Chapter 79: The Sun That Never Sets

Lu Yang’s consciousness floated within this boundless darkness, neither knowing how much time had passed nor whether he was truly alive.

There was no sensation of a body, and even his thoughts seemed to have become extremely slow.

Yet strangely, he wasn’t afraid.

He had already died twice before, and this time, he had even chosen his own death.

Perhaps this was simply where his third life should end.

Lu Yang quietly floated within the darkness, not knowing how long he had remained like this.

Time seemed to have lost all meaning in this place.

Just then, a faint light appeared in the distance.

Lu Yang’s consciousness stirred, the light gradually becoming brighter.

An ancient aura slowly spread through the darkness before a familiar sound echoed, the sound of a page turning.

Lu Yang’s eyes slowly opened, his consciousness staring forward.

A gigantic ancient book appeared within the endless darkness.

Its pages were old and yellow, countless mysterious runes covering them.

The book floated quietly in front of him, just like it had during his previous reincarnation.

The Script of Reincarnation.

Lu Yang stared at it for a long time, his emotions surprisingly calm.

He had seen it before and relied on it to obtain another chance at life, to create the life that had just ended. And now, it had appeared again.

The pages slowly turned before finally stopping at one.

A familiar scene appeared before him.

[Name: Lu Yang]

[Cultivation: Ninth Stage of Spirit Awakening Realm]

[Lifespan: 98 years]

Lu Yang stared at the information, his eyes lingered upon the final line.

He had never actually reached the end of his natural lifespan. He had died before his hundredth birthday.

Yet somehow, this number felt strangely heavy.

In his previous life, he had died at seventy-nine years of age. This life lasted ninety-eight years.

His consciousness remained silent as the next page slowly appeared, words beginning to appear one after another.

[Fate Trajectory: Reincarnated into the world of cultivation once again, you were born into the mortal branch of a prominent cultivation clan. With loving parents and a peaceful childhood, you harbored immense ambitions for a new life while possessing memories of your previous existence. You were eventually detected to possess cultivation talent and entered the main family, embarking upon a brilliant path of cultivation. You quickly became the most dazzling existence among the younger generation of the Lu Family. Unfortunately, your rise was not taken kindly by some people, and they repeatedly attempted to strangle you in the cradle. Fortunately, you far exceeded their wildest expectations and thwarted their schemes one after another. However, you still could not protect your parents, and in a rampage, you finally killed the mastermind behind their deaths.]

Lu Yang remained silent as he read.

The words were extremely simple.

The assassination attempts, the blood, the rage, the helplessness, the day he discovered his parents were dead, the countless days and nights spent cultivating.

All of it was summarized in only a few sentences.

The Script continued.

[At the age of twenty-nine, you achieved Spirit Awakening Realm and were hailed as the Rising Sun of the Lu Family. You possessed immense prospects of reaching the Essence Gathering Realm and were arranged a marriage with a genius young lady. Your life continued peacefully for many years, but it was disturbed by the changes in Tiannan Province, but those changes eventually subsided abruptly. Late in your life, you finally had a daughter. She possessed extraordinary talent, talent that far surpassed even yours. You imparted a powerful cultivation inheritance to her, and that same inheritance later became the cause of her death.]

Lu Yang’s consciousness trembled slightly.

He stared at those last few words.

Later became the cause of her death...

Such a simple sentence, yet behind it was the entire life of Lu Qingxue.

Her birth, her childhood, her first time cultivating, her first time entering the Lu Family’s training grounds, her first time calling him father, her entering the True Martial Sect and becoming Hall Master Su’s disciple, her standing proudly among the younger generation, her becoming a Spirit Awakening cultivator, her smile, her stubbornness, her death, all of it had been reduced to a single sentence.

Lu Yang remained silent.

Then, the next words appeared.

[The changes from decades ago returned to haunt you. Your wife, unable to bear the shock of your daughter’s death, followed her.]

Lu Yang closed his eyes, Bai Qinglan’s face appearing in his mind.

That woman who had accompanied him for decades.

Their marriage had once been nothing more than an arrangement, yet somehow, they had still walked together for most of their lives.

She was his wife, his companion, the mother of his daughter, and the last person he lost.

Lu Yang opened his eyes.

