Chapter 2 CHAPTER 1: The Ancestral Armament World

After a while, his mother left his room.

In that foreign memory, Joey realized that the body his soul possessed was the victim of an imperial plot. The predecessor was the 5th prince of the great Tang nation. His grandfather gave him the name Tang Xuangzong.

He came to know that this place is not the Earth. This place was a magical world called Ancestral Armament Wasteland. His Tang nation was in the remote easternmost region of this world.

His mother, Long Menglou, was one of the consorts of the current emperor Tang Zimo. The predecessor had poor soul force, so he lacked in cultivation. Everyone in the Tang nation knew him as the trash prince.

Joey tried to cultivate the predecessor cultivation technique " Earthly Meteor Canon."He failed. He had tried multiple times, but the conclusion was a failure. Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed in his mind, and his soul was transported to someplace.

Joey saw a sizeable purple pagoda in mid-air. The pagoda was connected to the ground by one-hundred-thousand golden stairs. There was a nametag flag beside the pagoda. The flag was marked with golden letters.

" THE HEAVENLY CORRUPTION PAGODA "

Joey observed the pagoda. The purple pagoda had nine floors. He walked up the golden stairs to reach the purple pagoda. He opened the door of the first floor and entered.

An archaic voice greeted him ."Welcome! The new host to be."

The voice gave him a keen pressure. He felt a chill run down his spine. He began to feel nervous. He thought that this might be a god's voice. Then, he tried to calm his mind, but he couldn't. He began to think, " Is reincarnating to this world a boon or a curse?"

"Welcome to the first floor of The heavenly corruption pagoda, my new host." The archaic voice sounded again.

Joey began to think that this new experience was something connected to the old man on Earth. "Who the hell is that damn old geezer? He ruins my old, poor life. Oh! my poor life. You damn, old fart." he exclaimed in his mind.

On a distant planet in the Milky Way galaxy, the old man sneezed suddenly. His mood suddenly shifted to worse from his joyous mood. Then, he shouted," Who is the damn fool cursing me secretly? My soul is in chaos. Ah! It may be that boy. We have karma connected between us. Damn it. I will come there soon to spank your butt ."

Then, in the Ancestral Armament Wasteland, Joey was standing inside the first floor of the purple pagoda.

" Dear host, thee hast the chance to become the owner of 'THE HEAVENLY CORRUPTION PAGODA .' The test is to challenge your willpower and karmic power. You are to absorb all the heavenly scripture on the wall of the room within ten days."

The wall lighted up ."Initiating to begin the mortal challenge. Counting down, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one and go.. go ."

Currently, Joey was highly nervous about all the things that were before him today. He tried to calm both his mind and his pounding heart while breathing in and out heavily. After about fifteen minutes, he managed to calm down. Then, he saw a mat in the middle of the room.

He went before the mat and sat down cross-legged on the mat. He gazed his eyes at the wall slowly. The first thing he saw was the words "The beginning level of corruption manual. " The moment he saw the word "corruption." A black aura emerged from the word corruption and passed through his eyes, noses, mouth, and ears. It moved through all the holes inside his body. Every path the aura went, it corrupted, and dark colors appeared in every spot.

Joey could feel the things inside his body moving toward his chest region. His body experienced another extreme pain again. He growled and scratched his face, neck, and toward his chest.

The black aura reached the heart and also started corroding his heart. It was so painful that Joey even thought of committing suicide by biting his tongue. After the painful experience, his mind was brought into the realm of greed.

Joey experienced the greed of all living things in this world. There, he became a great emperor of the world. From birth to death, he experienced the greed of the emperor. The sacrifice of a million people made him numb to his heart.

Then, his mind was brought into the realm of lust. There, he was born as a newborn in a brothel. He experienced a life of profanities his whole life in this world. Again, his mind was brought into the realm of carnage.

In the carnage world, he experienced the life of a slave in the beginning to become the ruthless king assassin of the world. His mind was brought into these three worlds continuously and reincarnated several times, and his mind lost the sense of time.

" Hey, Joey, clear your mind," a screeching voice sounded and quickly woke his mind from unconsciousness. Joey's mind moved toward the voice and met a ball of purple. The purple ball spoke again, "Hi Joey, I am Tang Xuangzong. Now, I understand why my poor cultivation is. It is because I am your incomplete half soul, and you are the half. I have felt a familiarity with your soul. "

Joey exclaimed, " So, you are Xuangzong. Are you dead or alive ?"

"Yes, practically I am dead, but the moment you enter my body, my soul is transported back from the netherworld ."

"Then what are we going to do with two souls and a body?"

" I think you should consume my soul and form a complete soul. But I have a condition for you to promise."

"What condition? Tell me. "

"You will start living as me in this world and complete my filial piety to my mom. Lastly, become the supreme being of the boundless realm ."

"OK, deal, it is easy to become you because you and I have the same origin, to begin with. But, for me to become supreme, let the future decide."

"Then begin and consume my soul ."

Joey's soul opened his mouth and consumed the purple ball soul of Tang Xuangzong. Then Joey's soul turned purple and golden, and his mind became more relaxed, and all five senses became clearer.

Suddenly, the black aura in his heart was pulled toward his soul sea and turned into the words "The divine corruption manual." The words stayed beside the purple-golden soul. He slowly opened his eyes. Then he looked up and exclaimed out, "From today onward, I am both Tang Xuangzong and Joey at the same time. The genius of the Ancestral Armament world. I am coming for you all."

Finally, the archaic voice reached his ears again. "The test is completed. Welcome to the heavenly corruption pagoda, young master."