Chapter 2099: The Truth Back Then, Fortune Sword

Images flashed before Lin Xun’s eyes like flowing water…

The Ziyao Empire.

In the Forbidden City, the sky above the Mind Cleansing Peak of the Lin Clan was as dark as ink, cloaked in taboo law power, making the world feel oppressive and stifling.

Baqi pointed at Mind Cleansing Peak in the distance and commanded in an icy voice, “You possess the innate talent Innate Sword Bone, but it is not strong enough. There is a baby there who was born not long ago. He was born with an unimaginably powerful Origin Aeth Artery. Go and seize it.”

Beside him, the young Yun Qingbai was dressed in a robe and hat whiter than snow, and with an austere, cold expression on his face.

However, when he heard Baqi’s order, he refused for the first time in his life.

“No!”

He thought of the traumatic incident that happened in his childhood. His parents met with disaster because he possessed the Innate Sword Bone. He could not forget the scene of his parents laying in a pool of blood.

He did not want a similar thing to happen again!

PA!

Baqi slapped Yun Qingbai ruthlessly across the face and uttered expressionlessly, “If you don’t do it, I will strip you of your Innate Sword Bone and give it to the baby for it to be my successor, and you...will die!”

Yun Qingbai trembled all over. He went silent for a long while, then he reluctantly raised his foot and walked towards the distant Lin Clan Mind Cleansing Peak.

His white robe became dull in the darkness.

In the darkness of the night, taboo law power rolled like a storm and a supreme will power swept over.

At the same time, Baqi received an order: “Act now!”

It was the voice of the Nameless Esteemed Emperor. Baqi’s expression dramatically changed. He gritted his teeth and followed Yun Qingbai in the direction of the Lin Clan’s Mind Cleansing Peak.

……

On Mind Cleansing Peak, it was brightly lit and the place was buzzing with activity.

However, the appearance of Yun Qingbai destroyed this lively atmosphere and a battle inevitably broke out...

The image changed.

Baqi used the chaos on the Mind Cleansing Peak as cover to sneak into a candlelit room.

The room, decorated with lanterns and colored banners and filled with many toys, was blanketed with a cozy warmth. On the bed, a newborn baby lay quietly in his cradle.

Baqi stepped forward, his eyes burning with uncontrollable intensity, and he swung up the fine bone blade that he had prepared…

The next moment, the newborn let out a gut-wrenching cry as bright red blood poured out from the slender cut across his weak and soft chest.

Baqi collected the luminous white Origin Aeth Artery that was dripping with blood and carefully put it into a bronze box.

“Good, I only want your innate talent. Your life belongs to the Nameless Esteemed Emperor. Ah, you are still too young so you won’t know about the Nameless Esteemed Emperor...”

Baqi reached down to pick up the baby when something strange happened—

Bang!

The door was blown to pieces and a tall and thin figure rushed in.

The horrific and brutal scene in the room sent his eyes blazing with fury, and he struck out in rage.

The figure was Mister Lu!

The image suddenly shattered and disappeared here.

Lin Xun had clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms and his knuckles had gone white with suppressed fury.

His breathing was rapid, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was livid.

Those scenes were all from Baqi’s memories, and although they were fragmented and incomplete, they were enough for Lin Xun to see how the bloody incident in the Lin Clan unfolded! ṟÂƝօʙЕș

……

When the next scene was presented, the Lin Clan’s Mind Cleansing Peak was already engulfed by a raging sea of flames.

Baqi stood in midair, his left hand holding Yun Qingbai tightly.

Yun Qingbai roared in a hoarse voice, “Why? Did you not say you just wanted to seize the Origin Aeth Artery? Why did you have to kill!?”

“Naive!” Baqi glanced up at the sky.

In the depths of the darkness, taboo law power surged violently, while a man and a woman were locked in a fierce battle within it.

Strictly speaking, it was the woman who was fighting. She was wearing a green dress, with her black hair whipping about in the air, and she exuded a terrifying boundless power.

“See? If it weren’t for the will power of the Nameless Esteemed Emperor, do you think...you could come to this place?” Baqi’s voice was cold as always, but it was tinged with unsuppressable fear.

However, Yun Qingbai could hear nothing, as if he had lost his mind. He roared over and over again, “Why, why...”

“Elder Lu, take my child and run!”

From the depths of the darkness in the sky, the woman’s anxious voice boomed out, “He must...he must live!”

“Miss—”

Lu Boya howled madly like a wild beast, his hair flaring out.

“Run!”

A sword suddenly appeared in front of the woman, and she swung it with ease.

The sea of taboo law power split open with a huge crack that led into the outside world.

Boom!

The scene shattered once again.

Lin Xun’s expression morphed indefinitely as the image of the woman fighting against the taboo law power repeatedly appeared in his mind.

Her green dress, her fluttering black hair, and the terrifying boundless aura around her.

Mister Lu called her ‘Miss.’

And with a swing of her sword, she cleaved through the world to open up a path for Mister Lu to escape from the taboo law power.

Luo Qingxun!

It was his mother!

Lin Xun felt an indescribable feeling of oppression flooding his chest, as though he was drowning, suffocating in an invisible grip.

He gasped for breath.

The truth back then turned out to be this!

