226: Earth!

Suddenly, Xun Nanleng pulled out a small flag from his Storage Ring.

"Soul Refining Banner, refine for me!" Xun Nanleng's hand seals shifted.

Lu Yuchen watched the Soul Refining Banner in Xun Nanleng's hand, his eye twitching uncontrollably.

The banner was pitch black, emanating a ghostly aura, clearly not a legitimate item.

How long had it been?

He had only given Xun Nanleng a fabricated Demonic Path Cultivation Technique, and this kid not only massacred the Haiyuan Sect but also started his own 'equipment research and development'?

This Protagonist Halo was brighter than a 24K pure gold searchlight, practically welded to his forehead.

"System, if I gave him a copy of 'Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Practice' right now, would he be able to come up with a 'knowledge changes destiny' Law in a couple of days?"

The System chose to remain silent.

Lu Yuchen pouted, no longer bothering to watch.

He closed the "God's Eye View" that only he could see, stretched, and his bones crackled with a series of 'cracks'.

"System, speaking of which, I've been in this world long enough, constantly exploiting these disciples until they're almost bald."

"Do you think I could visit that 'Manling World'? Just consider it... business travel."

"With the host's current Cultivation, forcibly crossing realms carries extreme risks."

The System's cold, mechanical voice was devoid of emotion.

"However, the host can try to communicate with this world's Heavenly Dao. If you can get its help and mobilize the power of the World Core, you might be able to open a temporary spatial passage."

"Find the Heavenly Dao?" Lu Yuchen raised an eyebrow, "Alright, I'm familiar with this."

He immediately sat cross-legged, releasing his immense Divine Thought from the Soul Transformation Stage, which shot straight into the clouds, engaging in a 'friendly' exchange with the ethereal Heavenly Dao will of this world.

The specific content of the exchange was unknown.

All that was known was that a quarter of an hour later...

The sky over the entire Tianwu Continent darkened.

Immediately after, a thick, mountain-like pillar of light, shimmering with seven-colored divine radiance, tore through the clouds and precisely landed on the peak of the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect.

Within that pillar of light, there was the power of Origin, enough to make any Martial Saint or Martial God tremble.

Lu Yuchen's figure slowly ascended, enveloped by the pillar of light.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

But just as he was about to be completely sent into the spatialturbulence by the power of the World Core!

An anomaly suddenly occurred!

A will, even grander and more ancient than this world's Heavenly Dao, suddenly descended from the depths of the endless starry sky.

"Buzz—!"

The seven-colored pillar of light, in front of this will, trembled as if it had met its nemesis.

Lu Yuchen felt as if his Divine Soul was tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand, and then sharply pulled!

"Damn it! I messed up!"

He cursed inwardly, and then his consciousness plunged into endless darkness.

...

After an unknown amount of time.

When Lu Yuchen regained consciousness, he felt as if his entire body was about to fall apart, like he had been hit over a hundred times with a brick.

He struggled to open his eyes.

What greeted his sight was a grayish-white, pockmarked ground.

Only a dead silence filled the air.

He struggled to sit up and looked around.

Empty, desolate, silent.

This was his first impression of the place.

But when he looked up at the pitch-black "sky," he was completely stunned.

Against the ink-black background, an impossibly huge, blue and white sphere hung silently, emitting a soft glow.

On it, there were familiar clouds, familiar oceans, and even familiar... continental outlines.

"This... this is the damn..."

Lu Yuchen's eyes widened, his jaw almost dropping, and his usually somewhat lazy face was now filled with endless shock and... disbelief.

"Earth?!"

He abruptly looked down at the familiar, crater-filled grayish-white ground beneath his feet.

A thought, one that even he found absurd, uncontrollably emerged.

He... seemed to be sitting on the Moon?

What... what exactly was happening?!

Wasn't I supposed to go to that 'Manling World'? How did I end up on the Moon when I opened my eyes?!

...

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, eventually turning into a blank.

Without thinking, he directly activated the Soul Transformation Stage magical power within him, and his figure flickered, transforming into a streak of light that tore through the cold, silent vacuum, speeding towards the azure planet!

His speed far exceeded the comprehension of human technology.

In just a dozen breaths of time...

He had already passed through the thick atmosphere and landed steadily on the ground.

Familiar air, familiar gravity, familiar... PM2.5.

Everything told him that this was not a dream.

He had really returned.

"System! System! Get out here! What the hell is going on?!" Lu Yuchen roared in his mind.

The System did not respond.

Lu Yuchen continued to call the System.

Even an hour later, there was still no response.

The System seemed to have disappeared.

Lu Yuchen could only give up; the most urgent task was to figure out the situation.

His Divine Sense swept out, and everything within a ten-thousand-mile radius came into view.

Skyscrapers, bustling traffic, flashing neon lights...

Everything seemed no different from the world he remembered.

Except...

The architectural styles, the designs of the cars on the streets, seemed... much more advanced than before he Transmigrated?

An ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

He no longer hesitated; his figure flickered, and he appeared a thousand miles away, in a city he was all too familiar with—Guangnan City.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar streets, at the old district that had long changed its appearance, at the hurried pedestrians.

Lu Yuchen's heart sank little by little.

Following his memory, he traveled through the city and finally arrived at the former site of a residential area that had long been demolished, leaving only a pile of ruins.

This was once his home.

He remained silent for a long time, and finally, through his Divine Sense, he found a few familiar, yet much older, Qi auras in the city.

...

Through the Bloodline aura, half an hour later, in Guangnan City, South City, a high-end residential area.

Lu Yuchen stood in front of a villa, his emotions extremely complex.

He raised his hand and pressed the doorbell.

A moment later, a girl who looked about twenty years old, with a ponytail and a youthful, pretty face, opened the door.

She looked at the stranger in front of her, dressed in a strange blue robe and somewhat handsome, her beautiful eyes filled with vigilance.

"Who are you?"

Lu Yuchen looked at her face, which bore some resemblance to his own, and his voice was dry.

"I'm looking for... Lu Xiangyang."

The girl frowned slightly upon hearing this: "You're looking for my dad? Is something wrong?"

Dad?

Lu Yuchen's mind buzzed.

His... his eldest brother Lu Xiangyang's daughter, when did she get so big?

Just as his heart was surging and he was at a loss, another familiar, yet much older, voice came from inside the house.

"Xiaoya, who is it?"

As soon as the voice fell, a middle-aged man in home clothes, with temples already gray, walked out.

The moment he saw Lu Yuchen, he froze.

His eyes, which already carried a hint of vicissitude, instantly burst with an incredible gleam.

He pointed at Lu Yuchen, his lips trembling, unable to utter a word for a long time.

"You... you..."

Finally, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face showed a mix of excitement, sudden realization, and... relief.

"You... you're Xiaochen's son, aren't you?!"

"You... you really look like him."

"Where has your dad been all these years!"

Lu Yuchen looked at his eldest brother, who no longer had his youthful vigor, and listened to his words full of concern. His eyes, which always carried a hint of laziness, instantly turned red.

He opened his mouth, his voice hoarse, yet filled with undeniable determination.

"Big Brother."

"I am not his son."

"I am... Lu Yuchen."