Deduction, Know One Infer Ten?

[The rusty sword by the bed was the very sword you had wielded in your dream!]

[You did not know whether you had dreamed of foreseeing the future, or been reborn.]

[You leaned more toward the former, and decided to change both your own fate and your clan's.]

[You began analyzing the chain of causes and effects, arriving at the following doubts: First, why had Grandfather appeared in the Secret Realm? Second, what exactly was this Blood Demon Sect that Grandfather had mentioned while questioning the Wang Family Ancestor, and why had he said that the Wang Family Ancestor was colluding with the Blood Demon Sect? Third, who was that person who looked so much like the Fire Cloud Evil God? And why had he been hunting you down?]

[First, regarding the first doubt: you knew that in October of the second year, Grandfather would explore a Secret Realm together with the Wang Family Ancestor and Zhang Family Ancestor. It was said to have been left behind by a Golden Core True Person. Thus, Grandfather's presence in that Secret Realm meant that the Secret Realm he had explored with the Wang and Zhang Family Ancestors was precisely the one Fifth Sister had discovered!]

[As for the second doubt, you currently did not know what kind of force the Blood Demon Sect was. But Grandfather had questioned the Wang Family Ancestor, which showed that he truly had colluded with the Blood Demon Sect. This might also have been why the Wang Family Ancestor had hunted you down. And Zhang Family Ancestor's self-destruction had been mentioned as well—could something have happened between them in that palace? A conflict? Or had the Wang Family Ancestor been plotting this for a long time?]

[Finally, who was that person who looked so much like the Fire Cloud Evil God? Since he had conspired with the Wang Family Ancestor, it was not hard to guess that he was from the Blood Demon Sect! As for why he had hunted you down, perhaps Grandfather had discovered something—discovered their collusion? That possibility was almost nonexistent, because the Fire Cloud Evil God was a Golden Core True Person, while the Wang Family Ancestor was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm. It could not be called collusion; it had to be exploitation!]

[After reasoning it through, you reached a conclusion: the Wang Family Ancestor had deliberately lured Grandfather and Zhang Family Ancestor into the Secret Realm, intending to use the Fire Cloud Evil God's hand within it to eliminate them both. Then Fifth Sister had accidentally discovered the Secret Realm's entrance, which was why you had ultimately run into Grandfather there by chance.]

[These were still merely deductions based on the information currently known to you, but you felt that you were already eight or nine parts right out of ten.]

[After reaching your conclusion, you rose to your feet and felt a surging Sword Intent within your Sea of Consciousness. You drew your sword and slashed, only to discover that your Nan Sword Art had actually reached Perfected mastery!]

[You discovered the profound secret technique of the Nan Sword Art: "Wave Shadow Falling Pine South"!]

[You began to doubt whether you had truly only dreamed of foreseeing the future.]

[If it had only been a dream, why had you mastered the Nan Sword Art at its Perfected realm in the dream, while your present self possessed that mastery as well?]

[Could you truly have been reborn?]

[Unable to make sense of it, you decided to set it aside rather than dwell on it. You knew that perhaps all the things confusing you now would unravel themselves in the future.]

[At the end of the month, during a meal with your parents, you specifically asked them about the Blood Demon Sect. However, neither of them knew anything.]

[You guessed that only Grandfather knew about this matter. You would know once you found an opportunity to ask him, so you put it aside.]

[One month later, in September, you successfully mastered the Nan Sword Art at the Perfected realm, along with its profound secret technique.]

[That same month, your mother specially brought you a bottle of Yellow Grade High Rank Qi Gathering Pills.]

[You thanked your mother. Deep down, you knew that your parents had given much for you.]

[After all, your clan did not have much of the alchemical material needed for Yellow Grade High Rank Qi Gathering Pills. Without contributions and connections, even obtaining the materials would likely be a problem.]

[That was why only the elders in the clan were able to enjoy Yellow Grade High Rank Qi Gathering Pills.]

[But even the clan elders received them one pill at a time, while your mother had given you an entire bottle. The value of that spoke for itself.]

[In October, you successfully refined the pills, but did not break through to the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation.]

[In December, you successfully broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation!]

[In January of the second year, Mu Xinger successfully refined Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pills, becoming a Yellow Grade Low Rank alchemist.]

[Both you and your mother were happy for her.]

[After Mu Xinger became an alchemist, she relieved some of your mother's burdens.]

[However, this also made Mu Xinger busier, and you had fewer chances to see her.]

[You did not feel sad, because you knew you had something more important to do: strive to become stronger!]

[In February of the second year, the Clan Competition arrived as scheduled.]

[You still signed up, because this Clan Competition was a fine opportunity to display your strength to the clan. With this chance, you could become the Young Clan Leader and gain more say within the clan.]

[In the first match of the Clan Competition, your opponent was once again that familiar Branch Lineage disciple. You did not even draw your sword; with merely a flick of your finger, you eliminated him.]

[In the second round of the Clan Competition, your opponent was your Seventh Brother, Mu Xingluo. Since your relationship with Seventh Brother had grown closer, the two of you exchanged greetings, said nothing more, and drew your swords against each other.]

[You respected your Seventh Brother deeply, so you used sixty percent of your strength. With a single strike, you defeated him.]

[Your Seventh Brother sighed that your strength was simply too monstrous, that you were practically inhuman.]

[You could sense the grievance in Seventh Brother's eyes, but you knew that what lay deeper in his heart was not jealousy toward you, but the determination to make you his goal.]

[You sighed. Seventh Brother was Seventh Brother, after all.]

[You smoothly became the most dazzling dark horse of the Clan Competition.]

[After several rounds of the Clan Competition, no one could receive even a single strike from you.]

[Even the Fourth Elder, who was presiding over the Clan Competition, cast sidelong glances at you and observed you from time to time.]