Earth, Jin City, in the nation of Huaxia.
Within a luxurious villa in the suburbs of Baihe Garden, Chen Feng slowly opened his eyes.
"Where is this?" Chen Feng strained to lift his body, staggering to a sit. He looked around at a luxurious room filled with many strange objects.
"Didn't I fall in the Celestial Emperor Heavenly Tribulation?" Chen Feng furrowed his brows as he found himself in a strange place. His room was strewn with unidentifiable objects.
Broken fragments of memories assailed his mind, feeling as though his head was going to burst.
Chen Feng remembered the time when he was attempting to overcome the Celestial Emperor Heavenly Tribulation at the Utuo Peak in the Central Continent Fairy Realm. Eighty-one world-ending divine thunderbolts bombarded his body one after another.
Chen Feng distinctly heard the emotionless voice above the heavenly thunder: "Celestial Emperor Chen Feng, tribulation failure."
His foundation had flaws, it was eaten by the heart demon, and his five thousand years path of cultivation was thus ended.
Then, he was swallowed by a white light, and he couldn't remember anything.
The entire Central Continent Fairy Realm grieved for three days and three nights.
How come I didn't die? Cultivators destroyed by the Great Dao will all have their souls dispersed. There were no exceptions.
"Is this... Earth? It's a lower realm. I didn't die? I was reborn?" After a moment, Chen Feng muttered to himself.
Chen Feng marshaled his weak divine consciousness and took a feel. This mortal realm called Earth was really barren to cultivators. Not only was the spiritual energy mixed and thin, but the smog that filled the world was also something that Chen Feng drastically abhors. Even the spiritual realms subordinate to the Central Continent Fairy Realm had much more spiritual energy than Earth.
This mortal realm called Earth was brimming with strange technological products. Comparing this to the Central Continent Fairy Realm he belonged to in his previous life, the difference was just heaven and earth.
Chen Feng continued to rummage through the predecessor's memories in his brain.
"The previous owner of this body was incredibly weak," Chen Feng stated, a bitter smile creeping onto his lips.
The previous occupant of his body, who shared the same name, Chen Feng, was the young master of one of the four greatest families in Yanjing City on earth. As such, he was plagued by ill health from a young age.
He was… ironically, impotent. This led him to be extremely self-conscious and hot-tempered. He spent his days in a drunken stupor, living life as if it were a game, without fail, a true wastrel and a useless man unable to even raise an arm.
'How is it that a being like me, who's achieved such celestial might in my previous lifetime, was so unfortunate this round?' Chen Feng muttered to himself.
'Hmm!' Chen Feng heaved with a rough breath, attempting to forcefully circulate his Qi according to his cultivation method. However, upon the Qi's circulation, an intense pain shot through his heart. His face drained of color and he blacked out.
During his semi-conscious state, he heard a series of hurried footsteps.
"The asshole fainted again?"
"Quiet, we don't want anyone hearing us. Let's go see!"
"Serves him right, someone so useless should reincarnate sooner. Who are we afraid of? There's nobody else around."
"It's baffling how he didn't die when he fell off a cliff. The good die young while the wicked live forever, huh!"
It didn't take long for the two to approach Chen Feng. After haphazardly rummaging through his person, they left. 'What a wretched life this kid is leading,' Chen Feng muttered.
Upon regaining consciousness, Chen Feng let out another hard breath, propping himself up. Once again, he forcibly circulated the energy using the "Nine Revolutions Heart Manual." Just like before, a heart-wrenching pain swept through him.
This time, Chen Feng gritted his teeth to stay awake.
"I refuse to believe that I, Chen Feng, am incapable of regaining my strength," Chen Feng said, his eyes filled with determination, about to continue his Qi circulation.
"Bang!" His own door was kicked open.
Will these people ever stop!? Chen Feng's fierce gaze swept towards the door.
A beautiful young woman stood by the doorway, full of anger and disdain, staring at him.
The girl appeared to be about seventeen or eighteen, fair-skinned, strikingly pretty, full-bosomed, and slender waist. Her huge, sparkling eyes animated her lively look.
Directly facing Chen Feng's icy eyes devoid of any emotion, she felt as if she was being targeted by a ferocious beast, and she was so scared that she didn't dare to move an inch.
"What's wrong with this jerk today? The look in his eyes was really scary." The girl thought to herself.
Was this his...sister-in-law? The sister of his wife? Memories of this young girl from Chen Feng's previous life began to surface in his mind.
