The wind howled through the city streets, the land cold and desolate yet deep within the subways of the city hidden among the piles of trash were two eyes staring at a four legged creature scouring through the heaps of trash . Suddenly, a figure slashed by and with a short squeal the creature lay limp on the ground. As the last bits of life faded from its eyes the reflection of an haggard old man could be seen his eyes shining with a greedy light. This old man was fatty Yuan or as others would call him Yuan Tian yet his seemingly thin and frail figure highly contrasted with his nickname. Only he knew how much he had suffered day and night trying to survive in this abandoned world. It has been 50 years since the ascension ceremony yet the memory of this event lingered as clear as day in his memory like a haunting ghost. It was the 50th year of the Lunar moon era, the streets were filled with people heading in one direction towards the centre of great Qin where a large floating platform suspended by spiritual energy lay. Yes unlike the usual modern society without spiritual energy this world had large amounts of spiritual energy to the point it could be felt by brushing one's hand against the air. Cultivators flourished like ants discovering a jar of sugar too much to consume at once yet enough to last the colony for a century. ( might be overexaggerated but we ball)
Numerous cultivators could be seen flying on their swords stretching to as far as the eyes can see, other flying simply with the spiritual energy within their bodies, others rode on their mounts. Everyone converged toward the centre of Great Qin yet kept a large distance from the floating platform. Suddenly, a spiritual wave swept through the world with everyone with which it touched who had spiritual energy receiving an imprint on their foreheads. Most started cheering while others trembled with excitement with a few crying tears of joy for a figure had arrived at the centre of the platform yet all within the world upon seeing muttered within their hearts "Celestial Venerable Lin Fan. " Everyone started chanting his name as if even a slight gaze from him could make them die without regrets. The figure undeterred by such simply rose towards the sky and sat cross legged lingering in the air.
With a sharp intake of air, Lin Fan begun his tribulation to ascend to immortality. Heavy dark clouds begun to gather in the air, a vast oppressive might swept throughout the world, sounds of thunder reverberated through the air as if the heavens were angry at someone daring to challenge its authority. After an incense worth of time passed, silence filled the world and with every passing breath the world seemed to lose colour and suddenly, a streak of light faster than the naked eye could follow struck down towards Lin Fan yet just as it almost reached his scalp his eyes opened. Resplendent golden light shone from his eyes as his momentum reached his peak, he suddenly punched his speed surpassing the speed of lightning and before anyone could react a whirlwind swept through the world and with it came an insane sonic boom. Just as the whirlwind was about to reach the spectators a golden barrier seemingly enclosing the platform yet the oppressive might of that punch lingered in everyone hearts . As they finally regained their focus they saw Lin Fan standing with his arm outstretched facing the sky and following their gaze they saw a hole through the clouds . In an instant with a loud boom the clouds were dispersed and a golden light ethereal shone upon Lin Fan and with each passing second lotuses began sprouting in thin air as if the world itself was celebrating his successful ascension yet everyone deep within their hearts knew that Lin Fan had ascended. The lotus landed on everyone within the world and not only did peoples bottlenecks break allowing them to reach a higher realm but their comprehensions also improved allowing them to advance their techniques further. Those who were close to their lifespan ending felt rejuvenated with their white hairs turning black and their bodies returning to their youth.
These blessings only made their fanaticism towards Lin Fan grow and seeing Lin Fan finally landing grew they couldn't help but cheer for him celebrating his successful ascension. It had to be known that Lin Fan was the first to reach immortality since spiritual occurred fifty years ago which was accompanied by emergence of a second moon the Lunar moon. After several congratulations from friends and family, Lin Fan flew upwards and with a wave of his hand an ancient array was activated which enveloped the entire world and after an hour the array shone its brightest and the imprints on everyone's heads shone with a strong light seemingly communicating with the ray and with a snap of Lin Fan's fingers everyone disappeared leaving the world. Where was Yuan Tian during all this well he had just recovered his memories of his previous life after a golden lotus landed on him and with it came with activation of a system. Just as he was about to be teleported the system popped up with a notification, " Detected forceful teleportation[ activating interference model 245]" With that his imprint was erased and he was the only one left in the whole city.
With each passing second as his brain tried to process what had happened, the spiritual energy which was abundant had disappeared seemingly drawn to the world's core as if the world was exhausted and entering hibernation. Yuan Tian realizing his situation couldn't help but cry out in despair and started slapping himself multiple times thinking it was a dream yet each passing second seemed to further fuel his despair. He lay there for days as if having given up on life and after what seemed like a century he stood up to go back home. After walking a bit he felt out of breath he tried using his spiritual energy, yet the moment he moved it he felt his lifespan dwindling. Without a way to acquire spiritual energy, he a mahayana cultivator, who had lived lavishly with no worry for his health seemed to realize that he had now become a mortal. A mortal with a slightly longer lifespan. He could only keep walking each step heavier than the next which brought as back to the present, 100 years after Lin Fan's ascension.[:( sad]
Seated near a campfire, Yuan Tian was grilling his hunt, a rat, seemingly aware it had been cooked well and using his sense of smell to make sure it wasn't poisonous he promptly ate. Savouring each bite his heart ached for he knew today he would pass away, his spiritual energy remained a speck seemingly about to be snuffed out with the slightest touch. At the beginning, he had hope that Lin Fan would come for him, yet with each passing year having to endure the solitude, he was overcome with despair multiple times yet overcame it as if this was his heart tribulation so that he could ascend. Eventually he learned to cope each day striving to survive as if trying to prove something to an existence beyond his reach. Suddenly, a notification popped up on his system panel, previously he had resentment towards his system but over the years utilizing the various functions such as the in map function to survive eventually it faded with the passing years. "Detected host is reaching the end of his lifespan: Host has two choices reincarnation or time travel," yet as if returning back to the same day the system brought him into this predicament , he slapped himself thinking he was dreaming. After a moment of contemplation he ultimately decided to time travel. After specifying the time, he knew he only had 50 years to reach immortality with the help of his system, reincarnation was risky since he couldn't decide where to reincarnate after checking from the panel and also he partially wanted to escape his seemingly ill gotten fate and also strive to stand above the heavens.
After confirming his choice, he felt his eyes heavy and hearing the mechanical voice of the system, " Detecting end of host's lifespan, following established protocol Initiating protocol [267654]," his slowly lied down on the cold hard ground. Watching the moon through the tunnel he finally closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt his body stiffen and with that came his soul seemingly pulled by some mysterious force through space and time, after a while he suddenly felt sensation. Seemingly strained by a bright light, his eyes fluttered opened and upon seeing the bright lunar moon in the sky seemingly ethereal and the classic moon still there, He knew he had returned. This I, Yuan time shall seek redemption.