Ten thousand years ago, Su Chen, the Sword Emperor of his age, was betrayed by his most trusted Daoist partner and closest friend while facing the mightiest heavenly tribulation, the Ninefold Chaos Thunder Tribulation. His soul was utterly destroyed.
Ten thousand years later, he awakens in the body of a young man regarded as a good-for-nothing. On the Xuantian Continent, in Qingxuan City, Su Chen is a collateral-line descendant of the Su family, born with a shattered dantian and meridians broken from end to end. His clan mocks him as “the most useless of all trash.”
But they have no idea that this “crippled body” houses the peerless Sword Emperor who once cleaved stars with a single strike and was revered by all the worlds.
As Su Chen uses his remnant soul to mend his meridians and rebuild his dantian, he discovers to his astonishment that this world has grown stronger than he remembers.
The sects he once trampled are now regional overlords. His former defeated foes have become legends of the age. And the woman who betrayed him has already attained godhood, reigning high above the nine heavens.
Even more shocking, the young good-for-nothing’s origins are far more complicated than he imagined. The seal lingering on his shattered dantian comes from an ancient forbidden power.
“In this life, I will cultivate the path of invincibility, not the sword.”
“In this life, I will never trust anyone again.”
“Those who owe me will repay me a hundredfold.”
When the sleeping Sword Emperor opens his eyes once more, the entire Xuantian Continent trembles. For he has not returned amid dazzling radiance, but climbed up one step at a time from the deepest mire.
