China, Jiangnan Province.
Yunqi City.
Boom boom boom!
In the roll of thunder, a rare and sudden rainstorm breaks out, descending upon Yunqi city.
In the pouring rain, pedestrians on Zijing Road are rushing to take shelter, no one knows why this rain is so sudden, so violent.
The rain pours down like a waterfall, the thunder roars!
The weather is gloomily terrifying.
At this moment, at the intersection of Zijing Road and Qianshan Road, a young man in his early twenties in jeans is standing under the sign at the intersection.
The young man does not move, his eyes briefly stagnate, then immediately fill with a rolling look of horror!
"What's going on, could it be that under the Azure Dragon Pearl, I, 'Beixu Daozun' Lin Yang, did not return to three hundred years ago, but was reborn back on Earth eight hundred years ago..." Staring at the familiar everything in front of him, Lin Yang is profoundly shocked, beyond description.
He is Lin Yang.
A pure-blooded native of Earth.
However, the fourth year after graduating from the college entrance examination, due to an accident, he set foot in another world.
In that world, immortals and demons of various races exist, and it's heavily populated with the strong.
In a world with a kill or be killed mentality, one's fate is in the hands of the heavens!
His hands are stained with countless blood, his feet stepped on mountains of corpses and seas of bones. For a full eight hundred years, enduring hardships and facing death many times, he finally stood atop the world's pinnacle.
In that world, practitioners are divided into nine realms:
Post-Heaven, Pre-Heaven, Golden Core, Primordial Infant, Spirit Transformation, Cave Void, Cauldron Inquiry, Immortal, and the legendary realm of Returning to Immortality!
He cultivated for eight hundred years, his cultivation reached the pinnacle of the Immortal realm.
Unfortunately, during the long eight hundred years, he deeply loved a woman. That woman was the root of all his heart demons. Even with his profound cultivation that could reach heaven and earth, when he was undergoing the tribulation of the Nine Heavens Immortal, it evolved into myriad celestial demons destroying his Dao heart, almost causing him to perish in body and spirit.
Therefore, overcoming countless adversities, he obtained the ancient immortal artifact "Azure Dragon Orb".
With the temporal mysteries of the Azure Dragon Orb, he wished to return to that moment three hundred years ago, just before the love of his life's death.
To protect the woman in his life.
And to heal the perpetual regret hidden deep within his heart.
But to his utmost surprise, under the time mysteries of the Azure Dragon Orb, as the heaven and earth changed, he did not return to three hundred years ago, but instead reborn on Earth during his youth, eight hundred years ago!
Cloud Nest City suddenly experienced a downpour today.
This was a phenomenon caused by his soul's arrival in this city.
"This is the intersection of Bauhinia Road..."
"Back then, I remember, it was at this intersection that I was hit by a car, ultimately launching me into that world and starting my long journey of life-changing cultivation..."
"Now, eight hundred years later, I can't believe I'm back here again, I, Lin Yang, have returned after reincarnation..."
Staring at everything in front of him, it all seemed as if it was just yesterday.
Even with Lin Yang's detached mentality of eight hundred years, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Eight hundred years of time, at this moment, it felt like an epochal cycle, constantly repeating with no end in sight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, several intense roaring sounds came from the sky. The black clouds scattered, and the rare torrential rain finally stopped. The sunshine once again spilled on the streets almost at the same time.
The roaring of an engine resounded, and then a brand-new Porsche came to a stop in front of Lin Yang.
Lin Yang's eyes slightly squinted.
"Isn't this the car that hit me back then?"
"Could it be...Ye Qiuya and Xu Xiaoyao?"
"So, it was these two who hit me back then?"
…
From the car, two young women in their early twenties jumped down.
A pure and tender woman dressed elegantly, and a coquettish woman who is gentle as a bird. In a split second, two ancient and familiar names arose in Lin Yang's heart.
A playful smile naturally formed on Lin's face.
