Chapter Summaries

Su Qingyue considered the extraordinary properties of Ling Wuyuan’s [Abyssal Divine Speed] and wondered whether he and Pei Yiman were kindred spirits. Ling Wuyuan gave Yuan Yujun a piece of [Heavenly Star Gold Stone], leaving her grateful but surprised that he was already giving back to her.

• Su Qingyue explained that Ling Wuyuan’s [Abyssal Divine Speed] was exceptionally difficult to counter because it could accelerate him with little energy consumption.
• Su Qingyue compared Ling Wuyuan’s ability with Pei Yiman’s energy-devouring frost and wondered whether their similar natures had drawn them together.
• Ling Wuyuan offered Yuan Yujun a piece of [Heavenly Star Gold Stone], saying he had already used enough that this piece would not make a decisive difference to him.
• Yuan Yujun accepted the treasure after Ling Wuyuan insisted, feeling happy and speechless that he was already repaying her protection.

Ling Wuyuan agreed to travel with Su Qingyue to the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s main headquarters after three months, while the News Report prepared to publish his deeds. Before the chapter ended, he showed Su Qingyue a metal fragment from the Metal Fortress and asked whether she recognized it.

• Yuan Yujun told Ling Wuyuan that the News Report wanted to publish his recent deeds, and he agreed to the proposal.
• Su Qingyue asked Ling Wuyuan and Pei Yi to return with her to the main headquarters for better cultivation resources.
• Su Qingyue offered to bring other branch members too, and Yan Xiujin eagerly said she wanted to go.
• Ling Wuyuan agreed to leave for the main headquarters in about three months.
• Ling Wuyuan showed Su Qingyue a metal fragment from the Metal Fortress and asked whether she knew what made it special.

Su Qingyue tested the strength of a mysterious metal fragment Ling Wuyuan had found and learned it was ordinary construction material from a moving ancient ruin, not a treasure. Ling Wuyuan explained that the ruin’s metal puppets treated him as neutral unless he entered its more important areas.

• Su Qingyue found that the metal fragment had immense density and no weaknesses she could perceive.
• Su Qingyue used about half her strength to deform the fragment slightly, then judged she might need her Innate Divine Ability to destroy it.
• Ling Wuyuan revealed that the fragment was basic building material from a moving ancient ruin and offered Su Qingyue a large pile of similar scraps.
• Su Qingyue asked Ling Wuyuan about the ruin, and he explained that its metal puppets did not attack him outside the more important areas.

Ling Wuyuan discussed why the ancient ruin’s metal puppets had tolerated him, while Su Qingyue wondered whether he had alien blood. After two days of testing his abilities, he discovered new ways to use [Abyssal Divine Speed] and [Torrent of Destiny], though their costs and limits remained significant.

• Ling Wuyuan told Su Qingyue that the metal puppets would likely attack if he entered certain areas of the ancient ruin.
• Su Qingyue wondered whether Ling Wuyuan had alien blood, but he denied it.
• After two days of practice, Ling Wuyuan learned that [Abyssal Divine Speed] could accelerate external objects such as arrows, though doing so consumed enormous energy and often destroyed them.
• Ling Wuyuan found that [Torrent of Destiny] could anchor favorable future possibilities, reveal an object’s past, and observe a target’s present condition.
• Ling Wuyuan discovered that learning everything about a metal fragment from the ruin would cost more Destiny and Karma than he could pay, and that [Torrent of Destiny] operated as a force acting on Destiny and Karma rather than creating things from nothing.

Ling Wuyuan examined how [Torrent of Destiny] manipulated fate and karma, and concluded it had helped him survive the meteorite that brought him to the [Golden Mist Continent]. He suspected he possessed a third, still-awakening [Innate Divine Ability] and began to reconsider the unexplained circumstances of the meteorite.

• Ling Wuyuan determined that [Torrent of Destiny] guided fate and karma to influence events, while [Abyssal Divine Speed] represented a contrasting power of direct force.
• Ling Wuyuan concluded that [Torrent of Destiny] had spontaneously activated when the meteorite fell, giving him a chance to enter a spacetime passage and reach [Black Stone City].
• Ling Wuyuan realized that [Abyssal Divine Speed] and another force had also helped him endure the spacetime passage and arrive in the [Golden Mist Continent].
• Ling Wuyuan sensed that he possessed a third [Innate Divine Ability], connected to his exceptional cultivation talent, tenacious life force, and adaptive evolution, which might awaken at the [Divine Ability Realm].
• Ling Wuyuan questioned whether his three powers were innate and noticed that the meteorite's sudden appearance on Earth seemed impossible to explain.
• Ling Wuyuan decided that the events surrounding the meteorite might be worth investigating despite his having crossed into another world.

