Good fortune bestowed upon him, but Heaven's will turned against him.

Traveling through the Void Realm, staying far away from the place of right and wrong.

Nightmare did not take everyone back to the previous temporary Immortal Cave, but arrived at the depths of another more desolate, miasma-filled rift on the edge of the Southern Region. Waving his hand, he opened up a new Immortal Cave, set up stricter concealment Restrictions than before, and even used the power of that rule fragment to distort the Heavenly Dao of this place, ensuring that no one could calculate their location in the short term.

Inside the Immortal Cave, the atmosphere was heavy with a hint of excitement.

Although Mo Yuan and the others had not fully recovered from their injuries, their gazes towards Nightmare were filled with near-fanatical awe. They had witnessed with their own eyes how the arrogant Sky Patrol Alliance Prodigy was played in the palm of their benefactor's hand, almost having his body and soul destroyed! Even that terrifying Heavenly Tribulation was blasted away by their benefactor with a single punch! What kind of heaven-defying means was this!

Su Wanqing's face was still pale, sitting cross-legged on the side, trying hard to regulate her breathing. The strange cyan stream of light that Ye Fan had injected into her body at the end, although barely suppressed by her Profound Yin Body energy, the two forces were still clashing, making her very uncomfortable.

Nightmare first took out Ye Fan's severed leg and cast several Demonic Essence fires to refine it. Soon, the severed leg turned into ashes, leaving only a small ball of Origin blood essence shimmering with a pale golden luster, emitting a strange fragrance and majestic life vitality, as well as a trace of extremely weak, yet resilient, Luck residue!

"Truly good stuff." A flash of satisfaction appeared in Nightmare's eyes. This ball of blood essence was enough to raise his Physical Body strength to another level, and that trace of Luck residue, though small, could also slightly make up for the regret of not achieving complete success earlier.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the blood essence, the Myriad Poison Demonic Scripture operated, and he began to slowly refine and absorb it. The majestic blood energy dispersed into his limbs and bones, nourishing his demonic body. The slight damage from hard-resisting the Heavenly Tribulation instantly recovered, and his Physical Body faintly stepped towards a higher level.

After doing all this, he cast his gaze towards the biggest gain of this time—the surging, almost overflowing, plundered Luck!

In his perception, his own Divine Soul seemed to be enveloped by a layer of warm, peaceful, yet infinitely potential golden radiance. This radiance was not substantial energy, but it was more precious than any energy! It represented the favor of Heaven and Earth, the bias of fate, and the preference of Opportunity!

This was Luck! The biggest capital Ye Fan relied on to act recklessly and turn bad Luck into good! Now, most of it had fallen into his, Nightmare's, hands!

He could clearly feel that his connection with this world had become more "harmonious." Many obscure Cultivation Technique keys that were difficult to understand in the past now felt suddenly enlightened! If he were to go into seclusion now, his speed in comprehending Laws and improving his Realm would definitely far exceed the past! Even the probability of going out to find Opportunities and finding the "heavenly mandate flower" and "karma mud" would be greatly increased!

"Is this the treatment of a child of destiny? Truly wonderful..." Nightmare was intoxicated by this feeling of the whole world revolving around him for a moment, then quickly calmed down.

"System, evaluate the current Luck storage and risks."

【Ding! Evaluating...】

【Host's current Luck storage: Extremely high (approximately equivalent to 65% - 70% of the original child of destiny Ye Fan's share).】

【Effect: Comprehension Ability temporarily greatly improved; Opportunity attraction greatly increased; Heavenly Dao malice reduced (but due to plundering behavior, basic malice still exists).】

【Risk warning: The Host is not the original child of this world. Forcibly carrying too much Luck will continuously trigger the rejection of Heavenly Dao rules! Rejection manifestation: Heavenly Tribulation power increased; Heart Demon tribulation frequency and intensity increased; certain Advanced curses and bad Luck targeting outliers have a higher probability of being triggered.】

【Suggestion: Digest the Luck as soon as possible, improve your own strength to deal with the rejection; or find special Magic Treasures and Cultivation Techniques to suppress and transform the Luck.】

The System's prompt made Nightmare frown slightly. Sure enough, plundering Luck was not without cost. The rejection of Heavenly Dao... This was a trouble. It meant that his future Cultivation and Undergoing Tribulation would be several times more dangerous than ordinary people!

