On the vast Nine Continents lies the separatist Continent.
Home to the Divine Sky Sword Sect, with the lone Cun Peak.
Beneath an ancient tree that's existed for thousands of years on the mountaintop, a young man in his twenties is half-lying on the ground. His arms folded behind his head to form a makeshift pillow, he is seen comfortably leaning back with one knee propped up. A dogtail grass stick is playfully balanced in his mouth as he subject to meditation eyes closed.
The recently extinguished bonfire beside him, along with scattered piles of bones, testify to the deadly battle that had once engulfed this location.
The young man's name is Lin Feng, designated as the senior disciple of the present Divine Sky Sword Sect generation. He is the legitimate disciple of the master of Soaring Sword - one of the Seven Swords of Divine Sky, Su Mubai, and his solitary disciple.
It needs mentioning that Su Mubai was far from ordinary.
Blessed with a high level of innate talent, even among the length and breadth of the Divine Sky Sword Sect history, he stood within the premier ranks. Known as the genius that the Divine Sky Sword Sect is gifted with only once every hundred years, had it not been for an accidental injury that impaired his foundational cultivation, leading his strength to stagnate, it is highly possible that he would have assumed the position of the Sect Master today.
But alas, futile are "ifs"!
A spoiled genius loses its label of 'genius'.
The Seven Swords of Divine Sky are the seven renowned swords of the Divine Sky Sword Sect. They are likewise seven individuals, widely renowned and recognized throughout the Separation Continent.
They are respectively known as Soaring Sword, Primordial Sword, Thundering Sword, Profound Abyss Sword, Fiery Dragon Sword, Crimson Lotus Sword, and Frosty Spirit Sword.
The present generation bearers correspondingly are Su Mubai, Luo Yuntian, Zhao Ziwen, Jiang Zhe, Liu Ye, Liu Hongluan, and Leng Hanfrost.
Among them, Leng Hanfrost is the youngest, not yet a hundred years old, while the rest are already edging towards their third century.
The stark age difference is attributed to the immense difficulty involved in acquiring the approval of the Seven Swords of Divine Sky.
There were even instances when prolongated vacancies prevailed between the bearers of each sword.
The Seven Swords of the Divine Totality, without their approval, their power cannot be unleashed. The Seven Swords can fight individually, each wielding its own characteristics, or unify as a powerful Big Dipper Sword Formation; they can even merge into one, absorbing overwhelming force that is far from a simple addition of seven swords.
Unfortunately, Su Mu Bai fell behind. Otherwise, the power of the Divine Totality Sword Sect is bound to step up a notch.
It's a pity that the Seven Swords of this Divine Generation have accepted their masters, but one fell behind, undoubtedly a regrettable situation.
"Where is Lin Feng, my nephew?" Suddenly a voice came from the sky.
Lin Feng opened his eyes, got up and gestured casually.
"Whoosh!"
The tri-foot Qingfeng that hung on the big tree shot out instantly and quickly enlarged.
He stepped directly on it, transformed into a long rainbow, and flew into the sky.
Sword flight is the basic skill of sword repair, which can be learned at the second region of the sea condensing stage.
In the sky of Gu Cun Peak, a beautiful and extraordinary woman stood alone in the air.
This is Leng Han Frost, one of the Seven Swords of the Divine Totality, the master of the Ice Soul Sword. Also, she is Su Mu Bai's junior sister, and Lin Feng's aunt in skill.
Lin Feng arrived not far before Leng Han Frost, folded his hands into a fist, bowed, and shouted: "Lin Feng has met Aunt Leng!"
"Follow me!"
Leng Han Frost glanced at Lin Feng, said one sentence and then turned around to leave.
"Yes, Elder Cold!"
Lin Feng replied and followed.
Elder Cold moved forward, walking in mid-air without any support, while Lin Feng followed behind, riding on his magical sword.
Walking in mid-air and flying on a magical sword are fundamentally different.
Sword riding can be learned after reaching the second stage of 'Sea Condensation' of the cultivation practices, while walking in mid-air requires reaching the fifth stage of 'Sky Control'.
There is a huge gap in power between the two.
At this time, Lin Feng was a bit bewildered. Elder Cold would not easily come to Lone Survivor Peak, nor would any of the other teachers and Shenxiao Sect's disciples.
After all, Lone Survivor Peak was only inhabited by him, Lin Feng.
The master had been out of the mountain for a long time and had not returned yet. His only younger female apprentice had accepted the apprenticeship under Teacher Liu. His title as the senior brother of the Shenxiao Sect was merely a name.
Basically, no one would visit the Lone Survivor Peak, unless there was something unavoidable, they had to come.
Lone Survivor Peak had long been deserted. If it weren't for the fact that Su Mubai was still alive, it would have been occupied by others in the Shenxiao Sect.
Su Mubai was the master of the Hao Ran Sword, one of the Seven Swords of Shenxiao. He was the elder brother of the current sect leader, Lu Yun Tian. His power was not high, but his status was not insignificant. Due to an injury sustained during a mission, his strength stagnated. The people of the entire Shenxiao Sword Sect had to give him some face.
Once something bad happened to Su Mubai, the Hao Ran Sword and Lone Survivor Peak would inevitably be sought by many people.
Even if they couldn't gain the recognition of the Hao Ran Sword and couldn't exert its power, owning this sword was the dream of countless Shenxiao Sword Sect disciples.
By rights, Lin Feng, as Su Mubai's only disciple, should be his successor.
Alas, Lin Feng, though being the eldest disciple of this generation in the Shenxiao sect, simply lacked the strength to live up to the task.
The Grand Hao Sword, one of the seven Shenxiao Swords, was the gold-standard of the Shenxiao sect. It was impossible for an average fellow like him to inherit it.
