Essence [Original Novel] Hemisphere Paradise

Chapter One: Rebirth of Hei Yang
Today, the small town of Morlansen was bustling. Shops of all sizes and street stalls densely filled every street, and as far as the eye could see, there were crowds of people everywhere. Why? Because today was a special day.\ Today was the Morlansen small town's once-in-three-year Hundred Clans Contest, and it was also the irregular five-year enrollment day of the Holy Spirit Academy. Some merchants sensed business opportunities and brought all sorts of goods to the market. The families in charge of certain streets were also extremely happy because the better the business in their areas, the more taxes they collected, and this meant their family prestige could rise even higher.\ “Ugh!” A young boy covered in patches clutched his aching chest and climbed out of bed.\ “Yu'er, you're awake?” A woman, who first heard the boy's groan, turned her head and said with joy.\ “Hm?” The boy looked at the richly dressed woman in front of him with astonishment. The woman looked about twenty years old, her black hair fluttering slightly, complementing her flawless, delicate face, giving her an elegant and noble appearance. However, the royal aura she exuded from within gave people a sense of distance.\ “Unskilled in the arts, yet you compete with others in strength and courage, asking only for trouble!” The man speaking had a slightly pale face, but his gaze was as sharp as a sword. He seemed about twenty-five years old. His plain clothing made him appear approachable, contrasting with the woman's refined attire.\ The boy did not understand, clutching his chest and retracing his memories in reverse. At first, he was alchemy practicing, then was inexplicably struck to death by a massive black hand that appeared out of nowhere, and finally woke up to this scene. But why am I here? If I had been hit, I shouldn't have survived. Why is that? The boy shook his head, pondering carefully. Then he walked through the memory sequence in reverse again and found a very different outcome. Just as the man had said, because he had competed with someone far stronger than himself, he was struck in the chest by a fist, damaging his heart and dying. No, no, if in both memories I died, then what am I now? the boy thought, frowning.\ “Yu'er, what's wrong with you?”The woman, seeing the various abnormal reactions of the young man, asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"\
"Sigh, let's go out and let him rest properly," the man said calmly before the young man could speak.\
After the woman obediently responded with a sound, she followed the man out of the room. Once they had gone a distance, the young man sat cross-legged, trying hard to search for the remnants of memories in his memory bank.\
After three hours of searching, the young man merged two memories and finally understood what had happened to him. The only reasonable explanation was that he had traveled through time and space! Based on those memories, he knew everything.\
In the past, a person named Sheng split this planet into two halves. One half was named the Yulan Continent, a paradise that everyone longed for, hence called the Hemisphere Paradise by the world. The half he was on was named the Heiyang Continent, a world where strength rules and the weak are preyed upon. It was said that anyone in Heiyang Continent who reached the highest level of strength could pierce the void and ascend to Yulan. This was a law of nature, and no one could resist it, unless...\
In the past, there was only one profession in the Heiyang Continent: warrior. At that time, people could only fight with their own physical strength. However, over the course of history, as species evolved and transformed, various new professions gradually emerged onto the historical stage, and after thousands or tens of thousands of years of elimination, four professions remained. Maguishis are the evolved form of warriors. They no longer rely solely on physical strength to fight but incorporate skill-based attack techniques, and their physical strength is not weaker than that of previous warriors. Their power is roughly divided into five ranks: Mad Demon, Heaven Demon, Demon Emperor, Demon Sovereign, and Demon Lord, each of which is further divided into four stages: early, mid, late, and peak. Spellbinders are a purely magical attack profession that emerged in history. After thousands of years of evolution, they can also engage in close combat, though their defense is not as strong as Maguishis. Their power is precisely divided into ten ranks: Spirit, Spirit Warrior, Spirit Master, Spirit Envoy, Spirit Lord, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sovereign, Spirit Saint, and Spirit Sage. They, too, have divisions within each rank.Ranked third are the Summoners, the most bizarre profession across the entire continent. They use a secret technique to seal the spirits of dead mystical beasts within their bodies, and in battle, they use another secret technique to merge the spirit of the mystical beast with their own soul, thereby acquiring the various skills the mystical beast had in life. How long they can maintain this transformation depends on the quality of the secret technique and the Summoner's own level. Their power is roughly divided into five stages: Soul Nurturing, Soul Refining, Soul Devouring, Possession, and Body Fusion, but they do not have the early, mid, late, or peak stages. Instead, their ranks are divided into levels one through nine. As for the last profession, the young man didn't even need to think about it because he himself belonged to it, and he was not weak. In his previous life, he was a seventh-grade Alchemist. Even though he transmigrated, his spiritual power retained the strength of a seventh-grade Alchemist, and he still had his experience, so in this world, he could also be considered a seventh-grade Alchemist. Alchemists are the most popular profession on the entire continent. Their power is only divided into grades one through ten, with no ranks.

