Chapter 1 Merciless Betrayal

In the Sword Marquis Estate’s Martial Refinement Pavilion.

“Xiaoqing, now that you’ve reached the eighth level of the Body Tempering stage, you can awaken your martial spirit once you accumulate enough power to break through to the ninth level.”

A figure quietly stood in the pavilion. He looked to be sixteen years old and had a head full of messy and soft hair. His thin and tender face gave you a rather comfortable feeling.

“Thank you, Big Brother Qianye. If it wasn’t for your help, I might only be at the fourth level of Body Tempering stage right now. Awakening my martial spirit would be even more impossible.”

Lu Xiaoqing was clad in light green clothes, her slender eyebrows curved into a charming smile.

Chu Qianye, the genius youth of the Sword Marquis Estate. At the age of eight, he had reached the ninth level of Body Tempering and awakened a powerful martial spirit.

Five years ago, when the young girl appeared in his life, the two of them fell in love with each other. Her natural talent was poor, and there was an unmentionable illness in her cultivation. In order to help her, Chu Qianye did not hesitate to consume his own Mystic Power to open up the hidden meridians of her illness, but because of his consumption, his cultivation fell sharply and it finally returned to the starting point of Level Two of Body Tempering Stage.

The secret that his cultivation had fallen from first level of the Yellow Realm to first level of the Origin Realm quickly spread throughout the entire Sword Marquis Estate, and he suffered the disdain and ridicule of others, yet he didn’t regret it in the slightest.

On the Qi continent, the strong were respected.

There were four known small realms in the martial arts. The four major realms referred to the Yellow Paramount Realm, the Profound Paramount Realm, the Earth Paramount Realm, and the Heaven Paramount Realm. Each realm was further divided into nine levels, with the first level being the weakest and the ninth level being the strongest.

After awakening his martial spirit, he would form a pool of Qi and draw it into the pool to condense his Qi and achieve the Yellow Level.

He merged the meridians, absorbed the Qi, accumulated the Qi into power, and then merged blood to achieve the mystical state.

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In the past five years, in order to help Lu Xiaoqing, Chu Qianye not only gave her the cultivation materials left by his father, but also consumed a lot of Qi. In the end, he couldn't continue to consume more Qi since he had absorbed less, and got sick. His martial spirit was getting less and less day by day.

During these five years, no matter how hard he cultivated, the Mystic Power in his body always disappeared inexplicably, and it finally dried up in his body slowly.

But for the sake of his true love, he, Chu Qianye, had no regrets.

Chu Qianye gazed at Lu Xiaoqing as his love slowly calmed down. He spread out his palms and forcefully awakened his martial spirit, beginning to activate the profound energy within his body.

When the amount of profound energy inside was insufficient, the martial spirit would fall into a deep slumber, which would forcefully awaken it. It might make the martial spirit level would fall, or the martial spirit would even shatter and he might become a cripple.

His palms collided with Lu Xiaoqing’s palms, and then his profound energy started flowing towards her body. The speed of this profound energy changed from swift to slow, and it moved from quickly to slowly.

He had absorbed the surrounding Qi on his own and had external help, so the speed of condensing Qi in his body was at least twice as fast as usual. This was also the reason why it was rare for him to be blessed with opportunities.

Chu Qianye’s face was covered in bean-sized beads of sweat, and his face was deathly pale. However, he clenched his teeth and refused to give up.

"Xiaoqing, I'm sorry. The Mystic Qi in my body has dried up. Let me help you accumulate strength to break through to the Ninth Heaven Realm in three days, ok?"

A trace of cruelty flashed through Lu Xiaoqing’s eyes, and her expression turned cold.

Om!

The Profound Mystic Qi within Lu Xiaoqing’s body suddenly circulated swiftly, and then it fiercely absorbed the Mystic Qi within Chu Qianye’s body, causing his Martial Soul to faintly show signs of splitting apart.

“Xiaoqing, what are you doing?!” Chu Qianye cried out involuntarily, apparently caught unprepared.

He had thought that Lu Xiaoqing would stop practicing after hearing his words, but he didn’t expect her to become aggravated. Not only did she not stop, she didn’t even hesitate to shatter his Martial Soul to save up energy for her.

