Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

\"It's all because of you.\" War God Zhen gazed at the dead body of Xu Liang in contempt. He was about to kick the lifeless body of Xu Liang, but his expressions changed as he found Xu Liang's body disintegrating into nothingness right before his eyes.

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There was a place that was shrouded in eternal darkness. Nothing but darkness could be seen as far as the eyes could see.

No signs of life were present in the place, in fact, it looked like no one could even survive at a place like that. There were no plants nor any beasts.

Suddenly, The still air started getting restless and the Origin Energy in the atmosphere became unstable.

This place was the Ancient Ruin where Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu found Xu Liang years ago. The place was still just as scary as before.

Out of nowhere, a small speck of light appeared in the darkness which started taking a humanoid form. 

The whole process lasted half an hour. The speck of light had transformed into a human.

The human looked like a young kid. He looked not much older than a 5-year-old boy. The boy had pitch-black hair and deep blue eyes, but those eyes looked blank at the moment. There was no focus on those eyes.

The golden life tree that had disintegrated into the thin air inside this empty dark world many years ago, came into existence once again. It appeared near the boy.

The 5-year-old boy was sitting in the darkness as he looked around with a confused expression on his face.

He tried remembering, but he couldn't remember anything in the slightest. He couldn't remember his name or who he was. He couldn't even remember what he was doing here. It was like he had no memory as all.

The strangest thing about that boy was his soul. The soul of the boy looked like it was trapped by many chains. If one were too could, he would see around 94 chains that were holding his soul like a trapped prisoner.

The chains looked like they were made of the universal laws that contained a terrifying power. The boy had no idea about the chains. In fact, he had no idea even about himself, let alone the chains.

He didn't know why, but there was a sense of grief in his heart. Tears appeared in his eyes, but he didn't know why. He felt like he had lost something really important.

He didn't know how, but he only remembered a few sentences. He didn't know who said it, or when it was said, but that was all he had.

This was everything he remembered. Other than this, he knew nothing. He felt like there was something more important that he had to do. Something much more important, but he couldn't remember.

The ancient ruins, that even the Heavenly Emperor barely entered years ago, had again turned into a prison for a young boy.

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In another peaceful place, a portal opened out of nowhere and a person fell out of the portal.

The person looked like a young kid who had a beautiful ring in his hand but no one could see that ring as it was invisible. 

The boy was lying on the ground unconscious. It seemed like the Spatial Travel took quite a heavy toll on the weak body of the kid because of which he had lost consciousness. 

There was a small coffin-shaped necklace lying on the ground near the young boy.

The boy was lying on the grass while the sun was shining high in the sky.

The plane looked like an empty grass field. Only lush grass could be seen as far as the eyes could see.

About an hour passed when the first signs of life sprayed in that place.

A flying beast was passing through that place, but it seemed to have noticed the young boy lying on the ground.

The flying beast looked like an eagle but it was much bigger. The flying eagle looked like it could easily carry two people on its back.

The eagle came down to the ground and stopped near the young boy.

A person got off the eagle and walked towards the young boy.

It was a woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She had shiny silver hair that was long enough to reach her waist. Her fair skin, hazel eyes, and round face made her look beautiful, but her serious expressions made her look like a completely opposite person.

The girl stopped on her tracks as she noticed a coffin-shaped necklace. She picked up the necklace and started observing it carefully.

\"What is this thing? It looks like an ordinary pendant, but there seems to be something odd about it? \" She muttered as she stared at the necklace.

She placed the necklace around her neck and continued walking towards the boy.

\"Such a young boy... What is he doing in a deserted place like this?\" She observed the unconscious boy.

\" Is this a trap set up by those righteous sects? They think they can fool me?\" She let out as she glared at the boy.

She looked all around, but couldn't see even a glimpse of another person.

\"You must be a spy sent here in hopes of infiltrating the evil sects. They know that us devil cultivators pass through this path quite often, but since they can't defeat us, they sent a weak boy here. Did you really think that he would gain our sympathy and be taken to our Sect?\" She let out as a cruel smile appeared on her face.

She raised her sword high in the sky and swung it down towards the boy.