[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Above the Heavenly Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225770,4117,"Chapter 69: Advice","above-destiny-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>【My internal archaeological data index tells me that this is an image left by history, a key turning point in the alternation of eras.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The former Eternal Empire exhausted all its efforts to erect the Tower of Heavenly Origin in the center of the present world, plotting to use Heavenly Origin to control all Supreme Virtues, reign over the world forever, and master everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Pillar of Heavenly Origin wasn't even completed before it collapsed, causing the old order to completely collapse—Heavenly Origin split into two, indirectly leading to the birth of the Federation and the Empire ninety-some years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, stars have fallen from the sky, and raging fire has surged from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rained blood for three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plagues raged, and disasters ran rampant for twenty-one years, until the Eternal Dynasty completely ended. The aftermath has not yet dissipated, and even today, natural disasters still rage on the earth.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the final wail before the destruction of the Empire, taking away two-thirds of the life on earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the Primordial Era and the Chaotic Era, the Brilliance Era, which was thought to be infinite and endless, came to an end. And at that time, the prelude to the Cataclysm Era had not yet begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic era with no order at all lasted for ninety-three years, until the twelve Supreme Virtues returned to their positions, the position of Heavenly Origin was re-established, and two Sages—the first Heavenly Supervisor and Earth Governor—re-established the foundation of order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sky and the earth failed to return to stability, instead ushering in a long and endless friction and stalemate amidst the opposition and confrontation between the Federation and the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was like it was frozen, not falling apart, but in the chill of hatred and hostility, it was in constant turmoil, and the flames of war flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four hundred years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden and unannounced disaster descended again. When the natural disaster swept across the ground, it left behind the only survivor, and ten years later, that lucky person became a Chosen by mistake and finally stepped into this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, time and history were extended into one by countless struggles, pain, turmoil, and death, and one thread among ten thousand strands continued on Ji Jue like fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, across the long time, he finally witnessed the back view left by the Sage at the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a complex tapestry woven with time as the carrier, human affairs as the threads, and dyed by the Supreme Virtues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They live in different intervals, separated by a long distance, but vaguely connected. It’s just that, for the Sage and the world, they can already be called a gorgeous pattern, while Ji Jue is just one pixel among countless colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sudden trance, Ji Jue stared at the scenery outside the window and the Sage’s residual shadow that seemed close at hand, feeling his own insignificance again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a drop in the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Tower of Heavenly Origin collapsed, did anything else happen?\" Ji Jue asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You might as well ask what didn't happen. Everything that should have happened did, and everything that shouldn't have happened also damn well did. The collapse of the Eternal Empire was too sudden, and most of the records left behind now are contradictory or even diametrically opposed. But one thing is certain... Mercury wasn't here at all at the time.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghostwork Sphere reminded: 【As the biggest thorn in the Empire’s side—a member of the Ink, Mercury had already become a Sage at the time, and her status within was no less than the leader, the 'Great Craftsman'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Ink of that time had already poured out in full force, heading to the Tower of Heavenly Origin. Afterward, who knows how much evidence pointed to them; they might have been the culprits who triggered the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar. Mercury definitely played some important role in it, and it’s even possible that the overturning of the Tower of Heavenly Origin was caused by her.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" For a moment, Ji Jue looked back in astonishment, looking at the phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phantom remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just staring, as if the culprit was staring at the sin and bitter fruit she had forged with her own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the phantom seemed to finally look back, across the long time, looking toward the present, looking at the young man who had broken into her abandoned workshop after who knows how many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a moment of shock, when Ji Jue looked closely, he found that the phantom had disappeared silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never to be seen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end and his whole body feel cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really haunted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao An had no reaction, still squatting on the ground, curiously poking at those abandoned and incomplete instruments, and when he noticed Ji Jue’s gaze, he looked over, full of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Time to go, kid.】 The blue light emitted from the Ghostwork Sphere contracted, as if helpless: 【Checked eight or nine times, there is no Non-Attack here, not even a hair of the matrix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, I was wrong this time, a wasted trip.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue hesitated instinctively. After all, what’s the difference between not getting any drops from a dungeon and not going to the dungeon? And he was scared out of his wits for nothing, so he had to get something to make it worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he looked around, he found that it wasn't that Brother Sphere wasn't useful, but that there was really no oil left here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when the workshop moved, the important things definitely wouldn't be left behind, and the unimportant things had been completely scrapped after no one had managed them for so many years. All that was left was a furnace fixed in place that couldn't be moved and was better off being rebuilt, and it was also in a completely scrapped state. Not to mention that it had been out of fire for so long and what the difference was from scrap iron, without relevant spiritual quality circuits and equipment, wanting to utilize waste was a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, furnace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue’s footsteps suddenly stopped in place, his eyes glued to the rusty furnace, unable to move away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were shining brightly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he have forgotten such a big treasure?