"Blessings and curses are intertwined; blessings and curses rely on each other. Risks and rewards coexist, as has been the case since ancient times." Nightmare quickly let go. Compared to the huge benefits obtained, these risks were still within an acceptable range. As long as his strength improved fast enough, whether it was Heavenly Tribulation or Heart Demon, he would just break it with one punch!

He gathered his mind and began to try to guide the majestic Luck energy, slowly fusing it with his own Demonic Essence and rule fragments, consolidating this hard-won victory.

Just when Nightmare initially stabilized the Luck in his body.

Pfft!

Su Wanqing on the side suddenly trembled violently and spat out a mouthful of blood, and the blood actually faintly carried a strange color of intertwined cyan and gold! The pain on her face was thicker, the aura around her was chaotic, and the Profound Yin Body energy and that power of creation were clashing more and more intensely!

Nightmare opened his eyes abruptly, his figure flashed and appeared behind her, pressing one palm on her back, and pure Middle Nascent Soul Stage Demonic Essence poured into her body, helping her suppress the restless power of creation.

As soon as his Demonic Essence entered Su Wanqing's Meridians, he clearly perceived the difficulty of that wisp of cyan power. It was not destructive, but full of vitality and creation, but it stubbornly tried to transform and assimilate Su Wanqing's Profound Yin Body, which contradicted the pure vessel needed by the "Secret Curse of Stealing Fate and Exchanging Heaven"!

"Such pure power of creation... This seems to be some kind of extremely brilliant Origin power, not possessed by Ye Fan himself, but rather like... a life-saving backhand left in his body by some great power?" A trace of surprise flashed in Nightmare's eyes. This child of destiny's trump card was indeed endless.

He tried to use Demonic Essence to forcibly refine this wisp of creation power, but found it extremely difficult, its quality was so high that it was even close to the level of Laws! If forcibly destroyed, it would likely seriously damage Su Wanqing's Foundation, and this perfect vessel would be ruined.

"If it cannot be forcibly refined, it can only be guided... or... transformed?" Nightmare's thoughts turned, and he suddenly thought of something. He mobilized the power of the newly obtained rule fragment in his body and carefully contacted the wisp of creation power.

The power level of the rule fragment was extremely high. As soon as it touched the power of creation, it was like a king meeting a subject, and the restless power of creation actually calmed down slightly.

"Effective!" Nightmare's eyes lit up, and he continued to urge the power of the rule fragment, not to refine, but as if weaving, he began to slowly guide the wisp of creation power towards Su Wanqing's Dantian Qi Sea, and performed a strange entanglement and isolation with her Profound Yin Origin.

This process required great patience and precise control. It took half a day before Nightmare successfully sealed the wisp of creation power deep in Su Wanqing's Dantian, making it no longer directly conflict with the Profound Yin Body energy, but still retaining its activity.

Su Wanqing's face finally returned to calm, she slowly opened her eyes, looked at Nightmare, a flash of complex gratitude flashed in her eyes, and she nodded gently.

"It is fine. This power is hard to predict for you, so Seal it for now, and it may be useful in the future." Nightmare said faintly, withdrawing his palm.

After dealing with Su Wanqing's problem, Nightmare sensed the situation outside through the Demonic Seed.

The spies sent by Mo Yuan sent back news: The shocking battle at the former site of the Netherworld Sect had already shaken the Southern Region! The Sky Patrol Alliance was furious, and the Alliance Leader personally ordered a thorough investigation of the matter! Countless Sky Patrol Alliance experts were frantically searching for their tracks! But thanks to the shielding of the rule fragments and Nightmare's caution, they had not been discovered yet.

