Chapter 1: The Downfall of the Central Plains (1/2)

Wang Chong knew that this was his mission in this world!

“If a barbarian were to become a king, then it would be better that the Central Plains fell”. This was an analect of Confucius. Wang Chong had never thought that in this distant time-space continuum, ‘Central Plains’ would actually be ‘destroyed’!

Furthermore, he himself would be the final witness of the scene!

The skies burned and the earth tremored. Countless corpses laid everywhere, forming mountains and filling oceans. The fresh blood that flowed from them converged to form a crimson river. Wang Chong could even see dense death aura rising from the corpses of tens of million of citizens of the Central Plains lying all around him.

On the other hand, countless cavalries of a foreign race were slowly closing in.

No one knew where these foreign cavalries came from. Neither did anyone knew why they were determined to destroy this world. They only knew that ten years ago, these death aura-filled foreign cavalries appeared from nowhere and within the short span of a few years, they tore through all of the empires!

Along with the appearance of these foreign cavalries, the earth collapsed inwards and space shook! Destruction! Tens of million of living beings were reduced to withered bones!

At this moment, the group that Wang Chong was leading was the final fighting force of this world!

In this center of this vast lands, Wang Chong led the final remaining army of the Central Divine Continent. As though a duckweed floating in a pond, he waited patiently for the end to come.

After going through so many years of hardship, Wang Chong thought that his heart had already steeled. Yet, when the destined moment was about to set upon him, Wang Chong can’t help but shiver.

Sorrow, pain, and despair surged through him, but those weren’t self-pity. Those were for his brothers and the ultimate end that was awaiting this homeland of his, the Central Divine Continent!

“General, please pardon my early departure!”

“You’re not at fault that we came to this point! General, you have already done your best!”

“There is no need to feel sorrow for us! We are already prepared for this. At least, at the very end, we didn’t bring shame to the Great Tang Dynasty! To be able to accompany general in this life, I have not lived in vain!”

“General, let’s meet again in our next life!”

“Come, you foreign rascals! Let’s fight one last round! Hahaha…”

…

Familiar figures passed by him one by one, roaring heartily in laughter. They charged forward resolutely toward the boundless army of foreign race, as though moths attracted to a flame.

“There’s no need, my dear brothers. We will reunite soon enough!”

Looking at those familiar figures disappearing as though an epiphyllum in the midnight, tears finally gushed out of Wang Chong’s eyes, flowing steadily down his cheeks.

Epiphyllum is a flower that blooms only for an instant before disappearing.

Wang Chong wasn’t a soul from this world. In fact, if not for that accident, he should have been in another time-space continuum enjoying the sunlight and rain, completing his university education and living the rest of his life in peace.

Yet, thirty years ago, a mysterious shooting star suddenly appeared, bringing him into this world which was similar to the Great Tang of the Central Plains in China’s history. Yet, it was an entirely different world and in it, he became the fifteen-year-old son of a clan of generals.

Upon arriving, he experienced betrayal and fear. He felt completely out of place and that nothing here had anything to do with him.

But a catastrophe struck and those who loved him and those that he loved died one after another. At that moment, Wang Chong awoke to reality and his fighting spirit lit up!

It was a pity that it was already too late.

In this world, Wang Chong had experienced many different things. Ten years of aimless wandering caused him to miss the ideal window to cultivate in his lifetime. Eventually, due to the doing of certain coincidences and the army commanding that he had gained through playing strategic games in his previous life, he was able to earn the acknowledgement of various seniors of the empire.

They infused all of their Origin Energy into him, allowing him to become the final Grand Marshal of the empire, the person who carried the final hopes of the Central Plains on his shoulders.

Yet, it was already too late. He had missed out on too much, way too much. Even though he gave his all, he still ended in failure.

With sorrow gripping at his heart, Wang Chong slowly closed his eyes.

