《I, Villain Reborn》 1 The Hero saves the World! Countless dead bodies could be seen lying in an exaggerated manner on the lava wet battleground, with many being headless. Such was the state of the realm defining war, on the last, 89th day. Seven living beings could be seen in what seemed to be the center of the battleground. Several other people wearing heavy armor could also be seen in various parts of the ground, barely standing, over the corpses of the demons that fell during the war. "You have lost, Proximus Darklord." One of the six humans, leading from the front, spoke. There was a skeleton like figure holding a long scythe and wearing a black robe in front of them. Blue neon light could be seen under his clothes. The war for the Heavens was the battle between the Humans and the Demon''s Heaven Army. The battle was inevitable. The demons were destroying and stealing the Fundamental Qi, which was the most essential Qi source for the cultivation path, since time immemorial. The battle that came wasn''t the result of a sudden decision of one or two leading figures from their respective sides. This was a calculated move, that was in planning for decades. "I may have lost this war, but not this battle. Come at me, Saviour Lin." Proximus shouted for a duel. "Then a duel it shall be." Lin Hui spoke, raising his spear. "No! He may be hiding some cheap tricks." complained Lang Shu, Lin Hui''s sworn sister. Indeed, the current ruler of the demons was especially known for his underhanded way of fighting. At the same time, he was known for being heartless and cruel. His method of torturing was indeed questionable, even by a demons standard. "That is why he is called a demon, Shu. If I cannot even beat him by myself, I am not worthy of my title." Lin Hui retorted. "Big words, ''hero''. If I am able to defeat you, you have to let me go." Proximus rarely did anything without expecting something equivalent in return. "No can do." Lin Hui dashed forward, with enough speed to break the space and appear behind the Proximus. "Huh?" "Art of the Asura, Fury of Heaven''s Wrath!" Lin Hui pressed his spear forward with just enough power. Not expecting sucha huge difference in power, all Eternal could do was slowly watch as the spear pierced through his chest. "I won''t kill you now. Your fate will be decided by the higher ups." Lin Hui proclaimed. "You really live up to my expectations, Lin Hui. Even if I was in my peak state, I couldn''t even hold a candle to your extreme power. However, you lack something." "And what may that be?" "The inability to do sacrifices!" Proximus suddenly ripped space apart and got hold of an unaware Lang Shu by surprise. "Proximus! You really disappoint me. Hand her over this moment, else you won''t know whats coming your way!" Lin Ming was furious. "Disappoint you? Why should I even care for such little things? There is nothing called fairness in this cold and cruel world. You just have to accept it, and go along with it. Don''t tell me that you never indulged in the darker side. For there is light, there will be a shadow, no matter how perfect you are. Now, move over. I''ll release her once I have reached the boundary." "Flash Art, Disability." Lang Shu quickly rushed over to Lin Hui''s side as the Proximus''s grip loosened. "What is happening?" Darklord was in a state of confusion. "There is one particular thing that I dislike the most, using cowardly moves. I gave you a chance, but you let it slip away. Now you can experience what real hell means." Lin Hui spoke as he walked towards the Darklord. There seemed to be no life in his eyes. "Hell''s flames of Withering." Lin Hui calmly said. "W-wait a moment, I never planned on hurting her. You also make decisions. For shadows to exist there must be light too. Think about it, you think I''ve only done cruel things my entire life? Atleast let me- AAaaaaah!" Eternal Darklord''s body slowly turned to ashes from the inside, starting from the organs. "I''ll remember this!! Just you wai-" the lungs turned to ashes. Slowly but steadily, the Darklord learnt the pain of hell. *SWOOSH* A sword pierced through his heart. It was Lang Shu who did the deed. "That was unnecessary. We needed him alive." Lin Hui said. "Cowards like him shouldn''t be allowed to live a single moment longer" retorted Lang Shu. *SHHHHH* A heap of ashes lay in the place of the Darklord. Lin Hui watched as the ashes was blown by the wind. He looked around the battlefield, disappointed. A feeling of helplessness brushed inside his heart. *************** Ten years later. Windsprout Nation, The Lower Realm. "Haha take that, you poor beggar." Hu Feng said as he kicked Yi Zhihao. The Hu Clan was one of the Four Great Clans in the Windsprout Nation. It had many branch clans spread throughout the country. Hu Feng came from one of those branch clans situated in the Firelash City. His father, Hu Zheng, was the branch leader. Being the only son, Hu Feng was spoiled to the core, not to mention his character. Yi Clan was a prestigious clan before its downfall. In the ancient