Chapter 446: – Book of Destiny

The Qin clan's influence in the Celestial Realm and Celestial City is considerable, but because the family is so huge, ordinary clan disciples receive little in the way of family benefits.

But as a member of the Qin family, Qiu Hu herself is proud and arrogant; unfortunately reality is harsh, and her outstanding looks cannot give her a better future, instead they attract more ill‑intentional covetousness, and fortunately she is a member of the Qin family, so outsiders dare not oppress her.

It is precisely for this reason that Qiu Hu took on the mission to investigate a hidden space in the lower realm, and happened to meet Wei Yuning.

"This isn't my fault; it's mainly because I'm too outstanding. Besides, I already confessed to you that the others each have special reasons; you're the only one I liked from the start!" Wei Yuning said plaintively.

Hearing this pseudo‑romantic line, Qiu Hu snorted, but she also accepted Wei Yuning's words, tightened her arm around him, and tilted her head slightly toward him.

"We've arrived, I'm leaving!" At a small teleportation array, Wei Yuning halted his steps.

"I really don't want you to go!" Qiu Hu said reluctantly.

"Then… shall I stay with you tonight?" Wei Yuning said, his face shining.

"If you're not afraid, come; my father will certainly welcome you!" Qiu Hu laughed.

"Heh, never mind, maybe next time!" Wei Yuning quickly backed off.

Now Qiu Hu is in the Outer Guard's Exploration Department and has a formal partner, so the Qin family let her return to the family mansion. More importantly, her new partner is fairly strong and has bought a large residence in Celestial City; the Qin family cannot let Wei Yuning see their daughter still living in a rental.

In fact, when Qiu Hu first entered the Outer Guard with the family's help, the Qin family sent her back home, the purpose being to find her a partner.

Who could have imagined that after many twists, none of the clan‑arranged partners worked out, and instead a guy from the lower realm captured the daughter's heart.

Fortunately, after the assessment, Wei Yuning's overall qualifications were good, so his eligibility was formally approved. Whether it will ultimately succeed depends on future developments.

The Qin family is a prominent local clan with strict upbringing; as long as Qiu Hu returns to Celestial City, she must stay overnight at home.

Wei Yuning, when he went to the Qin family, could only stay in a guest room, which was extremely uncomfortable, so he returns to his own residence every night.

The two part ways; Wei Yuning steps into the teleportation array.

After arriving at the next array, Wei Yuning does not continue home but changes course, heading toward the outer city.

Two hours later, he returns to his residence in the outer district of Green Forest Guard City.

The restored original‑faced Gao Geng is waiting for him inside the room.

When facing outsiders, Yan Mo still maintains a thousand different faces; only when confronting Wei Yuning does his true form appear.

Yan Mo is a roughly built man; like many cultivators, he does not look old, with a black‑red face, two dense, long eyebrows that hang down to his cheeks.

His upper lip and chin both sport thick beards.

Whether eyebrows or beard, they are all gray, as if mist swirls around them.

Since they jointly killed the Li Tian Mo last time, their cooperation has gradually increased.

Learning that the mastermind behind the Great War in the Primordial Realm is the Former Lord, Wei Yuning's perspective on this war changed.

Currently, the dominant powers of all heavens and myriad worlds are undoubtedly Celestial City, the Celestial Realm, and the Primordial Great World at the center; the celestial emperors, city lords, great beings and cultivators of these worlds occupy the most fertile lands of the entire starry sky, including the Void, while the demons of the Demon Realm, Abyss Realm and the abandoned worlds within the Void all seek to seize these places.

In this widespread war, the relationships are unusually complex.

The Former Lord's goal is to destroy the heart of all things in the Primordial Great World, thereby annihilating all heavens and myriad worlds; however, this is not his ultimate aim—his true aim is to dominate the newly born world, becoming a ruler like the Celestial Realm's sovereign or the Celestial City's lord, and eternally enjoy celestial blessings in a bright world.

As a being of the Light World, one should of course fight vigorously against this mad fellow.

Ironically, this terrible scheme actually has supporters, and even more bizarrely, among those supporters are not only members of the Dark Clan but also several great beings of the Light Clan.

The reason is that during the first two world‑destruction events, the great beings or races that unintentionally survived discovered that even if the world is destroyed, there are still multiple ways to survive.

Thus, under selfish machinations, a middle force led by the Former Lord—the "Lost Ones Alliance"—along with a group of uninformed low‑level beings became entangled in this war sweeping the entire Primordial Realm.

The Lost Ones Alliance is Wei Yuning's teasing; these fellows in the real world are also unlucky, oppressed by a group of lofty victors, despite their cultivation.

Though their cultivation is supreme, they must live anonymously, and they also yearn for a day of true brilliance.

Thus, aside from the Abyssal Clan, whose sole joy is destruction, demonic cultivators are divided into three factions: the war‑monger, the peace‑seeker, and the wait‑and‑see group.

Dealing with Light Clan beings is inherently the Dark Clan's instinct; even when indirectly aiding the Former Lord, these demonic beings relish it, and most low‑level Dark Clan members constitute the core of the wait‑and‑see faction.

Among the demonic realm's mid‑level demon heads, great demon heads, heavenly demons, top‑tier rule demons and demon lords—beings with intact intellect—the war‑monger faction has slightly more numbers, but the peace‑seeker faction is actually stronger; among the top‑tier demonic great beings, most oppose cooperating with the Former Lord.

Compared with the chaotic Dark Clan, the world of Light Clan beings has far clearer camps.

Aside from a group of traitors, everyone else is firmly on the main side.

Unfortunately, in terms of combat will, the Light Clan's war‑monger faction, when the Dark Clan invades, mostly only knows to flee to safe places like the Celestial Realm and Celestial City, far lagging behind the enemy.

Wei Yuning is also one of those people.

But this is understandable; cultivators, especially those who have become Earth Immortals, have generally endured countless hardships to reach their current level, and even if they fail a tribulation, they still have tens of thousands of years of lifespan, and once they die,

all their efforts are wasted, so valuing life is natural.

Valuing life does not mean they do not wish to kill the enemy; they simply lack suitable conditions.

Wei Yuning, as a member of the fleeing group, is the same; the difference is that now he has the conditions. Through a combination of soft pressure, hard persuasion, and both grace and might, Wei Yuning finally learned from Yan Mo this extremely obscure "Cursed Dao Technique", the so‑called "Book of Destiny", and the price is merely that Yan Mo will hide within a life‑space ring when the world is destroyed.