Return to the Original Owner

Lin Qi touched her head, organizing her thoughts.

She seemed to have transmigrated again, to five days after Lin Yun and her mother moved in.

Five days ago, the Lin Family patriarch, Lin Jue, brought a mother and daughter to their home. The Great Aunt was so enraged that she directly opened the ancestral hall and had Lin Jue beaten.

In the end, it was Lin Qi's mother, Gong Shaojun, who spoke up, saving his life.

Gong Shaojun also agreed to bring Lin Yun and her mother back to the Lin Family, on the condition that Lin Jue be removed as patriarch and that the four-year-old Lin Qi be appointed in his place.

This matter caused considerable controversy within the Lin Family.

However, to appease Gong Shaojun, a Nascent Soul cultivator, the Lin Family's Great Aunt agreed to everything and even made a Soul Oath to wholeheartedly assist the family head, Lin Qi, for life.

Just when everyone thought the matter had settled, Gong Shaojun suddenly opened a cave dwelling and announced she was entering secluded cultivation until death.

If it weren't for a matter concerning the extermination of the Lin Family, she would never have emerged again.

The entire Lin Family was shocked.

When the young Lin Qi heard this news, Gong Shaojun had already made all the arrangements.

She only managed to see the cave dwelling close, her mother's figure completely disappearing before her eyes.

The little Lin Qi cried out at the cave dwelling entrance for a day and a night, her voice hoarse, but she couldn't soften Gong Shaojun's heart.

The young Lin Qi, incited by a servant who told her that Lin Yun and her mother caused her mother to abandon her, foolishly went to the side house and beat up Lin Yun. After the beating, she collapsed from exhaustion on her way back.

When she woke up, she was a different person.

Lin Qi sighed for the young Lin Qi and, with her short legs, started to get out of bed to assess the situation. The door to the training room, where her original mother often stayed, suddenly opened.

The room was empty, yet she instinctively walked inside.

Lin Qi didn't see it, but the moment she lifted her foot, an invisible barrier rippled for several seconds before disappearing.

After Lin Qi stepped into the training room, a faint blue Ice Phoenix pattern appeared on her brow.

The empty and desolate training room in her eyes instantly transformed into a vast field.

The night was deep, and a mysterious array formation drawn with blood was reflected under the cold moon.

A cold wind howled, and a transcendent female cultivator stood with her hands behind her back in the vast field, her aura imposing and cold, almost merging with heaven and earth.

As the female cultivator slowly opened her eyes, overwhelming cold energy swept through the entire Desolate City, transforming into a raging dragon that soared into the sky.

The blood-colored grand formation erupted with dazzling light in an instant.

Array Formation—Activate!

Immediately after, the female cultivator's figure vanished, and a phoenix cry resounded through heaven and earth.

Faint blue light enveloped the sky above the entire Desolate City, and a powerful imperial pressure cascaded down.

A colossal Ice Phoenix, soaring into the sky, captured Lin Qi's attention.

Countless vortexes appeared in the dark sky, filled with purple-black lightning, each more powerful than the last, exuding world-ending might.

The Ice Phoenix, enveloped in ice, had no trace of fear in its eyes, and abundant Spiritual Energy floated around it.

The five patterns of Virtue, Righteousness, Benevolence, Trust, and Propriety lit up on the Ice Phoenix, transforming into an ice storm that swept across the land.

Lightning struck one after another, dense as raindrops.

The Ice Phoenix flapped its wings, carrying an overwhelming blizzard and frost, charging forward without hesitation into the sky.

The sky was torn open, revealing a sliver of white light.

An aura profound and beyond the Heavenly Dao seeped into the Cangwu Realm.

The Ice Phoenix's figure vanished in an instant, transforming back into the female cultivator.

A drop of bright red blood slid from the female cultivator's jade-like fingers. As it fell, it turned into an ice-blue bead and drifted towards a corner of the Cangwu Realm.

