His body was turned into small blue particles from his toes to his head they're all being sucked into a portal. When he opened his eyes, he arrived in an empty vast space.

Ding*

[First Trial]

A wooden puppet spawned from the ground. On the surface, it looks like an ordinary puppet but it's not.

Zhen Lun used his eyes to peer into the wooden puppet and found out that it actually has cultivation realm of a transcendent mortal.

"System, What kind of test is this? I've never heard of it."

[This trial is created just for you]

[Stop asking questions, you're in the middle of the trial!]

[To complete this trial, you'll have to take a beating from the puppet and survive]

[Your movement will be sealed and will not be able to use any skills]

[The first trial begins!]

As soon as the system proclaimed that, The puppet starts to move. It walks slowly toward him, With an expression of 'I'm going to kill you.'.

"I'm not allowed to move? Are you kidding me! I'm going to die!"

The puppet stood in front of Zhen Lun, he got into a punching stance, with the hand on his back. It thrusts all of its power and punched Zhen Lun's stomach.

Pah*

He felt a slight sting from the punch. He barely felt anything from the punch. It was all thanks to Goblin King Armor's protection that it barely hurt at all.

'Hmph with this I should be able to survive another twenty beatings or so.'

The puppet suddenly speaks with a robotic voice. "Detected an Equipment! It will be removed temporarily."

[Your equipment has been sealed!]

Seeing that his eyebrows twitched. Without his armor, he knew that he will really die this time.

The puppet yet again punched his stomach with the same amount of force.

Puhe!

Its strength was comparable to goblin king that hasn't gone berserk. But somehow, he feels fine despite the pain on his stomach?

'What just happen? There's definitely pain from the punch.' He's still perfectly fine, the organs in his stomach are still safe. The only thing that was injured was the muscles around the stomach.

Pah*

Another punch was thrown by the puppet. It targetted at his chest this time.

'It's destroying my muscle!'

Next was his shoulder, his arms, his thighs, legs, and his necks

Each of them was very painful, especially his necks. 'Hm? There's more. I thought that it punches everywhere.'

The puppet got into stance to throw his punch again. It seems to be target a little bit higher.

'Don't tell me! My face!'

Pah*

The left side was punched by the puppet and one more punch was thrown on the right side of his face too.

[You can now move your body, The seal is removed]

His muscles were all destroyed, As soon as the seal was lifted. His body falls to the ground like a stiff block. At this moment, He can't even move his mouth to curse the system.

The puppet disappeared and the room suddenly surrounded itself with rich spiritual energy. It gives the effect of speeding up the healing process of its muscle.

Ding*

[Physical Body Leveled up!]

[Physical Body Leveled up!]

...

[Physical Body Leveled up!]

Few hours passed as his muscles were being healed. He can finally move his body. It obviously became tougher as new muscles were created. Not only his muscles was tougher, but he also got taller.

Now that he could finally move his body, Zhen Lun stood up but as soon he does it, he regretted.

[Second Trial]

[To complete this trial, you'll have to survive from the fire]

[Your movement will be sealed and will not be able to use any skills]

[Second Trial begins]

'Again!?'

The fire rose from the ground. The temperature rises drastically within three seconds and is still continue to rises.

'So hot! What kind of fire is this?' The fire that rose from the ground is not normal fire as they are green-colored.

Boom*

The fire suddenly got fiercer. It soon became unbearable for him that even he screams due to the pain. His skin is melting leaving his newly created muscles exposed to the fire.

The fire somehow didn't burn his muscles but it manages to heat up his bones.

Zhen Lun is currently trying hard to keep himself awake, If he faints his guess is that he will fail the trial.

Right now, He can feel his bones are being melted from inside but he didn't realize that his skins are gone and his muscles were all exposed.

He continues to persevere, gritting his teeth to slightly relieve his pain until the point that all of his bones in his body were melted.

When that time happened, The fire started to enters his body as they digging holes into the inner side. The fire miraculously formed new structures with its mysterious power.

Not letting him rest. The next trial begins immediately and the fire was gone like it never existed.

[Third Trial]

[To complete this trial, you'll have to overcome your inner demons]

[Your movement will be sealed and will not be able to use any skills]

[Third Trial begins!]

His body is lying on the ground and his consciousness immediately fades as the trial started.

Zhen Lun was stuck in a dream in his own mind, searching for his biggest nightmare and fear.

...

...

"This is... my room?" Zhen Lun found himself back to his old room, where he used to stay, The City Lord Mansion.

"Why am I here?" He got out of his bed and walked out of his room.

"Greeting young master!" The servants greeted him.

'Right, I have to greet mother and father!' Zhen Lun rushed himself to the hall to greet his parents.

He suddenly heard people whispering behind him.

"He's someone that Master Zhen pick up on the road but he is so proud of himself when we called him young master, so shameless!"

"Ha, he's only trash that was picked up on the road, he can't be city lord son!"

He heard the whispers and his expression went grim.

'Right, I'm not their son.'

Suddenly, a woman approached. "Son! You're back! Look here! This is your younger sister! Our 'real' daughter!" The woman smiled.

The servants that mocked him earlier bowed respectfully toward the woman and the young girl.

