Chapter 1 The Beginning

The Blood Rain World, the imperial capital.

Xu Jingming, dressed in a blue robe and carrying a gun pouch, walked out of a residential house.

"It's been almost a year since I left."

Xu Jingming walked along the familiar streets, feeling the change in the atmosphere of the imperial capital. "Before I went to the mysterious place, General Wang Jiuyan had just led his troops to defeat the main force of the rebel army in the Western Regions of the empire. The whole city of the imperial capital was cheering, and the people felt that they could live a stable life."

"But now, even the only stable Eastern Region has rebelled! The people see no hope at all." Xu Jingming could feel the decadence in the imperial capital.

People live one day at a time.

It’s even more chaotic outside the city, so they can only eke out a living inside the city.

They can only hope that when the rebel army invades the imperial capital in the future, they will show mercy to them, the common people.

"Three meat buns and two pieces of cake, please." Xu Jingming bought some food and walked along while eating.

"Captain." A voice came from a distance.

Xu Jingming looked up and saw Wang Yi, carrying a bow and arrow and wearing a sword at her waist. Wang Yi's appearance was almost identical to that in reality. After all, she was just an ordinary cosmic life and there was nothing to hide.

"Sister Yi." Xu Jingming smiled and walked closer. "How long have you been in the Blood Rain World?"

"More than a month, I guess." Wang Yi sighed. "I heard that the first batch of them were assigned as Blood Rain Guards, and they made a killing. I haven't tasted that kind of sweetness."

Xu Jingming smiled.

Yes, the more chaotic the situation, the more unpleasant the Blood Rain Guards' behavior becomes.

Xu Jingming and Wang Yi soon walked into a secluded alley.

"Have you contacted Master Fei?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Master Liu sent Fang Yu to deliver the message." Wang Yi said, "Master Fei is very careful in his actions. We have to be careful when sending messages.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

"Why are you eating buns? We've prepared a banquet for you, and many old friends are here." Wang Yi said.

"I haven't tasted them in almost a year, so I'm just trying the taste." Xu Jingming laughed. "A few buns and pastries are just appetizers."

The two walked and talked with smiles.

Soon, they arrived at a private room on the second floor of a restaurant.

"The captain is here." Wang Yi said with a smile as she pushed open the door.

Immediately, a group of people in the room stood up. It was Liu Hai, Tu Ling, Zhang Qing, Fang Yu, Zhou Yi, Zhao Fan, Lei Yunfang, Tie Lianyun, Hao Ganyun, and Wu Sai, all ten of them. They all looked at Xu Jingming with smiles.

Seeing this scene, Xu Jingming was also in a good mood. It was rare for a group of fellow countrymen from Xia Country to gather in the Blood Rain World!

At this moment, inside the imperial capital's prison...

Wang Jiuyan was curled up in the prison cell. His hands and feet were shackled, and his spine was also locked. Even a top-notch expert could not break free at all.

Even moving his body caused excruciating pain.

"This General Wang is really patient. He's been tortured beyond recognition, but he's still holding on. If it were me, I would have killed myself!"

"He's been tortured so badly, it's worse than death."

The guards felt a chill just looking at him.

After all kinds of torture, Wang Jiuyan's skin and flesh were torn, and even his bones were exposed. The whole person had long become a cripple! But Wang Jiuyan relied on his superb skills to hold on.

"A foolish emperor, a foolish emperor!" Wang Jiuyan's heart was full of endless regret.

He never expected that after obediently returning to the imperial capital, this foolish emperor would be so ruthless and lock up his entire family in the heavenly prison.

His parents, children, were tortured to death one by one, and Wang Jiuyan was going crazy!

He was not willing to die!

He wanted revenge! Kill that foolish emperor!

"I want to live, live." Wang Jiuyan tried his best to survive. As long as he lived, he would have a chance to take revenge.

"General Wang, you have a hard life." A voice suddenly came from outside.

Wang Jiuyan didn't bother to look at it.

Clang!

The prison door opened.

Only then did Wang Jiuyan turn his head slightly and look over. He saw a fair-skinned court attendant walking up with a smile, and only whispered when he got close: "General Wang, His Majesty had a nightmare last night, so he ordered this humble servant to send General Wang on his way!"

Wang Jiuyan was stunned.

Buzz!

The envoy gently touched Wang Jiuyan's head with his finger, and a shock on his scalp immediately turned his brain into a pulp. Wang Jiuyan only felt a darkness in front of him, and his consciousness fell into darkness.

"General Wang, what's wrong with you? General Wang? Someone come quickly! General Wang is dead." The court attendant shouted loudly and anxiously.

Imperial capital, Martial Arts Academy.

