novelzi Chapter One: Rebirth in the Forbidden Forest
Chapter One: Rebirth in the Forbidden Forest
Darkness. Endless and suffocating. Shen Tian floated in the void, his consciousness flickering like a dying candle.
He had never known warmth. Never known love. From the moment he was born in his previous life, he had been a tool, a weapon forged by a secret organization. They had trained him in combat, tactics, assassination—every skill necessary to be the perfect killing machine. He was not taught emotions, not taught human connections. He was given orders, and he obeyed. He killed when told. He fought when commanded. He was efficient. He was perfect.
And in the end, he was discarded.
Betrayed by those who made him, he had died without truly understanding what it meant to live.
But fate was not finished with him.
A sudden pull, an invisible force, yanked his soul forward. Light exploded in his vision, and an unfamiliar sensation filled him air, warmth, softness. He could feel his body, but it was... small?
Then he heard it. Roaring. Deafening and primal.
He opened his infant eyes for the first time in his new life. Above him loomed a colossal dragon, her golden scales shining like molten sunlight. Beside her stood a majestic phoenix, her crimson feathers crackling with divine flames.
Their eyes, ancient and wise, peered down at him.
“A human... in our domain?” the dragon rumbled, her voice shaking the very heavens.
The phoenix narrowed her fiery eyes. “No... not just any human. This one is special.”
In the heart of the Forbidden Forest, a place where even the strongest cultivators dared not tread, Long Tian had been reborn.
The two supreme rulers of the forest, the Dragon Queen and the Phoenix Empress, had found him abandoned at the heart of their sacred lands. A human child, fragile and weak yet, his very existence radiated a power even they could not comprehend.
“No human has ever set foot here and lived,” the dragon murmured. “Yet... I cannot bring myself to destroy him.”
The phoenix’s wings flared, surrounding the infant with gentle flames. “We shall raise him. He will be our child.”
Thus, Long Tian was raised not by humans, but by the two most powerful beings in existence.
Body Refinement – Strengthening the mortal flesh beyond human limits.
Qi Gathering – Absorbing the world’s energy to form an internal reservoir.
Foundation Establishment – Laying the groundwork for future power.
Core Formation – Condensing qi into a golden core, the essence of true cultivation.
Nascent Soul – Creating a secondary consciousness, an immortal soul.
Soul Transformation – Merging mind and energy into a new form.
Spirit King – Ascending beyond mortality, commanding the forces of the world.
Void Shattering – Breaking through the heavens themselves.
Dao Lord – Merging with the laws of existence.
Heavenly Sovereign – Claiming dominion over the cosmic balance.
Eternal Emperor – Transcending time and space.
Supreme Ascendant – Reaching the pinnacle of existence, beyond the gods themselves.
“These are but the first steps,” Long Xue said. “There is much more beyond even this.”
Long Tian’s eyes burned with curiosity. A path beyond his mothers? A strength that surpassed even them? His heart pounded.
He had never known greed. He had never known desire. But at that moment, something stirred in his soul.
He wanted to know more.