The Deadly Past

"I did it, Mistress...."

Aloph then passed out, but in only a few moments, his eyes were open and what greeted them was shocking!

Aloph turned his body around, looking at his surroundings, yes, it couldn't be anything else...

He was at the entrance of his sect! But, he had to confirm if he was really back! 'System!'

No prompt. Nothing greeted him. A smile instantly found it's way on his face. He was back, it was all a nightmare!

Aloph fell onto his knees, tears streaming down his cheeks and onto the ground. Only after some time did he recover from the revelation and got back onto his feet.

With renewed vigor, he walked into the sect. Aloph then saw several of his comrades as they walked to and from places within the Sect. Some were openly performing pill alchemy while others were meditating beside the Dao Wall.

The smile that was already on Aloph's face grew many times in that very moment! This was the happiest day of his life right now. Not having to survive through the thick of his skin and killing people! He could just enjoy the peaceful environment of his sect and cultivate!

Aloph walked past the pill refineries and the Dao Wall, ignoring them. Along the way, people would greet him and he would greet them back with a large smile. His goal today was going to meet his Mistress, who just so happened to be the Sect Head.

Soon, he entered the Inner Sect and was instantly greeted by four guards who guarded the entrance to the Inner Sect.

"'Good morning, Progidy, Aloph!"'

"Hello, to you four!" Aloph bowed slightly towards the four guards, showing no arrogance towards them. In the Everlasting Sect, arrogance wasn't allowed here. If arrogance was allowed, in fighting would definitely appear and the Sect would slowly die. Fighting wasn't allowed either unless there was a grudge so deep that it wouldn't disappear on its own.

Aloph continued on his way towards the core of the Sect, taking in all the memories he had of it. As he passed through the barrier between the Inner and Core Sect, he was greeted by another two guards.

"'Hello, Aloph!'" The two guards bowed.

The two guards said. Aloph bowed slightly to them before continuing on his way. Entering the Palace, and walking towards his Mistress's room, Aloph was greeted by an eerie silence. He just ignored it. However, once he reached the door to his Mistress's room he knocked and waited for an answer.

He soon heard his Mistress's Voice.

"Come in."

Aloph then opened the door, entered and then closed it behind himself. He then walked over to the desk his Mistress sat behind and bowed before taking a seat on a chair. He didn't speak and instead waited for his Mistress to speak first.

"Aloph, I'm quite pleased with your progress. You're already at Spirit Refining in only a month. In all the years I've lived, you're the only one to cultivate that fast!" The Mistress had a smile on her face that radiated warmth.

Aloph smiled in return and responded in a humble way. "I couldn't have done it with you or the Sect's help. I wouldn't have even had the chance to cultivate if you didn't visit my village!"

Aloph's Mistress chuckled.

"Ah, another one of your many virtues! Modesty! To tell you the truth, Aloph, I didn't think the Sect would find someone with an S rank talent in all three categories! And an orphan with that talent too! You're a genius that only appears in only a million years! Also, Aloph, I have a gift for you!"

The Mistress then stood, Aloph followed.

"I have chosen to gift you the title of Head Disciple! Once I retire or die in battle, you will become Sect head!"

Aloph was completely flabbergasted! He would become the Head of the Sect once his Mistress retires or dies!? Aloph quickly responded.

"M-mistress, I'm very honored by the fact you've chosen me to be the Head Disciple, I will try to live up to your expectations! But, Mistress. I'm sure you'll stay in the position of Head of Sect for many years to come!"

The Sect Head only smiled. "You're right, Aloph, I will make sure to rule the Everlasting Sect for many years to come and have it ready for you when you become Head!" The Head then proceeded to pat the Head of Aloph, which prompted him to blush!

"S-sect Mistress! S-stop that!" Aloph told his Mistress to stop but was obviously not putting up any resistance to the pat.

The Sect Mistress continued to pat Aloph for a bit before stopping with a chuckle. "You're a kind-hearted boy Aloph, you're a perfect fit for the Everlasting Sect. Now, go cultivate!"

"Y-yes!" Aloph bowed towards his Mistress and left the Sect Mistress's room. After closing the door behind him, Aloph lightly touched his own head, rubbing it slightly. A small smile formed on Aloph's face. Just as he was about to head out to cultivate, he heard a loud blast from his Mistress's room! Instantly, he rushed back inside his Mistress's room.

What greeted his eyes was an absolute horror. His Mistress's corpse laying on the ground, their arms exploded off, and a hole in their chest.

