Qin Yu

"Lin Yu, I regarded you as an elder brother. Why? Why did you strike so ruthlessly?! Nether Nirvana—what a vicious poison! I, Qin Yu, refuse to accept this!!" Qin Yu roared at the sky. His face, ravaged with deep furrows, suddenly stiffened, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood he could not suppress. His body slowly toppled backward.

Qin Yu only felt as though the boundless, vast stars were turning upside down. His eyelids seemed to bear the weight of ten thousand jun, slowly closing, as though the vast stars themselves had shut their eyes.

"Brother, Brother, what's wrong? Brother, don't scare Xue'er. Brother... please, don't leave Xue'er behind... Xue'er is scared..."

In his daze, Qin Yu heard anxious sobbing.

"Xue'er, don't be afraid. Brother is here!"

Qin Yu abruptly sat upright and said in a low voice, but the sight before him made him freeze. It was an ancient, elegant room, filled with the faint fragrance of sandalwood. Speckled fragments of sunlight streamed through the hollowed carved windows. Beneath the window stood a sandalwood table and chair, with several scrolls laid upon the tabletop. Through the sunlight, he could vaguely see a thin layer of dust covering them, while soft murmurs drifted in from outside.

Where was this?

Qin Yu was filled with doubt.

Then, the memories flooding into his mind made Qin Yu's head swell with pain.

Azure Lotus Heavenly Domain, Wu Kingdom, Qin Family, Qin Yu, third son of the Qin Family head, fifteen years old, mediocre bones...

"Am I dreaming? If this is a dream, why does it feel so real?" Qin Yu's expression shifted constantly. He looked around the room, stared out the window, and listened closely to the faint conversation outside.

"Ah, Third Young Master is truly pitiful. They're both young masters of the Qin Family, so why is the difference so vast? Second Young Master is always bullying Third Young Master. This time, he even forced Third Young Master to kneel and beat him unconscious. Xiao Tao, do you think we should tell Fourth Miss?"

"Better not. I heard that Wu Kingdom will soon hold a grand gathering. Any disciple of Wu Kingdom may participate, and experts from the Immortal Sect will come to observe. They'll select those with better aptitude to enter the Immortal Sect for cultivation. Fourth Miss has extraordinary aptitude. If she can seize this opportunity, entering the Immortal Sect is not impossible. At such a critical time, it's best not to disturb Fourth Miss if we can avoid it. Let's wait a few days and see."

"Xiao Tao, if only Third Young Master were like Eldest Young Master. I heard Eldest Young Master is already a commander of a thousand men. His future is boundless; being granted a marquisate or becoming a minister may not be impossible. But Third Young Master, with his mediocre bones and..."

"Ah, Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master were both born to the principal wife. I heard Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master were both born to a servant girl. Though they are all the family head's sons, the difference in status is simply too great... Ah, Xiao Hua greets the Family Head!"

As Qin Yu was still steeped in doubt, the door was abruptly pushed open. A tall, burly figure stood in the doorway. Qin Yu turned to look. The sunlight was so dazzling that it stung his eyes, and only then did he see the man's appearance clearly.

He stood around seven chi tall, clad in a green robe, broad-backed and powerfully built. His tiger eyes carried authority without anger. Though he merely stood there casually, an imposing aura spilled from him, like a general wielding great power. A considerable pressure spread from within his body and shrouded Qin Yu. Qin Yu narrowed his eyes and said with some displeasure, "A mere Ninth Level of the Martial Realm, yet you possess such bearing. Not bad! Bring Xue'er here!"

Qin Yu's thoughts were in utter chaos. He could not tell whether this was a dream or something else. Yet as the youngest Librarian Pavilion Master since Tian Qi Sect's founding, he possessed pride of his own. Though he had been poisoned by the Netherworld Nirvana Poison, even Dao Seeking Realm experts would not dare treat him with such disrespect. How could a mere Ninth Level of the Martial Realm? Had he not assumed Xue'er was playing a trick on him, he would have shouted for the man to get out.

