So, Lu Xuan's father told Lu Xuan that, according to the Family Ancestors' command, if the Lu Family were to be wiped out by the Qiu Family, Lu Xuan should not easily return to Dongchuan County for revenge, but rather protect himself and preserve the Family's lineage.
Only when he had sufficient strength in the future could he return to seek revenge against the Qiu Family.
Lu Xuan was shocked and helpless after hearing his father's words:
He couldn't resist the Qiu Family with his own abilities, and the Senior Brothers he had desperately befriended were all Meridian Opening Realm Utility Disciples, so he couldn't count on their help.
Xia Ziyan, the only one who might have been able to help him, had been promoted to the outer Sect, and he couldn't easily see her.
Furthermore, even if he could see her, he had no relationship with her, and had barely even spoken to her; how could she possibly help him and save his Family?
Just as Lu Xuan was at a loss, a notification suddenly came down from the Sect:
The Xuantian Sect's mortal enemy, the Xuan Yin Sect, might attack the Xuantian Sect, and the Disciples were to prepare for battle.
After receiving this news, Lu Xuan immediately made up his mind:
In this battle, he must be exceptionally brave, and even if he died in battle, he would earn War Merits to obtain that reward.
The Xuantian Sect had a reward system:
If a Disciple performed exceptionally bravely in battle and earned War Merits for the Sect, then according to the Rank of the War Merits, the Sect promised to protect that Disciple's Family or a person designated by him for a certain number of years.
Young Lu Xuan was so desperate in this battle for two more reasons:
The first was his immense gratitude towards the Xuantian Sect.
He was originally just a young man from the distant and remote Dongchuan County in the Human Realm, yet he was taken in as a Disciple by the Xuantian Sect and brought to the Cultivation World.
In the Xuantian Sect, Lu Xuan was kind to others and became good friends with many Senior Brothers. Lu Xuan had deep feelings for the Sect, treating it as his own home.
Secondly, he liked Xia Ziyan very much. Since he had resolved to die and earn War Merits to obtain the Sect's reward of protecting his Family, he would protect Xia Ziyan as much as possible during the battle, making her owe him a favor. This way, if she saw his written wish, she would very likely help him protect his Family.
Therefore, before the Xuan Yin Sect attacked, Lu Xuan solemnly wrote down his wish and handed it to the Hall of War Merits for safekeeping.
After fusing with Young Lu Xuan's Divine Soul information, Emperor Lu Xuan greatly admired Young Lu Xuan's sincere desire to protect his Family even at the cost of his life, but Lu Xuan felt a bit regretful for Young Lu Xuan:
In this battle, although he was very brave, he neither killed enemies to earn War Merits nor did his life-saving act for Xia Ziyan count as any War Merits.
And because he had Rebirth into his body, "he" didn't die, so the Sect would certainly not record War Merits for him.
Without War Merits, the Sect would naturally ignore his wish.
Furthermore, based on Lu Xuan's experience, the Xuantian Sect's establishment of such a reward system was likely just to deceive its Disciples, making them fight to the death for the Sect:
A Sect has tens or hundreds of thousands of Disciples, and some Disciples' Families might be very far from the Sect. For example, Lu Xuan's Family was in the distant Human Realm, and he was just a Utility Disciple. Even if he earned War Merits and died in battle, would the Sect really send people to the distant Human Realm to protect his Family?
If he sacrificed his life to save Xia Ziyan, and if Xia Ziyan was a person of loyalty and integrity, she might ask her Imperial Father to help protect the Lu Family, but how many people in the world are truly loyal and integrated?
His death would likely be in vain.
Lu Xuan thought that Young Lu Xuan's wish might be difficult to fulfill, and suddenly he felt a deep obsession within his Divine Soul:
Protect the Lu Family!
Protect Xia Ziyan!
Protect the Xuantian Sect!
This, this, this was Young Lu Xuan's obsession!
