The Prodigies War-Chapter 2610 Retelling the Past
This was the first time since Lin Xun began cultivating that he had completely lost his composure. His mind was in turmoil, and countless memories came flooding back like an unstoppable tide.
When he was young, he had ventured into the Ziyao Empire alone, seeking the truth behind the mystery of his origins. Later he traveled to the Ancient Wasteland Domain to seek vengeance against Yun Qingbai...
To uncover the truth behind the Lin Clan’s massacre, he then journeyed across the starry skies, seeking quasi-Emperor Baqi...
Though the road had been full of hardship and twists, it was precisely those trials that helped him uncover the truths, piece by piece. The truth was harsh, but fortunately, all signs pointed to the fact that his parents and Mister Lu were still alive.
That conclusion gave him the greatest comfort in his heart.
It was just that... So many years had passed, yet he still had no idea where they were. The thought always left him restless and in pain.
However, he never expected that, in this moment, after opening the long-sealed bronze box, he would actually see his mother! That sudden, overwhelming revelation shattered the calm of his long-tempered dao heart!
He didn’t know how much time had passed before he heard a trembling voice in his ears, “Xun’er.”
Lin Xun stiffened and his turbulent thoughts scattered. He abruptly looked up and there, suspended in midair, was the very figure he had longed for day and night. Her delicate face was streaked with tears, emotions flickering between overwhelming joy and deep sorrow. In her crystal-clear eyes shimmered a deep guilt and sorrow that she could not voice.
Lin Xun’s throat tightened. He could no longer hold back the emotions surging in his chest. He asked, “Mother, is it really you?”
Even now, he felt as though he was trapped in a dream. It all felt too surreal and unreal!
Luo Qingxun took a deep breath, stepped forward, and pulled him into a tight embrace. Crystal tears poured down her cheeks. Years of waiting, yearning, silent suffering, sorrow, and longing all erupted from the depths of her heart, like a torrent breaking loose.
At first, Lin Xun was frozen in place, unsure how to react. Then, he slowly lifted his arms to gently return the embrace. Waves of indescribable emotions flooded his heart.
To the world, he was an invincible supreme Emperor Ancestor, the feared Menace Lin known throughout the Eternal True Realm. Now, he was just a son in his mother’s arms. It was just that this role felt unfamiliar.
After a long time, Luo Qingxun’s sobs subsided. She slowly lifted her tear-streaked face and looked into Lin Xun’s calm, handsome features. Her voice trembled as she asked, “Xun’er, do you blame your mother?”
Lin Xun shook his head. “Never.”
Luo Qingxun’s heart ached with sorrow. They had been separated since he was still a child, and she had never been there to watch her own flesh and blood grow up. Now, after all these years, they were finally reunited. The little baby who once cried for milk in her memories had become a tall, composed young man.
After a long pause to calm her emotions, Luo Qingxun softly asked, “Xun’er, will you tell me everything you’ve experienced over these years?”
There was an earnest yearning in her voice. It was the voice of a mother begging to understand everything her son had gone through.
Lin Xun nodded, his heart surging with emotions, but he was no longer the young boy he once was. Having endured countless hardships and trials in his life, he found it difficult to bare his emotions like a child.
He took a deep breath, his eyes filling with memories, and began to speak...starting from the time he spent in the mine prison with Mister Lu... 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
The blue sea stretched endlessly beneath a high, cloud-strewn sky. On a solitary boat drifting through the vast waters, mother and son were finally reunited. Lin Xun spoke while Luo Qingxun quietly listened. For a moment, it felt as though nothing else in the world mattered.
After a long while, Lin Xun finally recounted all that had happened along his journey. Though he spoke in a calm and concise manner, Luo Qingxun’s heart still surged with emotion and could not settle for a long time.
“I never imagined you’d suffered so much all these years...” Luo Qingxun murmured in a daze. Guilt clouded her expression, and a deep sense of self-blame weighed heavily in her heart.
Lin Xun smiled and gently comforted her, “Was it really suffering? I don’t think so. It’s just...not seeing you and Father for so long... That’s what makes me feel a little sad.”
Luo Qingxun let out a soft sigh, “Fate is unpredictable..that’s just how things are. All these years, I’ve often wondered whether possessing the bloodline of the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer is a blessing or a curse. If it’s a blessing, then this bloodline grants us innate powers on the path of cultivation that are unimaginable to outsiders. If it’s a curse...then over the years, whether it was me, your father, Elder Lu, or you...we’ve all suffered because of it”
Her voice trailed off, and her expression was filled with desolation and sorrow. Lin Xun couldn’t help but sigh as well.
From the moment he was born, he became a target due to his Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer bloodline. This led to the tragic massacre of the Lin Clan. From that day on, he was completely separated from his parents.
As he grew up, most of the calamities he faced were also tied to the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer bloodline, like being hunted by the purple-clothed woman called Yanxing, the enmity of the Nameless Esteemed Emperor and, the pursuit from Heavenly Emperor Shi...
Even now, the feud between him and the Luo Clan remained unresolved. Of note, all of it stemmed from the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer!
“Xun’er, I know you must have many questions. Before you ask them, let me first tell you about the past. After that, you may ask me anything you wish.” Luo Qingxun looked at Lin Xun, her voice warm, gentle, and full of maternal affection.
Then, she began to speak. The members of the Luo Clan had been divided into two lineages, the main and branch. The main lineage descended from Luo Tongtian, the Omega Lord, and was regarded as the clan’s direct lineage.
By generation, Luo Tongtian was Luo Qingxun’s grandfather. Many years ago, he had embarked on a journey to battle his way across the Eternal Star Road, but he encountered a great calamity and vanished without a trace.
