Escape.

Energy is the essence of all life. Energy arts are the means by which to cultivate the essence of life. Reaching the peak of cultivation brings a host of fantastic and amazing abilities.

Energy arts experts could break walls with their hands, hear sounds as quiet as the footsteps of an ant, walk on water, breathe fire, become impervious to all sorts of weapons, fuse their energy with the clouds, sustain themselves by absorbing energy instead of eating food, and even track enemies by locking down onto their souls. Being a cultivator was a must in this world.

'Energy arts huh? This is this world's martial arts. Just from how the first level is portrayed in these memories, it's extremely powerful and versatile. The masters of it are even more so...'

Wu Shen started laughing with a cruel smile on his face as he muttered, "Good. I was getting tired of destroying weaklings." He then turned his attention to the maid as he decided what he should do with her.

'I don't need a useless follower so I might as well just consume her.'

Wu Shen stood up from the bed and stretched his slender body that barely had any muscles on it. He was tall, slightly handsome, and had light blue spiky hair with light blue eyes. He already felt embarrassed that the original owner of this body even tried to call himself a man when he looked more like a woman who never trained a day in her life.

Wu Shen clicked his tongue and formed a knife-hand, focusing his gaze on the maid's neck.

WHOOSH!

That was the sound of Wu Shen chopping the maid's head off with his bare hands. Although he was still severely injured, the power of his abnormal soul had already begun healing the inflicted parts, including his dantian which was crippled. The healing speed wasn't fast at all but it was still something. His indomitable will would've still kept his body moving perfectly even if he wasn't regenerating.

Wu Shen grabbed the head and drank the blood out of it like it was just your usual refreshment at a restaurant. Just from how easily he had done it, one could tell that this wasn't his first time. This was a power that he had since the first time he reincarnated and carried with him ever since.

In reality, this was how Wu Shen gained power; by consuming the souls and blood of those he deemed fit. By doing so, he would gain every bit of their power and energy. Memories and soul power could only be gained by absorbing the soul of the victim.

WHOOSH!

True energy surged into his body like an ocean as his dantian was rapidly repaired. He quickly rose to the first cultivation level, which was the Energy Growth Level. This was the level in which one only built up energy in the body so he didn't need much of a tutorial. His own intuition combined with Wu Gang's memories provided all the help he would need.

After absorbing the maid's blood, Wu Shen was about to do the same to Wu Gang but then he realized something crucial.

"I need to bring these bodies with me when I escape. If I don't, they could easily see the blood drained from them and I'll be branded as an evil cultivator which will make things much harder than they need to be."

Wu Shen held the maid's head in one hand and picked up Wu Gang's body in the other as he consumed the maid's soul that was floating around her body. By doing so, he gained her memories, allowing him to mostly understand the plan that was in place to kill him and Wu Gang. At least, everything that was told to the maid.

Using his enhanced strength from stepping into the first phase, Wu Shen easily carried the bodies outside of his room and looked around, making sure no one was there. Since the clan put Wu Shen's home to the absolute back of it because of his weak martial strength, it was much easier for him to access the walls which lead outside Yanheaven.

With one leap, Wu Shen jumped over the walls and ran into the forest which surrounded Yanhaven, escaping from the clan with ease. Little did he know that as soon as he left, two men entered his room to check on the maid's progress.

One man wore expensive blue robes and had long gray hair extending to his lower back while the other man was much younger with an air of superiority around him. This was Wu Yu and his son, Wu Yan.

"Yan'er, now that Wu Shen is dead, you're now the new young lord of the Wu Clan. You should start carrying yourself with even more dig-"

Wu Yu stopped in his tracks when he saw the scene in Wu Shen's room. The maid's headless body laid there while there weren't any traces of Wu Shen or Wu Gang. A feeling of dread encapsulated Wu Yu as he thought about what could've happened.

'The teacup is on the floor so it's obvious that Wu Gang drank the tea so he couldn't be far. That brat Wu Shen was basically dead when he arrived so he's not going to survive either. Hmph. I was worried for nothing. They're likely just running through the forest on death's door.'

Wu Yu called for the Wu Clan's best soldiers and sent them into the forest to find the father/son duo as he still needed verification of their deaths. He couldn't shake this impending sense of doom he felt when he entered the room. It's like he felt his life slipping away right in front of him and that only made him furious.

"Father, what should we do?"

Hearing Wu Yan's words, Wu Yu sighed and responded, "Yan'er let's wait for the guards to come back. Even if both of them are alive, they won't be able to protect their positions when they return. The clan is in the palm of our hands now, hehe. We've now become the main family of the Wu Clan."

Lightning raged through the clouds as the rain intensified, making Wu Shen's escape even easier. The smell and trail of blood would be easily washed away which would cause anyone trailing him to be led off. It was a perfect scenario for Wu Shen's escape.

He blurred through the forest and kept running with no intentions of stopping. To Wu Shen, the farther he ran, the safer he would be. Dying this shortly after reincarnation wasn't an option. When he gained enough power, he would return to wipe both the Wu Clan and the Chen Clan off the map. Anyone who tried to save them would join them in hell.