I Won the Resurrection Match and Became the Strongest Heroic Spirit

[Youthful passion + humorous banter] In the Age of Declining Magic, demons and monsters return. As the hour of darkness falls, a hundred ghosts roam the night. To correct the world's collapsing timelines, humanity awakens long-dormant heroic spirits from the river of history. Great Xia: Erlang, the True Lord Who Manifests His Holiness... Holy Land: Gabriel, the Seraph... Olympus: Ares, God of War... Eastern Sakura: Susanoo... In a future age known as the Era of Heroic Spirits, the young Shen Lian is astonished to discover that the heroic spirit he contracted is none other than himself. In his previous life, he served in the Ming dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard, then joined the Qi Family Army to fight Japanese pirates in the southeast and repel the Mongols in the north, helping the Liaodong cavalry put down the Imjin War. He fought countless battles throughout his life. He could have laid down his armor, retired to the countryside, and enjoyed his final years, then received offerings at ancestral halls after death and taken his place among the heroic spirits. But to save a crumbling realm, the white-haired veteran put on his armor and returned to battle. At the Battle of Sarhu, he gave his life for the cause and was left exposed in the wilderness, with no one to honor him. From then on, the world had one fewer S-rank heroic spirit, and the battlefield had one more wandering soul. Why must a hero be buried on hallowed ground? Wherever life takes you, the green hills are your home. In another world's timeline, the young Shen Lian unlocks the long-sealed Fourteen Ming Blades and draws the ancestral Miao saber. He enters the Path through the Xinyou Saber Style and awakens the slumbering dragon-and-tiger spirit of the Ming dynasty, dormant for a century. A noble title is not what I seek; I only wish for calm seas. Should the long night fall, I will stand at the abyss with my blade, draw a line in the earth, and burn my last strength to guard the dawn, stopping only in death.