Arc 19The Heart-Questioning Valley Plot

Ying Huaixu and his allies hunted Outsiders and prepared to confront the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance, while Xia Tong killed the King of Fate and the Ghost Bride inherited the Fate Laws. The arc ended with Ye Ningshuang warning Tai Wangshu that An Ruoyun might be bait and Ying Huaixu telling Tai Wangshu to hold her position.

  • Heavenly Dao told Lü Qingyi it had bought seventeen Child Rights and withheld Ying Huaixu’s Exit Key, then revealed it had delayed the Cheat Distributor’s invasion to pursue a project that would awaken the world fully.
  • Ying Huaixu entered the First Layer of Return to True, gained immense power, and returned to find Ye Ningshuang and Tai Wangshu arguing before he kissed Ye Ningshuang.
  • Ying Huaixu and his allies responded to pleas for help as Nine-Color Kings attacked across the world, while Lü Qingyi sent him back to Shenxiao to organize the sect and train.
  • Lü Qingyi tested Ying Huaixu’s abilities in a shattered world, where he restored the realm, deepened his Dao, and learned to focus his power through Power Allocation.
  • Ying Huaixu created a plane world and learned that Outsiders wanted to drain the Hongmeng World, then took the sect’s senior members on a hunt for people marked with red exclamation points.
  • The group discovered that outsiders’ deaths were feeding a Nine-Origin Reversal Formation meant to open the Heart-Questioning Instance, and Ying Huaixu warned other factions to prepare for the danger within the valley.
  • Xia Tong confronted the King of Fate, resisted repeated attempts to rewrite his fate, and triggered mysterious Restrictions when the King seized Ying Huaixu’s fate thread, and a mysterious face then erased the King.
  • The Ghost Bride integrated the Fate Laws and learned that changing people’s fates carelessly could bring harmful consequences, while Tai Wangshu warned Ye Ningshuang that An Ruoyun might be connected to the upheaval in Dream Province.
  • Ye Ningshuang told Tai Wangshu that the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance was still being built and warned her not to take An Ruoyun’s bait, and Ying Huaixu told Tai Wangshu to hold her position.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Utterly shameless

Lü Qingyi questioned Heavenly Dao about its plans for Ying Huaixu and its interference in people’s feelings. She learned the world faced an invasion threat and that Heavenly Dao had manipulated some circumstances, then sent it a large amount of Creation Power.

  • Lü Qingyi learned Heavenly Dao had bought seventeen Child Rights and withheld Ying Huaixu’s Exit Key, which it had paid 90 billion Mythic Coins to obtain.
  • Heavenly Dao revealed that the Cheat Distributor had prepared a large-scale invasion, but it had stopped the attack in favor of a project requiring the world to awaken fully.
  • Lü Qingyi realized Heavenly Dao had considered abandoning this world and starting over elsewhere, while Heavenly Dao explained that Ying Huaixu’s attachment to family would make him fight to protect it.
  • Heavenly Dao said it had only amplified feelings that already existed, and Lü Qingyi crushed her cup while denying that she was jealous of Ying Huaixu.
  • Lü Qingyi caught Heavenly Dao admitting it had put a block on Ying Huaixu’s disposition, then sent it a large amount of Creation Power, alarming it.

Ch. 452Entering Return to True

Lü Qingyi agreed to help Heavenly Dao financially, then stopped cultivating while she waited for Ying Huaixu. Ying Huaixu entered Return to True, struggled to control his overwhelming new powers, and returned to find Ye Ningshuang with Tai Wangshu tied up beside a boiling pot.

  • Lü Qingyi offered Heavenly Dao money without asking for repayment, but Heavenly Dao grew suspicious and told her to stop cultivating until Ying Huaixu reached Immortal Emperor.
  • Ying Huaixu used the system to enter the First Layer of Return to True, transforming his body and sea of consciousness as his power surged.
  • Ying Huaixu accidentally froze the area around him and destroyed nearby mountains, then restored the living beings and landscape with a thought.
  • Ying Huaixu tested his new abilities and discovered that his former skills were unified, constantly active, and greatly strengthened.
  • Ying Huaixu returned and found Ye Ningshuang sharpening a knife beside a boiling pot while Tai Wangshu was strung up, so he intervened and kissed Ye Ningshuang.

