At dawn, the Orthodox One Sect nestled within the Mystic Clear Mountains was shrouded in a light mist, resembling a fairyland.
“Upon investigation, it has been confirmed that Terra Su, a disciple of Endless Peak of the Orthodox One Sect, has stolen ten Qi Gathering Elixirs from the sect. The evidence is irrefutable!
His actions are despicable and have gravely violated the sect’s rules.
According to the sect’s laws, his Dantian shall be destroyed, and he shall be expelled from the sect, forbidden from stepping half a pace into the Orthodox One Sect for life.”
As the day broke, a voice as sonorous and authoritative as a great bell resounded through the grand hall of the Orthodox One Sect.
Inside the hall, thousands of disciples stood expressionless, gazing down at the grey-clothed youth whose fate had just been sealed.
Destroying the Dantian and expelling him from the sect meant his future was utterly ruined; he would be reduced to a cripple.
The youth’s continuous protests of innocence were drowned out by the cold verdict, ignored by all.
At that moment… The grey-clothed youth’s body suddenly trembled, looking around in bewilderment, then down at his own pale, youthful hands, his eyes suddenly blazing with an inconceivable light.
“Is this… the Punishment Hall of the Orthodox One Sect? Have I, Terra Su, truly returned to my youth? “
At this moment, the soul inhabiting Terra Su was no longer that of the fifteen-year-old boy wrongfully accused of stealing Elixirs, but that of an Alchemy Emperor who once reigned supreme across the Alchemy Domain.
If Emperor Terra’s mastery of the Elixir Path was second to none, no one would dare claim to be the first.
Whether it was emperors of the holy dynasties, supreme martial artists, or Heavenly Immortals, all had once offered their fortunes for just one Elixir personally refined by Emperor Terra.
No one knew that in his youth, Emperor Terra was actually a discarded disciple of a sect.
At fifteen, he was wrongfully accused of stealing Elixirs and was expelled from the sect, his Dantian destroyed, leading to a life of confusion and aimlessness.
It wasn’t until he was thirty, destitute as a stray dog, that he was discovered by Alchemy Sovereign Qingfeng, who happened to pass by this continent. Sensing his astonishing talent for the Elixir Path, Qingfeng took him back to the Alchemy Domain.
In just a few short years, he surpassed Alchemy Sovereign Qingfeng on the Elixir Path and became an Alchemy Emperor.
Yet, despite his glorious life, he still harbored an unfulfilled yearning for the Martial Dao. His Dantian had been destroyed upon his expulsion from the sect, and he had missed the optimal time for repair. Even with his divine alchemy skills, he couldn’t restore his once-flawed Dantian to its original state.
This became the regret of his lifetime; the great Alchemy Emperor couldn’t even step into the first realm of the Martial Dao.
Although he possessed many supreme martial scriptures, he couldn’t cultivate them himself, left only with a vast ocean of martial theory knowledge.
Decades later, he finally comprehended the supreme Dao of Samsara and refined a batch of the legendary Great Dream Eternal Elixirs.
He had only intended to try, yet to his surprise, the Great Dream Eternal Elixirs actually reversed time and the cycle of rebirth, bringing him back to his youth.
And he returned to the very day he was wrongfully accused of stealing the Elixirs at fifteen.
That day was a turning point in his life!
His Dantian was destroyed, he was expelled from the sect, and he lived in a daze, reduced to a cripple…
The tragedy that followed all stemmed from that day!
Now he had returned, to the moment right before his Dantian was destroyed!
This time, there was still a chance to save everything!
“Terra Su!”
Just then, a thunderous shout erupted.
“You have stolen ten Qi Gathering Elixirs from the sect, and the evidence is conclusive. How can you still deny it? Confess your guilt at once!”
An elder with graying hair, dressed in a robe adorned with stars and moons, pointed at Terra Su and rebuked him with a powerful voice.
The elder was Elder Xingyun of the Orthodox One Sect, responsible for alchemy, and it was he who had accused Terra Su of stealing the ten freshly refined Qi Gathering Elixirs.
But Terra Su knew that the so-called theft was a complete frame-up.
