Everyone stood in stunned silence, their eyes wide with disbelief at the scene before them. Even Nie Li, who rarely showed surprise, was momentarily taken aback. The ripple effect of my actions had sent shockwaves through the crowd, leaving everyone speechless.
'I've already transcended the Heavenly Dao, and it is sea of true meaning now' I thought to myself. With an inner world of my own, the Natural True Meaning of Dao constantly revolves around me, creating subtle ripples in the very fabric of space. I had always tried to keep a low profile in the Tiny World, concealing the depths of my talent. But now, in this realm, there was no point in hiding anymore. I was no longer some weak figure skulking in the shadows—I had the strength and the wisdom to navigate these waters. Why should I lower myself any more than necessary?
As I returned to the present moment, the density of the Heavenly Energy around me was almost intoxicating. After two hours of pure soulforce cultivation, I had reached the peak of 7-Star Heavenly Star. Of course, I couldn't reveal my true power, not yet. To avoid drawing too much attention, I channeled the refined Heavenly aura into my inner world, allowing it to cultivate in harmony with the natural energies. It turned out to be highly beneficial for my inner world as well, so I continued doing so until evening.
Long Yuyin eventually managed to push herself to the 130th step, while Nie Li, after feeling satisfied by my encouraging words, advanced to 140 steps, surpassing her. His actions only deepened the awkward tension between them. Frustrated, Long Yuyin declared she would challenge us again in the future before storming off. It seemed she still needed someone to break through her stubborn pride, just as Nie Li had done in the original timeline. But I had no time for that. I have my own business to do.
Later, Hu Yong came seeking vengeance on her behalf, but before things could escalate, the instructors arrived, diffusing the situation. Hu Yong had only managed a veiled warning before backing off. I wasn't worried. There had been no physical confrontation between us, unlike Nie Li's situation in the original story. My age had already been recorded during the entrance trial for God's Domain, marking me as a prodigious talent. Despite being away from the Heavenly World's rules on soulforce cultivation, I had risen to the 6-Star Heavenly Rank in an entirely different universe. I am still a genius.( Self confirmation)
Gu Heng appeared next, but with his usual skill in verbal maneuvering, Nie Li managed to get him to acknowledge us as friends before he left. The next day, we attended a lesson, and Gu Bei complimented our performance. The class was focused on physical refinement. We were instructed to wear arm guards weighted between 500 and 2500 pounds, depending on our capabilities. The key was to rely purely on physical strength without tapping into Heavenly Energy.
Due to my advanced body cultivation, I could easily lift over 100 tonnes without activating any of my Heavenly Pillars or the 10 Stars in my dantian. Casually, I chose the 2500-pound weights and swung my arms as though they were no heavier than a feather. The teacher gave pointers on body refining before pairing us up for sparring.
Nie Li ended up with a girl named He Yin Yin, while Long Yuyin, glaring at me with visible frustration, stepped forward as my opponent. It was clear she could no longer tolerate my presence.
The match began, and without hesitation, Long Yuyin launched a knee strike aimed directly at me. I calmly stopped her attack with a single finger, delivering a precise strike to her acupoint, causing her to stumble to the ground. With my Library of Heaven's Path (LoHP) activated, I could see every weakness in her form—her past, her pain, her vulnerabilities—all laid bare before me.
Recovering quickly, she attacked again and again, each strike more desperate than the last. I parried every move effortlessly, allowing her to tire herself out. When she struck mid-air, I dodged with ease and countered with a swift takedown. She attempted to trap me with her legs, but I kicked her arm from its support, lifted her by both legs, and delivered a knee strike to her abdomen. After ten minutes of relentless sparring, she was down, having lost in every exchange.
With the lesson over, most of the class dispersed, but Long Yuyin wasn't finished. She approached me again, clearly unsatisfied. She believed the presence of the teacher had prevented her from using her full strength. Despite my refusal to continue, she insisted, even going so far as to offer me any reward I desired for defeating her.
Before I could respond, she launched a life-or-death strike, aiming a kick at my head. I ducked and used her momentum against her, gripping her thigh and slamming her into the ground with a face-plant. The fight dragged on, each of her attempts ending with me countering and striking her down. Her body was rendered immobile from the sheer number of precise hits I'd landed.
