Heavenly Mansion

It was already midnight in the secret realm, and the surroundings were pitch-black and utterly silent.

Ye Lin stood atop a huge tree, lost in thought.

"With my current Fate Rank, the chances of finding an opportunity on my own are slim. No, not slim—almost nonexistent."

Ye Lin had absolute confidence in his Fate Rank. Forget finding opportunities; just staying alive was already a luxury.

"No, I have to find someone. Ideally, I'll run into Lin Zisheng. Before entering the secret realm, the Phoenix Bathing Heaven Technique didn't show that Lin Zisheng would gain anything here."

"In other words, the longer the time frame, the more the panel only shows the most important opportunities. So if I can get a look at Lin Zisheng's secret realm opportunities now, I'm bound to make a fortune."

"But first, I should check my own panel. Lin Zisheng will come looking for me in the secret realm, so I can see when it'll happen."

Name: Ye Lin

Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 8

Fate Rank: Black (Calamitous)

Fate Traits: [Cursed with Bad Luck] [Divine Comprehension]

Destiny: Lin Ziyou's elder brother's direct disciple, Lin Zisheng, learned that you defeated Lin Ziyou and flew into a rage. Five minutes later, he will attempt to assassinate you in the Inner Sect Secret Realm. Completely unprepared, you will be gravely wounded by Lin Zisheng. At the critical moment, you will use a Sword Talisman to escape.

Recent Opportunity: None

[Cursed with Bad Luck]: Your luck is terrible. For instance, you're bound to trip while walking, and you're bound to be cheated on if you get married.

[Divine Comprehension]: Your comprehension is transcendent, allowing you to grasp all kinds of techniques extremely quickly. For the same technique, what takes others three months will take you only a few days.

After reading the panel, Ye Lin's muscles tensed all over. Five minutes? Did that mean Lin Zisheng had already found him?

Ye Lin immediately leaped down from the tree and hid in the bushes, scanning the surroundings.

"I've already spotted you. Come out."

Ye Lin held a Sword Talisman between his fingers and spoke toward a patch of darkness before him.

The bushes ahead rustled. Lin Zisheng, clad in white and holding a Long Sword, stepped out from among them.

"I'm curious. How did you find me?"

Lin Zisheng held his sword, seeming in no particular hurry to attack anymore.

"You found me back in the cave, didn't you?"

At that, Lin Zisheng burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, that's right. What keen senses you have! But today is the day you die."

He had spotted Ye Lin hiding in the rubble back in the cave. A Foundation Establishment cultivator's senses were astonishing; in a small cave like that, he could easily cover the entire place.

"Die."

With that, Lin Zisheng wasted no words and launched a full-power attack. In his eyes, Ye Lin was nothing more than a passing stranger—not someone worth taking seriously.

All he had to do was kill him.

"You want to kill me? In your next life! Here's a little surprise."

Ye Lin's lips curled up as he threw out the Sword Talisman. In the next instant, a scorching streak of sword light flashed through the air.

"Nine Swords of Shining Heaven—slash!"

Lin Zisheng bellowed and slashed, shattering the sword light before him. But Ye Lin had already vanished.

"Intent... That was actually Sword Intent!"

Blood welled along Lin Zisheng's right arm. He was injured. He had never imagined that the sword strike contained Sword Intent. That intent was now traveling up his arm toward his heart.

"Ye Lin, was it? Fine. I won't rest until I've avenged this humiliation!"

Lin Zisheng roared, then sat down and began suppressing the Sword Intent in his body.

"He can't catch up now, right?"

After running for three straight hours, Ye Lin stopped by a river. A transparent panel appeared before him.

Name: Lin Zisheng

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage

Fate Rank: Yellow

Fate Traits: [Transcendental Luck] [Sword Dao Leader] [Divine Comprehension] [Child of Heaven's Favor] [Reincarnated Great Being]

Destiny: After enduring countless hardships along the way, you will eventually break through to the Mahayana realm and become one of the Human Race's great beings. But when you finally ascend to immortality, you will be struck dead by a heavenly tribulation.