He never thought that the woman he loved would be so cold-blooded. She wanted his life!

“Chu Qianye, you are no longer the number one person in the Sword Marquis Estate. Now that your cultivation has regressed and you have become a piece of trash in the second level of the Body Tempering stage, why not grant me my wish? Mr. Ning has already promised to help me awaken my strongest martial soul as long as I step into the 9th level of the Body Tempering stage today.”

Chu Qianye looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief and suddenly felt like she was a stranger.

Disregarding the pain in his chest, he roared, “Lu Xiaoqing, I never imagined that you would be such a woman. I’ve treated you like my true love, and yet you’ve been using me for the past four years.”

“True love? Heh-heh, you’re so silly. What have I promised you? It’s just your one-sided love.”

Five years of love led to heartless betrayal!

Chu Qianye shrugged with a wry smile on his face.

Miserable laughter echoed throughout the Martial Refinement Pavilion.

He bit his lips and forcibly retracted his hand. However, he didn’t notice that his fingertip had pierced his palm and blood was dripping onto the stone slab.

When she saw this, Lu Xiaoqing grunted coldly and continued to forcefully absorb Chu Qianye’s martial soul and profound Qi, causing cracks to appear on his martial soul until it completely shattered.

When the last trace of Profound Energy entered her body, Lu Xiaoqing advanced from the 8th level of the Body Tempering Stage to the 9th level, and she was only a step away from advancing into the true 1st level of the Yellow Realm!

“Xiaoqing, congratulations on breaking through to the ninth level, awakening your martial soul. You’re almost stepping into the Yellow Realm.”

Two or three figures slowly walked into the Martial Refinement Pavilion, and the person in the lead was a handsome young man.

Chu Qianye recognized this person. He was Ning Yifan, an inner residence disciple of the Sword Marquis Estate. He was at the fifth level of the Yellow Realm and could be considered a person of great influence in the Sword Marquis Estate.

“Martial soul is destroyed.” Ning Yifan said scornfully, “Trash like you wants to snatch my woman?”

Chu Qianye’s eyes almost split open after hearing Lu Xiaoqing’s words. His consciousness gradually faded as he clenched his teeth and said in a cold voice, “You betrayed me for him?”

“So what? You’re just trash with no background, are you worthy of me, Lu Xiaoqing? Mr. Ning is different. He’s a prince, duke, and noble with extraordinary cultivation potential.”

“You toad, don’t even reach for what is beyond your grasp. Trash like you wants to have anything to do with Xiaoqing?”

Scenes of the past flashed through Chu Qianye’s mind, and his expression turned cold. This was a world where the weak were prey to the strong!

Chu Qianye looked at the bi*ch couple in front of him with eyes as sharp as knives.

“Chu Qianye, don’t blame me for this. You asked it yourself. You can only blame yourself for not having a powerful background and that I’m destined to become a proud daughter of heaven. We’re not from the same world.”

Chu Qianye endured the pain with great difficulty and charged forward with an angry roar.

Unfortunately, his martial soul shattered and there was no trace of Mystic Power left in his body. In the end, he was kicked away by Ning Yifan.

“You two toss him to the back mountain,” said Ning Yifan softly, “Get rid of him completely.”

The two people beside him nodded silently and quickly vanished from the Martial Refinement Pavilion with Chu Qianye in tow.

There was a rule in the Sword Marquis Estate that disciples from the same sect couldn’t kill each other, and those that violated this rule would have their martial spirits annihilated and be expelled from the sect.

Obviously, they were clearly aware that they couldn’t allow the members of the Sword Marquis Estate to investigate this matter, otherwise, the consequences would be rather severe.

"According to the intention of Mr. Ning, this guy must die. How should we deal with him?"

“There’re wild beasts on the back mountain, his martial spirit is shattered and he has no weapon left, he won’t survive.”

“That’s true.”

The two of them tossed Chu Qianye to the back mountain and left quickly.

Chu Qianye was exhausted, and his heart was filled with sorrow.

His awareness gradually faded.

“Am I, Chu Qianye, going to die here?”