"Those who defy the heavens must be prepared to pay the price."

Zhu Rong dared to forge a divine grade weapon in the mortal world, an act the heavens deemed a challenge to their authority. 

In response, the tribulation descended with fury, striking him down and ending his life in a blaze of divine wrath.

But death was not the end.

In the moment his soul scattered, he awoke once more... in the body of his 17 year old self.

With his memories intact and the mistakes of his past laid bare, Zhu Rong is granted a second chance, to repair the regrets that once shackled his heart, to reclaim the strength he once lost, and to finish the masterpiece that cost him everything.

This time, he will forge his legend anew.

And this time, not even the heavens will dare to stand in his way.

The sight of the cocoon sent Zhu Rong's mind racing, as he tried to think through the various options now available to him.


Different possibilities and thoughts ran through his head, but one thing was clear,


right now, neither of them could do much about the creature inside the cocoon.


Both of them had a level of strength comparable to a fifth stage cultivator, his own being even slightly higher thanks to the power of his various elemental cores.


But he knew very well the difference in power between the Mortal Realm and the Spirit Realm, so even if the creature inside the cocoon was just at the early stages of the Spirit Realm, their situation would not be good at all.


In other words, the gap between realms was simply too big to be bridged so easily.


Even if he managed to rally every single fifth stage cultivator that had come into the secret realm, they still wouldn't stand a chance against that creature.


Chapter 165 - Escape Plan