The Nine Wastes Barrier, the Eastern Wilderness, the Southern Domain.

Clear skies stretched over the Great Purple Dynasty, only to be replaced suddenly with an ominous spectacle: clouds of blood surged forth.

BANG!

A scarlet bolt of lightning, resembling a fierce blood-red dragon, seemed to rip the world open with a thunderous roar, shooting straight for Lingjian City below.

But peculiarly, the citizens of Lingjian City seemed oblivious to the changes in the sky: they saw not the surging lightning nor were they jarred by the thunderous booms.

To the east of Lingjian City lay a tightly-shut manor house whose entrance was thickly layered with fallen leaves. The heads of the two stone lion gatekeepers were shrouded in dust, clearly indicating that the manor had been deserted for some time, with no human presence.

Within the courtyard was rampant overgrowth.

However, candlelight flickered from within the main bedroom.

Inside were red candles under a satin canopy, and fragrant smoke filled the air.

Lying on a round wooden bed were a young man and woman, both around sixteen or seventeen.

The young man had delicate white skin, and his frame was somewhat thin. He was the quintessential pampered aristocrat.

Though the young woman was young in age, her beauty was already blossoming, her face as exquisite as a timeless beauty, and her skin as radiant as white jade.

She had a voluptuous figure, atypical for a girl of fifteen or sixteen: in her innocence, there was maturity; in her naivety, there was seductiveness.

Such a figure held a deadly attraction for men.

In that moment, the two of them lay together, bereft of clothing in an erotic pose. However, both seemed to be asleep, their breaths even and rhythmic.

Their skin, eerily blooms into an unusual rosy hue.

At this moment, thunder roars like a tide, sweeping down. The dragon-like blood-thunder, piercing through everything, through the void, directly strikes the sleeping youth's body.

Blood-thunder pervades the sleeping youth's body.

Then he jolts awake, shocked and sitting upright.

"The wild thunder god clan, have they arrived?"

With a dream-talk filled with panic and fear as though coming from his soul, the boy looks around safeguardedly, instinctively running Divine Power, ready to summon his Supreme God Sword.

But the next moment, he is dumbfounded.

Inside him, not only is there no trace of divine power, his entire being, has changed from divine to mortal.

Wasn't he pursued by the wild god clan?

Where is this?

He blankly looks around the unfamiliar surroundings, red candle gauze lanterns, luxurious bed, a beautiful woman, the surrounding decorations are indeed fancy but all worldly items.

He then looks at the naked beauty lying next to him.

The boy is stunned once again!

Those seemingly unimaginably long-ago memories, overflow like a tide, flooding in his mind.

"It is… Murong Rou!"

His voice trembled as if he had seen a ghost, almost screaming out the name of this young girl!

Murong Rou, the granddaughter of the Grand Preceptor of the Great Purple Dynasty, Murong.

The Murong family is one of the four great families of the Great Purple Dynasty, and the Grand Preceptor Murong is a martial arts master at the pinnacle of the heavenly rank.

The young man fiercely slapped himself several times.

It hurt!

A bone-piercing pain!

This was not a dream!

Nor was it an illusion!

He... actually returned to when he was sixteen, the day when he tarnished Murong Rou's purity.

What exactly is going on?

...

The young man was named Ling Tianfan, the son of the Sword Marquis of the Great Purple Dynasty.

He was confused as to why he would be reborn.

But at this moment, he felt an urge to cry.

In his previous life, there were too many regrets, too many missed opportunities, too much he was powerless to do!

In this life, I can finally make up for everything.

"Oh, heavens! Since you have granted me a second life, I will rectify all regrets resulting from past life."

"I won't let my father die of melancholy, and I won't let my mother be forever suppressed under the Burying God Mountain! I won't let those who love me and cherish me suffer because of me again!"

"No! Never again!"

Ling Tianfan, wiping away his tears and clenching his fists, let out a tearful roar in defiance of the heavens.

But, at this moment...

Murong Rou, who was lying in bed, was seemingly awakened by the sudden thunder in the distance.

With her whimpering in soft and gentle tones.