Zhen Lun kneeled down too to pay respect to his mother. "Zhen Lun greets Mother!"

"Hm? Only me? Greet your little sister too you useless scum!" The woman scolded.

Zhen Lun cannot retaliate at all, he can only grit his teeth to suppress his anger. "Zhen Lun greets the princess!"

"Papa!" The young girl suddenly called out as a man approached.

The man with dignified disposition looked down at Zhen Lun with disgusted looks. "Oh, you dare to come back! Look at you, useless trash. You can't even cultivate properly and you dare to come back?"

Pah*

The man used his hand to slapped Zhen Lun on his face, sending him lying on the ground.

Zhen Lun can only accept them without saying anything. "I'm sorry, I will do better!"

"Humph, You better do or don't blame us throwing you back from where you came from!" The man warned.

'Yes... I am lucky in the first place to receive your kindness for the past few years.' Zhen Lun said in his thoughts.

The servants surrounded him and continue to repeat the same words over and over in his mind.

"Trash!"

"Scum!"

"Useless!"

As he was being mocked by the servants, a sound resounded in his mind. 'Kill your younger sister! you will receive the love you deserve once she dies!'

'That little devil doesn't deserve to be here! You are much stronger than her right now, you should kill her while you can or do you want to be called useless or trash again!'

'Kill these servants too! They dare to mock you?'

'Kill them!'

'Kill!'

The sound kept repeating in his minds. Zhen Lun struggled with the headache as he finally lost his mind.

With hatred and jealousy that taking control of his consciousness, He killed all the servants that mocked him.

All of them died without having a chance to struggle.

'Now... Where is my cute little sister? Where is her room?' Killing intent shrouded around him. His bloody face, resulted from spilling blood created another chilly vibe.

"System, open the map!" Zhen Lun yelled out but nothing happened.

"System?"

"Even you're abandoning me?" Zhen Lun yelled, he wanted to open the map menu himself but he found there's something weird. "Wait, I don't see any of the icons."

To confirm his suspicions Zhen Lun went back and check the corpses of the servants.

'Where am I?' He finally got free from his inner demons.

He slowly analyzed the surrounding environments. They seem realistic, but there are flaws to it and it was the servants that are lying on the ground,

'They all looked very ugly.' His inner demons followed what he imagined but in reality, their face is not ugly at all. He hated the guards that's why he imagined them to be ugly.

"Show yourself! I will never fall for your tricks again!"

The garden and the buildings that he is currently standing went into nothing. A sinister laughs came from his back. "Hahaha, To think just because of looks, you woke up from your worst nightmare."

"You passed the third trial by luck, did you know that?" A person with the same exact appearance as he appeared in front of him but his body is covered with darkness and his eyes were bloody, unlike Zhen Lun's eyes.

"I know... If not because you can't imitate the system I would have fallen for your trap." Zhen Lun honestly said.

That time when he received the news that he has little sister, the first thing that came into his mind was not happiness or relieves. It was jealousy and hatred, fearing that he will be abandon by his parents.

That's why every time he remembered 'her', he wore a grim expression.

"Since you didn't complete the trial by killing me, I will continue to exist in your mind and I will find an opportunity to strike once your mind waver! Do not disappoint me next time or I'll consume your body and make it mine!" The man said with a devilish smile.

[You failed to kill the inner demons inside you]

[It will find the opportunity to take over your body]

[The trials of transcendent mortal has come to an end]

[You will be sent back to your place]

"System, I want to retry the third trial again! Is it possible?"

[You achieved 70% of completion]

[If you wish to try again the completion rate will be altered and your maximum completion will be 90%]

[Are you sure?] Yes/No

He wasn't satisfied with how he escapes from the inner demons. If he doesn't overcome it now, he will never overcome it in the future.

Zhen Lun unhesitantly clicked 'yes'.

As soon as he did that his consciousness fades. His memory was reset to make sure that he didn't realize that anything wrong this time.

...

...

Unlike last time, this time he arrived in a spacious hall with many guards standing by on the side.

Zhen Lun is currently five years old, sitting on her mother lap as he plays with his toys.

"Lun'er" A woman that is sitting on a chair caressed his hand. "I have to say something to you."

"I will listen to you! Mom!" Little Zhen Lun cheerfully said.

As he senses there's something wrong with his mother expression he throws his toys away, holding her mother hand tightly with his small hands. "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry..." Her mother said expressionlessly, having no expression of remorse at all.

"Please forgive us, for not telling you but we decided that it's time to tell you. The earlier the better so that you will know." The woman pushed him down to the floor and blurted out a sentence. "You are not my son."

"Mom? What do you mean?" Zhen Lun looks at her strangely as he stood up.

"It is what I mean, you are not my son. We picked you up from the road." The woman said harshly. She then left the room, leaving Zhen Lun kneeling on the ground weakly as he cannot accept the truth.

'I was picked up from the road?'

Two of the guards came into the room. They stood at the entrance and bowed to a person that came.

"So, My wife told you already?" The man asked.

"F-father." Zhen Lun called weakly as he looked at the man.

