Chapter Summaries

Fu Mengxue questioned Yuan Yujun about Pei Yi and Ling Wuyuan, struggling to accept claims about Ling Wuyuan’s strength. After Pei Yi confirmed that he had killed four True Form Realm cultivators, Fu Mengxue began to doubt whether reality itself was genuine.

• Fu Mengxue asked whether fate had led Yuan Yujun to take Pei Yi as her disciple, and Yuan Yujun admitted that it had.
• Fu Mengxue praised Yuan Yujun’s decision and questioned her about Pei Yi, whose importance seemed to outweigh the sea clan threat.
• Fu Mengxue demanded to know whether Ling Wuyuan had really killed four True Form Realm cultivators, after Yuan Yujun made the claim.
• Pei Yi confirmed that Ling Wuyuan had killed the four cultivators and said his injuries had nearly healed.
• Fu Mengxue wondered whether she was trapped in an illusion because Ling Wuyuan’s feat seemed too outrageous to believe.

Fu Mengxue accepted that Ling Wuyuan’s feats might be real and recognized Pei Yiman’s extraordinary potential, urging her to go to Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion headquarters. Pei Yiman agreed in principle but asked to bring her loved ones, and Fu Mengxue promised they could accompany her and said the Pavilion could cultivate Ling Wuyuan too.

• After failing to prove she was in an illusion, Fu Mengxue decided to investigate Ling Wuyuan and told Pei Yiman she had immense potential suited to headquarters.
• Pei Yiman considered the opportunity and asked whether Ling Wuyuan, her Senior Sister, and her junior sisters could go with her.
• Fu Mengxue agreed that Pei Yiman could bring her companions and said headquarters could devote its resources to cultivating Ling Wuyuan if his abilities were as described.
• Fu Mengxue reflected that human prodigies could advance farther and more steadily than other races when given equal time and resources.

Pei Yi sensed Ling Wuyuan’s life force surging again and realized his strength was advancing at an extraordinary pace, though Fu Mengxue still doubted his earlier achievements. After five hours of cultivation in the Northern Domain, Ling Wuyuan reached the second stage of the Enlightened Intent Realm and considered slowing down to master his powers.

• Fu Mengxue promised to seek the best treatment for Ling Wuyuan but remained deeply skeptical that he had reached the Enlightened Intent Realm or killed a True Form Realm expert alone.
• Pei Yi sensed Ling Wuyuan’s life force rapidly increasing through the Gray Mist Imprint and wondered whether the Heavenly Star Gold Stone or his automatic evolution had caused it.
• Pei Yiman recalled that Ling Wuyuan’s life force had once rivaled that of the prodigies Xi Xianlan and Bai Jingshu, despite his lower realm.
• After about five hours, Ling Wuyuan absorbed the medicinal liquid around him and reached the second stage of the Enlightened Intent Realm.
• Ling Wuyuan marveled at how quickly he had advanced from the Source Gathering Realm and considered slowing his cultivation to master his current powers.

Ling Wuyuan awakened in the [Soul Annihilation Stage] of the [Enlightened Intent Realm], gaining mental defenses and attacks through his true qi, though he had not yet awakened his [Innate Divine Ability]. He noticed his reconstructed body had matured and realized he had awakened on his birthday while still traveling through the [Northern Domain].

• Ling Wuyuan’s [Enlightened Intent Realm] and [Cellular Willpower Field] gave him formidable resistance to mental attacks, even from many [True Form Realm] cultivators.
• Ling Wuyuan realized he had naturally reached the [Soul Annihilation Stage], where his mental power strengthened its connection to his true qi and gave it mental attack effects.
• Ling Wuyuan acknowledged that he had not yet understood himself enough to awaken his [Innate Divine Ability], but believed it would come as he continued along his chosen path.
• Ling Wuyuan inspected his reconstructed body and saw that it had grown taller and more mature as it moved toward the [Complete Form].
• Ling Wuyuan noticed that he had awakened on his birthday and regretted being unable to celebrate with Yi and the others.
• Ling Wuyuan decided he would kill some seafolk to vent his frustration after returning to the [Southern Region].

Ling Wuyuan spent several days resting and reflecting on his desires, concluding that strength was essential to pursuing whatever he wanted. When Pei Yiman warned that his identity might soon be exposed, Ling Wuyuan stayed calm and told her not to worry, while remaining more concerned about Pei Yi and the others.

• Ling Wuyuan stopped cultivating and spent several days relaxing aboard the Floating Rune Warship.
• Ling Wuyuan reflected on his desire to do as he pleased and concluded that strength was indispensable.
• Ling Wuyuan admired the wonders of the world and felt fortunate to have been reborn in a world with Extraordinary Power.
• Pei Yiman warned Ling Wuyuan through the [Gray Mist Imprint] that factions in the Northern Domain were investigating him and his identity might be exposed.
• Ling Wuyuan replied that they should go with the flow and not panic, and he urged Pei Yiman not to waste effort on meaningless concerns.

