I JUST WANT A PEACEFUL LIFE

Body, mind, and soul. Since ancient times, many philosophies, cultures, and scriptures related to these three aspects. For a chi master, these three aspects are the fundamentals of cultivating chi.

It is true chi can be produced through body vitality. However, this is only the beginning. As the cultivation continues, the user will notice it also affects the mind and soul. If someone wants to become a true master of chi, they not only need a strong body but also a strong mind and soul. 

This is common knowledge for anyone who dabbles in chi cultivation for a long time. This leads to another conclusion: if someone could strengthen body, mind, and soul, their chi will also become more powerful.

Unfortunately, this kind of state is not easy. As humans keep practicing, they soon realize many difficulties. One of the most challenging things is to train one soul.

Body training could be achieved through physical training, while mind training could be committed through meditation training. In contrast, the soul is a very obscure and abstract concept. Some people didn't even believe there was such a thing as a soul.

However, there is various evidence for the soul itself. These could be seen through the old master with deteriorated physical yet still has strong chi in their body. Their body may not be as strong as the younger generation, but their mind and soul is getting stronger as they age.

Still, a concrete method to train one soul has not been found. In Angus' past life, he already had many ancient scriptures, documents, and techniques. With his monstrous talent, he somewhat creates a breakthrough technique to advance or strengthen one soul.

Through his experience and past record, he finds the soul will grow after some are baptized with difficulties or a hard life experience. This is also the primary reason all the old masters in his past life had a more powerful soul than the younger generation.

Using this theory, the young reckless Angus created a forbidden technique to simulate one soul at that time. This technique will force one's mind to experience all the bad experiences and worse things countless times as if they were real. 

As a result, it will strengthen one soul by leap bound. However, this technique has a heavy side effect. If the user does not have strong willpower, their mind will be forced to shut down and turn into vegetative. Even if the user could withstand such a simulation, their psyche and mind will also deteriorate.

Unfortunately, Angus could not escape this side effect. His inner beast will be released without restraint when he uses this forbidden technique. Combined with his monstrous talent and instinct, he resembles a tiger with wings.

During Angus' past life, he even almost killed his master, the previous owner of the heritage chi. If it is not because of the lack of chi at that time, he may have really killed his master in his past life.

This shows how dangerous this technique is in the hand of Angus. Moreover, he also created his original domain [Lord of Death]. It is known that the domain is the pinnacle manifestation of someone's martial art.

In other words, Angus' ideology, power, understanding, skill, and technique are portrayed directly through this skill domain. The domain encompasses his beginning and his end. 

Suppose Angus wants to sacrifice and use everything to create sword artifacts. In that case, there is no better way than using this terrible domain.

"... I AM… DEATH!! HAHAHAHA…." Laughed Angus in madness maniacally.

Suddenly, Angus feels like his body is getting sucked from the inside. His bulked-up body shrank up as his skin stretched thin and wrinkled up. In a few seconds, his body seems like it has a fast severe dystrophy. His body was eating his own to offset the loss of energy.

As his body almost reached the limit, sparkling light burst from his chest. *BUSSHH* The shaken domain Angus used before became more potent. It even creates a massive crack over the sturdy metallic tower from the shockwave alone. At the same time, Angus's body reverts back to its previous state.

"HIIIII…. Gyahahahaha…." Laughed Angus maniacally.

In his crazed state, Angus stretched his arm point towards the suppressed reddish liquid in front of him.

"[Ancient Power The World - One Will]." said Angus with a crazed smile.

*DUMMMMM* A loud, invisible sound was heard from the center of the reddish liquid. The sound is so loud and deafening that anyone who hears it is only a soft bass sound before the whole area turns into complete silence.

*SHIIIIING* A few seconds later, a bright light emerged from the liquefied materials covering the surrounding area. Along with the bright light, everyone could hear a loud, deafening ringing sound.

