Fate Nullification Body

In the Immortal Ancient World, a flash of light appeared, and Shen Ye and Hua Yue returned to their original room.

Hua Yue was still bewildered. How had they suddenly returned?

Shen Ye frowned slightly. It seemed he had accidentally screwed that world over badly.

Just now, after the Old Heavenly Master guided him into the inner landscape of that realm, just as he had expected, the baptism of the world's origin had greatly enhanced his comprehension once more.

But just as he was enjoying this wonderful feeling, the Destiny Orb suddenly became like a starving, resentful wife. It swallowed ninety percent of the world's origin in one gulp. By the time he came to his senses, he and Hua Yue had already been blacklisted and thrown out by the "terrified" world origin.

Shen Ye thought to himself, Having plundered so much world origin, I may have directly pushed that world from its growth stage into its destruction stage. If no outside force changes things, the Otherworlder World can already begin its countdown to destruction. This is some serious karma...

Sensing their auras reappear, the High Priest appeared in the room almost as if he had teleported.

Hua Yue hurriedly bowed. "Venerable Ziwei!"

However, he paid no attention to Hua Yue. His gaze remained fixed on Shen Ye, his eyes filled with anticipation and unease. "Where did you go earlier?"

Shen Ye answered concisely, "Outside."

A brilliant light flashed in the High Priest's eyes as he urgently asked, "How did you get out?"

Shen Ye decisively shifted the blame to Shennong. "Venerable God Shennong granted me the ability to freely enter and leave the barrier!"

"So it truly was Venerable God Shennong's blessing!" the High Priest muttered. He had no doubt whatsoever about Shen Ye's answer.

The barrier trapping the City of Flowing Moon had been set by the Heavenly Emperor. Naturally, only the two great gods on the same level as the Heavenly Emperor could silently bypass it.

And Great Goddess Nuwa had no connection to the City of Flowing Moon. That left only one possible answer: Venerable God Shennong!

After steadying himself, the High Priest glanced at Hua Yue beside him and asked, "Can you bring others through the barrier as well?"

"Hua Yue is my Living Puppet and shares my aura, so she can naturally leave with me. But others aren't so fortunate." After saying that, Shen Ye added, "Besides, the outside world is thick with turbid qi. Ordinary clansmen simply cannot survive out there!"

At the mention of turbid qi, the joy on the High Priest's face gradually faded. "Indeed. If we cannot find a place where Pure Qi gathers, leaving the city would bring no practical benefit to our people!"

Seeing the time was right, Shen Ye skillfully used a grand name to bluff him. "Just because it cannot be done now does not mean it cannot be done in the future. Venerable God Shennong granted me this ability because he recognizes me and believes I can find a path to survival in the outside world!"

The High Priest heard another meaning in his son's words and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Shen Ye did not conceal his intentions. "I want access to all the city's resources. The outside world is dangerous, and I must increase my ability to protect myself as much as possible!"

"That is only reasonable. I will report it to the City Lord." The High Priest nodded. After a moment of silence, he added, "When your strength is still lacking, carrying one or two Yanjia constructs for protection can help you avoid many dangers."

Shen Ye nodded faintly. "The reason I need to mobilize the city's resources is precisely to build high-level Yanjia constructs suited to me."

The High Priest froze. He had meant for Shen Ye to find the clan's Yanjia masters to forge constructs for him, but from Shen Ye's tone, it sounded as though he intended to do it himself.

Shen Ye understood what he was thinking and skillfully shifted the blame again. "Venerable God Shennong illuminated my Life Palace Star Soul. Within the Star Soul Map lies the Yanjia inheritance passed down by ancient forebears. At present, the skills of the clan's Yanjia masters may not surpass mine."

The High Priest fell silent once more. "I understand. It is only... I hope you will not forget your identity as a member of the Lieshan Tribe."

Shen Ye lowered his eyes. "My ties to this city are no fewer than yours."

