In a Yang dynasty ruled by the Ling clan. Four regions surround this dynasty, and each region is ruled by four clans named as Kaze region by the Shu clan, Mizu region by the Xiao clan, Hi region by the Xia clan, and the Tsuchi region by the Zhong clan. In this era, everything is based on martial art cultivation. Where only the survival law of jungle exists that the 'The strong dominates & the weak are bullied" a place where survival of the fittest matters.

In this era, everything is based on martial arts cultivation. Cultivation helps martial artists grow stronger and to live longer. There is an old saying that goes by that "The peak of cultivation is immortality".

Martial art cultivation is divided into 9 realms, and each realm has 9 stages as follows;-

Mortal Realm, Qi Gathering Realm, Qi Refining Realm, Earth Realm, Heaven Realm, Spirit Realm, True Spirit Realm, Martial Saint Realm, Semi- Immortal Realm.

After cultivating till the peak of the Semi- immortal realm, one can break through to be an Immortal.

Fen ling who is at True Spirit Realm (Stage 8) is the ruler of the Yang dynasty and the patriarch of the Ling clan, the most powerful clan among all five clans. He has two sons named Yan ling who is at Earth Realm (Stage 9) a crown prince; his age is 17 & Xing ling at Qi Refining Realm (Stage 5) a second prince, his age is 15, and a daughter named Yin ling at Earth Realm (Stage 6), a beautiful princess and an apple of her father's eye and her age is 16.

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About Era

Tang dynasty lies in the Central direction ruled by the Ling clan. To its Northwest lies the Mizu region governed by the Xiao clan. Then on its Northeast lies the Hi region governed by the Xia clan. On its Southwest lies the Kaze region governed by the Yin clan. To the Southeast direction lies the Tsuchi region governed by the Zhong clan.

Ling clan is the most powerful clan among all others with a vast history and territories under their command.

As there is only the Xiao clan from the Mizu region, which has a branch clan because of its vast history. Xiao clan has remained a threat to other clans except for the Ling clan. But because of the pact that was signed between these clans' ancestors, dispute never rose up. But in five years General meeting of five clans, there held Martial arts competition between the young generation of all clans, and each clan is allowed to represent their candidates for the competition. All the clans are allowed to represent the candidates under the quantity of a hundred.

Every clan brings their best and talented candidates for this competition. A certain incident occurred in the last competition, which had greatly impacted Lin Xiao's life.

Lin Xiao is a member of the branch clan of the Xiao clan. He is a 14-year-old boy with poor talent in martial arts.

Let's see how Lin Xiao's life with take twists and turns and if he is able to reach the peak of the Martial Arts world.......

"Listen, we are going to kill him tonight no matter what", a guy with a mask on his face said to the second guy with a mask. "Yeah, that good for nothing is just wasting our clan resources", the second guy replied with an evil look on his face. "Let's move", said the first guy while pointing a hand towards a certain house to give a direction to the second guy. They walked in from the window with swords in their hands.

A boy was sitting while staring into a blank space. Two guys barged into his room, furiously with swords. "Who are you guys?", asked the boy with a frightened look on his face. "We are here to kill you, scum", said the first guy. "You are just a burden to our clan; we are going to get rid of you today", continued the second guy. "Tomorrow there will be news spread all over our clan that Lin xiao a cripple's son was killed", said the first guy with an evil smile. "What should I do? Am I going to die here today? I don't even know any martial arts technique to protect myself now", Lin xiao's thoughts were overflowing in his mind unstoppable.

"What are you even thinking, worthless scum", said the first guy while slowly making a slight cut on Lin xiao's face. "Probably he would be thinking that he doesn't know any martial techniques to protect himself", said the second guy while laughing evilly.

"I have to escape anyhow, but how can I when these two are standing right in front of me", Lin xiao thought in fear. "Now, let's kill him we can't afford to get caught by other clan members", said the first guy to the second one. "Yeah....you are right!", the second guy replied with an assuring tone. "Well, then as I am senior to you, I will take the privilege of killing him", the first guy said with superiority. "Okay...senpai (Senpai is a Japanese term which means 'senior'), it's up to you", replied the second guy. The first guy took his sword back to pull out some strength and said: "I will make it really quick so that it won't hurt much to you, Lin xiaooooo".