The Script continued.

[Now unburdened by anything, you finally let loose. For the sake of the people you had lost, you achieved the height you had been striving towards since the beginning, no matter how short that height lasted. At the cost of your life, you took away the enemies of both your second and third lives, settling the karma of two lifetimes. Despite reaching a point of no return, you attained a clear Dao Heart and proved that a person always possesses a choice.]

Lu Yang stared at the final sentence for a long time.

Indeed, he had made his choice and accepted it.

Whether that choice was right or wrong, that no longer mattered. His Dao Heart had already accepted it.

The page slowly turned once more.

[Life Evaluation: A genius who shone like a shooting star for a period of time, but every star eventually fades away, and the sun is no exception. Yet, your legends will continue circulating throughout the secular world for centuries to come, like a sun that never sets.]

Lu Yang stared at those last few words.

The sun that never sets.

For some reason, that sentence remained in his consciousness.

He had once been called the Rising Sun of the Lu Family.

At the beginning of his life, he had been the rising sun, brilliant and dazzling, full of possibility.

But now, the sun had set, and his life had ended, yet the Script said his legend would continue. Perhaps that was enough.

Lu Yang fell silent for a long time.

Finally, the last page appeared.

[Obtained 322 Reincarnation Points.]

[Allocate attributes for your next life.]

[Talent: 0(+)]

[Comprehension: 0(+)]

[Background: 0(+)]

[Luck: 0(+)]

Lu Yang stared at the four attributes.

Three hundred and twenty-two Reincarnation Points, it was considerably more than the previous time, when he only got forty-seven Reincarnation Points.

His consciousness remained still for a moment before he slowly began allocating the points.

The attributes immediately changed.

[Talent: 100]

[Comprehension: 80]

[Background: 22]

[Luck: 80]

Lu Yang looked at the numbers.

He did not allocate everything, being somewhat cautious.

His previous reincarnation had taught him something: the world was too unpredictable.

What if he died immediately after reincarnation?

What if something unexpected happened before he could even cultivate?

What if he encountered an existence far beyond his ability to resist?

He needed a failsafe as he could not guarantee that his next life would be as fortunate as this one.

As for Background, twenty-two points should be enough.

His previous life had started with only a small amount of Background, yet he had still reached the Ninth Stage Spirit Awakening Realm.

And now, he even had eighty points of Luck.

Perhaps that would compensate for his relatively ordinary background.

The Script of Reincarnation seemed to sense his thoughts.

The pages trembled slightly as several lines of ancient characters appeared.

[Erasing all karmic traces related to the True Name "Lu Yang" from your previous existence in progress... process completed.]

Lu Yang’s eyes narrowed.

Unlike last time, perhaps because this time he was more focused, he suddenly felt something leave his very existence.

It wasn’t his memories or his Dao, but some sort of connection, a trace that tied his current existence to the world he had just left.

His karma was being severed.

From this moment onward, the person named Lu Yang would no longer be him in a sense.

Perhaps somewhere in the world, people would continue remembering this Lu Yang, and as the Script stated, perhaps the secular world would eventually build legends around him.

But none of that mattered anymore.

This "Lu Yang", the Rising Sun of the Lu Family, had already reached the end.

The Script of Reincarnation slowly closed, and one final sentence appeared.

[Turn the page?]

Lu Yang looked at it.

In his eyes, there was no hesitation.

He had already experienced death, loss, and everything else.

He had nothing left to fear.

His consciousness moved forward, his hand reached towards the ancient page.

Then, the page slowly turned.

*Boom!*

A blinding light erupted, and for an instant, the entire chaotic space was illuminated.

Lu Yang’s consciousness was swallowed by that light.

Everything disappeared from his vision, whether it be the Script, the darkness, and even his sense of self, everything seemed to be falling endlessly into an unknown abyss.

He did not know where he was going, he did not know what kind of life awaited him, and he did not know whether his next life would be peaceful or filled with calamity.

However, he didn’t care.

If the path did not exist, then he would forcefully carve a path upon which he could walk.

No matter what kind of life awaited him, he would walk it himself, and walk it fully.

No matter what choices he made, he would make them with his entire Dao Heart.

The light became brighter, and Lu Yang’s consciousness completely disappeared along with it.