He did not fear death, just that it wasn’t time yet. He was still waiting. There was someone that if he did not kill, he would not be able to rest even upon death!

He was the culprit for this all! If it wasn’t for him, the empire wouldn’t have weakened to this point!

Wang Chong felt hatred!

Only fresh blood could wash away the endless hatred in his heart!

But the other party was too cunning. He never showed himself easily and Wang Chong could never find an opportunity to strike. Only this time, when he came to this barren valley to bait him out, Wang Chong knew that he would definitely be unable to suppress his urge to come.

He had already hidden for thirty years. This time, when victory was just at hand for him, he would definitely step out from the shadows!

“Wang Chong, give up. I have already spoken to the king and as long as you are willing to surrender, he can spare you from death!”

Suddenly, a voice echoed from afar.

Behind the endless sea of foreign cavalries, a fat tottering figure revealed the upper half of his body. Gleefulness reflected in his sight, but fear and apprehension could be seen in it as well.

He was in no way a cowardly person. However, it was a mystery why the fellow before him was that incredible. He did not hold much military might in his hands, yet he was able to defeat opponents that outnumbered them tenfolds.

He had only taken over control of the army of the Central Plains for a short few years, but the number of foreign warriors who had fallen under his army was equivalent to the that of dozens of years.

If not for his fear of this fellow, he wouldn’t have hidden for that long a time.

“Traitor!”

Wang Chong looked at that figure as hatred burned in his eyes. If not for someone allying with them and guiding them, how could the foreign cavalries cause so much damage and conquer massive plots of land within a short period of time?

This was all his doing!

“Hehe, Wang Chong, as expected of the Central Plain’s God of Warfare! To think that a scion of the Wang Clan who lived off his family while awaiting for death would become the world’s Grand Marshal! Reality is truly an enigma! If those old fogeys chose you thirty years earlier to become their successor, the Wang Clan might not have fallen back then and the Central Plains would still have a hope! However, all is already done!”

The figure gleefully says.

“Wang Chong, let me give you an advice. You are a talented person and the king has already said that as long as you pledge him your allegiance, he is willing to spare you! Furthermore, he is willing to convert you into one of them! How do you think about it?”

But Wang Chong didn’t seem to have heard a word he said.

“Kangya Luoshan!”

Wang Chong shouted out his name. His resentment was so powerful that it seemed to shoot out from his eyes. After so long, the opportunity had finally come. In the end, this despicable fellow couldn’t resist the urge to appear before him.

“You shall be buried with me and Great Tang!”

Amid the sound of the trembling of the earth, majestic radiance shot out from Wang Chong’s spear. In that instant, there seemed to be another brilliant sun in the sky, blinding the eyes of all beneath it.

“Retreat! Retreat!”…

…

The wind blew frenziedly and upon seeing Wang Chong, fear ignited in the hearts of the thousands of foreign cavalries. They immediately retreated backward as though an ocean wave.

“Protect Lord Oracle!”

Some of the foreign experts immediately reacted. They gathered around Kangya Luoshan and incredible rings of light and black flames burst forth from them. However, it was too late.

Boom! A ray of light with radiance comparable to a supernova shot down from the heavens and the diffused light from it warped the colors in the sky. In an instant, the light enveloped the hundreds of foreign experts and figures that were between them.

“You!”

A piercing but momentary anguished shout could be heard. That chubby face warped in fear before the brilliant flames and swiftly, Kangya Luoshan was reduced to ashes.

Even at his moment of death, he never imagined that Wang Chong would pit all of his strength to kill him despite being forced to a corner!

At that instant, he struggled angrily. However, he was unable to match up to the unmatchable spear!

“Finally, I have succeeded!”

At this moment, an unexplainable surge of exhilaration overwhelmed Wang Chong!

Father, mother, and the countless souls of the Central Divine Continent, you all can rest in peace now!

Death charged straight at him, but in its face, Wang Chong only smiled faintly as he stared calmly at the countless flamed spears stabbing towards him.

