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In the Nine Celestial Realms, his name invoked awe and fear.
He was the Tyrant of the Nine Skies—undefeated, unrivaled… until betrayal struck at the moment of his ascension.

Slain by those he called brothers, his soul was torn apart and cast into the abyss.

But fate is cruel to cowards—and kind to monsters.

He is reborn, not as a powerful immortal, but as Jiang Chen, a crippled disciple in a declining sect, scorned by peers, dismissed by elders.

With millennia of knowledge, forgotten forbidden arts, and his wrath as his blade…
The world will learn to fear him once more.

Cultivation realms will tremble.
Sects will burn.
And the betrayers will kneel.

This time… he will ascend not as a man, but as a God.

Rebirth of the Celestial Tyrant

🌫️ Scene I: Ashes of the Moonlight

Yet grief still echoed in the air.

Jiang Chen stood alone at the ruins of the Moonlight Abyss Sect. Ashes of once-loyal disciples, now victims of divine manipulation, rose like forgotten prayers into the twilight sky.

The Obsidian Flame within him pulsed silently, mourning. Xue Lian's sacrifice was not just a wound—it was a vow.

She had fallen for his future to burn brighter.

> "I will not fail you," he whispered.

Behind him, Lin Yue and Xiao Bai watched—not as followers, but as believers.

> "What do we do now?" Lin Yue asked.

> "We walk the Tyrant's Path," Jiang Chen replied.

🧩 Scene II: The Mirror-Cracked Rift

Their next destination lay beyond mortal maps—the Mirror-Cracked Rift, a dimensional fracture that echoed the will of Eternal Mirror, the parasite god.

Legends spoke of the Rift as a place where time folded, space reversed, and mirrors reflected not reality—but destiny.

They entered through a gate formed by moonlit shards and stepped into a world where gravity shifted like breath and voices from other timelines whispered their secrets.

> "Be warned," Xiao Bai said. "Here, even your past may try to kill you."

Jiang Chen's reflection grinned in one mirror—then shattered itself and escaped into the void.

🗡️ Scene III: Trial of the Tyrant

Within the Rift, Jiang Chen faced his mirror self—a version that had chosen conquest without honor, flame without empathy.

They fought on mirrored platforms suspended in the void.

Each blow created echoes that manifested as specters from Jiang Chen's past: his mother, the sect elders, Xue Lian, even Lei Qingsheng.

> "You are weak because you still care," the reflection growled.

> "I care, and I still win," Jiang Chen replied.

He shattered the mirror self with the Halberd of Sovereign Flame—but not before learning that the parasite fed on guilt and self-doubt.

🧿 Scene IV: The Parasite Reveals Itself

Beyond the final mirror gate, the Celestial Parasite finally emerged.

It was neither beast nor god, but a concept—a reflection of stagnation. A will to preserve hierarchy at the cost of evolution.

It offered Jiang Chen a deal: join the Eternal Mirror, become the Sealed Flame, and live forever... as a chained god.

> "I am not a mirror. I am the shatterer."

And for the first time in eons, the Parasite felt pain.

As Jiang Chen pressed the attack, the mirror world crumbled. Time spiraled. Causality wept.

He invoked the Tyrant's True Name—a sound that erased rules.

The flame within him broke its shell and revealed its True Form: a sun of darkness, surrounded by phoenix-like flame serpents.

> "I was not reborn," he declared. "I was reawakened."

But instead of dying—it retreated. Wounded. Weak. But whispering still.

> "Your flame was not the first... and it will not be the last."

Jiang Chen now knew—there were others.

⚔️ Scene VI: The Divine General Arrives

As they returned from the rift, lightning split the sky.

Descending from clouds of thunder came a figure in divine armor—the First Celestial General of the Sky Throne Empire, riding a chariot of storms.

> "By decree of the Heavenly Emperor," the general thundered, "you shall die before your flame reaches ascension."

Jiang Chen smirked. "Come then. Let your sky

Chapter Thirteen: The Tyrant’s Path