Ling Wuyuan considered how his [Torrent of Destiny] gained Laws of Karma by influencing others, and decided he preferred to spread influence as a powerhouse rather than risk extreme schemes. Before publishing its flattering article about him, the [News Report] sent a sample to the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] for approval, revealing how carefully it deferred to the powerful sect.

• Ling Wuyuan sensed that the [News Report] had finished compiling an article about him and anticipated gaining Laws of Karma when it was published.
• Ling Wuyuan considered how rulers and large-scale harmful acts could harvest Laws of Karma efficiently, but rejected risky methods that might attract powerful enemies.
• Ling Wuyuan concluded that he could let his reputation and actions spread naturally as a powerhouse.
• The [News Report] sent a sample of its flattering article to the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] before publication and sought its opinions.
• Ling Wuyuan read the sample and was struck by how submissively the [News Report] treated the sect.

Ling Wuyuan endured teasing over the News Report’s extravagant praise and discussed the dangers of returning to an ancient ruin, while Pei Yi and the others examined heavy, indestructible metal fragments. Two days later, Guan Xiangfei continued exhausting preparations as White Mist Country braced for a possible Sea Clan invasion.

• Wu Yanlian mocked the News Report’s excessive praise of Ling Wuyuan, while Pei Yi defended the article.
• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Suxia that the ancient ruin was too dangerous for him and Pavilion Master Su to explore properly.
• Ling Wuyuan gave Yao Yueyan and Bai Jingshu two metal fragments, which they found exceptionally heavy and too hard to affect.
• Two days later in Dragon Peak City, Guan Xiangfei woke exhausted after cultivating for dozens of days as White Mist Country prepared for war.
• Guan Xiangfei continued training because his family could not easily flee if White Mist Country became the battlefield.

Guan Xiangfei feared that his uncle’s sudden visit meant White Mist Country was on the verge of disaster, but instead received a report claiming Ling Wuyuan had reached the Divine Ability Realm and topped the Golden Mist Continent Hero Ranking. He immediately dismissed the report as fake news.

• Guan Xiangfei heard a knock during his cultivation and worried that the sea clans had launched an attack.
• Guan Xiangfei’s uncle, the clan head, arrived unexpectedly and said he had something important to ask.
• Guan Xiangfei’s uncle handed him the latest News Report and told him to read it.
• Guan Xiangfei saw that the report ranked sixteen-year-old Ling Wuyuan first on the overall Hero Ranking with Divine Ability Realm strength.
• Guan Xiangfei shouted that the report was outrageous fake news because he had fought Ling Wuyuan half a year earlier.

Guan Xiangfei’s eldest uncle told him that Ling Wuyuan had reached the Divine Ability Realm at sixteen, a feat considered impossible by nearly everyone on the Golden Mist Continent. Guan Xiangfei initially dismissed the news, but began to doubt himself when he realized his uncle was serious.

• The chapter explained that the Hero Ranking promoted young cultivators, while the Enlightened Intent Realm was considered the limit for cultivators under forty.
• Guan Xiangfei’s eldest uncle told him that news of Ling Wuyuan reaching the Divine Ability Realm was true.
• Guan Xiangfei insisted Ling Wuyuan was only at the Source Gathering Realm—Spirit Disturbance Stage and promised to eat all the dung at the family ranch if the report was true.
• Guan Xiangfei repeatedly rejected his eldest uncle’s claims, then realized his uncle was not joking and wondered whether he could avoid eating the horse dung.

Guan Xiangfei and cultivators across the Golden Mist Continent struggled to believe the News Report’s account of Ling Wuyuan’s extraordinary achievements, including his killing a Heart Domain Realm sea expert. As Ling Wuyuan and Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion gained fame, Ling sensed a growing tide of Law of Karma flowing toward him.

• Guan Xiangfei read the News Report and learned from his uncle that the Heart Domain Realm was the pinnacle of the Golden Mist Continent’s cultivation world.
• Guan Xiangfei struggled to believe Ling Wuyuan had killed a Heart Domain Realm cultivator after advancing so far in only half a year.
• Young cultivators across White Mist Country and neighboring nations questioned the report and wondered whether Ling Wuyuan was even human.
• Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion became famous across the Golden Mist Continent, while the News Report concealed its greater strength and origins.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed the Law of Karma surging toward him and anticipated that it would keep increasing as the news spread.

