Chapter 192

The Golden Trunk Jade Policy is the "Book of Life and Death" containing the fate of celestial beings. In the resistance of Xie Bi An, it cruelly poured out all kinds of past lives to him, like a waterfall smashing through his heart’s lake. The fragments of memory reorganized in front of his eyes, in the order of time, one by one.

A young child, whose steps were still unsteady, was practicing a move with a wooden sword in a decent manner.

In the lonely and cold Qinghui Pavilion, Shen Shi Yao hugged him and shed tears: "Heng Er, you must work hard, must cultivate well, and get your father's appreciation when you grow up. You must fight for mother."

He caught a cold, and his fever did not subside. Shen Shi Yao cried hysterically, "Does he even remember he has a son?!"

His second brother, who was only a year younger than him, always wore the most luxurious clothes, ate the most delicious snacks, and even the unsharpened* practice sword was forged by the Giant Spirit Villa with a large sum of money. Every bit of progress was appreciated by Zong Ming He, while he just stood at one side in silence.

His ninth brother was born. So small, so soft, and only knew how to call out big brother when he just started learning to speak. He clung to him all day long, and never minded that he was the prince who was treated coldly.

Xiao Jiu grew up, cultivated with him in the morning, and could only sleep when he told him a story in the evening.

Xiao Jiu grew up again. Still big brother this, big brother that, counting meticulously the delicious dishes made by big brother, and changing the menu everyday.

They practiced swords together, meditated together, planted flowers in the orchid garden, made cakes in the kitchen, played and ran wildly in the back garden of Wuji Palace. They'd sneak off to Daming City to eat a bowl of sweet and sour jelly in the hot summer, and enjoyed the snow around the furnace in the cold winter.

He also grew up. He went out alone to travel, beheaded demons, performed religious ceremonies to help the evil spirits find peace, and saved Li Bu Yu. His cultivation finally got his father's attention, and he worked hard just to win the championship in the Jiaolong Assembly.

Everything changed during the attack when he took Xiao Jiu out of the palace for the first time.

He missed the Jiaolong Assembly, and he nearly died.

He befriended Xu Zhi Nan, and together they tracked down the core-stealing demonic cultivator. Since then, a deep conspiracy was dragged out of the darkness by them, but they were dragged into the darkness instead.

Qi Meng Sheng, Hua Yu Xin, Lu Zhao Feng, those who were involved in the vortex of destiny with him, made a shocking wave and left with the ebbing tide, exposing the unpleasant truth on the shoals under the sun.

So the nightmare officially set off.

The out-of-control mother poisoned second brother and framed Xiao Jiu. Chu Ying Ruo killed herself. The closest brothers turned against each other, and he learned from his biological father that he was raised safely only for the golden core in his stomach.

This decade was the darkest.

He escaped Zong Ming He's pursuit and nearly froze to death in the snowy plains of Kunlun, but accidentally enlightened the eighth Chongtian of the Zongxuan Sword at the point of death.

In order to save Shen Shi Yao, he walked right into a trap on Mount Shu and fought with Zong Ming He on the Eight Trigrams Platform. In the end he couldn’t bear it.

But Shen Shi Yao took advantage of Zong Ming He's serious injury to kill him, and then hanged herself. He carried all of it to preserve the reputation of his parents and ancestors. With the support of Li Bu Yu and Xu Zhi Nan, he officially ascended to the throne and became the emperor.

At the most turbulent time of the Daming Zong Clan, the treasure of the sect, the Shanhe Sheji Map, was stolen.

And then the chaos of Wuyun Sect dragged the entire immortal cultivation world into a war that lasted for years. Huaying Sect was tragically destroyed. He adopted the only son of Hua Jun Cheng and named him Zhong Ming.

After that, his ninth brother, who had not been heard from for ten years, returned. He brought the Shanhe Sheji Map and Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman with him, and single-handedly slaughtered the entire Wuyun Sect, and since then there was no more Xiao Jiu in the world, only the Supreme Demon Zong Zi Xiao.

From that moment onwards, the state power has changed owners.

The latter memories are only more cruel and unpleasant. Xie Bi An howled in horror and resisted with all his mental and physical efforts. He didn't want to see anymore, he didn't want to know anymore!

But the memories continued to flow like a flood, rushing into his mind.

His Xiao Jiu was back, no, Zong Zi Xiao was back.

A duel to the death, he was defeated. The crumbled Sanqing Hall*. The wrecked battlefield. He was pressed onto the throne, which was a symbol of supreme imperial power, and was extremely humiliated and ravaged by his younger brother, who was brought up by himself.