The conversation between father and son soon ended. Only after the High Priest left did Shen Ye turn his attention back to the Destiny Orb.

Even as he had spoken with his father, he had been continuously receiving information from the Destiny Orb.

After absorbing ninety percent of the Otherworlder World's origin, the orb had finally truly awakened and formally acknowledged him as its master.

The Destiny Orb, which had originally floated above his Life Palace, had now descended and completely merged into it, presiding over the Purple Star Main Star!

Among the information sent by the Destiny Orb, the most important was the reason it had chosen him.

More accurately, the Destiny Orb had not chosen him unilaterally. They complemented and fulfilled one another, and the reason was his constitution—the Fate Nullification Body!

Unlike powerful constitutions such as the Innate Dao Body, Chaos Body, or Primordial Sacred Body, this constitution did not grant all manner of mystical talents and abilities from the start. It was almost useless in comprehending the Dao or combat, yet it possessed two characteristics no other constitution had.

First, fate was nullified, and he was not bound by destiny! Second, he had neither cause nor effect, and was not constrained by karma!

All living beings in the Myriad Worlds, so long as they existed beneath the great web of fate, were bound by their destinies. More accurately, they had an upper limit.

For the weak, this talent was practically useless, because the overwhelming majority of living beings could never reach their own limits.

This was different from a bottleneck. As long as one's cultivation accumulated sufficiently and the right opportunity came, a bottleneck would naturally break through. But the limits imposed by destiny were iron laws of the world. No matter how peerless your talent or unparalleled your brilliance, if you could not break through, then you could not break through. Even if you gathered the resources of the entire universe, it would still be useless.

Of course, this was not absolute. If one could accumulate boundless Fortune to strike against destiny, there was still a one-in-a-hundred-million chance of transcending it.

For Shen Ye, however, he had attained from the very beginning the opportunity that only one in a hundred million peerless powerhouses could grasp.

As for having neither cause nor effect, it meant no one could calculate his fate. The heavenly secrets around him would forever remain chaotic. Even karma as immense as the death of a world or the destruction of a universe could not be traced back to him.

Of course, super experts capable of destroying universes would not fear such naturally generated karma too much themselves, unless they were used as disposable weapons by experts of the same level.

But that was not necessarily true for those who indirectly caused such events.

For example, because a Destiny Orb host existed, the Son of Destiny of a certain universe might be killed off. Then, when the apocalyptic calamity arrived, no one would save the world, indirectly causing the universe's destruction. That karma would then be traced back to the host.

If the host's strength was insufficient at that time, he would naturally be entangled by boundless karmic sin!

According to the information sent by the Destiny Orb, several of its previous hosts had died this way, and it had suffered severe damage as well.

"No wonder this orb spent its last shred of Fortune reversing time and space to save me. It was traumatized by being screwed over!" Shen Ye's lips curved slightly. Then he thought, But is this orb trying to tempt me into becoming heartless and merciless?

Although the immense karma of the Otherworlder World had not fallen on him, it had made the Main World take the blame.

Unless he could sever all ties in the future, if he plundered and destroyed without restraint simply because he himself was unbound, this karmic sin would sooner or later backlash against those around him.

It seems I still need to repay this karma from the Otherworlder World, but only after I resolve the City of Flowing Moon's predicament. Otherwise, once I'm dead, why should I care if the floods rise to heaven? With that thought, Shen Ye quickly made his decision. Before that, I should first adjust the flow of time in the Otherworlder World!

Lu Xun, "Final Collection of Essays from the Qiejie Pavilion: Reply to Xu Maoyong and the Question of the Anti-Japanese United Front": "The first thing that should be swept away is using a grand banner as tiger skin, wrapping oneself in it to frighten others." (I used this phrase in the previous book as well, but quite a few readers thought I had written it incorrectly and believed it should be "pull tiger skin and raise a grand banner." I do not know whether that version is correct, but the way I wrote it is definitely not wrong, so I am placing the allusion here in advance.)