Ling Wuyuan enjoyed the surge of Destiny and Karma around him while Xi Xianlan teased him about his rapid cultivation and warned that his fame would draw crowds to the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion. The sect planned to strengthen its protective formation, and Xi Xianlan reassured him that his actions would not change their bond.

• Ling Wuyuan explained that he had gained an expected benefit, while Xi Xianlan declined to press him for details.
• Xi Xianlan boasted that she would soon reach the Enlightened Intent Realm, and Ling Wuyuan joked about the gap between her realm and his Divine Ability Realm.
• Xi Xianlan told Ling Wuyuan that his News Report fame would attract troublesome visitors and that Pavilion Master Su planned to upgrade the sect's protective formation over three months.
• Ling Wuyuan felt guilty about the trouble his fame might cause the sect, but Xi Xianlan said they were family and promised to help him show off.

Yuan Yujun discussed how the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] should respond to neighboring factions seeking help against the Sea Race. She agreed to ask Elder Fu to deter the Sea Race from advancing in their direction and to reveal that the crisis had the tacit approval of [Heart Domain Realm Cultivators], while leaving Ling Wuyuan’s personal revenge to him.

• The Steward Elder told Yuan Yujun that neighboring factions had again asked the sect to fight the Oceanic Alien Races or reinforce defensive lines.
• Yuan Yujun considered asking Elder Fu to make the Sea Race abandon its advance in their direction.
• The Steward Elder agreed Elder Fu could act and suggested revealing that [Heart Domain Realm Cultivators] in the [Southern Region] had tacitly allowed the Sea Race’s expansion.
• Yuan Yujun approved the suggestion, saying the sect had no obligation to clean up the crisis created by others.
• Yuan Yujun reflected that Su Qingyue would avenge Ling Wuyuan if he asked, but Ling Wuyuan would rather seek revenge himself.

Ling Wuyuan told Fu Mengxue that he did not care whether the Sea Folk expert was killed, only whether anyone did it in his name, and explained his brutal belief that the weak deserved whatever misfortune befell them. Later, Pei Suxia told him that Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing had come to visit, and Ling Wuyuan decided to meet them.

• Fu Mengxue informed Ling Wuyuan that Yuan Yujun had made a decision concerning the Sea Folk, and Ling said he had no opinion on whether they were killed.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that he did not hate the Sea Folk expert and believed his past suffering had been natural because he had been weak.
• Fu Mengxue judged Ling Wuyuan's outlook extreme and privately thought Pei Yiman and her connections helped keep him from becoming an utterly deranged evil-path practitioner.
• Pei Suxia told Ling Wuyuan that Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing had come to see him.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized the two names from his time at Azure Lake White Stream Palace in Cloud Ridge Province and said he would meet them.

Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing arrived at Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s fortified pass to seek out Ling Wuyuan, carrying the hopes of their families and country. After the sect verified their identities, Pei Suxia volunteered to inform Ling Wuyuan that his old acquaintances had come.

• Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing reached Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s outer pass and left their entourage a thousand meters away.
• The two men respectfully announced that they had come to see Ling Wuyuan, but admitted they had no token.
• A sect elder questioned them from the gate tower and ordered a disciple to send their information into the sect for verification.
• After the men’s identities were verified, Pei Suxia volunteered to tell Ling Wuyuan that his old acquaintances were waiting.

Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing waited outside the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion as refugees and onlookers gathered nearby, then met Ling Wuyuan when he emerged with Pei Suxia. Ling Wuyuan acknowledged Guan Xiangfei and asked why he had come.

• Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing discussed the extreme cold and the refugees who had died seeking shelter near the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.
• Onlookers focused on Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing after learning they knew Ling Wuyuan, who had drawn many people to the area.
• Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing sensed Ling Wuyuan approaching as the pavilion's enormous canyon gate opened.
• Ling Wuyuan emerged beside the veiled Pei Suxia, and Guan Xiangfei greeted him after noticing how much his strength and appearance had changed.
• Ling Wuyuan briefly returned Guan Xiangfei's greeting and asked what he wanted, while Pei Suxia silently watched.

Guan Xiangfei asked Ling Wuyuan to help White Mist Country and its neighbors against the sea race, but Ling Wuyuan revealed that someone from his sect had already gone to handle the threat. After learning Ling Wuyuan had reached the Divine Ability Realm, Guan Xiangfei questioned whether he should keep pursuing someone whose strength and progress seemed beyond human reach.

