Chapter 103: The Reversal

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Xu Chen watched this scene and suddenly thought of the clone he had just destroyed.

“Could this be the experience of that deranged clone?”

Judging by the subsequent plot development, it seemed that after he finished brewing the medicine, his mother would die.

Then his sister would also perish.

Xu Chen felt a pang of sympathy and found it hard to watch.

The little boy finished brewing the medicine and poured it into a cracked, broken bowl. Exhausting all his strength, he helped his mother sit up and fed her the medicine.

Then he turned to look at his younger sister, who had fainted from hunger nearby.

Swallowing hard, the boy rummaged through a pile of garbage and found a steamed bun that had already started to spoil.

Though there were leftovers mixed with excrement in the trash heap, this somewhat foul-smelling steamed bun was relatively clean.

Removing the moldy spots, the boy used the broken clay pot he had just brewed the medicine in to boil water and tore the bun into pieces, placing them inside.

Once the bun was fully boiled and slightly cooled, he quickly served a bowl to his sister, then another to his mother.

Finally, he saved the last bit for himself.

Despite such misery, Xu Chen sensed a faint glimmer of light still shining in the boy’s eyes.

At that moment, the blood rain outside ceased, and the dark clouds dispersed.

After drying his wet clothes by the fire, the boy sat outside the dilapidated hut.

Apart from the blood moon casting a gloomy hue, the night sky was brilliantly illuminated by the stars and galaxies.

The boy sat there, staring blankly into the splendid starry sea overhead.

Unbeknownst to him, strands of starlight began to gently converge toward him.

“Xiao Yuan~” a weak voice called out.

Hearing this, the boy hurried inside.

“Xiao Yuan, don’t worry about me anymore. Take your sister and leave for Bloodfang City, fifty miles away.”

“We’ll all die if we stay here.” The woman, though weak, spoke with resolute determination.

“Why would we die? Just because my father was a deserter?” the boy asked innocently.

“Your father offended someone. If we don’t leave, we’re doomed.”

After taking the medicine, the woman’s condition improved.

Xu Chen, possessing the boy’s body, felt the plot was deviating.

“Then we’ll leave together.” The boy’s gaze was firm.

He felt that the family must stay united, never to be separated.

“This body of mine can’t leave. Take your sister and survive.” The woman gently stroked the boy’s face, carefully wiping away grime.

“Mother, if you’re leaving, we leave together!” The boy shook his head, his eyes full of resolve.

“Be obedient.” Her gentle voice was tinged with endless despair.

“No, we leave together.”

“I can take care of you and your sister!”

At that moment, a star-lit spirit vessel descended outside the broken hut.

An elderly man robed in Taoist garb, exuding an ethereal aura, stepped inside.

The boy and woman stared blankly at the unexpected visitor.

“Star Spirit child, would you be willing to accept me as your master?” The old man looked kindly at the boy.

“I heard that if you accept a master, you have to follow them. I don’t want to leave my mother and sister.” The boy shook his head.

“Accept me, and your whole family may come to my celestial abode, where you’ll have warm clothes, ample food, healing for your illnesses, and no need to live in this filthy place.”

The old man crouched down, lovingly stroking the boy’s head.

“A spirit like you deserves the best this world can offer.”

Xu Chen, inhabiting the boy’s body, sensed something strange about this.

“Alright, if you keep your word, I’ll go with you with my mother and sister.”

At that moment, the boy’s eyes gleamed brightly, like stars in the night sky.

The old man nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand gently.

Two women, like celestial maidens in the boy’s eyes, entered and softly helped his mother and sister onto the flying vessel.

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Time passed—three months later.

A ten-year-old boy with rosy lips, white teeth, and eyes like stars stood beneath the night sky, clad in a fitting Taoist robe, practicing the Star Body Cultivation Method.

“Another genius. This star spirit is truly formidable. In just three months, the Star Body Cultivation Method has reached the Forming Shape stage.”

“It won’t be long before he can return.”

“This boy isn’t that deranged clone.”

Seeing the boy reach this point, Xu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If it were truly as tragic as he had imagined, sharing the boy’s senses would have been unbearable.

The boy trained with extraordinary diligence, continuing the Star Body Cultivation Method until the blood moon reached fullness before resting.

This world had no sun, only a blood moon. When it was a waning moon, starlight illuminated the land.

At full moon, dark clouds shrouded the entire sky.

With the dark clouds blanketing the earth and the blood moon hanging overhead, the boy ceased training.

Passing by many buildings resembling celestial palaces, he entered a warmly decorated courtyard.

“Xiao Yuan, come quickly, it’s time to eat.”

A woman dressed elegantly looked at the boy with utter doting affection.

“All right, mother.” The boy grinned, deeply grateful to his master.

“Where’s your sister?”

“Greedy, she ate some snacks and can’t eat dinner, so she went to bed early.” The woman gently stroked the boy’s head.

The boy nodded and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

“You must repay your master well. Without him, we wouldn’t have this life.”

