Chapter 1: A Beggar and the Holy Maiden of Yaochi!
Dusk City!
A corpse lay silently beside a foul-smelling gutter at the edge of the street, swarming with flies!
Suddenly, the corpse gave a violent shudder!
"Hiss!"
"It hurts!"
A bone-deep pain spread through his entire body, jolting Chu Feng back to consciousness!
"I actually didn't die?"
Chu Feng was momentarily stunned!
Hadn't his soul been completely destroyed?
Suddenly, a flood of memories surged into Chu Feng's mind!
After a long while, Chu Feng finally sorted out his current situation!
"I've actually taken over a dead man's body!"
Chu Feng had transmigrated into a body that shared his exact name!
The original owner had peeped on the sect's Holy Maiden while she bathed, had his eyes gouged out as punishment, was stripped of his cultivation and expelled from the sect, and was ultimately beaten to death on the streets.
For reasons unknown, Chu Feng's soul had strangely crossed through the endless void and attached itself to this body, bringing him back to life!
In his previous life, Chu Feng had been one of the four peak Sovereign Emperors of the Human Race in the Upper Realm!
Among the four peak Sovereign Emperors of the Human Race, there were two male emperors and two female emperors!
The other three were known as Righteous Dao Emperors, while Chu Feng was called the Netherworld Demon Sovereign!
This was solely because Chu Feng's constitution was the Netherworld Demon Body — he could only absorb demonic energy to cultivate!
Yet despite bearing the title of Demon Sovereign, Chu Feng had never once acted as a demon!
On the contrary, he had always stood guard at the Black Abyss on behalf of the Human Race, repelling the invasions of the Abyssal Demonic Race!
What he hadn't expected was that during the last invasion — when three peak Sovereign Emperors of the Abyssal Demonic Race attacked — Chu Feng had fought to the brink of death to drive them back, only to be ambushed by the other three peak Sovereign Emperors of the Human Race, who seized the opportunity to destroy his soul entirely!
"Once I return to the Upper Realm, I will make you all pay a devastating price!" Chu Feng ground his teeth in fury!
In his previous life, Chu Feng possessed the Netherworld Demon Body and had spent years guarding the Black Abyss, absorbing its demonic energy to cultivate. His power far surpassed that of the other three Human Race Emperors at the same level!
It was precisely this that had made the other three emperors wary of him — and when he was gravely wounded, they had seized the chance to ambush and slay him!
"With me dead, I'd like to see who among you can hold back the Abyssal Demonic Race's invasion!"
The Black Abyss was saturated with overwhelming demonic energy. Anyone who did not cultivate demonic arts would suffer a massive reduction in power upon entering it.
Aside from Chu Feng, no one in the Upper Realm's Human Race could hold the Black Abyss!
Chu Feng could already picture the chaos that would soon unfold as the Abyssal Demonic Race launched a full-scale invasion of the Upper Realm!
He only wondered whether, when that day came, the Human Race of the Upper Realm would regret having killed him — the Netherworld Demon Sovereign who had always stood guard at the Black Abyss!
Chu Feng strained his fingers, trying to push himself upright, only to find that he couldn't even move them!
"Spiritual veins completely destroyed, gravely wounded and on the verge of death!"
"Surely I won't die again right after just coming back to life?"
Chu Feng could feel the wounds on his body still bleeding, his life force slowly ebbing away!
And with his entire body immobilized and unable to gather any Spiritual Energy, he had absolutely no way to save himself!
Time passed, second by second!
Just as Chu Feng was about to give in to despair!
Suddenly, a graceful and striking young woman came flying through the distant sky!
The woman hovered in the air above Dusk City, her spiritual sense sweeping rapidly through the city below.
In a moment, she spotted Chu Feng lying beside the foul gutter, and a satisfied smile immediately crossed her face!
Soon, the woman descended and landed before Chu Feng.
"Good — you're not dead!"
"Consider yourself lucky!"
The woman looked Chu Feng over, confirmed he was still alive, then retrieved a Pill from her storage ring and pressed it between his lips.
The Pill dissolved the instant it entered his mouth, and a surge of warmth instantly flooded through Chu Feng's entire body.
In a moment, the life force within Chu Feng slowly began to recover, and the external wounds on his body visibly healed before one's eyes!
Even the most horrifying gashes sealed shut and scabbed over in an instant!
