1 The Twelve Tyrants

Eastern Tang Dynasty, Qinbei County, Dragon Ridge.

In the land of great misfortune, the White Cloud Abyss.

A lone stone pillar suddenly rose within the dense forest in the mountain valley.

A group of people stepped into the mountain valley, found the stone pillar, and knocked on it.

The surface of the stone pillar peeled off and revealed the white jade inside.

Everyone was delighted to see that. They moved the stone pillar, sealed it in a special box, and took it away.

After a while, the White Cloud Abyss suddenly shook, alarming those within fifty kilometers.

The jade sealed within the box shook as well.

It wiggled as if it had life and gradually changed into a human.

It was a young man.

The 'white jade figure' suddenly opened his eyes.

His surroundings were cold, and everything in front of him was black.

Zhang Dongyun was full of bewilderment.

At first glance, he nearly thought that he had been nailed in a coffin.

However, he soon realized that the air circulation here was pretty good and did not affect his breathing.

The confined space swayed. He seemed to be locked in a trunk or something.

I should have been overworked during my overtime shift, and then everything in front of me suddenly turned black…

This doesn't seem like an ambulance.

Have I been kidnapped?

While Zhang Dongyun was baffled, tides of memories surged into his mind all of a sudden.

This was a fantasy world, a world where mighty figures could fly and were eminent.

In the past, the head of the Twelve Tyrants, 'Evil Emperor' Ming Tonghui, had become sworn siblings with eleven others and had run amuck with them.

They had fought against the Thunder Sound Temple and killed all the Buddhist monks.

They had kicked down the Pure Yang Temple and wiped out all the Daoist immortals.

They had demolished the Overflowing Sagacity Mansion and killed the Confucian scholars.

They had crushed the Jade Emperor Hall and beheaded the Martial Dao emperor.

They had flattened the demonic abyss and tore apart the mighty figures of the Demon Dao.

They had overthrown Demon Emperor Mountain and hunted the great unrivaled demons.

Warlords would withdraw wherever the Twelve Tyrants passed.

… Have I transmigrated? I've become this Evil Emperor?

Zhang Dongyun's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness in the trunk.

But why am I here?

He tried to digest the memories of the body's original owner and gradually figured it out.

On one day thirty years ago, the Twelve Tyrants, led by the Evil Emperor, were exploring immortal ruins that they had discovered by chance.

The immortal ruins had been far more dangerous than they had expected.

All the powerful enemies eventually joined forces and plotted an attack against them together.

To make matters worse, someone among the sworn siblings was a traitor.

As internal and external difficulties beset them, the immortal ruins shattered. The Twelve Tyrants scattered and disappeared, while the Evil Emperor suffered severe injuries.

He had been in the core fragment of the immortal ruins and fell to the earth with it. Then it turned into the White Cloud Abyss in Dragon Ridge.

In order to make a comeback, Evil Emperor Ming Tonghui tried to refine the core.

His ultimate success or failure was decided on this day.

Unfortunately, he, who suffered injuries, had failed in the end.

The refinement backlash had almost killed him.

Fortunately, he had made other preparations and kept a spirit jade fetus as his reincarnation body…

However, the backlash of refining the immortal ruins' core had made him too weak.

And it just so happened that a transmigrator from the Blue Planet had also arrived and occupied the spirit jade fetus first.

That's me… Zhang Dongyun's face twitched.

He had occupied the spirit jade fetus first, and the remnant soul of the Evil Emperor had been half a step slower, so the backlash of the immortal ruins' core had obliterated him.

As the transmigrator who occupied the spirit jade fetus and transformed it into his own body, he had also obtained the Evil Emperor's remnant memories.

Zhang Dongyun felt guilty as he sorted this out.

Had he been half a step late, the Evil Emperor's remnant soul would have devoured him.

Zhang Dongyun lowered his head to have a look.

His jade-transformed body felt no different from a normal physical mortal body.

It even had a sense of lightness.

The surface that attached to the jade turned into a soft robe alongside the warm jade luster.

Zhang Dongyun was relieved.

He was not naked after all.

The only problem now was that this spirit jade fetus had yet to mature entirely and had been dragged away by a group of people who had happened to delve into the White Cloud Abyss.

Zhang Dongyun was now a prisoner locked up in a trunk.

The spirit jade fetus, the reincarnation treasure the Evil Emperor had prepared, could allow him to have rapid growth in cultivating the Martial Dao.

However, he had to start from square one.

This newly-born body was like a blank slate and no different from an ordinary person in terms of strength.

Zhang Dongyun's heart felt cold.

