"Where am I? Who am I? Why does every recollection of that incident feel so vivid? Uhh, since childhood, it has left me drained," murmured the young man.

“You remember because this part of the memories I'm showing you, and it's not something you're meant to forget,” the voice responded calmly.

“Ahhhhhhh! Where am I now? Who are you? Am I dead?” the young man, feeling overwhelmed, cried out in confusion.

“This is the realm I've crafted within your spirit, 'the inner spirit realm.' As for who I am, I am your half divine spirit from your previous existence. And yes, I am dead, but for you, you're the reincarnation of me.”

“Ahhhh! A talking golden figure that looks exactly like me. Don't come near or I'll fight you. Don’t underestimate me; I know kung fu.”

“Silence!” commanded the divine spirit, waving a hand to quiet the young man's protests. Then, he addressed him once more. “Listen attentively. I'm your half divine spirit from your previous life. My body and other half are gone during that battle. As an incomplete spirit, I can only carry memories within me.” With a wave of his hand, the divine spirit restored the young man's ability to speak. “What memories?” said the young man, curious and eager to learn about his past life. He thought, “What was I in my past life? A deity, a god, or an immortal?”

“From your initial breath to your final sigh in your previous incarnation,” explained the divine spirit.

“I am fully awakened now. Before, I could only show you these incidents and seal the other memories. So now I will unseal the memories to you.” Without waiting for a response, the divine spirit touched the young man's brow, then dissipated into ash.

A searing headache assailed the young man. “Ahhhhh! What have you done? Why did you not seek my consent? Damn you!” After enduring five hours of torment, he found relief. “So, I was Li Yuan, the renegade devil who betrayed my sect for the sake of the demoness Yue Qian. In this life, I am the scumbag Li Yun Fei, who graded zero streak in current university exams and reincarnated with sealed past life memories. But how can a cultivator of the Void Breaking realm undergo reincarnation? Is it due to my divine spirit?”

“Uhh, be that as it may... Phew... Yue Qian, how I've longed for you. I apologize. I am truly remorseful. I have lost your demonic Guqin—the sole memento you left.”

Then he starts to reflect on his memories.

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When he was 7 years old, he met a girl named Yue Qian, but their first meeting wasn't pleasant. He accidentally kicked her in the head while training martial techniques.

“Hey, little scoundrel. Dare you to provoke me, Yue Qian? I shall smite you with my Guqin.”

“Hey little girl, I didn’t provoke you. I am just practicing. Drop your guqin.”

Then his memories turned to when he and Yue Qian were teenagers at 15 years old.

“Li Yuan, if the time comes when I must defy the world, will you despise me?”

“Why?”

“Just answer me.”

“No, Yue Qian, if you have to defy the world, then I will accompany you.”

Then his memories turned to the night when Yue Qian left him at the crucial moment of breaking through to the Tribulation realm. He remembered her words.

“My beloved Li Yuan, accept this Guqin. Only play it as a last resort. I love you. It is my fault for having loved you. If I have another life, I want to meet you as a mortal.”

As he heard her words, he suddenly stopped breaking through and wanted to follow her, but backlashes prevented him from moving, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Yue Qian, No…..”

Then his memories turned to the scene where he begged his master to save Yue Qian after hearing she got caught and will be held for execution soon.

“Master, please help her, she is not a demon who harms the world, She is purely innocent. Please master”

“Xiao yuan, why did you come back? Don’t come back now; they’re searching for you everywhere.”

“Master, I don’t care that. Please just save her. With your status, you can release her secretly.”

“Xiao Yuan, as for this case, I can’t just let it go. There is no shortage of women in the world. She is a demon, demons and humans are not able to be together. I am sorry.”

Then his memories turned to the executing demon field with so many people. It was their promised day to marry. He was there in disguise because he was also a wanted person due to his relationship with Yue Qian. He saw Yue Qian tied to a wooden post, bleeding all over her body. Unable to control his emotions, he dashed out and rescued her. He finally rescued her but realized her body was so weak. But as he tried to heal her, he sensed that her demonic bloodline was being extracted, and she was about to die. She looked up at him and said,

“Li Yuan, call me your wife…”

Before hearing the reply, she closed her eyes forever.

“My wife, my wife Yue Qian…” he said with sadness and glared at the group of cultivators before starting to kill everyone.

Reflecting upon his past existence, his mind turned cold, and an icy, murderous aura emanated from him. His eyes turned bloodshot, reflecting the rage and pain buried deep within his soul.

"My wife, Yue Qian, I promise to cultivate once more and reunite with you."

"Yue Qian, no matter where you are, I will bring you back to my side,” he vowed, his voice carrying a somber chill as he made his unchangeable promise. Then he looked up at his surroundings. He found out that the realm his divine spirit made is incomplete due to only half of his divine spirit, and he wants to repair it in the future. So he gets out of this realm and slowly chants the spell to make the realm mixed with his mind. Two hours later, he finally done and return to his mortal body.

Beijing Hospital, 7:30 PM, Corridor

"Doctor, please save my son," pleaded a middle-aged woman.

"Aunt Jiang, I've already tried my best. I don’t know what else to do to wake up brother Yun Fei," replied the doctor with a heavy heart.

Upon regaining consciousness and hearing these words, Li Yun Fei felt immense remorse. And blamed himself for being a scumbag.

"In my past life, I didn't even have a family. But in this life, I have my own family, and yet I've been a scumbag who spends the family’s wealth. I'm sorry, Mom," Li Yun Fei thought to himself.

Slowly, he opened his eyes, and what he saw stunned him for a moment before overwhelming happiness washed over him, causing him to burst into laughter in his mind.

"Haha, you tricky deity! You still know how to bring joy. Come forth, my demonic guqin."