Chu Yang smiled bitterly in his heart. But, he didn't show anything on his face.
He had taken a big risk this time. It could be said that his death could come at any time now. He didn't have any confidence to obtain the fourth fragment of the Nine Tribulations Sword now.
He had always had a feeling that all matters of his life followed a certain abstruse trajectory. It seemed as if they would be carried-on in a regular and thorough way. His heaven-defying nature to change his fate was no exception. And, he had apparently been moving in this already set line.
Everything had been rational and matter of course.
[The first thing that I had done after I had taken the rebirth was that I had punished Shi Qianshan. Then, that had triggered a series of events. Therefore, I had obtained Wu Yunliang's appreciation. And, that's how I had entered the Iron Cloud. And, that's how I had met Gu Duxing.]