times, it even rivaled the Four Great Clan''s strength combined. Now, it could be said that it was not even existing. This explained the cause for Yi Zhihao''s bullying. "Sooner or later, you''re going to pay threefold what you did to me." said an angry Yi Zhihao, while coughing blood. He was bullied on a daily basis. His cultivation was Body Strengthening Stage Two. The cultivation of The Lower Realm was divided into- Body Strengthening, Spirit Forming, Qi Path, Blood Fusion, Soul Awakening, Heaven Ascension, with each being divided into smaller stages. "Maybe, but not to you, not with your second stage cultivation, ahahaha!" Hu Feng and his group of friends continued to beat Yi Zhihao. Yi Zhihao was brought up in an orphanage. When his parents gave him to the orphanage as a baby, the only thing they said to them was that his name was Yi Zhihao and that he was from the ancient Yi Clan. He never met his parents or knew their names. "I''ll see you tomorrow, Zhihao from the great Yi Clan. Try to get your face fixed today, because you are going to get beaten up again tomorrow. Lets go." Hu Feng gave Yi Zhihao one more kick before he left with his group of friends. "Aaah, its so boring here. I can''t wait till I can go to the capital." Hu Feng complained as he slept in his room inside the Hu Mansion. *WHOOSH* A black smoky matter came inside the room with the wind. It seemed to be looking for something. Sometime later, it came to the bed and slowly entered inside Hu Feng. He slowly opened his eyes. He stood up and started moving his body. "Finally, after ten long years of waiting. I, will have my revenge. Just you wait." 2 Reborn Hu Family Mansion, Firelash City. "That brat Hu Feng is up to no good again." One of the Hu clan elders angrily spoke. "We just have to put up with him until the annual Hu Clan Recruitment." The aim of the annual recruitment of the Hu Clan was to recruit talented teenagers under 14 years old around the Windsprout Nation and train them in the headquarters of the Hu Clan, in the capital city, Avigadre. "After all, he is the most talented in the Hu Clan in this city." "Whom are you kidding? He is after all, the sect leader''s only son. Of course he should be the most talented. Lets just wait and watch." The elders were not satisfied with the character of Hu Feng. Once or twice a day, he and his circle of friends would go out to look for a target to bully. "But the recruitment team holds a tournament with the neighboring cities too, so the talented youths from Hu Clan in those cities will also participate. It won''t be easy for Hu Feng, since the Hu Clan in the Cloudspring city is at a level higher than us." **************** "This is... the Lower Realm?" Proximus Darklord was surprised. After his heart was pierced through, he used a forbidden technique of soul transformation to turn his soul into a spirit source and unexpectedly, he subconsciously broke the realm and traveled to the lower Realm. "Thanks to that girl''s inexperience, I''ve managed to escape successfully. She didn''t have high enough level in soul cultivation to track my spirit soul. If it were that Lin Hui, he would have surely noticed something was amiss and could have tracked me escaping. This method heavily damages my soul and hence my cultivation was reset. One more time and my soul would be destroyed, exiting the cycle of life for eternity. But to think, I''ve come to the Lower Realm, just how far did I fall?" There were two major realms in the universe, Immortal Realm and the Lower Realm. It is then divided into numerous smaller realms and planets of varying levels. Of course, most of the people wouldn''t know about things such as realms. "I''ve come here decades ago to do some recruitment. At that time, demons population was one third of that of humans. The demons here were pitifully weak compared to the Immortal Realm, but they can hold their ground here in the Lower Realm. I have to contact king of the Demons here once I have reached the sufficient level. But truly, the Qi here is pitifully low as compared to the Immortal Realm. I should reach the level to ascend quickly." As he went through Hu Feng''s memories, he learnt of the things in the Hu Clan, the cultivation levels, about the things that were necessary. "I practiced the Demons way of cultivation. This human is truly weak and not to mention his cultivation. But thanks to that, I can destroy this cultivation easily and start from the beginning on the Demons way. Undoubtedly, our way of cultivation is far stronger than Humans, even our physique. Its such a pity that I didn''t get a matching demons body. But that does not matter, since I have the method to temper a human body. I should go into seclusion to destroy my human cultivation." The Demons way of cultivation in the Lower Realms were divided into 3 stages- Body Forging, Inner Demon, True Monster- with each being divided into low, middle and peak. A peak Body Forging demon has combat strength similar to peak Spirit Forming expert, similarly a peak Inner Demon has combat strength