Blessing in Disguise

After tearing apart the beast-skin book in anger, Qin Yu sat softly on the ground, tears welling up in his eyes. He stared resentfully at the words on the torn beast skin, each one like a knife piercing his heart, making him feel as if he were being twisted by knives.

Qin Yu was an orphan, adopted by the Ninth Elder of the Tian Qi Sect since childhood. In Qin Yu's heart, the Tian Qi Sect was his home, and the Ninth Elder was like a father.

Although he was born with severed meridians, the Ninth Elder did not abandon Qin Yu because of it. Instead, he took meticulous care of him, which led to Qin Yu's later unparalleled brilliance.

Because the Ninth Elder was in seclusion for extended periods, Qin Yu was mostly accompanied by his senior brother Lin Yu after the age of thirteen. Lin Yu was exceptionally talented, hailed as the number one young disciple of the Tian Qi Sect.

The young and inexperienced Qin Yu regarded Senior Brother Lin Yu as the person closest to him besides the Ninth Elder. Even when Lin Yu took the jade pendant that had always been with him, Qin Yu didn't mind.

But in Qin Yu's fourteenth year, Lin Yu's actions became somewhat strange, taking a drop of Qin Yu's blood almost every two days for a full year.

Although curious, Qin Yu didn't mind and even gifted Lin Yu the first secret technique he created: the Power of Immortal and Demon.

However, the subsequent changes caught Qin Yu completely off guard. Senior Brother Lin Yu actually betrayed the Tian Qi Sect. From then on, Qin Yu found his body aging day by day. After being diagnosed by the Old Ancestor of the Tian Qi Sect, he was found to have been poisoned by the number one poison in the Immortal Martial World, the Nether Nirvana!

Suffering from the deadly poison, Qin Yu endured for six years. In just six years, he transformed from a young, spirited, and ambitious boy into a frail, elderly man on the brink of death.

During those six years, Qin Yu went through the darkest period of his life. He also connected all the dots and finally concluded that Lin Yu's actions were likely related to that dark, ink-black jade pendant.

The jade pendant had been with him since the Ninth Elder found him, and it was likely connected to his origins. Qin Yu remembered that the jade pendant was shaped like a bead, intricately carved with dense, flowing patterns that ultimately formed a seated figure!

Memories flooded back into Qin Yu's mind like a tide. Qin Yu stared blankly at the fragments of beast skin, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably. His heart felt as if it were being twisted by knives, filled with endless resentment and killing intent.

"I've been reborn, but everything is gone. The Tian Qi Sect is destroyed, and Grandfather Ninth... likely met a terrible end at Lin Yu's hands!"

Qin Yu felt disheartened, but when his gaze inadvertently fell upon the words "Blood Emperor" on the beast skin fragment, Qin Yu's pupils contracted sharply. He frantically pieced the beast skin together. As he read the complete words, Qin Yu suddenly burst into wild laughter.

"The Blood Emperor, with supreme divine abilities, condensed fragments of the Immortal Martial World and erected a stone tablet at the ruins of the Tian Qi Sect, inscribing the vast stars and imparting eternal methods, establishing the Ancient Star Sect. From then on, the Immortal Martial World was renamed the Star Realm!"

"It's Xue'er!" Qin Yu exclaimed with a loud laugh, tears overflowing his eyes. He remembered Xue'er's terrified cries as he died in his previous life.

Xue'er... had become the Blood Emperor!

How many hardships and setbacks must the timid and shy Xue'er have endured to become the Blood Emperor step by step?

Qin Yu felt both excited and heartbroken.

Xiao Tao, standing nearby, watched Qin Yu, who was both crying and laughing, with blurry eyes. She felt both fear and pity, her mind in a complete mess. If her young master had gone mad, what would happen to her and Xiao Hua in the future?

Qin Yu stood up weakly and stumbled out of the library. It was good that Xue'er was still alive.

"Lin Yu, I will definitely make you pay with blood!"

Returning to his small courtyard, Qin Yu sat cross-legged, quietly digesting the memories of his previous body. Just then, the door was pushed open, and a scolding voice rang out.

"Brother, you always shy away from Qin Feng. You never listen. I told you not to sneak glances at the Thirteenth Princess, but you didn't listen. I told you to cultivate properly, but you still didn't listen. If you continue like this, Xue'er won't want to bother with you anymore. You're already fifteen, and Father said if you don't reach the Martial Realm before you're sixteen, he'll never let you leave the Qin Family."

Qin Yu stared blankly at the exquisitely carved young girl who ran in. His gaze suddenly froze.

Xue'er? Xue'er?

Although the memories of his previous body told Qin Yu that this was just his own sister, Qin Xue, looking at the graceful and elegant Qin Xue, Qin Yu felt an inexplicable emotion surge within him.

Seeing Qin Yu's blank, dazed expression, Qin Xue pouted. She wanted to scold him but couldn't bring herself to do it. She could only say, "If you don't like cultivating, fine. Then read more books, study business more, and you'll have a certain status in the family and won't be bullied by others. But you insist on running out to sneak glances at the Thirteenth Princess. The Thirteenth Princess is a phoenix on a phoenix tree; she's not someone we can aspire to."

"Xiao Hua told me about what happened yesterday. You were forced to kneel by Qin Feng again. Xue'er is very angry, but Xue'er doesn't want to help you get revenge. She just wants you to learn your lesson. Otherwise, how will you die in the future..." As Qin Xue spoke, tears began to fall, and she hugged Qin Yu, sobbing, "Mother is gone. Besides Father, you are my only family. If you die, what will Xue'er do? You are my elder brother; you were supposed to take good care of Xue'er. But you are so foolish and make Xue'er worry about you. Xue'er cultivates so arduously every day, what is it for? It's all to protect you... Wuwu..."