Perhaps sensing the masculine temperament on Ling Tianfan, she instinctively coiled around him like a water snake.

Perhaps it was the loss of his divine body and divine essence after rebirth, Ling Tianfan's composure had also weakened.

The sweet softness of her petite frame and that gentle warmth made Ling Tianfan feel as if his soul had fallen right into it.

Caught off-guard, he was almost swallowed up by this wave of fiery warmth, nearly losing his self-control.

"No good! The aphrodisiac poison in her body is acting up!"

There was a sudden change in Ling Tianfan's face.

Not only was the aphrodisiac poison in Murong Rou's body in effect?

The lust poison within him had also erupted!

...

Being reborn, Ling Tianfan naturally knew why he and Murong Rou were lying here naked. It was all a scheme of the current emperor.

The martial path of the mortal realm involves strengthening the flesh body through body refining first, thereby cultivating internal Qi!

After body refining, there are three major realms: the Houtian realm, Xiantian realm, and Yuan Dan realm.

Each realm is further divided into nine layers.

In the Houtian realm, Qi is condensed and meridians are unblocked. Internal Qi in the Dantian must be channeled through the whole body to transform the postnatal Internal Qi into prenatal true essence.

In the Xiantian realm, Qi is gathered and acupoints are focused. It is necessary to stimulate the body's acupoints, thereby giving birth to life and exercises, and allowing Qi to generate spirituality.

In the Yuan Dan realm, Qi is transformed into a pill and true essence and spirit Qi are gathered in the Dan Tian, allowing cultivators to communicate even further with the Qi of heaven and earth.

In the Great Purple Kingdom, those at the level of the Yuan Dan realm can already be considered the most top-tier practitioners.

Ling Tianfan’s father, Ling Jianhou, entered the Houtian realm at the age of eight, stepped into Xiantian realm at sixteen, and finally reached the Yuan Dan realm at the age of twenty-nine!

Now at forty-six, he has already reached the peak of the ninth level of the Yuan Dan realm!

He is not only the strongest person in the Great Purple Kingdom but is also hailed as the most skilled martial artist in the three hundred years since the founding of the Great Purple Dynasty!

Being sworn brothers with the current emperor, he now holds a first-class official position, is endowed with noble rank, entrusted with military power, and commands all the soldiers as the Marshal of Soldiers and Horses!

Intimidating all the countries in the south!

Yet because of this, he eclipsed his own ruler with his outstanding achievements, arousing the jealousy of the current Emperor.

Therefore, the current Emperor devised this scheme.

In his previous life, Murong Rou was violated by Ling Tianfan. Unable to bear the rumors and humiliation, she soon committed suicide at home.

Ling Tianfan, due to his sins, was taken to the imperial city, locked up in the sky prison.

His father, Ling Jian Hou, is currently battling the mighty army of Qingcang Kingdom in the northern frontier.

Because of him, his father had to rush from the northern frontier causing the collapse of the northern warfare.

In an attempt to save him, his father stormed the execution ground but was besieged by Murong Taishi and another eight Yuan Dan ninth-level grandmasters. He was severely injured and nearly lost his life.

The ultimate ending:

His father's cultivation was abolished, his duke title was revoked, his military power as a grand marshal was taken away, and he was reduced to a common citizen, forever imprisoned in the imperial city.

It could not be worse.

Thinking of this, Ling Tianfan's eyes shimmered with murder.

"What a brotherhood 'Golden Orchids' it is! He became the Emperor, all through my father’s assistance. When he ascended to the throne, it was fraught with internal and external crises. It was my father who organized the Blue Dragon Cavalry to help him quell the rebellion, expand the territory, and increase his land!"

"Now that I am reborn, I won't drag my father down this time!"

"Father, in fact, mother is not dead! You will understand it someday!"

"In my last life, despite becoming a god, I was still unable to save mother."

"In this life, the two of us, father and son, will together venture to the Burial God Mountain!"

Ling Tianfan silently swore.

Yet at this moment, Murong Rou in Ling Tianfan's arms was entirely under the control of the aphrodisiac to a certain extent.