Putting the photo into the Storage Ring, Chen Lan stepped towards his parents' room.

He seemed to have never entered his parents' room; since their passing, he had always been afraid to come in, afraid of being reminded of them by their belongings.

Opening the long-dusty room, the familiar arrangement inside made a few tears slip from Chen Lan's already moist eyes, landing on the floor, blooming like flowers.

He scanned the room with his Divine Sense, and suddenly his body shook as he looked towards the drawer by the bedside, momentarily stunned.

He walked over to pull it open, taking out a dust-covered notebook, gently blowing away the dust to reveal the writing on the surface.

[Diary]

It turned out to be his parents' diary, which surprised him a bit; although opening their diary encroached on privacy, they had long since departed, so it should be okay.

He instinctively opened the diary and was startled by the contents on the first page.

Inside were entries of his parents' romance, seemingly written by his mother, since it was from her perspective, narrating the joyful times of meeting and dating his father, written day by day.

Unknowingly, Chen Lan kept turning the pages until he reached the last few pages and stopped.

[xx year x month xx day, sunny]

[Today is a very special day. We two were worried about not having children, and it seemed heaven heard us, placing a very cute child at our doorstep, nameless, parentless, without even knowing his origin, like a heavenly gift.]

[Qing Feng was very excited to name the child, saying a gift from heaven should be called Chen Tianci, but I vetoed it. Since it's a gift from heaven, we have to think of a good name. Then this guy came up with a very cheesy name, combining our names to be Chen Lan, which sounded like a girl's name, and I vetoed that too.]

[We couldn't come up with a name, and while we were troubled by it, the child suddenly said a word, 'Lan!']

[We didn't know if it was the 'lan' in Blue Star or another character, but Chen Lan didn't sound nice. So, we started looking up words in the dictionary, and when we showed him the word 'Lan', he unexpectedly smiled happily, as if he really liked the name. So, we decided to call him Chen Lan.]

So, this is how his name came about. It seems he has a special fondness for the word 'Lan'.

Now, Chen Lan was already sure that Ye Lan was indeed him, or rather, he was the reincarnation of Ye Lan, just without the memories.

But how did he come to this home?

The world is so vast, yet he ended up here—was it a coincidence, or what?

Chen Lan didn't understand and continued reading about his parents' bits and pieces with him.

[Little Lan is really adorable, the procedures are too troublesome, but we'll work hard to handle them, to get Little Lan's registration done. This is heaven's gift to us, we must hold on no matter what.]

[Great, it's finally done. From now on, Little Lan is truly our child, we'll raise him as our own, thank you heaven.]

[Little Lan is so smart, he learned to call us Mom and Dad so quickly. Qing Feng was so happy he couldn't sleep.]

Turning page after page, everything kept getting soaked until the last page found Chen Lan unable to hold back his tears.

[Qing Feng is gone, and I feel like I'm dying too, my body is getting worse and worse. But I really want to see Little Lan go to college, find a partner, get married, and bring grandchildren to see us. It's a pity I won't be able to see that.]

[I don't know if Little Lan's biological parents will find him; I hope he doesn't forget us. Even if he does, he's still our most beloved child.]

[I've already sent Little Lan to his parents; I hope he doesn't cry.]

[I have no strength left, not even to hold the pen, but I want to leave Little Lan a final message.]

[Little Lan, when you see this diary, you should know, we are not your biological parents, we don't know who they are. If someone says they're your parents and the DNA matches, don't doubt it, they are your parents. Go with them.]

[The happiest day of our lives was the day we saw you at the door, thank you, heaven, thank you for letting you come to us.]

[We love you, Little Lan, don't be sad. If you miss us, look up at the sky at night, those two brightest stars are us.]

[Love you, our dear son.]

The last page was already completely soaked with tears, the writing blurred beyond recognition.

Even though Chen Lan is now a Daoist Venerable, let's not forget that if not for the game manifestation, he was still just a college student.

"I love you too, Mom and Dad." Chen Lan wiped his tears, his eyes moist and reddened, spoke aloud.

It was a long time before Chen Lan's emotions gradually calmed down.

Looking at the notebook in his hand, he placed it back in the drawer, waved his hand gently, and the entire house was restored to its clean and tidy state.

His figure slowly faded away.

...

Qindu, cemetery.

Here, too, was untouched by the Demon Beasts, unharmed, but there was no Tomb Guardian left.

Probably left in fear.

On a certain plot of land, lay four tombstones, inscribed with: Chen Qingfeng, Li Lan, Chen Tianhai, Wang Yufang.

The first two were his parents' names, the latter two were Chen Lan's grandparents' names.

Chen Lan appeared out of thin air, looking down at the tombstones, and slowly sat cross-legged, smiling as if he was chatting casually, recounting what had happened during this time.

About half an hour passed, Chen Lan slowly stood up and dropped to his knees with a thud.

Rumble!!!

The world changed, clouds gathered, lightning and thunder roared, filling the entire Blue Star with dark clouds, a dim and fearsome sight causing panic and anxiety.

No one knew what was happening, this change in the sky was too sudden!

Bam!

Chen Lan kowtowed to his father's tombstone, expressing gratitude for his upbringing.

Boom!

The sky flashed with red Cang Lei, the thunder deafening, terrifying countless people, echoing throughout the entire Blue Star, shaking the heavens!

Every time Chen Lan kowtowed, the Thundercloud would rumble with Cang Lei, frightening many into giving up cultivation, fearing the enemy had come again.

Until Chen Lan stood up, the sky cleared as if nothing had happened.

Chen Lan condensed with one hand, forming four Flowers of Life made of gathered Life Energy, which would never wither, eternal and unextinguishable.

He gently placed the Flower of Life down, smiling softly:

"In my heart, you will always be my parents, others don't count."

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