pjbooks Chapter 1 is here!
Chapter 1 is here!
Dragon Kingdom, Luoyang Jiangzhou.
"I never thought I'd actually come back..."
Jiang Chen stood in front of the bathroom mirror, looking at his handsome face and muttering to himself.
The boy in the mirror looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. He was tall and slender, and although his eyebrows were slightly immature, his handsome face was undeniable.
"Jiang Chen, you've been in the bathroom for so long, could you have eaten something bad?!"
A gentle female voice sounded outside the bathroom. He quickly opened the door and went out, only to see the still charming woman looking at him with a worried expression.
She is Jiang Chen's mother, Jiang Xueqin, and the man with slightly gray hair at the dining table is Jiang Chen's father, Jiang Tianyi.
"No, how could Mom's breakfast make me sick? It wasn't Dad's."
Upon hearing this, the man who was scrolling through his phone looked up and immediately cursed, "Fuck you."
Jiang Xueqin frowned slightly. Such interactions were quite common in this ordinary family, and she was used to it. But recently... she thought her son wouldn't be in the mood for such jokes. Could it be that he's in a better mood?
Looking at his son's grinning face, Jiang Tianyi said in a deep voice, "You little brat, let me put it bluntly, let's just leave it at that about the awakening. What can we do now? Life goes on."
"Even if I can't become an Awakened, I can find other jobs, and I won't have to go to the front lines anymore, which will put your mother at ease. It's good."
Looking into his father's caring eyes, Jiang Chen realized that less than a day had passed since his awakening.
Thank goodness I came back, otherwise... if I had really died, my parents would have been heartbroken for the rest of their lives.
Jiang Chen regretted his actions yesterday, but if he hadn't acted that way, he probably wouldn't be where he is today.
This world is an extremely chaotic world of awakening.
According to historical records, three hundred years ago, ice flowers from hell descended upon the human world, and apostles from outer space descended upon the human world, wreaking havoc on the human continent. The chain reaction that followed was the resurgence of the ancient demon gods, and the legendary demon race reappeared in the world.
Humanity has entered an unprecedented dark period, with its territory shrinking continuously. However, the human will has never been extinguished. They struggle to survive in the darkness, constantly searching for a way out.
Finally, two hundred and eighty years ago, the first awakened being in human history was born.
With the emergence of these awakened beings, humanity still has its own sanctuary in this world. As the demons and extraterrestrial apostles restrain each other, human life slowly returns to normal.
In order to one day reclaim everything that belongs to humanity, children are now sent to academies at a very young age to learn about demons and apostles, constantly improve their physical fitness, and cultivate various combat skills.
Once they reach a certain age, around seventeen or eighteen, which corresponds to their senior year of high school, these students will undergo an awakening.
According to human research on awakening, they generally believe that the profession or strength of awakened abilities is linked to daily training. For example, if you have extremely high-level swordsmanship skills, then your awakening will also be related to swordsmanship skills.
Therefore, before awakening, students will continuously strive to improve their qualities in all aspects, just so that they can amaze the world on the day of awakening!
Jiang Chen thought so too. He was born into an ordinary family. Although his parents were both Awakened, their Awakened abilities and professions were related to daily life and could not make a significant contribution to society.
Therefore, in order to change his family's fate, Jiang Chen was very well-behaved from a young age and put in several times or even a hundred times more effort than ordinary people in all aspects. As a result, he stood on the throne of first place in his grade.
Whether it's swordsmanship, martial arts, or other basic skills, Jiang Chen is number one in every aspect.
He was hailed as a genius and even had the title of "the hope of humanity" within the school.
That's why he has many friends and a lover, who is also a young lady from a noble family.
However... all the beauty shattered on the day of awakening.
The entire school's teachers and students were focused on the day of Jiang Chen's awakening. They hoped that Jiang Chen would awaken the legendary ability and become a hero who could defeat the apostles and the demons. However... their fervent hopes were shattered the moment they saw the answer.
Those without abilities...
That's something that has never happened before in the last three hundred years of human history!
Even the worst student in the entire school can awaken some insignificant professions and abilities. For example, some people can awaken the profession of chef and have amazing wok-flipping skills.
Even if they can't go to the front lines to compete with the apostles, they can at least provide some skills for daily life.
But... Jiang Chen's case is the world's first case of a person without abilities.
