Xing Wenghu woke up early that day. The sun had not yet risen, but the birds were already singing. He looked out the window and saw the training grounds below. The sight of the training grounds made his heart race. Xing Wenghu imagined lavish chinese temples, filled with disciples training in various powerful martial arts.

However, in reality it was just the sight of his ordinary backyard.

This was it however. Today was the day he would be transferred to the Cultivator battle Royale.

After a few days of failed training and overcoming the limits within himself. The young lad was excited to prove himself and become just like his past powerful identity.

He got out of bed and began to get dressed. He had been training for this day for months, but he still wasn't sure if he was ready. He was still only 18 years old.

"The body of this immortal daoist is too fragile! Will I do well in the Royale for sure!?" Xing Wenghu exclaimed dramatically to himself, practicing his new way of speaking.

To blend in with his fearsome opponents, Xing Wenghu had made sure to study the dao of manhua for several nights. Despite his intense training, he wasn't sure how he would do against the other trainees.

His mind rose with excitement thinking about all he could earn however.

The power that would be wielded in his hands, the techniques he would earn would be but a breath of air compared to his past self!

He put his shirt on, and then reached into the drawer to take out his Cultivator uniform. It was dark blue, with a golden star pinned to the left side of his chest. He looked in the mirror and smoothed out the collar of his shirt.

Xing Wenghu then prepared for the hardest warmup in his entire life.

A single jumping jack.

The strain on his body was immense from such an intense load. Xing Wenghu heaved with exertion just going halfway through with it!"If I can overcome the tribulation of the exercise, there is nothing this daoist cannot face!"

His mother meanwhile, was in such a good mood. The doorbell rang, causing Xing Wenghu to rush over downstairs to answer it.

Clearly, these were the people who would escort him to the Cultivator Battle Royale. However, when he opened the door. Xing Wenghu was greeted with the sight of his nearby neighbor.

Sun Yaozu.

Sun Yaozu was a rather tall and muscular cultivator, as well as an accomplished man who made Xing Wenghu look like a dwarf.

"If I were in my prime, Sun Yaozu would be like an ant!" Xing Wenghu thought to himself, while his mother quickly ran over to the door.

"Sun Yaozu! You're early I...Wasn't ready yet." Xing Wenghu's mother blushed, Sun Yaozu took this opportunity to enter the house.

His tall and imposing frame lurked over Xing Wenghu, "Oh? I just couldn't help myself Miss Wenghu."

Sun Yaozu casually strode over to the couch and sat down, "Could I have something to drink, from a Jade Beauty such as yourself?"

He shamelessly decided to flirt with his mother. Xing Wenghu couldn't believe this!

Xing Wenghu breathed deeply and felt pressure building in his head. This bastard, who dares to flirt with his mother? I'm going to kill him! Xing Wenghu clenched his fists and looked fiercely at Sun Yaozu.

"Hmph. I see you are so shameless as to flirt with my mother in front of me Sun Yaozu!!!" Xing Wenghu shouted at him, taking a ridiculous karate like stance.

Sun Yaozu stood up from the couch, his eyebrows drawn together in a scowl. "Oh?" His voice was thick with contempt as he looked down at the young man. "And what if I want to?" He was glaring down at the young man as if he were a child.

His mother blushed and shook her head, still unable to look him in the eye. She was alone with a man. A man she was attracted to. A man she liked. Someone Xing Wenghu finally couldn't scare away.

Xing Wenghu wasn't sure why, but he felt compelled to protect her from this shameless bastard, who leaned closer and put his arm around her.

He leaned forward and looked right into the eyes of Sun Yaozu, who dared to court his mother. Xing Wenghu stood frozen with shock and indignation.

He clutched his fist dramatically, so hard a trickle of blood came from it onto the floor. "You Bastard! You are courting death!!!"

Xing Wenghu felt felt a rage that was like the sun in the sky swell in his chest. It burned ready to unleash!

"This Heavenly King shall stop him!!"

Sun Yaozu looked at Xing Wenghu with great confidence, "Oh? So your approaching me?"

Xing Wenghu gathered all of the qi within himself, visualizing a super badass transformation within himself. A yellow powerful qi aura engulfed his head, manifesting thick horns all over the top of his head.

It was something only an ascended master could preform.

"I cant beat the shit out of you without getting closer! Bull Overtaking Tackle Nine Yang Formation!!!!"

Xing Wenghu put his fingers over his head and pressed down to imitate the horns of a bull. He shook his hand and jiggled his fingers to mimic the shrugging of an ox.

His mother cringed in dispair.

"Oh Goddamnit Xing..."

She winced in embarrassment at this. Her dumb son was ruining her date!

As Xing Wenghu charged at Sun Yaozu, the cultivator couldn't help but laugh! "Looks like this junior needs some discipline!"

He then raised his hand to slap some sense into Xing Wenghu. The slap collided with Xing Wenghu's face, sending him flying into the house wall.

