The opening scene is drenched in blood-red clouds, with mountain fires consuming the entire village. Sixteen-year-old Lin Yan kneels among the charred remains of trees, clutching half a broken piece of warm jade in his palm. The night before, he watched his gentle parents fall beneath flames and blades. In the blood-soaked haze, the pursuer moved with extraordinary skill, his techniques ethereal and unmatched in the world. He came and went like the wind, leaving only the cold words, "No need to avoid future troubles," before vanishing into the distance. In a single night, the family was destroyed, and the mountain village was reduced to ashes, leaving Lin Yan the sole survivor. For the next three months, he guarded the desolate ruins, enduring loneliness and cold, his eyes holding only silence and hatred. He believed he was destined for an ordinary life, forever trapped in the mortal world, never reaching the heights of his enemy. But fate seemed to take pity on him. One day, an elder from the Yunmiao Immortal Sect passed through the mortal realm and noticed Lin Yan’s rare spiritual bones and unyielding resolve—qualities suited for cultivation. Recognizing his potential, the elder brought the orphaned boy into the sect. Once a common boy, Lin Yan now entered the world of immortals. Everyone said he was a man risen from the dust, and Lin Yan believed it too. He assumed his parents had been ordinary people living simple lives, and could not understand why they had brought such destruction upon their family. Only through diligent practice and steady ascent could he uncover the truth and avenge his parents. He stepped onto the path of immortality with obsession, training day and night, enduring long periods of patient struggle. But he never knew—the ordinary couple who died in that mountain village were never ordinary at all.
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