I'm stronger than someone?!

"Look, look, it's the useless fool!"

"I heard that he hit his bottleneck at the mere Demi deitiy rank."

"Really?!, My ten year old son is already at the peak of the supreme deitiy rank!"

"Only the supreme deitiy?, My son is already at the Mythical deitiy rank!"

Such comments followed the pale, skinny, black haired Zheng Li wherever he went.

Zheng Li was the only cultivator in the ascended realms who never fully ascended the human level. He had hit his bottleneck at the pseudo deitiy level.

Zheng Li could not get a good job, a good house, or live a good life solely because of his low cultivation. Thus, he had to serve the Imperials, a sect full of the first humans to cultivate past the mortal rank, as a servant.

But he could not even keep that job, as he had been caught spying on the daughter of the transcendent Lord of honesty while she was taking a bath.

Come on, which man would miss the chance to get an eyeful of the most beautiful lady in the entire ascended realm?

Not Zheng Li, that was for sure.

That very day, the Lord of honesty had veins popping out of his neck.

"What do you think you're doing, Demi deitiy rank piece of trash?!

Zheng Li paled in fear.

"N-Nothing, Imperial Lord."

The Transcendent level, Divine rank Lord frowned in anger.

"You dare lie to me?!

For that, I shall curse you, Zheng Li. The rest of your days, never shall you ever tell a lie again!"

To cut the long story short, Zheng Li had been fired, then banished from ever steeping foot on the Imperial grounds again.

Not like he minded anyways, what he had seen was worth more than his job ten times over.

Smiling to himself, Zheng Li thought:

"Fu fu fu, I'm the only man alive to have seen all of Imperial lady Bai Xuan's

embarrassing parts!"

That was probably the most worthwhile thing he would ever achieve in his life.

Anyways, that was three hours ago. Now, he had bigger problems to face, problems such as the likes of Han Li and his goons.

Han was literally the bane of Zheng Li's life. Well he would have been if you were to remove his bottleneck, reputation as a pervert, weak powers, and terrible status, but all in all, Han was a close second.

He was a twisted sadist who derived joy from bullying Zheng Li every single chance he got.

No one did anything about it, as Zheng Li was considered as trash. Oh, and did anyone mention that Han Li's great grandfather's second cousin's uncle's father in law's friend's friend was among the chief advisors to one of the Imperial Lords?

It was pretty neat for a massive arsehole like Han.

Anyways, the blonde Han smiled sadistically as he walked up to Zheng Li and spat on his head full of black hair.

Then cracking his knuckles, he looked at Zhang with hatred gleaming in his deep blue eyes.

"Hello, crap level demi deiety rank piece of trash.

Are you ready for your daily dose of vitamin B? The B stands for beating by the way."

On a normal day, Zheng Li would have simply ignored the comment and even prostrate in respect, before Han and his goons would beat the hell out of him.

But today, he had been cursed by the Imperial Lord of honesty.

Scowling, he turned to face the bullying sadist.

"Brush your teeth, Han Li.

Your spit smells worse than bull crap, and your mouth smells like rotten fish guts."

Then his eyes widened in fear.

"I did not just say that... Did I?"

He had just insulted someone who could ruin his already ruined life, even if he had simply said the truth.

But it still felt good though.

Han had his eye twitch.

A person ten cultivation ranks weaker than him had just insulted him.

Him!, Someone whose great grandfather's second cousin's uncle's father in law's friend's friend was among the chief advisors to one of the Imperial Lords?

He would not take it lying down... Or was it standing up?

Anyways, in fury, he twisted his torso with as much strength as he could muster and threw a mighty punch that, unsuprisingly, hit Zheng Li squarely on the face.

"Die!"

The powerful blow was not enough to knock him out, but was more than enough to get him flying high in the air.

Not wasting any time, Han leaped up into the skies and opened his mouth.

"Five mystical snakes technique!"

Five bursts of energy were instantly formed out of nothingness, as they all took the shape of a long snake and began to attack Zheng Li.

In moments, Zheng Li had been battered and covered in bruises as he had been totally ravaged by the mystical snakes.

But not quite dead though.

Looking down towards the groaning figure, Han Li frowned.

"In fact, we are going to throw the bastard down. No body is going to miss him anyways."

***

In a wide desert covered in hot weather, high dunes and scorching sand, a band of bandits were on horses were desperately chasing after a beautiful woman with long auburn hair and hazel brown eyes.

She rode on a mighty steed and wielded great weapons, however she was still shrieking;

"Uwaah! Help me!!

These bad men want to take me!!"

Xin Lung could fight, yes.

But the sheer ratio of ten men to one woman was way too much.

However, as the men had surrounded her, a lightening bolt fell from the sky. This lightening bolt turned out to be a black haired man.

"Damnation!, The bastards really threw me down!!!"

He then crashed with a mighty thud in front of the auburn Xin Lung.

One of the men frowned on seeing Zheng Li.

"Do you think that your stupid bodyguard here can save you?, Because he cannot!"

He then slashed at Zheng Li's head with his sword.

Zheng Li paled in fear.

This was it. This was when he would finally die and go into the reincarnation cycle. But considering the life he had lived, it wasn't that bad.

Maybe he would even get to be transmigrated as some talented Young Master somewhere.

However, as the jian hit his neck with a clang, instead of his head flying off in a pool of crimson red blood, the sword broke in two and the halves flew into the distance.

Zheng Li was stupefied.

In the ascended realm, even a penknife could take a couple of his fingers off.

But here, a sword did not hurt him.

Opening his mouth to speak, Zheng Li asked:

"A... Are you all... at the second level of the... MORTAL RANK?!"

If so, then he was a full twenty levels above them.

He was finally stronger than someone!!