"Breaking Heaven is my path, I, Shen Yan, will control my own destiny!"

——Shen Yan

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Guiyuan Continent.

Peize West Region, Nanxiao Nation.

Inside the damp, gloomy dungeon, a bone-chilling cold invaded rapidly. Suddenly, the corpse that originally laid in the dark corner twitched slightly.

"Zhang San, did you see that? She seemed ... she seemed to move."

The prison guard, who had just witnessed this scene, widened his eyes in terror. His body shuddered, his hands trembling as he tapped the shoulder of Zhang San next to him.

Upon hearing this, Zhang San responded as if he'd heard a joke: "This trash has basically had all her blood drained and was hung and beaten for three consecutive days and nights. How could she possibly still be alive? Don't scare yourself. We just need to wait for the prince's men to handle her corpse."

"She moved again!"

"Li Si, would you please stop this nonsense!" Zhang San irked, turned his head towards the dungeon, and started speaking roughly, "Where did she move..."

His words suddenly stopped, his pupils dilated to their maximum in shock.

Within the dungeon, the girl was disheveled, her bloodied clothes had dried and turned dark. She staggered as she walked, her head hung low.

"Hell is so cold...Yama sent me to come to you for company..." her voice carried a bizarre melody, giving one the shivers.

"Zhang San..."

"Li Si..."

"Join me in hell!"

With a 'bang', the disheveled young girl fiercely lunged at the prison bars, startling Zhang San and Li Si greatly.

The next moment, the girl slowly lifted her head, revealing her bloodless, sickly face. Her eyes were dull and vacant, yet displayed a strangely sinister smile.

"A ghost!" Zhang San and Li Si's faces turned pale with horror, their heartbeats skipped several beats, and they instinctively tried to flee.

As they sprinted away, the girl's gaze gradually sharpened, her dark phoenix eyes possessed a bone-chilling coldness.

She lowered her head to glance at her filthy palm, under her gaze, her palm gradually converged into a purple totem.

Emitting a faint glow.

Her eyes slightly dimmed, she never expected that she had transmigrated, just a while before she was still in the apocalypse dealing with the zombie king. Unfortunately, she was sneak attacked by three other power users with ambitious desires. Despite being critically injured, she blew herself up at the last moment, insisting on taking the zombie king and those three power users with her to the grave!

In the apocalypse, she was one of the leaders, and those three power users that attacked her were also leaders. But she possessed spatial and fire abilities, her strong powers greatly threatened their positions, thus causing them to harbor jealousy and uneasiness...

She lowered her gaze to the purple totem in her palm, unexpectedly, her spatial ability also followed her here.

From the residual memories of the original owner of her body, she understood that she had transmigrated to a place called Gui Yuan Continent, consisting of five major realms. All beings primarily cultivated spiritual power, in this world, it was a survival of the fittest, where the strong were honored and competition was brutal.

The cultivation levels of Gui Yuan Continent, from high to low, are classified as: Heavenly Grade, Earth Grade, Mystic Grade, Yellow Grade, each with ten layers within the realm.

And her current location was Pingze West Realm, the border of the Southern Xiao Nation. The original body she occupies now was Shen Yan, the legitimate daughter of the renowned summoning Shen family of the Southern Xiao Nation. As Shen Yan was unable to awaken her spiritual bones and thus couldn't cultivate, let alone becoming a summoner in her family. Combined with Shen Yan's low intelligence since birth, she was met with the disdain and contempt of many.

The death of the original owner of the body was due to the crown prince of the Southern Xiao Nation, Nan Gong Yu, and Shen's adopted daughter, Shen Xue!

The Shen family is a renowned summoner clan in the Kingdom of Nanxiao, and this occupation of summoner is extremely rare in Guiyuan Continent. It is because summoning abilities require the bloodline talent inherited from summoner ancestors.

This bloodline talent is usually inherited. Therefore, Shen Xue being a foster daughter of the Shen family is incapable of awakening her summoning ability, pushing her to focus on Shen Yan, the original Shen girl.

Shen Xue, obtaining a forbidden technique from unknown sources, drained a large portion of Shen Yan's blood, replacing it with her own. After the blood transfusion, she gained the chance to awaken her summoning abilities.

After the transfusion, Shen Xue yet refused to spare Shen Yan. Out of envy for Shen Yan being the father's favorite, Shen Xue relentlessly whipped Shen Yan to death.

Seeing Shen Yan dead, Shen Xue left the dungeon satisfactorily.

As for the Crown Prince of Kingdom Nanxiao, Nangong Yu was the one who had Shen Yan taken to the dungeon covertly. He was smitten with Shen Xue, so when he heard about Shen Xue's request, he kidnapped Shen Yan without hesitation. Moreover, there was an engagement set from childhood between Nangong Yu and Shen Yan. Nangong Yu despised Shen Yan, considering her stupid, foolish, and useless, not worth a strand of Shen Xue's hair.

The most intense emotion and bulging memory of the late Shen Yan was-

In the dim light, Nangong Yu looked at her fiercely and said, "Shen Yan, if you were merely born to insult me, I advise you to go to hell! After your death, Xue will take your place, acquiring everything she was entitled to."

"How wonderful it would have been if the person engaged to me was Xue! You are the stain of Shen family that cannot be erased. After your death, your father and your little brother will forget your existence gradually. Oh, I forgot, your little brother, Shen Huai is still at the Western Institute. But soon, Shen Xue and I will go to the Western Institute looking for Shen Huai, and pass on the news of your death to him!"

Back then, Shen Yan was highly emotional, she foolishly thought that Shen Xue and Nangong Yu were going to hurt her little brother Shen Huai. She shook her head desperately, whispered, "No...it hurts...it really hurts..."

"Don't hit the little brother!"

She felt a great deal of pain, and she knew her younger brother must be feeling the same.

...

Shen Yan’s returning consciousness was accompanied by a growing iciness in her gaze.

She declared, "Shen Yan, I will take care of our family for you, and I will avenge you. Thank you for giving me a second chance at life."

With that, she raised her right hand, showing the faintly glowing purple totem in her palm. She controlled it with her consciousness, accessing the space within. Much to her disappointment, the resources and materials she had gathered during the post-apocalyptic era had vanished, leaving only a few bottles of potions scattered and lonely in the vast white space.

"Having potions isn't too bad."

She quickly pulled out a potion and skillfully applied it to her body to restore her physical strength and vitality.

Feeling the warmth of the potion, her severely injured and blood-depleted body began to improve.

At this moment, her sharp ears picked up footsteps coming from outside.

Footsteps of two people—probably Zhang San and Li Si.

They must have reacted.

The corners of Shen Yan's eyes narrowed as she glanced at the chains in the dungeon. Without any hesitation, she aimed a blast of fire at the chains, melting them in an instant.

Crack!

Swiftly exiting the dungeon, she picked up a rusted dagger from the filthy, damp ground and headed outside, ready to confront her enemies.

"She's not dead! Quick, grab her!"

"Grab..."

Before they could react, their throats were slit.

The sound of bodies hitting the floor echoed in the room. Zhang San and Li Si fell dead, their eyes wide open in disbelief.