"Don't call me father, I'm not your father." The man gave a disgusted look. "Only she can call me father!"

A little girl came from behind with a cheerful expression. "Papa!" she tugged the man robes and the man lifted her up to her chest.

"Father, Who is she?" Zhen Lun asked as he point.

"Guards! Slap his mouth! How dare he called the princess rudely!" The man ordered the guards.

The guards went over to Zhen Lun side and gave him a few slaps on the face.

"You will be serving her for your life but you're too weak, go and train yourself. Right now, you're nothing but trash."

"Y-yes" Zhen Lun can't help but nodded his head obediently.

"Guards sent him to his room. He is grounded for two weeks for speaking rudely toward the princess."

The guards followed the man orders and dragged Zhen Lun to his room forcefully, throwing him inside his room alone. Without anyone accompanying him.

Zhen Lun was in dazed, He sat on the corner of his room, staring at the ground with a blank mind.

A mysterious sound resounded in his minds. "Kid, do you want to be part of this family again?"

Hearing the voice Zhen Lun was scared. "Who are you?"

"I'm here to help you!"

"Really?" Zhen Lun asked with disbelief.

"Yes, I'm helping you to regain the happiness that you deserves. Your parents' love will be directed to you once you kill her!"

"Kill her?! The princess? I can't do that!" Zhen Lun rejected.

"You can! I can help you. With my help, they will not find anything suspicious about you."

"No! You're a bad guy!"

'Why did he rejected the offer? Did I do something wrong?' The inner demon was confused. 'I'll make him hate her more then.'

Knock*

"Did something happen?" A little girl voice came from outside.

"Nothing! There's something weird going on with my mind." Zhen Lun said.

"I'll come in." The little girl opened the door and went into the room.

Seeing the appearance of her, Zhen Lun directly stood up. " Zhen Lun pay respects to the princess!" he kneeled on the ground. Not receiving respond at all, he then lifted his head to looked at her. He saw that the princess is smiling.

The little girl pinched itself on her face and screamed. "Help! Brother is hurting me!" She fell on the floor weakly as she feints injury.

"What's wrong?" Zhen Lun rushed over to her side to lift her up. 'Did she get possessed by that thing too?'

The guards stormed in and they found the princess is lying on the ground, crying and Zhen Lun is holding her.

"You dare hurt, princess!" The guards throw Zhen Lun away to the wall, separating him away from the princess.

"Brother, why did you do that? I was worried about you!" The princess weakly called out, while tears were dripping from her eyes.

Zhen Lun who was thrown to the side injured his back. He broke his ribs and his legs but he didn't care about himself. "She is possessed by something! Help her!" Zhen Lun said.

"You're the one who is possessed!" The guards cursed.

A man came over due to the commotion. "What happened here?"

"Papa! Brother hurt me, I was just worried about him!"

The man glared at Zhen Lun. He went over to his side and lifted him by strangling him. "You dare to hurt her?"

"Kuhek, F-Father! Sh-e's possess-ed by some-thing." Zhen Lun struggled to speak as he was being strangled.

The man then dropped him on the floor. Letting Zhen Lun catch some breaths.

Gasp*

"Send him to the prison, Do not let him out!" The man ordered the guards.

Leaving the injuries on his body untreated, they dragged Zhen Lun to underground prison, where criminals were kept at. He unexpectedly was treated as a criminal and was treated worse than normal criminal.

All of his limbs were cuffed and he didn't have any freedom at all. His body was locked at a giant steel pole being tied by ropes, not given any food or drink at all.

Leaving him for a day, Zhen Lun injury that was untreated begins to rot, and his body was gradually getting weak.

'This is the right time to appear before him.' The inner demons thought.

"See, Kid I told you to kill him but you didn't listen to me." The mysterious voice speaks in his mind.

"You're the one that controlled her!" Zhen Lun used up all his energy to voiced it out loud.

'...How did he know? I did reset his memory. There's nothing wrong with my method.'

"Kid! Let me heal you first."

Pitch-black aura appeared from the ground healing Zhen Lun's injury and relieved his pain.

"This is proof that I can cover up the evidence you leave! I have magical power! As long you kill her you will grant your own wish!"

"Since you have magical power do it on your own! Why did you ask me! Kill me now!" Zhen Lun bared his teeth toward him.

...

...

"Alright, you have beaten me. It's your win this time." The inner demons finally gave up. 'I have no chance to convince this brat.'

Zhen Lun woke up from the illusions. He regained his memories and consciousness.

"Did you know why did you fail?" Zhen Lun smirked as he asked his inner demons.

"Why?"

"It's because you used the previous self when I was a kid." Zhen Lun gave a simple answer.

It's because when he was a kid, he was stubborn and naive. The current him is totally different, It's all because of that eight years of suffering that changed him to the 'him' right now.

" I have thanked you, because of you I get to remember how am I used to be when I was a kid."

"I can't help it either!" His inner demons complained.

"Half of your life experiences was used in cultivating and nothing, I can only use the experiences when you're a kid to persuade you." The inner demons sighed. "Indeed this is my loss."

[Third Trial was completed]

[The trial of transcendent mortal has come to an end]

[You will be sent back to your place]