On a lonely island in the middle of a lake, a man was standing, surrounded by countless warriors, each of them bearing their respective clans symbols and banners
The man was standing alone, his hair which was stained a pale green from a lifetime of brewing poison, was flowing with the wind like a horsetail banner
On his face was a large scar cutting across his face over his right eye, which was blind
His robes were torn and disheveled, the sleeves were sliced and ripped, while his back was covered in cuts and tears.
His blood was pouring and staining his sleeves. They weren't red of course, he had poisoned himself too many times in his life that his blood eventually turned green.
He looked around to see the leader of the group, a middle-aged man with a sword in his hand.
The man came closer to him and started to speak
"Surrender Chu Er Zi, we know you poisoned the Alliance Leader."
"Bullshit, we both know I was at the Eastern Front when he died."
"Even so, the poison that killed him could only be made by y-"
"Me? The "Myriad Poison King"? Your baseless accusations aren't the first I've faced. How many times do you think I've been framed, ostracized, and even oppressed by you hypocrites.
"I-"
Before the man could answer, two more men came and interrupted him
"Enough talking, we have evidence of your treason."
"It doesn't matter what you say, you are still under arrest."
Chu Er Zi then took a glance at the two before he realized
"Ning Clan and Ba Clan, so you were behind this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Was my Poison Clan that demonic in your eyes? Aren't we all fellow Righteous Forces, why would you come for me?"
"Enough, since you know then we cannot let you live any longer."
"Since it has come to this, I guess I shouldn't hold back"
Chu Er Zi opened his robes, revealing various vibrant and mystical liquids in a vial near his chest.
"Those are- Immemorial Poisons!"
"So you know them, then you should know what they do."
With a swift move he opened them all and drank them.
"This old man has gone insane, he drank all of them at once."
"No, he's going to self-detonate!"
"Everybody, run! We can't defend this!"
Having drunk those mystical poisons, Chu Er Zi let out a roar and with a flash detonated himself and everything in a thousand Li
As his body blew to bits, his soul; which was now tainted with Immemorial Poisons, began to drift into the river of souls.
'After all my life trying to be righteous, I finally died at the hands of those hypocrites.'
As his soul began to merge with the river, his mind became hazy and he could no longer think straight.
'Damn it, I promise... I'll never be righteous again.'
'In my next life... I'd rather be a demon!'
As his thoughts began to stop, the poison on his tainted soul began to glow and then flashed with an indescribable brightness. His soul had vanished from the river.
As his soul was no longer assimilating with the river, his thoughts began to emerge again.
'Is this death? It feels so nice...'
"ke.. up"
'If I'd knew it was this nice I would've gone a long time ago.'
"p..ou..zy..oy"
"What's that sound?"
"Wake up you lazy boy!"
Chu Er ZI then felt a hard slap on his face.
He opened his eyes and saw a figure standing beside him, the sun was shining from the window behind the figure
"What? Where is this? Who are you?"
"Still sleepy huh?"
The figure then poured a bucket of water on his face.
"Wake up little Chu, it's an important day today"
"Mother?"
"You've finally come to your senses, get up and take a shower. We can't have you go to the ceremony being all dirty."
At this moment, Chu Er Zi realized that he went back in time.