The icy chill in the room surged towards Lin Qi, freezing her instantly.

Lin Qi casually raised her hand to break the ice layer, charging straight through it and plunging into Gong Shaojun's arms.

She sobbed in fear and confusion, "Mother, Mother! You can't leave! You can't abandon me!"

Gong Shaojun frowned imperceptibly, without answering the question.

She reached out and pulled Lin Qi from her arms.

"Stand at attention!"

A dignified and aloof voice carried a chill, yet the gentle movements of his hands hinted at a tenderness unintended.

Lin Qi subconsciously stood straight, her nose twitching involuntarily.

Gong Shaojun took a handkerchief to wipe the dirt and tears from her face. His movements faltered when they touched the two bumps on her forehead.

This is not the first time.

Lin Qi was born missing a soul and a spirit, specifically his earth soul and wisdom spirit. He exhibited symptoms similar to those of an imbecile.

When playing outside, I always get bullied and come back with injuries every time.

When asked who hurt her, she didn't even know she was hurt.

She can protect her for a while, but not for a lifetime.

Palace Shaojun sighed, “You’re here just in time, let’s take a look together!”

She waved her hand, and everything that happened in the ancestral hall was projected onto the surface before her.

Lin Qi saw his father being pressed onto a long bench and beaten. The iron board fell on his father's body, each blow causing him to scream in pain.

Grandma and her mother-in-law sat in the front seats, their faces calm and indifferent.

Grandaunt asked, “Mother, this fool has wronged you and done something that shames our family. He deserves to die! But he is the head of the Lin family after all… Just spare his life, and do whatever you want with him afterwards!”

"Mother" sipped her tea calmly and nonchalantly revealed a major piece of news.

Last night, I luckily broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Lin Qi saw her great-grandmother stand up in astonishment.

Then, enraged, he ordered the servants, "Beat him! Beat him mercilessly! If he's dead, throw him out!"

The servant, frightened, increased his strength.

The father's screams grew louder and louder, each one followed by a mouthful of blood.

"When the time was right, "Auntie" spoke slowly, "Grandaunt, don't get angry. Lin Jie has a weak personality and is not suited to be the head of the family. Why not use this incident as an opportunity for him to step down, and have someone else take his place...how about that?"

Lin Qi looked at her great-grandmother's face turning purple.

She both despises her father's weakness and is enraged by her "mother"'s relentless pressure.

In this remote, desolate town, a nascent Nascent Soul cultivator could ensure the Lin family's peace for a thousand years.

If Gong Shaojun were to divorce in a fit of anger and remarry, even the grandmother wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

The Lin family cannot provoke this Nascent Soul cultivator.

Grandaunt, with a lackluster air, tentatively probed, "If Lin Jie doesn't become the head of the family, who do you think would be suitable?"

"Mother," said lightly, "Little Seven is not young anymore. She can take her father's place."

Let 4-year-old Lin Qi take over as the head of the Lin family after her father?!

To her great surprise, Great-Grandmother also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the head of the Lin family still bears the surname Lin, she will not have failed her ancestors.

She immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll have someone start arranging it right away!"

Lying on the ground, half-dead, Lin Jue suddenly raised his head, his red eyes pointing at "Mother": "Shaojun, you plotted against me!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, two figures rushed towards Shen Jue, their voices choked with sobs.

One little girl angrily looked at the matriarch seated above and Gong Shaojun, a hint of hatred brewing in her eyes.

Lin Qi opened her eyes wide, staring at the face that was both unfamiliar and familiar.

The girl's face was still youthful, but it closely resembled the appearance of the celestial being named Lin Yun who she had seen in her dreams.

Foreign memories flooded in, crashing against Lin Qi's brain like waves.

She couldn't bear it for a moment, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and fainted.

"Little Qi!"

Gong Shaojun's usually calm and collected voice now held a hint of worry.

……

Lin Qi's situation was like she had a dream, yet also like someone had forcefully stuffed her with many unfamiliar memories.

She realized that the dream she had before was actually her past life.

She actually lives in a cultivation novel.

This story tells the tale of her half-sister, Lin Yun, and her journey of struggle.

At only three years old, Lin Yun was left with nothing but the shadow of her family after her father's incompetence led to her mother's tragic death. She could only rely on the remaining members of the Lin family for survival.

As the illegitimate daughter of the Lin family, she was despised by everyone in the desolate city.

The elder sister was foolish and domineering, often bringing people to bully her. Even the servants of the Lin family could oppress and abuse her at will.

Before the age of five, Lin Yun's life was simply miserable beyond description.

Until the Tiān Yī Zong held a grand discipleship recruitment event, Lin Yun was assessed to have fire and wood spiritual roots and became a disciple of the Dān Fēng sect. From then on, he embarked on a path of defying fate and changing his destiny.

She stumbled and climbed her way to the late stage of Great Ascension, becoming the first cultivator from Cangwu Realm to shatter the void.

As a vicious supporting character in a storybook, Lin Qi's fate naturally wouldn't be any better.

As the only legitimate heir of the Lin family, a renowned cultivating family in the deserted city, she became the head of the Lin family at the age of four. With the protection of her wise aunt and her Yuan Ying mother as a powerful support, even if she were an imbecile, she could live a carefree life in the desolate city without any unexpected events disrupting her.

But unexpectedly, her younger sister Lin Yun was the biggest surprise in her life.

She was instigated by the servants to bully her younger sister, angering the most promising cultivator in the Lin family.

As Lin Yun's fame grew within Tianyi Sect, the story of her abuse at the hands of her own family became more widespread. The deeper the wounds she suffered and the more widely the tale was told, the worse the situation for the Lin family became.

Since he was missing a soul and a spirit, he couldn't cultivate and was ridiculed and bullied by many.

When he was young, he didn't know how to resist. When he grew up, he learned to use the Lin family's power to oppress others, resulting in offending a large number of cultivators and being given the titles of the First Playboy and the First Idiot of荒城.

Mother-in-law, devastated by her father's keeping of a concubine, chose to shut herself away in seclusion.

After entering the closed-off cave, he did not appear until the day when the Lin family was destroyed by cultivators provoked by Lin Yun, and since then, he disappeared from the Cangwu Realm.

From this point onwards, the esteemed young master of the Lin family embarked on a path of struggle and survival.

The loss of her soul and spirit left her living worse than a beggar.

One day, Dao Chang Jin Wu met her and learned that she was the only surviving blood relative of the Lin family in the deserted city, the elder sister of Lin Yun. Without a word, he kidnapped her and imprisoned her in a dark cave, torturing her.

Every time Lin Yun broke through a realm, the Golden Crow Daoist would bring people to torment Lin Qi for a period of time in the cave.

During this period, he accidentally discovered that Lin Qi possessed the bloodline of the ancient Bing Huang Phoenix, and he began to think about refining her into a medicinal pill.

As news spread across the five continents that Lin Yun was about to achieve enlightenment and shatter the void, Daoist Jinwu could no longer bear it. He decided to forcefully remove Lin Qi's golden core, thus venting his rage.

Lin Yun shattered the void, Lin Qi shed blood on the sea of fire. This was the final destination for both of them.

……

"Home?" Gong Shaojun smiled coldly. "Nonsense!"

"Heaven wants to use my daughter as a stepping stone for its chosen one, but I won't allow it!"

Gong Shaojun's usually cold voice carried a hint of anger.