The factions investigating the Northern Domain anomaly found that he looked almost exactly like Ling Wuyuan, a young prodigy from the Southern Region. They dismissed the possibility that they were the same person because of the vast distance and difference in cultivation, but reports from the Southern Region began to make them reconsider.

• The factions narrowed their search after the [Chasing Maple Dynasty] leaked information and they obtained Ling Wuyuan’s portrait.
• A high-ranking member of the [News Report] recognized the portrait as nearly identical to one of Ling Wuyuan from the Southern Region.
• The member compared the portraits and reported the resemblance to a superior, suggesting the Northern Domain figure might be wearing a human-skin mask.
• People in the [News Report] debated whether the resemblance came from a disguise, divine ability, synchronicity, or coincidence, but none believed they were the same person.
• After two or three days, feedback from the [Southern Region] led them to consider that the figures in the portraits might actually be the same person.

The various powers investigated Ling Wuyuan’s disappearance and discovered that divinations linked him closely to the mysterious person in the Northern Domain. They concluded that the victor of the battle might hold the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, so they watched the Chasing Maple Dynasty cautiously while Ling Wuyuan learned from Pei Yi how desperate the Northern Domain had become.

• The powers noticed Ling Wuyuan had vanished when the Southern Region’s war with the sea clan began and suspected something had happened to him.
• Divinations failed on both Ling Wuyuan and the nearly identical person in the portrait, convincing the powers that the two were closely connected.
• The powers reasoned that the mysterious faction was more likely than Kang Canglan, Kang Xingcheng, Kang Wanshu, and Bai Dinghan to have won the battle for the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.
• The powers monitored the anxious Chasing Maple Dynasty and waited to learn who had won before risking a move for the treasure.
• Ling Wuyuan learned through long-distance communication with Pei Yi that Northern Domain powers were desperate for Yuan Yujun and the others to reveal information about the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

Ling Wuyuan weighed the threats posed by forces pursuing the Heavenly Star Gold Stone and chose to keep cultivating rather than retreat. As his strength grew, he sensed the Soul Beacon in the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge moving away from the Golden Mist Continent, though it was expected to return near White Mist Country decades later.

• Pei Yi warned Ling Wuyuan that powerful forces seeking the Heavenly Star Gold Stone could still threaten him, and Ling Wuyuan agreed to stay cautious.
• Ling Wuyuan decided he would face difficult opponents if necessary, relying on Abyssal Divine Speed while remaining ready to retreat from overwhelming danger.
• Ling Wuyuan restarted his cultivation, using Abyssal Divine Speed and the Floating Rune Warship’s spirit-gathering formations to absorb spiritual energy at exceptional speed.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed the Soul Beacon in the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge growing clearer as his strength increased, and perceived it moving rapidly away from the Golden Mist Continent.
• Ling Wuyuan judged that the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge would follow its route back near White Mist Country in several decades and reopen the space-time rift.

Ling Wuyuan learned that Fu Mengxue was struggling to secure access to the [Continental Teleportation Array] to bring him back to the [Southern Region], but he reassured Pei Yi that he could return on his own if necessary. Pei Yi shared that the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] headquarters was considering sending reinforcements to escort Ling Wuyuan and the others overseas.

• Pei Yi told Ling Wuyuan that Fu Mengxue was facing local resistance while seeking approval to use the [Continental Teleportation Array].
• Ling Wuyuan reassured Pei Yi that he could return to the [Southern Region] himself, even if it took two or three years.
• Pei Yi discussed how rulers behind the scenes intended to prolong the war against the Sea Clan invaders as a military exercise, despite the enormous casualties.
• Pei Yi explained that Fu Mengxue had reported Ling Wuyuan's abilities to the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] headquarters, which was considering dispatching powerhouses to escort him and the others overseas.

Pei Yi advised Ling Wuyuan to wait safely in the Northern Domain for the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion headquarters to send experts, and he agreed while planning to sort through his possessions. After Pei Yi ended their remote contact, Fu Mengxue and the others marveled at the Gray Mist Imprint, whose extraordinary range and concealment they could not explain.

• Pei Yi told Ling Wuyuan that headquarters would likely send experts for him and advised him to keep a low profile while waiting.
• Ling Wuyuan agreed to continue his journey quietly and decided to organize the many items he had collected.
• Yan Xiujin envied Pei Yi's ability to contact Ling Wuyuan, and Xi Xianlan explained how difficult the Gray Mist Imprint was to use.
• Fu Mengxue and the others tried to detect the Gray Mist Imprint during Pei Yi's contact with Ling Wuyuan but sensed nothing.
• Fu Mengxue concluded that she could only create a far less capable imprint and could not understand how Ling Wuyuan achieved communication across such an immense distance.

