After the Skyfall

Chapter 563 Father and Son Conversation
The name Li Jiye is exactly the name of Li Yi's father.

He came into this world without revealing this information to anyone, so when Li Yi heard the man in front of him say his father's name so casually, he was shocked and surprised, because he never thought that the man in front of him would be his father.

The aura and appearance are not right, but there are indeed traces of evolution on his body.

Li Jiye also noticed the changes in Li Yi at this moment. He certainly understood that it would be impossible to make Li Yi believe his identity with just a few words. After all, when he was forced to cross the border, Li Yi was only fourteen years old, still a child. Now six years have passed, no, if you count carefully, nine years have passed.

These nine years are enough to completely change a person.

"Xiao Yi, I know you have a lot of questions and confusions in your heart, but you have to believe that I am indeed your father. When we were in Tianchang City, your mother and I were the first group of people to embark on spiritual practice. We delved into the mysteries of spiritual practice every day and neglected many things, including you." Li Jiye's memory returned to the past at this moment.

How passionate and high-spirited he was at that time.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. At that time, the path of cultivation on Earth was still imperfect. Everyone was groping and wanted to be the first to try it. He and his wife were no exception.

Maybe it's ignorance and fearlessness, or maybe it's the unwillingness to fall behind others.

Until one day, he and his wife suddenly had an out-of-body experience. Although they were very excited and curious at the time, they never expected that this was the beginning of a nightmare.

Li Yi stared at him and said, "Keep talking. I want to know everything that happened."

Although he somewhat believed that the man in front of him was his father, he still needed more reasonable explanations. Otherwise, he would not trust a stranger so easily based on just a name.

Li Jiye said: "This is not the place to talk, go to the cabin, your father will give you a reasonable explanation."

Li Yi didn't say anything, just turned around and went into the cabin.

Li Jiye also walked in. He glanced at the empty cabin, then motioned for Li Yi to sit down, and then he found a seat and sat down. Then he slowly said, "Xiao Yi, you should know that after the Tianqing incident on Earth, the spiritual energy revived and the path of cultivation appeared again. As the first batch of practitioners, your mother and I did a lot of reckless things to be honest."

"Soul crossing is one of them. At that time, your mother and I didn't know the danger. After all, we were young and fearless. So after sensing the space wormhole, your mother and I discussed it for a month and finally decided to join forces to cross the soul."

"The reason we chose to join forces is because your mother and I are worried about each other. If anything unexpected happens, we can both take care of each other."

Li Jiye said this with a hint of grief in his eyes: "But no one could have imagined that your mother and I would be so unlucky the first time we crossed the boundary, and ended up in a world that was like hell."

"That's world number 36." Li Yi said calmly.

"World 36? Has that world been discovered and named? It seems that the Earth has indeed changed a lot. I guess crossing the world has become a common thing." Li Jiye smiled bitterly: "Since you know about that world, you should understand the dangers of that world."

"World No. 36 belongs to the world of evil spirits." Li Yi said.

Li Jiye said, "Evil ghost? That's right. Your mother and I encountered great danger the first time we crossed the border. At that time, we didn't know it was an evil ghost. We only knew that it was evil and terrifying. We couldn't deal with it at all, so we had to flee in panic. Fortunately, we had a backup plan in advance and sensed the coordinates left on the earth, so we successfully retreated."

"But something terrible happened. The ghost followed us back to Earth."

At this point, a look of pain appeared on his face: "I saw with my own eyes that your mother was killed by that evil spirit."

When Li Yi heard this, his eyes darkened, and then he took a deep breath: "Then why are you still alive? Why did you choose to escape?"

"Xiao Yi, you are wrong. I am not running away. I want to lead the ghost away because you are at home. I cannot leave such a dangerous thing at home. Your mother is dead and I cannot lose you again. So I hold this mentality and cross the border again, intending to lead the terrifying ghost into an unknown world."

Li Jiye said this with a look of determination in his eyes: "Even if I have to sacrifice a world, I can't let anything happen to you."

"But fate plays tricks on me. I was determined to die and led the evil spirit away in exchange for your safety. But when I came to this world, I found that the evil spirit did not follow me. And because I crossed the world in a hurry the second time, I could no longer sense the coordinates of the earth, so there was no way for me to go back."

