Gu Yue

"My soul power and spiritual probing results both looked fine. There was nothing abnormal about your body. Strange."

Leng Yaozhu did not take the elevator back up from underground. She brought Gu You to an empty private room and carefully examined his physical condition, only to find no problems at all. In fact, his state of health was frighteningly good.

"Teacher, maybe there really isn't a problem?"

Gu You scratched his head. He had faintly guessed something. The Tyrannosaurus Rex's fusion with him might have something to do with his Golden Pupils.

"No problem would be best. Have the staff outside run a few more checks on you later and look at the analysis report. Sigh, what a headache. The Tyrannosaurus Rex just vanished like this, and I still have to give the Spirit Transmission Pagoda Council an explanation."

Leng Yaozhu rubbed her forehead and called over several staff members, telling them to give Gu You a comprehensive examination.

Among the Spirit Transmission Pagoda's stored spirit souls, there was only this one Tyrannosaurus Rex, the king of subdragons that had gone extinct in ancient times.

And it had been a peak-level existence. The Spirit Transmission Pagoda had spent far too much on it.

If they learned that it was gone, the Spirit Transmission Pagoda Council would definitely be dissatisfied. She had to think carefully about how to deal with the Council.

Although she was the vice pagoda master of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda, the true holders of power in the Spirit Transmission Pagoda were the Qiangu Family. Others might act according to her mood, but the Qiangu Family would not.

"Then Teacher, I'll see you later."

Gu You could tell Leng Yaozhu had something weighing on her mind, so he left with the staff and let her have some peace.

Time flowed by like falling flowers on running water.

That evening, Shrek City.

As one of the most prosperous top-tier cities on the Douluo Continent, it was still bright beneath the curtain of night. People came and went along the streets of the night market, and the jumble of sounds wove together into a lively symphony.

A little girl stood at a street corner, curiously taking it all in.

She looked about the same age as Gu You, slightly taller than girls her age, with black eyes and black hair. Judging by looks alone, she was nothing remarkable, but she had a quiet and unusual air about her.

So this is the human world?

How strange.

Gu Yue had been in this city for some time already. Every time she saw these humans going about their daily lives, she could not help watching a little longer.

They were clearly just a group of weak creatures, yet they could live so bustlingly.

As she was thinking, the area around her darkened.

It was a darkness far deeper than night, without a trace of light.

It was not that the sky had grown dark, but that some kind of power had enveloped her. The surrounding clamor vanished. The crowds, the streets, everything was gone.

Gu Yue's eyes turned cold.

She walked into the depths of the darkness.

After taking a few steps, a figure appeared ahead.

It was a tall man in a black robe, handsome and resolute in appearance. A lock of golden hair hung down along one side of his forehead and cheek.

"Di Tian." Gu Yue's voice was calm, without any detectable emotion. "What is it?"

Di Tian bowed slightly to show his respect.

"The Master, this subordinate has something to report."

Gu Yue did not respond, merely looking at him coldly.

Di Tian raised his head. "We have found the young lady."

Gu Yue's pupils contracted slightly.

"Where?"

"Aolai City," Di Tian said. "Her memories are somewhat confused. She was almost abducted and sold, but Xiong Jun rescued her."

"What a genius. Bring her back. If she refuses to return, tell her I can agree to any request she makes."

A mocking look appeared on Gu Yue's face as she gave Di Tian the order.

Di Tian acknowledged the command, but did not leave immediately.

"Something else?"

Gu Yue noticed that Di Tian still had more to say.

"The Master," Di Tian said, his tone even more respectful, "the human with the aura of the Golden Dragon King bloodline whom you previously ordered this subordinate to search for has been found."

Gu Yue lost focus for a moment.

Found. He was found this quickly?

The Golden Dragon King bloodline—as long as she could merge with the Golden Dragon King bloodline and form a new Dragon God bloodline, then on the Douluo Continent, which had now lost the divine realm, she could be called invincible. Leading the soul beasts to resurgence would be effortless.

"Where?"

Although she was pleasantly surprised, Gu Yue's voice did not fluctuate in the slightest.

"Also in Aolai City. His name is Tang Wulin."

Di Tian said.

What a coincidence?

Could it simply be because I was lucky?

A flash of "world-shaking wisdom" passed through Gu Yue's eyes.

Mm, it was probably because I was lucky.

"The Master," Di Tian asked tentatively, "should we forcibly bring that Tang Wulin over?"

"No rush." Gu Yue cut him off. "Observe him for a while first."

Di Tian was somewhat surprised, but he did not ask further.

"Your subordinate understands."

He vanished. The darkness dispersed, and the lively scene around them returned to how it had been before.

Gu Yue remained where she was, thinking.

Na'er, what exactly are you thinking?

East Sea Spirit Transmission Pagoda, accommodation floor.

Inside room 404.

After the examination was complete, Gu You's own analysis report also showed no abnormalities.

Only then did Leng Yaozhu completely relax. She arranged for someone to let Gu You stay in East Sea Spirit Transmission Pagoda and rest for the night. Food and daily necessities would be delivered, and she also gave him the latest model of Soul Guidance Communicator.

After that, Leng Yaozhu said she had matters to handle, and that they would discuss what came next tomorrow. If anything came up, he could contact her.

If nothing happened, he was to wait for further communication, and she would take him back to the Shrek City headquarters.

With nothing to do that night, he was terribly bored.

Gu You walked to the window of the room, planning to take a look at East Sea City's night scenery.

The accommodation floor was high up in East Sea Spirit Transmission Pagoda. When he pushed open the window, the view spread out beneath him.

A city blazing with lights lay below.

Leaning against the window, Gu You raised his head.

Above him was a sky full of stars.

The night in this city was especially clear. Compared to the scattered stars in the night skies over most cities in his previous life, countless stars were strewn across this one, clustered together, some dim and some bright.

Looking at this starry sky, Gu You's Golden Pupils darkened slightly.

It was not the one he was familiar with.

Back on Earth, his status had been about the same as it was before now... He would often look at the stars alone.

He felt it was a very romantic thing. That light had traveled a million years before falling into human eyes, while all he had to do was raise his head to catch it.

Gu You reached out, wanting to try touching the stars.

But at that moment, the world changed.

There was no warning at all.

The starry sky outside the window suddenly twisted.

A gray crack tore through the starry sky, like an invisible giant hand ripping open a curtain.

The edges of the crack were not neat, but jagged and uneven, like a real wound, with gray light seeping out from within it.

Then, with a crack, the fissure exploded apart. The crack widened, and the entire starry sky shattered into pieces.

What's going on! Is heaven and earth collapsing?

Gu You's heart jolted, and a scene was reflected in his Golden Pupils.

He saw it.

He saw the world beyond the crack.

It was the universe. Nebulae slowly rotated, and countless meteorites moved along their courses, carrying an indescribable grandeur.

Then, light appeared within the crack.

A speck of gray light.

The gray light came from the depths of the universe, drawing closer and growing larger.

Gu You made out its shape.

A gray ball of light.

Golden patterns flowed across its surface, like some kind of ancient rune, yet also like the veins of life.