As for the news about Ye Fan, it was a bit vague. It is said that after he returned to the Xuntian Alliance Headquarters with serious injuries, he went directly into a death retreat, and his Immortal Cave was guarded by heavy Formations, and no one could see him. There were rumors that his dao foundation was damaged and his future was ruined; there were also rumors that he had encountered a great Opportunity and was in retreat to impact the Nascent Soul...

Nightmare sneered at this. Losing most of his Origin Luck, his dao foundation was bound to be damaged, and he still wanted to successfully condense a Nascent Soul? Simply dreaming! Even if there was a hidden great power behind him forcibly helping him, the condensed Nascent Soul would inevitably be incomplete and weak, and could no longer pose a threat to him.

"A stray dog, not worth worrying about." Nightmare stopped paying attention to Ye Fan. The top priority was to digest the harvest this time, and as soon as possible find the remaining two Materials—the heavenly mandate flower and karma mud, to completely complete the "Secret Curse of Stealing Fate and Exchanging Heaven", and only then could he solve it once and for all.

"Mo Yuan."

"Subordinate is here!"

"Increase the effort, through all channels, at any cost collect clues about the 'heavenly mandate flower' and 'karma mud', especially the latest news about the 'Starfall Secret Realm' and 'Great Leiyin Temple'."

"Yes! Benefactor!"

"Wan'er, you stabilize your cultivation and Revered Master the Profound Yin Body as soon as possible."

Su Wanqing nodded.

Everything was arranged, and Nightmare was also ready to start seclusion, go all out to digest the Luck, and impact the Middle Nascent Soul Stage Peak, or even... Late Stage!

However, just as he was about to enter meditation.

Outside the Immortal Cave, in the distant sky, a dull thunder sounded without warning!

Rumble...

This thunder did not come for him, but it carried an inexplicable sadness and anger, as if the world was crying and roaring for it!

Immediately after, Nightmare felt the majestic Luck energy around him sway slightly, and it seemed to have become a little more "smooth" and "dense"? It was as if... the connection between the original owner and the Heavenly Dao of this world had weakened by a large margin again?

Almost at the same time, the System prompt in his mind rang sharply:

【Ding! Detected that the child of destiny Ye Fan's heavenly mandate status has fallen sharply!】

【Reason judgment: His important related character 'Revered Master - Immortal Master Yundan' (Middle Nascent Soul Stage), because of forcibly calculating the Host's whereabouts, suffered from Luck backlash and Heavenly Dao rule punishment, and three days ago... died and dissipated!】

【Ye Fan's connection with the Sky Patrol Alliance's Luck was damaged, and his own residual Luck was lost by another 10%!】

【Warning: This event has caused high vigilance of the Heavenly Dao of this world, the Host has been marked as the 'Ultimate Outlier', and the Heavenly Dao rejection force will continue to increase!】

Nightmare opened his eyes abruptly, a flash of astonishment flashed in his eyes, and then turned into cold realization.

Immortal Master Yundan? Seems to be Ye Fan's Revered Master who is extremely protective and has superb Alchemy skills? Actually died? And it was because of calculating himself that he suffered from Luck backlash?

"Heh... Hahaha... Hahahaha!" Nightmare first chuckled, then couldn't help but laugh lowly, his laughter full of mockery and joy.

"Ye Fan, oh Ye Fan, you have lost the protection of Luck, are even the people around you starting to suffer?"

"This is just the beginning!"

"When I find the last two things, it will be the time when you... and your so-called heavenly mandate, completely end!"

He slowly closed his eyes and completely entered the state of seclusion. The Luck around him circulated, Demonic Essence surged, and his aura was steadily advancing towards a deeper level.

Outside the Immortal Cave, dark clouds were dense, and thunder was faint, as if foreshadowing a bigger storm, which was brewing.

The sky of the Southern Region was about to change.