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    Default 莽荒纪 - The Desolate Era, by I Eat Tomatoes (WITH SPOILERS)

    Hi everybody! I'm a silent leecher who has been quietly reading a lot of stories here for ages now. I really fell in love with Tomatoes works, so I went ahead and spent the past few months reading them all in Chinese, which was really slow but totally worth it. I saw that his current novel, The Desolate Era, isn't being translated yet, so I went ahead and started today! I finished Chapter 1 and am already on work on Chapter 2. I can’t be as crazy like the Zhan Long guys at http://gravitytranslations.com/ or Ren Wo Xing at wuxiaworld.com, but I promise I’ll try my best to update 3-5 times a week, or maybe even once or twice a day if you guys like it enough. Anyhow, I really hope you guys like my translation! I'll post the first chapter here as well so everyone gets a sense of what it's like, and then I'll post the other chapters back at worldofwatermelons.com

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    Chapter 1 – The Netherworld


    “Walk faster!”


    “You’ve already died and become a ghost. Faster!”


    “You are a prince? You ruled over tens of millions of citizens and thirty thousand armored horsemen? In the Netherworld Kingdom, you human princes are nothing!”


    Smack!


    Smack!


    A tall, powerful-looking demonic soldier, his face mean and vicious, snarled angrily as he lashed out with his whip repeatedly. The whip flashed like lightning, striking on the bodies of the souls of the dead. He struck the ghost who had been arrogantly proclaiming that he was a prince several dozen times, only stopping when the ghost’s soul had almost dissipated.


    “I should’ve died. So that means…this is the Netherworld Kingdom?” Ji Ning appeared out of nowhere. He couldn’t help but stare with curiosity at the unfamiliar surroundings. When he heard the arrogant boastings of the prince, Ji Ning couldn’t help but feel suspicious; “Ten million citizens? Thirty thousand armored horsemen? In the modern Earth, where would one find thirty armored horsemen?”




    “Faster!” The massive, glowing minotaur demonic soldier stared at Ji Ning and brayed.


    Ji Ning followed the rest of the regiment.


    Countless men in white clothes formed into a line, like a long, sinuous dragon, as they slowly moved forwards. At the end of each line, more people in white would suddenly appear. Some of these white-dressed people would shake their heads and sigh. Some would weep. Some would brag and curse. Some would stare in astonishment.


    “My father is the Devil King of the Great Snowy Mountain. How dare you strike me! I’ll eat you! Grrr!”


    “Stop hitting me!”


    “Ah!”


    The ghosts who had just reached the Netherworld Kingdom didn’t know they were dead. Many of them were roaring in anger as they were beaten, but quickly, they were beaten to the point of understanding…that they were dead. No matter how glorious they had been in the past, in death, they now had nothing.


    ….


    Time passed quickly. Ji Ning walked for a very long time in that endless line of ghosts. He didn’t dare to say anything. If he spoke, he might be whipped by that minotaur. He had walked in a daze for a long time already. Fortunately, ghosts didn’t get hungry or thirsty.


    One day, after a long, long period of dazed walking.


    “Ji Ning!” A thunderous sound seemed to echo in the world. The countless ghosts all raised their heads to stare at the sky. Ji Ning stared at the sky as well. From the horizon, an enormous black cloud began to roll over, and atop that cloud was an enormous minotaur god who was glowing with black light.


    This enormous minotaur god was over a hundred thousand meters tall. He was like a massive mountain. The black cloud he was on quickly flew over from the horizon.


    “Ji Ning.” Atop the massive black cloud, the minotaur god stared downwards, his eyes shooting out twin lofty golden rays of light, covering the entire area below and illuminating the body of Ji Ning, who stood there like an idiot.


    The glowing light from the eyes of the minotaur god wrapped around Ji NIng’s body, and Ji Ning disappeared from within the ranks of the ghosts. Those ordinary minotaur soldiers were all silent, none daring to make a sound. All of the ghosts were in a state of shock. Only a long time later did they recover.


    …..


    Within the boundless black clouds, the titanic minotaur god stood.


    He stretched out his stand, and on top of his palm was a tiny little dot. Ji Ning.


    Ji Ning was totally shocked.


    God.