Once the top student in the entire school, the pride of countless people, he has fallen from grace and become a good-for-nothing in people's eyes.
"Who would have thought that Jiang Chen was actually a powerless person? This must be the first case in the world, right?"
"He was the best in the whole school in every aspect, but he ended up like this. It's really a pity."
"What the hell was the point of me fawning over this piece of trash?!"
His teacher was very disappointed in him, and all his so-called close friends, except for a few, distanced themselves from him, not even bothering to comfort him. As for his girlfriend, whom he loved so much, she broke up with him on the afternoon of the day he awakened.
"Jiang Chen, let's break up."
"I know you must be very sad right now, and I know you definitely won't be able to accept this result in a short time."
"But rather than telling you later, it's better to let you know sooner rather than later. It's over between us."
"I have awakened S-rank illusion magic power. I am a glorious awakener. Our future paths are destined to be different."
She is Liu Ruyan, the sweet-looking but proud eldest daughter of the Liu family. Her academic performance is among the best in the school. Although she is proud, she is willing to humble herself for the strong. Therefore, she was quickly attracted by Jiang Chen's strength at school.
She always felt that Jiang Chen's future was limitless, and that he would definitely become a beacon of light for humanity.
So she pursued him, and Jiang Chen, in the prime of his youth, couldn't resist the pursuit of such a beautiful woman, and quickly fell for her.
They were considered a perfect match in school, both handsome and beautiful, and both highly capable. However... fate played a cruel trick on them.
Jiang Chen looked at his girlfriend, or rather his ex-girlfriend, who was looking at him with disdain. Once upon a time, her affectionate gaze was a scene that would replay in Jiang Chen's dreams all night long, but now, she had changed too quickly.
Just half an hour ago, she was encouraging herself not to be nervous, and that she would definitely awaken her perfect ability.
Now, she coldly says goodbye, without even a word of comfort, as if discarding a piece of dirty trash.
However, Jiang Chen has no interest in that right now.
Unable to awaken, he's a useless piece of trash...
How could something so unprecedented happen to me?
He was completely unable to shake off that sense of loss and despair.
Break up? Then let's break up.
He accepted it all calmly. What was a mere year-long relationship compared to the more than ten years of hard work and dedication he had put in since childhood?
Jiang Chen felt that all his efforts over the past ten years had been in vain.
He walked home like a zombie.
That day, he hadn't even arrived home yet, but his status as the world's first person without capacity had already made him famous throughout Jiangzhou. Even the little kids passing by would laugh at him for being an incompetent older brother.
He didn't know how to face his parents who had high expectations for him, nor did he know how to face the future.
So when the piercing horn sounded, he looked back and saw an out-of-control car about to hit a child on the side of the road. With his reaction speed, he could have grabbed the child and run away, but at that moment, instinct made the decision for him.
Instead of carrying the child, he chose to push him away, and his body was violently thrown into the air.
Perhaps... ending my life like this is acceptable.
That was the voice from Jiang Chen's heart.
But you don't know until you hit it, and then you're shocked.
Jiang Chen was thus transported to a completely new world, a world of cultivation with dazzling splendor.
Like countless other protagonists, he awakened the system and created his own legend in that special world.
He shattered the void, cleaved the heavens, comprehended the three thousand great Daos, and ascended to the pinnacle of the world.
A thousand years later, he became invincible in the world, becoming an immortal myth.
Only occasionally would he think of his parents on Blue Star, and of that past that now seemed like a dream.
On a boring day, just as he finished his intimate moments with the fairy and was about to take a short rest, he inexplicably woke up in bed.
It was a familiar yet unfamiliar bed, his hometown that he had been away from for a thousand years, and the timeline at this moment was only the day after he had awakened.
He didn't know why he woke up at home, nor did he understand why a thousand years had passed in the other world, but only one night had passed in the present world, as if it were all a dream.
Having seen all sorts of things in the cultivation world, Jiang Chen quickly calmed down. He immediately confirmed that his cultivation was still intact, which put his mind at ease.
To outsiders, he is still the world's first unawakened waste, but no one knows that Jiang Chen is now a killing god who has returned from the world of cultivation.
He had thoroughly explored that world, but there were still far too many unknowns about his own planet, Earth.
What demon gods, what apostles? These are all brand new apostles. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile excitedly, his eyes full of anticipation for the future.