“Fourth-sequence Dao intent?”

  “It’s actually fourth? Heavens…”

  “The first fourth-sequence, right?”

  Wolong Ridge echoed with shocks; eyes wide, distant stele text blurry but visible to cultivators.

  Fourth crushed Ye’s Heartless Knife—first place.

  “Mo Tianyu, fourth-sequence: Fate-Reversing Intent.”

  Gasps at “Fate-Reversing.”

  Reverse heaven change fate?

  Name extraordinary.

  Mo Tianyu known: Kong Xiu’s chief disciple, once unrestrained.

  Faded with practitioner era.

  Now: stele name—world shocked!

  “How?”

  Du Longyang stunned.

  Limited slots; Mo no Tear—how?

  Where?

  Wolong boiled.

  “Master Mo... incredible.”

  Tantai sighed; knew divination path.

  Unexpected extent.

  Ximen Xianzhi arrived black-faced.

  Li Sansui odd: that babbler fourth?

  Explosive.

  Clans mad.

  No Tear yet comprehended: Nine Prisons slot real!

  Even equal Tear.

  Clans stuffed practitioners First.

  Ximen resentful; sword box, entered.

  Even babbler fourth—he no less.

  ...

  Beiluo island.

  Lu mid-game paused, smiled.

  Continued.

  “Fourth... unexpected.”

  Joy.

  Unthinkable: reverse-diviner fourth.

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  How? Feet?

  Recall: divined heaven penalty, saved Kong—normal.

  Piece tap fall.

  Eyes deep.

  Soul: his fourth Soul Extinguish, Mo’s Fate-Reverse.

  Fuse to third?

  Pondered; direct fuse.

  Soul quake waves.

  Long; opened exhale.

  Stele: still fourth Soul Extinguish.

  Power up; Fate-Reverse weaker—no big change.

  No pity.

  Third: stele limit.

  Hard.

  Focused; chess soul strengthen.

  Refine fused realms qi.

  ...

  First Prison.

  Mo opened; eyes vicissitudes.

  “Fate-Reversing... reverse fate?”

  Smiled.

  Different: combat same, divines unique.

  Change possible.

  Great evil: now great auspicious.

  “But need combat... match intent, else pit kill no escape...”

  Nose touch laugh.

  Stepped deeper.

  Comprehension outside uproar; inside unknown.

  Sky stele shadow vanish.

  Nie etc. excited.

  Chance inside.

  Vigor; push First.

  Nie, Kong thought.

  First through: extra reward?

  Stele slot!

  ...

  Wolong out.

  Tianxu stiff; just comprehended, smug insufficient—slapped.

  “Mo Tianyu...”

  Squint cold laugh.

  “Good!”

  Remembered!

  Du, Empress anxious: Tianyuan four, two left.

  Blow pride.

  Overlord, Liu pressure... hope.

  Mo can—why not?!

  Ye stood; Tianxu glance—hearsay.

  “Gates slot...”

  Ye frown.

  “What?”

  Tianxu gleam.

  Met eyes laugh—same mind.

  “Great disciple training...”

  Ye.

  Yes!

  Slot: value soar.

  Tianyuan-Five Phoenixes fused Tianyuan Domain; contact inevitable.

  Tianyuan higher now; Five Phoenixes center—future strong surge.

  Tianyuan lag.

  Must strengthen!

  “Find Young Master Lu.”

  Ye.

  Unsure Lu or high martial.

  High martial: extraordinary.

  Tianxu no refuse.

  Vanished; outside pressure.

  Back stele: lost.

  “No re-entry...”

  Ye blank.

  “Normal; Tear used.”

  Tianxu careless.

  Flash; four hags sedan—he sat.

  Oppressive.

  Clans retreat shock.

  Tantai frown.

  “Flashy.” Ye arm hunt glance disdain.

  Knife threw enlarge; carried fly.

  “Envy my pomp.”

  Tianxu cold.

  Hags move.

  Petals trumpets grand.

  Vanished stares.

  “Who...?”

  “Too strong!”

  “Top!”

  Shocks.

  Tantai sense change.

  Tianxu Ye left.

  Infant speed.

  Hags mobility.

  Origin Lake.

  Ye float.

  Tianxu lakeside; island solo.

  “Young Master.”

  “Brother Lu.”

  Bow.

  Lu chess; brow “What?”

  Tianxu smile: “Intent enhance?”

  Lu nod: “Yes, elevate transform...”

  Relief; fear stuck.

  Lu guessed; no explain.

  Harder cultivation.

  Ye bow: “Tianyuan practitioners enter secret?”

  “Heard slot...”

  Lu brow; piece.

  “Tianyuan enter Nine Prisons?”

  Ye nod.

  Lu smile: “Fused one; you Five Phoenixes. Origins merged—welcome.”

  “Call Tianyuan Ancients.”

  Ye bright.

  “Thanks.”

  Bow.

  “Go.”

  Lu faint.

  Worlds touch; no block.

  Answers; no linger.

  Oppressive; Lu stronger—terrifying.

  High martial backer.

  Unprovokable.

  Retreat.

  Beiluo out; eyes.

  “Lu says... wary.”

  “Outsiders; master Five Phoenixes—face but no excess.”

  “Person List prodigies exchange.”

  Tianxu turn.

  Smart.

  Ye nod.

  Tianxu jade; brow soul thread message in.

  Crack; miles to Tianyuan.

  Tianyuan.

  Forces.

  Martial Emperor City, Absolute Knife, Tianxu Palace, Great Qian...

  Top Infants opened.

  “Message!”

  Read frown.

  “Person List to unknown; no Infant...”

  Inhaled curious.

  No go.

  Soul: “Spread; gather prodigies.”

  ...

  Time passed.

  Peacock mature Five Barbarians; proud vs. four, wary Great Zhou.

  Post-defeat: quiet.

  Suddenly.

  Peacock earth wall; guards stunned language shout.

  Chaos; spears up.

  Desert sun-twist sand.

  Figure slow.

  Bald cassock monk.

  Recognized terror roar.

  Mystic bald conquered royalty; mad attack Great Zhou—destroyed.

  Now bald!

  Ding Jiudeng palms; cassock desert slow.

  “Peacock...”

  Eyes peaceful.

  Mind voice louder.

  Smiled.

  Chant; back vast gold Buddha.

  Buddha quake waves.

  Wall.

  Guards arrows sieve.

  But...

  Buddha eyes pity ants...

  Opened.

  Voice drum boom.

  Arrows powder.

  Ding wall under; gate explode; slow enter.

  Spears surround...

  Ding smile.

  Sat.

  Voice change.

  “Feel Buddha baptism... believers.”

  Words.

  Center: energy lotuses mystic.

  Guards drop weapons kneel devout.

  Converted.

  Soon Ding opened.

  Chant low; aura converge no move.

  Lotuses wilt.

  ...

  Island.

  Lu chess brows cluster.

  Head west.