As the winds flow in and out of mount TanHua, a young man only about 22 stood their watching as time flows in and out of him. His originally white hanfu now stained with a crimson red and his beautiful golden eyes becoming dimmer he takes his final breaths looking at the thousand soldiers and sect elders slowing approaching.

“Lan Tian! You’ve already made it to this point, hand over the dragon essence and we can spear your life” a man in red robes only looking slightly older than Lan tian said. He had a beautiful face with the arrogance of a soaring Phoenix.

“Even if i hand over the dragon essence you will still kill me so what’s th point in that? You’ve killed my clansman, my people and took away my chasity just for your own uses so what do i really need to give you?” Lan Tian stated with an indifference voice making the red clothed youth even more upset.

As Lan Tian started to move he started to move once more, ignoring his serious injuries he killed more than half of who’s their while seriously injuring the red clothed youth. “Gu Ying your life itself has already caused so much damage. How can you live with yourself knowing you killed thousands of innocent people” while the red clothed youth just stated “ they were too too weak senior brother, its their honour to be killed by me” said Gu Ying making Lan Tian frown. “ Senior brother is the only one that’s played up to my expectations but you had to have the dragon essence in you so you cant blame anyone but yourself!” Gu Ying stated.

“ what happened to you..” Lan Tian muttered. “Haha senior brother needs a reminder? Your whole life you had everything! A family, friends, power and beauty while I had to fight for everything i got! The worst part of it is that you couldn’t see how much i hated you for having these things while i could only dream of.” The red clothed youth said while panting finally expressing his deepest emotions. “ i have loved you for so long yet you turned a blind eye to it.. my retribution is been set already” Gu Ying cried as he stared at his once beloved senior brother. Only then did Lan Tian realized that it has him who caused this whole bloodbath.

If only he realized how much Gu Ying had felt causing him to become like this, his clansman wouldn’t have been killed and hang up for display. How his brothers wouldn’t have had sacrificed themelves just for him to come out alive and how all his friends didn’t have to self detonate to protect him. Everyone had died just for him to survive and yet he couldn’t even protect himself yet alone others he cared for. It was the first time Lan Tian genuinely felt useless and weak but even with regret he couldn’t change anything. With his final breaths he then said” the heavens are all watching” before he used the last bit of energy to self detonate causing an earth shattering explosion.

His final words to Gu Ying... “ I’m sorry” before falling into the abyss...

“for those who are hoping for an update for the white Dalia I’m not sure i can do it, because I’ve lost interest in it and i have no good ideas with the story... I’m sorry, i might delete it or something I’m not sure.”

As Lan Tian opened his eyes he saw a door. As he thought “I’ve truly died this time around” he walked through the door but to his surprise he woke up in an oddly familiar bed with an odd ring on his right index finger. As he tried to get up while already feeling a head ache from the amount of confusion and aches in his body. He was more and more confused until he looked in the mirror to find a breathtakingly beautiful youth only looking about five.

“ ...”

“ wait!! This can’t be right? How am I back to when I was 7?! Am I dreaming?” He said while pinching his cheeks but he only felt the pain of a swelling cheek. “ oh my I’ve really... travelled back in time!!” ‘Judging by my injuries and the room I’m in I think this is when the cottage caught fire’ he thought.

The reason Lan Tian is alone in a small cabin in the forest is because right now nobody in the Lan family knows he exists. He was the son of Lan Yu and Gong Chan Si. Right now should be the time where his mother is mourning for fathers death while he was in a coma because of the fire. As he thought the ring suddenly started to shine...

He soon lost consciousness but then woke up in the ring. “Where am I?” As Lan Tian said that two small animas came out one being a pure white feline while the other being a mysterious black feline. “I see... so the ring chose you as the new master” said the white feline “aren’t you a bit small to be our master? Your also pretty weak” sneered the black feline

“ well what do you expect? I’m a five year old child!”