The Luo Clan, without Luo Tongtian’s leadership, fell into disarray, like dragons without a head. Turmoil followed and fierce internal strife broke out within the clan, plunging the clan from prosperity into decline.
Originally, the position of patriarch was meant to pass to Luo Xiao, the legitimate son of Luo Tongtian and the father of Luo Qingxun. However, when it came time to decide the next patriarch, major disputes broke out between the members of the main and branch lineages.
The reason was that, although Luo Xiao was the legitimate son of Luo Tongtian, he had yet to awaken the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer bloodline. Therefore, his cultivation was not strong enough to earn the clan’s confidence.
The branch clansmen unanimously pushed for Luo Chong to become patriarch. Among his peers, Luo Chong’s strength was unshakably ranked first, and he was highly regarded by several old antiques of the Luo Clan.
In the struggle for the patriarch’s seat, conflict almost erupted between the direct and branch lineages of the Luo Clan. In the end, Luo Xiao mysteriously vanished, allowing Luo Chong to ascend to the position of patriarch without resistance.
At the time, all the direct descendants suspected that Luo Xiao’s disappearance was highly suspicious and that Luo Chong had played a role in it. However, with no concrete evidence and with Luo Chong already wielding the clan’s authority and law power, the truth was forcibly buried.
From that moment on, disaster began to fall upon the direct bloodline. At Luo Chong’s command, first over a dozen elders of the main lineage were imprisoned and suppressed under various charges. Then the authority and positions they held were stripped from them and gradually handed over to elders from the branch lineage.
Soon after, Luo Chong declared that his son Luo Yunyi would be appointed junior patriarch, and ordered Luo Qingxun and Luo Qingheng to assist and serve him. Luo Qingheng was Star Annihilation Battle Emperor, and also Luo Qingxun’s elder brother.[1]
Upon learning about this, neither Luo Qingheng nor Luo Qingxun voiced any objections. On the surface, they complied, but in secret, they began investigating the true cause behind their father Luo Xiao’s mysterious disappearance.
Unfortunately, little did they know that a sinister scheme against them was already unfolding. Under the pretense of helping them awaken the innate talent of the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer, Luo Chong specially opened the clan’s forbidden secret realm, claiming it was to aid Luo Qingxun and her brother in their cultivation.
However, this treacherous plan was exposed by Lu Boya. In secret, he warned the siblings that Luo Chong’s true intention was to forcibly strip away their innate bloodline powers within the forbidden secret realm and transfer them to his son Luo Yunyi!
Upon learning the truth, Luo Qingxun and Luo Qingheng, with Lu Boya’s help, escaped from the Luo Clan. By the time Luo Chong realized they had escaped, it was already too late. Enraged, he immediately dispatched powerful elites to hunt them down.
During the pursuit, the siblings suffered severe injuries. In the end, with the help of one of Lu Boya’s old friends, they crossed the starry sky and reached the Ancient Nebula Road. Lu Boya’s old friend was an esteemed ancestor of the Xuan Clan, named Xuan Feiling.
After Luo Qingxun arrived at the Xuan Clan, holding Xuan Feiling's personal sword as proof of identity, the clan arranged for her and her brother to enter the lower world where the Return Dominion was located.
Luo Qingxun and Luo Qingheng had once heard that their grandfather Luo Tongtian, an incomparably powerful figure, had been defeated by a supreme being in the Return Dominion. Furthermore, that supreme being was none other than the Lord of Fangchun Mountain!
The Return Dominion was home to the Fangchun Mountain sect. If they could gain Fangchun Mountain’s support, they might be able to return to the Eternal True Realm and exact vengeance for their clan.
This was why Luo Qingxun and the others had traveled to the lower world back then. However, by the time they reached the lower world, Luo Qingxun’s injuries had become too severe, and she fell into a deep coma. Her brother, Star Annihilation Battle Emperor, roamed the world in search of Return Dominion which was said to be home to Fangchun Mountain.
That was during the primeval era. It was also then that the Nameless Esteemed Emperor, who had pursued them all the way, seized control of the taboo law power and cast it across the entire Ancient Nebula Road.
Fearing that they would be discovered by the Nameless Esteemed Emperor, Lu Boya took the unconscious Luo Qingxun and went into hiding in the lower world from that day onward.
Countless years passed in the blink of an eye. Later, Luo Qingheng, renowned throughout the world as the Star Annihilation Battle Emperor, finally entered the Return Dominion, only to find that Fangchun Mountain had long since fallen into ruin.
Luo Qingheng was unwilling to give up and pressed on with his search. After years of investigation, he finally uncovered clues pointing to Fangchun Mountain and he journeyed to Cangwu Mountain in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
It was said that atop Cangwu Mountain lay a hidden sect founded by Li Xuanwei, a successor of Fangchun Mountain. Unfortunately, by the time Luo Qingheng arrived, Li Xuanwei and others had already departed.
Only now did Lin Xun finally understand why, back then on Cangwu Mountain, he had seen the stone stele left by his uncle, Star Annihilation Battle Emperor, and sensed the innate power imbued within it. It turned out that Star Annihilation Battle Emperor had come there in search of his senior brother Li Xuanwei!
Later on, Luo Qingheng left the Ancient Wasteland Domain and traveled elsewhere. From that moment onward, he completely vanished, and there had been no news of him since then. At the time, Luo Qingxun remained in a deep coma, and Lu Boya had been guarding her, completely unaware of where her older brother had gone.
As she spoke, sorrow welled up in Luo Qingxun’s eyes.
1. If you recall, back in 2515, Luo Ling had called him Luo Xingyan. Given that the author continues to call him Luo Qingheng in following chapters, we can assume that first name was an unfortunate boo-boo. ☜