Ch. 453Someone Come Save Me

Ying Huaixu and Tai Wangshu discussed An Ruoyun’s mysterious cultivation and realized the Nine-Color King might be using Tai Wangshu to divert attention from a larger plan. As Ying Huaixu checked on the first echelon, Xu Yaoyang asked the group to rescue him from a secret attack by the Nine-Color King.

  • Ye Ningshuang and Tai Wangshu argued over Ying Huaixu’s return to the sect, but Tai Wangshu persuaded him to stay and discuss the Nine-Color King.
  • Tai Wangshu told Ying Huaixu she could not see through An Ruoyun’s cultivation, and Lü Qingyi replied that An Ruoyun was “between reality and unreality.”
  • Tai Wangshu explained that the Nine-Color King’s duplicates may have been probes and that her breakthrough had let him observe her.
  • Ye Ningshuang suggested the Nine-Color King had lured Tai Wangshu away to distract the other major powers, and Ying Huaixu warned the group that events had been suspiciously quiet.
  • Ying Huaixu contacted the first echelon and learned what Huang Tianqi, Qin Erniu, Chen Zhiyuan, Qiu Shiyi, and He Xiuyuan were doing.
  • Xu Yaoyang asked the group to save him, saying the Nine-Color King was attacking him secretly and that he could not defeat it.

Ch. 454Reinforcements

Xu Yaoyang and several other fighters faced powerful Nine-Color Kings, prompting Ying Huaixu to send Divine Firmament Sword Sect reinforcements. After the others departed, Tai Wangshu returned and kissed Ying Huaixu.

  • A Nine-Color King trapped Xu Yaoyang in an Infinite Origin World and overwhelmed him with rebounding saber waves, but his Divine Eye of Heaven helped him survive.
  • Ying Huaixu learned Xu Yaoyang had not reached Return to True and sent Qin Erniu to reinforce him.
  • The Shura Holy Son and the Third Prince of the Ten Thousand Dragons Sacred Land requested help against Nine-Color Kings, so Ye Ningshuang went to save the Shura Holy Son and Tai Wangshu went to support the Dragon Clan Princess.
  • Ying Huaixu received another plea for help, and Ye Ningshuang left to rescue the endangered fighter.
  • Tai Wangshu returned after leaving the Dragon Clan Princess with Revival Pills, knocked Ying Huaixu down, and kissed him.

Ch. 455Ulterior motives

Ying Huaixu returned to Shenxiao after Lü Qingyi interrupted his intimate moment with Tai Wangshu, then the Heavenly Dao manipulated events and discussed a hidden plan with Lü Qingyi. Back at the sect, Ying Huaixu found that recruitment records and the Illusory Dream Trial had changed in puzzling ways.

  • Lü Qingyi interrupted Ying Huaixu and Tai Wangshu, then told Ying Huaixu to return to Shenxiao and help organize the sect.
  • The Heavenly Dao watched Lü Qingyi and Ying Huaixu, then used her power to influence events and spoke to Lü Qingyi about a secret plan tied to the Hongmeng World.
  • Ying Huaixu saw the upcoming Dao Companion Function's rewards and decided to focus on clearing the world before becoming intimate with anyone.
  • The Heavenly Dao explained that she wanted Lü Qingyi to gain authority and hinted that Ying Huaixu might help bring the true Hongmeng World into reach.
  • Ying Huaixu returned to Shenxiao, found the sect calm, and noticed that the quest to recruit a hundred thousand disciples remained incomplete despite far more Ascenders joining.
  • Ying Huaixu discovered four statues of the Azure Fox Lady in the Illusory Dream Trial and wondered what had happened.

Ch. 456Lü Qingyi's special training

Lü Qingyi put Ying Huaixu through special training in a shattered world, where he learned to restore it and gained insights by invoking his feelings for others. He awakened a new passive skill from Tai Wangshu’s insight, allowing him to concentrate the Magic Sword’s power into a single attribute.

