Reborn Youth

In the Great Chu Dynasty, at the Sword Pavilion.

"You unfilial son!"

"I went into seclusion for three years, leaving you in charge of the Sword Pavilion, and you've turned it into a complete mess!"

Xia Xuan, the Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion, smashed the table beside him with a palm strike, glaring furiously at the white-robed youth standing in the main hall.

The youth was thin and pale, but stood with his back straight. His features were handsome, and he was none other than the young master of the Sword Pavilion, Xia Wuji.

Confusion flickered in his eyes as he thought to himself, 'Didn't I perish under the immortal tribulation while ascending to become an immortal?'

Sitting beside Xia Xuan, a heavily made-up woman with narrow, sharp eyes and a venomous expression spoke up.

"Xia Wuji, Xia Wuji, you're the young master of the Sword Pavilion, and yet at eighteen years old, you have no cultivation at all. You've completely disgraced us!"

This woman was Madam Liu, the main wife of the Pavilion Master, but she was not Xia Wuji's mother.

Hearing Madam Liu's words, Xia Xuan grew even angrier. He berated:

"Your second brother, Wudao, he's only seventeen, and he's already surpassed the Qi Gathering Realm to reach the peak of the True Essence Realm. He's about to enter the Sea of Qi Realm!"

"Furthermore, your sister, Wuhui, can now refine mid-grade Precious Pills!"

"Only you, at eighteen, are still stuck in the Body Tempering Realm. You can't even open the door to the first stage of martial arts!"

"They say a hero fathers a hero. How could I have such a useless son like you?"

A group of elders from the Sword Pavilion also stared at Xia Wuji, their faces filled with schadenfreude.

"Pavilion Master, Xia Wuji is incompetent. It would be better to choose another candidate for the position of young master!"

"I second that!"

"Xia Wuji's mediocrity is one thing, but he also lacks backbone. Pavilion Master, you might not know this, but just a month ago, he knelt in the rain for three days and three nights..."

"What?" Xia Xuan was so enraged his chest felt like it would explode. He wished he could kill this disgraceful son with a single palm strike!

Madam Liu hooked her arm through Xia Xuan's and said, "Since Wuji's martial arts cultivation is destined to achieve nothing, why not have him take out the Azure Star Token and give it to Wudao, so Wudao can join the Azure Star Academy."

"As long as Wudao enters the Azure Star Academy, then Wuji can be considered to have contributed to the Sword Pavilion. We can let him continue as the young master of the Sword Pavilion and let him train properly!"

Xia Xuan looked at Xia Wuji, snorted coldly, and said, "You unfilial son, did you hear that clearly? Hurry up and take out the Azure Star Token your mother left behind!"

Xia Wuji's gaze swept across the faces of everyone in the hall. The confusion in his eyes gradually receded, replaced by a sharp coldness!

He had been reborn! He had returned to this most unbearable period of his life!

Everything was so familiar... and yet so glaring!

Three years ago, Xia Xuan went into seclusion due to an injury, and Xia Wuji, as the young master, took charge of the Sword Pavilion.

Over the past three years, nearly half of the Sword Pavilion's cultivation resources were used by Madam Liu to nurture her so-called genius son, Xia Wudao!

And then there was Xia Wuhui, who was obsessed with alchemy but had mediocre talent. She spent hundreds of times more resources than others just to be able to refine mid-grade Precious Pills!

As for Xia Wuji's cultivation, three months ago, he was ambushed and his Dantian was shattered, causing him to lose all his strength.

A month ago, Xia Wuji knelt in the rain for three days and three nights simply because the person was a master swordsmith, and Xia Wuji had begged him for a sword as a congratulatory gift for his father's emergence from seclusion.

But none of that mattered anymore. Xia Wuji didn't want to explain because he knew too well how disgusting these people were.

Today was Madam Liu's meticulously laid plan. Her target was the Azure Star Token left by Xia Wuji's mother.

This Azure Star Token was the token for joining the Azure Star Academy.

Although the Sword Pavilion had a good reputation in the Great Chu Dynasty, it was insignificant compared to the Azure Star Academy.

The Azure Star Academy was high above, ruling over all the dynasties in this region!

In his previous life, because his Dantian was shattered and his cultivation was hopeless, Xia Wuji believed Madam Liu's deceitful words and took out the Azure Star Token, allowing Xia Wudao to successfully enter the Azure Star Academy.

As a result, Xia Wuji was ultimately unable to keep his position as young pavilion master, and Madam Liu wanted to finish him off, leaving him no room to survive.

Xia Xuan witnessed the entire process but did not show any fatherly affection to help him.

In Xia Xuan's heart, this useless son was merely a stain on his life!

Fortunately, Xia Wuji found a way to survive in desperation. He accidentally fell into a spatial rift and entered the Heavenly Realm. There, Xia Wuji not only repaired his shattered Dantian, but his cultivation path also advanced by leaps and bounds. In a mere hundred years, he achieved enlightenment through the sword and became one of the Ten Great Supremes of the Heavenly Realm!

