The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 781 - 562: Father-Son Conversation

Chapter 781: Chapter 562: Father-Son Conversation

The name Li Jiye was exactly Li Yi’s father’s name.

He hadn’t revealed this information to anyone after arriving in this world, so when Li Yi heard the person before him casually mention his father’s name, he was shocked and astonished, as he never thought that this person could be his father.

The aura and appearance didn’t match... but there were indeed traces of the Evolution Method on him.

Li Jiye also noticed the change in Li Yi at this moment. He understood, of course, that he couldn’t make Li Yi believe his identity with just a few words. After all, when he was forced to cross worlds, Li Yi was only fourteen, just a child. Now, six years have passed, no, counting carefully, nine years had passed.

These nine years were enough to completely change a person.

"Yi, I know you have many questions and confusions inside, but you must believe, I am indeed your father. Back in Tianchang City, your mother and I, as the first batch to step into Cultivation, were delving into the mysteries of Cultivation daily, ignorantly neglecting many things, including you." At this moment, Li Jiye’s memory returned to the past.

Back then, he was so passionate and spirited.

Unfortunately, good times didn’t last long. At that time, the path of Cultivation on Earth was not yet perfected. Everyone was exploring, wanting to be the first to eat the crab, and he and his wife were no exception.

Perhaps it was ignorance and fearlessness, or perhaps it was the unwillingness to fall behind others.

Until one day, he and his wife suddenly had an out-of-body experience... Although it was exciting and novel at the time, they didn’t expect it to be the beginning of a nightmare.

Li Yi at this moment stared at him and said, "Continue, I want to know everything."

He somewhat believed this person in front of him was his father, but he needed more reasonable explanations. Otherwise, he wouldn’t easily believe a stranger just by a name.

Li Jiye said, "This is not the place to talk. Let’s go to the cabin; I will give you a reasonable explanation as your father."

Li Yi said nothing, just turned and went into the cabin.

Li Jiye also went inside, glanced at the empty cabin, then gestured for Li Yi to sit down, after which he also found a place to sit, then slowly said, "Yi, you should be very clear that after the Sky Tipping incident on Earth, with the revival of Spiritual Energy, the path of Cultivation reappeared. Your mother and I, as the first batch of Cultivators, truthfully did many reckless things."

"The soul crossing was one of them. At that time, your mother and I didn’t know the dangers among them. After all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, so after perceiving the spatial wormhole, your mother and I discussed it for a month, and finally decided to join forces for soul crossing."

"The reason for choosing to join forces is because your mother and I worried about each other. In case of any accident, we would have each other to rely on."

Li Jiye said this with a trace of pain in his eyes: "But no one could have thought that our first crossing would be so unfortunate, leading us to a world resembling hell."

"That was World No. 36." Li Yi said calmly.

"World No. 36? Has that world already been discovered and named? It seems Earth has indeed changed a lot; it seems crossings have become routine." Li Jiye smiled bitterly: "Since you know that world, you should understand the danger of that world."

"World No. 36 belongs to the world of fierce ghosts." Li Yi said.

Li Jiye said, "Fierce ghosts, huh? Indeed, our first crossing encountered great dangers when your mother and I didn’t know it was a fierce ghost, only that it was evil and terrifying, and we couldn’t deal with it. We could only flee in panic. Luckily, we had prepared in advance, sensed the Earth’s coordinates, and successfully retreated."

"But then something terrifying happened... that ghost followed us back to Earth."

Saying this, he showed a look of pain: "I saw with my own eyes your mother being killed by that fierce ghost."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi’s gaze darkened, and he then took a deep breath: "Then why are you still alive? Why did you choose to flee?"

"Yi, you’re wrong, I didn’t flee. I wanted to lure that ghost away because you were still at home, and I couldn’t leave something so dangerous at home. Your mother was already dead, and I couldn’t lose you too, so with this mindset, I crossed worlds again, intending to lead that terrifying fierce ghost to an unknown world."

Li Jiye said this with a determined look in his eyes: "Even if it means sacrificing a world, I can’t let anything happen to you."

"But fate played tricks on us. I crossed with the determination to die, to lure the ghost away and ensure your safety, only to find after reaching this world that the ghost didn’t follow. And because the second crossing was rushed, I couldn’t sense the Earth’s coordinates anymore, so I had no way to go back."

