Evidently, although Yu Bing's fate had undergone slight changes because of his appearance, the overall thread of destiny had not deviated in the slightest.
In the unseen depths, some unknown existence still held Yu Bing's fate firmly in its grasp.
Chu Mu did not know where the future would lead, but it had surely long since been ordained.
Just as he had once toyed with the fate of that Flower of Similarity.
From the planting of its seed, to its sprouting, growth, and finally its flowering and fruiting, there could not be the slightest deviation...
That Flower of Similarity had been thus, and so was Yu Bing, the rogue cultivator whose body he had possessed.
Chu Mu tried to peer into the source of this ordained fate, but in the end, it was futile.
The source of that power had already far surpassed his understanding.
Even the mighty rules of Dao Integration he had once wielded could not detect the slightest clue.
Thus, day after day passed, and the years flowed on.
Yu Bing's fate continued along its prescribed course, his fortunes flourishing.
Not long after Yu Bing achieved Golden Core Completion, all manner of rumors spread that Great River Real Person, who had dominated Great River City for over a thousand years, was nearing the end of his lifespan.
At the time, Great River Real Person's nine disciples and one legitimate son were all only at the Golden Core Realm. Even the strongest among them was merely at Golden Core Late Stage, slightly inferior even to Yu Bing.
Under such circumstances, wolves gradually gathered and watched from without, while dark currents surged within.
As this special situation, with a storm vortex on the verge of forming, arose, Yu Bing, a Golden Core cultivator already renowned throughout Great River City,