Battle Through the Heavens: Soul Travels Through Clouds and Mountains, Becoming a Winning Artist

Chapter 1: My Soul Travels Through Cloud Mountain, and Upon Opening My Eyes, I See the Three-Year Pr

Yun Congxin opened her eyes and stared at the exquisite and elegant cave in front of her in silence for a long time.

A torrent of memories surged forth like a floodgate bursting open. Yun Congxin's short life of just over a decade was like a small boat adrift on a raging torrent in the vast expanse of those memories spanning hundreds of years. If it weren't for his unwavering resolve, his self-identity as Yun Congxin would likely have been submerged in that magnificent historical landscape long ago.

"Yunlan Sect? Yunshan? Breakthrough to Dou Zong?"

The passionate years and the lingering years could not ultimately conceal Yun Congxin's true nature. He was not assimilated by the hundreds of years of shared memories into the ruthless former sect leader of the Yunlan Sect, Yun Shan.

But he still experienced Yunshan's life, his lofty ambitions as a young man, and his vow to surpass all the previous sect leaders and lead Yunlan Sect to create unprecedented glory!

Hmm...make Yunlan Sect great again?

When he grew old and was no longer able to do so, he wanted to take on a disciple with great talent to leave a seed for the Yunlan Sect, but he found that his disciple... well, to put it nicely, was untainted by the mud; to put it bluntly, was a blockhead.

Looking at myself, with my end fast approaching, I count the days on my fingers. The fear of death is like an inescapable shadow, constantly looming over my head.

In the end, Yunshan gave in. Although he said that it was because the Yunlan Sect would have no successor after his death, he went to great lengths to get involved with the Soul Palace for the sake of the Yunlan Sect.

But Yun Congxin knew that he ultimately seduced the infamous Soul Palace because he was afraid of dying.

In his youth, he was filled with passion and disregarded death. Yunshan certainly had the courage to risk his life for the sect. But that courage eventually vanished in the lukewarm waters of daily life, leaving behind only an old sect leader who would stop at nothing to survive.

The spirited hope of Yunlan Sect, the promising young sect leader Yunshan, the melancholy fighting emperor of Yunlan Mountain, and finally the old and frail lackey of the Soul Palace.

Yun Congxin came to a bronze mirror and seemed to see the clouds and mountains in the mirror disappear one by one, leaving only a strange but handsome man in white. He breathed a long sigh of relief.

Yunshan is dead, but he remains Yun Congxin.

"So I...time traveled?"

Yun Congxin wiped his face and composed himself. He reached out and grabbed, and ripples spread across the space around his palm, like a pebble being thrown into a calm lake.

He possesses the power of space, making him a terrifyingly powerful Dou Zong.

"Oh dear, isn't this just picking up free stuff? Old Yun is nearing the end of his life, and he went through all sorts of trouble, even siding with the Soul Palace, to obtain the Dou Zong realm, and now it's all mine!"

As she mentally made witty remarks, Yun Congxin's mood gradually improved.

He never liked Yunshan when reading books. The characters of Yunlan Sect seemed to be all stupid and stubborn. Despite being a small sect in a tiny place, they were more arrogant than the guys in Zhongzhou.

The disappearance of Xiao Zhan after the theft of the ancient jade can be blamed on the Soul Palace, and the night raid on the Xiao family can be attributed to Yun Ling's own actions. But Yun Shan is undoubtedly the culprit behind the complete annihilation of the Xiao family!

Yun Congxin remembered that when Xiao Yan returned in the book, the Mittel family and the Xiao family together barely amounted to the size of a clan, which could be described as a blood feud.

This is the version of Huo Huo from the People's Education Press: only the ringleader is punished, and the Yunlan Sect is disbanded, that's the end of it. If it were the version of Dong Zi from the Beast Education Press next door, he'd shake the eggs until the yolks were broken, and he'd split the earthworms upright.

Yunlan Mountain? From now on, there will only be Yunlan Grand Canyon!

Fortunately, he did not see Xiao Yan's name in Yunshan's memories. Presumably, Yunlan Sect had not yet resorted to those embarrassing tricks and caused any shameful or disgraceful incidents.

It's not too late, there's still time.

"So, this is what battle aura is?"

Yun Congxin moved his body and felt the vast energy within him. He heard his bones cracking and popping like a string of firecrackers.

When filled with battle aura, it can transform into wings, armor, and also...

Yun Congxin tried to circulate his internal fighting spirit. He snapped his fingers, moved his wrist, and pointed forward. The wind-attribute fighting spirit roared out and transformed into a lifelike blue horse in front of him.

It can also transform fighting spirit into a horse.

Yun Congxin was enjoying himself immensely, experimenting with various uses of his fighting spirit. Sometimes he would create a pair of cyan armor, and other times he would transform into a pair of cool, semi-transparent wings.

He was having a great time and didn't feel the slightest sadness or fear because of the sudden time travel.

Anyway, Yun Congxin had no parents and grew up in an orphanage. He was born to be a drifter and didn't care whether he lived in a bright and bustling metropolis or in the Dou Qi Continent where the strong were respected.

"Boom!"

Just as Yun Congxin was focused on studying the transformation of fighting spirit into spirit and engaging in fighting crickets with fighting spirit, a loud noise resounded throughout Yunlan Mountain.

Startled, Yun Congxin's hand trembled, and the two battle qi spirits that had just been simmered instantly dissipated, turning into azure smoke.

"What the hell is that noise?!"

Yun Congxin grinned. He had intended to use his soul power to see what had happened, but was astonished to find that his soul power was far weaker than that of a typical Dou Zong in the book. He didn't know if Yun Shan, who had barely managed to break through to Dou Zong before his lifespan ended thanks to pills, was too weak, or if he hadn't inherited his soul power after transmigrating.

There's no other way, so let's go out and take a look.

Following Yun Shan's memory, Yun Congxin found the place where the clothes were kept in the cave, preparing to change into clean clothes and go out to see what had happened at the Yunlan Sect.

"Could it be a three-year agreement? Could it be that Huo Huo and Nalan Yanran have already started fighting?" Yun Congxin muttered to himself.

"Dude, what kind of aesthetic is this? It's incredibly tacky!"

Opening the closet where clothes were stored, Yun Congxin was speechless upon seeing all the white clothes inside.

A moment later, looking at himself in the mirror dressed in all white, like he was attending a funeral, Yun Congxin couldn't help but complain in his heart: "It's fortunate that I broke through to the Dou Zong realm and my appearance changed to that of a young man. Otherwise, with that old thief Yun Shan's wrinkled face and this outfit, Yunlan Sect could be renamed the Crematorium."

"No wonder the Yunlan Sect has been acting like they've been cursed ever since Yunshan appeared; they really have no sense of propriety." Dressed in pure white, typical of second-rate fantasy dramas, Yun Congxin walked out of the cave where Yunshan had been in seclusion for life-and-death cultivation. He tried to step into the air. Even though he had the strength of a Dou Zong, and theoretically could walk on the void as if on flat ground, Yun Congxin still used his Dou Qi Wings as a precaution.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at that height made Yun Congxin's legs go weak. What if he accidentally fell and became the first Dou Zong to die from the fall? Wouldn't that be a joke?

At this moment, Yun Congxin had clearly forgotten that Dou Qi could be used to temper the body. Although Yun Shan's physical body wasn't as monstrous as Xiao Yan's, it wasn't so bad that he would die from falling from the sky.

"It feels so good to be grounded!"

He landed step by step on the void, and then used his movement techniques to speed towards the bustling Yunlan Sect.