1.
Shen He was once the second young master of an immortal clan in Dongzhou.
Above him was an elder brother, pure as snow and renowned throughout the land.
Below him was a younger adopted brother, fierce as fire and born with a sword bone.
Shen He was stuck in the middle.
His elder brother treated him coldly, his younger brother looked down on him, and his peers shut him out.
Shen He used to wonder if he was disliked by everyone because his talent wasn't outstanding enough.
Later, he learned the truth: the so-called younger brother was the real young master, while Shen He was a fake young master, adopted to take the real young master's misfortune upon himself. Naturally, all the favored prodigies excluded him.
Unfortunately, before he could investigate further, Shen He accidentally took an immortal pill and began to lose his memory.
His usually cold elder brother, his ever-arrogant younger brother, and the peers who had once ostracized him gradually noticed the change in Shen He.
First, he stopped selflessly helping them and letting them walk all over him. Then, he stopped smiling at them warmly. Finally, he could no longer remember their names.
They suddenly panicked. Instead, they began trying every way they could to be kind to Shen He, coaxing him in meek voices, going to great lengths to give him gifts, and treating him to delicious food and drink.
Shen He only looked at them, baffled and confused.
They were all celebrated young talents of Dongzhou. Why were they acting like a pack of homeless dogs, wagging their tails and fawning over him as if begging him to take them home?
2.
Before long, Tianyan Sect came to take away the mortal who had accidentally consumed the immortal pill.
It turned out the pill was Tianyan Sect's Forgetfulness Pill, which, by the sect's rules, could only be passed down to its disciples.
His former family and friends tacitly hid Shen He, unwilling to let him leave.
But Shen He struggled to break free of everyone's restraints and staggered forward, shouting himself hoarse: