Most Beautiful New Era Youth

Soul, end...

"Haha, even if my divine soul is utterly destroyed, I definitely won't let you off easy."

Gu You immediately felt a splitting headache. The black light had been formed from a combination of a god's power. Even his Destruction Power could not break through it without the support of Divine Power.

Suppress!

Yun Ming held the Sky-Piercing Spear as his aura began to settle. He lightly tapped the ground, and white energy, gathered and accumulated, spread outward. The black light was dispersed, and the so-called evil curse vanished on its own.

"Impossible! You..." Yue Zi seemed to realize something. "How could you... possibly do that?"

Her voice disappeared as she fell into eternal slumber within Qianyu's body.

"What just happened? My mind went completely dark. It scared me half to death." Iron Blockhead's dissatisfied voice echoed in Gu You's mind.

"Why not come out and see for yourself? I can introduce you to someone while I'm at it, and explain a few things about you."

"Oh!"

A red Soul Ring rose beside Gu You and shone brightly. A small Ice Emperor Scorpion appeared, looking around before finally turning to Yun Ming. It was so frightened that it immediately hid behind Gu You.

What had it seen? Nine red Soul Rings. Even ten lives would not be enough to make up for that.

"What are you scared of? This is Uncle Yun. Besides, his Soul Rings are already full. Do you really think he'd be interested in you?" Gu You shot Iron Blockhead a disdainful glance.

"I... I'm not scared, of course. It's just that the aura of those nine Soul Rings makes me very uneasy." Iron Blockhead tried to change the subject.

"An Ice Emperor Scorpion? Extreme Ice. You really did find yourself a good Soul Spirit." Yun Ming withdrew his aura and examined Iron Blockhead.

"Is the energy in your body stable after this breakthrough?" Yun Ming asked.

"Perfectly stable! I learned quite a few secrets about myself this time." Gu You patted his chest.

As he said that, Gu You picked up Qianyu's corpse again. "Let's find somewhere to bury her. We can't just leave her body out in the wilderness, can we?"

Yun Ming nodded, and the two vanished from where they stood.

"Your Excellency Sky-Piercing." Qiong Shiyu gave a military salute.

Jiang Xing looked at Gu You and Yun Ming standing shoulder to shoulder, and everything immediately clicked into place. Yet he still could not understand why His Excellency Sky-Piercing had not acted sooner. If he had, perhaps several more of his comrades might have survived.

What Jiang Xing did not know was that Yun Ming had indeed wanted to act. However, every time he mobilized his immense Soul Power, he had been suppressed by a certain aura.

"This incident is of great importance, and the Federation is taking it very seriously. The Far North has remained unexplored for many years. It was deliberately preserved because of global warming, but that very preservation turned it into a gathering place for lawbreakers. Even Federation officials could become involved. The Northern Legion is one of the Federation's North Sea Fleet divisions, and its significance is immense. You cannot be blamed for this. Even I acted rashly." Yun Ming rubbed his forehead.

"You are too modest, sir. A mistake is a mistake. If we failed to keep the people safe, then we failed to keep them safe." Qiong Shiyu gave a bitter smile.

Gu You was completely bewildered as he listened. Why did it feel like he could not quite understand them? Every sentence seemed to carry some deeper meaning.

Qiong Shiyu looked at Gu You. "I assume this is your disciple..."

"He's my godson," Yun Ming said calmly. Qiong Shiyu froze.

Huh?

"I understand. Child, on behalf of the legion, I sincerely thank you for your brave actions this time. If you had not bought us enough time, the regiment we sent out might even have been wiped out. It would be my honor to invite you for a photo. Would that be alright?"

Gu You glanced at Yun Ming, whose eyes clearly said that it would be more than alright.

"Let's go! You're famous this time..."

"Damn it! You brat, do you have no respect for the elderly..." Gu You actually threw an arm around the shoulders of Qiong Shiyu, a centenarian, right in front of everyone, without the slightest sense of boundaries.

Desolate. Still desolate. The explosion of the Level Eight Soul Guidance bomb had left behind a crater a thousand meters wide. Even from satellite images, it stood out glaringly once magnified. Within five kilometers of it, there was not a trace of snow left. The air was still freezing, mixed with a faintly pungent odor. This was true desolation—desolation without life.

In the distance, a peculiar willow tree stood alone, remarkably sturdy, radiating life energy. Beneath it was a very small mound of earth.

This was Qianyu's grave. Gu You had not planned to take her away. Instead, he had carefully arranged this place for her to rest in eternal sleep.

Why had he done this? Because Gu You felt that the child's mother was here...

Still, the Federation issued a public notice. Missing-person announcements were posted online and throughout the streets. Everyone believed that the group of kidnapped people had been reduced to ashes in the explosion. No one came to claim them. Even if someone did, what use would it be? There were not even bodies left. Building graves for all of them would be difficult enough.

However, Gu You seemed to have forgotten something: the Plane Master could revive the dead. Even if a soul was missing, it could still be done as long as a trace of aura remained. Of course, that required an enormous amount of plane energy.

In the original story, after the Douluo Plane devoured the Abyss Plane, its plane energy surged dramatically. Tang Hao also reappeared then, did a good deed for once, and revived quite a few people.

A faint golden beam descended from the clouds and spread around Qianyu's grave...

Shrek Golden Ancient Tree Inner Court

Long Yueye watched the Golden Ancient Tree's energy gradually take human form and frowned. "Did something happen?"

"Yes!" The energy transformed into an elderly man. "That old master of the plane has made a move. I don't know why, but the amount of energy used was enormous. I felt the Soul Power fluctuations across all of Douluo Star drop by one percent."

One percent?!

Long Yueye was stunned. What did that mean? It meant that the cultivation speed of Soul Masters worldwide had fallen by one percentage point. That Plane Master never did anything good, yet he caused no end of trouble. The last Fortune Child he chose had actually become an Evil Soul Master. Only after several Limit Douluo from the Federation's major factions joined forces to strike him down was he finally killed.

"Sigh, a new great era is arriving. One day, my energy will also be exhausted. I only hope that the Chosen One appears soon..." The old man turned back into energy and gradually dissipated.

Chosen One.

Long Yueye murmured the words several times. It was time to go out for a walk, hold a small Inner Court meeting, and report the academy's future plans. Because of old injuries, she had always been arranged to stay here, where life energy was at its richest, cultivating for long periods.

Last night, Eastsea City's official news reported major news: a model youth of the new era. It was not just East Sea—nearly every city had carried the news.

In one photo, the young man held a banner that read:

"Most Beautiful New Era Youth"

Beside him stood General Qiong Shiyu, patting Gu You on the shoulder.

"What? What is all this?" Leng Yaozhu could not help laughing when she saw Gu You in the photo. His expression was full of helplessness. Who would have expected something this awkward?

Even Gu You himself had not expected to become such an embarrassed celebrity. It was simply the shame of his life!