When he was about to use his sword to break through the path to immortality, billions of immortal tribulations descended. Due to the tragic experiences of his youth, inner demons festered, and he ultimately failed.

'I thought I would be annihilated under the immortal tribulation, with everything turning to nothing, but I never expected to have such an encounter.'

'Now that I have returned to my youth, I absolutely cannot repeat the same mistakes!'

'I will make up for all the regrets of my past life, sweep away all obstacles, and with a perfect and complete state of mind, ascend the path to immortality once more!'

With this thought, Xia Wuji let out a cold laugh.

"Since you all think I am incompetent and cannot bear the burden of the young pavilion master, then I request that you choose someone else for the position of young pavilion master."

"However, the Azure Star Token was left by my mother. None of you have the right to take it!"

Xia Wuji's tone was firm. He met Xia Xuan's cold, furious gaze without any fear.

The Azure Star Token must not be given away!

It was the only item left by his mother!

He vaguely remembered his mother's voice and appearance.

His mother doted on him immensely. When he was six years old, she gave him the Azure Star Token and told him to go to Azure Star Academy to cultivate after he reached the Sea of Qi Realm.

That night, his mother cried continuously, holding him tightly.

That was the last time Xia Wuji slept in his mother's embrace.

When he woke up, his mother was gone. She had left the Sword Pavilion, and no one knew where she went.

The longing for his mother had always been a regret in Xia Wuji's heart, and it was also a mental demon he faced during his immortal tribulations!

Hearing Xia Wuji's words, Xia Xuan was stunned for a moment.

Why did this unfilial son suddenly seem like a different person?

The former Xia Wuji was timid and subservient in front of him, not daring to speak loudly, let alone meet his gaze.

"Wuji, stop being difficult. Hurry and open this box and take out the Azure Star Token." Madam Liu directly produced a jade box.

Inside the box was the Azure Star Token!

"You went to my room to steal my things. You are utterly shameless!" Xia Wuji's anger surged, and he shouted.

He had always hidden this box in a secret compartment in his bedroom, and only he knew how to open it!

"Presumptuous!" Xia Xuan berated, "She is the main wife of the Sword Pavilion. Anything within the Sword Pavilion, she has the right to handle!"

Madam Liu also lost her patience, her expression becoming much colder. "Xia Wuji, you must hand over the Azure Star Token today!"

Her words held no disguise of threat.

Xia Wuji sneered again, his face filled with deep mockery. He then said, "Fine. Since you want to give the Azure Star Token to Xia Wudao, then in one month, on the day of the Sword Pavilion's ancestral worship ceremony, let that Xia Wudao fight me!"

"If he wins, I will take out the Azure Star Token and let him go to Azure Star Academy!"

"But if he loses, return the jade box to me!"

"However, do you dare to agree?"

The current situation was unfavorable. Even though Xia Wuji possessed various miraculous methods, the problem of his shattered dantian had not yet been resolved, and he had no true essence in his body. He needed some time to buffer.

One month was enough for him.

Xia Xuan's expression froze, and Madam Liu was also stunned. The elders of the Sword Pavilion in the hall thought they had misheard!

Xia Wuji had no cultivation, how did he dare to challenge Xia Wudao, who was at the peak of the True Essence Realm?

Where did this courage come from?

"You said it yourself. Since you want to fight, then fight. What am I, Xia Wudao, afraid of? Would I be afraid of a good-for-nothing like you?" Just then, a loud shout rang out, and a burly young man rushed in from outside the door.

It was Xia Wudao.

"Father!"

"Mother!"

Xia Wudao walked up to Xia Xuan and Madam Liu.

Xia Xuan's face immediately showed a look of relief. Xia Wudao was truly worthy of being his son. At seventeen years old, with cultivation at the peak of the True Essence Realm, he was a brilliant genius!

"Since Xia Wuji wants to challenge me, of course, I will fulfill his wish."

"I will use my absolute strength to prove to everyone that I am the one qualified to hold the Azure Star Token and join Azure Star Academy!"

Then, Xia Wudao turned around, stared at Xia Wuji with a condescending attitude, and sneered dismissively, "Don't say one month, even if you were given another year or ten years, you wouldn't be a match for a single finger of mine!"

Xia Wuji's expression was indifferent. "Then we'll see in a month!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

Xia Xuan watched Xia Wuji's retreating back, growing angrier the more he thought about it. This unfilial son truly didn't take him seriously today, just leaving like that?

"Stop right there! Did I say you could leave?"

Xia Xuan roared angrily.

However, Xia Wuji had no intention of stopping.

Xia Xuan felt that his authority as the Pavilion Master of the Sword Pavilion and as a father had been severely challenged. He angrily shouted, "Without my permission, if you dare to take one step past the threshold of this hall, then I, Xia Xuan, will disown you as my son!"

Xia Wuji took a step over the threshold.

Then another step.

His feet landed outside the hall. He didn't look back and said, "Pavilion Master Xia, you said it yourself!"