...The sky above the shen clan burned red. Flames devoured the ancestral halls that had stood for generations , and the scents of blood mixed with smoke in the air. Broken weapons littered the ground like fallen leaves. Shen liuyang stood at the center of it all. .....His white robes were stained dark, the beneath his feet lay the bodies of elders, disciples and kin . There eyes were a open , frozen in disbelief as if none of them had believed the shen clan would fall so easly. He felt no fear. only silence..... footsteps echoed behind him. A man slowly walked forward hands clasped behind his back ,his expression calm -almost gentle. " Uncle" , shen liuyang said softly. Shen ruoming smiled. " That title still sound pleasant" he replied. " It is a pitty you won't use it again". Liuyang 's gaze remained steady " Why". The smile on shen ruoming's face deepened as if he had been waiting for the question. " Because the heaven favor the strong "he said brightly ,and your existence was... inconvenient . Inconvenient" liuyang repeated. " You were too talented " shen ruoming continue" as long as you lived,the clan never belong to me" . A pause . " So you slaughtered them" liuyang said.
"Yes" ,shen ruoming nodded without a shame.
" Power requires sacrifice ".
" The blade flashed ".
Pain spread through liuyang's chest cold and heavy . His strength drained away as e fall to his knees.
Blood stained the jade floor.
As darkness closed in liuyang laughed quitely " so this is the end"...
The world stattered.
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Drip.
Water fells ont his face
Shen liuyang's eyes snapped open
He gasped sharply ,his chest rising and fall as if un familiar weakness flooded his body .the air was clamp ,the ceiling low and cracked.
This was not the immortal realm.
He slowly raised his hand . It was thin ,pale and trembling.
Mortal.
Memories surged into his mind --the life of a young boy who had died from illnesses only hours ago.
Shen liuyang closed his eyes.
"....Reborn...."
Silence filled the room
Then ,softly he spoke
" If heaven has dragging me back into this world
"The blood debts will be repaid".
Outside, the wind whispered through broken walls .
A new fate had begun.