Chapter 1338

Hearing Lu Yang introduce himself, Gu Yu's pupils contracted sharply.

The name Lu Yang was one she never wanted to hear in this lifetime.

The Candle Heaven Civilization feared other civilizations would destabilize their rule, so they spared no effort in seeking out those life-bearing planets and destroying them.

Gu Yu was among the highest-ranking figures in the Candle Heaven Civilization and also the vanguard of this plan.

She spread zombie viruses on those planets, disrupting their order, and the Candle Heaven Civilization would then send spacecraft to force the planet to choose between submission and death—though these choices had nothing to do with her, as she only handled disrupting the order.

She had mastered this tactic to perfection; who knows how many planets were destroyed because of her.

Until she met Lu Yang on Blue Star.

Lu Yang not only dealt with the Candle Heaven Civilization's spacecraft but also launched a counterattack, attacking that spirit stone planet, forcing her to finally reveal her identity to deal with Lu Yang before fleeing back to the Candle Heaven Civilization.

After fleeing back to the Candle Heaven Civilization, the spirit stone planet underwent an anomaly when a man named Wu Yao suddenly appeared, immensely powerful, even defeating warships in battle, and with his own strength subdued the Candle Heaven Civilization, becoming its ruler.

Upon learning this, Gu Yu trembled with fear, for there were not so many coincidences in the world—this man named Wu Yao must have some unclear connection to Lu Yang.

After Wu Yao came to power, she immediately retired, unwilling to have any connection with him, pretending to be an ordinary person, trying to fill her mind with a busy life so as not to think about Lu Yang and Wu Yao.

Over the past few decades, she had changed identities several times, believing this matter was already over.

After the Candle Heaven Civilization established relations with the Cultivation Realm, Gu Yu heard that there was also a person named Lu Yang in the Cultivation Realm, a peerless genius, and upon hearing that name she felt a chill, daring not to investigate further.

"Miss Gu Yu, don't misunderstand—I'm Lu Yang, from the Cultivation Realm." Lu Yang's relaxed tone eased Gu Yu's mind; it seemed to be a false alarm.

"I don't know what you're looking for me..."

"At the same time, I also come from Blue Star."

"!!!"

Gu Yu's pupils contracted sharply as she kept retreating—these two people were actually the same person; was he coming to take revenge on her!

Upon thinking of Lu Yang's fame in the Cultivation Realm, Gu Yu hesitated not at all, immediately abandoning this body and transferring to another zombie body.

This zombie girl's body was not her true form, but merely one of countless bodies.

Just as the will of the Blue Star planet is an innate spirit, Gu Yu is likewise an innate spirit, her life level extremely high, her abilities also extremely special, allowing her to occupy any zombie body.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would hardly be able to catch her.

But alas, before the half-immortal Lu Yang, all of it was utterly insufficient.

In Lu Yang's eyes, a cute figure even smaller than the girl flew out from the girl's body, unknown where it headed.

Lu Yang remained unmoved, softly saying: "Trace back to the source."

The simple two words defied the laws of the world's operation—time reversed, as if the entire world's color faded, leaving only dim grayish-white; Gu Yu, who had already taken residence in a new body, was pulled away by an unknown mighty force.

The world returned to normal, and Gu Yu's soul knelt before Lu Yang.

Gu Yu trembled with fear, never having seen such a terrifying ability—this was not something she, nor anyone, could resist!

She kept kowtowing on the ground, weeping bitterly: "Please, spare me—I've already reformed, I swear! Go ask the neighbors, they all praise me for being helpful!"

Lu Yang crouched down, slapped Gu Yu's cheeks, expression cold: "You should go apologize to those people on Blue Star whom you harmed."

Accompanied by a sharp bird cry, a golden divine bird appeared on Lu Yang's shoulder, radiant and dazzling, like a small sun.

The golden divine bird transformed into the most primordial and pure Golden Crow True Flame, enveloping Gu Yu, burning her origin—she rolled incessantly, begged, cursed, and turned into nothingness.

This is the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit's true fire, feared even by those in the Tribulation Transcendence stage—how could an innate spirit possibly resist it?

The great enemy who once drove him to despair was now nothing more than this—revenge came too easily; Gu Yu had vanished for a long time, and only then did Lu Yang realize his great vengeance was fulfilled, standing up and exhaling deeply.

Lu Yang departed Candle Heaven Star on a black-canopied boat, flying toward Spirit Stone Star.

This was the place of his downfall in his previous life, and also the first stop after Wu Yao took over; to this day, this place remains the core of the Candle Heaven Civilization, heavily guarded.

Lu Yang seemed nonexistent, easily passing through the defenses and landing on Spirit Stone Star.

The spirit stones on this planet could be called vast in quantity, with seven spirit stone veins—either high-grade or supreme-grade.

"The layout of these spirit stone veins looks familiar." The Immortal Child exclaimed, then said again.

"I remember now—this is the planet constructed by Ying Tian Xian and the others."

"They combined several supreme-grade spirit stone veins, saying theoretically this could give birth to spirit stone essence."

Lu Yang: "..."

Not a single word missed, not a single line omitted—look carefully!

I said, how come I've never seen such concentrated spirit stone veins in the Cultivation Realm—turns out it's a place artificially constructed by Ying Tian Xian and the others!

Lu Yang walked across Spirit Stone Star, recalling every bit that happened on this planet—Candle Heaven soldiers brushed past him without noticing his presence.

This planet brought Lu Yang nothing but bad memories—piloting a spacecraft away from his homeland, fighting Candle Heaven soldiers on Spirit Stone Star, being betrayed by Gu Yu, and in despair detonating the spirit stone veins.

Finally, Lu Yang jumped into a mine shaft where stones had fallen, part of the rock melted, and there were black bloodstains—clearly the aftermath of a battle.

Lu Yang lay on the ground, gazing at the skywell, below lay supreme-grade spirit stones—this was his posture before death in his previous life.

"It should be right here." Lu Yang felt around, touching a clump of ashes.

"What is this thing?" the Immortal Child asked curiously, like the food she had made.

Lu Yang showed a nostalgic expression, speaking seriously: "Diary—I had the habit of writing a diary in my previous life, from my hometown to Spirit Stone Star, I carried it with me all the way, and in the end it was burned to ashes."

"Trace back to the source."

He activated the embryonic Dao Fruit of Trace Back to the Source, and the scattered ashes from all over flew in from every direction, gradually gathering into the shape of a notebook, like a painter adding color—these ashes were given hue, becoming vivid.

Lu Yang picked up the restored diary, flipped through its contents, turned to the last page, and upon seeing the four characters "Lu Yang's Final Stroke," he smiled faintly, feeling deeply moved.

At that time, he never imagined he would one day regain this diary.

"What's written inside?" the Immortal Child began, curious, stretching her neck to look this way, frightening Lu Yang into quickly closing the diary.

"Privacy—cannot be looked at."

"Tch, so stingy." the Immortal Child muttered, though she did not use her divine sense to forcibly look.

Lu Yang placed the diary into his identity jade pendant, to keep it safe.

The diary was already full, and he no longer had the habit of writing diaries—it was merely a keepsake now.

"Fairy, come on, I'll take you back to my hometown to have a look!" Lu Yang laughed, his diary recovered, his mood excellent, his voice louder than usual.

Lu Yang pulled the immortal fairy into the mental space, activated the black-canopied boat, and flew toward Blue Star according to the coordinates.

(End of chapter)