  • A disciple told Ying Huaixu that the Azure Fox Lady’s Illusory Dream helped disciples improve by targeting their weaknesses, and Lü Qingyi explained that the Illusory Dream Tree faithfully recreated her exceptional comprehension.
  • Lü Qingyi brought Ying Huaixu to Sword-Questioning Peak and sent him into a shattered world, ordering him to restore it while time passed much faster there.
  • After Ying Huaixu spent ten years restoring the world, Lü Qingyi flooded it with tea and told him that his realm was part of him rather than a tool, prompting him to study its workings again.
  • Ying Huaixu gained profound insights by repeating that he loved Lü Qingyi, then used his feelings for He Xixiang to reduce the experience needed to upgrade his Magic Sword.
  • Ying Huaixu gained combat insights from Ye Ningshuang and unlocked Power Allocation through Tai Wangshu, letting him focus the Magic Sword’s abilities into strength, Sword Technique, or magic power.

Ch. 457This realm was a little too overpowered

Ying Huaixu reached the pinnacle of Return to True as Lü Qingyi tested him by locking his system skills and unleashing disasters and flying swords. He learned to rely on his own cultivation and the power of heaven and earth, but Lü Qingyi kept attacking him after he tried to flirt.

  • Ying Huaixu wondered why Tai Wangshu had given him a skill, then chanted his love for Lü Qingyi until his understanding of Return to True reached its pinnacle.
  • Lü Qingyi transformed the world into a realm of violent natural disasters and locked Ying Huaixu's system abilities so he would have to rely on his own strength.
  • Ying Huaixu used Return to True to manipulate the power of heaven and earth, countering the disasters with little effort.
  • Lü Qingyi threw a sword at Ying Huaixu, who sensed its weaknesses and parried it, then struggled against the many swords she summoned.
  • Ying Huaixu shaped the power of heaven and earth into Frost Annihilation, linked his passives to Return to True, and fought back with ice and damage effects.
  • Ying Huaixu declared his love for Lü Qingyi, but she continued attacking until he begged her to spare him.

Ch. 458No stats, but a massive improvement

Ying Huaixu rapidly adapted to Lü Qingyi’s training, discovered that Ye Ningshuang’s ability was Execution, and learned that Return to True cultivators could create their own planes. He began forming a world within his Star Vortex and learned why the Outsiders sought to exploit the undeveloped Hongmeng World.

  • Ying Huaixu adapted to Lü Qingyi’s flying-sword attacks and realized that purple light marked targets for Execution.
  • Lü Qingyi showed Ying Huaixu that the Hongmeng World contained countless worlds and explained the difference between great worlds and plane worlds.
  • Lü Qingyi told Ying Huaixu to create a plane, and he formed a world within his Star Vortex using the rules of his Daoist Arts.
  • Lü Qingyi compared Ying Huaixu’s immense Star Vortex with a ninth-layer disciple’s smaller ones and explained that the Outsiders wanted to drain the Hongmeng World for further cultivation.

Ch. 459That Person Would Be Back Soon

Ying Huaixu created his own plane world and learned why Lü Qingyi was training him to face the Nine-Color Kings and Heart-Questioning Valley. Lü Qingyi secretly negotiated with the Heavenly Dao, which warned that He Xixiang would return soon and Ying Huaixu could not withstand her physical strength.

  • Ying Huaixu created a plane world and realized the Hongmeng World had endless power and no discernible boundaries.
  • Ying Huaixu joked that he loved the Heavenly Dao, prompting the system to award a female Phoenix Crown and Scarlet Robe outfit and leaving the Heavenly Dao silent.
  • Lü Qingyi told Ying Huaixu that she could influence his authority because hers was more developed, then warned him not to rely too heavily on his cheat when facing the Nine-Color Kings.
  • Lü Qingyi said Heart-Questioning Valley was more powerful than Ying Huaixu expected, then sent him away from Sword-Questioning Peak.
  • The Heavenly Dao told Lü Qingyi that He Xixiang would return soon and Ying Huaixu could not withstand her physical strength; Lü Qingyi threatened to reveal how to contact the Heavenly Dao if it tried this again.

Ch. 460Let me show you

Lü Qingyi learned how Authorities awakened and adapted, then watched a simulation of Ying Huaixu’s early cultivation. The simulation ended with Ying Huaixu escaping the immortal’s cave as a rogue cultivator after turning the old man’s resources into strength.

