In a minimalistic house in the Southern Stronghold, a handsome young man had a deep frown and beads of sweat on his face. Even though his eyes were closed, he seemed to be very uncomfortable.
'Tsk! It's the third time already. What in the world is this?', Ren Qian thought as he tried to bear the pain.
Shhhh...Pain, so painful…everywhere.
But why did it hurt everywhere?
This was the third time he was having this weird dream. Every time, the same words, the same scene. He had even suspected that he had been trapped in some illusion that causes the victim to have the same dream continuously. But that was not the case. Fifth Elder was a master of illusory techniques, and he confirmed he was not under any illusion.
He sighed inwardly when he heard the soft sobs and choked voice,
"Ren Qian. Don't you dare die in my arms…If you do, I'll cripple you in your next life and keep you locked in my room."
His vision was always clouded in this weird dream but after this happening for three times now, he began to feel an odd sense of familiarity with her.
"I'll…be sure…to run…away", he felt his mouth move without his accord.
He was not even surprised as he let things happened. The last time he tried to seize control of his body in the dream, he felt pain that resonated with his soul, the scariest kind of pain he had ever felt.
"You still have the nerve to joke. Be quiet", the lady said, her pampering voice betraying her intention of scolding the one addressed as Ren Qian.
"Yue, I'm so sleepy", the man said, his voice dropping.
"Yue, I love you. Do you love me?", he asked.
The woman addressed as Yue didn't respond. She wiped her tears quickly.
"You, make sure not to run around too much. I'll come find you after you go through the gates", Yue Jingjing said.
Ren Qian let out a bitter smile and his eyes drooped close, moving at the same time with a sob that escaped from the woman.
'Hmm?Does it not usually end here where 'I' die?', the young man thought to himself.
But regardless, he observed what was going on.
While his soul was being sucked into the gates.
"Courting death. You dare to take what's mine?", Yue said angrily.
She struck the gates with dark origin energy, immediately dampening the effect of the golden light that nearly sucked Ren Qian's soul.
Her hand trembled as she gently caressed the glowing orb containing Ren Qian's soul essence.
She raised her hand and dark clouds instantly gathered, crackling with thunder and lightening and painting an ominous scene.
She closed her eyes and the orb floated beside her. Then she opened her mouth and a pitch black core flew out. She began to draw a protection barrier in the air, sign after sign. She controlled it to enter the golden soul essence. Like an illusion, it disappeared, completely melding with the pure golden essence.
"Till we meet again, my beloved", she whispered and kissed the orb before letting it fly into the gates after dissipating the destruction energy protection barrier she had placed to keep the gates close.
The young man woke up with a start and touched his heart. He was…..happy?
Why? What connection did he have with the woman named Yue?
These were not his memories but this person shared the same name and body as him in this weird dream.
Could it really be his past life like that stranger said? But reincarnation was a myth, right?
What if this was a plot by that evil aunt of his to drive him crazy? Or worse, could it be this body was not his body?
He washed his face quickly and after bidding the Elders of the Ren Clan farewell, he began his journey.
Today was the day he would journey to find the cure to his heart demon.
When he thought of heart demon, his mind couldn't help but wander to a certain someone.
Ren Jingjing. She was his cousin and the one he loved the most, not the familial kind of love. She was beautiful, quiet yet powerful, kind yet unforgiving and the most amazing woman he had ever known. How could he possibly not fall for such a person?
Even though he hated her entire family, she was the only one he could never hate.
Just a day after she had finally agreed to be with him, those bandits came to break his world apart.
His family and his lover, all disappeared in a day.
He decided to take after his father and become a cultivator, a decision he has never regretted.
But even after all this, he still couldn't break through to Spirit Master, because he had not been able to rid himself of the guilt of being so powerless that his Jingjing had to sacrifice herself.
Watching her die before his eyes when he turned was something he couldn't get out of his mind and his heart.
He had read from somewhere that every year, the Heavens deem ten people worthy of appearing before the Six Immortals of Existence and only one would have his wish granted. To relive the past. Fifth Elder had realized that he had heart demons and decided that this was the best option to rid himself of it.