In the blink of an eye, many years had passed. I was still carrying out the plans that person had laid out. After all that time, I even wondered whether I truly resented the Heavenly Sect. I didn't understand—if I was a spy, then who was the enemy?
Thirty years after Lord Lu left the Heavenly Origin Universe, I was assigned to leave the Heavenly Sect and handle outside affairs. During that time, I made one friend after another. They didn't know who I was, and I didn't know who they were. We kept our identities mysterious from each other, but stayed in touch.
And so, time continued to pass.
More than a hundred years went by before I finally saw Lord Lu return—domineering, composed, ruling over all. The entire universe was cheering. I cheered too, full of admiration and longing for Lord Lu to notice me.
Yet during those more than a hundred years, that person never contacted me again. The person who had asked me to play along with him, that person was—Wei Rong.
I knew it was him as soon as I entered the Heavenly Sect, but I had no dealings with him. Not in all those years, not even after Lord Lu returned.
Had he forgotten about me?
A spy—but whose spy?
Had he simply gotten bored and asked me to play along?
I didn't dare ask him, and I had no right to. No one in the Heavenly Sect dared offend him. Everyone said you could offend anyone, just never him, because he was the most devious.
Was he devious? I didn't know. But I looked forward to hearing from him.
Lord Lu had been away from the Heavenly Origin Universe for a hundred and forty-two years before returning. Now, everyone had followed him to