Remember Ye Xiao? Back in his previous life, he was basically at the top of his game within cultivation circles. Yet, things were far from peaceful; it felt like three huge, rotten parts of some internal system were burning down everything they touched around what was called the Qing-Yun Realm back then – painting the place with suffering and lies.
You know, the usual stuff you'd expect in a world ruled by such powers: hoarding every single bit of cultivation resources so tightly that everyone outside their own little bubble couldn't possibly grow or challenge them. It seemed like an unbreakable ceiling for most people, just waiting to crush any hope they might have.
But Ye Xiao refused it all. He went head-to-head with these factions – alone against the whole damn system – waging war you’d never want to be in. Imagine cutting through forces that felt solid as steel, maybe even easier than he thought, until his own path was brutally ended by them.
Fate, huh? Well, apparently it has a dark sense of humor sometimes. This time around, Ye Xiao didn't get the old ending. He woke up… you guessed it – reborn! But not just any rebirth, this one threw him back into his body at sixteen years old.
Crucially, this new iteration came with everything he’d learned and fought for before, but now armed with the past life’s knowledge and power. And honestly? That feels different. He knows what happened last time, so maybe there won't be that desperate gamble pushing against impossible odds again. This time, it's about dismantling their control from within, strategically picking apart their influence until the whole rotten structure falls.
Because this time he has a plan built on knowing his enemy far better than they know themselves. The goal is clear: shatter their dominance piece by piece and leave the world behind breathing easier for once.