Volume One: The Rebirth of the God of War
"Lu Ziyan, I treated you as my beloved, yet you killed me!"
Nie Tian let out a furious roar, his heart aching as if pierced by a thousand knives. He sat up abruptly, drenched in cold sweat all over his body.
Countless images flashed through his mind.
Nie Tian used to be the number one God of War in the Celestial Realm, and he had conquered most of the territory in the Chen Hun Divine Region single-handedly.
His illustrious reputation had awed the entire divine region!
To reward his peerless military achievements, the Chen Hun Great Emperor betrothed his beloved daughter, Princess Ziyan, to him.
Lu Ziyan, the most beautiful woman in the Chen Hun Divine Region, was of peerless elegance and charm, capable of captivating a nation.
Paired with Nie Tian, the number one God of War in the Celestial Realm, they were a match made in heaven.
But Nie Tian never expected that Lu Ziyan would strike at him on their wedding night.
The mighty number one God of War of the Celestial Realm ended up dead at the hands of his fiancée, and on their wedding night no less. What a colossal joke!
"Why did she kill me? Could the rumors be true? Was it a plot all along for the Chen Hun Great Emperor to betroth Lu Ziyan to me just to have me killed?" Nie Tian's eyes were sharp as ice, and his heart was in turmoil like raging waves.
Having achievements so great that they overshadowed the lord had always been a taboo for courtiers.
Nie Tian's prestige in the Chen Hun Divine Region far surpassed that of the Chen Hun Great Emperor. It was understandable that the latter would want him dead.
"Well done, Chen Hun Great Emperor! Well done, Lu Ziyan! You two are so cruel-hearted! I, Nie Tian, conquered vast lands for the Chen Hun Divine Region and regarded Lu Ziyan as the love of my life. Never did I expect to die at your hands in the end." Nie Tian's eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body trembled.
After a long while, Nie Tian gradually calmed down. A glimmer of sharpness flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly burst into wild laughter. "So be it! Since heaven has granted me a chance to be reborn, I will never be another's subject again."
"In this lifetime, I will create my own world!"
"In this lifetime, I will become the Eternal Heavenly Emperor!"
"In this lifetime, I will dominate the Celestial Divine Region!"
These bold words were deafening. Nie Tian was as sharp as a drawn sword!
Reborn with full confidence, but when Nie Tian saw his current body, he let out a bitter laugh and mocked himself, "This body of mine is really rather weak."
After dying at Lu Ziyan's hands, Nie Tian woke up a hundred years later.
His soul had been reborn into the body of a young man who had already died of illness. Coincidentally, this young man was also named Nie Tian.
At this moment, Nie Tian was the clan leader of the Nie Clan, one of the three major clans in Mo Yang City.
However, as a clan leader, he was even less respected than an ordinary servant in the clan.
Even when he died in his room, no one knew about it.
The reason was that he was a cripple with his Yuan Meridians completely destroyed.
Three years ago, Nie Tian was the number one genius in Mo Yang City. At just thirteen years old, he had reached the ninth level of Yuan Meridian cultivation, an absolute prodigy.
But one day three years ago, Nie Tian, along with his father and several clansmen, entered the** Mountains for training and was ambushed by a group of men in black. As a result, his father and clansmen were all killed. Nie Tian alone managed to escape by a narrow margin, but his Yuan Meridians were completely ruined, turning him into a cripple.
After his father's death, he took over as the clan leader. But in everyone's eyes, he was nothing.
With his Yuan Meridians destroyed, Nie Tian began to give up on himself, indulging in self-destruction, drowning his sorrows in alcohol every day and lingering in places of pleasure.
Just yesterday, he was severely beaten into a coma by Ba Ziyang, the eldest young master of the Ba Clan, one of the three major clans in Mo Yang City.
After being carried back to the Nie Mansion, he died this morning. This gave the God of War Nie Tian the opportunity to possess this body.
"Yuan Meridians completely destroyed?" Nie Tian calmed down a bit and began to examine his new body.
"Poison!" Looking inward at his Yuan Meridians, Nie Tian was astonished to find that besides being severely damaged, his Yuan Meridians were also stained black.
"I was poisoned!" A face appeared in Nie Tian's mind – Nie Santong, the chief steward of the Nie Clan.