“ dosent matter, since the ring has chosen you as the master then he must start building your caltivation foundation as soon as possible” said the white feline. “I’ll explain to you how the ring works. This ring is another dimension that can store both living and inanimate objects. It also is filled with spiritual energy and books about various subjects. There’s 8 elders ere to teach you the different techniques yu must learn and that we are your contracted beasts”. “So what your saying is that i can learn about everything in here while just laying down or sleeping?! That’s amazing!!” Exclaimed Lan Tian. “ not only that but you can talk to us and the elders through your mind” said the black feline with a sense of pride. “ where are the elders right now?” Asked Lian Tian

“Well they are waiting for you at the tower, and i can tell they are pretty excited to meet you” said the white feline “well lets not keep them waiting now shall we” the black feline stated

“ wait do you have names?”asked the curious boy “well what name will you give us?” The black feline asked “ how about Lan Ying and Lan Yang?” Said the boy cheekily. “... fine” huffed Lan Yang as they head to the tower or freedom

Once they arrived at first glace Lan Tian saw 8 old men and women standing there nervously while looking at him. At first he thought they didn’t like him so he subconsciously took a stand toward to try to seem brave while he just looked cute. “What’s your names” Lan’er asked nervously while the hearts of the elders just melted because of the sweet and immature noice. “ I’m elder Yu of the swords, elder Tian of the 3 arts, elder yuan of the inscriptions, elder Ming of the alchemy, elder Giong of the physician, elder Lin of forging, Elder Jung of manipulating the elements and elder Du of the spirits” said Lan Ying. As Lan’er became more acquainted with the elders he told them his goal

“ i will like to enter the nascent soul in 4 years and go into the innate red stage 3 by the time I’m 14. Do you think its possible?” Asked Lan’er, “ so we can quite the fellow here, of source its possible but you must know that training will be hard and tedious, do you think you can and le it?” Asked elder Yu

“Yes” and with that one word they began training

Author: so i forgot to add this in the first episode but these are the levels of cultivation in this world:

‘mystery eon, mystery moon, mystery earth, fountain stage, golden core, nascent soul, spirit exponent and the innate stages’. All stages up till spirit exponent have 4 levels which are ‘early stage, middle stage, peak and bottle neck’ spirit exponent has 5 levels which are’ early, middle, peak, bottleneck and tribulation(when lightning sticks down 100 times). And innate stage has 11 stages and each stage has 9 levels.

As the wind starts picking up, the clouds and sky turn a deadly purple colour while a lone bay stood their awaiting what’s to come. His pure white Hunfu blowing and swaying with the wind while his white soft hair flew making him look all the more dazzling but one cannot forget those golden sharp eyes looking at the sky ready for his tribulation into th spirit exponent. As the lightning roars down on the earth the pressure began to increase causing all the nearby villages to rumble and fall. As the lighting continuously charging at the boy who stood their fearlessly the atmosphere became turbulent. At last after what flet like a eternity the lighting and purple sky slowly dispersed the boy, also known as Lian Tian stood their with blood tripping from the grip of his hands. At this moment his face showed no emotions but his eyes once again betrayed the hidden excitement.

“ i was aiming for nascent soul while in closed door cultivation but who would have thought i would exceed my own expectations” said Lan’er while Xiao Yang cut in saying “well of course, your ou master and regular mortals cannot compare to you” his voice filled with pride. “ well its time to go to the imperial city. I have to make sure i get the everlasting flower in the tournament in a years” hummed Lan’er “ it’s essential for returning your true forms” saying it while indulging in the cute felines beside him. “ master...” both Xiao Ying and Xiao Yang looked up at the beautiful youth standing beside them.

“ mother passed away a few years ago and fathers death is too suspicious not to look into. Mothers body was already weak but she shouldn’t of died soo soon. Everything that’s happened to my family is just too weird to be normal.” “Xiao Yang go to elder Du and ask him if its possible to learn the third stage of spirit connection please” asked Lan’er, “roger that master ill ask the old man to transpire th book to you” said Xiao Yang. “Alright... we will leave in a month so be prepared”. Said Lan’er as he went towards to small villa to wash up.

‘If i remember correctly mother came from a distinguished clan which means its very possible that they were responsible for he murder of father and the poison in mother. Also this time i wont go to the Lan clan.... i dont want them to be tangled in the same fate as me.’ As Lan was deep in thought he thought of a certain person “ Gu Ying.. lets hope this life time we don’t meet each other... but that wont be possible would it’ thought Lan’er with a bitter smile.

i should that a bath a go to bed..