Transmigrated into a xianxia world, becoming a Qi Refining disciple of Baiyun Temple.

Emily Thompson originally just wanted to cultivate in peace, seek the Dao and longevity, and slay some demons and exorcise some devils along the way.

But in the dead of night, a mysterious demoness from the demonic sect suddenly barged into his room and told him that he was actually an undercover agent for the demonic sect.

A thousand years later.

When people speak of the light of righteousness, the overlord of the demonic path, the fated one of the Buddhist sect, the eternal friend of the demon race, and the pillar of the Central Dynasty—

Emily Thompson: “That’s right, that’s all me.”

“The blue confidant of countless righteous heroines, the Dao companion of demonic sect demonesses, the man behind a generation’s empress…”

“That’s me too.”

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“Cultivation isn’t about fighting and killing, but about the ways of the world.” —《Emily Thompson Quotations》

Chapter 1 Baiyun Temple

“Emily Thompson, wake up…”

“Emily Thompson, Emily Thompson…”

……

A hollow, ethereal voice seemed to come from the void, echoing endlessly by his ear. Emily Thompson’s eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, impossible to open, yet these voices truly lingered around him.

Wait, how could a dead person hear voices?

Could he still be alive?

A thought surfaced in Emily Thompson’s mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

Impossible.

He was a master of firearms; that bullet had gone straight through his heart. There was no way he could have survived. Modern medicine couldn’t do that.

However, he wasn’t particularly afraid of death.

With terminal cancer, he didn’t have long to live anyway.

After graduating from the police academy, he had volunteered to go undercover in a criminal syndicate for five years. With his outstanding abilities, he gained the trust of the syndicate’s leader, rising from a peripheral member to the position of second-in-command.

With Emily Thompson’s cooperation, the military finally managed to wipe out the largest criminal syndicate in the country in one fell swoop.

Mission accomplished, but Emily Thompson didn’t feel much joy.

The position of second-in-command wasn’t earned out of thin air. Five years undercover, for the sake of the mission, he had done many things he shouldn’t have, to the point where he often couldn’t tell if he was a good person or a bad one.

Later, when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he continued to receive treatment actively, but from then on, every time he took on a dangerous mission, he was always at the front. Until, during the capture of an armed and dangerous criminal, to save a hostage, Emily Thompson used himself as bait, was shot in the chest, and died heroically…

That was one set of memories in his mind, while another told him he was a disciple of Baiyun Temple in the Chen Kingdom, who had joined two years ago and started on the path of cultivation, but had yet to succeed in gathering Qi. Just yesterday, he was cultivating in bed, and after waking up, he became like this…

Two completely different sets of memories intertwined in his mind, the complex emotions crashing together, making Emily Thompson’s head ache unbearably. A tear slipped uncontrollably from the corner of his eye.

Emily Thompson didn’t have time to recall more when his body was suddenly shaken, and a young voice sounded in his ear: “Hey, I’m just saying, man up! So what if you failed to gather Qi? What’s there to cry about? Worst case, don’t go to Kunlun, come down the mountain with me. When my father dies and I inherit the throne, I’ll make you a prince. You’ll enjoy endless wealth and glory for a lifetime—wouldn’t that be carefree and fun…”

The voice by his ear was so noisy it irritated him. Emily Thompson struggled to open his eyes.

What came into view was a young face.

The youth wore ancient robes, with sword-like brows and starry eyes, handsome and spirited, with a heroic air between his brows. But Emily Thompson didn’t recognize him, which left him a bit bewildered.

As the youth rambled on, some memories that didn’t belong to him suddenly flooded into Emily Thompson’s mind.

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… Kunlun, Shushan, Emei, Qingcheng, Void Shattering, Dao Merging, Tribulation Ascension…

Vast and unfamiliar information exploded in his mind. Emily Thompson only felt a buzzing in his head, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness again…

……

Three days later.

Chen Kingdom, Baiyun Temple.

The morning breeze caressed gently, the first light of dawn faintly shining.

Within the Daoist temple, wisps of incense smoke rose. As the national temple of the Chen Kingdom, Baiyun Temple had always been prosperous with incense offerings. The sun had just risen, and some early-rising locals were already coming to the temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.

Emily Thompson leaned against a cypress tree behind the temple, gazing absentmindedly at the rising sun.

For the past three days, he had been pondering one question.

Was he dead or not?

After thinking for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion.

He was dead, but not completely.

The undercover Emily Thompson from the other world was already dead, but his soul had attached itself to another person in this world. Both were named Emily Thompson, their appearances were identical, and except for a faint birthmark on the chest, even the body’s dimensions were the same as those Emily Thompson was familiar with…

You could say, aside from the fact that this world’s Emily Thompson had slightly longer hair, there was almost no difference in appearance between the two.

Of course, that was only in appearance.

Emily Thompson stretched out his hand, drawing some mysterious force from the void. In the next instant, a spark appeared above his palm, quickly condensing into a fireball. As the fireball appeared, the grass beneath him slowly withered.