Chapter 2

"Such abundant spiritual energy..."

Qin Chen sat up, inspecting his body internally.

The Star Gate had been taken, and his body was severely injured!

However, the spiritual energy spreading from within the Divine Sealing Pearl was now nourishing his body, repairing the four destroyed qi vortices inside him.

The Northern Mystic Empire was powerful, with martial artists forming the backbone of the empire.

Martial artists cultivated by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The human body could be considered a treasure, and cultivation was the process of opening the gates to this treasure.

Therefore, at the beginning, martial artists entered the martial path through the Nine Gates.

These were the Opening Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Wounding Gate, Blocking Gate, Scenic Gate, Death Gate, Shock Gate, and Heaven Gate, a total of nine realms.

Among these, the Opening Gate, Rest Gate, and Life Gate realms involved using spiritual energy to impact the main acupoints of the hands, arms, and legs, opening the qi vortices and drawing spiritual energy into the body to strengthen it.

The Wounding Gate, Blocking Gate, and Scenic Gate realms involved channeling spiritual energy from the limbs and bones into the five organs and six viscera, making the martial artist's internal organs as hard as iron and as strong as steel.

The Death Gate and Shock Gate realms were already the realm of experts within the Lingyun City.

The ninth gate, the Heaven Gate realm, was a unique existence within Lingyun City.

Currently, only the head of the Ling family, Ling Shicheng, was a Heaven Gate realm martial artist in the entire Lingyun City!

Above the Nine Gates was the Spirit Sea realm, where Spirit Sea realm martial artists were incredibly powerful and rarely seen in the entire Northern Mystic Empire.

Previously, at the age of sixteen, Qin Chen had reached the Wounding Gate realm of the Four Gates, a prodigy of unparalleled talent, and had awakened the Star Gate, with boundless potential.

The Star Gate was not something everyone possessed.

When martial artists were born, various ordinary beasts and spirit beasts roamed the world, and humans could not resist them with their bodies alone.

Later, some great martial artists gradually discovered that some cultivators could, at the Opening Gate realm, use their bodies to communicate with the power of the nine heavens and stars, opening the Star Gate.

The Star Gate was not part of the Nine Gates cultivation system but a unique and wondrous gift from heaven and earth.

Martial artists who opened the Star Gate could, during cultivation, communicate with the power of the heavens and stars, using their body's nine gates to resonate with the stars, obtaining star power to aid their cultivation, achieving twice the results with half the effort.

Even after reaching a powerful level, they could obtain powerful star techniques and spirit techniques to transform their bodies, among other profound effects...

Therefore, martial artists who could awaken and open the Star Gate cultivated rapidly, far surpassing ordinary people, all of them geniuses among geniuses.

Now, Qin Chen's Star Gate had been taken, a severe blow, and the fact that he was still alive was a miracle!

Suddenly, Qin Chen felt two sets of mixed memories completely merge.

As the memories merged, a flood of memories instantly left him in a daze.

"I am Qin Chen, the son of the Supreme God Emperor, the Nine Lives Heavenly Son, destined to undergo nine lives and nine deaths to achieve the imperial throne..."

"No wonder, no wonder I felt something strange in my mind since the beginning of my cultivation. It turns out this pearl was sealing my memories from nine lives and nine deaths, the Divine Sealing Pearl!"

"I am Qin Chen, the Nine Lives Heavenly Son Qin Chen, and also the third young master of the Qin family, Qin Chen. This is my... tenth life!"

At this moment, Qin Chen was completely awakened!

He was originally the son of the Supreme God Emperor, the Nine Lives Heavenly Son, destined to undergo nine lives and nine deaths to achieve the imperial throne. However, in his ninth life, he was betrayed by a villain and failed just as he was about to succeed.

But before his death, he entrusted his nine lives and nine deaths to the Divine Sealing Pearl, defying fate and being reborn to experience his tenth life.

