Chapter 1: Rebirth in the Underworld

  The great merchant dynasty, on the execution ground, flashes of knives flew by, and more than a hundred heads were thrown into the sky, a hundred bodies fell to the ground, blood flowed out, dyeing the entire execution ground red.

  A young man in white clothes, looking at the scene before him, his eyes full of bloodshot, let out a loud roar towards the sky and then also couldn't escape the fate of being beheaded, turning into one of the corpses on the ground.

  Inside the underworld, it's pitch black, with a gloomy and chilly atmosphere filling this space.

  "Lo Tian, I, King Yan, ask you, do you know your crime?" King Yan's face was stern and his voice was icy cold as he glared at the man kneeling before him.

  Shocked by the sudden rebuke, Luo Tian's face was filled with grief and indignation, his eyes slightly dimmed, as he said loudly: "I, Luo Tian, have lived a life of kindness, only seeking to make a humble contribution to the people. However, my father and brother went out to battle and died miserably at the hands of the enemy army, and over a hundred members of my family were brutally slaughtered by treacherous people, including my mother and younger sister..."

  At this point, Luo Tian's eyes were already filled with tears.

  "Dare to ask, King Yan, what crime does Luo Tian have...?" With a strong restraint of the pain in his heart, Luo Tian slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with indignation as he stared at King Yan's eyes, word by word, as if his heart was being twisted by a knife.

  "What crime is there? Hmph! You don't even know that you've committed a great sin, yet you still dare to yell at me, the king. Take this little brat and deep-fry him in a pot of oil!"

  Yan Wang roared with anger and Luo Tianxuan was immediately thrown into a huge oil cauldron that could hold hundreds of people.

  "Ah, ah, ah!"

  A mournful cry suddenly came from the oil cauldron, but Yan Wang's face did not change at all. He seemed to have become numb to this kind of sound long ago.

  After a long time, the voice gradually weakened until finally, Luo Tian no longer had any strength to wail or even breathe.

  "Get out!"

  "Yes!"

  Ruo Tian, who was in the oil pot, was hooked by an iron hook and thrown to the ground.

  "May I ask, Lord Yan, what crime has Luo Tian actually committed?"

  Escaping from the oil pot, Luo Tian was already powerless, but he gritted his teeth and squeezed out these few words.

  "Alright! Alright! Since you don't know, let me remind you. Luo Tian, the Luo family's downfall and massacre were all because of you. Don't you understand that by now?" Yan Luo Wang coldly snorted and continued: "Your father and brothers are leading troops outside, while in the capital, the only male left in the Luo family is you, yet you show a weak and feeble attitude, making people think that the Luo family is easy to bully. This even led to the massacre, resulting in over a hundred innocent lives lost from the Luo family. Can you deny this?"

  "...". Hearing this, Luo Tian's face was bewildered, and for a moment he was speechless.

  He himself knew that what Yan Wang said was not false, but he could not admit it. This is the crime he had committed.

  He wanted to speak up in his defense, but for a moment he didn't know where to start. Moreover, Yan Wang didn't plan to give him the opportunity to speak, looking at him with an emotionless gaze, and then said: "You seem to be unrepentant, take him away, throw him into the Blood Sea of Hell, soak him for ten thousand years! Let him reflect on his actions!"

  At the mention of the four words "Hell Blood Sea", all the big and small ghosts changed color, and the two little ghosts who were escorting Luo Tian trembled with fear in their legs, shrinking back as they dragged Luo Tian away.

  At this time, Luo Tian was still in a daze and his brain was a bit dizzy. He muttered to himself: "Am I really guilty?"

  Suddenly, Luo Tian felt his body lighten, he looked up and saw that the two little ghosts had run away like flying, while he was thrown into a sea of blood.

  A thick and pungent smell wafted above the calm sea of blood, adding a terrifying atmosphere to it.

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  As soon as he entered the Blood Sea, Luo Tian let out a heart-wrenching roar, such inhuman suffering gnawed at his soul, almost driving him mad.

  Placed in such a terrible blood-water purgatory, Luo Tian should have been eroded to nothingness. However, while the blood water was eroding his soul, it also slowly repaired his soul, forming a dynamic balance that made Luo Tian unable to live or die.

  Time flies like an arrow, and one year's time has quietly passed in the blink of an eye.

  This year, Luo Tian endured soul-tearing pain every moment, but he was as still as a stone statue, silently enduring.

  In his mind, the scene of his family and servants being brutally killed was presented thousands and millions of times, each time presenting a sharp stab to his heart.

  Boundless regret drowned Luo Tian. For his own weakness in life, Luo Tian was extremely resentful. In this year, Luo Tian thought a thousand times, if heaven gave himself another chance, then...