comparable to peak Blood Fusion Expert and a peak True Monster has strength similar to Heaven Ascension expert. "The only thing that I''m worried about is whether the expert cultivators of humans could sense my demon cultivation. With my current strength, I cannot do anything. If I had my peak strength, I just needed a blow to destroy this world." "Well well, if it isn''t Young Master Feng. It is truly a rare sight to see you in the mansion." A middle aged man could be seen walking towards Hu Feng. ''This guy? Oh, he competed for the clan leader position. After that Hu Zheng beated him badly, he didn''t show up in the public often. I''m sure he must have some bad intention towards me, the son the guy who beat him.'' "This lowly fellow just happened to be passing through here. I never expected to see you. Anyway, it seems that you are at Body strengthening stage 4. Truly a cultivation genius! Only 13 years old, you have a huge potential. Well, I am in a hurry, so I will see you around, Young Master Feng." Hu Li spoke in a rather rude manner and left quickly. ''Well, its not like I want to converse with him anyway. Now I should just head to seclusion.'' *********** One month later. "Aaahng!" The extreme pain reached Hu Feng''s bone. Right now, he was undergoing the transformation of cultivation from human to a demon, while cultivating to middle Body Forging at the same time. Black smoke came out of his skin, which seemed to be burning. "This is more painful than I thought. My body cannot withstand this pain. Oh how I miss my old body.." Hu Feng seemed to be in an extremely perilous situation. *CLANG* "Aaaah..just one more step and I''m officially into the demons cultivation.." Hu Feng''s bone violently shook. His skin was still letting out black smoke. *BOOM* Black smoke came out in a huge volume out of his body. His hair seemed to reach his waist and his body became more muscular and tanned after one month. "Finally, now I am at middle Body Forging realm. Now that annual Hu Clan recruitment is just a piece of joke to me." Hu Feng needed to go to the headquarters of the Hu Clan to get more resources to cultivate. As he followed demons cultivation path, he required more resources than everyone. **************** "Where is Hu Feng? The annual Hu Clan recruitment is within a week. I''ll beat that brat if his cultivation hasn''t reached atleast stage 5." Hu Zheng angrily spoke to one of the maids. "Young Master Feng said he will be going into seclusion to cultivate and especially said to not disturb him." The maid spoke. "Seclusion? What, does that boy think he is a Spirit Forming expert? I''m going to see him right now." "But Young Master said not to-" "Shut up! He must be having fun right now, going into a seclusion? I know him too well, he can''t even go inside his room for a minute while its daytime." Hu Zheng angrily spoke. *BAAM* He kicked the doors of Hu Feng''s room. "What? He seems to be meditating? That must be an act, let me check his cultivation." Hu Zheng was doubtful. "Impossible! His cultivation seemed to be at Spirit Forming realm! How can this be? Don''t tell me, he really did cultivate for one month? But even still, it is not possible to go from Body strengthening stage 4 to Spirit forming realm in one month!" Hu Zheng exclaimed. After all, there is 9 stages to Body strengthening realm. Each stage after stage 5 was just too difficult to complete. Hu Zheng knew it too well, since he was a Spirit Forming stage 4 cultivator himself. Especially, going from stage 9 to Spirit Forming realm. "My boy seem to be really talented in the world of cultivation! HAAHAHAHA! It will not be long before we can take our entire family into the Hu Clan headquarters! I must hold a big party after he gets selected into the Hu Clan headquarters." Hu Zheng rejoiced as he left the room. ''Laugh as much as you can right now, it won''t be long before mankind is removed from the state of peace. But before that, I need resources, much more...'' 3 Yi Zhihao "I really didn''t want to come here," complained one of the Hu Clan officials. "It wasn''t like we had a choice to pick the cities which we could go to," the other one said. They were a team of two Hu Clan recruiters, Hu Xe and Hu Zi, who were assigned to recruit youths from Hu Clan in the Cloudspring city, Firelash city and a few other cities. They didn''t like their assignment because all these cities didn''t have high standards. While the youths in these cities were stuck in the middle stages of Body Strengthening Realm, there were youths who had already broken into the Spirit Forming realm in well developed areas. After all, nine stages constituted the Body Strengthening Realm. This was the reason why these experts wouldn''t give a damn about this assignment. In their eyes, these cities were rural villages. "Lets just do this one quickly and return as soon as possible. I can already smell trash here." ********* "It seems that old fellow managed to guess my strength right now. This isn''t good, too many secrets are within my body. I only escaped this