Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 1 - Brothel

“I’m...still alive...?!” Liu Wuxie finally regained consciousness even though every inch of his body throbbed with excruciating pain. He gasped for air underneath the crushing weight of heavy wooden planks and a beam.

The last he remembered, he was one of the ten Immortal Emperors in the Fleeting Mist Immortal Realm. Before his demise, he chanced upon the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, a divine artifact by fortune. Unfortunately, it attracted many greedy eyes, and people in the Immortal Realm besieged him to death.

In his very last moment, he executed the Bloodfiend Disintegration and dragged everyone down with him. The explosion didn’t just kill his assailants, but it also destroyed the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron. By the time he woke up, he was buried under the wooden planks.

“True Martial Continent...Xu Clan...a live-in son-in-law...a wastrel....” Based on his memories, he knew he was no longer in the Fleeting Mist Immortal Realm but was reborn in a place called the True Martial Continent.

The body he was currently in shared the same name as him, Liu Wuxie. Liu Wuxie came from a wealthy family, but his parents went missing when he was five, resulting in his narrow-minded and lone-wolf personality. Even after he was taken in by his father’s close friend and future father-in-law, Xu Yilin, it didn’t change for the better.

As he gradually became older, he grew cockier. He suspected Xu Yilin of coveting his assets, so he became a famous spendthrift in Azure Billow City. Even after the entire Xu Clan described him as garbage and a sponge, he still behaved as he wished and disregarded their opinions of him.

When Liu Wuxie reached the age of marriage, Xu Yilin immediately married off his daughter to him, in hopes that his son-in-law would change for the better.

Logically speaking, there was no way a piece of garbage like Liu Wuxie was worthy of the Xu Clan’s young missy. But Liu Wuxie’s parents were close friends with Xu Yilin, and they were betrothed at birth. They were to be wed at the age of eighteen.

The night of their wedding, Liu Wuxie’s new bride beat him out of their bridal chamber, and under the instigation of his friends, he stepped into a brothel for the first time. But he suddenly lost his temper and lit up the entire place, which collapsed and trapped him under the rubble.

Liu Wuxie shoved aside the debris and examined himself while lying down.

“How ruthless, trying to sever the heart’s pulse with a single palm strike? If I didn’t come and possess this body, there’s no doubt Liu Wuxie would have disappeared from the world. Who’s the mastermind trying to kill him?!” Aside from some abrasions and bruises, the palm print on his chest was fatal. He could only remember drinking with his friends, and everything after losing his temper drew a blank.

Liu Wuxie forcibly suppressed his heart’s fatal injuries, but he urgently needed the Pulse Guarding Pill to fix his severed heart meridian. Luckily, with his skills, it wouldn’t be tough to refine this pill.

“I’m fortunate that this is a cultivating continent with a thriving martial dao.” Martial cultivators were categorized into different cultivation levels. These were Houtian, Xiantian, Spirit Cleansing, Marrow Cleansing, True Core, and so forth.

“This body is in a real mess, and calling him garbage is a word of praise.” Liu Wuxie’s meridians were thin like hair, and they were heavily clogged with impurities. “What a hassle! ...I know the deity-graded cultivation techniques from the Celestial Realm, while the True Martial Continent is merely a Mortal Realm. I will need to alter the Mortal Realm’s cultivation techniques.”

This was the same as an infant wielding a divine weapon, but there was no way an infant could lift that divine weapon. To use a divine weapon, one had to reach the Marrow Cleansing Realm at the very least.

This placed Liu Wuxie in an awkward position, and he failed when he tried to circulate his cultivation techniques. He felt a stabbing pain throughout his body, threatening to shred him into pieces if he carried on.

Right then, a droplet flowed out from his dantian and coursed through his meridians. His meridians were like starving worms devouring that droplet, and he could sense a feeling of comfort wash over his body.

“What’s going on?” Liu Wuxie quickly examined his dantian, wanting to know where the droplet came from. But when his consciousness entered his dantian, his mind blew apart as he saw a black divine cauldron situated in the center, which was the droplet's source.

“T-This is the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron! It actually came with me?!” The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron had exploded when he died, but he never expected it to appear in his dantian.

