[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva":3,"chapter-seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-chapter-1002":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World",{"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},156348,294,"Chapter 1002 - 488: Manipulating Fate, Reaping the Fisherman’s Benefit","seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-chapter-1002",1002,"\u003Cp>One day later at noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Fan’s figure appeared in a mountain valley, distant sounds of battle and shouts echoed loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground revealed scattered human corpses, showing signs of being torn and bitten by exotic beasts, almost entirely devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before dying, they displayed expressions of fear and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, these humans accidentally encountered exotic beasts and were killed by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed these humans had no power to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it couldn’t be helped; these beasts had reached the Divinity Transformation Level, beyond the ability of ordinary humans to withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exotic beasts and humans indeed cannot coexist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s either your death or my survival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, there’s nothing more to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Fan’s eyes glinted coldly as his divine sense spread out, immediately detecting the presence of over a dozen Divinity Transformation Level beasts in the valley, clearly his target this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Divinity Transformation Level beasts were feasting on human corpses, practically a banquet for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was awash with bright red blood, and the air was thick with a pungent smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scenes like this were quite common in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was extremely difficult for humans to survive in this area, always needing to face the threat of these terrifying beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the scene, Jiang Fan hesitated not at all, his figure flashed in front of the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beasts engrossed in devouring human corpses noticed Jiang Fan at once; they weren’t ordinary beasts and possessed a certain intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each issued low growls, showing threatening intentions, and their bodies exploded with savage killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their aura was enough to instill fear in any Divinity Transformation Cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, to Jiang Fan, such aura was nothing more than a breeze, hardly noteworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven-Stealing Claw Talisman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Jiang Fan activated his Life Talisman, conjuring a terrifying golden beast claw in mid-air, furry and infused with fearsome cold gleams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claw descended from the sky, seemingly ignoring spatial distances, arriving before the beasts in the blink of an eye with incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it contained a terrifying sharpness, akin to countless Sword Auras, piercing through all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Divinity Transformation Beasts could react, a single claw obliterated them instantaneously, tearing their bodies into dozens or hundreds of pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copious blood spilled onto the snow, the hot blood melting the snowy ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground remained a distinct beast claw mark, its surroundings resonating with dreadful sharpness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Jiang Fan, who had reached the Eighth-Layer Divinity Transformation, these beasts were no match; he could kill as many as came without much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not safe to linger here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaguely sensing a colossal threat, Jiang Fan realized that slaughtering the beasts had enraged the Void Refining Beasts deep in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given their bloodline connections, they would instantly know of their progeny’s demise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the Heaven-Stealing Claw Talisman specifically to provoke the Void Refining Beasts, leveraging their strength to expel foreign cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, his plan was executed successfully this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After accomplishing everything, Jiang Fan didn’t linger at all, nor did he intend to touch the beasts’ corpses, choosing instead to leave them as evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, his figure completely vanished, as though he had never been there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, deep in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Refining Beasts in caves felt the news of their progeny’s death, each letting out an earth-shaking roar, causing the ground to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless beasts crouched trembling in fear, not daring to act recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were afraid of collateral damage, facing untimely death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, who killed my descendants?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One enraged Void Refining Beast bellowed furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beasts of their level found it extremely difficult to breed pure-blooded offspring; each was incredibly precious, almost irreplaceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If their progeny died on the battlefield, it would be their fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue was they died within the Ice Crystal Mountain Range, like dying in their own lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was humiliating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, Void Refining Beasts left their lairs, arriving where the beasts had died, seeing the mutilated remains on the ground, dead in ghastly ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fueled their overwhelming fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are human corpses here too; it seems they died at the hands of human cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible, the humans residing in the Ice Crystal Mountain Range are extremely weak, how could they be adversaries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The perpetrator isn’t from the resident humans of the Ice Crystal Mountain Range but external cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? What on earth are these human cultivators doing, crossing into the Ice Crystal Mountain Range? Could it be they don’t know it’s our territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",766,"2026-05-29T04:35:37.114Z","2026-06-01T04:29:09.863Z",1,"novelbin.me","7abd2e02b53b20136642777b02519f90746691396d750f23073a8591f6c2d1e9","seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-chapter-1003","seeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-chapter-1001",1243,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fseeking-fortune-and-avoiding-evil-in-the-cultiva-cover.jpg"]