Lin Qi suddenly clasped her hands together, catching the ice-blue blood bead falling from the void.

The blood bead landed in her palm and instantly transformed into a teardrop-shaped jade, a bone-chilling coldness spreading throughout her body.

A faint, indistinct voice echoed from the void.

Lin Qi couldn't hear what she was saying, but she suddenly woke up, examining the Ice Phoenix Essence Blood in her hand.

"This seems to be the drop of Essence Blood that Lin Yun crushed in her previous life!"

In the novel, Lin Yun used this drop of Ice Phoenix Essence Blood to temper her bones, improve her bloodline purity, and escape death countless times.

This drop of Nine Revolutions Ice Phoenix Essence Blood was one of the female lead Lin Yun's biggest advantages.

Lin Qi remembered Lin Yun's last words, "'To fulfill you is also to fulfill myself'… so this drop of Essence Blood was actually Lin Qi's golden finger, and it was accidentally taken by Lin Yun."

"This is considered returning it to its rightful owner."

That made sense. Lin Qi's mother, disheartened, chose to enter secluded cultivation, but before that, she had made many plans for Lin Qi and wouldn't have left her with nothing.

As soon as Lin Qi put away the Ice Phoenix Essence Blood, she noticed a letter appear on the training room table, with a blue feather pressed on top.

To my beloved child:

By the time you read this letter, my child must have recovered your Spiritual Wisdom Soul and be no different from a normal person. If you wish to cultivate, you may take the Phoenix Feather to Tianyi Sect to find a master. True Monarch Qingyun is my good friend and will surely look after you.

Lin Qi was shaken to her core upon reading the letter's contents.

The letter stated that Lin Yun had been favored by True Monarch Qingyun at the disciple recruitment ceremony and had been taken on as her disciple, with her subsequent path being smoothed out.

So, Lin Yun not only stole Lin Qi's Ice Phoenix Essence Blood but also stole the life that originally belonged to Lin Qi?!

To cultivate at Tianyi Sect!

She had to at least reclaim everything that belonged to Lin Qi.

Lin Qi calmly tucked the Phoenix Feather into her clothes, her mind already setting a clear goal.

As she turned, she saw a pale-faced, frail man standing at the doorway.

It was Lin Qi's biological father, Lin Jue.

His eyes were bloodshot, and it was unclear how long he had been standing there.

Lin Qi froze for a moment, and before she could speak, he hobbled inside.

"Xiao Qi, where is your mother?!" Lin Jue's voice carried a hint of suppressed emotion.

Lin Jue had been knocked unconscious in the ancestral hall and had been in a coma. Upon waking, he heard that Gong Shaojun had gone into closed-door cultivation. He refused to believe it and, despite his illness, dragged himself to the training room Gong Shaojun frequented.

Lin Qi opened her mouth to explain, but found her mouth moving a beat slower than her brain.

Before she could speak, Lin Jue impatiently waved his sleeve.

"I forgot, you're an idiot!"

He then shouted towards the door, "Tian Qi, carry the young mistress out!"

Just as Lin Qi was carried out of the training room, she heard Lin Jue's furious shouts.

"Gong Shaojun, where are you? Come out here!"

"I don't believe you've gone into closed-door cultivation. You schemed against me with great effort, all you wanted was the entire Lin Family, wasn't it? You heartless, unfeeling woman!"

"Gong Shaojun, get out here!"

As Lin Jue's shouts reached their peak, he angrily unleashed sorcery, attacking the walls surrounding the training room.

Tian Qi, fearing Lin Qi would be startled, specifically covered her ears with his hands. However, it didn't make much difference to Lin Qi.

She could clearly hear everything Lin Jue was shouting.

Since she was currently considered an idiot, she could openly watch Lin Jue's madness.

A sliver of doubt also crept into Lin Qi's mind.

If she hadn't woken up, would Lin Jue have been the first person to enter Lin Qi's mother's training room?

Could the Phoenix Feather in Lin Yun's hand have been given to her by him?