with noise, resembling a bustling market. The reason was that the young master of the Huang family was about to be born. Amidst the clamor, a dignified middle-aged man paced in the courtyard, occasionally glancing at the tightly closed gates. This man was Huang Xiong, the current head of the Huang family. After more than a decade, he would have another son, which filled him with both tension and excitement. As Huang Xiong continued to pace, suddenly, without any warning, fierce winds howled in the sky, and dark clouds gathered, covering the full moon. At the same time, lightning flashed within the clouds, spreading instantly from above the Huang family’s courtyard to the entire royal city of the Lutong Kingdom.
Drunken with the joy of having another son, Huang Xiong, along with everyone in the royal city of King Lu Tong, stared in astonishment at the celestial phenomenon in the sky.
What was this? Huang Xiong frowned, his expression grave.
Thunder and lightning raged violently. Suddenly, a dragon roar echoed, and a hundred-zhang-long golden dragon appeared briefly amidst the dark clouds before vanishing. At the same time, the thunder and lightning disappeared, the dark clouds cleared, and everything returned to normal.
Huang Xiong stared in shock at the changes in the sky, unable to react for a moment.
Was it an illusion?
Not only Huang Xiong but also millions of people in the royal city of King Lu Tong had this thought—after all, from the flashing lightning to the appearance of the golden dragon and then everything returning to normal had all happened in just a few moments.
“Master, master! The young master has been born!” Just then, a maid rushed over, bowed to Huang Xiong, and said happily.
“He’s born!” Huang Xiong was stunned, then overjoyed, and rushed inside.
True Dragon Huang slightly opened his eyes, feeling extremely weak. After being sucked into the black hole, he encountered terrifying things such as violent chaotic divine lightning, innate void tormenting fire, drowning, and innate black winds. At first, he managed to protect his true form with the Chaos Bell, but the black hole seemed like an endless tunnel—no matter how he teleported, he couldn’t escape. Eventually, his magical power was exhausted, and his immortal body was destroyed.
The moment he lost consciousness, it seemed he had flown out the other side of the black hole.
Where was this? As True Dragon Huang tried to look around, he realized something was wrong. Heexploreded into his own body and was stunned—had he turned back into a baby?
He was stunned for a while before being pulled back to reality by footsteps and noise.
“Madam, how are you?” A dignified middle-aged man entered the room, holding the woman lying on the bed gently.
The woman shook her head weakly and said softly, “I’m fine. Let me see our child.”
At that moment, a maid brought Huang Long over, and Huang Xiong took him in his arms. Looking at his newly born youngest son, a smile appeared on his stern face. He laughed heartily, “Madam, look! The little guy is staring at me.” His words were filled with joy.
After hearing her husband’s words, Zhao Rong propped herself up with the help of the maid and lay down. Then she looked at the child in her husband’s arms. Indeed, her newly born youngest son was staring at her husband with big, adorable eyes.
With a mother’s deep affection, Zhao Rong was overjoyed. She reached out, took her son from her husband’s arms, and the more she looked at him, the happier she became. His chubby little face and lively eyes made her kiss him over and over again.
Poor Huang Long Zhenren’s body stiffened as he had never been treated like this before—the pain was even more intense than being struck by the Chaos Divine Thunder. In his past life, Huang Long Zhenren was one of the first creatures born from Pangu’s blood after the creation of the world, one of the nine dragon gods of the dragon race. For countless tens of thousands of years, it was the first time someone had “bit” his face so fiercely, causing his little face to wrinkle. “Hehe, look at this little guy, he’s even frowning,” Zhao Rong joked, seeing the expression on her son’s face. Huang Xiong couldn’t help but approach and, seeing his son’s expression, was surprised: “This little guy, really?” He then added, “Strange, why isn’t this little guy crying?” Only then did Zhao Rong remember—yes, usually when a child is born, they cry and make a fuss. Why wasn’t her newly born son crying or making a fuss? She felt anxious, but no matter how she used magic to examine her son’s body, she found no problems. Huang Xiong, however, laughed and said, “Look how worried you are. This is because he inherits our excellent bloodlines. Our son is different.” Hearing her husband’s joking words, Zhao Rong relaxed slightly, spat, and said with a smile, “Go on, still the head of the family, yet you keep talking nonsense without any shame.” Huang Xiong chuckled. At this moment, where was there any dignity as the head of the family? The maids around them also hid their mouths and giggled secretly. Huang Long Zhenren listened to the conversation between Zhao Rong and Huang Xiong, looking at the beautiful woman and the middle-aged man in front of him. Was this his father and mother in this life?! The words “father” and “mother” were extremely distant to Huang Long Zhenren in his past life. In that life, he was born from nature itself, with no such thing as a father or mother. Now, feeling the deep love from Zhao Rong and Huang Xiong, a strange feeling flashed through Huang Long Zhenren’s heart—a feeling he had never experienced in his past life. “Brother Xiong, what name should we give this little guy?” Zhao Rong asked Huang Xiong. After pondering for a while, Huang Xiong said, “Let’s call him Huang Long.” Before the son was born, there were strange phenomena in the sky—a golden dragon appeared. Huang Xiong thought this was an omen of good fortune. Whether it was a hallucination or not, naming him “Huang Long” was his hope that his youngest son would become a dragon among people. Hearing the name Huang Xiong had chosen for him in this life, Huang Long Zhenren felt relieved. Earlier, he had been worried that if Huang Xiong gave him a different name, it would be difficult to change it later. After all, the name Huang Long had been used for countless tens of thousands of years in his past life and was deeply ingrained in his soul. He didn’t want to change it again. In the palace of King Lu Tong, Orell sat on the throne and said solemnly, “Kas, what do you think of the strange phenomena in the sky just now?”
Kas, the foremost of the three great masters in the Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Lutong and a powerful being from the Holy Land, shook his head and said solemnly, “Your Majesty, I also don’t know how to explain the strange phenomenon in the sky just now.”