After a while, the bright light dimmed to reveal a reddish double-edged sword shaped like a claymore sword. The sword gives a sense of warmth like the sun in the sky, with an enchanting handle shaped like a miniature phoenix spreading its wings. On the sword body, there is an unknown red-colored rune.

"Gyahahaha… Marvelous!! Brilliant!! A good sword! Good tool.. To KILL!!! HAHAHAHA!!" said Angus maniacally.

Along with his words, a more terrible killing intent spread around, even affecting the thunderstorm in the distance. Suddenly, the crazed Angus finally notices the presence of a woman beside him. Angus sharply looks at the shivering Jayna with a maniac smile.

At this moment, Jayna who is shivering and on the verge of crying, closes her eyes. Everyone could see she was already at her limit. It is even a miracle that she could stand still without breaking down.

Just as Angus wants to comment on Jayna's pathetic appearance, she suddenly opens her fiery phoenix eyes. Her body is still shivering like it could collapse in time. Still, her aura and demeanor change entirely from a second ago.

"Ahh… My king!!" exclaimed Jayna with a fervent smile expression.

Then, she kneeled on the ground as if trying to worship her beloved God. Before her knee touches the ground, her body suddenly stops moving. A moment later, she finds Angus grabbing her chin while his face looks up close to her.

"What did you say?" asked Angus with a smirk.

"My king.. My true and only one king." replied Jayna with a fanatical face.

"Kahahahaha!! Yes… Yes!! Only you are worthy as my Queen." said Angus before kissing Jayna roughly.

Facing such an aggressive rough kiss, Jayna didn't fight and enjoyed every moment. The two crazed couples have fun inside their own world, ignoring their surroundings and the chaos outside the tower.

Since Angus released a massive killing intent for the first time, it has already attracted everyone's attention. Even Nabe's powerful barrier and rune couldn't hold against such a malevolent aura. 

At the same time, all the sharp and strong people also noticed something wrong at this location. A moment later, Duchess Amberblaze appeared at the location followed by the old Patimura, Duke Jacob, and a few other high-grade combatants. Even King Leon also appeared on the scene.

""Nabe, what's happening?!!"" asked Duchess Amberblaze worriedly.

""I also don't know. Suddenly, this terrifying aura appeared from the inside."" replied Nabe in a hurry.

Hearing this, the Duchess took out her greatsword and ready to smash the tower. She knows she can't change her relationship with Angus and Jayna from her previous behavior. However, she also vows to support them silently and will never do any kind of harm to them.

Before she could take a single step, ""Wait, Lia. The aura is weakened."" said King Leon.

When he finished his sentence, a more powerful killing intent and bloodlust aura erupted from the metal tower. Facing such a monstrous aura, both King Leon and old Patimura seem to reach the same decision in a split second.

The two of them clapped their hands simultaneously while releasing a lot of mana without hesitation [Heart Secret Art - Indomitable Heart]. A pink aura spreads from the two seventh grade and covers the surrounding area from the destructive malicious aura.

""Red Queen, Quick!! Fix the barrier!!"" shouted King Leon while gritting his teeth.

The malicious aura is stronger than he thought. He could barely hold his ground despite using ultimate defense secret art. Moreover, it is cast by two full-fledged seventh grade simultaneously.

The old Patimura was also in the same position as King Leon. His old body is covered with sweat while gritting his teeth. On the other hand, Duke Jacob and the other high-grade combatant could only be rooted on the spot, completely paralyzed.

As for Duchess Amberblaze, she could only feel heaviness and cold sweat all over his body. She feels like she is getting crushed by tremendous force. Just to move her hand and make a single step. For the first time, she felt utterly powerless and slow compared to others.

Nabe also didn't stay idle either. Although this bloodlust completely disrupted her mind and stunned her, she still tried to fix and strengthen the barrier. She knows that with this kind of intensity, the aura will spread towards the whole Everwhite.

Unfortunately, her frantic mind makes concentrating and delaying her casting speed difficult. This was also noticed by the old Patimura.