……

When another image of Baqi’s memory appeared, it was no longer the scenery of the Lin Clan’s Mind Cleansing Peak.

It was a dark void.

“I saved you from Lu Boya. From now on, your life belongs to me.” An emotionless voice sounded in the darkness.

It was the voice of the former Nameless Esteemed Emperor.

Baqi agreed without hesitation, “I am willing to live and die for Nameless Esteemed Emperor!”

“Remember Lu Boya and remember the baby he rescued. It doesn’t matter how many years pass by, as long as that baby shows up in the world, treat him as a heretic and get rid of him with all your strength!”

The voice of the former Nameless Esteemed Emperor rang out.

“Yes!” Baqi agreed, then after taking a deep breath, he asked, “Esteemed Emperor, the woman...”

“If you ask about things that you shouldn’t know, you may lose your life.”

Baqi trembled all over and dared not utter another word without permission.

“Have you heard of the Fortune Sword?” The Nameless Esteemed Emperor suddenly asked.

Taken aback, Baqi blurted out, “Are you talking about the sword that the woman held?”

The Nameless Esteemed Emperor’s voice was heavy with disappointment. “It seems like you don’t know either. I must be so furious that I have lost my mind. Otherwise, why would I ask a mere ant a question?”

Baqi’s face clouded over. Although the Nameless Esteemed Emperor treated him like a lowly ant, he dared not show any dissatisfaction.

The scenes changed again…

Baqi brought Yun Qingbai back to the Ancient Wasteland Domain, and they appeared in the Omega Sword Sect.

Seeing this, Lin Xun couldn’t help but ask, “Mother...did she survive or not on the night of the Lin Clan’s massacre?”

Lin Xun fell into silence.

After seeing all those scenes, he came to understand everything.

On the night of the Lin Clan’s massacre, Yun Qingbai appeared and attracted the attention of all members of the Lin Clan. Meanwhile, Baqi took the opportunity to slip in and seize the Origin Aeth Artery from Lin Xun...

The reason why Baqi’s operation went so smoothly was because taboo law power had appeared and lured his parents away!

By the time Mister Lu came, he was one step too late, and he could only save Lin Xun whose Origin Aeth Artery had already been taken away….

“So many things happened back then, but why didn’t Mister Lu tell me anything? Was he worried about something?”

Lin Xun’s expression turned complicated, tinged with a hint of sadness.

“Huh?”

All of a sudden, Lin Xun noticed the scenes from Baqi’s memory changed again. He was presented with the scene of a martial hall filled with a sacred atmosphere.

“Sect Leader, have you ever heard of the Fortune Sword?” Baqi stood in the martial hall and asked Sect Leader Yu Kunzi.

Yu Kunzi looked taken aback. “Fortune Sword?”

“Yes, a mysterious sword that can easily destroy taboo law power.”

Yu Kunzi’s eyes widened in surprise. “Does such an amazing sword really exist? I have only heard that if one wanted to enter the Fortune Dominion, one of the four great dao dominions, one must first find a sword called the Fortune Sword. But this is just a legend…

“Since ancient times, no one has ever seen the Fortune Sword. Why did you...say the sword can destroy taboo law power with ease? Have you seen this sword?”

Baqi sighed in disappointment, “No, I just know that the Nameless Esteemed Emperor values the sword greatly. And this sword...was wielded by a woman whose life and death is still unknown.”

His voice faded and he turned around and left.

The scene also disappeared.

Lin Xun stood still in astonishment. He also thought about the scene where his mother Luo Qingxun swung a sword to carve a path for Mister Lu to escape.

The sword was no doubt the Fortune Sword!

The sword had to be extraordinary if it could destroy taboo law power. Moreover, according to Yu Kunzi, the sect leader of Holy Illumination Ancient Sect, the sword was also key to entering the Fortune Dominion!

Lin Xun had entered the Return Dominion and Kunlun Dominion before, so he knew very well how mysterious and extraordinary the four great dao dominions were.

Among the four great dao, the most mysterious were unquestionably the Fortune Dominion and All-Wonder Dominion!

“Could it be that my mother had planned to go to the Fortune Dominion? Otherwise, why would the Fortune Sword be in her hands?

“Based on this speculation, if my mother is still alive, to avoid being hunted down by the Nameless Esteemed Emperor, would she have taken the Fortune Sword and headed for the Fortune Dominion?”

For a moment, all sorts of speculations emerged in Lin Xun’s mind. Although he reached no definitive conclusion in the end, the scene of the Fortune Sword remained firmly etched in his mind!

He continued to go through Baqi’s memory, but none of the scenes had anything to do with the Lin Clan’s massacre anymore.

However, the scene of Baqi coming to Frosty Air Region and talking with Yu Kunzi and the others in the sect caught his attention.

A year later, the Calamity of Ruin would descend. It was both a catastrophe and an unprecedented blessing!

This blessing was related to a daoist verse.

The path of eternal supremacy, the nirvana of transcendence;

The endless calamity of ruin, the lotus blooms in solitude.

“It turns out that not only Region Lord Huanghou, but even the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect has set their sights on the Nirvana of Transcendence...”

At the same time, Lin Xun finally learned that the new Nameless Esteemed Emperor was addressed as Heavenly Emperor Shi!