Chapter 1

The Peach Blossom Mountain was the site of the founding of one of the greatest straight-flow sects in the martial world but a great battle 50 years ago turned a mountain that was once filled with peach blossom trees into a land of death.

During the last decades, this place was neglected and even changed its name to Devil Skull Mountain because so many bodies were buried in this place.

After being uninhabited for a long time, today the Mountain is the scene of another great battle. Seen below the blue horizon, a middle-aged man was being surrounded by dozens of other people.

"Senior Xiao, hand over the Heavenly Dragon God's Book and we'll let you live."

"Senior Holy Sword, don't be stubborn, you can't possibly win against all of us in this place."

“Xiao Chen! You think the Heavenly Dragon God's Book can do whatever you want? If you don't obey then I will take revenge for the sects that you destroyed! "

One by one people were trying to persuade the middle aged man in front of them, everyone realized that even though there were many of them there were at least tens of people who would lose their lives if a battle really broke out. That's why no one becomes the first offender knowing they will definitely lose their lives if they do.

The middle aged man only smiled faintly listening to all these words, his name was Xiao Chen who was also known as the Holy Swordsman. Even though at first glance he looks like he is in his 50s and only part of his hair has turned white but in fact Xiao Chen is already 92 years old.

"If I had ten ... no, five more years then I would have no trouble escaping them all." Xiao Chen thought as he checked his surroundings.

Everyone present in this place were high-ranking swordsmen of both righteous and heretical traditions, not a few who were sect heads. They all gathered because they wanted to seize the Book of Heavenly Dragon Gods, which is the most powerful martial arts knowledge in the world of martial arts.

Xiao Chen let out a long sigh as he recalled that all this started 70 years ago, the world of martial arts was in an uproar because of the reappearance of the Four Matchless Knowledge Books and the Seven World-Ruling Heritage All of that was the start of what was called the Era of Chaos.

So many humans died in the Chaos Era and at the same time talents in the world of martial arts were also emerging, people who were called heroes or great villains but Xiao Chen was not one of them.

Xiao Chen closed his eyes, he understood that today it is impossible to get out of this place alive. Even though everyone could see Xiao Chen closing their eyes, none of them tried to attack him.

One after another, memories flashed through Xiao Chen's mind, he was actually an ordinary child who came from a simple family. One day when he was 5 years old, his village was attacked by robbers, he was arrested and intended to be sold as a slave but he managed to escape to the forest where he met someone who changed his life. Xiao Chen met someone who became his teacher and brought him into the world of martial arts.

Xiao Chen has a good talent in sword arts, but unfortunately due to his childhood trauma, he is reluctant to study martial arts and chooses to spend his time studying like a bachelor. His teacher never forced him and let Xiao Chen behave the way he wanted.

When Xiao Chen was 17 years old, the Master died from an illness he had suffered for a long time. That's when Xiao Chen realized that he should learn martial arts, but it was too late. Five years later the Chaos Era took place and the sect Xiao Chen took shelter in became one that perished in the early years of that Era.

"Come to think of it, everything feels really strange ..." Xiao Chen thought as he shook his head.

Xiao Chen became one of the few people who managed to survive the destruction of his sect, with the intention of taking revenge on Xiao Chen spending all his time studying martial arts. In the end Xiao Chen never got something that was actually easy for most people like love, someone's face appeared when he remembered that.

"Come to think of it, I've never even held a girl's hand ..." Xiao Chen suddenly felt like shedding tears but he couldn't do it in front of all these swordsmen.

When he was 72 years old, Xiao Chen felt that he had spent his life in vain, even though he had high achievements in swordsmanship after practicing 50 years but in fact he could not take revenge.

Never did Xiao Chen expect himself to be lucky enough to find the Heavenly Dragon God's Book, when practicing according to that book not only did his inner power increase rapidly but his body also became younger.

Indeed, in the martial world Xiao Chen had seen several great heroes who had high internal strength able to look young, he did not expect himself to be able to experience the same experience.

Xiao Chen locked himself up for more than ten years before reappearing in the martial world for revenge. His swordsmanship and great inner strength made him famous in a short time and earned him the nickname Holy Swordsman, one of the most famous warriors in the world of martial arts.

Many wondered because Xiao Chen appeared suddenly and was unknown before but possessed such great abilities. Therefore, many investigated and finally found that Xiao Chen had the Heavenly Dragon God's Book.

All of that led Xiao Chen to the situation he was now in. Xiao Chen opened his eyes and looked at all the swordsmen before him coldly.

"Today heaven and earth will witness blood spilling on this mountain again ..." Xiao Chen then took out a book from his clothes, all the swordsmen reacted immediately because they believed the book was the Book of Heavenly Dragon God, "Is this what you want? Take it!"

Xiao Chen threw the book into the sky, before the swordsmen had time to react, Xiao Chen drew his sword and released a sword energy directed at the book.

"Not!"

"Are you crazy ?!"

The Book of Heavenly Dragon Gods is indeed the greatest inner power knowledge but still the books that store that knowledge are made of plain paper. The sword energy that was in the form of blue light immediately pierced the book, making it shattered into pieces.

All of the swordsmen drew their weapons and became furious at that action while Xiao Chen only laughed loudly in response to them.

“You guys want the Book of the Heavenly Dragon God? I won't let it in your dream even! ” After saying that, Xiao Chen attacked with his sword.