"Long Yuyin," I said, my voice firm but calm, "there is always someone stronger. If you continue with this attitude, you will eventually meet someone who won't be as merciful as I've been today."
She lay on the ground for a moment, catching her breath before speaking. "I am willing to admit defeat. State your conditions."
"I don't need anything from you," I replied. "All I want is for you to stop this hostility and avoid dragging your family next—or that famous fiancé of yours—into these conflicts. Both times, you were the one who initiated the fights. I'm not afraid of you, but I am tired of this pointless struggle."
Without waiting for a response, I excused myself, leaving her to reflect on the consequences of her actions.
...
Lu Piao and Gu Bei exchanged glances, clearly disheartened by the choice of condition I put after the sparring match. Their concern was palpable. Noticing their mood, Nie Li approached me, his eyes filled with curiosity and awe.
"How were you able to calculate those loopholes during her fight?" he asked, almost in disbelief. "It felt like you were someone else. I don't think even I could do something like that. It was too perfect to be human."
I shrugged, offering him a small smile. "Practice makes perfect," I replied, my voice like an expert. "That's my secret."
The next day, we ventured to the Ghastly Ruins, where the air was thick with eerie energy. As we entered, specters emerged, but within my Sword Domain, they were reduced to nothing more than soul scales, the remnants of their essence. In just four hours, I had gathered around 30 great soul scales, effortlessly cutting through the spirits that tried to attack.
Once the scales were collected, I wandered deeper into the ruins, feeling the presence of several individuals tailing me. Without hesitation, I shifted into my void form, vanishing from their senses. In mere moments, I knocked them out with blinding speed, my movements so swift they couldn't even react. To further throw off any suspicion, I transformed into my female form and changed my attire, blending into the shadows of the ruins.
As I strolled through the eerie landscape, I encountered Murong Yu, a 5-Fate cultivator. He spotted my bag of soul scales and, without hesitation, snatched it from the ground, believing me to be weaker due to my 2-Fate cultivation rank aura.
With a flicker of my thought, the bag flew back into my hand. Murong Yu looked stunned, his eyes narrowing in disbelief.
"Junior, don't be arrogant," he growled. "You must have cheated to gather these scales, so I'll be confiscating them."
He released a flurry of sword winds, his intent clear. But I stood still, unbothered, my white dress fluttering in the breeze but otherwise untouched by his attack. My divine sense quickly scanned the area—there were no hidden onlookers. Satisfied, I turned my gaze back to him.
"How can you withstand that?" Murong Yu shouted, his face turning red with frustration. "I'm a 5-Fate cultivator, and you're nobody!"
"Well, I don't have time to bark with you." My voice was cold, devoid of emotion. With a mere thought, I summoned my severing emotions sword intent, condensing it with divine power drawn from my inner world. Before Murong Yu could even blink, his robes disintegrated, even became bald, leaving him utterly exposed. His storage ring vanished as well.
For a split second, he was frozen, stunned by the sheer force of my power. By the time he regained his senses and prepared to activate his demon spirit's power, I had already left, vanishing from sight.
The Sword Domain was indeed a potent technique. With enough comprehension, its power could rival that of cultivators a level higher than its practisioners. I teleported myself to a spot near Xiao Yu. She glanced at me, she recognized my true identity despite the change in appearance. I collected a few more soul scales the next day and exchanged them for 400 spirit stones, leaving the ruins without anyone having seen me once.
Back in the city, rumors began to circulate. Everyone was baffled as to how new admission genius had managed to collect so many soul scales without being spotted even once inside the Ghastly Ruins. Whispers spread, with many doubting whether I had even participated at all.But it got removed quickly after hearing rumours about Murong Yu attacking people and stealing their clothes from their storage rings. Later he was seen bald in public although everyone could see his anger boiling the aura around him..
When I returned to my room, I was greeted with a surprise—Nie Li had somehow managed to collect over 20,000 demon spirit. The sheer number was staggering, but I didn't bother copying that. Instead, I reached out through my soul connection to Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun, who were doing well in their respective sects. Ye Ziyun had become a personal disciple, a prestigious position, while both women were busy cultivating loyal followers around them.
