Episode 2

Inside a dark cave, Zhao Ling sat cross-legged, digesting the fragmented memories of the body he occupied. An hour later, Zhao Ling opened his eyes and muttered,

"So, this young man was from the Zhao Clan in Wunzen City, a small town in the Eastern Continent. He had no talent for becoming a martial artist, which made him the subject of ridicule from other youths. Ashamed and wanting to save his parents from further humiliation, he recklessly went to the Dark Forest to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, he was beaten by a young man from another clan and forced to flee into this forest, where he encountered a master-level Fire Bear." Zhao Ling, who now understood the gist of it, closed his eyes again and examined the body to understand why it couldn't cultivate.

Zhao Ling kept his eyes closed for a long time, examining his body until he finally opened them.

"So that's it. This body can't contain profound energy because the body and bones are very weak. No problem, I was the youngest alchemist in the Central Continent. Weak body and bones are not difficult things for me," muttered Zhao Ling, who already knew the problem. He then muttered again,

"Although this body is weak, it's a genius's body because it has two elements. While others only have one element, this body has both fire and lightning. Good, with this, I have an ace up my sleeve in the future," muttered Zhao Ling happily. What he said was true. Usually, people only have one element in their dantian, but the body he occupied had two, and one of them was a special element, lightning, which was very rare.

Zhao Ling then looked around the cave. He was quite happy because there were many level one herbal plants there.

"Good, this place has a lot of low-level herbal plants. For now, I will forge this body to its maximum until I can increase my realm to the 1-star Beginner Warrior realm," said Zhao Ling happily. He then stood up and gathered the herbs for his use.

There were thirteen levels of martial artists:

Beginner Warrior,

Master Warrior,

Grand Master Warrior,

Warrior Soldier,

Warrior Commander,

Warrior General,

Warrior King,

Warrior Emperor,

Warrior Saint,

Earth Warrior,

Heaven Warrior,

Demi-God Warrior,

God Warrior

All these levels were divided into nine stars. God Warriors were very rare; they didn't even exist in the Azure Sky Realm anymore. And a God Warrior was not the highest level; there were still two more realms: Earth God Warrior and Heaven God Warrior. But those no longer existed in the Golden Sky Realm, making them legendary realms.

Back to Zhao Ling, he had now gathered the right herbs to increase his body and bone strength.

"Hmm, I don't have a cauldron to make pills, so I have to turn them into body strengthening liquid and bone strengthening liquid. Oh well, I think it's enough for me," muttered Zhao Ling, resigned to his current situation. He then released the flames, which were ordinary fire elements. If you asked where his Heavenly Flame was, maybe it had returned to its original place. After Zhao Ling's death, it would definitely return to where Zhao Ling first found it.

"Sigh, what a pity my Heavenly Flame is gone. Hopefully, no one will find it. I worked so hard to get those three flames. Luckily, I never told anyone where I found them," muttered Zhao Ling resignedly. He was also determined to get the three flames back.

"Hmm, is there a Heavenly Flame in the Eastern Continent? It seems I have to find out for myself," muttered Zhao Ling, and he returned his focus to making body strengthening liquid and bone strengthening liquid. Because he had no profound energy at all, Zhao Ling could only use his soul power to maintain his flames.

"Fortunately, my soul is strong enough to make this liquid. Otherwise, I don't know if I would succeed or not," said Zhao Ling, smiling wryly. How could he, who was once known as the Flame Warrior, have to start all over again?

While Zhao Ling was busy making the liquid for himself, in Wunzen City, precisely at the Zhao Clan residence, a woman in her 30s was seen crying and being comforted by a man, her husband.

"Sob, sob, Ling'er, where are you, son?" cried the woman, who was none other than Zhao Ling's mother, Yun Li. She came from the Yun Clan in Wunzen City. The Yun Clan was the same as the Zhao Clan; they were both first-class clans in the city, and the two clans were in-laws because Yun Li was the daughter of the previous Yun Clan Patriarch.

"Li'er, let's just pray that Ling'er is okay. I've deployed our elite troops to search for Ling'er, so be patient," said the man, wanting his wife to calm down. He was Zhao Lin, the current Patriarch of the Zhao Clan, and Zhao Ling was their third child. Zhao Ling was the youngest of three siblings. He had an older brother and an older sister. His older brother was named Zhao Feng, and his older sister was named Zhao Bing. They were both geniuses of the Zhao Clan because at the age of fifteen, they were already at the 5-star Master realm. This attracted the attention of a large sect in the Imperial Capital, and they were currently studying in that sect called the Flame Sect. As the name suggests, the sect only accepted martial artists with the fire element.

In the Eastern Continent, there were seven great sects, and they all represented the seven basic elements: fire, water, wind, earth, ice, wood, and metal. The seven sects were constantly competing to be the strongest, and coincidentally, the Flame Sect was the number one largest sect in the Eastern Continent. Because the Patriarch of the Flame Sect was already at the peak Saint Warrior realm, similar to the Eastern Sky Empire, which was held by the current Emperor named Qing Yan. He was also at the peak Saint realm. Each great sect also had an ancestor whose strength was equal, and even the Empire's ancestor had the same strength as the seven ancestors of those sects.

It was not just the seven sects that were the pillars of the Eastern Continent, but there were also four great clans: the Shi Clan, the Lin Clan, the Yi Clan, and the Ye Clan. Although not as strong as the seven sects, the power and influence of the four clans were enormous in the Empire, especially the Lin Clan, which had given birth to many true geniuses.

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