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His memory ended there. He felt there was something important he missed, but he doesn't know what it is. He tried to recall it, but he felt something has already slipped his mind away. 

He slowly opened his eyes with his mind suddenly becoming blank. For a moment, he doesn't know what to expect to see, hear, or whatever. He doesn't know what to say, more especially when he saw the ceiling of the cave. What was he doing here? Wait, why was he even here in the first place? Wait… wait. If he shouldn't be here, then where he should be? 

"Are you going to pull an amnesia card on me? You just lost a lot of blood, and, yeah, your life was in danger, but hey. You didn't die." A male voice spoke with an upbeat tone despite the speaking words of horror. "Hey… have you really gone amnesiac? It's blood you lost, not your memories, right?" the man added. 

"… nope." Cheng Sheng answered as he blinked his eyes and slowly sat up. His stomach and right shoulder still ached, so he supported himself with his left arm that finally stopped becoming numb. "I just saw my life flashed before my eyes… whew, I got really scared there. I really thought I would be gone." He sighed in relief. Then, he raised his head to looked at Yu Sheng. "So, your objective is to return my memories in this life?" he asked. 

"No." Yu Sheng answered. 

Cheng Sheng frowned. "Then, what is it?" he asked impatiently. 

"I want to take your soul and transfer it to your original body, but then when I tried to remove your original body from where it was resting, it started to crumble." Yu Sheng answered. 

"…" that's a lot of information there. Cheng Sheng's face darkened. "So?" he decided to wait for Yu Sheng's next words, since he knows there are still more. 

And Yu Sheng didn't disappoint him. "You see, you're not just a product of a prostitute and a fake king. Well, your soul, that is." He said. "Your mortal body might be, but definitely not your soul." He grinned. 

It took a while for the smart Cheng Sheng to process Yu Sheng's words and understand the hidden meaning of them. "By 'mortal body', do you mean I am not a human?" he said as his eyes widened. 

"Yeah. Because you were born a god, just like me." Yu Sheng smiled brightly. "In fact, you were born a few seconds after I did, and yes, we were born from the same mother, but has no father. So – " he said as he reached out a hand to Cheng Sheng. " – I am your elder brother." He told him. 

"…" it took all of his patience to not kill Yu Sheng. "So, you were saying earlier that my soul is of a god's, and you were supposed to return my soul to my holy body, that's why you tried to kill me, Fei Yin and my friends?" he said. 

"Yes." Yu Sheng honestly answered. "My plan is to make you return to a god, so 'Cheng Sheng' has to die in order to make Shen Qi live." He explained. 

No need for any more questions. Cheng Sheng's real name is 'Shen Qi'. The Cheng Sheng is the Bailong Kingdom's prince. "Then, since your task seems impossible, what are you planning to do now?" he asked. 

"… you're calm even if I tried to kill you – for real." Yu Sheng said as he observed Cheng Sheng's expression. 

Cheng Sheng tiredly sighed. "I'm not that unreasonable." He said as he stood on his feet. He moved his legs and noticed his strength returned. 

The bleeding on his stomach stopped and the wound already closed; his shoulder also had healed. It was his body's self-healing because of his cultivation method. 

"Not unreasonable, if you let me also stab you and break your shoulder!" Cheng Sheng said as he lunged himself at Yu Sheng, his sword raised! 

Yu Sheng smiled as he stepped back. "Your actions contradict your words." He said as he bent his body backward to avoid Cheng Sheng's follow-up kick. 

"No – " Cheng Sheng said as he turned in the air and sent another kick. " – I am, but on the premise you'll pay me an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." He said as he stretched out his right arm and swung it at Yu Sheng! 

Xinfaxian, Xinfaxian Sect. 

"Let's go! To Xiwang!" Chen Han said as they all stepped in to the array that will lead them to the Youxiwang Sect. 

Fan Wen sighed as he and Pai Lie activated the array. "Be careful!" Lei Qing, You Rou and Lei Ling said as they waved at them. 

"En!" they answered before they disappeared from their sight. 

"There they go." Fan Wen said with a sigh. He can't help but sigh lately, with everything happening. He wanted to accompany them to Xiwang since the situation in Xiwang is more dangerous, but he can't abandon everyone in the Xinfaxian. 

Even if Cheng Sheng's array surrounding the entirety of Xinfaxian, but who knows when will it fall? He shook his head to remove the thoughts in his head and turned to Lei Qing, Lei Ling and You Rou who were standing on the side, still looking at the array on the ground. 

He smiled. "Go accompany the Huli Sect that just arrived." He told them and looked at the brown-clothed people that appeared in another array. 

Lei Qing, You Rou and Lei Ling turned and were surprised to see Xiao Le. "Xiao Le!" they called and immediately ran. 

Xiao Le was at the Yunxiao Inn and didn't go with them to the Xinfaxian, choosing to stay to wait for his sect to arrive in the Yunxiao Inn. And, it was only did today the Huli Sect arrived, lead by Li Nanzi who was heavily injured after protecting all of his disciples he brought with him to Zhongyang for the Intersect Competition. 

Xiao Le turned and saw Lei Qing, You Rou and Lei Ling. "You all!" he cried. "Where's Cheng-shixiong? It's already ten days… surely they have already returned?!" he immediately asked. 

Lei Qing, You Rou and Lei Ling all looked at each other before they shook their head, disappointment was on their face again. Their shoulder fell as they answered. "He still hasn't returned, including our da shixiong."