Prologue
Huff! Huff! Huff…
A man catching his breath…
A boy about 15 years of age…
These two people, father and son, were currently running from something or perhaps someone. The boy couldn’t understand—just what was happening?
Just hours ago, the boy was living a rather simple and boring life: going to school, trying to make friends, trying to find a girlfriend. He was just living his life with each passing day.
Nothing abnormal, nothing weird… everything was just the plain and simple reality which he had grown accustomed to.
But, somehow, just a few minutes ago, the plain and simple reality…
Crumbled…
As of this moment, with a perplexed expression, the boy was intently looking at his father. He wanted to ask what was happening, but he just couldn’t find the right words to say.
He was thinking about the surreal events that happened just a few minutes ago…
While he was walking on his way home, dejected with his life as usual, his father suddenly appeared before him, and in the next moment, something that seemed impossible happened.
When the boy’s father appeared, he was suddenly lifted, and soon… they were soaring.
With each passing second, the both of them ascended higher and higher in the skies which almost made the his heart stop beating.
At that time, he just stared. He stared at the scenery below him; the numerous houses, enormous buildings, highway roads… he even saw the vast oceans not too far away from where they were flying.
As he foolishly stared at the world below him, more than a minute passed by, and in the next instance, a falling sensation made him close his eyes so hard that his whole face began to tighten.
Swoosh…
Within a few seconds, the falling sensation that the boy felt was gone, but it took him another minute or so before he could somehow calm himself down and pry his eyes open…
As the boy opened his eyes, he saw how he was still being carried by his father. Everything seemed to slowly turn back to normal. But then as the boy looked below, he realized that they were floating on top of a boundless ocean where only the still waters could be seen throughout any direction.
As the boy was beginning to get more and more confused and frightened by what was currently happening, his father then moved him to the front which lead to the current situation.
A situation where the boy was seemingly confused if everything was just a product of his dreams or imagination, and nothing of what just happened was real.
“Xian’er, my son, keep this…” As the boy was confused, his father suddenly presented him a silver ring and placed it on the middle finger of his right hand.
Suddenly, a bright light made the boy close his eyes, and in the next moment, he was shocked to see that the ring that his father placed on his middle finger suddenly disappeared.
Under great shock, he failed to notice that at the base of his middle finger, a tiny, black circular line perfectly meshing with his skin could be found.
He just shifted his glance at his father as more and more questions popped out inside his mind. He wanted his father to give him an explanation and tell him if he was just dreaming or something.
Everything was just complex, confusing, and shocking. The boy’s emotions were stirred and he just couldn’t calm himself down anymore.
The boy was about to open his mouth when his father suddenly held both of his hands and spoke, “Xian’er, I truly never expected that they would find us. I was truly unprepared… My son, I’m sorry.”
With each word of his father, the boy felt anxiousness spreading throughout his body. True, he was clueless about what was happening, however, from the terrified tone of his father, whatever was happening right now, was indeed something serious.
“Father, what’s happening? I…” the boy asked. He couldn’t keep his mouth shut anymore. Although he didn’t know if it was the right question to ask, he just said it anyway.
With a wry smile, his father patted his head and tightly hugged him. As his father hugged him, his father spoke, “Xian’er, I don’t know about the views that you have about this world. But, now that they have appeared, earth is not a suitable place for you anymore. You need to return to that place, you need to continue your life there… because that is your true home and it seems like that place is calling for you.”
“Eh?” With a much more perplexed expression, the boy could only gasp in silence. Right now, his brain just couldn’t process the words of his father. He just couldn’t understand anything about everything that happened, not to mention the things that his father was telling him.
“I know you have a lot of questions, but right now isn’t the time for it. Once you set foot in that world, the ring will reveal bits of everything that you need to know. For now, please promise that you will take care of yourself and you would do your utmost to live your life to the fullest. I don’t know when we’ll meet again, but Xian’er, my dreams, my will, and the hopes that my clan could be revived, I leave it all to you.”
Once his father finished speaking, cold sweat dripped on the boy’s forehead. In the next moment, his father suddenly pushed him.
A powerful pulling sensation engulfed the boy’s body, and before he lost his consciousness, his father’s voice resounded, “Lin Xian, remember that you are the son of the Heaven Severing Emperor, Lin Xin!”
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