Dean Ming stood by the lake, looking in the direction of the heavenly prison.

"Jiuyan is dead?" Dean Ming nodded slightly. "It's time for me to leave the Blood Rain World too!"

Then he turned around and walked towards his house, sitting cross-legged on the bed.

Dean Ming closed his eyes, his consciousness completely leaving the Blood Rain World, and his body lost its breath.

A planet of life.

Wang Jiuyan had silver hair and eyebrows, and was dressed luxuriously. He stared blankly at the beautiful lake in front of him.

Whoosh.

Dean Ming, also with silver hair and eyebrows, appeared out of thin air.

"Are you awake?" Dean Ming looked at him.

"This life in the Blood Rain World is actually a virtual world?" Wang Jiuyan murmured.

"You decided to block your memory and experience a lifetime in the Blood Rain World." Dean Ming said, "Your wife and children in the Blood Rain World have all entered with their memories blocked. Of course, they are just ordinary planetary civilians. For you, for them, a lifetime in the Blood Rain World is no different from a real life."

Wang Jiuyan nodded: "Grandfather, can you bring them here? I want to see them."

"I warn you."

Dean Ming said solemnly, "Experiencing a lifetime in the Blood Rain World with blocked memories can easily confuse you with real life! You must distinguish clearly what is reality!"

"As an eighth-order limit cosmic life, I can still distinguish this." Wang Jiuyan said, "But I really want to see them."

"After you become a ninth-order Source Life, I will allow you to see them." Dean Ming said coldly, "Don't worry, because they have had a lifetime of fate with you after all, I will let them become cosmic lives!"

Wang Jiuyan looked at his grandfather.

"This time, entering with blocked memories is a risk, but it is also a hope for breaking through the bottleneck of the mind." Dean Ming said, "Don't disappoint me."

Wang Jiuyan looked at the lake again. When he died in the Blood Rain World, he was full of endless regret and unwillingness, and the strong emotions were still affecting him at this moment. But he also gained a lot.

Because that was a life completely different from reality.

"Man can conquer nature? But Wang Jiuyan in the Blood Rain World was killed by a court attendant in the heavenly prison." Wang Jiuyan said silently, and he was also reflecting on his life in the Blood Rain World.

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Blood Rain World, imperial capital, inside the palace.

"Wang Jiuyan is finally dead." The emperor felt a great weight off his mind when he received the news from his subordinates. Recently, he often had nightmares, dreaming of Wang Jiuyan seeking revenge. He couldn't take it anymore, so he sent his men to send Wang Jiuyan on his way.

"Alas."

The emperor soon sighed secretly again, "If I hadn't let Wang Jiuyan come back in the first place, perhaps the rebel army in the Western Regions would have been completely wiped out. The Eastern Region wouldn't have rebelled either! Wang Jiuyan could have led his troops to continue conquering the Northern Region..."

"No, no, no, if I didn't summon him back, Wang Jiuyan would have probably directly ruled the Western Regions and established himself as king. What I did was right."

The emperor was still thinking.

Suddenly—

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." An urgent voice came from outside, and an old man had already arrived outside the door. "What's the panic?" The emperor frowned as he looked outside the door.

The old man then stepped in, bowed, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened, Dean Ming has passed away!"

The emperor was stunned: "What did you say?"

"Dean Ming has passed away." The old man said.

"Impossible, how could Dean Ming, such a figure..." The emperor was unwilling to accept it.

"Birth, old age, sickness, and death are unavoidable."

The old man said, "Dean Ming is too old after all, and it's normal for him to pass away. It's just that at this time, without Dean Ming guarding the imperial capital, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the imperial capital."

The emperor also panicked.

The stability of the imperial capital was due, on the one hand, to the deterrent effect of the Blood Rain Guards, and on the other hand, to the existence of Dean Ming.

Dean Ming's strength was too terrifying, and numbers were meaningless in front of him! He deterred many ambitious people. Some terrifying experts in forces such as the Black Lotus Sect did not dare to go too far because they were afraid of Dean Ming's existence.

"With Dean Ming dead, the Black Lotus Sect will definitely cause more trouble, and even those big families will be eager to move." The old man whispered, "Your Majesty, we have to be more careful."

"How could this be? Even the heavens are not helping me!" The emperor felt that the situation was getting worse.

Xu Jingming and his group of fellow countrymen from Xia Country were having a happy meal in the Blood Rain World.

When they were on Blue Star, everyone was competing with each other, but after integrating into the universe, the fellow countrymen became extremely close and naturally more united.

"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Xu Jingming and the twelve of them put down their wine glasses.

Hao Ganyun got up to open the door.

A gray-clothed man was standing outside. The gray-clothed man smiled slightly when he saw Xu Jingming.