“I understand. Master has been so good to me. I will definitely repay him.”

The following days were the most comforting for Xu Chen to witness.

The master imparted all his knowledge, the disciple trained diligently, senior brothers and sisters liked the little junior brother, and the household was filled with filial piety and maternal warmth.

In less than a year, the boy had advanced the Star Body Cultivation Method to the stage of Unity of Form and Intent.

Xu Chen prepared to return.

A year had passed, and the once childish boy had grown into a graceful youth. Excited upon reaching cultivation completion, he ran to his master’s cave to share the good news.

“Master, your disciple has completed cultivation.”

At that moment, the blood moon was full, and dark clouds cloaked the earth.

Inside the cave, the candle flames flickered in the breeze.

Within the revered master’s abode, limbs and body parts lay scattered.

The once ethereal old man now hunched over, gnawing on a heart.

“Soon, soon~”

“As long as my disciple completes the Star Body Cultivation Method, I can merge with him.”

“Using his mother and sister as the medicine guide, I will surely master that star technique.” The old man’s voice was low and terrifying, like a demon trapped in hell for centuries.

At that moment, the boy burst in excitedly and was stunned by the scene.

He saw his usually caring senior brothers and sisters’ heads strung together side by side.

The copper cauldron, usually ornamental, was now brewing meat broth.

The boy’s joyful expression darkened with gravity.

His body stiffened and trembled, his eyes filled with terror.

“My obedient disciple, you’re here~” The hunched old man looked up at the boy with a strange smile, mouth stained with blood, eyes glowing with demonic light.

At that moment, the world shattered, and Xu Chen’s soul returned.

“Damn!”

Xu Chen was nearly scared out of his wits by the final scene.

Still shaken, a flood of insights surged into Xu Chen’s mind.

It took a long time for him to comprehend.

He then mechanically absorbed the understanding of the Star Body Cultivation Method.

Beneath the dazzling starry sky, behind Xu Chen appeared the colossal phantom of a star giant, echoing the stars in the heavens.

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Yet Xu Chen’s face bore no joy from breaking through.

His mind was dominated by that final scene from the boy’s memories.

“I was actually implanted with a heart demon while perceiving the world.” Xu Chen looked up at the glittering star sea above.

“This little heart demon has trapped me.”

“I am destined to reach the pinnacle. If I suffer your tragedy, I’ll just come back to your world one day and avenge you.”

Xu Chen’s gaze gradually hardened, and the stagnant, lifeless qi and blood power within him began to surge.

He slowly stood and began retraining the Star Body Cultivation Method from the beginning.

The star giant phantom appeared, mirroring every move Xu Chen made.

After completing a full set of the Star Body Cultivation Method, Xu Chen’s mood lightened somewhat.

“Let’s see how much my qi and blood power have increased.”

With a wave of his hand, he summoned a sparring dummy from afar and adjusted its strength to the power of eight dragons.

“Bang!!”

The dummy was sent flying over a hundred feet as if hit head-on by a speeding bullet train, like a cannonball.

“What a heavy force.”

Xu Chen’s palm strike shook up a large section of the training ground’s floor tiles.

The sparring dummy recovered and walked back.

“Strength level: six dragons and six tigers.”

With a slight stomp, an invisible heavy force wrapped around the dummy.

Crack!

The floor tiles beneath the dummy shattered.

“Not bad.”

Behind Xu Chen, a phantom of a dragon gate appeared. A giant whale formed from star power leapt through the gate and transformed into a dragon.

Immediately, Xu Chen’s qi and blood power surged to a terrifying level.

Looking at the sparring dummy nearby, Xu Chen struck with full force again.

The dummy flew off like a cannonball once more.

“Strength level: seven dragons and eight tigers.”

He reined in his aura and nodded with satisfaction.

“With my strong qi and blood power now, I can casually maintain the Fish-Dragon Dance secret technique. If danger arises, I can forcefully push it further to enhance my strength.”

“This should be enough to protect myself in the ancient saints’ battlefield.”

“But to be safe, it’s necessary to learn another special qi and blood foundation technique.”

Xu Chen had reviewed all such techniques displayed in the Scripture Pavilion’s main hall. One of them left a particularly deep impression.

Why hadn’t he learned it before? At that time, Xu Chen felt it unnecessary.

In the Scripture Pavilion, Xu Chen approached the administrator with two jade slips in hand.

“Spider Web Silk Strength, you only want to learn it now? Isn’t that a bit late?” The administrator, knowing Xu Chen was about to participate in a great opportunity, looked at him.

“Just want to get a foothold; it’ll still help a bit.” Xu Chen smiled faintly.

“Suit yourself, 10,000 spirit coins.”

Xu Chen handed over a yellow crystal card to the administrator.

Half a month later, in the Sacred White Space, Xu Chen pushed open a wooden door.

His clone, possessing only the strength of two dragons’ qi and blood power, trembled before him.

Dear readers, this is the third watch of the night.

(End of this chapter)