  • Lü Qingyi blocked the Heavenly Dao from influencing her senses and destroyed a bead containing evidence of Ying Huaixu’s remarks.
  • The Heavenly Dao explained that innate Authorities awakened differently depending on a person’s circumstances and could even guide their owners toward external objects that became Authorities.
  • Lü Qingyi asked about her own Authority, and the Heavenly Dao created a simulation showing her as Ying Huaixu after transmigration.
  • In the simulation, Ying Huaixu investigated his surroundings, discovered his All Rivers Run to the Sea talent, tested its limits, and killed a second-level Open Mic cultivator who had tried to kill him.
  • On the fifth day, Ying Huaixu used All Rivers Run to the Sea to turn the old man’s possessions into strength and left as a rogue cultivator.

Ch. 461Huh? Wait, is this right?

Lü Qingyi and the Heavenly Dao watched a simulation of Ying Huaixu taking her place and speedrunning his cultivation to Quasi-Emperor before leaving to become an Immortal Emperor elsewhere. The Heavenly Dao explained that Lü Qingyi’s changes to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect had influenced Ying Huaixu and helped create the person he was now.

  • Ying Huaixu joined the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, secretly killed a Discipline Hall disciple who had beaten him, and evaded suspicion by pretending to be badly injured.
  • After learning that a privileged disciple wanted him dead, Ying Huaixu killed him too, then challenged Sword Mountain and became the Old Ancestor’s Ninth Personal Disciple.
  • Ying Huaixu used All Rivers Run to the Sea to cultivate at extraordinary speed, reached Quasi-Emperor, and left the universe to seek Immortal Emperorhood elsewhere.
  • Ying Huaixu refined demonic cultivators and those who had slandered him, overpowered the Grand Ancestor, and kept Old Ten as his plaything.
  • The Heavenly Dao told Lü Qingyi that her reforms had helped make Ying Huaixu feel close to the sect, and Lü Qingyi was pleased that she had influenced him.

Ch. 462The great escape first?

After mastering the power of his Plane World, Ying Huaixu realized the Heart-Questioning Valley instance could become a deadly trap and interpreted his quests as a plan to eliminate dangerous enemies before entering it. He began mobilizing allies to hunt powerful targets, while Tai Wangshu’s safety remained a concern.

  • Lü Qingyi watched Ying Huaixu experiment with his Plane World after the Heavenly Dao disconnected.
  • Ying Huaixu discovered he could automate and enhance his skills, alter the outside world with World Power, and potentially crush the Ascension Plane.
  • Ying Huaixu recalled the Star-Devouring Ancestor’s repeated warning against Heart-Questioning Valley and worried the Outsiders would force him into its realm-matching instance.
  • Ying Huaixu interpreted the Primordial Chaos Great Escape quest as a plan to gather Ascenders and eliminate powerful, disloyal figures before entering Heart-Questioning Valley.
  • Ying Huaixu contacted Zhuang Mu and urged him to prepare for a hunt, telling him Lü Qingyi and Grand Martial Uncle could manage the sect.

Ch. 463Thanks to Qingyi

Ying Huaixu led the sect’s senior members on a sweeping hunt, killing people marked by red exclamation points as enemies from beyond Hongmeng World. After Tong Xinran let the others see the marks too, they joined in, and Meng Wuya realized Lü Qingyi’s earlier bloodbath had kept them from misjudging Ying Huaixu.

  • Ying Huaixu left the sect with its senior members, while disciples entered the Illusory Dream Trial to challenge him and were swiftly defeated.
  • For seven days, Ying Huaixu searched across the land and killed people with red exclamation marks, alarming Zhuang Mu and Meng Wuya.
  • Old Huang’s father examined the victims and concluded they were not from Hongmeng World, despite their ordinary appearance.
  • Tong Xinran linked the group so they could see the red marks, and the senior members joined Ying Huaixu in hunting marked enemies until none remained in sight.
  • The group grew exhausted but gained power, while Meng Wuya explained that the marks revealed malice and credited Lü Qingyi’s earlier actions with preventing them from treating Ying Huaixu as an enemy.

Ch. 464Wait, stop killing

Ying Huaixu and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect discovered that the outsiders they had been killing were arranged in a formation that used their blood to open Heart-Questioning Valley. The sect devised a way to drive the outsiders out of the formation before killing them, while Meng Wuya suspected the Nine-Color Kings were pursuing their own plan.

