“I have brought all the daily necessities to senior disciple earlier.”
This Junior Disciple thoroughly handled matters with ease and experience. After taking care of all the items needed for daily activities, he politely said:
“If you need anything else, just come to the outer area to find me.”
“What is your name?”
Before the disciple departed, Li Qiye casually asked.
The disciple was surprised by the sudden question. He did not think highly of Li Qiye. His talents were lacking to the point that he would not be accepted as a regular disciple here.
In the chamber earlier, the actions of Li Qiye caused others to feel that he was stupid. But the current Li Qiye who was calm and natural made this disciple feel perplexed inside, and didn’t know whether Li Qiye was crazy or thought about everything beforehand.
“Senior Disciple, this Junior Disciple’s name is Nan Huairen. I am a caretaker of the outer court.”
This disciple quickly regained his wit, and answered Li Qiye.
“My name is Li Qiye.”
Li Qiye gently nodded.
In the last million years, the ones who knew his true origin and name could be counted on the fingers of one’s hands.
After Nan Huairen’s departure, Li Qiye did not sit idly by. He began to clean up the yard and tidied up the whole mountain. After completing the task to an acceptable standard, the deserted mountain resembled more of a home.
Li Qiye did everything in a systematic and neat manner, slow but steady. If any accidental bypassers were to witness his cleaning actions, they would not believe that he was only thirteen years old.
After the tedious labor, the sky slowly darkened. Li Qiye felt tired and hungry; he slowly sat down in front of the villa. Taking in a deep breath, he took out the wooden stick that people used to move the ashes that are now placed by his waist and carefully observed it. His memories slowly came back to him, causing him to have a bitter smile.
The world believed that if an Immortal Emperor succeeded in carrying the Heaven’s Will, they will truly become immortal. However, if that was the case, where were Immortal Emperor Min Ren, Immortal Emperor Tun Ri, and all the peerless cultivators from each era? Where was their end?
Li Qiye slowly regained his composure; he removed the dust and ash from the stick. The stick eventually revealed its real form. This was a stick spanning one meter; after being doused in fire for thousands of years, it still retained its original form without faults. In the eyes of other people, however, this was only a regular wooden stick without any magical elements.
Li Qiye whispered as he gently wiped the wooden stick:
“Serpent Punishing Stick!”
With this wooden stick in his hand, his memories caused an inexplicable emotion.
That day, when Min Ren was without the Heaven’s Will, Li Qiye, as the master of this future Immortal Emperor, had taught a group of children that would be the loyal support for Min Ren. Since he wanted to groom them well, he specifically took the Serpent Punishing Stick from the Demon Forest.
Those teenagers that would stomp the Nine Worlds under their feets were all victims of this stick. After concluding their training, he left the stick there in the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect; and there it has remained until now.
Gripping the stick tightly, Li Qiye immersed himself even deeper within his memories. Escaping the Immortal Demon Grotto was successful, and he finally regained his body and soul from the control of the Dark Crow.
But time was not merciful. Everyone who used to be his friends and families such as the Alchemy God, Immortal Emperor Xue Xi, Immortal Emperor Min Ren… even the illustrious Black Dragon King that survived three eras have all left this world.
At the beginning of the Desolate Era, he was only a young shepherd. In order to find a lost sheep, he went into the grotto and became imprisoned by the Immortal Demon Grotto, he was forced to follow the trajectory envisioned by his master in his crow body from era to era.
At that moment, Li Qiye was very scared. Unable to resist, he flew without rest across the Forbidden Burials, travelling across the Nine Lands, across the Nine Worlds… and in the end, he still had no choice but to return to the Immortal Demon Grotto.[2]
However, because of this, he had experienced the countless dangers and mysteries of the world. He had trodden through lands that even an unbeatable Virtuous Paragon would stray from. His willpower, basked by hardships throughout the eras, became unshakable.
From then on, he was unwilling to become an immortal slave to the Immortal Demon Grotto. He formulated a grand plan in order to cut off all the immortal spirit seals and formations within his soul.
In order to escape the Dark Crow, for his own freedom and to regain his body, he continuously led all the geniuses on the road of cultivation. The best of these young ones were able to fight on the peerless road, under