However, because the Divine Sealing Pearl was suppressed by the Star Gate, he did not awaken his memories at the beginning of his cultivation.

Now, with the Star Gate gone, the Divine Sealing Pearl was fully activated, and the memories from his nine lives and nine deaths were awakened!

Qin Chen carefully recalled the memories of his nine lives and nine deaths, a sea of memories flooding in and merging with him.

At this moment, his gaze became deep and distant, as if a great sage of ancient times had awakened, and his mindset underwent a tremendous transformation.

The four gates within his body were now repaired by the spiritual energy from the Divine Sealing Pearl, returning him to the Wounding Gate realm. Qin Chen clenched his hands, feeling the abundant power surging through his limbs and organs.

At this moment, he was no longer a teenager of sixteen or seventeen but more like a steady and solemn ancient giant.

Just then, outside the courtyard, a cacophony of voices suddenly arose.

"Be careful, you know? Be careful!"

A voice shouted, "My Brother Chen must die with dignity. I spent a lot of money on this coffin, so be careful!"

The voice echoed, and several auras approached the door.

The door creaked open, and a fat man rushed in, kneeling beside the bed and sobbing on Qin Chen's body.

"Brother Chen, my Brother Chen, why did you leave so soon..."

"Sam Ningshi, that bitch, I don't believe for a second that you would do such a thing!"

"Brother Chen, rest assured, I, Qin Xinxin, will definitely avenge you. Rest in peace, Brother Chen, but don't come back to haunt me!"

"Xinxin, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from inside the room.

Qin Xinxin, with tears streaming down his face, looked up at the bed.

Qin Chen was sitting up, his face slightly pale, his eyes deep and unfathomable, his handsome face carrying a hint of world-weariness.

"Burp..."

Seeing the person on the bed sit up, Qin Xinxin burped, his eyes rolling back as he fainted on the spot...

Qin Chen got out of bed and kicked the fat man awake.

"Brother Chen, even if you're a ghost, you shouldn't bother me. It was that Sam Ningshi and Ling Tian, the scoundrels. The Ling family and the Sam family said you insulted the third miss of the Ling family, Ling Feifei, so Ling Shicheng destroyed your Star Gate and spared your life out of respect for the Qin family."

"Now, everyone in Lingyun City is talking about you, saying that after getting the first beauty, Sam Ningshi, you still went after Ling Feifei, causing your Star Gate to be destroyed and your death to be deserved!"

"The Ling family is not letting it go and is demanding compensation from our Qin family, a million gold for Ling Feifei's reputation!"

"The Sam family has even directly cut off all business ties with our Qin family and annulled your engagement to Sam Ningshi!"

Qin Xinxin cried and spoke, his pain almost unbearable.

"Get up!"

A cold, indifferent voice sounded. "Do you see if I'm dead or alive?"

Hearing this, Qin Xinxin looked up at Qin Chen, the sunlight through the window casting a shadow on the ground.

"Brother Chen, you're not dead?"

"Would you be happy if I were dead?"

"Of course not!"

Qin Xinxin said excitedly, "Ha... Brother Chen, I knew it, you can't possibly be dead. That Du Zhe must have been talking nonsense, boasting about being a top alchemist. Pah!"

"Enough!"

Qin Chen said calmly, "What you said just now, is it true?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Ha ha..."

A glint of ferocity flashed in Qin Chen's eyes. "It seems the Sam family has long been in cahoots with the Ling family. Sam Ningshi... Ling Shicheng... Ling Tian..."

The humiliation they had inflicted on him in this life would be thoroughly avenged!

Looking at Qin Chen's smile, Qin Xinxin felt, for some reason, that although Qin Chen was smiling, he looked terrifying...

"Where is Father?" Qin Chen stood up, one hand behind his back, and asked lightly.

Qin Xinxin immediately replied, "In the meeting hall. The Qin family is in an uproar. The First Elder and Second Elder have called a family meeting to... remove the clan leader!"