  • Survivors realized the people killed by the Divine Firmament Sword Sect had acted strangely, and they exposed outsiders hiding among the rogue cultivators.
  • Ying Huaixu killed the exposed outsiders with Frost Sword Qi, then asked Chen Batian to investigate why their positions seemed unusual.
  • Chen Batian identified a Nine-Origin Reversal Formation that channeled the dead outsiders’ blood toward Dream Province to open the Heart-Questioning Instance.
  • Tong Xinran proposed warning the outsiders before the sect arrived so they would flee the formation before being killed.
  • Meng Wuya connected the formation to the Nine-Color Kings and suggested they were provoking battles to eliminate the outsiders while serving as Heart-Questioning Valley’s final executioners.
  • Ying Huaixu checked the map and confirmed that the Nine-Color Kings’ actions matched Meng Wuya’s theory.

Ch. 465The problem was obvious

Ying Huaixu tried to delay the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance while protecting his people from the Outsiders, and Tai Wangshu and Ye Ningshuang realized the Nine-Color King was using Tai Wangshu as bait to draw him into Dream Province. The chapter left Tai Wangshu facing the danger of becoming the reason Ying Huaixu entered the instance too soon.

  • Ying Huaixu decided to herd the Outsiders without killing them, while Lao Zhuang warned that screening their own allies could not prevent future betrayal.
  • Ying Huaixu suggested sealing everyone below True Immortal if necessary, but Lao Zhuang explained that doing so would leave them helpless against Outsider True Immortals.
  • Tai Wangshu wondered why the Dragon Clan Princess, empowered by Ying Huaixu and the Dragon Clan, had only fought the Nine-Color King to a draw.
  • Tai Wangshu contacted Ye Ningshuang, who said the Nine-Color King had also fled when she arrived.
  • Ye Ningshuang explained that the Nine-Color King was luring Tai Wangshu toward Dream Province because Ying Huaixu would enter Heart-Questioning Valley to rescue her.

Ch. 466A Little Intelligence

After the Dragon Clan Princess gave Tai Wangshu a pair of long-distance teleportation bracelets, she explained that the Nine-Color King’s parallel selves had mastered countless paths and could use their battles to refine their Daos. Tai Wangshu shared her realization that Heart-Questioning Valley was helping them perfect those paths, and the factions united to prepare for the instance.

  • The Dragon Clan Princess thanked Tai Wangshu for her support and gave her bracelets that could teleport her to the person she loved across any distance.
  • The Dragon Clan Princess told Tai Wangshu that the Nine-Color King had used parallel selves to study her fighting style and that each self had perfected a different cultivation path.
  • Tai Wangshu realized the Nine-Color King’s selves were using the Hongmeng World to test and refine their Daos, then shared the information in the group chat.
  • Ying Huaixu explained that they had to clear Heart-Questioning Valley to prevent worse consequences later, and Tai Wangshu agreed that every sect needed to join the effort.
  • Tai Wangshu left to prepare while the Dragon Clan Princess summoned her people, and other factions began discussing Heart-Questioning Valley after hearing Ying Huaixu’s warning.

Ch. 467An upset would be unlikely this time

Lao Zhuang warned the Sacred Land Sect Masters that Ying Huaixu had deduced a dangerous plot surrounding the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance, and the leaders agreed they needed to protect their disciples without letting powerful outsiders interfere. Their investigation then revealed that Heart-Questioning Valley’s leadership might be under control and that observing the valley could drain power.

  • Lao Zhuang presented Ying Huaixu’s warning to the Sacred Land Sect Masters and urged them to stop the danger inside the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance.
  • The Sect Masters agreed that their Tribulation Transcendence disciples would have to enter the instance while stronger figures guarded against Outsider interference.
  • The Ancestral Dragon Saint Lord questioned whether Heart-Questioning Valley or the Outsiders had created the instance and warned that the valley could interfere with its laws.
  • The Hall Master of Shura Hall argued that Heart-Questioning Valley’s silence and refusal to attend the meeting suggested it intended to trap their disciples.
  • The Star-Seizing Ancestor observed that Heart-Questioning Valley’s higher-ups appeared controlled and cut off his view after sensing something trying to absorb his power.

Ch. 468What did he mean, he was new?

The sect leaders debated how to handle Heart-Questioning Valley’s elders, and Ying Huaixu concluded they were unlikely to threaten the instance. Meanwhile, the Taiyin Old Ancestor teamed up with the seemingly invincible Xia Tong to hunt Outsiders and learned that Xia Tong claimed to be new.

