Chapter 1 Struck by Lightning

The sky was pitch black and overcast, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning thick as a barrel abruptly struck down, blasting open a house and revealing a figure charred black by the strike.

"Damn, can't be this unlucky, right? It's just breaking through to the fifth layer of the divine art, why such a big reaction? It's not like I killed your whole family, screw the heavens!" Lin Xing raised a middle finger toward the sky: "Damn heavens, I despise you!!" After saying that, he channeled his energy and gave a powerful shake, scattering the collapsed building debris around him. He leaped up.

"Damn, again?" Lin Xing, who had just jumped up, was startled. He immediately activated his movement technique and dashed forward. But the lightning seemed to have locked onto him, chasing after him and striking down. Lin Xing was, after all, only human. Although his speed was fast, it ultimately couldn't match the speed of lightning. After dodging several bolts, the ensuing lightning still struck down! Looking at the successive lightning bolts and then at his own battered body, the internal energy from the sixth layer of the Nine Yang Divine Art he had just broken through was almost completely depleted. A wave of powerlessness washed over Lin Xing, and he helplessly stopped. Seeing this situation, he knew his time was up.

Lin Xing let out a mournful cry, filled with grief and indignation, and raised his final middle finger in this world toward the heavens! Then, his vision went dark, and he knew nothing more.

At that moment, Lin Xing seemed to hear a faint, distant laughter from the edge of the sky, as if a conspiracy had succeeded.

Kassler Continent

Night. The Right Chancellor's residence of the Huaxia Empire!

A middle-aged man in his thirties, over two meters tall, paced anxiously outside a room, muttering incessantly: "Why hasn't it happened yet? As long as mother and child are safe!" Outside the house, a group of other people also gathered. Suddenly, the dignified old man sitting nearby, who was the Right Chancellor of Huaxia, Lin Wen, said to the pacing man: "Zhantian, why are you so anxious? Stop pacing back and forth there, you're making me dizzy."

Hearing his father, Lin Zhantian muttered: "It's not you giving birth, of course you're not anxious." But he stopped immediately nonetheless. Despite being the Legion Commander of one of the empire's four great legions and a Sword Saint, a fearless man, he was terribly afraid of his father. Hearing the words, he stopped there, wringing his hands, his face full of anxiety as he stared at the room.

Suddenly, a meteor flashed across the sky and disappeared above the delivery room. Immediately after, a baby's cry was heard: "Wah..." At the same time, the door opened, and a midwife walked out with a joyful expression: "Congratulations, Chancellor, congratulations, Great General, it's a young master!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wen and his son were instantly filled with joy. Lin Wen was so happy he called out for rewards. But Lin Zhantian had already barged through the door! Simultaneously, a figure flew backward out of the room, crashed through an outer wall, and fell to the ground. Looking closely, who else could it be but Lin Zhantian, who had just barged in?

At the same time, a scolding voice came from the delivery room: "You brat, are you looking for death?"

Lin Zhantian clambered out of the pile of rubble nonchalantly, patted the dust off his body, and without getting angry, said with a sheepish grin: "Mother, I was just anxious to go in and see. Please don't take it to heart." Then he walked toward the room with ease, not daring to be reckless again. Although as a Sword Saint, this level of force couldn't harm him at all. But, a man still has his pride. Even though it was his own mother who sent him flying, being a mid-level Sword Saint and the commander of an entire legion, yet being swatted away by a mid-level Great Sword Master—even if he was caught off guard—such a loss of face was best avoided if possible.

"Yana, are you alright?" Lin Zhantian boomed as soon as he entered the room. Yana, who had just given birth, lay weakly on the bed, her face pale. She gazed tenderly at the child she had carried for ten months before finally deciding to emerge, her eyes filled with maternal kindness. Hearing her husband's words, she replied weakly but happily to Lin Zhantian: "I'm fine, Zhantian. Look at our child, how adorable!"

At that moment, a maid handed the child to Lin Zhantian. Lin Zhantian opened his large hands, happily cradling the child, his face splitting into a wide grin. Lin Zhantian opened his large palms, gently holding the child, constantly studying his own flesh and blood. But suddenly, with a frustrated expression, he said to Yana: "Honey, why doesn't this child look like me at all?" Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, then they all laughed. Lin Zhantian's mother even said to him: "You brat, is looking like you a good thing? Being big and burly, what's so good about that? Look at my little grandson, he looks so much like Yana, so adorable. When he grows up, he'll surely charm many girls."

As she spoke, she took the child from Lin Zhantian's hands, playing with the newborn.