Ye Qiuya and Xu Xiaoyao, his high school classmates, they were more than familiar with each other.
In particular, there was a faintly ambiguous relationship between him and Ye Qiuya, leaving a profound impression.
However, after he failed the college entrance examination, he disappeared aimlessly for four full years. Unexpectedly, he was hit by a Porsche Cayman while jaywalking, and the owner of the car was none other than Ye Qiuya, who was now getting out of the driver's seat.
It was precisely because of her that Lin Yang was able to transcend to that world, thus opening his 800 years of ups and downs as the Northern Void Taoist!
"Lin Yang, is it really you? How come you're here?"
The two women approached quickly. Ye Qiuya was staring at Lin Yang incredulously.
Her tone was somewhat excited.
She never thought that she would meet Lin Yang here.
"If it's not me, then who could it be? I've been out traveling the world and now I'm back..."
Lin Yang replied with a faint smile.
No one knew that behind his brief journey, he had spent a full 800 years, experiencing countless hardships, and witnessing the vicissitudes of human relationships.
"Oh, is that so?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiuya felt a slight sinking in her heart.
She took another look at Lin Yang. He was wearing a simple short-sleeved shirt, his washed blue jeans were somewhat faded white, and beneath his somewhat untidy hairstyle, his eyes seemed to have experienced the world's storms and hardships.
Seeing these eyes, Ye Qiuya's heart couldn't help but pinch.
A touch of inexplicable pain.
"It seems that Lin Yang has had his fair share of hardship over these four years..."
Ye Qiuyu sighed inwardly.
Once, they were all students at the best aristocratic high school in the city. Ignoring the rich and influential second-generation students, there were also an impressive number of outperforming students from humble backgrounds.
Lin Yang was the representative figure among those students.
Now, many of those previous underprivileged students graduated from prestigious universities after four years and entered various respectable companies and organizations. Their future appeared promising.
However, Lin Yang was the only one who ended up wandering the streets, appearing downtrodden and disheveled. It was such a poignant sight that one could hardly bear to look.
"Sigh..."
Ye Qiuyu couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in her heart, mixed with a faint feeling of relief.
Shortly after the college entrance examinations, Lin Yang disappeared without a trace, which led to an abrupt end in their relationship. In the end, she chose another man.
"So it really is him..."
To the side, Xu Xiaoyao was somewhat surprised to bump into Lin Yang after all these years. However, as she observed Lin Yang's clothes and belongings, which were clearly worth less than two hundred Yuan, a distinct look of contempt appeared in her eyes.
"As expected, the once proclaimed genius now finds himself reduced to this..."
Xu Xiaoyao sneered inwardly.
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, coming from an affluent family, she particularly despised the poor and unsophisticated lifestyle of disadvantaged students. During high school, she constantly picked fights with Lin Yang, the two of them were like oil and water.
When Ye Qiuyu and Lin Yang started to develop mutual feelings for each other at the end of their senior year, Xu Xiaoyao was the first to jump out and object.
In front of her eyes, seeing the state Lin Yang was in, how could she possibly miss out on this?
"Sigh, Lin Yang, it's quite surprising to run into you here! Judging by your appearance, it seems like you haven't been doing very well these few years, huh? Once upon a time, you, who boasted of being the top scholar from a humble background, vowed to drastically change your life and step into the upper echelons of Yunqi society through literary skills. I truly thought you would succeed. But looking at it now, it's nothing more than a cruel irony and a joke..."
Xu Xiaoyao's tone was brimming with ill will and ridicule.
She didn't hold back at all.
Her eyes disdainfully fixated on Lin Yang, much like a high and mighty lady directing her gaze at a poor beggar on the street.
"Xiaoyao, this isn't right of you."
Meanwhile, Ye Qiuya on the side couldn't help but show some sympathy upon hearing this. She voiced out in protest.
Then, her gaze fell on Lin Yang, "Lin Yang, Xiaoyao didn't mean any of this. Please don't be upset."