  • The Ancestral Dragon Saint Lord proposed poisoning the elders in seclusion, but Zhuang Mu worried they might be hiding to resist something draining their power.
  • Zhuang Mu shared the group’s concerns with Ying Huaixu, who compared them with the game’s cutscenes and speculated that Outsiders had manipulated Heart-Questioning Valley’s cultivators to create the instance and target him.
  • Ying Huaixu told Zhuang Mu that the elders could not affect the instance and warned that betrayal by their own people was the real danger.
  • The Taiyin Old Ancestor teamed up with Xia Tong to hunt Outsiders, then followed behind because Xia Tong was far stronger than he was.
  • The Taiyin Old Ancestor asked Xia Tong why he had never seen him before, and Xia Tong smiled and said he was new.

Ch. 469Go Hide for Now

Xia Tong rejected the Taiyin Old Ancestor’s recruitment and joined him in guarding a black hole against Outsiders. When the Nine-Color King of Fate emerged with a swarm of Outsiders, Xia Tong recognized him, freed Liu Shishi from danger, and confronted him by unfolding the Myriad Forms, Boundless Realm.

  • The Taiyin Old Ancestor tested Xia Tong’s bone age, confirmed he was six, and tried to recruit him to the Taiyin Sacred Land.
  • Xia Tong showed the Taiyin Old Ancestor his Divine Firmament Sword Sect Guest Token and declined to join another faction.
  • Xia Tong and the Taiyin Old Ancestor guarded another black hole and killed Outsiders who emerged from it.
  • Xia Tong sensed a major threat and told the Taiyin Old Ancestor to hide as the black hole expanded and countless Outsiders poured out.
  • The King of Fate emerged, immobilized the Taiyin Old Ancestor with a red Fate Thread, and faced Xia Tong as Liu Shishi prepared to fight the Outsiders.
  • Xia Tong severed the King of Fate’s Fate Thread and unfolded his Myriad Forms, Boundless Realm, shocking the King of Fate.

Ch. 470Not yet at his peak

The King of Fate fought Xia Tong, using Fate Rewrite and his final form to try to defeat him before Xia Tong could adapt. The King of Fate seized two fate threads linked to Xia Tong, but touching Ying Huaixu’s fate triggered unspeakable Restrictions.

  • The King of Fate attacked Xia Tong and rewrote his fate, reducing him to a mortal, but Xia Tong regenerated and gradually became immune.
  • The King of Fate repeatedly rewrote Xia Tong’s fate, but an attempt to make Xia Tong his dog rebounded and revealed that Xia Tong’s fate surpassed his own.
  • The King of Fate entered his final form, Fate Control, while Xia Tong transformed into the Myriad Forms, Senluo Heavenly King, and the two clashed across the stars.
  • The King of Fate gained the advantage by rewriting his own fate, but Xia Tong began developing immunity to the power of fate.
  • The King of Fate burned away the jumbled fate threads on Xia Tong, leaving those of Xia Tong, the Ghost Bride, and Ying Huaixu.
  • The King of Fate seized the Ghost Bride’s and Ying Huaixu’s fate threads, and touching Ying Huaixu’s triggered unspeakable Restrictions.

Ch. 471A bit over the top

Xia Tong and Taiyin Old Ancestor wiped out the Outsiders in their area, and Xia Tong returned home with Taiyin Old Ancestor, who offered to guide him in cultivation. Xia Tong chose the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, gave the Fate Red String and Fate Brush to the Ghost Bride, and the chapter ended with the Outsiders learning that their Nine-Color King had been killed.

  • A mysterious face erased the King of Fate, causing Ying Huaixu's system to report that one special blessing had been lost.
  • Taiyin Old Ancestor used the Half-Moon Ring Blade to slaughter the Outsiders in his area, then joined Xia Tong at his home.
  • Liu Shishi recognized Xue Si's aura, and Taiyin Old Ancestor offered to take Xia Tong as his disciple and personally guide him.
  • Xia Tong chose the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, and Taiyin Old Ancestor agreed to guide him for a while.
  • Xia Tong gave the Fate Red String and Fate Brush to the Ghost Bride and warned her not to use their power lightly.
  • The Outsiders learned that their Nine-Color King had died less than a day after entering the Hongmeng World.

Ch. 472What Are You Looking at Me For?

