When Ten Lives Came to Light

After ten lifetimes, I returned to the Celestial Realm, but I did not dare take even half a step into Empress Seraphina's palace.I had once been an ordinary mortal. By chance, I saved Empress Seraphina after she was wounded in the war between gods and demons. I cared for her carefully for ten years, and feelings grew between us.After Seraphina recovered, she brought my entire family to the Celestial Realm and swore she would marry me in repayment.But that peaceful life did not last long. Just because I argued with Rowan Vane, my brother, Seraphina and my father cast me back into the mortal world to learn some manners.Ten lifetimes of reincarnation.In some lives, I was born disabled and died in misery. In others, I became pigs, dogs, and livestock, only to be slaughtered for meat.In the end, I became the joke of the entire Celestial Realm."What are you standing there for? Get inside. If you make the Empress wait, she might add another lifetime to your punishment."My fath

The moment Celeste landed with me in her arms, Father was so startled that his cutlery fell from his hands. He shouted at me, "Elias, how dare you? A criminal like you actually lets Immortal Celeste carry you?""Get down, get down! Do not dirty Immortal Celeste's clothes."Mother immediately echoed him.Rowan said nothing, but jealousy and resentment flashed through his eyes.I truly did not know why Rowan hated me so much.He had been picked up by my parents and showered with care.I treated him like my own brother. When Seraphina took us to the Celestial Realm, I did not leave him behind, yet he betrayed and framed me.He claimed he was the one who discovered Seraphina when she was badly injured.He claimed he personally cared for Seraphina during the first three months of her coma and even used his blood as medicine.But the truth was that the night I brought Seraphina home, Rowan despised her so much that he forced me to settle her in a ruined temple deep in the mountains.

Even as a piglet, I retained my memories. I spent every day in fear and unease. Half a month later, I was sent to the chopping block.The butcher was cruel. He grabbed my hind legs and slammed me hard against the ground again and again until I could no longer cry out and blood covered the floor."Elias's first life was actually this miserable? You personally escorted each reincarnation. How could this happen?" Mother asked with red-rimmed eyes."I... I..."Father's face looked terrible. He did not know how to answer.In truth, Father had never escorted me even once. He had always let Margery, one of Empress Seraphina's handmaidens, handle it for him.Margery seemed to hate me. She cursed and beat me, even forcing me to kneel and bow my head to the ground."Perhaps something went wrong during reincarnation. Things like that have happened before," Rowan said indifferently.He knew best what had happened. He said that only to clear himself.The immortals nodded in agreement.Aft

Mother cried as she questioned him.For the first time, Father looked at Rowan with displeasure."Rowan, do you not remember even a little of our old affection?"Seraphina glared at Rowan and gritted her teeth."When Elias returned to the Celestial Realm, he was broken and timid. I thought his nature was too weak and that he could not withstand even the smallest blow. So it was you who tortured him into that state."After saying that, she turned toward me on the Severance Platform. I was weak and barely alive, and her eyes gradually reddened.Was she finally feeling guilty?Unfortunately, it was too late.My heart was already dead. I no longer cared. I had long since lost every trace of love I once had for Seraphina.Seeing the situation turn against him, Rowan argued, "Your Majesty, I only wanted to help you vent your anger because Elias' conduct was too despicable...""Was fooling around with the handmaiden also helping me vent anger?" Seraphina cut him off coldly.The imm

I crossed mountains and ridges, braved wind and slept in the open, and after half a month, I finally found Dragon's Tear by a cliff.To pluck it, I tried nearly a hundred times before I succeeded. Dozens of those attempts nearly sent me falling off the cliff to my death.The memories gradually faded.Seraphina's eyes were full of shame. She walked slowly toward me, lowered her head, and said, "Elias, I was wrong. I believed Rowan Vane's slander."I will find a way to restore your immortal core and do everything I can to compensate you."Hearing that, I shook my head.My parents and all the immortals were shocked by my reaction.Seraphina most of all. Her brows tightened, and she asked, "You do not want to rebuild your immortal core?""Elias, this is not a joke you can make lightly. How many people in the world wish to become immortal and fail?" Father hurriedly advised."Yes!"Joining the immortal ranks is not easy. My child, you must think carefully," Mother added anxiously.