  But what's past is gone, and can never be brought back. Those regrets will remain forever as just regrets.

  In this desolate and inaccessible sea of blood, a thousand years is like the blink of an eye. Luo Tian's thousand-year sentence is about to arrive, but his existence seems to have been long forgotten by Yanluo Wang.

  At this time, in the depths of the hellish blood sea, those two eyes that had transformed into a bloody color slowly opened again, staring rigidly upwards and never closing.

  Just then, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred. In the sky above hell, a huge crack suddenly appeared, and a golden light cut through the sky, with a loud rumbling sound that shook the entire underworld.

  As the golden light and deafening sound appeared, the Hell's Blood Sea where Luo Tian was in suddenly started boiling violently. A column of blood shot up, instantly spewing Luo Tian out of the Hell's Blood Sea, before heavily smashing him to the ground.

  Before Luo Tian could react, the deafening sound echoed through hell, a slightly melancholic voice clearly entering his ears.

  "Yan Luo old man, get out of here for your grandfather!"

  Upon hearing this voice, Luo Tian's eyes widened instantly, and he shook his head violently, as if he didn't dare to believe his own ears.

  "In this underworld, Yan Wang is the big boss, how could someone in the underworld dare to scold Yan Wang?"

  With a hint of doubt, Luo Tian shakily stood up, his legs unsteady from years of soaking in the water.

  Dragging this skin bag, Luo Tian carefully walked towards the source of the sound.

  Before long, he finally arrived at the source of the sound. He looked up and was shocked to find that it was actually the Grand Hall of Yanluo.

  Inside the grand hall of Yanluo, an old man with a head full of yellow hair and temples that were white as flowers, his face filled with anger, was stepping on the throne of Yanluo Wang with one foot, loudly slapping the wooden board.

  "Yan Luo Lao Er, do you still remember me?"

  The old man's face was hideous, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, and a thread of cold air emanating from his body.

  "Who is it???? Ah!!!! It's you!!!!!"

  Yan Luo Wang let out a loud cry, and from the expression on his face, it was clear that he was not only surprised but also terrified.

  "What's this guy's background, how can he make Yan Luo so afraid?"

  Luo Tian, who was hiding on one side, saw this scene and began to murmur in his heart.

  "Haha, old Yan Luo, it seems like you still remember me!!"

  The old man sneered coldly, and then his weathered body suddenly disappeared from the spot and reappeared in front of Yan Luo. His withered palm grasped Yan Luo, who didn't show any resistance under his hand, and was lifted up stiffly.

  In this old man's every move, Luo Tian felt a unique aura, as if the space around his body had suddenly solidified.

  The old man's movements were completed in the blink of an eye, and all the little ghosts inside the main hall did not make any movement. However, judging from this situation, even if they had made a move, it would have been futile.

  "Haha, 100,000 years ago, I said that I would definitely come back. Today, I'm here to fulfill my promise."

  The old man gazed intently at Yan Luo being held in mid-air by him, and then with a swing of his arm, he slammed it to the ground.

  Everything he saw shocked Luo Tian thoroughly, and a surge of anger suddenly appeared in his heart, followed by unwillingness.

  From the old man's words, Luo Tian knew roughly that Yanluo Wang and this old man must have had a feud 100,000 years ago. Today, the old man came to the underworld to seek revenge.

  But the anger in Luo Tian's heart was ignited by hatred, and the scene of his family's tragic death suddenly appeared before his eyes. At this moment, he was so eager to avenge himself, but he knew that it was all too late, leaving only endless regret and unwillingness.

  At this time, Yanluo Wang was lying softly on the ground, without any majesty of a king. In the face of absolute strength, all his resistance would be futile, so in his heart, he had long given up the idea of resisting, and only the hatred spewing out from those eyes revealed his silent resistance.

  "Yan Luo old man, as early as 100,000 years ago, I said that this Yan Wang Temple must be rebuilt, and the order of Yan Wang Temple must also be re-established. Since you don't have the courage to do it, let me do it for you!"

  "Everyone's fate should be in their own hands and shouldn't be planned by you, this is why I've come to settle the score myself today, to bring justice back to the world!!!"

  The old man's words made Luo Tian's blood boil with excitement.

  Yan Luo collapsed on the ground, his eyes dazed and his gaze wandering, muttering to himself.

  "Could it be that I was wrong? Shouldn't this underworld have been liberated from binding humanity?"

  However, the old man with a sense of vicissitudes would not give him time to repent. A golden palm suddenly appeared in mid-air and slapped Yama's face.

  "Bang!"

  A crisp sound, instantly echoed in the great hall, under this slap, Yanluo Wang's body was thrown to one side, and a red handprint appeared on his charcoal-like face.

