Chapter 74: Goodbye Sai Tan

If he still had that ultra-powerful body from the cultivation world, how could he be restrained by such trivial lightning energy?

But his memories absolutely could not be forcibly read by external forces any further; if this continued, it wouldn’t just be a matter of data leakage—if even one mistake occurred during the process, his brain might be shredded into pulp by the opponent’s ability.

“Initiate overdrive synchronization mode.”

He decisively muttered the words silently.

…Overdrive synchronization mode failed… System reset, fusion level one hundred percent… Reset system?

A mechanical, lifeless voice immediately echoed in Wang Yu’s mind.

“Reset system immediately.”

…System resetting… Reset successful… Unknown dangerous energy detected invading host’s brain… Scanning host’s entire body… Host has lost control of body… Host is in life-threatening condition…

…Activating automatic protection mechanism… System taking over host’s body… Activating overdrive synchronization mode… Temporarily stimulating dopamine secretion… Temporarily adjusting spiritual power upper limit by 215.9 percent…

…Spiritual shockwave fully charging… Beginning forced expulsion of unknown dangerous energy… Ten, nine, eight…

“...What are you doing... Quickly, stop! Our spirits are linked now— if you do this, we’ll both become idiots!”

But at this point, Wang Yu could no longer stop.

As the countdown reached zero, a powerful shockwave erupted from Wang Yu’s eyes as two white beams, striking directly into the golden-haired woman’s blazing pupils.

A deafening “boom.”

Wang Yu felt his body grow hot, then his vision filled with endless white light—he collapsed into unconsciousness.

…

Not long after, at a secret international meeting on Blue Star, representatives from a Western superpower and China were shouting at each other, faces red, spittle flying.

One accused China of kidnapping their nation’s only A-rank ability user and demanded immediate return.

The other accused the Western power of sending an A-rank ability user to secretly infiltrate a Chinese secret base and murder a critically important researcher, demanding astronomical compensation.

Ultimately, under joint mediation by other nations, the matter was dropped—but both representatives bore the look of grievously wronged men.

…

Wang Yu slowly opened his eyes; when he saw what lay before him, he gasped sharply and sat bolt upright.

He was lying on a stone bed, inside a stone-walled room.

The room contained nothing but the stone bed, a set of stone table and stools, and a single simple wooden book—nothing else.

Where is this…?

Wang Yu instinctively drew a deep breath—and suddenly his eyes widened, then he exhaled a thick cloud of white vapor.

He leapt off the bed and examined himself: a green robe, tall frame.

Wang Yu still found it hard to believe; he raised one hand, formed a hand seal, and murmured incantations.

“Puff!” A flame, several inches tall, appeared before him.

The spell worked!

He had indeed returned to his body in the Sai Tan cultivation world—and it appeared completely unharmed.

Wang Yu, both startled and delighted, quickly scanned his body inside and out, then pulled two storage bags from his robe—one gray, one yellow.

They belonged to the Yellow Lord and the ugly man who had ambushed him.

Wang Yu swept his spiritual sense through both storage bags—and his expression turned strange.

He tucked away the gray bag, infused spiritual power into the yellow one, then turned it upside down—spilling a small pile of items onto the floor.

He remembered clearly: when he left this world, the yellow storage bag had contained only that silver hammer artifact, two black cylindrical vials of poison, several vials of unknown powders, and a few talismans—nothing else.

Yet now, besides those items, there was an additional red-covered book and seven or eight red vials.

“Fire Spirit Technique”

Wang Yu picked up the book, glanced at it, then instinctively flipped open the first page and scanned a few lines.

Huh? It was incredibly simple and clear—even instantly comprehensible!

At that moment, his internal spiritual power unconsciously began circulating according to the technique’s incantation; after one full Great Cycle, there was not the slightest obstruction.

Wang Yu flipped rapidly through the pages to the second level of Fire Spirit Technique—and his spiritual power flowed smoothly along the second-level incantation, as if he had practiced it countless times.

The third-level incantation was equally clear at a glance; his spiritual power moved without resistance.

Wang Yu nearly threw the book away.

At this point, he understood: during the time his consciousness was absent, this body had switched to cultivating this Fire Spirit Technique—and had already reached Qi Refinement Third Stage, even refining his spiritual power further.

Based on the time-flow ratio, his consciousness had been away for nearly two months—who had controlled the body during that time?

Wang Yu was utterly horrified.

He tossed the book back onto the floor, then picked up a red vial and poured out a single crimson pill.

The pill’s surface was smooth as jade, with a faint white line running clearly across it; the moment it landed in his palm, a pale red glow shimmered around it.

“Entry-grade pill”

Though he had never seen one in person, his extensive reading had prepared him—he recognized it instantly, and with a start, he hastily returned the red pill to its vial.

According to the texts he’d read, pills above entry-grade must be stored in specially crafted vials—or their potency would rapidly dissipate.

Wang Yu flipped the vial over and saw three small black characters on the bottom.

“Fire Cloud Pill”

Indeed, an entry-grade pill.

Wang Yu exhaled slowly; his face showed no joy, only deeper suspicion.

He remembered clearly how his consciousness had returned to Blue Star.

Could all of this be connected to that Fire Elder Ancestor?

If so, his current situation was still extremely perilous.

As he pondered, Wang Yu gathered the items back into the storage bag, pushed open the stone room’s door, and stepped outside.

Beyond, an endless sea of green forest stretched to the horizon; on three sides, sheer cliffs loomed.

The stone room had been built atop a protruding cliff edge—lonely, solitary, alone.

But none of this drew Wang Yu’s gaze.

His eyes were fixed on the strange sight high above.

Beside a crimson sun, a massive, hazy yellow celestial body floated in the sky.

“Sai Tan”

Wang Yu whispered the name like a groan, his entire body going numb.

In this cultivation world, he had seen Sai Tan’s celestial image again—identical to the one on Blue Star, as if twin souls.