The standard of his transmigration was pretty bad.

How will the people outside react when they find out that I'm not a jade treasure but a human?

He tried to make noises by banging his arms and knees against the trunk.

The moving trunk instantly stopped.

Zhang Dongyun listened attentively but could only hear silence.

All of a sudden, the trunk shook as though it landed on the ground.

Before Zhang Dongyun could react, the lid of the trunk opened, and everything before him brightened.

After he rolled out of the trunk and sat up, he sensed killing intent before he could have a clear view of the scene outside.

He looked around to see a group of people surrounding him and staring at him in unison.

"Isn't it a jade numinous treasure? Why is it a human?"

Everyone whispered.

"We've been watching it all along the way, so it couldn't have been switched!" A tall man rushed over. "Where did you hide the jade numinous treasure? How many accomplices do you have?"

"Hold on, Senior Brother Cao." A young man emerged from the crowd. "Could it be… the legendary spirit jade fetus?"

This young man only had one eye, and he was thin and dignified.

The tall man frowned. "What's a spirit jade fetus?"

The one-eyed young man answered, "It's a precious treasure from the creation of the world. The mighty experts in legends use this to remodel their bodies or refine it into their avatars."

Everyone was in an uproar upon hearing that.

"Then he's a jade turned human?"

"He's an avatar of a mighty figure?"

Zhang Dongyun laughed bitterly in his heart when he heard that.

This body was indeed supposed to be the rebirth of a mighty expert, but a transmigrator had now replaced him.

If they were to fear him because of this, it would undoubtedly be beneficial for him.

Zhang Dongyun thanked the one-eyed young man and thought over his choice of words.

"You guys look like martial artists as well." He scanned everyone calmly. "Which sect are you from?"

The one-eyed young man replied respectfully, "We are all disciples of the Cold Mountain Sect at the southern side of Dragon Ridge."

Zhang Dongyun sounded indifferent. "Never heard of it."

He really had never heard of that sect before.

The original owner of his body did not have any memories of this sect, probably because it was too small.

His indifferent look puzzled the people of the Cold Mountain Sect even more.

The tall man surnamed Cao said with a sneer, "He doesn't even have any cultivation base. Which sect could he be from?"

Someone from the crowd whispered, "It's hard for martial arts experts to reincarnate or refine avatars. He might be some cultivator that doesn't practice martial arts…"

That tall man did not care. "If he's really a great cultivator, no matter what he cultivates, he couldn't have allowed us to move the spirit jade fetus away, right?"

The one-eyed young man pulled him back and apologized to Zhang Dongyun, "My senior brother is too impetuous and doesn't mean any harm. Please forgive him."

However, another thought spun in his mind.

Could this senior have reincarnated in order to recultivate and needs to start all over?

He slowly said, "It's our honor to meet you today, Senior. May I invite you to our sect so that we can entertain you?"

Upon hearing that, the tall man's eyes lit up. "That's right."

Zhang Dongyun felt helpless to meet such a person.

The more unyielding he was, the more others did not dare to act blindly without thinking.

If he did not agree to go with them, this tall man surnamed Cao would probably make a move.

Without any cultivation base at the moment, he had to avoid being at the losing end. He would find a solution later.

Zhang Dongyun came out of the trunk elegantly and unhurriedly. "I've been away from the mortal world for many years, but I'm finally here after coming out of seclusion today. It's quite refreshing."

Instead of looking at the tall man surnamed Cao, he looked at the one-eyed young man. "It's a kind of fate that we've met. Let's go."

"You first, Senior."

The one-eyed young man appeased the tall man before everyone moved again.

While Zhang Dongyun walked with them, he combed through the memories of his body's original owner to find a way to break free.

After walking a while, he noticed that everyone suddenly stopped.

When he followed their gazes, he saw a young man walk out of the forest in the distance.

"You've returned, Senior Brother."

The tall man surnamed Cao nodded. "Are the food and water okay?"

The young man replied, "Don't worry, Senior Brother. They're in the forest."

The tall man nodded and led everyone to the forest.

"People seemed to have walked through the forest over there," the one-eyed young man casually said.

The young man nodded. "Some people did pass by, but I hid in the forest, and they didn't notice me."

Zhang Dongyun suddenly asked, "How many people were there?"

The young man, who did not recognize Zhang Dongyun, was stunned.

The one-eyed young man was also startled. But he then asked, "That's right. How many were there?"

The young man answered, "Uh, two people. A man and a woman. They seemed like a couple…"

He did not finish his sentence.

This was because Zhang Dongyun shook his head.

He examined the young man in front of him.

"You're lying."