In the Immortal Martial World, cultivation was divided into seven levels: Ninth Level of the Martial Realm, Gangqi Realm, Heavenly Tempering Three Realms, Spirit Infant, Heavenly Human, Infant Transformation, and Dao Seeking Realm!

Just think—how could a mere Ninth Level of the Martial Realm dare use divine sense to suppress Qin Yu? How could he not be enraged?

Xiao Tao and Xiao Hua, who had been whispering outside earlier, peered through the crack in the door at Qin Yu sitting on the bed. Both were dumbfounded. Th-this... what had happened to Third Young Master?

"A mere Ninth Level of the Martial Realm? Very well. From this day onward, if you do not enter the Martial Realm, you will never be permitted to leave Qin Manor for the rest of your life!!" The imposing man standing in the doorway barked in a low voice, then turned away in fury.

Qin Yu's thick brows knitted tightly as he stared at the retreating figure, then at the two women standing there with blank faces. His brows furrowed even more deeply.

"This isn't a dream? If it isn't a dream, then I should have died, shouldn't I?" Suspicion rose in Qin Yu's heart. When he saw his fair, clean hands, his entire body shook, and his eyes widened round.

I was reborn??

How was that possible? Though he was the Librarian Pavilion Master of Tian Qi Sect, he had been born with severed meridians and could not cultivate. He was merely a mortal. How could a mortal possibly be reborn?

Qin Yu abruptly rose to his feet, looked at the two women, and asked in a low voice, "Where is this?"

"Th-third Young Master, this is the Qin Family. Th-this is your room." Xiao Tao's face turned deathly pale. She looked at Qin Yu in terror as she spoke tremblingly.

"The Qin Family? What exactly is going on?" Qin Yu felt every pore on his body stand on end. He suddenly shouted, "I asked where in the Immortal Martial World this is!"

"The Immortal... Immortal Martial World? Th-this is Wu Kingdom." Xiao Hua was frightened as well, and she answered in terror.

Qin Yu abruptly stood up and said in a low voice, "Does the Qin Family have a Library Pavilion? Take me there!"

"Yes... yes..." Xiao Tao stammered. Her delicate face was filled with terror, and she nearly turned and fled. Today's Third Young Master was far too strange, far too terrifying.

"Take me there!" Qin Yu said gravely.

Half an hour later!

Xiao Tao hid to one side, secretly watching Qin Yu rapidly flip through books. The terror in her eyes gradually turned into pity.

It was over. Third Young Master was probably mad. Was that reading? He was practically just flipping through books.

Xiao Tao did not know that this Qin Yu was no longer the former Qin Yu. This Qin Yu was now the youngest Librarian Pavilion Master of Tian Qi Sect in the Immortal Martial World.

Qin Yu possessed astonishing comprehension, but he had been born with severed meridians. Even the ancestor of Tian Qi Sect could only sigh at the strangeness of his severed meridians, unable to repair them.

Immersed in the books, Qin Yu knew nothing of Xiao Tao's thoughts. He read every book at the fastest possible speed. As the Librarian Pavilion Master of Tian Qi Sect, though he had been born with severed meridians, his comprehension and talent were exceptionally astonishing. He possessed the ability to remember everything at a glance and read a hundred lines with one look.

Before long, he had reached the third floor of the Library Pavilion...

Qin Yu clutched an ancient book bound in beast hide. His hands gripped the hide tightly, veins bulging across his arms. His eyes were wide, his pupils contracted, as he stared fixedly at the words written in the ancient text.

"At the end of the primordial era, Great Demon Lin Yu emerged from nowhere. The Power of Immortal and Demon was unstoppable. With a wave of his palm, Tian Qi was annihilated; heaven and earth were shattered. He entered the endless void..."

"The Blood Emperor used supreme divine arts to gather the fragments of the Immortal Martial World. At the ruins of Tian Qi Sect, he erected a stone stele, engraved the vast stars, passed down methods eternal through the ages, and founded the Ancient Star Sect. From then on, the Immortal Martial World was renamed the Star Realm!!"

"Great Demon Lin Yu! With a palm, Tian Qi was annihilated! Lin Yu! Why!!!!!" Qin Yu roared in a low voice, tearing the beast-hide book to pieces in fury!