    An enormous minotaur god was standing in front of him, and he was standing on its palm?


    “Ji Ning.” The minotaur god peered down at the tiny little speck in his hands.


    “I have come at the orders of the Lord of Cui Palace to come receive you.” The minotaur god spoke to the tiny speck in his hands, and then with a wave of his hands, Ji Ning was placed into an empty void area. The minotaur god then rose his black cloud and quickly disappeared into the horizon.


    …..


    In the Fengdu City of the Ghost World.


    Within a quiet study, there was a bookshelf and a table next to it. A blue robed man in his middle years was flipping through a book.


    Ji Ning stood there in front of him.


    “Why does the Lord of Cui Palace wish to see me?” Ji Ning was wondering. He had no idea who this Lord of Cui Palace was and had never met him. He was just an ordinary person. How could he possibly know any Immortals? If he had a powerful background, then he wouldn’t have been tormented by his illness his entire life. So why had that Lord of Cui Palace sent the minotaur god to bring him here?


    “He summoned me, but then he doesn’t speak to me.” Ji Ning sneaked a glance around the room.


    The study was very simple. The only decoration was a single painting.


    “That’s…” Ji Ning looked at it carefully. This was the painting of a girl. Her feathered clothes were filled with natural grace, and the smile on her lips was even more enigmatic than those on the Buddhas in the temples on Earth. In the blink of an eye, Ji Ning became enamored with studying that painting. The woman in this painting, in terms of appearance or hair or clothing, was extremely alluring.


    “Oh?” The blue robed man raised his head and glanced at him, glancing at the painting in surprise. “I didn’t expect that he would have such powers of perception.”


    “Wake up!” The blue robed man shouted quietly.


    The world of vacant pondering which Ji Ning had been in just now was totally shattered, and he was totally woken up. Only now did he remember that he was in the Lord of Cui Palace’s place.


    The Lord of Cui Palace had closed his book and was looking at him. Ji Ning’s expression instantly changed. This was because from his current position, he could see the words within the hands of the Lord of Cui Palace: “Book of Life and Death.”


    The Lord of Cui Palace was reading the Book of Life and Death?


    “I’ve just been reading about your life.” The Lord of Cui Palace smiled towards Ji Ning.


    Ji Ning was startled.


    His life?


    His previous life appeared in his mind like a dream. His father was a leading researcher in a bioscience program. His salary was extremely high. His mother was an ordinary teacher. His life should’ve been great since he had been born into such a family, but unfortunately, he suffered from constant diseases. The doctors all said that it would be a miracle if he would live to fifteen or sixteen.


    Therefore, he couldn’t go to school, nor could he play around with his peers. Every day, just by walking for half an hour, he would feel exhausted. His weak body, constantly tormented by illness, caused his childhood to be very lonely. He had heard long ago in the hospital that others were discussing how he should die in his teens. This sort of terrifying feeling of knowing your death was coming soon had tormented his childhood, causing him to be even more of a loner.


    Fortunately!


    Fortunately, he had his books and the internet.


    The books and the internet gave him a ‘mental world’ which allowed him to avoid the fate of having a twisted personality. Through books and the internet, he ravenously acquired knowledge about the world, and his heart slowly grew calm, making him more rational in the way he viewed the world.


    He knew that in the world, there were children who were even worse off than him. After all, he still had his parents and he had enough to eat.


    He was searching for his value in life. He couldn’t just stay here and wait to die, right? While he was alive, he had to do something. And thus, he had asked for a hundred thousand Chinese dollars from his parents and began to do business online. He originally had wanted to make his life more interesting, but unexpectedly, he really had incredible achievements.


    After many years, he had earned an enormous fortune.


    But despite that, his illness constantly reminded him that he wouldn’t be able to live for much longer. As his parents didn’t need him to support them, he felt that leaving the money there would be a waste. Thus, before dying, he handed out all of his money, giving it to the poor and sick children throughout the country.


    “I can’t change my own destiny, but I can change the destiny of those countless poor, sick children!”


    This was the deepest desire in Ji Ning’s heart!


    After handing out all of his money, he hadn’t expected that one day, while he was taking a walk in the streets outside the hospital with his parents, he had simply died.


