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Ren Lei is the fourth son of a minor noble family and the son of a concubine to boot. Being born a cripple, the only thing he has is beauty; beauty that caused him much suffering growing up in a house where no-one loved him.

As if that wasn't enough, he was about to be sold off in a political marriage to a woman who had everything he didn't, the Princess of the Ether Cloud City, full of not only beauty but with immense talent in profound cultivation. 

Refusing to submit to his fate, as a final act of rebellion, in a desperate bit to retake what little control he had over his own life, he chooses to consume poison and commit suicide.

However, the fates are not so kind to those that would try to change it. He survives but suffers from a strange condition that causes his soul to separate from his body. As he slowly loses the constrains of a physical body, he is forced to look at himself more closely and recognise who he truly is. Not only must he struggle against the destiny devised for him but also his true nature: a calamity whose howl will wipe the slate of an era clean, ushering in a new dark age.

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The Wolf of a Dark Age

His right sleeve had been reduced to little but scrap fabric because of the attack of the black-eyed bat. The threads were barely even connected anymore, but that was to be expected. He was still wearing one of the robes that Xiong Liqiu had given him and naturally; it wasn't the most high-quality clothes he had ever worn.

Since it would no longer function as a sleeve anyway, Yun Lei decided to use it as a makeshift bandage for his injuries. It wouldn't do much in terms of healing him, but it would at least provide some protection. Even that was better than nothing.

Munching on yet another piece of jerky, Yun Lei got to his feet and started moving. With his new found method, he was able to avoid any beasts in his way with relative ease. Unless a beast was blocking the only way forward, he no longer had a reason for him to actively engage in combat.

A New Trial