Soon, the pair arrived in a side hall on the main peak of the Shenxiao sect. The other uncles from the Shenxiao Seven Swords have been waiting here for some time.
In the center of the side hall, an ice coffin was placed, and a young beautiful girl, at the peak of her youth, was kneeling in front of the coffin, sobbing quietly.
Lin Feng caught sight of this and felt a sense of foreboding in his heart.
The sobbing girl was his junior sister apprentice, Su Xiyao, who also happened to be the only daughter of Su Mubai.
Their master's wife had passed away years ago. The only thing that could make his junior sister apprentice so heartbroken was one possibility.
The person in the ice coffin was Su Mubai?
Their master had died?
In the blink of an eye, Lin Feng froze on the spot, his mind a complete blank, even forgetting to breathe.
It wasn't until he was gasping for air that he slowly exhaled a breath, and his thoughts returned to over twenty years ago.
At that time, he was just an infant in swaddling clothes, abandoned in the wilderness.
The reason Lin Feng had memories from when he was an infant was because he was not originally from this world. Inside the body of the infant resided the soul of an adult.
Lin Feng was from Earth and was the youngest scientist on Earth. From a young age, he had demonstrated exceptional talent and had an IQ much higher than that of Einstein.
The subjects he researched were the most advanced in the world.
What a pity Lin Feng was too young. As the saying goes, 'youthful and reckless.' Matched with his youthful fame, he didn't understand the importance of being low-profile.
When he had conducted a piece of technology research thirty years ahead of the world, he was too eager to disclose it to the public, desiring to be a world-famous figure.
Nevertheless, this move attracted the attention of several superpowers. They offered Lin Feng extremely generous conditions, asking him to sell his technology to them.
As a patriotic young man, Lin Feng would naturally not hand over the fruits of his hard-earned scientific research to other countries. It was meant to be devoted to his homeland itself.
The outcome can be easily imagined.
When Lin Feng was about to set foot on his homeland, the antagonistic nation resorted to the immense power of nuclear weapons, turning Lin Dong and the surrounding tens of kilometers into ashes.
Lin Feng didn't know what happened next. When he opened his eyes, he had arrived in the continent of Jiuzhou.
Luckily, the scientific research results had already been sent back to his homeland through another route. With the help of his research, his nation would inevitably rise rapidly, surpassing the enemy countries. This made him feel that his life had not been in vain.
Having experienced death once, Lin Feng truly matured. He felt that many of the things he had done previously were immature and foolish.
If he had been more low-profile, wouldn't he have avoided this fatal catastrophe?
No matter what he said now, it was too late. Now that Heaven had granted him another chance at life, Lin Feng decided to live well and never do such foolish things again.
However, the reborn Lin Dong encountered a severe problem in this new world.
He had been abandoned in the wilderness.
What was key was that Lin Feng, who was only a few months old, had no ability to survive.
In most isekai narratives, people become the favored children of destiny, royal nobles, or, at the very least, members of wealthy families. How did it come to his turn and he became an unwanted orphan?
Of course, none of these were issues. With Lin Feng’s intelligence, he would be able to survive anywhere, be it on Earth.
However, he's now just a few months old baby. Despite his exceptional intellect, aside from crying, there's not much else he could do.
After an hour of powerful crying, Lin Feng was both exhausted and hungry, his vision blurred. He felt as if he was about to starve to death.
To die right after reincarnating, he didn't know whether he should laugh or cry.
Where would he go after death?
It was unlikely he could return to Earth, for under the attack of nuclear bombs, his body had evaporated, not leaving any trace.
Just then, Lin Feng’s cries attracted a wild beast. A pair of emotionless eyes stared at his tiny body, ready to pounce on him at any moment.
Just as Lin Feng was quietly preparing for his impending death, a figure dropped from the sky, landing in front of him.
It was Su Mubai who had been out looking for a spiritual medicine to heal his foundation.
He glanced at Lin Feng, who was close to fainting on the ground.
After considering for a moment, Su Mubai killed the beast with a single strike, picked up Lin Feng, and brought him back to the Shenzhao Sword Sect, where he was accepted as a direct disciple.
Disciples of the Shenzhao Sword Sect were divided into outer disciples, inner disciples, and direct disciples.
The number of direct disciples was relatively small, with slightly more inner disciples and the most outer disciples.
No matter how early or late the outer disciples joined, or how old they were, they must call the inner and direct disciples as "senior brother" or "senior sister".
It was the same for inner disciples when they encountered direct disciples.
When Linfeng was just five years old, Sumubai returned home covered in blood, cradling a young girl in his arms named Suxiyao.
As for Suxiyao's mother, Linfeng never met her.
Specifics about what had transpired remained undisclosed as Sumubai refrained from discussing it.
Since Linfeng was the first to become a true disciple, he naturally assumed the role of the oldest brother in the sect.
However, his role as the ‘big brother’ was insignificant—almost optional.
Disciples of Shenxiao Sword Sect whispered privately.
Sumubai has already wasted his talent, and his disciple is also useless.
Linfeng didn't leave much of an impression—he seldom left the Gu Cun Peak and never participated in the annual sect competitions.
The disciples of Shenxiao Sword Sect knew there was such a senior brother, but none had ever seen him.
Who would take such an invisible senior brother seriously?
Recalling his memories of being brought back by his master, Sumubai, Linfeng's eyes welled up with tears.
Sumubai was not only his master but also his adoptive father.
The gratitute for fostering him was overwhelming.
Not to mention saving his life.
Without Sumubai, Linfeng's survival till now would have been impossible.
Now his most respected master was dead?
This made Linfeng feel like his world had collapsed.