Fu Mengxue recognized the strategic potential of Ling Wuyuan’s soul secret art and decided to leave decisions about him and Pei Yi to the sect headquarters. Yan Xiujin worried that Ling Wuyuan had spent his birthday alone because of her, then asked whether his affection for her meant she could become his wife.

• Fu Mengxue regretted that [Gray Mist Imprint] was too difficult to use widely, though she marveled at Ling Wuyuan’s talent and resolved to let the sect headquarters decide what to do about him and Pei Yi.
• Pei Yi felt pleased that Fu Mengxue was taking Ling Wuyuan increasingly seriously and believed the headquarters might send powerful experts to bring him back from the Northern Domain.
• Yan Xiujin lamented that she had missed Ling Wuyuan’s sixteenth birthday and feared he might be angry with her.
• Pei Yi comforted Yan Xiujin, saying Ling Wuyuan would not blame her and that saving her showed he genuinely cared about her.
• Yan Xiujin asked whether Ling Wuyuan’s affection meant she could become his wife, and Wu Yanlian struggled to refute her reasoning.

Ling Wuyuan organized his spoils and examined metal fragments from an ancient ruin, discovering that their flawless microscopic structure was beyond his ability to damage. Remembering the ancient fortress and its mysterious destruction, he wondered about the power behind it, then suffered another injury when he approached a sealed memory fragment, though his body rapidly healed itself.

• Ling Wuyuan used his enhanced perception to identify traps and sort his spoils, including hundreds of thousands of books.
• Ling Wuyuan examined the metal fragments and found no gaps in their microscopic structure, realizing he probably could not scratch them even with [Abyssal Divine Speed].
• Ling Wuyuan recalled that cultivators in the ancient mobile fortress had failed to damage it and wondered what kind of being had shot it down and killed its inhabitants.
• Ling Wuyuan approached a sealed memory fragment in his Sea of Consciousness and was struck by the cold sword light inside it.
• Ling Wuyuan's forehead split open, but his living cells consumed dead tissue and rapidly regenerated the wound.

Ling Wuyuan recovered from the sword light’s lingering damage and decided to use it as a whetstone to strengthen himself, while continuing to study the metal fragment. As factions grew impatient over Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s silence about the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, a turning point appeared.

• Ling Wuyuan’s bodily reorganization healed his injuries quickly, though the sword light continued to damage his body and soul.
• Ling Wuyuan judged that he had endured the sword light better than before and resolved to recall it again to hone himself.
• Ling Wuyuan resealed the sword light and continued examining the metal fragment without finding any clues.
• The factions discussing the Heavenly Star Gold Stone grew impatient after Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion ignored their proposals.
• A turning point appeared as the factions struggled to find a way to seize the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

Yang Zhengyu and Hou Jinxuan agreed to cooperate to seize the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, trusting that its size would allow several True Form Realm cultivators to benefit. They joined another companion at a remote altar, where a ritual began to shake the mountain range.

• Yang Zhengyu was surprised when Hou Jinxuan approached him, but she explained that her desire for power and a longer life had led her to break Wenying Tower's rules.
• Yang Zhengyu accepted Hou Jinxuan's information about the Heavenly Star Gold Stone and agreed to cooperate, noting that its reported size could support four or five cultivators.
• Hou Jinxuan agreed to follow the plan and urged the group to seize the stone quickly.
• About two hours later, Yang Zhengyu, Hou Jinxuan, and another figure watched a seated cultivator atop a newly erected altar in a remote mountain range.
• Pure radiance poured down onto the cultivator as the altar trembled, the mountains shook, and the cultivator's complexion grew pale.

Hou Jinxuan and her allies tried to divine Ling Wuyuan’s location using Tang Shucheng’s altar, while Ling Wuyuan sensed their unusual method and traced its karmic link to his Floating Rune Warship. He realized Wenying Tower’s side might be involved and saw that destroying the vessel could thwart their search.

• Yang Zhengyu and Deng Yong worried that Tang Shucheng’s divination might fail because Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion was concealing Ling Wuyuan.
• Hou Jinxuan accepted that betraying Wenying Tower could get her hunted, but chose to pursue the Heavenly Star Gold Stone so she could extend her life and advance further.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed a powerful force trying to peer at him, but noticed its divination medium was behaving unusually.
• Ling Wuyuan traced the starlit karmic thread and found that one of its strands connected to the Floating Rune Warship Di Zixuan had given him.
• Ling Wuyuan realized the other party could track him through the warship and considered destroying it to break their connection.

Tang Shucheng struggled through a dangerous divination to learn the target’s next movement route. After he succeeded, Yang Zhengyu ordered the group to set out and intercept the target.