Boom! At the very last moment, Wang Chong ignited his dantian, causing the thousands of foreign cavalries to be pulled down to their graves along with him…

It was said that a human’s final moments would seem as though an eternity. To think that the myth wasn’t true!

Wang Chong smiles sorrowfully, but his heart was tranquil.

He was finally relieved of his duties after so many years. Yet, he felt an aching pain deep in his heart. In that instant, Wang Chong thought of his grandfather, his granduncle, his parents, his eldest brother, his second brother, his cousins and…

If only he wasn’t that obstinate then!

If only he was able to awaken in time, stand up and protect his family and homeland with his military talents!

It was all too late!

All that he loved and all he loved had left him!

All those that loved deeply and all that he loved dearly had left him.

If only he could do it all over again, he would have been a better person. However, it was all too late!

From this moment onward, the Central Plains of China will become the hunting grounds of the foreign race. Thousand years from now, will no one know of the existence of the race known as Yanhuang and the dynasty known as Great Tang?

Wang Chong felt regret, sorrow, and indignance.

“This isn’t how it should be! ——”

Tears of regret flowed down Wang Chong’s eyes. If only he could restart, in order to make up for all the regrets he was feeling now, he was willing to give his all! The entirety of him!

Boom!

When this thought flashed across Wang Chong’s head, in the depths of the heavens, the rumbling of lightning could be heard. At the last moment when the final flicker of his life was going to extinguish, when everything was dark, Wang Chong suddenly saw a shooting star.

This… Isn’t this the shooting star which brought him to this world?

【The user has awakened. Activating the Power of Destiny!——]

Seemingly coming from nowhere, a mechanical voice devoid of any emotions rang by his ear.

“The Son of Destiny! He is the Son of Destiny! Stop him! ——”

In the darkness, the frightened screams of countless foreign cavalries suddenly echoed. What could that made these foreign lifeforms which feared not of death to experience such terror!

However, Wang Chong didn’t know of these. Surrounded completely by darkness, Wang Chong sunk into it.

…

“Why are you called a transcender?”

It might have been an instant or countless long eras, but Wang Chong was suddenly awakened by a curious voice by his ear. That voice seemed distant yet near, crisp as though silver bells, with a tinge of innocence and immaturity to it.

As though a rock that had been thrown into the surface of a lake, ripples diffused in Wang Chong’s consciousness.

Who is it? Whose voice is this?

Didn’t they say that a person is reduced to nothing upon death? Why was he still able to hear? Could this be… an illusion?

“Hmph!”

Just when Wang Chong was still deep in contemplation, a displeased harrumph sounded by his ear. Before Wang Chong could react, he something violently jabbing at his body.

It was a finger!

Wang Chong immediately came to a realization.

That’s not right! How could one’s consciousness still possess a body upon death?

Unless he wasn’t dead!

Weng! The moment this thought flashed across his head, Wang Chong felt as though billowing waves had risen in his head. He struggled to open his eyes and soon, a brilliant radiance spilled onto his eyes.

The darkness before him was illuminated. Not too far away from him, Wang Chong saw a pouting ten-year-old girl staring at him in displeasure.

“I told you not to ignore me!”

The little girl used her slim finger to jab Wang Chong once more.

“Little sister?!”

Wang Chong couldn’t believe what he was seeing. That little girl had eyebrows of a crescent moon, bright eyes and white skin with a tinge of red. Dressed in silver-red leather pants, she looked like a jade sculpture.

However, the two braids on her head that faced the heavens exposed her mischievous nature. Who else could she be other than his youngest sister?

However, wasn’t his younger sister already…

Wang Chong stared at her blankly. For a moment, his head was unable to react.

Wasn’t he already dead? He remembered clearly that at the very last moment, in order to kill Kangya Luoshan, he charged into the army of countless foreign cavalries. How was it possible for him to see his youngest sister here?