During Nie Tian's injury, only Nie Santong had visited him and given him a "Recovery Pill" to heal his wounds.
"Well done, Nie Santong! You must have coveted the position of clan leader and murdered me." Nie Tian immediately understood, and a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.
"Hmm?" Continuing to examine his body inwardly, Nie Tian's face changed abruptly, and he exclaimed in horror, "The Star Origin Stone! It has been reborn with me!"
"Clan leader, something terrible has happened!" At that moment, a figure burst through the door, shouting in panic.
"Niu, what's going on?" Nie Tian looked at the newcomer and asked calmly.
Niu, Nie Tian's servant, was also the only person in the entire Nie Clan who still regarded him as the clan leader.
"Clan leader, the people from the Ba Clan are here to force a marriage!" Niu said anxiously, gasping for breath.
"The Ba Clan!" Nie Tian frowned slightly, remembering that he had been beaten by Ba Ziyang, the eldest young master of the Ba Clan, and his face immediately darkened.
The Ba Clan, like the Nie Clan, was one of the three major clans in Mo Yang City.
However, since Nie Tian's father died three years ago, the Nie Clan's reputation had been declining day by day. By now, it was on the verge of collapse.
That's why Ba Ziyang, the eldest young master of the Ba Clan, dared to beat Nie Tian, the clan leader of the Nie Clan, into a severe coma.
"Niu, don't worry. What exactly is this forced marriage about?" Nie Tian wasn't panicked at all. Instead, he smiled playfully.
Niu was taken aback and looked at Nie Tian strangely.
Is this still the clan leader? Why is he so calm?
Niu vaguely felt that Nie Tian had changed, that he was different from before, but he couldn't put his finger on exactly what was different.
"Come on, tell me." Seeing Niu in a daze, Nie Tian urged him.
"Yes!" Niu snapped out of it and quickly said, "The steward of the Ba Clan has brought the eldest and third young masters of the Ba Clan to our mansion to propose marriage, and they're proposing to our most talented Ninth Miss."
"Ninth Sister!" A delicate and lovely face appeared in Nie Tian's mind.
The Nie Clan was a large clan with a large population. Among peers, they were simply ranked by age.
Ninth Sister was the ninth youngest girl of the Nie Clan's younger generation.
"Ninth Sister seems to be called Nie Yurou." Nie Tian remembered that the last time he saw Ninth Sister was three years ago when Nie Yurou was still a six-year-old girl.
Now that he thought about it, she should be nine years old.
"Nine years old?" Nie Tian exclaimed.
Who would propose to a nine-year-old girl?
"To whom in the Ba Clan are they proposing?" Nie Tian's face darkened, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
Proposing to a nine-year-old child was simply insane on the part of the Ba Clan.
First, they beat Nie Tian, and now they're coming to force a marriage. The people of the Ba Clan are really getting too cocky.
"Ba Zixing, the third young master of the Ba Clan." Niu replied.
"Ba Zixing!" Nie Tian's face darkened even more, and he said in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly, Ba Zixing is an i***t, right?"
"Yes." Niu looked at Nie Tian and swallowed hard, nodding vigorously.
Nie Tian was right. Ba Zixing was indeed an i***t, and it was Nie Tian who had beaten him stupid.
Three years ago, Nie Tian was at the height of his fame. At the Mo Yang City Martial Arts Tournament, Ba Zixing, not convinced, challenged him and ended up being beaten into an i***t.
Because of this incident, the Nie Clan and the Ba Clan almost had a bloody fight.
Now, the Ba Clan was proposing on behalf of Ba Zixing to Nie Yurou. Obviously, they were taking advantage of the Nie Clan's weakness to avenge their previous humiliation.
Nie Yurou was a new-generation genius of the Nie Clan. At just nine years old, she had already reached the fourth level of Yuan Meridian cultivation, her talent almost on par with that of Nie Tian back then.
If Nie Yurou married Ba Zixing, the Nie Clan would definitely become the laughingstock of Mo Yang City, and they would also lose a young genius.
"No! This must not happen!" Nie Tian's face was full of murderous intent as he growled, "Lead the way. I'm going to the council hall!"
"They've s**t on my head and are now asking me for toilet paper. The Ba Clan, today I'll make them swallow their own s**t!" Nie Tian roared domineeringly in his heart.