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After minutes of crying, Shin Long calmed down once again.

This time he began planning his future.

'First, where am I? Shouldn't I be Shin from earth and not Shin Long from this, whatever planet this is?'

'Second, these memories...' upon remembering those scene earlier.

*BLUURGHH!!

Shin Long puked all dinner he ate.

Wiping his mouth with he sleeve, Shin Long panted.

Then he once again fell unconscious.

When he woke up, it was morning. His puke dried up.

He went downstairs and ate breakfast as if nothing happened.

Then he headed towards a park as his memories guided him.

---

Shin Long lay down on the grass, staring at the bright blue skies.

He reached his arms up as if grabbing something towards the skies.

'I, I am here...'

'All that I have...' His earth girlfriend cheated on him, then his earth parents died.

Then when he arrived here, he saw his families mutilated corpse and buried them.

'...are now gone.'

.

.

.

'What more can I lose,' then he smiled.

'and besides, this is a new world.'

---

Days later, Several Miles away from 2nd ranked Autumn Sun city, A 2nd Rank Sword Sect was stationed here, called Xiao Sword Sect. The sect was filled with trees and Mountains and rivers as far as the eye can see.

In its outer layer in one of its entrance, a group of young mortals were gathered, and they were surrounded by a group of same robed men with swords on either on their back or waist.

Then an older man arrived and he said to them.

"Gather around, This is the heavenly steps, if you want to become an Outer Sect Disciple of our Xiao Sword Sect, you must reach the top. If you can't then Scram." After that the elder flew and disappeared into the horizon.

Behind that elder was a steps of stairs, 100 steps to be precise.

'Whoa! So this is a sect entrance exam?...' Shin Long who was one the mortal men grinned 'So cliche...'

Then one of the outer disciples shouted "Begin!"

Then with haste all of them began climbing the stairs.

But as soon as they step on a stair, they felt a pressure pressing them towards the ground.

'Hoh? So this is the cliched pressure all those novels talked about?' Shin Long thought.

He looked around him and noticed that 3 people ran upstairs quite easily.

'And those are the fabled geniuses huh? Hahaha this is quite fun!'

With time the group separated into 3, the one who can't climbed any further were on the 20th to 30th steps.

The middle group who are still climbing albeit with struggle, who's on 60th to 70th steps.

And the leading group, who are on the 95th to 99th steps.

And Shin Long was not among the leading group...

He can be seen struggling with the middle group.

On the steps were numbers, for the climbers to know how many steps they have taken.

'72! 73!...Urgh!! 74!!!!' Shin Long gritted his teeth.

The pressure on his back began intensifying.

Slowly the fatigue and strain increased overtime.

'75!!' *Haah* Haah* he panted.

He looked downwards and saw similar expressions of determination and will among the climbers.

Albeit struggling, he still continued.

---

Minutes later, Shin Long could be seen on the 92nd step!

His brow, forehead, back, front, and limbs can be seen sweating.

Panting and gritting his teeth, Shin Long continued.

Although the pressure from the steps felt so heavy he still continued.

'UWAAA!!'

93rd, 94th...

When he reached 95th, he couldn't stand anymore.

Yet he still continued. He crawled.

96th, 97th,

On the 98th step, his whole bodies veins became visible.

With his eyes bloodshot, he thought 'WHAT MORE CAN I LOSE?!'

Then he used the last remaining strength to push himself forwards to completion.

*Thud

He fell to the ground, his body trembling from exhaustion.

Those 9 leading persons before him, looked at his state derisively.

"Pathetic," "Tsk!" "Fool".

Shin Long paid them no mind.

All that he felt was euphoria, 'I made it!'.

And with that he collapsed.

---

Hours later, 3 more persons arrived and with the same state as Shin Long, they collapsed.

The elder returned, and gave them an outer sect disciple cloth, a manual, and a bag.

Then he said "Gather these fools, and drag them towards their dorms" then he looked at the 9 leading groups and smiled "Welcome to the Xiao Sword Sect."