"Do you know how desperate I was at that time? You were the only one left at home, and there was also that evil spirit, and I was trapped here, unable to do anything."

When he said this, he was very excited. He clenched his fists and a trace of strength leaked out. The surrounding cabins instantly cracked and began to shake.

Li Yi was silent at this moment.

He had heard about this incident from Yang Wei before, but Yang Wei told him the truth from the perspective of an observer. Now that he heard his father's story with his own eyes, he could understand how complicated the situation was at that time. It was not what he imagined. His father left everything behind and fled across the border. He has not returned yet. "Under that situation, I don't think you could survive at home, because I have seen with my own eyes how terrifying that ghost was. Even the Evolvers were no match for it, not to mention that you were still a child at that time." Li Jiye said, "No matter how angry and sad I am in this world, I can't do anything. I can only accept this cruel fact."

"So you took over the body of a prince and came back to life?" Li Yi looked at his new body.

Li Jiye said, "It's not a possession of another's body, but the soul of this body was taken away at that time, and I borrowed this body and lived again. You probably aren't very interested in what happened afterwards. It was nothing more than a replacement of a dead body, fighting for power, and eight sons competing for the throne. These are very common things in historical stories. Fortunately, my father survived and successfully ascended the throne to become emperor."

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

"Prince Xin Zhao Rui is indeed the child born of this body. If I want to play this role well, I have to accept them, but they are just tools for me to use. In the past nine years, although I have taken concubines, established a queen, and canonized a prince, they were just stopgap measures to stabilize the court. Only you, Xiao Yi, are my true son."

Li Jiye said seriously.

He said this from the bottom of his heart, because Li Yi was the child he and his wife had on Earth. They had lived together for more than ten years and had a deep relationship. These things were just random gifts from this body and he had no feelings for them at all.

He didn't even want to have a child again.

Because Li Jiye didn't know whether the child he had born with another woman using another woman's body was his or Zhao Chengqian's. Also, if he had a child, what would happen to his wife and Xiao Yi who he had killed?

This is a betrayal of the family.

Precisely because he could not get over the hurdle in his heart, he could never integrate into this world. Therefore, he was just the high and mighty emperor, not a father, and had no feelings for other people.

But it was also because of this that he did a great job as an emperor.

Li Yi was in a complicated mood at the moment. He didn't know what to say. Should he blame his father? He didn't seem to be wrong. He did everything he could. However, facing the evil spirit from World No. 36, he really had no way to deal with it at the soul level at that time.

"Xiao Yi, do you know how shocked and unbelievable I was when I received your letter?" Li Jiye stood up slowly again, tears welling up in his eyes: "I can't believe it in my life that you are still alive and living alone in Tianchang City."

"I think you must have had a hard time during that turbulent time."

Li Yi didn't say anything, but took out the latest model of medical cabin from the Five Elements Bracelet.

There was a man in his early thirties lying in the medical cabin. Although he was sleeping with his eyes closed, his body was very healthy after being nourished by this top-level medical cabin. Even his face was rosy, as if he was just sleeping.

"This is..." Li Jiye was shocked and looked at the person in the medical cabin in astonishment.

This person is no one else.

It was his body on Earth. After crossing the border, his body remained in the medical cabin, relying on nutrient solution to maintain his life. He never thought that nine years had passed and his body was still there.

"Xiao Yi, you."

Li Jiye then looked at Li Yi suddenly again.

He couldn't believe that his son had preserved his body after he left, and even now, it was still intact and hadn't changed at all.

This must have taken a lot of effort for a kid who was only a teenager at the time.

"After you and mom left, I have been working hard to maintain the operation of the nutrient chamber and the supply of nutrient solution until now." Li Yi said this calmly.

But just these one sentence made Li Jiye, the current emperor, burst into tears.

"I should have gone back, I should have gone back earlier. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I thought you and your mother had died a long time ago, so I stayed in this world and had no intention of returning to Earth. If I had known this earlier, I should have given up everything and continued my soul crossing boundaries until I went back. I didn't know you were still waiting for me at home."

He felt extremely guilty at the moment and thought he was a bastard.

(End of this chapter)