“Could it be...? Is my transmigration related to this cauldron?” A massive cloud of black aura charged out of the cauldron and struck his consciousness, forming several ancient black characters. This huge impact returned his consciousness to his body and brought him back to reality.

A commotion suddenly came from outside before he could sort out his thoughts. As the rubble was moved away from his head, a gleam of light shone through the crack, and he saw many people wielding a torch in the surrounding area.

“Master, we found the young master!” Several robust youths moved a wooden beam away. Liu Wuxie was fortunate because that wooden beam blocked the huge debris from falling over him. Thus, Liu Wuxie didn’t suffer any severe injuries, and the only cause of his death was the palm strike on his chest.

They quickly carried Liu Wuxie out of the mess and placed him on the ground. After that mysterious liquid nourished his body, he had practically recovered from all his injuries and could stand up.

“Are you trying to anger me to death?!” Xu Yilin appeared before Liu Wuxie and glared at him. He immediately rushed out after hearing that his son-in-law had visited the brothel. He didn’t even have the time to wear his coat and only donned a cloak.

But for some reason, Liu Wuxie wasn’t furious and could feel a warmth coursing through his heart listening to Xu Yilin’s reprimand. He could sense that Xu Yilin was genuinely concerned about him.

“That garbage isn’t dead?” An exclamation sounded, disrupting their conversation.

“That heaven is blind! Why isn’t a sponge like him dead?!”

“What sins have the Xu Clan committed to have a son-in-law like him?”

“A garbage will always be garbage. Today is his wedding, and he came to the brothel. He even became a beast and ripped a girl’s clothes, nearly committing a huge mistake. Heaven is blind. Why didn’t they claim the life of a lowlife like him?”

“......”

The discussion in the surrounding was directed at Liu Wuxie without exception.

“Uhh...” Liu Wuxie’s face became dark, but he was powerless to refute.

Xu Yilin’s face turned red, and he quickly got his men to carry Liu Wuxie back to the Xu Clan. It was simply too embarrassing for them to stay there any longer.

“Stop right there!” A bark echoed, stopping Xu Yilin’s party from leaving. The pimp rushed over furiously with ten guards.

“Patriarch Xu, your son-in-law destroyed my brothel and caused multiple injuries. The girls are all terrified now, and we even have injured customers. This is all because of him, and you want to leave just like that?” The pimp was in his forties with light makeup on his face. He even covered himself in perfume and looked disgusting as he came before Liu Wuxie.

“I’ll get someone to negotiate for the compensation later.” Xu Yilin glared at Liu Wuxie, but this wasn’t the time for him to reprimand Liu Wuxie as they were in public.

“No need. I will fork out the compensation myself.” Liu Wuxie stepped forth. He was responsible for this, and he didn’t want to get too many people involved.

“Young Master Liu, I’m not trying to look down on you, but how will you compensate me?” The pimp mocked him, sparking a burst of laughter from the surroundings.

“Don’t worry. We won’t miss a single dime in the compensation, which I assure you with my name. The compensation will be delivered to you in three days,” Xu Yilin said, and they were allowed to leave only after he gave his word.

“The previous Liu Wuxie must be out of his mind. Anyone can tell that his father-in-law is genuinely concerned about him.” Liu Wuxie sighed and followed behind Xu Yilin without saying a word. He was rather grateful for the Xu Clan. The Xu Clan took him in when the previous Liu Wuxie was homeless. Not to mention, Xu Yilin fulfilled his promise and bestowed his daughter upon him. Just this fact alone proved how loyal Xu Yilin was to his friends.

When the first gleam of sunlight shone down, the Xu Clan’s gates opened. Two servants were sweeping the fallen leaves off the ground when they saw Xu Yilin, and they quickly bowed to show him their respect. Meanwhile, they simply disregarded Liu Wuxie.

“Go change your clothes and see me in the main hall,” Xu Yilin said, looking at the disheveled Liu Wuxie, who looked like a beggar.

“Got it.” Liu Wuxie slightly feared but respected Xu Yilin because the original Liu Wuxie would have been long dead if it weren’t for the Xu Clan looking after him all these years.