"Do you know how desperate I was at that time? There was only you left at home, and that ghost, while I was trapped here, unable to do anything."

As he said this, he was very emotional, clenched his fists tightly, and a thread of power dispersed, and the surrounding cabin instantly cracked and was on the verge of collapse.

Li Yi was silent at this moment.

He had heard Yang Wei tell him about this before, but Yang Wei had told him from an observer’s perspective. Now, hearing his father recount it himself, he could understand how complicated the situation was at the time, not as he imagined, with his father abandoning everything and fleeing across worlds, never to return.

"In that situation at the time, I didn’t think you could survive at home because the terror of that ghost was something I saw firsthand; even Evolvers were no match, let alone you, who were still a child..." Li Jiye said, "Even if I were more angry and sad in this world, I couldn’t do anything. I could only accept this cruel reality."

"So you possessed a prince and lived on again?" Li Yi scrutinized his new body.

Li Jiye said, "Not possessed; at that time, the soul of this body was led away, and I naturally borrowed this body to live on again. You probably aren’t very interested in what happened after, just the usual stories of peach trees replacing plum trees, vying for power, the eight sons contending for the throne, these are all very common in historical stories. Luckily, I survived and successfully ascended the throne as emperor."

"So Prince Xin is my half-brother?" Li Yi said.

"Prince Xin, Zhao Rui, is indeed the child born of this body. To play this role well, I naturally had to accept them, but they were just tools for me to use. In these nine years, although I have taken concubines, established an empress, and proclaimed a Crown Prince, it was all just a temporary measure to stabilize the Court. Only you, Yi, you are my true son."

Li Jiye said seriously.

He said this from the heart because Li Yi was the child he had on Earth with his wife, whom he had lived with for more than ten years and was deeply emotionally attached to, while these were just random gifts from this body, with no real emotional connection.

He didn’t even want to have children again.

Because Li Jiye didn’t know, with him now possessing someone else’s body and having children with other women, whether the children counted as his or Zhao Chengqian’s. And if he did have children, what would his deceased wife and Yi mean?

This was a betrayal of his family.

Because he couldn’t pass the barrier in his heart, he had never been able to integrate into this world, so he was just a high and mighty Emperor, not a father, with no feelings for others.

But it was also because of this that he was a good Emperor.

Li Yi at this moment had mixed feelings; he didn’t know what to say. Blame his father? It seemed he wasn’t wrong. He did everything he could do, but facing the fierce ghost from World No. 36, with just his Soul Realm ability, he indeed had no way.

"Yi, do you know how shocked I was when I received your letter, how unbelievable it was?" Li Jiye slowly stood up again, with tears appearing in his eyes: "I never dared to believe, you were still alive and living alone in Da Chang City."

"During that turmoil, I thought you must have had a very tough time."

Li Yi said nothing, just took out the latest model medical cabin from the Five Elements Bracelet.

Inside the medical cabin lay a man in his early thirties, although he appeared to be asleep and nourished by the top-class medical cabin, this body was very healthy, even his face was rosy, as if only asleep.

"This is..." Li Jiye was taken aback, looking in shock at the person in the medical cabin.

This person was none other than his body on Earth. After crossing worlds, his body was left in the medical cabin, surviving on Nutrient Liquid. He never thought, after nine years, his body was still here.

"Yi, you..."

Li Jiye then turned abruptly to look at Li Yi.

He couldn’t believe that after he left, his son still kept his body, and even now it remained intact, unchanged.

For a child who was only in his teens back then, how much effort had it taken to achieve this?

"After you and mom left, I have always been striving to maintain the operation of the nutrient cabin and supply the Nutrient Liquid until now." Li Yi said calmly.

But just that one sentence made Li Jiye, the current Emperor, unable to stop his tears.

"I should have returned, should have returned earlier... I’m sorry, dad, I’m sorry to you, I thought you and your mom were long dead, so I stayed in this world and had no intention of returning to Earth. If I had known, I should have given up everything and continued soul crossing until I returned; I didn’t know you were still waiting for me at home."

At this moment, he was extremely remorseful, feeling like a total bastard.