Sharp cracks spread from his head as he fell. His bulk hit against the wall and knocked over a wooden table and small wooden stool, which broke apart on impact. The door of the house creaked and shut with a slight"clank", muffling the noises from within.

Sun Yaozu awkwardly turned to Miss Wenghu.

"Sorry Miss Wenghu, I'll be paying for that myself." Xing Wenghu meanwhile struggled to get back up, he couldn't allow this rapscallion bastard to flirt with his mother!

'You are courting death!' Xing Wenghu thought, working on a plan to fight against Sun Yaozu. 'He must be strong if he is going to fight against me. I will have to go all out. You are going to regret flirting with my mother!!!'

Xing Wenghu raised one hand. His other hand gestured like a claw. His legs bent in strange angles, creating a strange shape that reminded Iris of a praying mantis.

"Five Yang, Mantis Rush!"

Xing Wenghu attempted a second unusual attack, but upon striking Sun Yaozu's body a loud crack was heard throughout the house.

Xing Wenghu smirked, "Hmph. Looks like your meridians have already been shattered by my blow!"

Sun Yaozu only looked down at Xing Wenghu in confusion, "Hm?" He said, unaffected by Xing Wenghu's attack.

Xing Wenghu was stunned by this turn of events. If his body were unharmed by his attack, then that must mean...

"AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Xing Wenghu now clutched his hand, the skin and bones shattered beyond recognition. He was in too much pain to say a cool and dramatic quote back at him. Sun Yaozu only laughed at Xing Wenghu's pathetic attempts to harm him.

"Miss Wenghu, may I slap your son around a bit." Sun Yaozu said to Missus Wenghu. She had been standing there the whole time, smiling like she was a demoness from hell.

"Oh of course, actually you can hurt him as much as you like." She agreed almost too quickly. Her words were like a dagger to her son's heart. Xing Wenghu was caught off guard, his mother had been bewitched by this demonic cultivator!

How dare he come between a son and his mother's love! He would destroy the Yaozu family after he mopped the floor with foolish Sun Yaozu!

At-least, that's what he thought.

Xing Wenghu took a ridiculous stance once more and shouted, "Dao of the three pyramids, Yin Yang Convergence!!!!"

Before leaping towards Sun Yaozu with his fists outstretched. Sun Yaozu, however, only yawned at Xing Wenghu's incompetence.

He proceeded to take out his belt and cover it in qi. "Oh you think you're a daoist, do you?" He sneered, "Well, let me show you my Dao of the belt!"

The dao of the belt was a very famous power in the lands Xing Wenghu had come from, many children ran in fear of the dao of the belt.

For when it struck, it was harder than any metal!

 

"No Please!"

The dao of the belt was a force far too strong for Xing Wenghu to handle, as the belt collided with his face, sending the poor young man flying away. "Hmph. That should take care of him, now where were we Miss..."

Suddenly, multiple knives flew from out of nowhere, and stabbed Sun Yaozu in the leg. "How did he-"

Xing Wenghu was now standing up, holding qi enchanted knives that were powerful enough to stab the average cultivator.

"Hmph Sun Yaozu, don't try to toast when you can't catch a mouse! Sun Yaozu was now enraged, plucking the knives out of his body and rapidly healing from this.

"I was going to stop at the dao of the belt, but now I've seen enough! " Sun Yaozu instantly disappeared, causing Xing Wenghu's eyes to shoot up.

"H-he's fast!"

Sun Yaozu was now behind Xing Wenghu, he struck him on the back and sent him flying into the floor.

Then he picked Xing Wenghu up again and slammed him once more down on the ground. This process would repeat itself, much to the enjoyment of Xing Wenghu's mother.

"Finally, the brat is getting his ass beat!"

Xing Wenghu's mother never had it in her to discipline him, not even when he roleplayed as a Heavenly King and proceeded to turn insanely delusional.

Sun Yaozu was like a hero in her eyes, on top of being totally handsome and attractive. Xing Wenghu could not believe his mother's words on the other hand.

"Mother! Do you really not like me!?"

Miss Wenghu smiled unable to take any more of this delusion.

"Yes! You keep saying your an immortal heavenly king, but you can't even fill out a job application!!!"

Sun Yaozu then slapped Xing Wenghu in the face, "You need to stop acting like a brat and start acting your age."

It was at that moment the scuffle was interrupted by another ring of the doorbell, everyone conveniently stopped what they were doing.

Xing Wenghu's ass beating was paused mid air, while his mother went to open the door.

Multiple men and women dressed in suits were standing right outside. "Yes we're looking for a Mister Wenghu...?"

A tall, balding man asked. Xing Wenghu smiled, saved by the agents from a beating

"Yes, that would be me."

"Come along with us, we will be flying you to the testing grounds."

Xing Wenghu looked back at his mother, and the man that had bewitched her. "Hmph. Just you wait, this Heavenly King will come back with a vengeance!"