    “Your life was bitter since you were born.” The Lord of Cui Palace said softly. “But bitterness didn’t twist you. Instead, it spurred you on to astonishing accomplishments. You not only made a huge sum of money, but more importantly…you gave it all away!”


    “Eighteen years of age. Dead.” The Lord of Cui Palace sighed. “For one to be willing to sacrifice one’s self to rescue a stranger is quite rare.”


    Ji Ning said, “Palace Lord, you praise me too much. If I had lived a long life, I might not have been willing to do this. According to the doctors, at most I would’ve lived another three months. For me to trade those three months of life to allow a little girl to gain dozens of years in her life was worth it!”


    The Lord of Cui Palace laughed, and then casually flipped open the Book of Life and Death. His gentle voice carried an infinite majesty. “Ji Ning, in your life, you saved over ten thousand people. Your merits are great. For your reincarnation, you shall be reborn into…the Deva Realm!”


    “The Deva Realm.” Ji Ning murmured quietly.


    The Lord of Cui Palace sighed, “Only those who accumulate great karmic merit can enter the Heaven Realm. On Earth, it is very hard for one to reach this level. Knowingly or unknowingly, by giving up your vast fortune and helping all of those children, you accumulated enormous karmic merit. Otherwise, you probably wouldn’t be able to enter the Heaven Realm.”


    “Palace Lord, what do you mean?” Ji Ning was confused.


    “People are born pure and without malice.” The Lord of Cui Palace said. “Children are totally pure, but later on, the vagaries of life cause them to change…if you were to have helped adults, you might’ve helped some kind people, but it is hard to say who is kind and who is evil. If you had helped evil people, it would’ve reduced your karmic merit.”


    Ji Ning now realized what he meant.


    “The Book of Life and Death had preordained that you would only live to be sixteen. However, because of your accumulated merits, you were allowed to live until age eighteen.” The Lord of Cui Palace sighed.


    “What?” Ji Ning was shocked. “Are you saying that the fates contained within the Book of Life and Death can be changed?”


    “Of course they can be changed. Why can’t they be changed?” The Lord of Cui Palace laughed. “For me, adding a hundred years to a person’s life is nothing. Even if Heaven wanted you to die, it would still give you a chance, much less the Book of Life and Death. A person’s destiny is preordained, true, but it can be changed later on.”


    Ji Ning now understood.


    It was true.


    The ancients said, “If Heaven commits a sinful act, one can go against it; but if you do a sinful act, then you will not be allowed to live.” If Heaven wanted you to die, it would still give you a chance at life. The Book of Life and Death was nothing more than pre-ordained destiny, which one could try and change afterwards.


    “I believe there are many people who accumulated great merit. Palace Lord, why did you summon me alone?” Ji NIng asked, puzzled.


    The Lord of Cui Palace laughed. “Because…you and I are from the same hometown.”


    “From the same hometown?” Ji Ning was stunned. “Are you also from…”


    “Right. According to the words you ‘modern’ people use, I’m also from Earth!” The Lord of Cui Palace laughed. “But that was back in the era of the Sui and Tang dynasties.”


    The Sui and Tang dynasties?


    Ji Ning was extremely excited. “I heard those ghosts say that they were ‘princes’ or ‘devil kings’. None of them are from Earth.”


    “It is normal from them to not be from Earth. In the infinite universe of space-time, there are three realms; the Heaven, the Netherworld, and the Mortal Realms.” The Lord of Cui Palace explained. “Heaven refers to the Heaven Realm! The Netherworld refers to the underworld, the Netherworld Kingdom! Mortal, refers to the Mortal Realm. In the Mortal Realm, there are over three thousand major worlds and trillions of lesser worlds…the three thousand major worlds are all extremely vast, and have Immortals and Devils hidden within them. As for the trillions of lesser worlds, all of them are much smaller and have much lower populations. Our hometown, the Earth, is one of those lesser worlds. Up until now, there are still only a couple billion people.”


    “Every moment, in those three thousand major worlds and trillions of lesser worlds, there are countless deaths, and the spirits all come here to the Netherworld Kingdom! Tell me, how many ghosts does the Netherworld Kingdom have?” The Lord of Cui Palace looked at Ji Ning.


    Ji Ning was shocked.


    My God!


