When Ye Ming regained his memories, he never planned on assimilating with all the memories at once.
It was not because he was lazy or nonchalant about the memories. But rather, he didn't want to experience the massive suppressed emotion that his past self was enduring.
Had he assimilated them all and recalled how Ye Xuan treated his past self, then Ye Ming was afraid he might outright fight him to the death.
Of course, he knew he wouldn't be his opponent, but one thing was for sure. He would leave the Ye Clan ultimately.
And if he couldn't, then he would commit suicide. Cultivators who cultivate for immortality might love to live forever, but Ye Ming was different.
What was the point of immortality and living eternally when you're not happy?
Compared to being happy for a few years or living in misery forever, Ye Ming would choose the former in a heartbeat.
Life was meant to be filled with joy, sorrow, and many types of emotions. If your life was only filled with sorrow, then it was no longer called living. It was just called being alive with an empty shell.
"Do you hate mother as well?" Amidst Ye Ming's internal turmoil, Ye Qing Lei suddenly raised the question.
"A son's dissatisfaction doesn't stem from just one parent, but two parents. It takes two to create a new life after all."
Silent, Ye Ming didn't know how to respond. To say he didn't hate her was true, but there was also a part of him that believed she was partially at fault as well.
In the end, Ye Ming exhaled softly and replied, "Nobody is perfect. Mother has done her best and I can feel the sincerity. I am only displeased with the Clan Leader."
Nodding, Ye Qing Lei was already glad and grateful to hear his honest response.
"Mother will try to do better." She smiled sweetly and retrieved an orb from her spatial ring.
"This is the stacked cultivation which contained the qi accumulated during your absence. Once absorbed, the qi will slowly incorporate with your body." She explained.
The orb was brimming with power, and Ye Ming could feel a strong oppression force just by being near it.
"Where did these qi originate from?" Ye Ming raised an eyebrow.
It couldn't be that cultivation was transferable, right?
If that was the case, then why didn't his past self just have his parents transfer some of their powerful qi to him? Or could it be that his past self was so prideful and stubborn in rejecting it?
"Seems like you don't want to assimilate that part of the memory either." Ye Qing Lei flashed a bittersweet smile.
Despite realizing her son failed to recognize the orb, she was patient and explained the situation.
While this was happening, the three Elders were subsequently informed by Qing Lan that the official clan meeting would start soon.
"Three elders, it's best to get prepared for the upcoming clan meeting." Qing Lan said.
Nodding, Ye Chang had no problem with it. "Understood, just send me a notice through the talisman. I'm going to research the Heavenly Abyss Hook first."
Having said his piece, Ye Chang opened a spatial crack and entered inside.
Ye Zhongshan and Ye Jiantao could only smile bitterly at how quick he escaped.
"Just inform me when it's happening." Ye Zhongshan opened his own spatial crack and exited.
As for Ye Jiantao, he simply nodded and snapped his fingers. Many swords formed by his qi then appeared and they constructed a portal.
Ye Jiantao entered the portal and vanished from the scene.
Qing Lan breathed a sigh of relief at how the matter was over temporarily.
'The Young Master has really changed.' She thought to herself, her eyes shifting to Ye Ming and Ye Qing Lei.
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"So this was the orb I left for you to manage?" Baffled, Ye Ming clearly didn't expect the item to come from him.
"Yes, this was the orb you used to store the external qi. As for where and how you did it. You didn't tell me, so Mother didn't bother to investigate." Ye Qing Lei smiled.
Her meaning was quite clear. She didn't investigate anything about him that he didn't wish to divulge. Of course, there were now some limitations to it.
So long as Ye Ming wanted to do something to harm himself, Ye Qing Lei would discover it immediately. She had her eyes checked on his health constantly.
"Okay, give me a few moments." Ye Ming accepted the orb and began searching through his sea of memories.
It didn't take long for him to finally realize what the orb was about. He called it the Heavenly Orb, given that it was easy and simple to remember.
As for the reason behind it? The Heavenly Orb stored the qi that Ye Ming had the Heavenly Dao oversee in the respective world.
In other words, it was World Qi, and World Qi was like an afk cultivation farming where it would continuously accumulate from the world itself. Afk as in away from keyboard, and in this specific scenario, he was like cultivating qi through the world but not physically doing anything.
Others go into seclusion to cultivate, but here he was, farming the world qi like it was nothing. It required zero effort and the World Qi itself would continue to accumulate as the world progressed further.
Ye Qing Lei referred to the Heavenly Orb as stacked cultivation because prior to his ultimate decision, he combined all of the Heavenly Orb as one.
Since he would no longer be able to absorb the Heavenly Orbs one by one once that decision was made. He wouldn't be present, so his past self understood how complicated and abundant the Heavenly Orb would turn into. Therefore, he had it combined as one to save his future self aka the current him the trouble.
'Wow, I am such a genius.' Ye Ming exclaimed inwardly. He had repeatedly thought his past self was retarded, but maybe not. He was a genius in other aspects unrelated to human behavior or the mentality part.