In the impressions of the original owner of this body, this sister-in-law was a bit violent, and it seemed she had practiced Taekwondo.
"So, you useless creature, you're not dead yet." The girl calmed her emotions and coldly mocked.
"Is this how you talk to your brother-in-law?" Chen Feng said leisurely.
"Don't flatter yourself. Do you consider yourself worthy of my sister? There's no man in this world deserving of my sister. If it wasn't for grandpa insisting on honoring verbal engagement from the past, would it be possible for my sister to marry a waste like you!" The girl got angry as soon as this matter was brought up, her voice raising an octave.
Chen Feng gave a bitter smile. His previous self was really unpopular. Without knowing the truth, even he would believe that he had done something outrageous.
In fact, all these stemmed from his impotence, leading to psychological distortion, and forced him to put up a pretentious young master facade to hide his deep inferiority complex. Therefore, everyone around him disliked him.
"Master Feng, I knew that the gods would keep you safe. I knew nothing would happen to you." A young man with a bright smile ran in from outside the door.
Chen Feng scoured his memory for a good while to remember that this was his cousin named Chen Yu, who had been his follower since childhood, doing whatever Chen Feng asked without any complaints.
There was no way a cousin could be so cheap, not even if they were blood brothers. For over a decade, he had been consistent, this was very suspicious to Chen Feng based on his experience in the cultivation world. This cousin definitely had ulterior motives, and he could tell they were not small.
Chen Feng keenly noticed a flash of chilliness in Chen Yu's eyes. If it were his previous self, he wouldn't have discovered this, but now, Chen Feng easily identified it.
"Xue'er, did your sister send you here to see Young Master Feng?” Chen Yu turned to look at Hu Xue'er, a hint of fervor flashing in his eyes.
Hu Xue'er gave Chen Yu a cold look: “My sister wouldn't care whether he lived or died. Plus, since when were we so familiar? Remember to use my full name next time you address me."
After speaking, she stormed out without any desire to be associated with the Chen family. She was afraid this Chen Yu, a good-for-nothing dandy, would entangle her.
Chen Feng, the eldest son of the Chen family from Yanjing City in Huaxia Country. His father is Chen Chuanping, a higher-up in Huaxia Country, his mother is the chairwoman of the Huawei Group. Born into such a prominent family, Chen Feng was showered with love from an early age. But because of his impotence, he, who should have been a promising young gentleman, had instead become an arrogant dandy, a no-good idiot.
Hu Bingbing, the mistress of the Hu family, and Chen Feng's wife. Her father is Hu Donghai, commander of the northeastern military. The Hu and Chen families formed their alliance one generation ago, and Hu Donghai and Chen Chuanping are like brothers. They arranged a childhood engagement over a decade ago. However, over ten years have passed, and Hu Bingbing has blossomed into a beautiful woman and is known as the number one powerful woman in the city. Meanwhile, Chen Feng is a good-for-nothing dandy, and to make thing worse, he's an erectile dysfunction patient.
Even so, it didn't change the families' decision about their marriage. Chen Feng and Hu Bingbing were wed three months ago at the arrangement of their family. The Chen family even bought a villa in the city for them as their new home. This all started with the previous Chen Feng's request not to settle in Yanjing.
Chen Feng's father reluctantly agreed to his son's adamant request to move out of Yanjing when Chen Feng discovered his sexual dysfunction while picking up girls. Over the years, he visited numerous doctors but was unable to unearth the root cause of his condition. Thus, he was left with a disease he could not treat.
To protect his son's fragile ego, Chen Donghai indulged him and even insisted on his marriage.
"This piece of garbage is marrying such a beautiful wife, like a beautiful flower growing in cow dung, it's injustice!"
"How can this scum be worthy of Miss Hu, it's not fair if falling off a cliff didn't kill him, God is blind!"
"It's better to die young, this kind of person should report to the king of hell sooner rather than troubling others."
Chen Feng smelled the hint of a conspiracy in everyone’s whispers.
His mind was filled with information floating one after another, giving Chen Feng an understanding of his predecessor's predicament. Since he had taken over his predecessor's body, it was naturally his duty to avenge him. If he hadn't taken over, his predecessor wouldn't survive. He would have lived his life as a "half-dead" man.
"Brother, rest assured. I will uncover the truth and avenge you," Chen Feng vowed silently in his heart.
Only then did the last bit of obsession of his predecessor in his mind slowly fade away.
Chen Feng knew that from this moment on, he had completely taken over this body.