A dignified Emperor Zong sank to the bottom and became the puppet and forbidden property of the Supreme Demon. He was violated wantonly, and was done whenever Zong Zi Xiao wanted. They were led by the twisted hatred, repeatedly pulling and tearing, hurting and being hurt, staging an unpleasant and absurd drama.

He is bent on stopping Zong Zi Xiao from continuing his sins, but Zong Zi Xiao is bent on making the ultimate immortal core. And that ultimate immortal core was in his belly.

Ten years later he returned to Mount Shu, found out the real cause of his parent's death, and exposed Li Bu Yu, a hypocritical and murderous villain. However, it was too late. He saw the shadow of Zong Ming He in Zong Zi Xiao. The worst mistake in his life was he should not have been born with a golden core with an imperial destiny, and finally he ended up like that.

Forced to revisit his past life from the Golden Trunk Jade Policy until his death brought the play to an abrupt end, Xie Bi An felt as if he had died over and over again, and the memories of his past life and present life were mixed and confused, with endless pain and fear lingering on his heart in pieces.

When he finally remembered everything about his previous life as Zong Zi Heng, what he imagined to be invaded, replaced, and covered did not happen. He just woke up, Xie Bi An is Zong Zi Heng, and Zong Zi Heng is Xie Bi An. They are originally one person. He woke up. He came back. Across a hundred years of time, through reincarnation, he was brought back to earth, brought back to this conspiracy that has not yet ended.

There is no end. Not even his death can stop the greedy lust. He was forced to wake up, forced to gaze at this absurd world and absurd people once again.

He didn't want to come back, but he did.

Recovering the memories of his previous life seemed to be a lengthy process, but in reality, it only happened in an instant. When he opened his eyes with tears, he saw Fan Wu She, who raised his sword and stabbed towards Qi Meng Sheng regardless of everything, but was fiercely beaten back by Qi Meng Sheng.

Fan Wu She was lying on the ground. With a look that could penetrate everything, he looked at Xie Bi An from a distance.

Xie Bi An’s heart was thrown alive into the burning flames, so painful that he was going crazy.

Fan Wu She, Zong Zi Xiao, they, or rather, he, had joined them to make up a centuries-long scam just for the sake of the Absolute Human Emperor.

He was too stupid. Obviously knowing that his past self was constantly reminding him through his memory who the person in front of him really was, yet he was stubborn and deceived himself. Actually, he knew it in his heart, but did not dare and refused to admit it. He did not want to return to the nightmare of his past life, but did not know that he was already deep in the nightmare.

Those utmost care, those deep and sincere love, those confessions and promises that were said without hesitation, were all false.

There was no Fan Wu She in this world. There was no little junior brother. There was no Xiao Jiu. Only Zong Zi Xiao. From the beginning to the end, there was only that person who wanted to dig out his core --- the Supreme Demon Zong Zi Xiao.

Xie Bi An's tears dried up at this moment. He just looked at Fan Wu She, silently, vacantly, and deadly.

Fan Wu She opened his mouth, but coughed out a mouthful of blood. His eyes became hot. His internal organs were writhing with pain, and he saw a long-ago but familiar look on Xie Bi An's face.

His big brother had returned.

So his big brother would look at him like this? That gentle, generous, smiling emotion just disappeared from those eyes that quickly dimmed their luster?

Xie Bi An closed his eyes. A drop of tear slipped across his face, dangled over the edge of his jaw, and finally fell, falling into pieces.

"Senior brother ... big brother ..." Fan Wu She called with a murmur. That tone was clearly a dying man asking for help.

"Qi Meng Sheng, what have you done?!" Zhong Kui shouted.

"Can't Heaven Master guess?" Qi Meng Sheng said coldly, "Do you think that taking in the reincarnation of the Human Emperor as your disciple and raising him by your side can keep him safe? As long as that core is in his stomach, he will not have peace for one day."

"Asshole!" Zhong Kui glared angrily, "As long as there are no heartless demonic cultivators like you in the world, he will naturally be at peace."

Qi Meng Sheng laughed long and hard, "Do you think I'm the only one who wants his core in this world? Heaven Master has no desire, is noble and outstanding, but unfortunately we are all mortals. Without me, there will be others."

"I'll kill you first to set an example." The Qingfeng Sword in Zhong Kui's hand flashed with a stern and murderous light.

 

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unsharpened*[不开刃]---swords have two types. The other one is 开刃 (sharpened). Their blades and aggressiveness are different. Sharpened ones are dangerous and can be used to cut objects, while unsharpened ones are safe, and can be used to hit objects. More details:

https://www.yxmspx.com/C12/43125.html

Sanqing Hall*---should be Zhengji Hall, I think SQC made a typo here…?

 

Edited on 19 May 21 (Emzie)

 

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