Gu Jianlin stood up holding the orange cat in his arms, his eyes still filled with unresolvable confusion.

"Indeed."

The Candle Dragon Venerable walked with hands behind her back like a young girl under the trees, with the ancient dragon looming arrogantly behind her, blood-red dragon scales shimmering like rubies: "Even though the amnesiac me is still me, I retain feelings and memories of you, sometimes you might feel my gaze and smile are like they used to be. I can still hold your hand like before, singing to you by the roadside."

"So-called Skylark is what I looked like on the Mother Star, when I was human."

She glanced sideways with a smile, the red at the corner of her eyes bright as blood: "That was my loneliest and most confusing period. If you had appeared then, I might have really fallen in love with you. Don’t think only you in the world are pure; I was once innocent too."

Gu Jianlin stroked the cat’s fur, speaking calmly: "Hard to imagine, even now I can’t accept this rule — when God first descended on this world, they were also children."

"If you survive today, perhaps billions of years later you’d be like us."

The Candle Dragon Venerable leaned over, teasing the cat in his arms: "Want to make a bet?"

Her ink-black hair cascaded like a waterfall, her seductive beauty breathtakingly alluring, especially the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye adding to her charm, visible at this angle her snow-pure collarbone and snow-white delicate skin, the faint tantalizing scent of Lan She.

This must be what people call peerless beauty.

Spring breeze, summer rain, autumn leaves, and winter snow, all pale in comparison to her smile.

Witnessing such beauty in a lifetime is already worth dying for, especially since he once held her hand, braided her long hair, even slept in her bed.

"Then let’s bet."

Gu Jianlin smiled silently, lifting his head to gaze into her eyes: "If the one to die today is me, this cat should still be left to you. It’s my gift to you."

The Candle Dragon Venerable narrowed her beautiful eyes, perplexed: "Didn’t you say I wasn’t her?"

"Skylark was once yours, so the things you told me were true. Whether it’s your mysteriously disappeared parents, or you and your brothers’ illness, that weird snowstorm, your helplessness in the wind and snow. That is your story, your fear."

Gu Jianlin surprisingly raised his hand, gently touching her cheek, his voice calm: "That’s your memory appearing conflated, your experiences on the Mother Star from billions of years ago mistaken as your past life. No, perhaps you didn’t conflate... because that was truly your past."

Skylark wasn’t simply made up, but rather the past of the Candle Dragon Venerable.

"Yes, I didn’t deceive you, I just altered time and place."

The Candle Dragon Venerable slightly smiled: "You’re the kind of person with a soft heart; as long as I act pitiful in front of you, you’ll take my matters on yourself."

Her smile was truly beautiful, clearly taunting him, yet so mesmerizing.

Gu Jianlin didn’t mind, softly speaking: "But the story isn’t over yet."

The Candle Dragon Venerable lightly touched the orange cat’s head, casually asking: "Is my past very important to you? Knowing it won’t benefit you."

"Just curious."

"Really?"

The Candle Dragon Venerable was silent for a moment: "My brothers, I personally killed them."

Gu Jianlin was taken aback: "You?"

The Candle Dragon Venerable spoke gently: "Originally, even I didn’t know, but actually that bizarre storm was created by me; every disaster on that planet was by my own doing." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Because I was the first child created by Father God and Mother God, They didn’t know what kind of monster They created; even thought I might not be born."

Sadness like water filled her eyes: "Because my power was too overwhelming, I didn’t need the so-called planetary approval. My birth process was my subconscious consuming the planet’s power. Yet I was just a child then, unable to control such immense strength."

Gu Jianlin faintly realized: "Thus the Primordial had to distance themselves from you!"

"Yes, Father God and Mother God didn’t distance themselves from me; They would be killed by me."

The Candle Dragon Venerable finished playing with the cat, circled behind him, resting her snow-white chin on his shoulder, snuggling up to him, whispering like Lan: "Back then, Father God and Mother God were also in an ignorant period; They descended in Their true forms by my side, to observe my growth."

That bizarre snowstorm was this woman’s momentary loss of control.

What terrifying strength, erasing four Ancient Supreme’s projections at once!

Meaning in her long life, she has always been alone.

No one can approach her.

Because when her power spirals out of control, she becomes the world’s most terrifying monster.

Destroying everything!

"You mentioned that while seeking the truth, you encountered Canglong Ancestor."

Gu Jianlin wrinkled his brow and asked: "What happened then?"

"My situation is similar to Qilin’s."

The Candle Dragon Venerable toyed with a lock of her black hair, replied nonchalantly: "Without my main body knowing, I had already become a God, subconsciously able to create my Ancestor. When I met Canglong, I thought it was a disaster..."

Gu Jianlin softly murmured: "In fact, They were just taking you home."