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

Lin Qi casually raised her hand to break through the ice, charging all the way 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 hint of coldness, yet the gentle movements in their hands inadvertently revealed a touch of tenderness.

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

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

This is not the first time.

Lin Qi was born missing a soul and spirit, specifically his Earth Spirit and Spirit Intelligence. He exhibited symptoms similar to those of an idiot.

When playing outside, he is always bullied and comes home with injuries every time.

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

She can protect her for a while, but she can't protect her for a lifetime.

Gong Shaojun sighed, "You're here just in time, let's go 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 landed on his father's body, each blow making him howl in pain.

Aunt Grandmother and "Mother" sat in the front, their expressions calm and cold.

Grandaunt asked her mother, "Daughter-in-law, this idiot has done something disgraceful that shames our family. He deserves to die for it. But he is still the head of the Lin family... As long as you spare his life, do whatever you want with him."

Mother calmly sipped two mouthfuls of tea before nonchalantly revealing a bombshell.

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

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

Then, enraged, he ordered the servant, "Beat him! Beat him mercilessly! If he dies, throw him out!"

The servant, frightened, increased his strength.

The father's screams grew louder and louder, each one more agonizing than the last. He even spat out a mouthful of blood.

'Mother saw the time was right, and finally spoke softly: “Aunt, please don’t be angry. Lin Jie has a weak personality and isn’t suited to be the head of the family. Why not take this opportunity to have him step down as head and replace him with someone else…what do you think?”

Lin Qi watched as her great-grandmother's face turned purple.

She loathes her father's incompetence and is enraged by her mother's constant pressure.

In this remote frontier, a Yuan Ying cultivator could ensure the Lin family's peace for a thousand years.

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

The Lin family cannot anger this Nascent Soul cultivator.

Great-aunt probed tentatively, her voice lacking authority: "If Lin Jie doesn't become the head of the household, who do you think would be suitable?"

“My dear,” her mother said gently, “Little Seven is not young anymore. She’s old enough to take over her father’s position.”

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

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 won't feel unworthy of her ancestors.

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

Lying on the ground, half-dead, Lin Jue suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot as he pointed at 'Mother': "Madam, you schemed against me!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, two figures rushed toward Shen Jue with sobs.

One little girl glared angrily at the grandmother seated on the throne and Gong Shaojun, a hint of hatred brewing in her eyes.

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

The girl's face was still young, yet it resembled the appearance of the celestial being named Lin Yun that she had seen in her dream.

Strangers memories flooded in, crashing over Lin Qi like a tidal wave.

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

"Little Seven!"

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

Lin Qi's experience was like having a dream, but also like having many unfamiliar memories forcibly shoved into her mind.

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

She actually lives in a cultivation novel.

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

Orphaned at a tender age of three, young Lin Yun is left with no choice but to cling to the remaining members of his family after his father's incompetence and mother's tragic demise.

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

The elder sister was stupid and tyrannical, often leading people to bully her. Even the servants of the Lin family could arbitrarily oppress and abuse her.

Lin Yun's life before the age of five was utterly miserable and indescribable.

Until the Heavenly One Sect held a grand disciple recruitment event, Lin Yun was tested to possess the fire and wood spiritual root and became an apprentice under the Dan Peak. From then on, he began his journey of defying fate and rewriting his destiny.

She stumbled and climbed her way to the later stage of Da Cheng, becoming the first cultivator in Cangwu Realm to shatter the void.

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

As the sole heir of the renowned Lin family in the desolate city, she became the head of the family at the tender age of four. With the protection of her formidable aunt and the support of her powerful Yuan Ying mother, even if she were a fool, she could have lived a carefree life in the city without any trouble.

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

She was instigated by servants to bully her stepsister, thus offending the most promising cultivator in the Lin family.

As Lin Yun became more famous within Tianyi Sect, the story of her abuse within the Lin family spread further and wider. The deeper the wounds from her past were dug up, and the more widely they were shared, the worse the Lin family's reputation became.

Because he was missing a soul and 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 suppress others, which resulted in offending a large number of cultivators and earning him the titles of "the first prodigal son of荒城" and "the first fool".

The mother of Yuan Ying, disheartened by her father's keeping a mistress, chose to retreat into seclusion.

After entering seclusion, he didn't appear until the day when Lin Family was destroyed by cultivators provoked by Lin Yun, and then disappeared from the Cangwu realm.

From then on, the once-respected young master of the Lin family embarked on a path of struggle and survival.

The lack of a soul and spirit made her live worse than a beggar.

One day, the Daoist Jinwu met her and learned that she was the only surviving blood relative of the Lin family in the desolate city, the elder sister of Lin Yun. Without a word, he kidnapped her and imprisoned her in a dark, subterranean den to torment her.

Every time Lin Yun breaks through a level, Jinwu Daochang will bring people to the cave to torture Lin Qi for a period of time.

During this time, he accidentally discovered that Lin Qi was actually carrying the bloodline of the ancient Bing Huang. He then had the thought of refining her into a pill.

As news spread across the five continents that Lin Yun was about to attain enlightenment and shatter the void, Daoist Jinwu could no longer bear it. He decided to rip out Lin Qi's golden core, ending this grievance once and for all.

Lin Yun stepped through the void, Lin Qi's blood sacrifice 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, but I won't allow it!"

Palace Shaojun's usually cold tone had a few more points of anger.