The Ye family is the second most prestigious family in this small town of Morensen. His name is Ye Yu, a son from one of the Ye family patriarch Ye Hong's concubine lineage. His mother passed away early, and due to his average talent and low cultivation, his status in the Ye family was arguably worse than a dog. Practically speaking, the only people who cared about him were those two individuals from before. The male is named Ye Li, whose talent and strength among the younger generation of the Ye family is second only to Ye Cheng. The female is Wang Yanshan, the granddaughter of the Eastern clan with the strongest power and reputation in Morensen, slightly weaker than Ye Li. As for why they treated Ye Yu so well, it was probably because he once blocked an arrow for them.

Understanding all this, Ye Yu prepared to get up and go out to gather some medicinal herbs. According to his memory, the back mountain of the Ye family had plenty of herbs. They were not exactly rare, but the herbs that were scarce on his original planet were abundant here, to the point that one step could crush a large bunch. He casually picked a few Clear Body Herbs and Bone-Washing Flowers, and before leaving, he also conveniently snatched a few Sky-Seizing Fruits.He hurried back to the room he had just left, tiptoed to close the door behind him, and gently placed the medicinal herbs on the sandalwood Eight Immortals table. After finishing these actions, he looked around cautiously. Once he was sure no one was there, he sat cross-legged on the floor, summoned the alchemical fire, and with a single gesture, swept all the herbs into the fire. The alchemical fire glowed silver-white, within which five gray dragons could be faintly seen.

"Hoo!" Ye Yu exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and used the alchemical fire to gently send the freshly refined Pulse-Soothing Pill into his mouth. The pill melted instantly, transforming into fierce dragons of energy that coursed through Ye Yu's tiny meridians. A piercing pain spread from various parts of his body, but Ye Yu showed no expression. He had endured pain hundreds of times stronger than this, so he did not even consider this slight ache.

"Huh?" Ye Yu suddenly discovered while introspecting that a meridian, thin as a hair, was consciously evading the energy impact of the Pulse-Soothing Pill. He had never heard of a meridian that could move on its own, which greatly piqued his curiosity.

He directed the energy dragons to approach that meridian, but it continued to dodge them with agility. After nearly an hour of maneuvering, the meridian was finally surrounded by a dozen or so energy dragons. To his surprise, the meridian suddenly emitted an extremely cold aura. Under the erosion of this cold aura, the once raging energy dragons gradually became docile, turning into pure energy that nourished the damaged meridian. The meridian, bathed in this cold aura, slowly grew sturdy and resilient.

"Yin, a Yin-Conditioned Body!" Ye Yu became somewhat incoherent after witnessing such a miraculous scene. He had only seen the Yin-Conditioned Body in the ancient text "Ultimate Body." The Yin-Conditioned Body belongs to the utmost Yin, exists within heaven and earth, awakens in a pool of blood, and upon death, causes ghosts to weep in the world around it. (This roughly means that the Yin-Conditioned Body has the property of extreme Yin; if it exists in the world, the mother becomes its offering at birth, and at death, ghosts throughout the world mourn.)

"What is a Yin-Conditioned Body?" A woman pushed the door open, smiling as she looked at Ye Yu.

"Sister Yanshan." Upon hearing the voice, Ye Yu immediately became alert and turned toward the source. But upon recognizing her, he scratched the back of his head and smiled.Yu'er, what are you doing? How did you get like this?” Wang Yanshan covered her nose and said when she saw Ye Yu covered in black dirt.

“Hehe, it's nothing, I just went out to play. Sister Yanshan, I'll go wash up first.” After noticing he was covered in dirt, Ye Yu grabbed an outfit and ran out the door.

What's wrong with this kid? Why does he feel different from before?” Seeing Ye Yu's back, Wang Yanshan muttered.