Return to the Sacred Realm

Three thousand years ago, he was the youngest cultivator on the Tianyuan Continent to reach the pinnacle of the Saint Realm's Ninth Tribulation, just one step away from the Emperor Realm, a level none had attained in ages. But his most trusted cultivation partner and junior fellow disciple joined forces to betray him. They stole the source of his saintly body, and he died in hatred beneath the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.

Three thousand years later, he was reborn at sixteen, with all his memories of the Saint Realm intact, in the body of a good-for-nothing with no aptitude from the menial disciples' courtyard.

That year, Lu Qingyuan had yet to receive guidance from the remnant soul in the ancient ring. That year, Su Wanyue was still an innocent, harmless junior sister of the inner sect. That year, the profound sword intent of the Nine Heavens Sword Art still slept in a damaged copy in the Scripture Pavilion, unnoticed by all.

“What you took from me in my previous life, I, Gu Changyuan, will take back piece by piece in this one.”

From the menial disciples' courtyard to the inner sect, from Qi Refining to the Saint Realm, he planned every move, claimed opportunities before others could, and crushed the chosen prodigies.

He tempered his body with alchemical fire, shaped sword intent, and devoured all things with the Heaven-Swallowing Art. In this life, he would rather betray the world than let the world betray him.