1 After the Fall
"Ugh" A groan came from a young man lying on a bed, who looked around 18 years old.
He gently propped himself up against the bed and gently massaged his face.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked around the unfamiliar room. The room was a very small room.
It had the simple bed he was currently sitting on, a wardrobe that was falling apart, and a small table with a wooden chair by a small window with broken glass.
Despite being in an unfamiliar place, the young man didn't look panicked at all, no, in fact, he looked overjoyed.
"HAHAHAHAHA! It worked! I've managed to be reborn!" The youth roared with laughter.
"I wasn't sure if my plan would work after all the groundwork was laid even before my imprisonment."
"Hmm, I guess I should figure out my current situation before I take a trip down memory lane," The youth kept mumbling under his breath before lifting his middle and index fingers towards his temple.
The fingers started to glow bright white before connecting with the temple of his head and sending a pulse throughout his body.
"Luckily I've prepared for this, lets's see what this body has been through"
18 years of memories instantly started to flow through the youth's body.
He was the only child of the first elder of the Feather clan. It was a mid-sized clan within the First Heaven, that was filled with powerful cultivators and protected by powerful arrays and formations.
It had a good geographical placement making it a natural fortress, thanks to this the clan managed to stand for hundreds of thousands of years.
The original body's father was the first son of the clan leader.
His position as future clan leader was almost cemented in stone until he got injured on a mission.
This however didn't matter much as he had immense wealth and knowledge. He could raise and nurture his son into a powerful cultivator.
Eventually, they would take the clan leader position of their generation.
Unfortunately, fate was funny and the original body was born with no cultivation talent at all. He tried countless things but nothing worked as it's impossible to create something out of nothing.
This created resentment and resentment turned to anger. His father started to become cold and would ignore the original body's owner.
His life was still fairly enjoyable thanks to his mother but tragedy struck. The Feather clan found such a waste to be a terrible stain on the clan's image.
They decided the child should be executed and any proof of his birth should be buried.
But the original body's mother didn't want anything to happen to her beloved child. She pleaded on his behalf but nothing worked.
This was until an Elder who had allied with one of his uncles spoke. He suggested that the clan can allow the original body's owner to live on a single condition.
She would have to take responsibility for his sin and be executed in his place. Without a choice, she agreed.
The clan promised that while he wouldn't live in luxury, her son would at least be provided enough to live until he can take care of himself.
To clan Feather, only one thing was more important than strength and that was the honour of the clan. No one in the clan was allowed to do anything that would besmirch the clan's honour.
His father was away at the time and when he came home he broke down killing a handful of unfortunate servants who were nearby.
With his son being a useless leech, he at least had hope that his beautiful wife would bring him another child into this world.
A child that would not disappoint him and instead make him proud and bring home fame and glory.
But how could he have ever expected that this leech would end up killing his beloved?
Worst of all he wasn't even allowed to take out his anger on his wife's killer.
The clan promised his wife that the leech will live and be protected till he turns 18.
Instead, he turned a blind eye to the bullying that came from other kids in the clan.
While no one picked on him out in the open, due to his mother's sacrifice the body's original owner never gave up trying to awaken his talent.
He would often spar with others, he would get beaten down like a dog and ridiculed but he would come back after recovering and try again.
"Heh, I have to say, you've made me proud boy" It took only a split second for the memories to be awakened and comprehended.
"Wait..." Suddenly a shocked expression showed on the youth's face as the body's final memory was transferred.
He looked downwards to notice that his trousers were around his ankles, then the youth looked towards his hand that he now noticed was covered in some dried residue.
"...that mother..." The youth barely restrained himself as he realized what happened.
Just before the original owner of the body turned 18 and died, he had decided to have an enjoyable time with himself and from the looks of it, he did indeed have a happy ending.
The youth knew he couldn't scream out loud but internally he was furious and wanted to bring the original owner's soul back just to kill him.
This was until he realized that he had touched his face, now just killing him wouldn't be enough, oh no... that maggot would suffer.
Unfortunately, the youth knew the truth. The real reason the original owner couldn't cultivate was a simple affair but out of the knowledge of the first heaven.
It also was the reason why it would be impossible to bring him back no matter what.
It was the fact that the body's original owner had no soul. It is impossible to embark on the path of cultivation without a soul, while it is possible to alter or even destroy your soul and still cultivate, this has to happen after you embark on the cultivation journey.
Of course, few people chose to do this as it has no real advantages and having a soul allows you to potentially resurrect and be reborn.
The body's original owner had no such luxury, he was always meant to be born as a shell, a vessel for the soul that currently took hold within the body.
With the youth's soul entering the body, it awakened the potential it was always meant to have.
All he had to do now was start gathering Qi, his talent would then reveal itself and his cultivation journey would begin.
"After the fall, it's time to rise again!"
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Hey, this is the first official chapter of "Lucifer: Demonic Ascension"
I wanted to quickly thank everyone for reading this chapter, please add this to your collection if you've enjoyed it!