Thanks to his great inner strength, Xiao Chen possessed a high body lightness skill, making his movements so agile and agile. Within a few breaths, he had arrived among the swordsmen and had managed to release several slashes.

Everything happened so fast, two high ranking swordsmen had been killed by Xiao Chen's sword. Even though the two people had held Xiao Chen's sword, it's just that the stab of the sword destroyed their swords so easily.

Xiao Chen's sword was not an heirloom sword, but the profound force exerted on it was so great that it had tremendous destructive power and could easily cut through steel like cutting paper.

The warriors no longer stood still, they attacked at about the same time. A fierce battle ensued between Xiao Chen and dozens of formidable fighters. In the face of so many enemies, Xiao Chen was not in the least bit afraid to even be able to fight with a big smile no matter his body began to be covered in wounds.

The fight didn't last long, about fifteen minutes passed before the warriors moved back away from Xiao Chen and looked at him while feeling frightened.

Xiao Chen's condition was so bad, he lost his left arm, his whole body was covered in wounds but he could still stand up after losing so much blood. His breathing was heavy, but he looked like he could still kill a few more people to die with him.

"My teacher once told me to be careful of the old people in the martial world, because in this world most people die young ... Today my eyes are really open." Said someone while amazed.

Xiao Chen and the remaining warriors looked at the source of the voice and found a young man who looked to be in his 20s. They all immediately recognized him as the most talented young swordsman of this generation who belonged to one of the biggest sects today.

The young man looked at his surroundings which were now filled with the bodies of high-level warriors, he was sure that even with his abilities it was difficult to do what Xiao Chen did.

"Don't get me wrong, I came here because I heard the Lord of the Ice Island came here, isn't it a rare opportunity to witness the Lord of the Ice Island?" asked the young man, smiling broadly.

The expressions on the faces of the warriors including Xiao Chen immediately changed, almost as the young man finished speaking, the air around them all felt colder.

Xiao Chen looked in one direction and saw a girl rapidly approaching from a distance, at a glance the girl seemed to be floating in the air but Xiao Chen knew it was a technique that could be performed by someone with such high power. As far as Xiao Chen knew, people who were capable of doing it in all the martial world could be counted on the fingers of one hand.

When the girl finally landed in front of everyone, they could clearly see the girl's face. Everyone chuckled in awe but no one dared to stare at him for too long apart from the youth who was the most talented young swordsman.

“The beauty of the Lord of the Island of Ice is true to legend. Today my eyes are really open. " The young man laughed out loud and full of pride.

The girl who possessed a heavenly beauty put on a cold face and said nothing, other than suddenly raising her hand.

One breath in the next, the talented youth's body was flung several meters before falling to the ground. His body froze and his breath stopped at once. Seeing that all the remaining swordsmen didn't dare to take a breath, some even immediately left the place.

Xiao Chen chuckled, that young man was perhaps the most talented of his generation capable of even learning the high-level martial arts of his sect. The problem is that this girl who looks to be in her teens is actually the same age as Xiao Chen.

Bing Ruyue, the Lord of the Ice Island and the only martial genius from the Chaos Era who still lives to this day. Not only did he master one of the Matchless Four Books but Ruyue also possessed one of the Seven World-Ruling Treasures.

"Within three breaths, those who are still here will remain here forever ..." Bing Ruyue said softly, but everyone could hear him.

No need three breaths, not finished Ruyue said more than half of the remaining swordsmen immediately left the Mountain. Xiao Chen chuckled again when only himself and Bing Ruyue remained.

"Madam ..."

"I am not married." Bing Ruyue cut Xiao Chen.

"Ehem ... Miss ..." Xiao Chen choked on his own saliva when Ruyue cut him off for what he thought was trivial, "Miss Bing, I don't know the reason for your presence here but if what you want is the Book of Heavenly Dragon God, you're too late."

Bing Ruyue shook her head softly, “I only want to help people who are from the same generation as me. I heard we are from the same era, but it looks like I'm too late ... "

Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows, not expecting Bing Ruyue to intend to come to help him but Ruyue was right, he was too late. If it weren't for his inner strength, Xiao Chen would have died long ago and even his vision began to blur.

“Miss Bing… Thank you for your good intentions. If there is a next life, I will retaliate… ”Xiao Chen couldn't finish his words before vomiting blood, his inner strength couldn't hold the wound any longer.

All Xiao Chen could do was smile as wide as he could at Bing Ruyue, before breathing her last. Bing Ruyue's eyes widened slightly when she realized Xiao Chen had died standing up using his sword as a support.

Bing Ruyue recalled her Grandfather's words that she had almost forgotten, "Only a true warrior dies standing upright, no matter how many wounds he has." Bing Ruyue didn't really care about that sentence considering that her grandfather had died on the bed.

"I never thought I would see a true warrior here ..." Bing Ruyue smiled faintly, she didn't remember when she last smiled. Bing Ruyue took off the necklace she was wearing and then wrapped it around Xiao Chen's neck.

"This necklace is the heirloom of Ice Island, it is said that this heirloom has the power to change destiny ..." Bing Ruyue never found the secret of this necklace, in the end he felt that this could be a form of regret that he could not save Xiao Chen.

Bing Ruyue then used her inner strength to create ice around Xiao Chen's body, confining his body in an ice chest. Bing Ruyue lowered her head once before leaving the Mountain, without realizing that when she turned around something happened to the necklace she gave to Xiao Chen.

Something that changed Xiao Chen's destiny in the most inconceivable way.

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