"Nooooo!!!", Lin xiao screamed as loudly as he can, and a jade flower vas came into his sight; he picked up the vas and smashed it on the first guy's head with his all might who is about to stab him.

Lin xiao ran towards the backdoor of his house "I am going to make it", Lin xiao said to himself while running out of the door. The guy quickly held his head as he felt an unbearable pain, the other guy asked: "Are you alright?". "Don't worry about me, just go after him and kill him", he said in anger and continued "We can't let him escape and inform the other clan members otherwise we will die, I will be coming after you; you go now". "Okay, got it; I will make sure he won't live today", the second guy replied while rushing towards the backdoor.

"According to how much I have studied in the books, there should be a Demon Beast Forest area after a distance of 3 or 4 kilometres, that is the only chance that can save me from being killed; I can only rely on hiding there", Lin xiao said to himself while panting heavily.

~After running for 4 kilometres.

"Damn it, finally I am here; I don't know if I will be able to survive or not, but still it's better than getting killed by them; at the least, I will have some chance of survival", Lin xiao said while looking back to check if they are still following him.

"I saw him", the second guy shouted towards the first guy while pointing at Lin xiao. "I haven't thought he will make us run this far, a while ago I thought I would let his body in one-piece, but now as compensation, I will cut him piece by piece", the first guy said with a cruel and ferocious look on his face.

"I have to enter the forest before they catch me", Lin xiao said while speeding up. "Here it is the Demon Beast forest", Lin xiao said to himself with a slight hope of survival in his eyes. As Lin xiao took a speed run into the forest, both of these guys in a mask stops at the point where the forest starts. "We can't go on any further; we can only wait for him to come out", said the first guy. "Yeah...you are right we can't risk our life to kill that scum, and on the basis of his strength, he won't be able to survive in this forest at all", the second guy replied. "Let's wait for some days; otherwise we will retreat", suggested the first guy.

"Finally, I escaped from them, but I don't think so that they will retreat this early I can't go out of this forest for some days", Lin xiao said while breathing heavily. "I should go slightly deep into the forest even if it is dangerous at least I will be able to rest for some time", he said while walking straight and continued "Let's see what awaits me there......"

What is the Demon Beast?

Demon beast is the evolved species by absorbing Qi from Heaven & Earth. They are varied by cultivation too; the cultivation in beast known as beastly cultivation. Demon beast is varied in type as follows: Mortal Beast, Earthly Beast, Heavenly Beast & Mythical Beast. Pheonix & Dragon are known as the ruler of Demon Beast as they are the only Mythical Beast that exists but their whereabouts are totally unknown to the rest of the world.

In beastly cultivation, there are 5 Realms and each realm has 9 grades named Mortal Beast Realm, Beast Qi Gathering Realm, Beast Qi Refining Realm, Earthly Beast Realm, Heavenly Beast Realm.

The type of a certain Beast affects its cultivation and limits it. For example:- A Mortal Beast can only cultivate to the peak of Mortal Realm, but an Earthly Beast can cultivate till the peak of Qi Refining Realm and for the Heavenly Beast it can cultivate up to the peak of Heavenly Realm and can take a Human form.

For the Mythical Beast, they can't transform themselves into a human because they are the most superior beings in the cultivation world and are regarded as Supreme Beings in nature and there cultivation base stays mysterious.

About Demon Beast Forest:-

Demon Beast Forest lies in the Northside of the Mizu region, only 4 kilometres from Xiao clan's territory. This forest is also a place on which any type of ownership right has been removed. It's a vast land with 30km and is divided into three parts: the outer forest, the inner forest, and the central forest that is the most dangerous of all as in that part live the Heavenly Beasts of Earthly realm stage 5 up till the Heavenly realm stage 9.

The outer forest is of 15km with the Mortal Beast, then the inner forest is of 10km with Earthly Beasts & Heavenly Beasts of low cultivation, and then the central forest with the Heavenly Beasts of High cultivation.

In this forest, the survival rate for normal human beings is less than 1%. The more one ventures deep inside this forest the more dangerous it will be to survive.