Time passed peacefully until one day, Nie Li knocked on my door. He seemed excited but also somewhat nervous.
"Ying Yueru is looking for you," he said, his eyes serious.
"Who?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Nie Li, you know I'm only interested in Xiao Ning'er."
He sighed, shaking his head. "That's not it... Ying Yueru is my master. She can't be seen with us publicly for certain reasons, but you should meet her. She gave me her address for you." He told me the place.
Curious, I nodded, taking the note from him. This was an unexpected turn of events, but I knew better than to dismiss it lightly.
....
I arrived in the quiet evening, shrouded in the concealment of my own power, slipping through the shadows until I reached Ying Yueru's door. The air was still, and I felt the faint ripple of her energy on the other side, subtle yet profound. After a brief pause, I entered, her permission granted without words, as if she sensed my arrival long before I knocked.
She gestured for me to sit, her eyes already studying me, searching for answers in the void that surrounded my existence. "Please sit," she said, her voice calm yet filled with intrigue. "I've used a technique of divination—one that can peer into a person's fate. But when I sought yours, you were… nowhere. I couldn't find even a trace. I went so far as to attempt sacrificing my life force, but couldn't do it as the heavens did not respond. It's as if you don't exist in the threads of fate, and yet your actions ripple across it. Do you have any understanding of this?"
I met her gaze. "Heaven's Divination Technique, I see. I have the ability to shield myself. But why check myself? "
" You know about that? Sure enough you are not simple. Well whenever you were near one person, his fate will be shielded. Nie Li's future fate exists but each time, I check his actions vary. The past I obtain is not past of him in this world. I couldn't pin point the changes until I saw you. your fate is also hidden and couldn't divine also."
" You like divining this much, how much life span do you have left??" I asked in amazement.
I closed my eyes and used great expanse divine dao. Tapping into the potential energy of my inner world, coupled with a flawless technique to manipulate the initial settings I created a small vision of world in my hands, and assigning fates and luck by my memories of the tale, weaving through time and space to reveal a future untouched by my presence for Ying Yueru.
The room dimmed as the vision materialized. Before me, the unaltered timeline of Tales of Demons and Gods unfolded. I watched as Ying Yueru's fate entwined with Nie Li's, a path that seemed destined. Yet the image darkened, and a scene of her death—Ying Yueru, gracefully accepting her death infront of deity beasts.
I saw her fall, the ground stained with the aftermath of her demise, the heavens indifferent to her loss.
The vision dissipated, and the weight of the revelation lingered in the air. Ying Yueru's expression shifted, her usual calm giving way to astonishment.
"What sort of technique is that?" she asked, her voice laced with awe. "It's unlike anything I've ever witnessed. So precise, able to calculate and project the shifts of heaven itself… How is this possible?"
I smiled faintly. "This is no divination, it's simulation of what could have happened. It doesn't glimpse fate; it can account for all the variables, and destiny's constraints if you could give it.
I understand your situation, Nie Li will be safe if you transfer his fate to you for a while.i will not shield him anymore, even if he is infront of me. You can do your own business."
" Can you tell me about the technique?" She questioned.
" It's impossible to cultivate that without the world rules affecting you. That means even if you shield from heaven or transfer fate or whatever, it won't work for anyone but me.Thats only what I will share." (' I could put her inside my internal world, if I wanted to and have her cultivate the technique of great expanse divine dao, I won't expose it.)
After thinking for a while,
"Nie Li is my friend. Since you practically willing to pay the price of your life for his success, I admire you. For that I have an option for you as well.
You can continue extract his fate points to you before he reach heavenly axis. Now, since the discoverable fate of his and forbidden divination techniques will both be on you, I could shield you after you do your responsibilities as his master...your technique could reach its prime itself being with me. No one will perceive it, even if sage emperor were to stand next to you.
You can cultivate in solitude in the place I provide, devoid of any fear. It will be interesting to see, how Nie Li would respond if his long dead master came back to him."
" Thank you... but playing with fate is dangerous. How can I take this risks?."
" You just need to give him the memory of your death at the right time as in what you perceived just now, when the time comes, he will do things as it were designed and you can come to my side whenever this transfer is completed."
" Thank you, Chi Tao, I will consider it. "