It was because his martial talent was too outstanding; within just three years of joining the Orthodox One Sect, he had reached the seventh level of the Inducing Qi Realm, achieving what many couldn’t in ten years, causing a sensation throughout the sect.
At the same time, it also aroused the jealousy of Cooper Lu, Elder Xingyun’s Chief Disciple.
Fearing that Terra Su would surpass him and eventually threaten his position as the Chief Disciple of the Orthodox One Sect, Cooper Lu conspired with his master, Elder Xingyun, to stage this farce of framing Terra Su for stealing Elixirs.
At this moment, Cooper Lu, dressed in white like a celestial being banished to the mortal realm, strolled over leisurely, shaking his folding fan, and looked down at Terra Su with a dismissive tone, “Junior Brother Su, the evidence is irrefutable. It’s best to confess early and suffer less.”
Ha! You’re about to destroy my Dantian and expel me from the sect, yet you say I should suffer less?
Even Emperor Terra, with his usually unflappable disposition, felt a surge of rage thinking about the hardships he had endured for fifteen years, wishing he could immediately slay the elder and his disciple before him.
However, he managed to suppress his emotions.
In his previous life, he had many regrets, the greatest being the destruction of his Dantian.
Even after becoming an Alchemy Emperor and enjoying limitless glory, the regrets of the past remained unhealed.
Now that he had been given a second chance at life, he was determined to restart and reverse all his regrets.
The first to reverse was the destruction of his Dantian!
In his past life, the evidence of his theft of the Qi Gathering Elixirs was overwhelming, leaving him unable to refute, and despite his refusal to confess, he was still publicly crippled in front of everyone.
This time, the same thing would not happen again.
Now, faced with Elder Xingyun’s interrogation and Cooper Lu’s veiled threats, Terra Su’s expression was one of contempt. He chuckled and uttered eight words:
“It is easy to find fault with a person if you want to.”
For a moment, Elder Xingyun thought he had misheard.
“What did you say? Are you implying that I’m slandering you?” Elder Xingyun pointed at Terra Su, trembling with apparent indignation.
But in reality, Elder Xingyun was shocked by Terra Su’s disdainful gaze.
An inexplicable intuition made Elder Xingyun feel that this junior disciple, Terra Su, had changed.
The Terra Su of the past, though talented, was always just a fifteen-year-old boy, immature in mind and action.
But the Terra Su now, with that disdainful gaze, that aura of looking down on everything, was like a natural-born ruler, regarding them as mere ants.
Not to mention the current situation, if it had been the Terra Su of the past, would he have dared to be so defiant?
But the Terra Su now, far from showing any fear, was actually looking down on everyone.
Terra Su sneered, “Heh, isn’t that the case? You and your beloved disciple Cooper Lu orchestrated this entire affair to frame me, and yet you want me to confess?”
At these words, disciplinary disciples rebuked, “How dare you! How can you slander the sect’s Chief Disciple!”
“Look at yourself in the mirror! Do you think Cooper Lu would bother targeting you?”
Even the surrounding ordinary disciples mostly thought Terra Su had gone mad and was lashing out wildly.
“Cooper Lu is far stronger than Terra Su; why would he frame him?”
“Terra Su is shameless, stealing Elixirs and then turning around to bite back!”
Even Elder Xingyun scoffed, “You steal Elixirs, the evidence is conclusive, and yet you accuse me?”
“Evidence?”
Terra Su laughed nonchalantly, “Are you referring to the ten Qi Gathering Elixirs found in my residence?”
“That’s right, you stole ten Qi Gathering Elixirs from my alchemy room when I wasn’t looking and hid them in your own residence. The physical evidence has been found; how can you still deny it?” Elder Xingyun sneered.
“If I could refine Qi Gathering Elixirs with a flick of my wrist, would I need to go through such trouble to steal them?” As Terra Su spoke these words, the room fell silent.
The next moment, the crowd erupted in noise!
“What is Terra Su saying? He can refine Qi Gathering Elixirs with a flick of his wrist?”
“That’s utterly preposterous; everyone knows that only Elder Xingyun in the entire Orthodox One Sect can refine Qi Gathering Elixirs.”
“What is Terra Su? He’s never been known to refine Elixirs before!”
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