Translator: Fate Proofreader: Dhael Ligerkeys & Silavin As a matter of fact, Ming Lao’s real name was Lin Ming. After ascending to the Beyond, he became Gu Family’s serf, gaining his alias as ‘Ming Lao.’ Thirty years ago, he achieved the Partial-Enlightented Realm, and as of today, he was already in the Enlightened King Realm. Even for the Gu Family in the Beyond, he was considered an overpowered being. Sadly, due to the fact that he originated from the Overworld, Ming Lao never had a chance to exhibit his true powers, and if he were to lose control, he would draw ostracism from the Beyond upon himself. Hence, despite being a skillful cultivator of Enlightened King Realm, he could never reach the level where even the Beyond was underneath him. Gu Changge nodded as information regarding Ming Lao sounded in his mind while he was interacting with the system. [How much Fortuity does Ye Chen have left?] Earlier, listening to the notification from the system, he was informed that, while the order of the world was in a disarray, a force destined to correct the mess occurred. In other words, a new Fortuitous One was born. [It seems his god daddies are about to give up on him. Or perhaps, the Fortuitous One was determined by certain characteristics of the being, so it wouldn’t be weird even if multiple Fortuitous Ones existed. Hmm, I wonder what kind of characteristic it would be other than being ditched by his own fiancée?] The system replied, <User, as of now, Ye Chen has 230 Fortuity remaining.> [Negative Fortuity only exists because of the huge difference between my Fortuity and that of the Fortuitous One, isn’t it?] Gu Changge inquired. With its robotic, emotionless tone, the system answered, <Yes, Negative Fortuity may wane as the User’s Fortuity increases.] Gu Changge nodded his head as he pondered. Ye Chen may be weak, but it took a great deal of effort for Gu Changge to subdue him. After all, it was clear that, with Gu Changge’s strength, he could easily defeat him. Nevertheless, Ye Chen had some mystical protection from the gods, and thus it was difficult for Gu Changge to annihilate him directly. In the beginning, Gu Changge had only 30 Fortuity while Ye Chen possessed more than 500—twenty times of what the former had. [If we’re talking about raw power, the host could have had Ye Chen killed with a lift of a finger. But how could the Direct Disciple of the Cult of Immortality possessed only 30 Fortuity?] Gu Changge had spent a lot of time contemplating the matter. [If his scarce Fortuity wasn’t caused by his role as the antagonist, then it must be his personality. Proud, complacent, and only thought about training all the time. He’s basically stupid. He was doomed to become an antagonist whose only purpose was to feed the protagonist his power, and he wouldn’t care about engaging the insignificant Ye Chen. Therefore, his personality would only lead to even more clichés. If the original plotline were to develop, no matter how many coincidences took place, given the host’s low Fortuity, it was only natural and reasonable that Ye Chen could survive despite offending the host.] After his transmigration, the transmigration was immediately aware of the trick, so he wouldn’t allow Ye Chen to stomp on him as he wished. As such, Gu Changge had become the so-called aberration. As the gods could no longer protect the Fortuitous One with ‘coincidences’, Negative Fortuity would occur. It was the same concept as the ancient tales Gu Changge was awfully familiar with—humans were bound to be the protagonist, and anyone who dared to go against that would only bring forth punishment from the Gods. Even saints did not have the capabilities to defy the order of the world. But of course, the law of nature that was taking place right before him was not to be compared to the ancient tales, though the theory remained the same—the Fortuitous One was bound to be protected by the gods. Evidently, the title of ‘the Fortuitous One’ wasn’t bequeathed upon just anyone. Now, Gu Changge was clear of the law and order. Although picking on the Fortuitous was certainly enthralling, Gu Changge found the lengths he had to go to somewhat burdensome. Fortunately, his murderous intent for Ye Chen was no longer as intense as before, and he figured that it might have been caused by the notable increase in his own Fortuity. [That’s more like it.] As the system stated, with Gu Changge’s Fortuity elevated, no matter how biased the gods were, they would have to follow some sort of rule in order to protect the Fortuitous One, and coincidences became their only resort. Essentially, the gods were forbidden to send forth a lightning strike at Gu Changge without any good reason. With that, Gu Changge swiped on his virtual interface. <User: Gu Changge Identity: Direct Disciple of Skyward Schloss Bloodline: Demonic Heart, Daoist Bone Level: Intermediate Honoured Lord Realm Spells: Skyward Ascension (Level 7), Demonization (Talent), Nature God’s Chant (Talent), Nommening… Fatums: 100 Fortuity: 120 (Onyx) System Shop: Unlocked Storage: Domain Shattering Talisman1, One-third Fragment of the World Seed1.> Some time ago, he had spent some Fatums and broken through to a new sub-Realm. Although Skyward Ascension was only level seven, Gu Changge himself ascended to Intermediate Honoured Lord Realm. Taking the growth of his peers in the Beyond into consideration, his growth speed might be deemed the result of cheating. Given that he was a stupendous extraordinaire, possessing the benefit to refine his power level naturally granted him speedy development. However, the Fatums weren’t gained effortlessly, so how could that be deemed cheating? Besides, Gu Changge was constantly worried by what could happen from possessing Onyx Fortuity, but so far, nothing atrocious ever happened to him. There was neither heavenly rewards nor deplorable disasters, so he assumed that was only a marking of him being the aberration whose Fortuity wasn’t categorized into the typical classes of Garnet, Carnelian, Citrine, Peridot, Zircon, Tanzanite, and Amethyst Fortuity. After all, as per tradition, Onyx Fortuity signified ambiguity and unpredictability.