An unimaginable pain shattered his mind.
Liu Guan Yi clutched his head as waves of memories crashed into him—scenes he had never lived, yet felt more vivid than anything in his past life.
He saw a boy. The same name. The same face.
A prince.
The third prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, son of the emperor Liu Gu, and a nameless concubine. He had a younger brother—Liu Bing—praised by all as a prodigy. Loved. Celebrated.
But the third prince?
Ignored. Mocked. Forgotten.
His mother barely looked at him.
He trained. Bled. Struggled. Screamed in silence, hoping someone would see him.
No one did.
One day, when his spirit broke, he took his own life.
And now, the one from Earth—the businessman, the man who regretted a lifetime of hollow success—stood in the body of this discarded prince.
The memories faded. Liu Guan Yi's breath steadied.
> "So… Heaven gave me another chance."
His gaze turned cold.
> "Then I'll take it. I don't want fame, power, or reputation. I want to live. Truly live."
Suddenly, something flickered in his vision.
A dark halo, swirling like ink, floated above his head.
> "What the—?"
A soft chime echoed in his mind. A translucent interface appeared before him.
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[Luck Insight System Activated]
Detected Host: Liu Guan Yi
Luck Level: Pitch Black (Heaven's Abandonment)
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Descriptions of halos and their meanings began to scroll:
Golden (Hollow) – Chosen by Heaven
Purple – Fortunate, tethered to destiny
Red / Green – Good fortune
White – Mediocre
Black – Misfortune
Pitch Black – Forsaken. Disaster magnet. Doomed by fate.
Liu Guan Yi stared at his own pitch-black halo, expression unreadable.
Then, he laughed.
A low, chilling sound.
> "So, I have no luck."
> "So what?"
> "I never needed luck to begin with."
He clenched his fists. The weight of two lifetimes burned behind his eyes.
> "Heaven abandoned me? Then I'll defy Heaven itself."
> "One day, I, Liu Guan Yi, will stand above all—without blessings, without fate, without mercy."
> "I will carve my name into the bones of this world."
He took his first step forward.
And the world began to change.