Lu Xuan hadn't expected that an ordinary Meridian Opening Realm young man would have such a great obsession, an obsession that even affected the Fusion of his Divine Soul and this body!
And if his Divine Soul could not completely fuse with this young man's body, then he would not only be unable to control this body but also unable to Cultivate, naturally unable to raise his Cultivation to the God Emperor Realm, return to the Divine Realm, and seek revenge against the Shenxuan Sect.
Lu Xuan greatly admired Young Lu Xuan's sincere devotion to his Family and Sect. At the same time, he was worried that if he didn't promise to help Young Lu Xuan fulfill his wish, this obsession might not dissipate, and his Divine Soul would then be unable to fully fuse with this body.
Of course, for Emperor Lu Xuan, a God Emperor and Alchemy Great Master, helping a mere young man from the Human Realm fulfill his small wish was just a trivial matter. Therefore, Lu Xuan swore in his Divine Soul:
He would definitely help Young Lu Xuan protect his Family, protect this girl named Xia Ziyan, and protect this Xuantian Sect.
As soon as Lu Xuan finished his oath, he immediately felt Young Lu Xuan's obsession in his Divine Soul burst with joy, then slowly dissipate.
Once the obsession dissipated, Lu Xuan's Divine Soul slowly and completely fused with this body, becoming one person.
Although his Divine Soul had completely fused with this body, Lu Xuan was still very disappointed:
The Meridians of this body were originally very thin and narrow, and all of them had been broken, and the Dantian had also been shattered.
For a Martial Artist, broken Meridians and a shattered Dantian basically cut off the path of Cultivation, rendering them a cripple with no way to recover.
However, for Emperor Lu Xuan, a God Emperor and Alchemy Great Master, reconnecting broken Meridians and restoring a shattered Dantian was not impossible, as long as he had the spiritual herbs and medicines for refining Meridian Renewal Pill and Heaven Mending Pill.
But the Meridians of this body were very thin and narrow, and its Cultivation Talent was very poor. With this Talent, not to mention wanting to raise his Cultivation to the Divine Being Realm, return to the Divine Realm, and seek revenge against the Shenxuan Sect, it would be difficult even to raise his Cultivation to the Immortal Realm.
Alas, to think that he, a dignified God-Emperor Ninth Grade Peak Emperor and a God Emperor-Rank Alchemy Great Master, had fallen to such a state, it was truly heartbreaking.
After this immense change of Rebirth, although he was fortunately alive again, seeing Young Lu Xuan's body in such a terrible state, even after living for billions of years and experiencing countless vast changes, Lu Xuan was still very shocked, emotional, helpless, and sad.
"Ah, Heavens!
This is bad!
The Xuan Yin Sect's Grand Elder's Cultivation has Broken through to the Martial Saint Realm!
What should we do?"
Just as Lu Xuan was feeling emotional and heartbroken, he suddenly heard the Xuantian Sect's Disciples and Disciples cry out in a chaotic clamor.
What's going on?
Lu Xuan's bones and muscles were shattered at this time, and he lay on the ground, unable to move at all, so he naturally couldn't get up to see what was happening on the battlefield.
Unable to get up and unable to see with his eyes, he had no choice but to use his Divine Soul Power to investigate what was happening with his Divine Thought.
Investigating things with Divine Thought consumed very, very little Divine Soul Power, almost negligible. If he had his former God Emperor Cultivation, this would be no issue at all.
But now, he had self-destructed his divine body, not only destroying his Inner World but also his Divine Infant and Level 9 Divine Altar. Only a faint Divine Soul remained, which could dissipate at any moment, and had Rebirth into Young Lu Xuan's body.
So, even consuming a very, very small amount of Divine Soul Power was a consumption that Lu Xuan dared not easily undertake.
However, Lu Xuan was a God Emperor and Alchemy Great Master, and he had many ways to restore his body. He just needed to find the right spiritual herbs and medicines.