Hide and seek

12 years after the Kun Lun sect was renamed as the land of disaster, the rift leaving by the unknown shapeless monster began to spread throughout the continent. Chaos began to flood the 5th continent, with chaos, corruption and injustice also thrive in the four kingdoms.

Once every month, shapeless monsters appeared from the rift and returned back with at least two destroyed cities in their death, sprouting more rifts to appear and spread to other continents.

Comprehending the opportunity to expand the Kingdom of TianLong amidst the chaos, the king immediately declared the invasion on the other 3 Kingdom all at once and managed to conquer the kingdom of Zhong Lei in just two years, later the two kingdoms merged into the Empire of TianLong.

However during the TianLong siege, a strange tower began to appear from the rift and the shapeless was being held captivating in this tower. At first the empire of TianLong ceased a war against the remaining two kingdoms in order to explore the mysterious tower but the war continued as the Zhong Lei resistance began to rise up.

What was worse for the TianLong empire, none of the explorers which consist of high rank warriors and stage 5 cultivators returned back alive, followed by multiple shapeless beings to spawn from the tower, ransack many cities of the TianLong empire even more.

Due to the declining power of the TianLong empire, the empire proposed a peaceful treatment to cease all war in order to fight against the shapeless.

But it was already too late as even the heavens above were also destroyed by the shapeless when hundreds of towers appeared all at once in the heaven realms.

One by one, the constellation of the 5th continent grew dimmer prophecies about the end of the 5th continent.

The disaster didn't end there, hundreds of more Tower began to appear in the hell realm through the rift resulting in many floors of hell to be ransacked , filled with shapeless. Therefore the demons had to seek refuge in the lowest floor guide by the King of hell.

There was no remaining option left, in order to stop the destruction of the Eastern dimension, mortal, god and demon joined hand to send out their mighty immortal and cultivator to destroy the tower.

Failure after failure, they finally succeeded in only two years, they had destroyed 5 towers.

From then onward, every man and woman above the age of 18 to 48 must join the war against the shapeless or faced a punishment of heavy tax.

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Within a verdant forest encircling by flowing rivers and pouring waterfall near Zhong Lei's capital, there was a house made from bamboo and huts on a giant tree.

In the house, a tall boy with short brown hair and oceanic eyes was using a spell to summon a flame to heat underneath the pot made from clay. After that he took out a fish from another pot and used a knife to cut it into small pieces, later he threw away the left over bone onto a nearby leaf for disposal.

He opened the pot and mixed the fish meat with the porridge and closed it again, then he patiently waited for the porridge to be fully cooked.

Once he saw a steam release from the pot, he opened it and poured the porridge from the pot onto the plate.

He then walked toward a girl laying on a bed, she had pale skin and dried lips due to her low immune system and sickness.

"Sister, wake up." HuiFen patted her shoulder slightly.

She finally opened her eyes, revealed dim green eyes and looked at him exhausted. Her thin body was wrapped in a beautiful robe despite their poor condition, HuiFen had always been working hard to sustain his sister's health and well being.

12 years ago when they escaped from the annihilation of Kun Lun sect, they arrived at the capital of Zhong Lei, and as soon as they explored the capital, a news of Bulin's family as well as other family that had tied to Kun Lun sect had been terminated by the assassin from TianLong empire had been spread throughout the capital.

Therefore, his sister had to take care of him alone for 9 years, being a maid, running a farm and being a chief and so on, she always endured and work delicately to cared for him but now her body had fallen sick and she had no more strength to go on, which was why HuiFen took on the role of caretaker when he reached the age of 15 years old.

"Today the mining boss gave me 2 coins to buy rice and I managed to catch some fish, so I created this fish porridge for you." He said with excitement and firmly lifted her upper body.

The spoon inserting into the plate, filled the porridge on the spoon. Afterwards he blew it to reduce the heat, then he lifted the spoon to feed his sister.

She barely opened her mouth to taste the porridge, after she swallowed it, she smiled faintly at him.

"You work hard nowadays, I am afraid that you won't have time to study. Save some money to go to a cultivation school, don't worry about me." She said slowly, her voice barely above whispering.

"It is fine, I can always learn all of that alone and through reading books." He shook his head, his voice was calm.

For a moment, he kept feeding her until there was nothing left on the plate.

