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

Thankfully, a few minutes later we found out that the worse part of the registration was waiting in line among groups of gossiping ladies. Most spoke a language we didn’t understand, so Kumiko and I kept to ourselves, talking through our hands under the watchful eyes of the parties that had arrived before and after us. 


Every lady seemed to come prepared to conquer China by the amount of people they brought with them. Odsar and I were the only oddities, she with her five, tall, amazon-like female guards, and I with my three, but most of the others brought at least a dozen. 


One caught my eye, because she had around thirty men and women fawning about her, praising her for her every move and the way she batted her eyes or sighed. That amount of pampering gave me goosebumps, making me feel nauseated at the very thought that a woman so vain could vie for the attention of my Shen Mu. 


XXV: Papers Part II