The Outsider powerhouses learned that the King of Fate had been lost, weakening their plan to claim Hongmeng’s origin laws. They planned to use Heart-Questioning Valley and a simultaneous assault on the world boundary, while the Lord of the Weird Gods worried that Ying Huaixu might survive and retaliate.

  • The Outsider powerhouses realized the King of Fate was gone and discussed how his loss threatened their plans for Hongmeng’s origin laws.
  • The Lord of Mile-High Heaven argued they could still win by wiping out Hongmeng’s cultivators after entering through Heart-Questioning Valley.
  • The Lord of the Weird Gods privately wondered whether Ying Huaixu could survive the Seventh Divine Weapon and feared the consequences if he did.
  • The Ancient Buddha proposed forcing the world boundary while Heart-Questioning Valley was open, creating a second route into Hongmeng.
  • The Beast God asked who would distract Lü Qingyi and He Xixiang, and the powerhouses debated sending their quasi-emperors.

Ch. 473Fate Laws

The Ghost Bride completed her integration of the Fate Laws, gaining the ability to see and alter the paths of fate. After she used that power to change an impoverished scholar’s future, the resulting resentment overwhelmed her, and Liu Shishi rebuked her.

  • The Outsiders concluded that the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao had taken the Fate Laws after the King of Fate died from a backlash.
  • Xia Tong told Liu Shishi to wait until the Ghost Bride finished integrating the Fate Laws, since the Outsiders might search for them.
  • A year later, the Ghost Bride completed the integration, and Xia Tong concealed the heavenly signs while Liu Shishi shattered them.
  • The Ghost Bride examined the fates of a dog, Liu Shishi, Xia Tong, and Xue Si, then laughed at Xue Si’s possible future role as the Shenxiao Red-Dust Guide.
  • The Ghost Bride altered the fate of a poor scholar, whose later abuses brought resentment that tormented her until Liu Shishi cleansed it with merit and rebuked her.

Ch. 474A solution

The Ghost Bride recognized the danger of changing fate carelessly and left for the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, while Xia Tong secluded himself to cultivate before setting out to hunt Outsiders with Liu Shishi. Meanwhile, Tai Wangshu realized An Ruoyun might be an Outsider agent hiding in Dream Province and contacted Ye Ningshuang.

  • Liu Shishi warned the Ghost Bride that changing fate without judging someone’s character could bring dangerous consequences, and the Ghost Bride stopped using her power recklessly.
  • The Ghost Bride concluded she needed protection and hurried to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, leaving Xia Tong with Liu Shishi; Xue Si followed the Taiyin Old Ancestor.
  • Xia Tong cultivated in seclusion for over ten years in the Ascension World, then emerged at sixteen and agreed to hunt Outsiders with Liu Shishi.
  • Tai Wangshu suspected An Ruoyun was more powerful than Return to True and discovered she had worked for the Outsiders and visited Dream Province.
  • Tai Wangshu contacted Ye Ningshuang, who said she was with the Dragon Clan getting another pair of Bracelets forged.

Ch. 475No need to look

Ye Ningshuang accepted the Dragon Clan's dragon liver and gave its princess an azure dragon soul before discussing An Ruoyun and the hidden Thousand Mechanisms Sect with Tai Wangshu. Ye Ningshuang warned that she could not enter Dream Province ahead of time, and Tai Wangshu chose to ask Ying Huaixu before acting; he told her to hold her position.

  • The Dragon Clan served Ye Ningshuang dragon liver and prepared bracelets, and she sampled the dish.
  • Ye Ningshuang gave the Dragon Clan Princess the soul of the Little Azure Dragon in exchange for the meal, then left.
  • Tai Wangshu told Ye Ningshuang that An Ruoyun might be central to the secret-realm upheaval and that the Thousand Mechanisms Sect's former leader, Tang Yinchuan, may have hidden its core leadership.
  • Ye Ningshuang explained that she could not enter Dream Province because the enemy's Heart-Questioning Valley Instance was still being built and could exploit her presence there.
  • Ye Ningshuang advised Tai Wangshu to ask Ying Huaixu before taking An Ruoyun's bait, then crushed her token in anger.
  • Ying Huaixu told Tai Wangshu to hold her position, and she resumed comprehending the Dao as her cultivation rapidly advanced.
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