He realized it was time for him to train a new spiritual art, this was very essential for his cultivation to become an immortal like his father.

"It is time for me to train now, sister. Please be careful while I am gone." He stood and walked to pick up a sword hanging on the wall.

When he was about to open the door, he turned around to see Li hua waved her hand as a goodbye sign to him, he then smiled at her before exiting the house and closing the door.

As often, he didn't forget to cast charms for protection around the house. He used the tips of his finger to write a strange language in the air then the language radiated a blue light and disassembled into a magical shield encircling the house.

Despite his age, he had already surpassed a stage 3 cultivator due to his vast knowledge of spiritual art and countless books he had been reading since he was 5 years old. If only the Kun Lun Sect still existed, HuiFen would surely be a child prodigy of the century in the 5th continent.

It took a stage 3 cultivator 2 years to learn the protection barrier in such a large scale, yet Huifen only spent 1 month mastering this charm.

Descended from the house built on the tree branches, HuiFen landed neatly on the ground. He then looked at the sky with a flickering constellation signaling the instability in the heaven realm.

"I need to find more spiritual beasts, the world has become unstable. Going to school won't make any difference." He murmured.

The world plunged into chaos as the spiritual light began to get dimmer each day, the only ways to survive in case the constellation no longer shine anymore was to become a stage 5 cultivator. However he needs more than 100 spiritual beasts to consume and 5 more years of hard work to achieve that.

While he strolled along the jungle, he heard birds chirping and harmless animals such as deer with a horn roaming by. This was not the kind of animal he needs, but an aggressive predator that surpassed stage 2 cultivation.

Currently he was focusing on reviving one of the spiritual art of Kun let sect known as lightning swords, and only a spiritual beast with lightning elements could satisfy his need.

"In this land, it is difficult to find a beast with lightning element. Therefore in the future I must go on a journey to become stronger." He pondered himself.

Out of sudden, a roared of an unknown beast echoed throughout the jungle, even directing the shockwave from many kilometers to propel him backward.

This was the first time that he encountered such a strong spiritual energy, therefore he decided to observe it using a charm known as guidance.

The tips of his finger wrote a word (Guidance) into the air, it glowing in blue and dissembled into his eyes. Instantly, his oceanic eyes began to glow and his five senses had been enchanted.

The eyes of the animal he possessed acted as his own eyes, whereas the body of the animal under his influence, he could control via his mind. At that moment he found a bird flying through the verdant jungle, and chose this particular bird to be possessed.

From a bird's eyes view, he could see everything, since part of his spirit had been transmigrated into a nearby animal below stage 1 cultivation at ease, manipulate this bird was easy feat for him.

Utilized the bird to glide across many kilometers until he spotted a flaming rhino escaping from something.

His eyes enlarged, his heart beating rapidly with sweat began to appear on his palm.

Why is this beast that only inhabitants around the volcano found in this jungle? He thought to himself. Not to mention, this gigantic rhino has already surpassed stage 5 cultivation. It's probably been living for hundreds of years.

A hint suddenly arose in his mind, he shifted from the flaming rhino to a group of pursuers who had been chasing down this rhino for many kilometers.

Located 50 kilometers from this jungle, situated a volcano that peak the pristine cloud, that means this group of people had been chasing down the rhino for many hours.

He clutched his hand tightly with frustration "These people is breaking the law of the continent" He pondered.

The law of the continent prohibited people from chasing the inhabitants of each species from their homeland and yet these people ignored this law and even chased it after 50 kilometers.

Initially he wants to hunt down this flaming rhino on his own, but after witnessing another group was chasing after this rhino. It would be better off to leave them doing their own thing.

As he was pondered, unexpectedly, the rhino diverted its direction toward the road that leads to his house, attracted the attention of the pursuer toward its as well.

Behind Huifen was a road that leads to his house, he couldn't allow them to know his whereabouts. And Infront of him not many kilometers away was a rhino and group of unknown people heading this way.

With no option left, he grits his teeth with frustration and dashes upward, leaps from tree to tree to the direction of where the rhino headed.

He couldn't afford to expose his whereabouts that might have attracted more suspicion in the future than necessary that he was from the Kun Lun sect. With determination, he must kill the rhino with his own hand before it arrived at the location of his house.