''Augh, where am I ...'

  *splash* *splash*

  In a pit dark place that one could barely see their hand and feet existed a spot of light that shone bright yet incredibly faint in this dark place.

  Upon closer inspection, one would realized that this spot of light was actually a shiny butterfly flapping its wings relentless, moving forward.

  On top of said butterfly was a tiny man in tattered clothes who just regained his consciousness. The tiny man had white hair and a nice face, he was none other than Chen Yi.

  Chen Yi stood up and looked around him, hearing the sound of water and waves before muttering to himself: "River of time, is it..."

  "!"

  Suddenly Chen Yi felt a sharp pain in the head, like someone swung a sword at it and stabbed it with multiple daggers at the same time. The pain was so unbearable that he felt like he should be dead, but he somehow was not.

  "It's, it's...!!" Suddenly his eyes opened wide as white light engulfed his vision.

  When the light was gone, Chen Yi found himself in a room, standing in a corner.

  He looked around and noticed that he was not alone, there are two others in the opposite direction. Three, to be exact.

  What he was in was a bedroom with a family of three. The bed was situated at the other end of the room next to a window. It was quite large as it looks like it could fit three people if they squeeze together.

  Sitting on the bed was a man who looks to be around his late twenties, next to him was a woman who looks just as young, she's probably twenty two or twenty five years old at most. In her embrace was an infant who was sleeping soundly without a care in the world.

  "He's so beautiful, my sweet baby." The woman said with a big smile on her face.

  "I know, he's our son after all." The man next to her said with eyes full of adoration to both the baby and the woman.

  This was a pair of husband and wife with their first child.

  "I just hope he could grown up into a big tree." The wife said without looking away from the baby.

  "A big tree? Shouldn't it be a big man?" The husband asked softly so to not wake up the baby as he was quite curious as well.

  The wife shook her head and turned to look at her husband before saying: "A big man might be strong and successful, but I don't wish for him to be alone. I want him to be a big tree, so that he could help and shelters others in need, I wish for him to be happy with good people surrounding him."

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  The husband looks stunned for a moment before smiling gently and said: "Your wish is exactly like mine."

  The wife chuckled, "I know, that's why I love you so much."

  The husband felt like he's the luckiest man in the world as smile could not leave his face. He kissed his wife gently on the forehead before asking: "So, what should we name our child? Have you thought of anything after this one month?"

  The wife in turns, smiled playfully before saying: "I have thought about it. Although I wish or our son to be surrounded by good people, I still want him to live a good life full with fortunes and glory."

  The husband smile cheerfully back to his wife: "You're so greedy."

  "Of course, I'm your greedy girl, hehe." The wife closed her eyes and chuckled to herself softly.

  "So what name do you have for him?" The husband asked.

  "I want him to fly high unlike any other, as high as the heavens. So I will name him Shen Tian Yi, what do you think?" The wife said while looking at the baby with a doting smile.

  "The Will of the Heaven?" The husband was first confused then smile gently and said, "That's... A good name"

  The couple then looked at each lovingly before turning to look at the baby as the husband touched his wife cheek softly, unaware of an unknown man standing in their bedroom.

  "This feeling... Is it a dream realm or injected memories? It's so real I cannot tell..." Chen Yi talked to himself as he was pondering the possibilities.

  Before Chen Yi could come to a conclusion, he felt the world around him spinning as he lose his balance and almost fell to the floor.

  When he regained his balance and inspected his surroundings, he found that he's now in an open space before a grand hall. Before him stood a thick crowd of people talking to themselves loudly.

  Oddly enough, these people seemed to not notice him just like the couple before.

  The crowd itself was crescent shape, like they were watching something, but don't want to get too close. Chen Yi slowly made his way to the front row of the crowd by walking from side as he could not see what's happening from his position at the back row.

  What laid in front of him were, presumably two lifeless bodies covered in white blanket from head to toes.

  "What's happening? Why did the clan leader summoned all members of the clan here today?" Someone in the crowd said.

  "Can't you see? It's because two people are dead." Someone chipped in and mocked.

  "So what's of it? People dies all the time once in a while, there's no need to summoned all the clansmen in the clan just for one or two people." The first person who talked earlier replied.

  "Could it that this is not simple accidental death, but planned murder? Has a demonic Meng cultivator sneaked into our clan?" Another person speculated with fears.

  "Ahem"

  Instantly after the sound of throat clearing from a person standing at the front of the big hall, the crowd turned dead silent.

  That person was quite a muscular man with grey long hair that was comb back all the way and long grey beards, adorned with with wide clothes that conceal his physiques. He looked to be around his late fifties, but he's still strong and healthy. He has an air of authority around him that made people listen to what he has to say.

  Behind him stood many people of different sizes and ages.

  "Hm, that guy must be this clan's leader. As for those people people behind him, they are probably clan elders or something." Chen Yi analyzed in a heartbeat while looking at the crowd with apathetic eyes, wondering where this is going.

  "I summoned you all here today to announced the death of two of our elders." The clan leader announced seriously.