Gu Yue's Fate Warning: How Did Enrolling in School Entangle Me in Karma?

Lin Yan's file popped up.

The photo showed a thin teenage boy.

His school uniform had been washed pale, and his gaze was calm.

So calm it was like a stagnant pool.

It was not the sort of look someone his age should have had.

Long Hengxu's finger hovered over the "Expel" button.

It paused for roughly three seconds.

Then he pressed it.

A confirmation dialog box popped up on the screen.

[Confirm expulsion of this student? This operation cannot be reversed.]

He clicked confirm.

Another window appeared.

[Please select the reason for expulsion.]

Long Hengxu's finger paused.

He opened the system backend and checked the logs.

Lin Yan's tuition had been overdue for fifteen days.

According to academy rules, the expulsion process was only initiated after thirty days of overdue payment.

He was still fifteen days short.

Long Hengxu closed that window and reopened the expulsion interface.

"Failed to pay tuition as required. Student status automatically revoked."

He finished typing the line into the remarks field.

Then he added, "Student voluntarily relinquished his place."

He promptly hit Enter.

A line of small green text appeared on the screen.

"Operation successful. Student [Lin Yan] has been expelled. Place released."

Long Hengxu did not hesitate.

He immediately entered Gu Yue's information.

After completing all the entries, he leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.

"There, Teacher Wu. All the paperwork is done."

Wu Changkong picked up the form and glanced over it.

At last, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, Director Long. I'll treat you to tea another day."

He turned and headed for the door.

Long Hengxu stared at his retreating back.

His fingers lightly tapped the desk twice.

He had the nagging feeling that he had done something very bad.

But he quickly suppressed it.

What kind of trouble could a piece of trash who could not even afford a soul spirit possibly stir up?

The sun shone brightly over East Sea Academy's training field.

Standing before Gu Yue, Wu Changkong handed her a dormitory key, school uniform, and textbooks one by one.

His tone was as aloof as ever. "My name is Wu Changkong. From now on, I'll be your homeroom teacher."

"This is your dormitory key, uniform, and textbooks. Of course, you may also live off campus."

"But from this moment on, you are officially a student of Class Five. Remember to attend class this afternoon. Don't be late."

"Thank you, Teacher Wu."

Gu Yue accepted the items, a sweet and obedient smile blooming across her face.

She stored each of them in her soul storage device.

Inwardly, she breathed a sigh of relief.

This way, she could approach Tang Wulin under a suitable pretext and seize the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him.

Na'er was nothing to worry about.

Even if that incarnation refused to merge, she would force the fusion.

She was determined to obtain the Golden Dragon King bloodline.

Yet the very next second, a bone-chilling cold erupted without warning from the base of her spine.

Like an icy venomous snake, it slithered up her backbone to the back of her head.

Gu Yue's smile froze on her face.

She abruptly turned, her gaze sweeping across the training field like a blade.

There was nothing unusual.

No ambush, no observer, no fluctuations of soul power.

There was nothing.

The sensation of being watched by a venomous snake did not come from the physical level, nor even the spiritual level.

It came from somewhere deeper.

Fate!

At the level of fate, something was undergoing a drastic change.

Gu Yue's pupils trembled faintly.

She could sense it.

No, she could clearly "see" it—her fortune was plummeting at a terrifying rate.

Her fate, and the fate of the soul beast race, had become entangled in an unimaginable karmic bond in the blink of an eye.

"What is going on?"

Gu Yue's mind roared.

She only wanted to enroll in school. She only wanted to get close to Tang Wulin and reclaim the bloodline that should have belonged to her.

How could something so simple become entangled with karma on this level?

What had she done?

Who had she offended?

Her mind raced wildly, trying to trace the source of that karma.

Then—agony.

It was as though a red-hot iron spike had pierced through her temple, tearing her consciousness into fragments.

Fragments of memory flooded into her mind in scattered bursts.

She saw it.

She saw herself.

No, it was not her current self.

That version of herself stood above the clouds, her true form as the Silver Dragon King blotting out the sky as she released an earth-shaking roar.

She was destroying humanity, slaughtering an entire era of civilization.

She saw a six-winged girl standing atop the city walls, gazing up at the heavens with despair and defiance in her eyes.

She saw the entire world suddenly freeze, disasters suspended in midair as time was paused by an invisible hand.

She saw the sky split open, and a vast, overwhelming, indescribably enormous figure emerge from beyond the rift.

Merely that fleeting glimpse lingering within the memory fragments—

Gu Yue's soul felt as though it had been seized by an invisible hand and violently torn apart.

Then she heard her own voice.

"I am now a complete dragon, enough to judge the gods!"

That voice was filled with arrogance and pride, swollen with madness after devouring the entire world.

Gu Yue's consciousness screamed, Was that me? Was I really that powerful at my peak?

When did I ever destroy human civilization?

And what was that indescribable being?

She desperately tried to seize more memory fragments, to see the figure's face clearly.

But just as she was about to touch the truth, every image receded like the tide, and the memories came to an abrupt end.

"Student Gu Yue? What's wrong?"

Wu Changkong's voice came from somewhere very far away.

Gu Yue struggled to raise her head.

Her face was as white as paper, fine cold sweat beaded across her forehead, and both hands clutched her head so hard that her knuckles had turned white.

That pain was not an act—Wu Changkong could tell.

"N-Nothing."

Gu Yue's voice was hoarse.

"Teacher Wu, I'm not feeling well. I won't be coming this afternoon."

Without waiting for Wu Changkong's reply, she gave him a perfunctory response, clutched her aching head, and staggered away.

Wu Changkong stood where he was, brows slightly furrowed as he watched Gu Yue's figure vanish at the far end of the training field.

He did not go after her.

There were too many things about this girl that he could not see through, but since she was unwilling to speak of them, he had no interest in prying.

Gu Yue ran wildly across the training field, past the teaching buildings, all the way to the most secluded corner of the academy.

An abandoned training ground.

She stopped, bent over, and gasped for breath.

Then her expression instantly turned cold.

All traces of a young girl's expression vanished from that sweet, adorable face in an instant.

What replaced them was a chill and majesty utterly at odds with her age.

"What exactly is this omen?"

Her voice was low, carrying barely suppressed shock and doubt.

"Why does such an existence exist in this world?"

She straightened up and stared darkly at the sky.

"Have I... been targeted?"

A middle-aged man's figure silently appeared beside her in the void.

Di Tian dropped to one knee and lowered his head in salute.