"What do you an, 'first ti eting'? Before you were even born, I always treated Jingwen like my own child," Li Canghai said, wiping his eyes.
"Although we haven't seen each other in twenty years, Jingwen looks so much like her mother."
Hearing Li Canghai ntion her mother, the hatred buried deep in Jia Jingwen's heart surged to the surface. She couldn't even bring herself to exchange pleasantries with her long-lost uncle and instead blurted out, "Uncle Li, do you know who killed my entire family?"
Li Canghai's body stiffened, and a look of guilt and deep-seated hatred flashed in his eyes. But in the end, he only said, "You'd better not ask. Let the past stay in the past."
"How can I not ask? This is a matter of family vengeance!" Jia Jingwen grew agitated. "Uncle Li, please, tell !"
Li Canghai remained silent, but Li Ruonan seed to catch on and asked, "Dad, is Jingwen's enemy really powerful?"
"Uncle Li, please, tell ," Jia Jingwen pleaded again.
"Even if the enemy is too strong for to take revenge, don't I at least have the right to know?"
Li Canghai let out a long sigh and finally nodded. "Yes, that person is very powerful. Revenge will be difficult."
"Should we go inside first, Uncle? Then you can start from the beginning," Ye Fei interjected.
Li Canghai agreed and led the three of them into the villa's living room.
"To be honest, this whole thing started because of ," Li Canghai said after a long pause, once they were seated.
The three of them remained silent, waiting for him to continue.
Li Canghai took a deep breath, as if delving into painful mories, and began slowly, "More than twenty years ago, I was a disciple of the Wuji Sect in the cultivation world. Brother Jia—Jingwen's father—was the leader of another sect. Both of us had an exceptional talent for cultivation. By my twenties, I had reached the Golden Core stage, and Brother Jia had reached the Nascent Soul stage by thirty. In the cultivation world, talents like ours were rare, appearing maybe once in a century." As he spoke, a hint of pride flashed across Li Canghai's face.
Ye Fei and the two won, however, were struggling to process this information. The cultivation world? Did such a place exist?
Seeing their astonishnt, Li Canghai explained, "The cultivation world isn't part of our current world. It's a parallel dinsion where almost everyone practices cultivation. However, their technological developnt is far behind ours."
Ye Fei's heart sank. He had always thought his strength was enough to dominate the world, but now he realized there was an entire cultivation world beyond this one. And from Li Canghai's story, it seed the two worlds were connected.
Unaware of Ye Fei's inner turmoil, Li Canghai continued, "Jingwen's enemy is also from the Wuji Sect. He was my senior brother, a genius who reached the Nascent Soul stage in just eighty years. Before I joined the sect, he was the most likely candidate to beco the next sect leader. But as my talent erged, his position was threatened. He always wanted to eliminate , but the sect strictly forbade infighting, so he never dared to act openly. Later, for so reason, he befriended Brother Jia. Brother Jia, knowing he was my senior brother, let his guard down. And that's how the tragedy happened."
"So, he ambushed my father and killed my entire family, didn't he?" Jia Jingwen asked, her voice and body trembling with emotion. The sudden revelation had overwheld her, and her inner energy began to spiral out of control.
Ye Fei, sitting between Jia Jingwen and Li Ruonan, imdiately sensed her distress. He pulled her into his arms and placed a hand on her lower abdon, channeling his energy to help stabilize her chaotic qi.
Li Canghai, seemingly unfazed by Ye Fei holding another woman, continued with a mix of hatred and pain in his eyes, "Yes, that's exactly what he told . At the ti, he had already frad , and I was being hunted by the Wuji Sect and other righteous factions. During a chance encounter, he proudly revealed everything to and then severely injured . Left with no choice, I found the passage between the two worlds and fled to this one."
By the ti Li Canghai finished speaking, Ye Fei had managed to calm Jia Jingwen's raging qi. Ye Fei then asked bluntly, "Why didn't he co after you? You knew the truth, so you were still a threat to him, weren't you?"
"The spiritual energy in this world is too thin. Unless necessary, no one from the cultivation world would co here. Not only does cultivation stagnate here, but there's also a risk of losing progress. The higher your cultivation level, the greater the impact. I've been here for over twenty years. Although my injuries have healed, my cultivation hasn't improved at all—and that's only because I've been practicing diligently. Otherwise, I'd have regressed even further. He knew this, so to him, I was no longer a threat once I ca here."
Li Canghai spoke with a tone of bitterness. If he had stayed in the cultivation world, he would have at least reached the Nascent Soul stage by now, if not higher.
After hearing Li Canghai's story, Ye Fei felt a sense of relief. He had initially thought the cultivation world was so invincible realm where Golden Core cultivators could fly, move mountains, and control the seas. But now it seed he had overestimated them.
Li Canghai was at the Golden Core stage, and even the Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't kill him.
By that standard, Ye Fei's cultivation level was at least one stage above Nascent Soul.
If that was the case, he could easily help them exact revenge. However, he worried there might be even more powerful beings in that world. So he asked, "Uncle, how are cultivation levels divided in that world?"
"If we compare it to this world, the Postnatal stage is equivalent to the Foundation Establishnt stage, the Innate stage is equivalent to the Core Formation stage, followed by Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Projection, Fusion, Tribulation Crossing, and finally, the Great Ascension stage. As for the legendary Ascension to Immortality, it's just that—a legend. No one has achieved it in thousands of years," Li Canghai explained, thinking Ye Fei was worried about cultivators from that world coming here.
He reassured him, "But you don't need to worry. People from that world are reluctant to co here. As a Golden Core cultivator, I've already experienced the drawbacks. If a Nascent Soul cultivator ca here, their strength would gradually diminish, let alone those at higher stages."
This was another reassurance for Ye Fei. He had initially thought cultivators were so mysterious, untouchable beings, but now he saw them as just another type of martial artist.
With his current cultivation level, roughly equivalent to the Soul Projection stage in that world, he would be considered a minor powerhouse there.
Of course, he wasn't planning to rush off and help them seek revenge.
That wasn't realistic, especially with the existence of Great Ascension stage experts. But Ye Fei wasn't discouraged. He still had the Pure Yang energy within him, which he had only begun to refine.
Once he fully absorbed it, he was confident he could match even the Great Ascension stage. Then he could venture into that world, seek revenge, and establish his dominance. After all, people in that world lived much longer.
An eighty-year-old cultivator was considered a rising star, which showed just how effective their cultivation thods were in extending lifespan.
Ye Fei and his loved ones already had the Xuan Yang and Xuan Yin secret, which theoretically could increase lifespan, but it wasn't a certainty. Now, even if those techniques didn't work, he could always go to the cultivation world and snatch a few more thods.
"Jingwen should have been in the cultivation world. Why did she end up here?" Li Ruonan had been wondering about this since Li Canghai ntioned the two worlds and finally asked.
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