"M-MOTHER!!!" Aloph let out a blood-curdling scream, allowing the whole Sect to hear it! Aloph knelt on the floor, tears running down his cheeks in droves. "mother...." Aloph whispered over and over again. Aloph placed a hand on his face, his tears running through them. Suddenly, a laugh could be heard within the room. However, it's source wasn't another person, it was Aloph. "Ahah Ahahahahahahah"

An eerie smile found it's way onto Aloph's face as he continued to laugh maniacally, killing intent of unknown proportions emanating from Aloph's soul. Outside, when people were wondering what was happening, someone yelled out. "Enemy Attack!"

Thousands of cultivators appeared right outside the Sect Gates, the one at the front of the group yelled out towards the Sect.

"Surrender now, or face destruction!"

The Everlasting Sect wasn't a fighting Sect, nor was it an alchemy Sect, it was a Sect for everyone to join. They didn't have a set goal within the Sect. Before anyone could respond, however, a boy suddenly appeared in the air above the Inner Sect! His face painted the textbook definition of wrath and sadness on one face.

"My mot-The Sect Mistress was murdered! These people threaten our lively hood. Kill them all! Kill every single person!"

This boy was Aloph, his voice boomed across the Sect. Soon, the Sect members reacted by readying for battle and taking out their weapons. Their battle intent rising in the air!

"FOR EVERLASTING PEACE!" Aloph yelled out, and as tears fell from his face, he rushed forward with a weapon in hand!

"'FOR EVERLASTING PEACE"' Every single disciple and Sect member yelled out as they followed Aloph into battle.

The enemies rushed forward as well!

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In the outside world, it was deathly silence. The villagers that survived the attack were now cleaning up the horror the befell their tiny village. However, they could only clean the inner village and most of the outskirts, however, anyone who tried to get close to the remaining portion would feel their heart clench and feel deathly afraid. So they could only make do with cleaning up the bodies they could reach.

In the outskirts of the village laid a pile of bodies that formed the shape of a mace without spikes. In the middle of the circle of bodies laid a boy, a boy so small that you might think they died from the bandits, but no. They killed the bandits instead and radiating from the boy's body was killing intent of the highest magnitude, unrivaled. This killing intent had spread out to encompass a size of land roughly the same as the village center, freezing any living thing that had no soul within it. Nothing dared to move.

On the village center of the village was a family of four. A mother, father and two children. A daughter and son respectively. They all had a grim expression on their face. Only the father spoke up. "Aloph definitely survived. He wasn't anywhere close to the bandits and didn't you see all of their corpses? They were all killed, a cultivator must've shown up and dealt with them." The father said quietly towards his wife, making sure their two children didn't hear. In fact, both the mother and father had one hand covering their children's eyes to shield them from the gore.

The mother replied quietly towards her husband. "I hope so, we only got him again. I don't want to lose him again." The mother then began to silently weep. This prompted the husband to hug his family.

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Back in Aloph's nightmare...

Aloph was on the ground bleeding, a dagger buried in his leg. All around were the yelling of his fellow Sect Members and enemies. Suddenly, a foot was planted firmly on Aloph's chest, causing him to cough out blood. His face, full of hatred towards the owner of the foot.

"Sect Master of the Shameless Sect! I'll kill you!!!" He yelled towards the man standing above him.

"Oh, will you now? Because from where I stand, you're nothing but a corpse." The Sect Master sneered. Increasing his strength on Aloph's chest. This made Aloph cough out more blood, now making his face bloodied with his own blood.

"Do you wanna know a secret? I was the one who killed your Sect Master! Ahahaha!" The Sect Master of the Shameless Sect let out a hearty laugh despite the situation.

This caused Aloph's face to contort into wrath. He then yelled out at him.

"I will never this go! I will never let this hatred go! I will kill you! I will kill all those you know! I will destroy the whole world if that's what it takes to kill you! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I SHALL NEVER DISAPPEA-"

Aloph's yelling was cut short when a sword cut his head off, stopping his speech dead in its tracts. However, despite having his head chopped off, Aloph's eyes were still staring at the smirking Shameless Sect Master. He never took his eyes off of the Shameless Sect Master until his very last moment of life.

"What now?" Asked a shameless Sect member to their leader.

"Kill them all, and burn this place to the ground, especially the Sect Leader. Ahah" The Shameless Sect head let out a chuckle before joining the massacre with his disciples.

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In the real world, above Aloph's body was a screen, named [Notifacations]

[Ding! You have several notifications. They will be displayed below.

►You have killed Bandit Leader of the first Realm, middle stage. 1000 Exp Rewarded.

►You have killed 20 bandits. 100x20 = 2000 Exp Rewarded.

►You have unlocked a new skill. Killing Intent! Max Lv.

►You have crafted a variant of [Rudimentary Knife]. Bone Dagger!

►Memories from past unlocked.]