Gu Jianlin took a shower and changed into clean clothes to maintain his composure before coming out of the room.

His Qilin Wedge contained many spare clothes. The suit looked too much like an assassin or a butler, so the simple, clean shirt and fitted pants suited him better, like an average high school student.

"Jiuyin, what's going on? Stop pretending to be dead."

He said coldly, "What's with this woman?"

Jiuyin trembled slightly in the sword scabbard and transmitted a mental thought: "How would I know? I'm puzzled too. Who exactly is this woman? How can she be so similar to the Lord? Sometimes I even think she is the Lord! But it's strange, because if she were the Lord, her behavior and logic wouldn't make sense."

"And I remember the aura of the Lord, which is indeed quite different from hers. In a way, she's the same kind of life form as you, identical. The difference is that she gives me a feeling of a vast, ancient mind, like an endless universe. And you... you're just a normal human."

It paused: "But in any case, this woman is intricately connected to the Lord. I've acknowledged you as my master, yet she can use me effortlessly, understand? However, it appears this woman's condition isn't good; she seems to be severely injured. I must tell you, this woman is a Candle Yin God."

Candle Yin God.

The highest rank in the Ghost Slayer Path is called the Candle Yin God.

Skylark doesn't really look like a Ninth-tier Demigod, because aside from her stunningly beautiful appearance and exquisite figure, she doesn't give off any aura of someone superior. She feels like an anime girl breaking the dimensional wall, so unrealistically beautiful.

It was clear she went to sleep after showering, wrapped in a white bath towel, curled up in the bed.

The blood-stirring curves, her side profile serene as water.

Her clothes were scattered on the sofa, reaching a level where discretion was obligatory.

"Skylark, Dusk's secret weapon. Was it her who came to my side back then? The Think Tank once said, Buzhou Mountain cooperates with the Six Major Families, so she is the result of this cooperation?" Gu Jianlin looked down at the girl's sleeping face, his internal terror gradually subsided.

There's no doubt, if she were the Candle Dragon Venerable, she'd most likely devour him.

Or imprison him brutally to extract his worth.

Yet the woman before him seemed to harbor no malice.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be alive now.

Many signs in this hotel were in Japanese, as were the signs outside the window.

He realized where he was, Ying Province Yokohama.

According to Jiuyin, they've been under attack and pursued by unknown forces all the way here.

This means this woman protected him all the way from Peak City to Yokohama.

Considering this, he indeed shouldn't hold any hostility against her.

The most critical point is that Gu Jianlin's enmity would be futile.

This person is a Ninth-tier Candle Yin God.

Even if taking advantage of a weak moment, Gu Jianlin didn't believe he could kill her.

She had an ominous aura, and who knew what would happen if he attempted to strike her.

Besides, for both rational and emotional reasons, this girl saved him, and he couldn't repay her kindness with enmity.

Especially with that blood-tied closeness, Gu Jianlin even wanted, like in a dream, to hold this woman in his arms, to kiss her lips, to revel in her beauty.

For the first time in his life, he felt an overwhelming desire he couldn't suppress.

"Damn it."

He quickly recited the Great Compassionate Mantra several times in his mind, forcing himself to calm down.

"I'll wait for her to wake up before finding out who she is."

Gu Jianlin gazed out of the bay window, lost in thought.

The situation was clear now. They were in a foreign country, likely having smuggled in, and were being pursued by unknown forces, putting them in quite the crisis.

According to Jiuyin, their attackers were mostly Holy Land Level, with the weakest being Sixth Rank.

And there was an extremely powerful Pseudo Ancestor.

Fortunately, Gu Jianlin had now advanced to the Fifth Rank.

Divine Path, Fifth Rank, Star Lord.

Ghost Slayer Path, Fifth Rank, Moon Master.

The former grants the ability Star Fall, which is incredibly powerful offensively, gathering Dark Matter and Dark Energy above to create mad bombing attacks, causing absolute area damage.

The Divine Path is the most comprehensive, nearly without weaknesses and extremely adaptable.

The latter grants the Soul Blade Sound, an ability that uses the sound of a blade's resonance to disrupt an enemy's spirituality, destroying the construction of their Extraordinary Ability — a rare control skill, exceedingly versatile.

This is among the few support abilities in the Ghost Slayer Path.

"Very well, my spirituality has greatly improved. Now, even without using Ancient God Transformation, I can kill a Sixth Rank fighter, thanks to the Shadow's power. If I use Ancient God Transformation, I can crush a Sixth Rank Evolver or Pseudo Ancestor. Even the Sixth Rank Heavenly Person wouldn't be my match because I also have Heavenly Person's Breathing."

Gu Jianlin tried clenching his hands, feeling the power in his grasp.

Never had there been such a marvelous beginning.

Gu Jianlin picked up her phone, pondered for a moment, then logged into Deep Space.

The webpage displayed a series of garbled characters.

"Deep Space is actually inaccessible?"

He instinctively frowned; Deep Space was a supercomputer monitoring the globe.