Prologue

We have lost.

"They are already dead. Just let their souls enter reincarnation. You can take me. Please."

This was the first time I pleaded with her. But I was willing to do anything to stall long enough for the souls of ones behind me. They are so close to be pulled through the whirlpool gates of reincarnation.

But so far.

Her terrible eyes gleamed with malice. The obsidian staff in her hands glowed, thirsting for souls to consume.

"You can still live," she purred. "Forget those weaklings. We can rule the heavens together as husband and wife! You have a bright future ahead of you!"

"Wife…" I snarled. "You were never my wife, and never will be. I will not betray the people who died to save me, and most importantly, Her." My tone unconsciously softened as I spoke the last word.

Her expression twisted into one of hate, then of arrogance, as if looking down upon an ant. "Then die with everyone else…loser. You shall be crushed by the will of the heavens!"

Her staff crackled, and countless black beams shot from it, shooting towards the ones behind me.

"NO!" I scream. "Gravitybend!"

My body shone with a strange light as I hovered in the air. Instantly, the black missiles all turned towards me and shot straight into my body.

I screamed. The pain was excruciating. My soul was literally being eaten alive.

Then, the amber core inside me glowed, and the black wisps of energy were instantly dissolved.

The amber core was the present that She gave me. No, not the she destroying me. The She that brought me life. Now, I watched it crumble as it served its purpose.

"Let us fade…you're taking too much on yourself." Her voice, behind me, was filled with gentleness and pain.

So ironic. What She suffered for me was far worse than what I suffered myself.

"Even if I shatter all my bones, I will guide you to reincarnation!" Tears were now flowing down my face. "Thunderbolt!"

The sky above us crackled, and a 10-meter thick lightning bolt leaped towards her in front of me.

"I am the sky; how can you use the sky to kill me?" She laughed. "Dissipate!"

Instantly, the lightning bolt disappeared. I coughed up a mouthful of blood as the spell rebounded on me, harming myself.

However, I managed to stall until now. Only one minute is left before the reincarnation spell formation finishes its work.

But she will not let that one minute pass.

"Time to end it all."

The sky above us shimmered, and a giant palm formed. The palm was so large that it covered the entire sky; it became the entire sky.

The palm started to lower, slowly but steadily. The pressure it exerted became unbearable; when I tried to use my cultivation, it would not work, because the palm had sealed it.

Behind me, the souls were starting to disintegrate. I turned around. Each of their faces were filled with sadness and pain.

Then I made eye contact with Her.

The girl I loved…the woman who suffered because of me…the one who died to save me.

I looked back towards the palm. It was closer, mere meters from us.

"Even if I fade for eternity, you will not succeed!" I screamed. "Explode!"

My right arm blew apart in a fiery explosion. Its force stalled the palm for maybe two seconds, but the palm continued.

"Explode! Explode! Explode!"

My left arm, legs, and the rest of my body exploded in succession. The explosions stopped the palm for a good ten seconds, and cracks began to appear on the palm.

Now, I am merely a soul. But there will be no reincarnation for me.

In the final seconds of my life, I turned to her.

"Thank you for doing this. Thank you for all the years of my life that you and your clan have tried to crush us. You taught me that…"

Time was almost up.

"…the heavens should not be feared. Even as the heavens are overwhelmingly stronger, and seeks to force us into submission, it is our duty to laugh and stand up to it!"

I looked at the crowds of mortals behind her, watching from the ground. They wept at the sight of me like this.

"I will demonstrate this one last time!"

"EXPLODE!"

With a satisfied smile, I closed my eyes and my soul exploded.

…

BOOMBOOMBOOM

The giant palm became filled with cracks, and with a sound like glass breaking, it shattered.

Then, all the whirlpools lighted up, and the souls were pulled through.

All except one.

He used the last of his essence to switch places with me.

As I was about to fade, I was sucked through the whirlpool, and into the cycle of reincarnation.

But there was no future for him.

…

With my final words, a seed was planted into each of the mortals of the world beneath.

They will rise up against the Immortal Realm.

A civil war had begun.

Hey guys! This is my first story about Chinese cultivation & magic. If anyone has any questions, please review or pm. I will reply to all.

Also, does anyone have any suggestions for good Chinese names for the male and female main characters?