Seeing this, Chu Feng's heart leapt with joy!
Just moments ago, he had completely given up hope!
He never expected that a celestial beauty would suddenly appear and save his life!
Although Chu Feng's eyes were blind and he couldn't see the woman's face!
At this moment, in Chu Feng's heart, she was nothing short of a fairy!
Chu Feng resolved that in the future, he would absolutely repay this woman for saving his life!
A moment later, seeing that Chu Feng's wounds were slowly recovering, the woman prepared to take him away.
"You reek!"
Chu Feng was covered in blood and filth, and had been lying beside the foul gutter for who knew how long — his entire body now reeked with a foul stench!
The woman lightly covered her nose, flicked out a silk ribbon that coiled around Chu Feng, and carried him flying toward the outskirts of the city.
Chu Feng had no idea where the woman was taking him, but with his cultivation completely gone, he had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.
She had already used a precious Pill to save him — it was hard to imagine she meant him any harm.
Before long, the woman brought Chu Feng to a small hill not far from Dusk City.
The hill was lush and verdant, covered in dense green trees.
The woman brought Chu Feng down to land on a bare, flat hilltop.
Suddenly, the woman gave a light wave of her slender hand, and a dilapidated temple abruptly appeared on the previously bare hilltop.
The woman led Chu Feng slowly into the ruined temple.
A moment later, the outside returned to its original appearance — bare and empty, with no temple in sight.
It seemed that a concealment Array Formation had been set up here!
Stepping inside the ruined temple, the woman turned to the person within and smiled with a bewitching grin:
"Your Highness the Holy Maiden, look what I've brought back for you?"
Chu Feng couldn't see, but he sensed that someone was nearby.
At this moment, seated motionless at the center of the ruined temple was a breathtakingly beautiful woman, seemingly restrained by some force and unable to move!
She was draped in a Phoenix Rosy-Cloud Immortal Dress, her features exquisitely flawless — like a fairy descended from the highest heavens!
Her skin was whiter than snow, luminous and translucent, radiating a faint glow, as though carved from the purest jade!
Simply sitting there in silence, she exuded an incomparably noble aura — giving one the feeling that she was utterly unattainable and not to be defiled!
"Kong Die, what exactly are you trying to do?" The stunning woman's voice was cold and clear, laced with fury!
"Your Highness the Holy Maiden, look — I've found you a peerless, one-of-a-kind... beggar!" Kong Die burst into a delighted laugh!
With that, Kong Die flung Chu Feng down before the woman.
At this moment, Chu Feng was dressed in rags, covered in filth, his entire body reeking with a foul stench — looking for all the world like a beggar who hadn't bathed in years!
The Holy Maiden took one look at Chu Feng and felt an immediate wave of nausea!
"What do you mean by this?"
"Release me at once, or I will make you regret ever coming into this world!"
The Holy Maiden seemed to have already guessed what Kong Die intended, and her voice carried a faint tremor!
"Mu Qingyao, do you know how long I've waited for this day?"
"You stole my position as Holy Maiden, and you stole Senior Brother Lu's love for me!"
"Today, I will let this filthiest of beggars give you a proper... lesson!"
Kong Die glared at Mu Qingyao with vicious hatred, her voice seething with boundless rage!
"Kong Die, I am not only the Holy Maiden of the Yaochi Holy Land — I am also the legitimate daughter of the Mu Clan, one of the top noble families of Central Province!"
"If you dare lay a hand on me, I will make sure you die without a burial ground!" Mu Qingyao threatened in a furious voice!
Kong Die paid no heed to Mu Qingyao's threats. She turned to look at Chu Feng and said:
"Little beggar, do you know how lucky you are?"
"Mu Qingyao is the Holy Maiden of our Yaochi Holy Land — the most beautiful and most pure woman in all of the Desolate Remnant Realm!"
"Countless men across the entire Desolate Remnant Realm are mad for her, and many would even die for her without a second thought!"
"And now, you — a filthy little beggar — get to be her first man!"
"Tell me, aren't you incredibly lucky?"
With that, Kong Die retrieved a pink-colored Pill from her storage ring and pressed it into Chu Feng's mouth.
"This is a supreme-grade Ten-Day Diamond Endurance Pill!"
"Little beggar, enjoy yourself!"
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Edited by Fat Goose