vol. 1: chapter twenty-one – xue rui?

‘Xue Rui? No… then who?’ The voice sounded very familiar to Li Xinwen but at the same time, he knew something was off. The spiritual signature that came from the new person was different from Xue Rui’s. Li Xinwen turned around and saw the man. The similarity between the man and Xue Rui was truly uncanny. If Li Xinwen did …

vol. 1: chapter twenty – outings

Li Xinwen was dumbfounded. His headache disappeared along with the voice. But that wasn’t what made Li Xinwen feel dumbfounded. ‘That voice earlier… wasn’t that the original Li Xinwen? Promise? Are you telling me that you willingly gave up your body so that your family could be protected better? No. That is not the most important thing… have we met …

vol. 1: chapter nineteen – witnessing the apocalypse

Li Jinghua opened her eyes. The air was stale, and the dust particles could be seen floating in the air, following the beams of sunlight that penetrated the holes of the glass ceiling outside. Immediately, Li Xinwen noticed that they were not at their home. ‘Did we have to leave our home?’ He thought back to the warm home and …

vol. 1: chapter eighteen – looking inside the memories

After Li Jinghua, Li Xinwen and Xue Rui settled on an agreement between themselves, Xue Rui was once again chased out. “Xinwen… Can’t I stay the night? It’s already this late,” Xue Rui asked, trying to incite pity from Li Xinwen by giving him a puppy look. “No. You no longer have any valid reason to stay the night, Rui-ge. …

vol. 1: chapter seventeen – tricked

Seeing her younger brother’s expression, Li Jinghua somehow felt that he was up to something mischievous. “What is it that you need to keep safe…?” she asked cautiously. “You didn’t secretly pick up another stray cat while you were out with Xue Rui, did you? I’ll tell you in advance, I cannot store living beings,” Li Jinghua informed him. Li …

Vol. 1: chapter sixteen – agree to learn martial arts

Li Jinghua became quiet for a moment upon hearing Li Xinwen’s question. She averted her eyes as if it were her fault that he did not awaken any abilities in the future she had talked about. “I see…” Li Xinwen responded while nodding his head, as if to assure Li Jinghua that it was no big deal. ‘But since I’ve …

Vol. 1: chapter fifteen – li jinghua’s past

When Li Xinwen heard Li Jinghua utter the word ‘second chance’, he frowned at her. He himself was experiencing a second chance at life and he couldn’t help but believe in it. Xue Rui nodded his head as he also believed in second chances, but for him it was different from the second chance that Li Jinghua meant. Sun Xiao …

Vol. 1: chapter fourteen – still not giving your knees?

BAM! Li Xinwen had been flipping through the channels for a good five minutes when he suddenly heard a loud bang coming from the dining room, as if someone slammed the table. He turned around with a frown to see Xue Rui giving Min Xiaoyu a death glare, while Min Xiaoyu came fully to his feet, one hand on the …

Vol. 1: chapter thirteen – probed

Li Xinwen stared at Min Xiaoyu but didn’t say anything. Li Jinghua was confused, and Xue Rui had an annoyed look on his face. “How did you catch up to us?” Xue Rui asked, his eyes narrowing as he looked at Min Xiaoyu. “Even if I explain, you wouldn’t understand,” Min Xiaoyu replied with a smile on his face. “So, …

Vol. 1: chapter twelve – followed

They stayed to watch the auction, but after getting the cauldron, there was only one other item which managed to catch Li Xinwen’s attention – one of the other jian he had eyed before the auction began. The bid price of the jian went as high as six million before Xue Rui outbid every other bidder. Having spent sixteen million …