"Brother Jing, long time no see." The gray-clothed man said with a smile.

"Sir Qiu." Xu Jingming got up.

"Just call me Brother Qiu, we don't have any official positions now." The gray-clothed man said with a smile.

Back then, when Xu Jingming and his group escorted Master Fei and Fei Xinlan to the imperial capital, the many guards were led by the silver-haired old man "Lu Shao" and the gray-clothed man "Qiu Huayu."

"You guys eat, I'll go out for a while." Xu Jingming got up and left with the gray-clothed man.

The two left the restaurant.

"Brother Jing, have you finished your private affairs?" The gray-clothed man said as they walked along the alley.

"Yes, I just returned to the imperial capital today." Xu Jingming said, "I only learned about what happened in the imperial capital in the past year from my group of old friends. I didn't expect Master Fei to be dead."

The gray-clothed man shook his head gently: "Too many forces didn't want Master Fei to arrive in the Eastern Region! It can only be said that this empire is beyond saving. If that foolish emperor had trusted Master Fei and let him guard the Eastern Region and deploy troops, how could the situation have become so bad?"

Xu Jingming nodded: "Is Master Fei doing well?"

"You'll know when you meet him." The gray-clothed man sighed and led Xu Jingming to an ordinary residential house after turning left and right.

Inside the residential house.

Xu Jingming saw the silver-haired old man Lu Shao and Master Fei, who was dressed plainly. Now, Master Fei's hair was all white, and he looked very old. Obviously, Fei Qing's death had been a great blow to Master Fei.

"Master Fei." Xu Jingming said.

"Seeing you come back, I feel more confident." Master Fei laughed, "Come, come, sit down."

"Knowing that you're back, the master is in a much better mood today." The silver-haired old man also said with a smile.

Xu Jingming and Master Fei sat down.

There were only a few guards in this residential house, but Xu Jingming noticed when he came that there were also sentries in the surrounding residential houses. Obviously, Master Fei still had some manpower around him.

"Since Qing'er died, there are fewer and fewer guards who are willing to continue following my Fei family." Master Fei sighed, "Now the manpower I can mobilize is limited. And many people in the imperial capital want to capture me. My manpower here is not strong enough, and I don't dare to hire too many outsiders. Once outsiders know my Fei family's identity, they might even betray and rob my Fei family."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Hiring a group of powerful guards, there is indeed a possibility of the guards rebelling and robbing outside the city.

"So we need our own experts to guard the place." Master Fei said with a smile, "Knowing that you're back, I'm really happy."

This Mr. Jing is a top-notch expert!

"With you guarding the place, and with Lu and Qiu, the two guard leaders, leading the other guards, we have the confidence to hire some manpower." Master Fei said, "Now I only have one thought, to protect my daughter Xinlan and leave the imperial capital!"

"Escorting Miss Fei?" Xu Jingming understood.

"With Qing'er dead, I'm already halfway into the coffin." Master Fei said, "Now I just want Xinlan to leave the whirlpool of the imperial capital. The more time passes, the more chaotic the imperial capital will become, so she must leave."

"Alright."

Xu Jingming nodded, "Master Fei Qing was kind to me, so I will do my best to protect Miss Fei."

He also planned to let this group of experts from Xia Country leave the imperial capital. The future situation in the imperial capital was too chaotic, and it was not suitable for the experts from Xia Country to take root and operate.

"It's you who have been kind to our Fei family." Master Fei said gratefully when he heard Xu Jingming agree, "At this time, there are too many people who turn their backs on others. I can't thank Mr. Jing enough for being willing to escort Xinlan."

Just as the two of them were talking, there was a sudden urgent knock on the door, which made the guard confused and stepped forward to open the door.

"Whoosh."

A short man outside the door rushed forward and said anxiously: "Master, something has happened!"

"What is it?" Master Fei frowned slightly as he looked at him.

"Dean Ming of the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Academy has passed away. Prince Qi sent someone to the Martial Arts Academy and forcibly took Miss away." The short man said.

"What!" Master Fei's face turned pale, "Xinlan..."

"We were cautious in the imperial capital, so our information was not so well-informed. Prince Qi's mansion was the first to learn of Dean Ming's death, and then they sent someone to take Miss away." The short man said, "It was already too late when we found out."

"Are you sure Xinlan was taken to Prince Qi's mansion?" Master Fei asked.

"Confirmed!"

The short man said, "Prince Qi's mansion sent many people to the Martial Arts Academy to forcibly take Miss away. Many people saw it with their own eyes. We also investigated and confirmed that Miss was eventually taken into Prince Qi's mansion."

