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The bone-chilling cold within the room surged towards Lin Qi, instantly freezing her in place.

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

She cried out in confusion and fear, "Mother, mother! You mustn't leave! You can't abandon me!"

Gong Shaojun frowned slightly, but did not answer the question.

She reached out and lifted Lin Qi from her arms.

Stand at attention!

A majestic and indifferent voice carried a chill, yet the gentle movements of his hands inadvertently revealed a hint of tenderness.

Lin Qi involuntarily stood up straight, her nose twitching unconsciously.

Gong Shaojun took a handkerchief and wiped the dirt and tears from her face. His movement paused when he touched the two bumps on her forehead.

This is not the first time.

Lin Qishi was born missing a soul and a spirit, specifically his earthly soul and spiritual wisdom. He displayed symptoms of imbecility.

When I play outside, I always get bullied. Every time I come back, I'm covered in injuries.

She didn't even know she was hurt when asked who had hurt her.

She may protect her for a while, but she cannot protect her for a lifetime.

Palace Shaojun sighed, "You came just in time, let's take a look together!"

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

Lin Qi saw his father being pressed onto a long bench and beaten. The iron board landed on his father's body, each strike making him cry out in pain.

Grandaunt and mother sat in the seats of honor, their faces composed and cold.

Grandmother asked her, “Daughter-in-law: Sir, this fool has wronged you and done something that tarnishes our family's reputation. He deserves to be killed! But he is still the head of the Lin family… As long as we spare his life, you can do whatever you want with him afterwards!”

"Mother took two sips of tea calmly, casually letting slip a big piece of news."

"Last night, I luckily broke through to the Yuan Ying stage."

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

Then, furious, he ordered the servant, "Beat him! Beat him severely! If you kill him, throw him out!"

The servant, frightened, increased his strength.

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

"Mother saw that the time was ripe and slowly spoke: 'Grandaunt, please do not get angry. Lin Jie's personality is weak, and he is not suited to be the head of the family. Perhaps we could use this incident as an excuse for him to step down as head of the family, and let someone else take his place... what do you think?'"

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

She both loathed her father's incompetence and seethed at her mother's relentless pressure.

In this remote border town, a 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 marry another, even Grandma Guizu would be powerless.

The Lin family cannot provoke this Nascent Soul cultivator.

Grandaunt probed feebly, "If Lin Jue doesn't become the head of the family, who do you think would be suitable?"

"Mother said calmly, 'Xiaoqi is not young anymore, she can take her father's position.'"

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Great-great-grandmother was surprised but also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the head of the Lin family still bears the surname Lin, she will not have disappointed 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': "Young Master, you plotted against me!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, two figures rushed towards Shen Jie with sobs.

One little girl glared angrily at the old matriarch on the throne and Palace Shaojun, a hint of hatred brewing in her eyes.

Lin Qi opened her eyes wide, staring at that unfamiliar yet familiar face.

The girl's face was still quite young, yet it closely resembled the features of Lin Yun, the celestial being who had attained enlightenment in her dream.

Strange memories came crashing down on Lin Qi, like waves hitting his brain.

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

"Xiao Qi!"

Palace Shaojun's usually calm and composed voice had a hint of worry in it.

Lin Qi's felt like she had both dreamed and been forcibly crammed with a bunch of unfamiliar memories.

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

She actually lives in a novel about cultivating immortality.

This storybook tells the tale of her half-sister Lin Yun's struggle.

With no father to care for her and her mother murdered, three-year-old Lin Yun could only survive by clinging to the Lin family.

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

The elder sister is stupid and domineering, often bullying her with others. Even the servants of the Lin family can arbitrarily oppress and abuse her.

Before the age of five, Lin Yun's life was simply unimaginable in its misery.

Not until the Tiān Yī Zong held a grand disciple recruitment event was Lin Yun's aptitude tested, revealing his fire and wood spiritual roots. He was then accepted as a disciple under Dān Fēng Peak, marking the beginning of his extraordinary journey to defy destiny.

She fought her way up, step by agonizing step, to the late stage of Great Ascension, becoming the first cultivator in the 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 sole heir of the Lin family, a prominent cultivating clan in the desolate city, she became the head of the family at the tender age of four. With the protection of her influential aunt and her powerful Yuan Ying mother as her support, even if she were an imbecile, she could have lived a carefree life in the desolate city without any setbacks.

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

She was instigated and misled by the servants, bullied her younger sister, and offended the most promising cultivator in the Lin family.

As Lin Yun became more renowned at Tianyi Sect, the deeper and wider the stories of her abuse in the Lin family spread, the worse the Lin family's situation became.

Because it lacked a soul and spirit, it couldn't cultivate and was ridiculed and bullied by many people.

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 suppress others, which resulted in offending a large number of cultivators and earning him the titles of "the first wastrel" and "the first fool" of荒城.

The Meta-Infant's mother, disheartened by her father's keeping a concubine, chose to shut herself in seclusion.

After entering the seclusion cave, he didn't appear until the day when the Lin family was exterminated by the cultivators provoked by Lin Yun. However, he disappeared from the Cangwu Realm ever since.

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

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

One day, Jinwu Daochang met her and learned that she was the only surviving heir of the Lin family in the deserted city, and the elder sister of Lin Yun. Without a word, he abducted her and imprisoned her in a dark cave, torturing her mercilessly.

Every time Lin Yun broke through a level, Jinwu Daochang would bring people to the cave to torment Lin Qi for a period of time.

During this period, he accidentally discovered that Lin Qi was actually carrying the bloodline of the ancient Bing Huang. He then had the idea of 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 Jin Wu could bear it no longer. He decided to cruelly extract Lin Qi's golden elixir, finally venting his rage.

Lin Yun shattered the void, Lin Qi offered blood to the sea of fire. This was the final destination for the two of them.

"Home?" Gong Shaojun sneered, "Nonsense!"

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

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