    Three Realms?


    The Mortal Realm was enormous. The Earth was just one of a trillion lesser worlds. As a human of Earth, in the past, he always thought the Earth was the center of the universe! But now, he realized…that the Earth was just one of a trillion lesser worlds, and couldn’t even be considered one of the three thousand major worlds. In an instant, he had a sense of loss and disorientation.


    “Three thousand major worlds, a trillion lesser worlds. Of course there’s many people who have high merit. But it is rare that there is someone from my hometown who has accumulated such high merit, and what’s more, your pre-ordained fate was a short life. For you to be able to reach such a level despite that is very rare! I just happened to have some free time, so I wanted to meet you, my fellow Earth man.” The Lord of Cui Palace. “You are going to reincarnate soon. Let me tell you about the Six Realms of Reincarnation.”


    “The Six Realms of Reincarnation refers to the Deva Realm, the Asura Realm, the Human Realm, the Animal Realm, the Preta Ghost Realm, and the Hell Realm.”


    The Lord of Cui Palace explained, “Those who are born into the Deva Realm and the Asura Realm are all considered to be in the ‘Heaven Realm’.”


    “The Human Realm and the Animal Realm are part of the Mortal Realm.”


    “The Preta Ghost Realm and the Hell Realm are in the Netherworld Kingdom Realm.”


    “The Heaven Realm is the place where you are about to be reborn in.” These words immediately caused Ji Ning to grow alert. The Lord of Cui Palace sighed, “This is the best place to be. When you are reborn into the Heaven Realm, nature itself will give birth to you as a Deva! Only someone who is born naturally by the heavens can be described as a ‘immaculate lifeform’.”


    “Born by nature? Not by a mother?” Ji Ning was absolutely shocked.


    “Of course.” The Lord of Cui Palace laughed. “Otherwise, how could you be considered an ‘immaculate lifeform’? Strictly speaking, the heavens and the earth will be your parents!”


    “After being born into the Deva Realm, you will train at an astonishing pace. You will easily be able to enter the Celestial Court and become a soldier or a general of Heaven.” The Lord of Cui Palace sighed emotionally.


    Ji Ning rubbed his eyes.


    A soldier or general of Heaven?


    He was going to become a soldier or general of Heaven?


    “Devas have another advantage; once you turn sixteen, you will regain all your memories of your previous lives.” The Lord of Cui Palace sighed. “The only reason I met you this time was because you had high merit and are a fellow countryman. I didn’t expect that when you came here…you would’ve been spellbound by the painting of Nuwa, the creator of humans. Your insight and perception is indeed very high. For the sake of helping you to become a standout soldier of Heaven, I’ll give you some help.”


    Ji Ning was absolutely delighted. Help him? Help him out?


    “Stare at the painting of Nuwa.” The Lord of Cui Palace pointed at the painting on the wall.


    Ji Ning looked at it.


    So that woman in the painting was the goddess Nuwa?


    “The person on this painting is the most holy and most compassionate primordial goddess, Miss Nuwa.” The face of the Lord of Cui Palace turned solemn. “Ever since Pangu died after creating the universe, only she, Miss Nuwa, has reached Pangu’s level. Miss Nuwa is capable of destroying the universe, but also capable of healing it. She can even create new life. Of the countless races, the human race is the most spiritual one, and it was created by Miss Nuwa. She has understood 84,000 truths, and without question, she is the most invincible, powerful presence in all three Realms.”


    “The highest in all three Realms?” Ji Ning was stunned.


    Nuwa created humans, and Nuwa repaired the world. He had long ago heard of these myths.


    “This painting is used for the Visualization Technique, but there’s no way you can see the secrets hidden within it.” The Lord of Cui Palace laughed. “Although you are about to become a Deva and a heavenly warrior and will also be trained in this, let me first teach you a bit of the Visualization Technique and fulfill the karmic bonds that brought us together.”


    “Thank you, Lord of Cui Palace.” Ji Ning bowed so low, he almost reached the ground.


    “No need to thank me. It is nothing more than a Visualization Technique. It isn’t some sort of secret training method, or a magical technique of the Immortals or the Devils.” The Lord of Cui Palace pointed a single at Ji Ning’s forehead.


    Hong!


