Chapter 2: Recovering His Memories (2/2)

“Ying’er, grab onto me and don’t let go!”

The woman raised her face. Tears were sliding down her exquisite features, yet her face held a trace of a small smile. “Xie Di-gege, in my next life, I will definitely be your woman again. Goodbye!”

“No! Ying’er, don’t let go of my hand, don’t—!”

“Hahaha! Go to hell!” A cruel and ruthless laughter boomed in the sky as a frenzied, dark figure charged at the man’s back, creating an explosion.

With a loud bang, the earth trembled and rocks ruptured. That imposing body and the blood red figure were pushed into a deep pit by at least a hundred feet from the explosion. The woman’s hand slid, dropping into the deep, never-ending abyss.

“Ying’er—!”

A scream filled with grief and rage shook the sky cliff and the vast heavens and earth.

*Rumble* *Rumble*

The precipice collapsed with a boom. The boulders tumbled, along with a bloody figure plunging into the abyss.

……

“Ying’er, Ying’er!”

Qin Yu suddenly sat up with a shout. A ray of moonlight streamed through the window, casting a sprinkle of silver-white light across the bedside.

“Whew…! So it was just a dream; a false alarm.” Qin Yu heavily gasped for breath as he wiped his forehead. His hands were completely covered in perspiration and his whole body was drenched in sweat.

Why would he have such an odd dream? The dream felt so real, as if it had really happened to him. Why did it give him such a feeling?

Ying’er? Who was Ying’er?

Thinking of this name, Qin Yu’s heart clenched with a sharp stab of inexplicable pain. It attacked his whole body as a familiar scene flashed through his mind. At this moment, the block to his memories was forced open. Both his own memories and the original owner of the body’s memories came flooding into his mind. Xie Di… So originally, he was able to shake the whole world. He was a man who could annihilate countless people with a wave of his hand.

“Haha! Laozi is still alive. Hei Yao, just you wait! I’ll make you live a life worse than death for touching my woman!” 3

“Ying’er, are you still alive?”

A graceful face appeared in his mind. Remembering those distressed tears, a droplet quietly rolled down from the corner of Qin Yu’s eyes.

It obviously wasn’t time to be crying right now. He was Xie Di, the arrogant, unyielding Evil Emperor who believed in strength, not tears. Right now, the most important thing for him to do was to make this body stronger and stronger.

Along with recovering his memories, the original body’s memories had also returned.

Qin Yu, the Qin Family’s number one genius. At 17, he had already reached the apex of Origin Realm. 3 months ago, the Qin Family’s younger generation went together to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain to learn through experience. The Qin Family’s second gifted youth, Qin Zhao, colluded with an outsider to shatter all the meridians in Qin Yu’s body. Qin Yu’s head was also seriously injured. As a result, he had turned into a crippled dunce.

Coincidentally, at that time, Xie Di’s soul had just passed through and occupied his body. Because of Xie Di’s powerful soul, he hadn’t become a dunce, and instead, only temporarily lost his memories until he finally awakened today.

The talented Qin Yu had turned into a cripple, so naturally his family was no longer entitled to live in the main courtyard and was forced to return back to their miserable courtyard.

The martial world’s way was precisely like this; without strength, you had no rights, even inside your own clan.

Strength. He must restore his strength as quickly as possible; and for him to restore his strength, he needed to mend his crippled meridians first.

Qin Yu inspected his current body. All twelve meridians were completely crippled; the execution was truly ruthless. If it was just one meridian that was abolished, then maybe there would still be somebody who could find a way to restore it, but the success rate absolutely wouldn’t be more than ten percent. With all twelve meridians broken, finding a way to heal himself was almost impossible.

However, he was Xie Di, a former Martial Emperor ranked expert. Possessing such an exceptional cultivation manual like the《Secrets of Eternal Life》, meant that with the Qi Refining Stage, he had a strong self-healing ability. To heal such a trifling thing as crippled meridians wouldn’t be hard at all.

After a moment, Qin Yu immediately entered a meditative state and started to cultivate the《Secrets of Eternal Life》. Along with his cultivation, the crippled meridians in his body immediately began to repair itself.

Qin Yu quickly entered the cultivational state of complete selflessness. He was thoroughly immersed in freedom and the satisfaction of having his meridians restored. The night quietly passed as he cultivated.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo!” the rooster called at dawn.

Qin Yu climbed up and stretched his waist comfortably. Although he had been focused on cultivating until daybreak, he felt that his spirit was rejuvenated. He also felt completely liberated of the urge to find somebody to beat up.

After cultivating, the formerly crippled twelve meridians were completely restored. The body’s original cultivation at the apex of Origin Realm was also miraculously recovered. Plus, it seemed like his strength had increased slightly as well. From this, it was clear just how powerful the《Secrets of Eternal Life》was.

Suddenly, a high-pitched scream came from the other room, scaring Qin Yu.

“What’s going on?” Qin Yu hastily got off the bed and rushed into the room.

“Wu-ge! Wu-ge! Wake up! Wake up! You’ve already been told that you can’t cultivate martial energy. Why do you have to be so stubborn and continue to insist on cultivating by force? Now you’ve become like this! If you encountered an unexpected accident, how would me and Qin Yu continue to live?” *sobs*

“Mother, what happened to Father?” Qin Yu’s heart burned anxiously as he charged in and saw Qin Mother hugging Qin Wu in her arms while wailing. Qin Wu’s face was ashen. Blood was flowing from both his nose and mouth. This was a sign that a cultivator was about to enter Qi Deviation. 4

1. “gege” or “ge” means older brother and may be used to call an older male relative or an older male close to them.

2. Mk so this is weird. It’s like… you can think of him being enraged and unleashing his full power/aura so he’s emitting big energy waves that destroy everything. That was a bad explanation oof. Think of a bunch of energy/wind blades being shot out in all directions?

3. “Laozi” means ‘your father’ and is an arrogant way to refer to oneself

4. “Qi(gong) Deviation” is a Chinese-culture concept traditionally used to indicate that something has gone wrong in spiritual or martial arts training. (according to ) In most xianxia novels and dramas, if one can’t control the energy they cultivate, they will lose themselves to the energy, thus turning into “demons.” One can also lose themselves to their inner demons due to lust, greed, extreme emotions, etc.