time because that guy was really weak. If those ''experts'' of the Hu Clan are really like what they say, then I can only wait for my doom. I must find a way to hide my cultivation. If my identity as a demon cultivator is leaked, then there is no way that I can rise up any further." Hu Feng pondered over this serious problem. "Young Master! I''m sorry that I couldn''t stop the Clan leader from interfering your meditation. You can punish me in any way fit, Young Master." The maid found out that his eyes were open. ''Hmm, this maid is actually good, not hesitating to admit her mistake and letting me punish her. Her character is really good, which really just annoy me! I just hate them, those pretentious bastards. Just wait till I get stronger, I''ll wipe you guys out.'' Hu Feng really hated the ''good'' people. "Don''t be sorry, be better. Your words hold no meaning, just try not to get in my sight anymore." Hu Feng harshly scolded. ''Huh?'' The maid was surprised, she didn''t expect this young master to act in such a way. After all, she even brought out best weapon, ''please punish me''. The maid quickly left as she did not want to deal with this young master anymore. **************** Market Lane, Firelash City. ''Eh? Isn''t that the fellow whom this body''s previous owner beat up frequently? I can finally relieve my stress out. After all, stomping on the weak gives the best feeling.'' Hu Feng thought as he saw Yi Zhihao in front of a vendor. *BAANG* Hu Feng''s right hand violently collided with Yi Zhihao''s head. Yi Zhihao fell down at that instant. ''This wasn''t how it was supposed to go? I have combat strength comparable to a peak Spirit Forming realm expert. Even though I only used half my strength, it was enough to blow away a 9th stage Body Strengthening expert far away. Then how in the lower realm did he just fall down, lightly?'' "I told you earlier, you were going to pay threefold what you did to me. It seems that you really didn''t heed my warning. Don''t blame me for being cruel after this." Yi Zhihao charged towards Hu Feng with his fists clenched, ready to punch Hu Feng into heaven before his expiry date. ''Oh? His strength has reached...Spirit Forming peak?!! Just how-'' It seemed that Hu Feng will not finish that sentence again in this life. *BAANG* Hu Feng was sent flying. He seemed to have a flabbergasted expression on his face while he was still in mid-air. But he managed to hold his own ground, literally, when he fell to the ground. ''That is just not possible, forget me since this is my second life, but its not just possible to go from Body Strengthening stage 2 to Spirit Forming peak realm in just one month! Was he hiding his cultivation before? Impossible, even after I personally checked Hu Feng''s memories of beating Yi Zhihao, there seemed to be nothing wrong. Or was it possible, that he too was reincarnated?'' "Oh?" After seeing that Hu Feng was able to hold his ground, Yi Zhihao seemed to be surprised. ''That was atleast 90% of my strength, enough to blow away even a 5th stage Spirit Forming realm expert. Then how is he..?'' "It seems that you are surprised too, how about we discuss about it somewhere else?" Hu Feng said as he noticed the nearby crowd. "It does seems that way. Very well, lets speak as we walk." ****************** "Yes, truth to be told, I have reincarnated," said Yi Zhihao. Hu Feng was dumbfounded. He didn''t expect Yi Zhihao to spill out his precious secret just like that. Moreover, it seemed that he forgot about their previous enmity as well. "I am one hundred percent certain that you have been reincarnated as well, after seeing your strength. You must be atleast ****** peak realm, aren''t I right? Moreover, I reincarnated into this body after the previous died of serious injuries that you and your friends gave him. And you seemed to have reincarnated after that incident as well." Yi Zhihao seemed to be confident. Hu Feng was surprised ,"What you said is correct. It seems like I have a fellow reincarnator with me this time. If were to team up with me, we could be invincible. After all, you seem to know know how important a teammate is yourself." Hu Feng didn''t mind if he had a human teammate, that is until he got strong enough. Once he is able to contact the demons here, he wouldn''t give a damn before killing him off. "Wonderful, it seems like you think that way too. Having a friend behind my back is way better than having my back behind my back." "But why aren''t you angry with me? I have beaten you up a lot before after all." Hu Feng questioned. "Hehe, why should I? It was precisely because you beat him that enabled me to reincarnate into this heavenly body. Moreover, I don''t know why those novel protagonists just mercilessly kill their childhood enemies, who were the reason why those idiots were even reincarnated. In the beginning, I too had similar minds like those MC''s. However, after reading, tons of those kinds, I realized I was wrong after all. HAHAHA!" ''This guy has a few screws loose somewhere in his brain.'' Hu Feng thought.