"Stop, stop!"
Lu Yang was nearly frightened out of his wits by Upper True Haoyuan. He immediately shifted into the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness, while Upper True Haoyuan smiled with rather perverse amusement.
"Now you understand."
Lu Yang grew even more nervous at those words. "Senior, are you saying that this old man, Star Soul, is also an avatar of the World Honored One? Star Palace actually dares to use him?"
"How could that be?"
Upper True Haoyuan shook his head. "Everything infected by the World Honored One, be it person or object, is transferred to the Mother Star and physically isolated."
"High concentrations of World Honored One contamination are now an issue of particular concern throughout Star Palace society. How to cleanse contamination, how to respond after being contaminated, what precautions to take in daily life to avoid contamination—these are all difficult problems Star Palace is striving to overcome. How could we let an avatar of the World Honored One run loose?"
"Then him?" Lu Yang glanced at Star Soul.
"He is different."
Upper True Haoyuan sighed. "Star Soul. From that name alone, have you not heard something, Fellow Daoist? We once placed great hopes upon Star Soul."
Lu Yang froze at that.
Star Soul, Star Soul—the soul of Star Palace? What did that mean? Who could bear such a grand title? It was practically treating the Dao Lord of Dharma Power Dao as beneath notice.
Hm?
In an instant, Lu Yang came to a realization. He then instinctively lowered his voice. "Star Soul is connected to the Dao Lord of Dharma Power Dao? Was he an existence enlightened by him?"
At that moment, Lu Yang thought of the child he had once met in Sacred Sect in his previous life, the one who had told him the honorific title