    Ji Ning felt his brain suddenly explode, and an enormous figure of Nuwa appeared in his mind.


    “Wake up.” The Lord of Cui Palace looked at Ji Ning. “Remember. Often visualizing her will definitely allow you to train your soul. But of course, you are about to be reborn and you’ll need to drink Grandma Meng’s Elixir. You will temporarily lose your memory. When you turn sixteen, you will remember this Visualization Technique. But that’s enough. It will definitely be enough to let you become an outstanding figure in the army of Heaven! With this Visualization Technique, you will have a chance to train to become an Immortal. If you wish to become a Celestial Immortal, you will suffer many trials…I hope that you will succeed, and in the future, we will meet again in the Celestial Court.”


    Ji Ning’s heart was filled with excitement.


    The army of Heaven?


    Becoming an Immortal?


    He really looked forward to it all.


    “Go.” The Lord of Cui Palace waved his hand.


    Hua.


    Ji Ning disappeared.

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    i would like to how you translate. Are a machine translator or can you actually read Chinese?

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    Ty for TL IEWatermelons.......

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    Awesome! Thanks IEW!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Linfeng View Post
    i would like to how you translate. Are a machine translator or can you actually read Chinese?
    F*ck no. I am a native Chinese speaker. I read Chinese.Glad you guys like it! I'm working on the second chapter right now.

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    Yay! Thank you very much for the chapter! Hope to see you continue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by IEWatermelons View Post
    F*ck no. I am a native Chinese speaker. I read Chinese.Glad you guys like it! I'm working on the second chapter right now.
    Woot Woot! <3 you IEW!

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    Hi there, my name's James :\
    Read more of my translations at PegasusFarts.

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    XD. @ IEW, in case you didn't realize, James was planning on translating this. Could the two of you collaborate on this, pretty pretty please ???

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    Thanks IEWatermelons. Seems like aother good read. Keep it up.
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    I think it's interesting to see how he will grow btw thx IEWatermelons

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Shi View Post
    Hi there, my name's James :\
    woah, i thought u were working on Slaughter God! i didn't realize u were working on this as well, dude! pm me if you want to work on it together or something and we can see if we can figure something out. i just finished the second chapter.

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    Chapter 2 - Reincarnation

    “By order of the Lord of Cui Palace, I have come to escort you to the Road to the Yellow Springs, brother.”

    In mid-air, a woman dressed in purple was flying while holding Ji Ning by his hand.

    Ji Ning stared around him.

    Just a moment ago, he had been in the palace of the Lord of Cui Palace. How did he suddenly appear in mid-air?

    “Dare I ask, who exactly is the Lord of Cui Palace?” Ji Ning was puzzled. “I heard that before reincarnating, I should meet with the Judges of the Dead, who would investigate my past and present lives, then send me to be reincarnated?”

    “Didn’t you already see a Judge?” The violet clothed woman laughed. “As the Custodian of the Book of Life and Death, naturally the Lord of Cui Palace is the First Judge of the Dead! Since he personally came to judge you, of course the other common judges don’t need to come judge you.”

    In the Netherworld Kingdom, the highest authority was that of the Yamas of the Ten Halls, the ten Kings of Hell. Immediately beneath them was the First Judge of the Dead, the Lord of Cui Palace, ‘Cui Jue’.

    His great fame had long since spread throughout the three Realms.

    The Mortal Realm was vast beyond compare. It had three thousand major worlds and trillions of lesser worlds. Every single living creature, before they were born, would have their good deeds and evil deeds assessed by the Judges. What an enormous task this was! Thus, the entire Netherworld Kingdom had trillions of Judges who were responsible for judging the dead souls of the trillions of worlds. But Cui Jue was the leader of all of the Judges, and was titled the First Judge. He was the true Custodian of the Book of Life and Death. His power was so great that he was virtually on the same level as the Ten Kings of Hell.

    “Look. The Road to the Yellow Springs.” The woman pointed to a vast road ahead of them, which had countless ghosts slowly trudging along in a line. “If you follow the road, you will quickly arrive at the Bridge of Despair. After you pass the Bridge of Despair and drink Grandma Meng’s Elixer of Forgetfulness, you can go be reborn.”

    “Go.”

