As I allowed the tether to pull towards the mortal realm, I could not help reminiscing a bit about my life.
For those that are unaware, this was not actually my first life.
Yes, I lied to the author, but that guy was really sketchy. I mean, before I died, he asked if he could write a story about me. That alone made me suspect him, so of course I lied. Yes, before I died, he came to me and asked if he could write a story about me.
I want to safely regress back to my youth and take it easy this time. What was I talking about again?. Yes, this was not my first life; it was my second, actually.
That was also the reason I became what I am in this life; I was really weak and powerless in my first life. I simply lived my life the way I desired, never concentrating on cultivation.
The way I lived was not totally bad, actually; I learned a lot of things, which of course were not related to cultivation. Things like swordplay, cooking, and survival in the wilds—you know a lot of general knowledge about things—and even learning about other professions like alchemy, rune writing, blacksmithing, assassination, and so much more.
Wait, was I really weak?
I died weak in my first life. I was captured by a king who was interested in my accumulated knowledge, since I was already old at that time, about 291. I was still a cultivator but never really focused on it, but I got the perks of increased memory and increased lifespan.
Seriously, I was still a cultivator. I mean, most humans were weaker than the weakest cultivator out there, so how was I captu...
So, after I was captured, I worked for the king, reluctantly, I might add, and I must say, it was not a happy experience. Helping the king's children with their studies, the servants, the guards, and the other subjects in the palace by fixing broken utensils and weapons and inscribing different runes on the walls, weapons, and utensils.
Something...
I was in charge of a lot of things. Luckily, the library was opened for me, and it made me increase my knowledge. That was where I found the rune for the tether and the regressing rune.
Is not...
These runes were mostly theories, and yet I was able to make them work, and that was how I made my way to my second life, with a little help from the king, of course, when I had taught one of his sons a rune of flight.
Right...
The rune would be inscribed on a sword or any other material of your choice; it will then grant you the ability to fly, only when you are holding said material. That was why it was mostly inscribed on swords, since most cultivators and practitioners never go anywhere without their swords; that is where the term flying swords came from.
Anyway, the prince inscribed the rune on himself... Yes, I know that sounds okay in theory, but in practice, it's not. Remember, kids, not all ideas are to be acted upon. So the reason why such a thing is not ideal is because, unlike other runes like stealth runes, camouflage runes, etc.,. Flight runes need a medium, like a controller, to allow you to control your direction during flight, so imagine putting the controls of a model airplane on the plane itself or placing the on and off switch of a fan on its blades.
The machine can be turned on, but you will not be able to control it anymore, so if I look around the atmosphere of my world, I might find the king's son... Hopefully.
I meant realm... But a realm cannot be observed, right? That is like looking around the universe... So it's a world?.
Right, since I am regressing, the king's son might return. Maybe I should get revenge while relaxing... Nah, the king will also forget what happened... again... No, everything will go back to when i was 27
... I remembered that this is my third regress... My memory has never been good, okay! I don't know why I only remember things that might benefit me, like the knowledge I have acquired in both regressions.
So if I remember correctly, that was when my life became shitty. Those guys don't even respect the elderly, stupid brats. They even made me carry stones to build houses and walls, so yes, I died of being put in too much labor, and then the rune I inscribed on my cultivation core reacted.
That was why in my second life, when the regression rune worked... surprisingly. I think I killed the king and wiped out the whole kingdom after I focused all my time and energy on my cultivation. Now that I am talking about this, I realize that I don't know how I became an elder of the... of my sect.
...
Wait, I don't even know how they cultivated... Wait, how did I even ascend!?
Something is not right; I can't remember some things about myself!
I know I ascended, but I can't remember how I got there and how I even became king there, even things about the spirit realm...
... Are my memories being tampered with, or were they tampered with before?
The world—no, it's a realm!
Why do I remember a world? The... The... The au... someone was with me!
I know someone was with me !
///¥∅⨃ ₳ɤɘ ŋɵ৳ ₷µ₽₽⁰₴₴₤₫ ৳Ŏ ŕ3ɰèmbërʀ///
I look at the tether that is pulling me and suddenly feel scared. I don't like this feeling I am suddenly feeling. I grab the tether and pull with my full force, as I hope it will break.
I suddenly don't want to regress anymore. I feel like my memories are not right; it's like I might have forgotten something... something.
...
The sect appointed me an elder when I became more powerful, but I only focused on cultivation and nothing else. By eighteen, I became the most powerful master in the... by twenty, I became the most powerful elder in the sect... by thi...
... In this life I might even take it easy. I have to take this new life and live well, no more torture from the sect king... from the master... I will take it easy this time.
I looked at the line guiding me through the darkness... The tether was pulling me through the darkness... I was falling through the darkness.
Suddenly I saw two beams of light coming towards me, and my vision went dark.
...
[₣₳₭E A: You did not have to do that, you know.]
YoU saW He Was FiGHting The speLL
[₣₳₭E A: He is stronger than we thought.]
JusT maKe surE he StayS thERE for gOOD
[₣₳₭E A: Yes ⫪ŕ⨃₵₭ ₭un]