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swallowed dryly, suddenly ran to the window, looked down, and in less than a few minutes, the guardians and Homecoming Knights below were fighting fiercely, the situation was scorching...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly turned his head, \"Brother Sphere, can this furnace still be activated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【???】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless question marks emerged from the light on the Ghostwork Sphere, 【No, brother, this thing has been out for who knows how many years, it has no value at all. If you activate it rashly, it would be a ghost if it didn't explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you really have to rub against a Sage’s same model?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Ji Jue nodded decisively, \"Anyway, don't ask, and don't care, just tell me if it works or not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghostwork Sphere was silent for a moment. It actually really wanted to refuse such a crazy order, but the underlying instructions and permissions left by Professor Ye ultimately made it choose to obey: 【If you want to court death, I can't stop you, but I don't guarantee the consequences.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you don't blow me up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue grinned, rubbed his hands, and looked at the silent furnace, his eyes shining: The child is still young, and since I’m here... I have to touch the furnace, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will it explode?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was afraid it wouldn't explode!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it had been four hundred years, even if it was in disrepair, as long as it could be activated, it meant there was a possibility of awakening it with ability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a big experience pack, as long as I don't die, I’ll have earned enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the critical moment, Ji Jue no longer stinted, pouring all his spiritual quality into the Ghostwork Sphere. The Ghostwork Sphere rose in his hand, instantly torn to pieces, and the near-infinite recursive structure inside suddenly unfolded, expanded, and in an instant, complex circuits had been laid on the walls, floor, and ceiling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Runes like stars surrounded the Supreme Virtue emblem and unfolded, hidden in the void, but connected everything again, connecting layer by layer to the external interface of the furnace, forcibly incorporating it into its own system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underlying instruction overwrite, specification conversion, backbone adjustment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The operations that made Ji Jue dizzy were completed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Mobile workshop, deployment complete!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment, a violent friction sound suddenly rang out from outside the temporary workshop set up by the Ghostwork Sphere—the Rift Realm workshop’s own retrieval secret rite was activated, locked, and in an instant detected the abnormality existing here... the struggle between the workshop and the Heavenly Craft began again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Stealth project ended, defense mode loaded, parasitic project started】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghostwork Sphere’s voice lost its emotion and ups and downs, and it didn't even have the energy to load a simulated personality: 【Reserve time-sand consumption started, estimated maintenance time, 1 minute 14 seconds.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks, Brother Sphere, I’ll have enough spiritual quality for you later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer caring about being polite, Ji Jue’s hands were already pressed on the furnace in front of him, issuing instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——【Wake up】!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instruction was issued for the first time, as if facing the void, with no response. The instruction was issued for the second time, and a faint light emerged in the dead silence. The instruction was issued for the third time, and amidst the faint resonance like a candle in the wind, a vast echo that swallowed Ji Jue’s soul and consciousness suddenly erupted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the lid of a dry well had been opened, and the motor had been restarted, but what gushed out from it was a frenzy even greater than a waterfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual quality was consumed rapidly, but it couldn't stop. His hands were like they were stuck to a black hole, unable to let go at all. On his watch, the numbers in the spiritual quality reserve were falling crazily, and in just a snap of a finger, they were completely emptied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnace seemed to still feel it wasn't enough, but ultimately didn't open its mouth again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just tasted it shallowly and stopped on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue fell to the ground, his face pale, cold sweat dripping, feeling bursts of dizziness. Xiao An next to him was quick-witted, had already pulled out the emergency supplement injection gun from his backpack, aimed it at the root of his neck, and pulled the trigger, avoiding him from falling into complete shock due to excessive spiritual quality deficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never used his ability to awaken such a massive creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't because the volume was astonishing, nor because the structure was complex, but because there were too many pasts and traces inside, and the marks left by the Sages of the past were too massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that just endowing it with consciousness left Ji Jue completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the furnace vibrated slightly, the rust peeled off, and in the open furnace heart, a wisp of faint light flickered, like the phantom light of a soul, contemplating, recalling, understanding, and realizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Has it already been four hundred years?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his consciousness, an old voice rang out, with a metallic echo, tired and regretful: 【Thank you for your help, stranger, is there anything I can do for you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, I’m no longer of any use.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue sat on the ground, straightened his body, and said sternly: \"A junior, I humbly ask for your advice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnace was silent, as if thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I understand, if it is just this—】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Ji Jue didn't have time to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residual flame in the furnace burst suddenly, and the vast rushing light rushed toward his face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wrapped around the little ox-horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beep? Beep?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motorcycle that was squatting next to him, sneaking around and eating melon, raised its head blankly, not having time to struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, just like that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was directly dragged in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnace closed, the flames rushed, and only the final terrified scream echoed in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beep——!!!\" \u003C\u002Fp>",2078,"2026-06-17T22:21:51.502Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ae8200227ee1fa112dfb8e34d0263c07374ea8886621d124049a2197ff32624b","above-destiny-chapter-70","above-destiny-chapter-68",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]