Following Yun Li’s memories, they arrived at the end of a deserted lane. An old house stood before them, its cracked walls riddled with age and its roof half-collapsed from years of neglect.Shen Wuyin let out a sharp breath.Mei and Qing hurried through the front door, he followed behind them.The air reeked of damp wood and stale meat.A frail figure lay on a small mat, covered with an old fabric.“Mother.” Her voice cracked with emotion.A wave of Yun Li’s memories flooded Shen Wuyin’s mind. This time, it centered only on Yun Li’s mother, Wang Jun.Three years ago, she had been diagnosed with Life Essence Depletion, a rare affliction that slowly consumed her vitality.Since then, her condition had worsened with every passing season, driving Yun Li deep into debt with Shan Lian.“Mei…” Wang Jun muttered, her voice barely above a whisper. “Where… is Yun Li?”“I’m here.” Shen Wuyin stepped forward and crouched beside her.Her face was lined with wrinkles and dark spots. Her bloodshot

“Tianji Hall. Every secret has a buyer.”The store sign shone brightly under the morning sun.A few steps into the store, two young men stepped into his path.“Didn’t you read the sign?” one of them said, his gaze dragging over Shen Wuyin’s worn sandals with open disgust. “Filth isn’t allowed in here.”Shen Wuyin barely acknowledged them. He turned to the reception counter.“Good day, miss. I have information on the location of an ancient hidden gem deposit.”The receptionist leaned forward. She adjusted her glasses, letting them sit low on her nose, then ran her eyes over him from head to toe.“This is Tianji Hall,” she said, lowering her gaze to his sandals. “False information is punishable by soul sealing. Though your soul isn’t worth the hassle.”Shen Wuyin shook his head slightly.“Elegance is all that matters to these mortals,” he muttered in his thoughts.“Ignore him, Miss Bai Xue. He must have crawled out of some homeless shelter,” one of the young men jeered.“What a waste of

Thoom!!!Shen Wuyin vanished beneath the southern sea, sending a towering plume of water soaring into the air.His body continued sinking through the ocean's depths, descending farther into the deep. The moonlight above gradually faded from view.“I... can't die,” he muttered within his soul.The dark veins marring his skin thickened with every passing second, spreading across his body until not a single patch of skin remained visible.“The Guixin beast can't end me like this. Not when I finally have the chance to live again.”He struggled to move his arms and legs, desperately trying to swim back toward the surface, but his limbs remained stiff and unyielding,The poison had completely paralyzed his body.The harder he fought for control over his body, the deeper he sank.The Guixin Beast's poison corrupted mortal souls, reshaping them into grotesque beasts of every unimaginable kind..Although Shen Wuyin had reincarnated into a mortal body, his soul remained that of a God King. Unab

“Father, please,” Chen Ruoxi pleaded, tears streaming down her cheeks.Mei, Qing, and Yun Li’s mother were dragged out of the house and forced to their knees before Chen Guowei.Ruoxi knelt beside him, gripping his leg as she pleaded, her voice cracking.“Please… let them go… please, Mother Wang Jun is terribly ill, please,” she cried.Chen Guowei kicked her aside, his foot slamming into her stomach.She crashed into a nearby shrub, her face twisting in pain.People gathered in large numbers, watching not with pity but with scorn and mockery.“At least now our clan will be cleansed of their bad luck,” one of the onlookers said.“Chen Ruoxi is so foolish. Why choose this worthless punk over Gu Yunfeng.” One of them interjected, scorn dripping from her tone.Beside Chen Guowei stood three well built men. Their faces were expressionless, their eyes dark and cold.Chen Guowei, Ruoxi’s father and a powerful weapon merchant in the Ashen Sky Clan, had always detested her association with Yun