Master Fei was annoyed and anxious when he heard this: "Following me, she would have to worry all the time, so I let Xinlan stay in the Martial Arts Academy all the time. With Dean Ming there, she could be very safe. But I didn't expect Dean Ming to pass away!"

"We must find a way to save Xinlan." Master Fei looked anxiously at Guard Qiu and Guard Lu.

The gray-clothed man said solemnly: "Master, Prince Qi's mansion is full of experts, with more than a thousand first-rate experts, and even the well-known top-notch expert Liu Yuchen. There are also hidden traps and mechanisms in the mansion. The entire Prince Qi's mansion is no less than a military fortress. It's just sending us to our deaths if we go with this little manpower. We can't even make a ripple!"

"Yes." The silver-haired old man also shook his head, "Liu Yuchen is no ordinary top-notch expert! He has reached the top-notch level for more than thirty years, and his strength is now unfathomable. Prince Qi even worships him as his teacher. There is also a large number of first-rate experts. The entire Prince Qi's mansion is heavily guarded. Just now they arrested Miss, so Prince Qi's mansion will definitely be more vigilant."

"Then what should we do?" Master Fei said anxiously, "I only have this one daughter, and I have to save her at all costs!"

Guards Qiu and Lu both shook their heads slightly.

They couldn't see a glimmer of hope.

It was completely sending them to their deaths! And the subordinates wouldn't be willing either.

"Leave this to me." Xu Jingming said.

Master Fei was stunned.

Guard Lu and Guard Qiu also looked at Xu Jingming in disbelief.

Leave it to you?

That's Prince Qi's mansion!

"Brother Jing." Guard Qiu said immediately, "Even if you have reached the top-notch level, there are also strengths and weaknesses within the top-notch level. That Liu Yuchen's great reputation was earned through killing. What's more, there are thousands of first-rate experts in the entire mansion!"

"There's no need to do something that's just sending you to your death." Guard Lu also said.

"Of course my strength is not enough."

Xu Jingming said, "I will ask my master and the others for help."

"Master?"

Master Fei, Guard Lu, and Guard Qiu were all shocked.

"My master's strength is far beyond mine." Xu Jingming nodded, "Killing that Liu Yuchen is a piece of cake! I will ask my master and many experts from my sect to help!"

"For everyone to go to Prince Qi's mansion to save my daughter, they are risking their lives." Master Fei said excitedly, "I don't have anything to offer, so I can only take out 100,000 taels of silver first! After rescuing her, I will offer another 100,000 taels of silver with both hands. I know that this little amount of silver is too little to ask you to attack Prince Qi's mansion.

"Let's take the silver after rescuing Miss." Xu Jingming got up, "Time is of the essence, I'll go see my master immediately and rescue Miss as soon as possible."

After speaking, he walked straight out.

Master Fei was extremely moved.

"Take the silver after the matter is done." Guard Lu watched Xu Jingming leave, and then said, "Brother Jing's actions are really embarrassing."

"To rescue someone from Prince Qi's mansion, Brother Jing's sect will also have to pay a great price." Guard Qiu said, "Perhaps some fellow disciples will die in the mansion. Since we promised this 200,000 taels of silver, we must not give less, so we can't let them be disappointed."

Master Fei also nodded: "I hope we can rescue Xinlan."

"I'll also take people to secretly watch outside the mansion, and we can respond at a critical moment." Guard Qiu said.

"Go ahead." Master Fei nodded.

The sky was dim.

Xu Jingming came to the street outside Prince Qi's mansion, looking at the mansion from afar.

"Sect?"

"I'm enough alone!" Xu Jingming said silently.

"Since learning the 'Yuanchu Star Conjecture - Light Chapter', the spear in my hand hasn't really tasted blood yet!" Xu Jingming's killing intent was strong. Prince Qi's mansion had traps and mechanisms, and a large number of experts patrolled everywhere.

For Xu Jingming, having too many people would only be a hindrance.

He was more confident acting alone.

He wasn't in a hurry, but ate ten pounds of meat and drank a lot of wine in a tavern on the street. At the same time as he finished eating, his cellular-level control allowed Xu Jingming to digest these foods, giving him enough energy reserves.

There was no other way, he was going to go on a killing spree later, which would consume a lot of energy. If he didn't eat more, he would become as thin as a bone after fighting for a long time.

"That's about it."

Xu Jingming paid the money and left the tavern. At this moment, it was completely dark.

Prince Qi's mansion occupied a large area, and the range of the courtyard wall was very wide. Xu Jingming walked to a relatively remote corner of the courtyard wall, first took out the gun pouch behind him, and inserted and twisted the two sections of the spear to lock it.

Holding the spear, Xu Jingming silently jumped over the courtyard wall and entered Prince Qi's mansion.