Qin Xue's talent was astonishing. She reached the first level of the Martial Realm at eight, the peak of the third level at ten, and the peak of the sixth level at thirteen.

Beneath the halo of genius, Qin Xue was, after all, just a child.

After a good cry, Qin Xue quickly wiped away her tears, stood up, and turned to leave. But as she reached the doorway, she paused again and said, "Brother, Xue'er is going to cultivate. I'll come to see you again in a few days. Reflect on yourself and don't make Xue'er worry about you, do you hear me?" Seeing Qin Yu still staring at her blankly, Qin Xue gritted her teeth and left resolutely.

Qin Yu stared blankly at Qin Xue's small, retreating figure, his mind buzzing. Every word Xue'er spoke struck his heart like a heavy hammer.

Xue'er from his previous life, Xue'er in this life?

He hadn't taken good care of Xue'er in his past life. In this life, I, Qin Yu, will definitely take good care of Xue'er and won't let Xue'er suffer the same hardships as Xue'er did.

"And before that, I need to enter the Martial Realm! Only then will I be qualified to leave the Qin residence," Qin Yu murmured to himself, then got up and closed the door.

Afterward, Qin Yu calmed his thoughts and began to examine the condition of this body. To his dismay, the body was extremely poor. Not only were its innate roots mediocre, but its meridians were also covered in impurities. If this continued, even if the previous owner awakened his spiritual roots someday and wanted to cultivate, it would be impossible.

Slowly closing his eyes, Qin Yu entered a state of emptiness. The countless ancient texts from the Tian Qi Sect's library seemed to float in his mind. After much deliberation, Qin Yu selected a fragmented immortal art and an immortal-grade combat technique from the sea of books.

Although both were incomplete, Qin Yu was confident he could perfect the immortal art in the future. These two were: Heavenly Dao Immortal Art and Six Transformations of the Mad Demon.

The Heavenly Dao Immortal Art was an extremely ancient cultivation technique. Although fragmented, it couldn't conceal its power. Cultivated to its extreme, one could prove the Heavenly Dao and enter the Immortal Realm!

"I can use the Heavenly Dao Immortal Art to enter the Martial Realm in the shortest possible time! As for the Six Transformations of the Mad Demon, the first transformation requires Blood Essence, and one can only condense Blood Essence after reaching the sixth level of the Martial Realm. I'll have to wait for a while."

"The nine levels of the Martial Realm emphasize strengthening the body. It is said that one must first strengthen the body at the beginning of cultivation. Only after strengthening the body can one evolve Gang Qi and enter the Gangqi Realm. The first level of the Martial Realm, Meridian Opening, involves opening all the meridians in the body!"

Qin Yu had an epiphany, closed his eyes, and began circulating the Heavenly Dao Immortal Art.

In his past life, Qin Yu was born with severed meridians. Although he could draw in spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it couldn't remain in his body and would return to the heavens and earth. Now, although this body's innate roots were mediocre, its meridians were complete and could absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

However, it took him three full days to flush out the impurities from his meridians.

On the fifth day, Qin Yu successfully entered the first level of the Martial Realm, opening all the meridians in his body.

It had to be said that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Art was exceptionally potent. The spiritual energy it absorbed was far more ferocious than that absorbed by other spiritual arts. If he had used another spiritual art, it would likely have taken half a month to open all the meridians in his body.

Sensing the thick, black, sticky impurities covering his body, accompanied by a foul odor, Qin Yu ignored it. Instead, he lowered his head and stared at his lower abdomen, his Dantian. He felt a warmth emanating from his Dantian. He tore open his clothes, wiped his abdomen, and was astonished to see a black, oval, seed-like mark faintly appearing three inches below his navel.

This black seed looked exceptionally strange. It was mostly black, but it had white patterns on it, resembling white veins.

"What is this..." Qin Yu gasped. He had read countless ancient texts but had never heard of anyone manifesting a seed above their Dantian upon entering the first level of the Martial Realm.

"No, I just reincarnated, I shouldn't have such a strange phenomenon. Is it something this body came with? Impossible, if it really did, my predecessor wouldn't still be stuck outside the Martial Realm at fifteen."

"Wait!"

"Could it be... because of the Nether Nirvana poison?"

"If that's the case, then this seed must be... the seed of Nether Nirvana?" Qin Yu's expression grew strange.

After being poisoned by the Nether Nirvana poison, Qin Yu had searched ancient texts for any records of it.

Although the poison was rarely mentioned in ancient books, and even then mostly with speculation, the Nether Nirvana poison was almost a legendary deadly toxin. People spoke of contracting it, but no one knew its origin.

But!

Qin Yu had seen a sentence in an ancient text: "Heaven and Earth possess a strange seed, named the Nirvana Seed, which gathers the extreme power of Heaven and Earth, capable of causing the strange seed to undergo nirvana. Legend has it that the Nether Nirvana poison is formed from the nirvana of this strange seed. It is also said that after this strange seed gathers six extreme powers of Heaven and Earth, it can achieve nirvana and become the sacred medicine of Heaven and Earth, known as: Undying!"

In other words, given time, Qin Yu was cultivating a medicinal poison within himself, but this medicine also had a chance to become the legendary Undying sacred medicine!

"Lin Yu, when you poisoned me, did you ever consider? You've given me a tremendous! Heaven-sent! Opportunity!"