• The narration explained how [Weight] on the [Fate] and [Causality] levels affected prophecy and divination, and why Hou Jinxuan’s intelligence and physical medium had aided Tang Shucheng.
• Tang Shucheng’s divination caused violent disturbances that grew until he spat blood and the earth-vein altar exploded.
• Hou Jinxuan, Yang Zhengyu, and Deng Yong remained protected by their true essence as the mountain range was torn apart around them.
• Tang Shucheng emerged from the dust and announced that he had learned the target’s next movement route.
• Yang Zhengyu ordered everyone to leave at once and find a position to intercept the target, and the others agreed.

Tang Shucheng recovered after divining Ling Wuyuan’s location with Hou Jinxuan’s Floating Rune Warship, while Ling Wuyuan reflected on the clash and prepared to change ships. He remained willing to face Di Zixuan despite their likely conflict, honoring the favor he had once received before fighting him over the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

• Tang Shucheng told Hou Jinxuan, Yang Zhengyu, and Deng Yong that his difficult divination had succeeded because Hou Jinxuan’s Floating Rune Warship served as an additional medium.
• Hou Jinxuan recalled that her ship was a sister ship to the one Di Zixuan had given Ling Wuyuan, and she anticipated that she and Di Zixuan would meet as enemies.
• Ling Wuyuan judged that his failed attempt to conceal the ship came down to a gap in strength, and he sensed his power over [Fate] and [Karma] responding to the clash.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to replace his current ship but remained unconcerned that his enemies had learned something about him.
• Ling Wuyuan chose not to destroy Di Zixuan’s ship because he remembered the favor Di Zixuan had done him, and he resolved to give him a chance to seize the Heavenly Star Gold Stone before killing him openly.
• Ling Wuyuan spotted a roughly one-hundred-and-fifty-meter Floating Rune Warship in his spatial item and recognized it as a superior Divine Ability Realm vehicle that would be difficult to master.

After Wenying Tower discovered Hou Jinxuan had disappeared and likely defected, Di Zixuan accepted responsibility for dealing with her and hoped to find her before she reached Ling Wuyuan. Ling Wuyuan learned the truth and calmly left compensation negotiations to his allies, while Pei Yi urged him to take care of himself.

• Wenying Tower informed Di Zixuan that Hou Jinxuan had vanished, and he realized she had deliberately blocked him.
• Di Zixuan's senior brother, the Tower Master of Wenying Tower, assigned him to handle Hou Jinxuan's matter and promised to address the damage to the tower's reputation.
• Pei Yi relayed the full situation to Ling Wuyuan, who felt disappointed that he would not get to confront Di Zixuan himself.
• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Yi to let Senior Yuan and the others negotiate generous compensation and valuable intelligence from Wenying Tower.
• Pei Yi warned Ling Wuyuan that he had spent too much time injured and recuperating, and told him to be careful.

Pei Yi relayed Ling Wuyuan’s plan to confront the enemy head-on, alarming Fu Mengxue and the others, who believed he could not be persuaded to change his mind. The sect headquarters then sent word that Su Qingyue would lead reinforcements to the branch.

• Murong Yan asked Pei Yi what Ling Wuyuan had decided and reflected on the dangers he had survived in the ancient mobile fortress.
• Pei Yi told everyone Ling Wuyuan seemed intent on facing the enemy directly and shared her guess about his plan.
• Fu Mengxue rebuked Ling Wuyuan’s choice as reckless because he was still injured and the enemy was dangerous.
• Pei Suxia, Yao Yueyan, and the others explained that Ling Wuyuan was too stubborn to be persuaded, while Pei Yi trusted him completely.
• Su Qingyue informed Fu Mengxue that the headquarters had finalized a response plan and that she would lead a team to reinforce the sect branch.

Fu Mengxue announced that Su Qingyue would personally come to the branch, leaving Pei Yi confident that Ling Wuyuan would soon return. Yan Xiujin’s question about whether Yuan Yujun would lose her authority earned her a beating, while Wu Yanlian also looked forward to Ling Wuyuan’s return.

• Fu Mengxue told everyone that Su Qingyue had decided to come in person, and she expected Su Qingyue to take Ling Wuyuan back by force if necessary.
• The group was shocked by the news, and Pei Yi felt relieved because she believed Ling Wuyuan would soon be able to return.
• Yan Xiujin asked Yuan Yujun whether Su Qingyue’s arrival meant Yuan Yujun would lose her authority.
• Yuan Yujun rebuked Yan Xiujin for discussing the Pavilion Master and slapped her until she wailed.
• Wu Yanlian rubbed her backside, felt grateful that Yan Xiujin had spoken first, and looked forward to Ling Wuyuan’s return.