Lin Xing slowly regained consciousness. It was pitch black all around. He struggled to open his eyes, but his eyelids felt as if they were weighed down by a ten-thousand-pound boulder. No matter how hard he tried, how much he struggled, he couldn't open those heavy eyelids. Just as he was feeling frustrated, he suddenly felt a great force pulling him in a certain direction. Lin Xing wanted to resist, but he was powerless!

Suddenly, he felt a bright light. He tried to open his eyes, and they opened instantly. A bright light appeared before him, and he saw a group of women surrounding him. Lin Xing was startled and opened his mouth to ask who they were and where this place was. But as soon as he uttered the first word, he felt something was wrong. Why had his voice turned into a baby's cry? Scared, he immediately closed his mouth. Looking at his own hands, they were clearly the small hands of an infant. Thinking back to the darkness of that period and the great force that pulled him out, wasn't it obvious he had just been born from the womb?

Lin Xing sighed inwardly: "This... could it be the legendary transmigration? But it doesn't seem too bad. This family is quite extraordinary."

Lin Xing snapped out of his contemplation just in time to hear Lin Zhantian say frustratedly: "Honey, why doesn't this child look like me at all?" Lin Xing widened his innocent eyes to look at Lin Zhantian and almost fainted: "So this is my father? But thankfully I don't look like him. Although he's tall and sturdy, looking at him, he can't be associated with handsomeness at all. In my previous life, I was considered a graceful and handsome young master." Even now, Lin Xing couldn't help but indulge in a little self-admiration! But thinking of his current self, he couldn't help but feel a bit downhearted. In his previous life, although his parents had died, that was the world he had lived in for a full sixteen years. He was already accustomed to every blade of grass and tree in that world, accustomed to that world's way of life. But now he had transmigrated to this unfamiliar otherworld. Although this family seemed nice, he was ultimately still a person from that world, completely unfamiliar with here. Thinking of this, Lin Xing felt even more sorrowful.

However, Lin Xing wasn't a pessimistic person. He was quickly infected by the joyful laughter of this family, his mood soon dispelling the gloom and becoming optimistic again. So what if he transmigrated? In his previous life, he had read so many transmigration novels on Qidian. Weren't all those transmigrated protagonists incredibly awesome? With the peerless divine art he possessed, was he afraid he couldn't carve out a place for himself? Moreover, in his previous life, he was alone from a young age. Now he finally had a complete family. And this family wasn't an ordinary one! This made Lin Xing, who lacked family warmth, feel excited again. From now on, he was no longer alone. He had a family too.

Lin Xing was pondering when he was suddenly interrupted by a somewhat aged voice: "Alright, alright, stop making a fuss. Don't disturb Yana's rest." Although he said that, his trembling voice revealed how excited and happy he was!

"Father..." Yana was about to speak when Lin Wen interrupted lovingly: "Yana, you just gave birth and are still weak. Rest well first, don't speak for now."

Yana opened her mouth but ultimately lay there obediently without speaking, only her loving, fond gaze constantly drifting toward her precious son. Yana's mother-in-law, Dikalin, seeing this, immediately handed the child to Yana. She smiled and said: "It's time to give our grandson a name. What do you think we should name him?"

Lin Zhantian immediately said: "How about Lin Wudi? Invincible under heaven, haha... What a majestic, what a dignified name? What do you think?" After speaking, he looked at the others proudly.

"Not good!" Everyone objected unanimously! "I think it's quite good, what's wrong with it?" Lin Zhantian muttered alone, but no one paid attention to this rough fellow.

"How about Lin Yong?" Dikalin suggested. "I think Lin Yong is good, hoping he will be safe and sound forever!"

Lin Xing was getting anxious listening to this. What kind of names were these? Better to use my name from my previous life. Although it wasn't anything special, that name was given by my father from my previous life. Using this name would also be a way to remember my past life.

Unfortunately, Lin Xing couldn't speak now, otherwise he would definitely protest loudly against them arbitrarily changing his name. Now he could only kick his feet and wave his hands in protest.

"Baby? Do you also think this name is good?" Yana, seeing Lin Xing both waving his hands and kicking his feet, happily thought Lin Xing also thought Lin Yong was a good name.

Lin Xing was startled. He was clearly protesting, yet they took it as approval. Fine, I won't move, okay!

Everyone was chattering about how good the name they each suggested for the child was, making Lin Xing break out in a cold sweat, constantly dripping~~.

Fortunately, the old master spoke up then: "Your names are all not good. Just now, when the child was born, a meteor flew in here. I think we should call him Lin Xing."

Everyone fell silent for a moment, then agreed. Joke aside, although their family seemed harmonious and joyful, the old master was the authority in their family. Once the old master spoke, no one in the family dared to disobey. This was the prestige of the family head!

Lin Xing was truly thrilled now, waving his hands and kicking his feet, almost shouting out how happy he was.