Recent Opportunity 1: Tomorrow, the Heavenly Mansion will descend. On the third path inside the Heavenly Mansion, you will obtain a Mystic Grade High-Tier Foundation Establishment Pill beneath the Tiger Statue.

Recent Opportunity 2: Tomorrow, beneath the Dragon Statue on the third path inside the Heavenly Mansion, you will obtain the Earth Grade Low Tier illusion technique Demon Shadow No Trace.

Recent Opportunity 2: One month later, you will descend the mountain to eliminate demons. You will be ambushed by an Evil Demon on Hundred-Broken Mountain and fall off a cliff. At the foot of the cliff, you will obtain a Mystic-Grade High-Tier Spirit Fruit, the North Wind Fruit. After consuming it, your cultivation will advance greatly, and you will break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in one fell swoop.

Recent Opportunity 3: One and a half months later, at Fate Treasure Pavilion in Golden City's antique market, you will buy the only battered vase there for a low price. After breaking it, you will find an ancient mural hidden inside. After comprehending it, you will obtain the ancient immortal art One Breath Becomes Three Purities.

[Transcendental Luck]: Your luck is exceptionally good. You're always stumbling across opportunities along the way, and even when faced with a life-or-death crisis, you can turn danger into safety.

[Sword Dao Leader]: You were born to wield a sword. Your understanding of the Sword Dao surpasses that of ordinary people, and you advance at astonishing speed.

[Divine Comprehension]: Your comprehension is transcendent, allowing you to grasp all kinds of techniques extremely quickly. For the same technique, what takes others three months will take you only a few days.

[Child of Heaven's Favor]: You are favored by the Heavenly Dao's fortune. Your cultivation has no bottlenecks, and breakthroughs come as easily as eating or drinking.

[Reincarnated Great Being]: You are a great being from the Immortal World, reincarnated. However, your soul was damaged along the way, sealing away your memories. Once you reach the Nascent Soul Realm, your memories will be unsealed. From then on, you will be like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, with everything going smoothly.

"The Heavenly Mansion will descend tomorrow?"

Looking at Lin Zisheng's panel, Ye Lin pondered. What the Heavenly Mansion was, he had no idea, so all he could do was wait for the so-called Heavenly Mansion to descend tomorrow.

"Both of Lin Zisheng's opportunities are inside the so-called Heavenly Mansion. If they cause a big commotion, they'll surely draw other disciples over. Then, even if Lin Zisheng and I run into each other, he won't dare do anything to me."

Ye Lin thought it over in silence.

Inner Sect disciples held an extraordinary position in the Azure Cloud Sect. Though direct disciples outranked them, they still wouldn't dare kill an Inner Sect disciple at a whim.

If a direct disciple dared to kill an Inner Sect disciple over some trivial matter, the Azure Cloud Sect would severely punish them if it found out.

Ye Lin believed that Lin Zisheng, as a Child of Heaven's Favor, couldn't possibly do something so stupid.

"Since the spiritual energy in the secret realm is so dense, I should cultivate first."

After deciding, Ye Lin sat down and began cultivating. The spiritual energy around him streamed toward his body.

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

In a thicket, Lin Zisheng opened his weary eyes.

"Damn it. I only barely managed to suppress the Sword Intent after a whole night. Ye Lin, I'll kill you!"

Lin Zisheng's face was full of murderous intent. The Sword Intent had already reached the Intent Realm; with his current cultivation, he couldn't completely expel it and could only suppress it for now.

He had spent the entire night doing his utmost to suppress the Sword Intent, preventing it from invading his heart. Otherwise, even the gods would be powerless to save him.

"Now that the Sword Intent is temporarily suppressed, I'll ask my master to help remove it once I'm out. But Ye Lin, you're dead!"

Lin Zisheng's eyes brimmed with killing intent. Since he began cultivating, Ye Lin was the first person at the Qi Refining stage to injure him.

"Phew. After cultivating all night, I'm getting closer and closer to Qi Refining Level 9. Once I leave the secret realm, I'll have to start preparing to break through."

Ye Lin opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and murmured to himself.

At that moment, a thunderous boom came from the sky. Ye Lin looked up.