Mysterious mirror hanging high

Lu Yingzhao said bluntly, "Enough with the nonsense, I'm telling you, you're looking for..."

"Yun Xuance..."

"Chang Jingsi..."

"Kan Qingyin..."

Judge Sun nodded and bowed, "Yes...yes..."

After crossing the names of the more than twenty rescued cultivators from the Immortal Continent off the register, Lu Yingzhao's eyes flashed, and he said:

"The next name... Lu Yingzhao!"

Judge Sun looked down at the thin book in his hand, and after a long while, his expression froze:

"Uh... Fairy, whose real name is Lu Yingzhao?"

“Of course it’s mine,” Lu Yingzhao said calmly.

“That’s strange…” Sun Pan said awkwardly, “Fairy Lu, your real name cannot be found in the register.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yingzhao asked in confusion, "What? There's no one named Lu Yingzhao in this booklet?"

“That’s not it.” Sun Pan shook his head: “The myriad realms are vast and boundless, and there are countless names called [Lu Yingzhao], but none of them correspond to the fairy’s divine soul aura.”

Lu Yingzhao raised an eyebrow: "What does this mean?"

"Well... the [Register of Names] is the treasure used by the [Reincarnation Dao Venerable] to prove his Dao. It is the most precious treasure of my Underworld. No name of any living being in all the heavens and myriad realms will be missed. If you cannot find a name in the register, there are two possibilities."

"The first possibility is that someone crossed out the fairy's real name beforehand."

"The second possibility is that the fairy's true spirit has never entered the cycle of reincarnation since birth, which is equivalent to not being registered in the register, so naturally she will not have a name."

Lu Yingzhao pondered for a moment and nodded: "I understand... Then find another name called [Jing Yu]."

After saying that, Lu Yingzhao casually took out a jade pendant: "This is a treasure that this person once nurtured. It should be imbued with a trace of his divine soul aura. You can compare it."

Unexpectedly, after searching carefully for a long time, Judge Sun finally shook his head: "No."

"What about [Xuanjing Daoist]? Or [Zhao Mingjing]?"

“Nothing,” Sun Panyan said. “With the aura of the divine soul, it would be much easier to search for the real name in the register. If it were there, a name would definitely appear, but it just isn’t.”

Lu Yingzhao tilted her head and said calmly, "Alright, this matter is settled. Thank you for your help today."

Sun Pan was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this: "It's no trouble... but fairy, please don't forget to kill me with one strike... don't harm my true spirit."

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Half an hour later, Lu Yingzhao broke out of the Nine Netherworld and re-entered the Immortal Realm barrier.

At this moment, she was in a vast void, the outermost spatial chaos of the Immortal Realm, which was extremely strange. If one did not have a deep understanding of the laws of space, one would probably be lost here forever.

Just as Lu Yingzhao was preparing to forcefully apply the laws of space to pass through this spatial storm, the fragmented scenery of the present world around him suddenly became hazy, like looking at flowers through a fog.

The next moment, a goddess-like woman appeared before Lu Yingzhao, materializing from nothingness.

Upon seeing this being, Lu Yingzhao completely suppressed his previous domineering arrogance, becoming respectful and kneeling in deep reverence, bowing profusely:

"Greetings, Master!"

The person who arrived was none other than the Divine Dream Daoist.

But then Shenmeng Daozun stared at Lu Yingzhao, his tone seemingly teasing: "Oh, isn't this the young Daozun Lu Yingzhao? With the cultivation of Mahayana, you single-handedly stormed the Underworld, stealing souls and claiming names, creating quite a reputation. Now Daozun Lu is truly famous throughout the heavens and myriad realms!"

Lu Yingzhao bowed his head, seemingly somewhat remorseful: "This disciple is useless and has ruined Master's grand plan. I am willing to accept punishment."

Upon hearing this, Shenmeng Daozun sighed, "Alas... Yingzhao, you were too hasty..."

"No matter how much trouble you stirred up in the Immortal Continent before, it was only a small world after all. If you wanted to conceal your tracks, why would you need Brother Yinwei to take action? Your master could easily conceal them on his own."

"But the commotion you've caused this time is far too great. You single-handedly stormed the Underworld, and your name has resounded throughout the heavens and myriad realms. From this battle onward, not only in the Nine Netherworlds, but even among the many lineages of the Immortal Realm, who doesn't know your name, Lu Yingzhao? Even if Brother Yinwei covers for you, too many living beings are involved..."

"The act of concealing itself is a flaw; sooner or later, that person will see through your deception."

"Perhaps what awaits you in the future is endless harassment and malicious targeting from all the heavens and myriad worlds—just like that Buddhist disciple."

Lu Yingzhao respectfully replied, "This disciple's path of cultivation still requires tempering."

“That’s not the time yet.” Shenmeng Daozun sighed, “The Mahayana Realm… is still too weak. I originally planned that you should also cultivate to the True Immortal Realm before considering taking this step.”

Lu Yingzhao remained silent for a long time after hearing this, then suddenly said, "Master, you are a Dao Venerable, the true supreme being of all the heavens and myriad realms. Are there any irreparable regrets on your path to enlightenment?"

Shenmeng Daozun was taken aback, and said gently, "Life is full of disappointments, and Daozun is not omnipotent. Before attaining enlightenment, he was not in control of his own destiny and was merely adrift in the sea of ​​suffering. How could he not have regrets?"

"That's right. Even someone as powerful as the Dao Venerable may not have everything go as planned, let alone an ordinary cultivator?"

Lu Yingzhao said in a low voice, "After I was reborn in the Immortal Continent, my family suffered a great tragedy when I was young. A tyrannical emperor slaughtered my entire family... At that time, my martial arts were not yet complete, so I could only try to survive on my own."

"After achieving great success in martial arts, I avenged this grudge. Although I was reincarnated with the wisdom of my past life, my fathers and brothers in the Immortal Continent are not as close as my blood relatives in my first life, but there is still some affection between us... Even after I entered the path of immortality, I often regret it."

"Even if a disciple has the destiny of being the only one of the best, and the combat power that is invincible among those of the same level, even if a disciple really becomes a Venerable in the future... what is past is past. Even the Celestial Venerable of the Universe cannot turn back time. Many things are missed and missed. No matter what the future holds, the past is always frozen in time."

"Fellow Daoist Yun and I met when we were still in humble beginnings. Although she has not made any contributions to the path of cultivation and cannot sit down and discuss the Dao with me like Xuanjing... she is still an old acquaintance and our friendship is not ordinary."

“If I, your disciple, do not descend into the Netherworld today and venture into the Underworld… I know that my master and the others will not intervene. Fellow Daoist Yun and the other fellow Daoists of the Immortal Continent will inevitably face the annihilation of their true spirits.”

"Even if I reach the pinnacle in the future, Fellow Daoist Yun and the others will never be able to return."

"I have had enough regrets in my life, and there will be many more in the future, but at least this time..."

At this moment, Lu Yingzhao raised his head, slowly straightened up, and said seriously, "At least this time, I can enjoy myself to the fullest and leave no regrets."

Shenmeng Daozun shook his head and said, "Even if the consequence is that the whole world is our enemy?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yingzhao smiled and said, "The world is full of enemies, but I am invincible. I only fear that there are not enough opponents, or that they are not strong enough. If I do not compete with the geniuses of each realm, how can I walk the path of invincibility in each realm?"

"What if you can't defeat him?" Shenmeng Daozun asked in return.

Lu Yingzhao said calmly, "Then it's nothing more than death."

"At least I have no regrets in this life."

"What does it matter to me, Lu Yingzhao, if I have no innate wisdom in the next life?"