Burn The Heaven : The Dark Calamity

Ch.2 - New Life

It seems that my life has always been filled with suffering, whether in my first life, my second life, or even this new life after reincarnating for the second time.

I thought I would finally be free after dying alongside the Demon King, but apparently, fate had other plans for me. I reincarnated once again.

I woke up inside the body of a young man, lying in a room with bruises and wounds covering his entire body.

After a while, I received the memories of the owner of this body.

His name... or rather, my name now, was Shu Xiang. I came from the Shu Martial Family in Sujiang Province, Ming Empire.

I was one of the young masters of the Shu Family, but because I was unable to cultivate, I was ostracized by the family and constantly bullied by my siblings.

Yet my mentality was strong enough. Despite being insulted and looked down upon countless times, I used it as motivation to train even harder.

Even though I still couldn't cultivate.

Until one day, I finally became tired and fed up.

When my siblings came to harass me again, I fought back. In the end, I was beaten to a pulp and now lay injured on this bed.

That was the tragedy of my life.

Even after reincarnating, I still couldn't escape suffering.

Heh, somehow, that only made me smile now.

So what am I supposed to do from here?

Am I going to become a hero again and save the world?

What a load of bullshit! I'm already sick of it!

Now that I've been given a new life, I won't be a good person who goes around saving the weak anymore.

From now on, I'll do everything for myself—for my own satisfaction and pleasure!

Then let's begin this new life!

Not as a hero, but as a villain!

Let's have some fun in this broken world!

Shu Xiang had already treated his wounds with medicinal ointment. His recovery wouldn't be particularly fast, but it was still faster than normal.

“Ugh... My whole body hurts. My shoulder joint is dislocated, but that's not a big deal.”

Shu Xiang grabbed his shoulder and forced the joint back into place.

He stretched his body for a moment. Although it hurt, he didn't care. He simply wanted to get used to his new body, which naturally had a different height and weight from his previous one.

After a while, Shu Xiang sat cross-legged and took a deep breath before slowly exhaling.

“Ah, so that's how it is.”

Shu Xiang smiled faintly.

“I used to be a hero who slaughtered demons, yet now I have the body of a Cursed Demon Child. What an irony.”

A Cursed Demon Child was the term used for those born without magical energy.

The reason they were called Cursed Demon Children was because when the owner of such a body came into contact with demonic energy, they would go berserk like a madman, destroying everything in front of them.

Cursed Demon Children were born without magical energy because their bodies were incapable of circulating energy normally.

Instead, they had to circulate energy in reverse—the same method used by demons to circulate their energy.

Because of this, when they came into contact with demonic energy, their bodies would experience a sudden surge of power that attacked the brain, driving them insane and causing them to attack everything around them like demons.

To prevent this from happening, anyone born without magical energy would be executed immediately, regardless of their circumstances.

Even the parents of a Cursed Demon Child could be slaughtered, as they would be accused of having relations with demons.

“The way to overcome this is to naturally circulate energy in reverse, so that being exposed to demonic energy won't cause madness.”

Shu Xiang spoke softly.

“But circulating energy in reverse as a human is extremely dangerous. Without sufficient knowledge, doing it recklessly can cause the blood vessels to rupture, eventually leading to madness... and death.”

Shu Xiang grinned.

Death?

Would that stop him from doing it?

Not at all.

In fact, death would only make him happy.

Shu Xiang began absorbing the energy surrounding him, circulating it through his body in reverse.

The moment he did so, he felt his blood vessels swelling. Soon, pain spread throughout his entire body.

Yet he didn't even tremble.

It was as if pain was nothing worth caring about.

Little by little, his body began to adapt to the reversed flow of energy.

Only then did Shu Xiang guide the energy into his dantian.

And finally, he successfully broke through to the Early Stage of cultivation.

A dark aura enveloped his body as he broke through.

In the world Shu Xiang came from in his previous life, such power was known as demonic energy.

But did demons exist in this world?

Perhaps not.

Because in this world, that energy was simply called dark energy.

“Finally, I've reached the Early Stage.”

Shu Xiang opened his eyes, a wide grin spreading across his face.