The First Immortal of Destiny

Above Jade Spring Mountain.

Outside the Ninth Heaven, a certain star shone brilliantly, its formless and insubstantial starlight descending to envelop a spot at the foot of the southeast slope.

Suddenly, the formless starlight flashed, clearly visible even in broad daylight.

However, its duration was exceptionally brief, less than one ten-thousandth of an instant; even a True Immortal-level figure would find it difficult to capture this fleeting gleam.

As the starlight dimmed, a hint of purple emerged in the firmament. It gradually rippled outwards, dyeing all of nature’s spiritual energy within and without the heavens a majestic, noble purple. This purple essence slowly spread from east to west, quickly forming the auspicious omen known as the ”Purple Qi from the East!”

Such phenomena, however, did not exist in reality; only those whose cultivation had reached a certain Realm could perceive them.

All cultivators on Jade Spring Mountain at the Divine Bridge Realm and above were jolted from their meditation, somewhat alarmed and uncertain about the phenomenon they had sensed, wondering what had transpired.

Streams of spiritual sense and talisman messages began to circulate as they discussed the matter amongst themselves.

Some believed that an individual of profound fortune had arrived at Jade Spring Mountain. Others speculated that among the infants born on Jade Spring Mountain today was a banished Immortal. Still others thought this phenomenon was caused by the Jade Spring Fairy cultivating some profound divine skill or Immortal Law.

This led to an unexpected and peculiar occurrence: over the following decade or so, various Xiu Xian Forces recruited a large number of male and female disciples born on this very day.

Compared to those born at ordinary times, a significantly higher proportion of those born today embarked on the path of immortality, inadvertently gaining a considerable fortuitous immortal encounter.

「Green Cloud Cave, GuanYun Mansion.」

Shen Mo opened his eyes, the delight in them utterly unconcealable.

[You have consumed 100 Destiny Points in an attempt to elevate Luck to a new level. Success.]

[Congratulations, Host! Your Basic Destiny, Luck, has been upgraded from ”Starry” to ”Heavenly Machine Protection.”]

After consuming a total of three thousand Destiny Points, Shen Mo had also upgraded the Basic Destiny, ”Luck,” to Orange quality.

[Destinied Lord: Shen Mo]

[Vitality: Saint Body]

[Talent: Born Immortal]

[Luck: Heavenly Machine Protection]

[Appearance: Moon-like]

[Wisdom: Foresighted]

[Fate: ???]

[Lifespan: ???]

Even though the power of Luck is elusive, I can still sense that, in the unseen realm, my own fortune is in a state of brilliant, blazing, and flourishing ascendancy!

The ”Heavens,” formed by the collective will of ”all living beings and all things” in the Universal Realm, had significantly weakened its ”hostility” towards him.

However, I sense that the ”will of heaven and earth” of the Immortal Realm seems to harbor a complex ”emotion” of both ”love and hate” towards me. While protecting me, it is still devising ways to use the ”Three Disasters and Six Tribulations” to annihilate me... Ultimately, ”The Heavens” is not some singular, ”peculiar life form” and cannot be regarded from the perspective of worldly creatures!

Therefore, in his future cultivation, Shen Mo knew he still could not afford to be arrogant; he had to carefully guard against the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations, which could strike at any time.

At that very moment, the Silver-haired Child, within the new mountain gate of the Dragon-suppressing Sect, also sensed the auspicious sign of the ”Purple Qi from the East.” However, he did not investigate it deeply. Instead, he continued his divination, attempting to deduce the source of the earlier ”sensation of being spied upon.”

Despite repeated calculations, he ultimately gained nothing.

When the Silver-haired Child inadvertently tried to divine Shen Mo, the hexagram was a picture of Chaos, in a state where heavenly secrets were disordered and inscrutable.

”Huh? Could it be that fellow daoist Qingyun has extremely deep ties with a True Immortal, making me unable to perform divination on him?”

The Silver-haired Child was somewhat surprised. I guess Shen Mo might have some unknown connection with the master of Jade Spring Mountain. His resolve to invite Shen Mo to explore the Immortal Mansion Dungeon together grew even firmer.

Little did they know that at this very moment, three True Immortal-level figures—the Jade Spring Fairy, the master of the Dragon Rearing Pool, and the Hallow Venerable—had all imperceptibly lost their ability to sense Shen Mo. None of them, however, had noticed this subtle change.

Only on a future day, when a thought of him arose, would they abruptly discover that the heavenly secrets concerning anything related to Shen Mo had become chaotic and unfathomable, as if he too had cultivated to the True Immortal level.

From the moment his Luck was promoted to [Heavenly Machine Protection], the technique the Jade Spring Fairy had placed on the Hallow Venerable’s severed finger became ineffective. However, the Hallow Venerable was still unable to sense Shen Mo’s existence through his severed finger, nor could he, as before, strike him down from hundreds of millions of li away, or even across a world barrier.

I have a vague sense of this, and immense joy wells up within me.

Ever since my ”Ascension” to the Immortal Realm, I’ve always felt a sense of precariousness, like a fish or shrimp in a pond—seemingly Carefree and at ease, but in reality, never knowing when I might be scooped up and become a delicacy on someone else’s table! If I had known that upgrading the Basic Destiny, Luck, to [Heavenly Machine Protection] would bring such immense benefits, I would have saved my Destiny Points for upgrading ”Luck,” even if it meant not improving my ”Talent.” Fortunately, it’s not too late now!

This served as another reminder to Shen Mo.

Although upgrading the three Basic Destinies—Luck, Appearance, and Wisdom—provides far less significant aid to cultivation compared to upgrading vitality and Talent, no Basic Destiny on the Destiny Disc is superfluous. It’s highly probable that they play unexpected, crucial roles in unseen ways!

”From today onwards, I no longer need to constantly worry about potential connections to a True Immortal leading to me being divined or sensed by them.”

”Plus, with my fortune peaking for a while, I’ll have a higher chance of success when I explore the Immortal Mansion Dungeon again!”

”Right now, I have nearly four thousand Destiny Points left on the panel. I can use half to try and upgrade the Basic Destiny, Luck, to the Gold quality ’Heaven-Earth Power.’ The other half can be used for drawing and upgrading Special Destinies...”

”Again!”

[You have consumed 100 Destiny Points in an attempt to elevate Luck to a new level. Failure.]

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[You consumed Destiny Points in an attempt to upgrade Destiny [Martial Performance]. Failure.]

[You consumed Destiny Points in an attempt to upgrade Destiny [”Insight into All Beings”]. Failure.]

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[You consumed Destiny Points in an attempt to upgrade Destiny [Method Eye Candle Wisp]. Failure.]

[You consumed Destiny Points in an attempt to upgrade Destiny [Uncommon Victory]. Failure.]

[You consumed Destiny Points and successfully upgraded Destiny [Danger Perception]. Congratulations, you have obtained the new Destiny: [Danger Perception (Orange)].]

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[You consumed Destiny Points and attempted to draw a new Destiny. Congratulations, you have obtained the Destiny: [Superior Swordsmanship (Green)].]

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[You consumed Destiny Points and attempted to draw a new Destiny. Congratulations, you have obtained the Destiny: [Brilliant Divine Storage (Purple)].]

[Brilliant Divine Storage (Purple): Equipping this Destiny grants you incredibly powerful soul power, sufficient to perceive all directions and allow your spirit to roam the Great Void.]