    The woman waved her hand.

    Ji Ning’s body was suddenly surrounded by golden light, which sent him flying straight down into the front of the line, allowing him to ‘cut in line’.

    The minotaur soldiers next to the line, upon seeing the violet clothed woman high up in the air, didn’t dare to say a word. They even arranged for one of the minotaur soldiers to escort Ji Ning and were extremely courteous to him.

    ……..

    The Yellow Springs Road was full of mist. Countless souls were making their way through it, and Ji Ning was one of them.

    “What’s that?” Ji Ning stared in front.

    In front of him, the mist was very thick. Any souls that entered there disappeared and never came back.

    “Go on. In front is the Bridge of Despair.” The nearby minotaur soldier said amiably.

    Ji Ning nodded. Not hesitating, he stepped forward, entering that dense fog.

    He suddenly felt as though spacetime had changed.

    “Where is this?” Ji Ning stared at his surroundings in confusion. In front of him was a small, winding road. Ghostly forms could be hazily made out. In front of him, only a few dozen ghosts could be seen. In front of this little road was a river with rapid, turbid water.

    “That should be the legendary Bridge of Despair.” Ji Ning headed forward.

    “How strange.”

    “Clearly, countless people entered here. But how come after I stepped in, so few people can be seen?” Ji Ning was quite baffled.

    How could he know that here at the Bridge of Despair, time flowed differently than in the outside world.

    As the saying goes, ‘For each day that passes in Heaven, a year passes in the mortal world.’

    Time passed here at the Bridge of Despair at an even more extravagantly fast pace. A single day in the Netherworld Kingdom would equal countless years here in the Bridge of Despair.

    “Ah! Ah!”

    “I’m sorry!”

    As Ji Ning walked onto the Bridge of Despair, he saw that the other side of the bridge had a pool of blood. The pool of blood had all sorts of poisonous bugs, poisonous snakes, and vicious dogs that wildly bit at people. Most of the ghosts simply walked past the pool of blood, but some fell straight into it. Clearly, these people were burdened by great sins, and found it impossible to avoid the terrifying pool of blood.

    “If you knew what would happen today, would you have acted so previously?” Ji Ning shook his head, then stared at the other side. “So beautiful.”

    Next to the River of Forgetfulness was countless beautiful flowers.

    Not too far from the bridge was a precious gem which flashed the light, creating many different images. This was the legendary ‘Gem of Three Lives’, referring to the ‘previous life’, the ‘current life’, and the ‘next life’.

    Not too far away from the Gem of Three Lives was a stone dais. This was the ‘Dais of Viewing Home’. After the souls passed the dais, they arrived at Grandma Meng.

    Grandma Meng was a seemingly very ordinary old grandmother. She held a bowl of water in her hands, handing it over to each soul to allow them to drink from it. After drinking it, the souls would become sluggish and seem to be in a trance, as they automatically began to walk towards one of the six tunnels of rebirth behind Grandma Meng.

    “Deva. Asura. Mortal. Animal. Preta Ghost. Hell.” Ji Ning stared at the infathomably deep tunnels behind Grandma Meng.

    “I won’t drink, I won’t drink, I don’t want to forget, I don’t want to forget…”

    Many ghosts struggled.

    But no matter how much they struggled, they were forced by an invisible, inexorable force to move forwards. When they arrived next to Grandma Meng, they were forced by the invisible force to drink Grandma Meng’s Elixir. No matter how they screamed or howled, they still drank it…and after drinking it, no matter how strong their emotions were or how deep their memories were, they forgot it all. By then, they were no longer themselves.

    “I’m entering the Deva Realm. Although I’ll recover my memories at age sixteen, but by then, will my memories of the sixteen years of life in the Deva Realm will take precedence, or would the memories of my previous life take precedence? By then, would I still be me?” Ji Ning felt a hint of grief.

    He understood.

    In this life, he only lived eighteen years. In the Deva Realm, during those sixteen years, he would be far more powerful than in this life. Most likely, his current memories would be secondary.

    “But what can I do?” Ji Ning was already bound, and he moved forward under that force’s control.

    The ghosts ahead of him all drank from Grandma Meng’s Elixir. In six more ghosts, it would be his turn.

