A man died during the pandemic in 2020, but as he closed his eyes for the last time, something stirred in his mind. When he opened them, he discovered that he had been reborn in what appeared to be ancient China, yet he retained all his memories from the future. 

Let us follow Shen Mu, as he makes his way in a world he knows nothing about and learns the truth about the world, and his mission as a cultivator.

Can his memories of the future help in a place where magic is real? And what is that other presence in his mind?

Rebirth and Reincarnation

‘What do we do?’ I asked for what felt like the thousandth time. 


We had camped for the second night, this time close to the first forest I’d seen in this lifetime. 


The trees were enormous, lush, but the temperature had descended almost abruptly to the point where most of us began shivering. 


I wouldn’t have minded if the difference hadn’t been so glaring, because it interrupted our wood-cutting travel. So far, we had already loaded one of the horses with various branches, leaves, and almost any other organic material suitable for burning. I wanted to find some mineral coal since that would be a better source (and I loathed to think about burning trees to create metal) but did not know how to find it in the wilderness. 


XII: Smoke... Part 1