Chapter 5
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Ye Wushuang gazed at the rear wall of the courtyard, where a statue stood, towering ten feet high, its once grand form now a decaying and crumbling sight, marred by the ravages of time.
According to Uncle He, this statue was of Ye Wentian, the founder of the Ye clan.
Now, five hundred years had passed since the clan’s heyday.
Over the years, the Ye family had fallen into decline, and the great powers that had kicked them when they were down had stripped the Ye household of all its valuables. This statue, examined and trampled countless times, bore the scars of their disdain.
Ye Wushuang looked at the statue, its features now indistinguishable under a layer of dust and weeds. He approached it gently, taking a cloth to wipe away the grime…
“My parents named me Ye Wushuang, hoping that I could live up to our ancestor’s legacy, to be unparalleled and bring glory back to the Ye clan. But I have failed their expectations…”
He had been training in martial arts for three years, yet he couldn’t absorb spiritual energy into his body, and his memory of martial scriptures was fleeting. He would forget the incantations he memorized in the morning by the afternoon.
With such a memory and physique, how could he cultivate martial arts?
And how could he lead the Ye clan back to its former glory?
“Mother, Third Uncle, Feifei, I’m sorry…”
“If there is an afterlife…”
At that moment, Ye Wushuang spat out a mouthful of blood onto the statue in front of him. His face turned pale, and a deathly aura surrounded him. His words became indistinct as he murmured, “If there is an afterlife… I, Ye Wushuang, will be… unparalleled in this world! I will ensure that no one bullies you again!”
With a thud, the young man collapsed before the statue, his life force completely extinguished.
Yet, the blood he had sprayed onto the statue vanished in an instant from its surface.
Suddenly, a flash of blood-red light from within the statue flickered and merged into Ye Wushuang’s lifeless body.
“Where… am I?”
In the dimly lit world, Ye Wushuang opened his eyes, his expression one of confusion.
The piercing pain that had once tormented him was gone, replaced by a sense of lightness and exhilaration.
In a fleeting moment, memories flooded into Ye Wushuang’s mind, threatening to burst his skull.
“I am… Ye Wushuang of the Ye family, from Liuyue City in the Qingyun Empire…”
“No, I am… Ye Wushuang, one of the Ten Heavenly Emperors of the Cang Huang Heavenly Realm…”
At this moment, two sets of memories merged, plunging Ye Wushuang into a state of silence until, after a long while, his eyes cleared, and his entire aura transformed.
He was Ye Wushuang, one of the Ten Heavenly Emperors of the Cang Huang Heavenly Realm, and also Ye Wushuang of the Ye family in Liuyue City!
He was originally the foremost among the Ten Heavenly Emperors, the Unparalleled Heavenly Emperor Ye Wushuang.
Master of alchemy, artifact crafting, and formations, he was also a formidable swordsman, revered by countless strong beings in the Cang Huang Heavenly Realm as the Unparalleled Heavenly Emperor!
The Unparalleled Heavenly Emperor, unmatched in the world, had looked down upon all challengers in his life, and was on intimate terms with the other nine Heavenly Emperors.
However, it was because of a peerless divine weapon that appeared in the Cang Huang Heavenly Realm—the Nine-storied God-Suppressing Pagoda—that the nine Heavenly Emperors conspired to seal him.
For years, he had regarded the nine Heavenly Emperors as close confidants, discussing alchemy with the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, and teaching the incomplete art of formations to the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
Even the tenth Heavenly Emperor, the Questioning Heart Heavenly Emperor Li Wuxin, was a disciple he had personally trained, a master of swordsmanship.
But it was these nine Heavenly Emperors, whom he had treated with such sincerity, who joined forces to imprison him within the most dangerous forbidden land in the Cang Huang Heavenly Realm—Mount Burying the Gods.
Mount Burying the Gods was a forbidden place even for Heavenly Emperors, and with the combined sealing of the nine Heavenly Emperors, no one could find him.
The nine Heavenly Emperors knew that even their combined strength could not kill him, which was why they resorted to the sealing technique, intending to seal him alive and let him die within the dark and desolate Mount Burying the Gods!
Despicable!
Hateful!
Yet, there is always a way out when one is in a desperate situation.