    “Grandma Meng’s Elixir.” Ji Ning stared at Grandma Meng.

    Grandma Meng suddenly raised her head.

    This was the first time Ji Ning had seen Grandma Meng raise her head. Grandma Meng stared far away into the skies, and then her ancient voice said in fury, “Impudent!”

    Hong!

    The skies seemed to shatter and the earth seemed to break. The surrounding skies suddenly began to fracture, and the surrounding mist began to break down and dissipate, exposing the countless ghosts in line in the outside world. The fractures in space transformed a large number of ghosts into dust. Like bubbles that were popping, countless souls began to disappear, all of them screaming in misery.

    “Hong!” “Hong!” “Hong!” “Hong!” “Hong!” In mid-air, countless black dragons could be seen flying about, each one of them seeing as enormous as a massive, sinuous mountain chain. Ji Ning seemed to be able to see even those heart-freezing dragon scales. The countless dragons were wandering about, having fun in the skies, and then each of the black dragons vomited forth multiple streams of black lightning. Instantly, trillions of bolts of black lightning slashed down, every single one of them causing the heavens and the earth to break apart.

    “The Life and Death Formation of the Calamity Dragons? How is it that you dare to attack the Six Paths of Reincarnation? This is a grave sin!” Grandma Meng shouted with unbridled fury. Transforming into a beam of light, she flew towards the tens of millions of black dragons in the sky. Instantly, those countless black dragons surrounded Grandma Meng.

    Honglonglong…

    The world was fracturing, and the muddied waters of the River of Forgetfulness began to form waves. Any ghosts that touched those waters were instantly dissipated. The Bridge of Despair shattered, and the ghosts atop the Bridge of Despair fell directly into the River of Forgetfulness. As for the Six Paths of Reincarnation, those immeasurably deep tunnels were beginning to shake as well, and light was gleaming from within their depths.

    “Uh oh.” Ji Ning stared in terror at the calamity he was witnessing. At the same time, he could sense that invisible binding force dissipate.

    “I’ll risk it!” When the binding force dissipated, Ji Ning was both surprised and pleased. Half hopping, half-flying, he jumped directly towards the ‘Mortal Realm’ tunnel. The Six Paths of Reincarnation each were located in different places. Because most people entered the Mortal Realm, the Mortal Realm’s tunnel was directly behind Grandma Meng and was the closest one to Ji Ning. Naturally, Ji Ning chose to jump down into that tunnel.

    The surrounding ghosts were all jumping down into the various reincarnation tunnels.

    One ghost dared to try and rush towards the most distant, Deva Realm tunnel.

    Hong…

    A bolt of black lightning struck down. That ghost, who hadn’t managed to dodge in time, instantly dissipated, along with several other nearby ghosts.

    ……..

    What exactly had happened in the Netherworld Kingdom? Those countless black dragons that had been circling about in the air, those trillions of black lightning bolts that had wildly struck downwards…that terrifying scene had shocked Ji Ning. But he understood that as an ordinary ghost, there was no point in worrying too much about it. In addition, right now, he didn’t have any time to worry about it, because his head hurt!

    Ji Ning sensed that his head was in tremendous pain, as though something was frantically grabbing onto and tearing at it.

    His neck hurt, and his body was suffering tremendous pressure.

    Hua!

    Suddenly, he felt at ease, and then, he felt a bone-piercing cold. At the same time, a breath of fresh air entered his mouth. This was the first ‘breath’ which Ji Ning had taken since dying.

    “Wow!” After taking a deep breath, Ji Ning immediatel let out a cry.

    The cry of an infant.

    “A son! It’s a son!” Although his hearing was a bit distorted, he could still understand what was just said.

    “Oh. I’ve been reborn.” Ji Ning instantly understood.

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    Thanks for chapters!!!!!!!

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    Thanks for chapter.

    Need more.

    Must leech harder....

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    Wow, thanks for translating this. I'm in love with IET at the moment.

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    Thanks. Super interesting.

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    a war in hell destroying the balance, reincarnation in the wrong realm, and a great heavenly technique in his memories.
    bring on the conquering of earth!

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    This is truly awesome , a great start ^^.
    The Desolate Era eh , i wonder what kind of world he has been reincarnated into.
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