• Guan Xiangfei explained the devastation caused by the sea race and asked Ling Wuyuan for help.
• Ling Wuyuan said a sect member had already gone to deal with the sea race, promising White Mist Country and its neighbors would no longer be affected.
• Ling Wuyuan turned to leave, saying he had already settled his ties with Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing by meeting them.
• Guan Xiangfei asked whether Ling Wuyuan had reached the Divine Ability Realm, and Ling Wuyuan confirmed that he had.
• Guan Xiangfei sighed as he considered whether to stop treating Ling Wuyuan as his goal to surpass.

Ling Wuyuan ignored a man who refused to believe he had reached the Divine Ability Realm at sixteen, until the man challenged him to prove his strength. Ling Wuyuan killed him instantly with a finger, then continued into the canyon pass with Pei Suxia.

• A man accused Ling Wuyuan of lying about reaching the Divine Ability Realm at sixteen, but Ling Wuyuan and Pei Suxia ignored him.
• The man challenged Ling Wuyuan to fight and prove his strength before the onlookers.
• Ling Wuyuan turned back and said the man could choose the time and place for a later battle if he survived one strike.
• Ling Wuyuan compressed the air at his fingertip and instantly killed the man, reducing him to blood mist.
• Ling Wuyuan and Pei Suxia continued into the canyon pass as the stunned onlookers fell silent.

Ling Wuyuan explained how he had killed an opponent instantly with compressed air, revealing the precise combination of speed, mental force, and knowledge that made his attack unavoidable and fatal. Pei Suxia remained unable to grasp the full method, while Ling Wuyuan’s growing strength was shown to leave weaker opponents almost no chance of victory.

• After the metal gate closed, Pei Suxia eagerly asked Ling Wuyuan how he had killed the man.
• Ling Wuyuan said he had used Abyssal Divine Speed to accelerate compressed air and strike the target’s weak points, frustrating Pei Suxia with his simple explanation.
• Ling Wuyuan had used mental force to compress the air, control its internal airflow, and turn it into invisible blades without drawing on True Essence.
• Ling Wuyuan had identified the target’s weaknesses at a glance, then sent the compressed air through his defenses to destroy his body from within.
• Ling Wuyuan’s Abyssal Divine Speed and Doomfall Calamity made weaker opponents’ deaths nearly unavoidable, and the Torrent of Destiny could make victory certain before an attack began.
• Pei Suxia knew only part of Abyssal Divine Speed’s effects and still did not understand how Ling Wuyuan had killed the man.

Ling Wuyuan’s effortless killing of an Enlightened Intent Realm cultivator left spectators stunned, while Su Qingyue and Fu Mengxue recognized his extraordinary ability to find and exploit weaknesses. As Ling Wuyuan sensed Guan Xiangfei choosing to pursue a greater future despite the gap between them, the story left him reflecting on how people’s responses to that divide set them apart.

• Ling Wuyuan’s strike killed the Enlightened Intent Realm cultivator, baffling most spectators and making many abandon thoughts of challenging him.
• A hidden Divine Ability Realm cultivator realized Ling Wuyuan had used only a trace of mental power, though he could not explain how the strike overcame the opponent’s defenses.
• Fu Mengxue worked out that Ling Wuyuan had rapidly identified and attacked his opponent’s weaknesses, while Su Qingyue celebrated the good fortune of having him in Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.
• Guan Xiangfei admitted to Jiang Xing that the gulf between himself and Ling Wuyuan had briefly made him despair, but he decided he could also strive to reach such heights.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed through the Law of Karma that Guan Xiangfei had broken free of his predetermined fate and begun pursuing a perilous, glorious future, then told Pei Suxia what he had seen.

Ling Wuyuan reflected on how Guan Xiangfei’s changed destiny had expanded his understanding of the Torrent of Destiny. After footage of Ling Wuyuan’s effortless victory spread, Yi Guangxiang and powerful factions across the region confronted the vast gap between their strength and his.

• Ling Wuyuan recognized Guan Xiangfei’s resolve as his destiny shifted toward a dangerous, uncertain future beyond the Divine Ability Realm.
• Intelligence organizations circulated footage of Ling Wuyuan casually killing a challenger, and factions across the region watched it repeatedly.
• Yi Guangxiang and the last Divine Ability Realm cultivator of the White Mist Royal Family realized they could not understand or withstand Ling Wuyuan’s attack.
• Yi Guangxiang and the White Mist Royal Family regretted their inability to reach the power of the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.
• Experts and factions across the surrounding countries abandoned their confidence as the footage forced them to face their weakness.