  The old man's display of formidable power made Luo Tian truly yearn for it. If he had possessed this kind of power ten thousand years ago, his family would not have suffered at the hands of evil, and Yan Wang would not have been able to determine his fate.

  After slapping Yama away with one palm, the old man withdrew his golden palm from the air and swept his gaze around him. His terrifying eyes intimidated the surrounding little ghosts, none of whom dared to make a single move.

  But as the old man's gaze swept over Luo Tian's direction, his eyes seemed to pause for a moment, and then, as if dodging something, he quickly shifted his gaze away.

  Luotian kept staring at the mysterious person, and when the mysterious person saw him, he was facing each other with four eyes. The daze in the mysterious person's eyes made him slightly aware of it, and a hint of doubt arose in his heart, but this doubt disappeared instantly.

  "It must be my illusion." Luo Tian muttered to himself.

  Then, a huge beam of light suddenly appeared from the old man's palm, and the beam directly pierced through the great hall, rumbling sounds began to rise.

  Watching this scene, Luo Tian knew that the great hall would be completely destroyed in an instant. A hint of regret flashed through his heart, but then he let it go.

  "Yan Luo, today I will destroy your grand temple, just to let you know that as the King of Hell, your duty is only to maintain the life and death of mortals, but not to control their fate. If you still do not repent, then this underworld has no need to exist."

  When the main hall collapsed, Yanluo and the little ghosts immediately retreated to one side, watching the collapse of the main hall with wide eyes.

  Watching this collapse, Yan Luo's face was dazed, and he didn't care about the red handprint on his face at all. He just muttered to himself, looking like he had come to some realization.

  "Even if the great hall collapses, I can only be reborn, and I have already done so for ten thousand years. Let me disappear with this great hall!" The Luo Tian inside the great hall looked at this scene, but his body did not move in the slightest, allowing the great hall to bury him.

  After the collapse of the main hall, the mysterious figure's shadow disappeared immediately.

  。。

  "Huh? Where am I? Shouldn't I be dead?"

  In the midst of chaos, a small golden figure opened its eyes and gazed at the void in front of it, saying in astonishment.

  This little golden man is undoubtedly Luo Tian.

  Looking at the void in front of him, Luo Tian was somewhat perplexed, and after seeing his own illusory golden body, the confusion in his heart deepened.

  "How did my body turn into this little golden man?"

  Just as Luo Tian was astonished, a golden light flickered in and out of the distant haze.

  Driven by a kind of instinct, Luo Tian slowly walked towards the faint golden light.

  As the distance drew closer, Luo Tian felt an inexplicable sense of rejection, which made him all the more eager to see clearly the face of that golden light.

  At the same time that Luo Tian felt this sensation, the golden light on the opposite side also seemed to sense his presence and slowly began walking towards him.

  The golden light in front of him made Luo Tian even more astonished, his calm footsteps involuntarily quickening slightly.

  Two golden lights, getting closer and closer with the passage of time. Luo Tian vaguely saw that in the golden light opposite him, there was a figure, and this figure gave him a sense of familiarity.

  "This is!!"

  The scene before his eyes made Luo Tian involuntarily exclaim, for no other reason than that in the golden light before him, there was a figure exactly like himself.

  After the exclamation, Luo Tian suddenly realized that the golden little man in front of him and himself were both in a spiritual state. At this time, the place where he was located could only have one possibility, that is, his own mind.

  "Who are you? How did you end up in my mind? And why do you look exactly like me?"

  Before Luo Tian could speak, the golden figure opposite him spoke first.

  "I am you, you are me."

  Although the two figures looked exactly alike, their temperament was vastly different. One had been steeped in the blood sea of hell for ten thousand years, with an obvious aura of murder and slaughter on his body, while the other was just a weak scholar, with only a gentle and elegant demeanor.

  Looking at his past self, Luo Tian couldn't help but feel a deep-seated hatred, if it wasn't for his own cowardice, how would the Luo family have ended up on the path to destruction?

  At this time, the scene that appeared was clear to Luo Tian. After the destruction of the underworld, he not only did not disperse into nothingness but instead returned to a thousand years ago, appearing in his own sea of consciousness as before.

  However, a physical body can only accommodate one soul. This principle is still understood by Luo Tian. If it weren't so, when the two souls approached each other, there wouldn't be that feeling of rejection.

  This means that Luo Tian now has to devour his past self in order to gain control over his body.

  Not for anything else, but just to avoid letting the Luo family repeat their mistakes, he must obtain physical control. Thinking of this, Luo Tian didn't hesitate for a moment, took a step forward, endured the intense rejection and tearing feeling, walked in front of his former self, and then the murderous aura condensed from the hellish blood sea instantly enveloped his former self.

  The outcome was predictable, and after a moment, the two golden lights merged into one.

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