Chapter 1 A Betrayal of Grace (1/2)

The Magnolia Guild, Qingshan Town.

This is… my past... my room in the Magnolia Guild?

Wasn't I on Earth?

The young man, roughly fifteen to sixteen years old, looked around at the familiar setting of the room: a smooth, unweathered face in the mirror stared back at him, and a calendar hung on the wall. He was at a complete loss, and it took him a long time to regain his composure.

The date according to the latest page of the calendar on the wall was, shockingly, the twelfth day, the twelfth month, year 1227 of the Ziyun Era.

Zhou Donghuang took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and searched through his memory of what had happened moments ago…

He had been at his home on Earth conducting research on a wondrous circular slate in the year 2359 of the Ziyun Era, which was year 3150 of the Earth Era.

He suspected that wondrous circular slate, which was unique in every aspect, had been handed down from generation to generation since ancient times. Even though he had the power to extinguish any star in the universe as he wished, he could not leave a slight mark on this wondrous circular slate.

It all came back to him now… when his psyche entered the circular slate, the term ”chronospace slate” had appeared in his mind out of nowhere. A mysterious and irresistible force reached out from the circular slate and completely enveloped him. Then he blacked out.

When he was awake, he realized that he had been transported back to this familiar, yet faraway place from the depths of his memory.

This was not Earth but another planet in the boundless universe, Ziyun.

The Ziyun Era was the astronomical calendar of the planet Ziyun.

Wait! Chronospace slate… chronospace?

Is it possible that this chronospace slate has sent me back to a thousand years ago?

Zhou Donghuang sobered up immediately at this thought, suppressed his raging emotions, and gradually began to calm down.

Year 1227 of the Ziyun Era… I turned sixteen that year.

That mad cultist appeared in Qingshan Town when I was sixteen and took me away from Ziyun all the way across the universe to Earth.

I remember it was the twenty-second day of the twelfth month in year 1227 of the Ziyun Era.

And today is the twelfth day of the twelfth month in year 1227 of the Ziyun Era, so if the date is accurate, the mad cultist will show up here in ten days.

Zhou Donghuang shut his eyes as countless scenes flashed through his mind.

He arrived on Earth on November 5, 2018 of the Earth Era.

Earth was a planet where the Spirit was thin and weak. However, there were ancient legends there such as ”Pan Gu creates the heavens,””Nu Wa repairs the heavens,””Hou Yi shoots the suns,””Chang'E flies to the moon” and others…

It was not difficult to deduce that a group of mighty practitioners had once dwelled on Earth, and their world had once been glorious.

However, by the time he had reached Earth, the world that the practitioners had built was already in decline, and the whole Earth had descended into an age of ignorance about the arts.

Who knew that even though he could claim to be among the most talented in the universe, he would still end up spending a hundred years on Earth before he was able to leave?

Upon leaving Earth and travelling into intergalactic space saturated with the Spirit, his true potential was unleashed…

A mere thousand years later, he had travelled across the stars, engaging a countless number of mighty opponents in battle and never tasting defeat. He had earned himself the title of ”Battle-lord Donghuang.”

Back in my youth, I did not have the power to extinguish stars with a gesture or reach out across the stars with my supernatural will with a mere thought or even project my essence out of my physical form and wander the cosmos…

Zhou Donghuang sighed. Just a moment ago, he tried to trigger some response from inside him but found that he was completely empty inside.

The ”seal” that would be broken on Earth later by the mad cultist was still there.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

He was now quite literally where he was a thousand years ago before he had encountered the mad cultist.

I'm not dreaming, am I?

On a childish impulse, perhaps because he was now in the body of a sixteen-year-old, Zhou Donghuang reached up and pinched his face hard.

The sharp pain that registered in the next instant made him realize beyond any doubt that it was not a dream but entirely real!

…

Why would Lady Dandan be with the master of the Sunset Guild? Moreover, the master of the Sunset Guild is following Lady Dandan as though he thoroughly respects her.

When I glanced into the receiving chamber, I saw the expression on our guild master's face was terrible and frightening.

On the other side of the door, the voices of two serving girls in conversation brought Zhou Donghuang back to reality.

That's right… today is the twelfth day of the twelfth month in the year 1227 of the Ziyun Era!

Today, Chen Dandan will reveal the formula that the Lin family offered Mother to support the business of Magnolia Guild to their rivals, the Sunset Guild!

After this, the Lin family would be furious and would withdraw their support for the Magnolia Guild and expel Mother from the Lin family… When word from the Lin family reached Qingshan Town eight days later, Mother would be overcome with a rage that would lead to her death!

Without hesitation, Zhou Donghuang burst out of the room through the door and sprinted to the receiving chamber.

The Magnolia Guild was one of the two major guilds in Qingshan Town, and the room which was used as their receiving chamber was spacious, luxuriously decorated, and unrivaled in its extravagance.