The early chapters lean toward everyday life and can be read as a straightforward slice-of-life story about city living.
Superpowered battles only start appearing in the early-middle portion, with the first clash between extraordinary forces beginning in Chapter 39.
When Wu Yan awakens the All-Knowing Eye, he thinks the script of his life has already been written: see through lottery numbers, the patterns in gambling stones, and the cards in a game, then easily reach the top. Until he gets a small astronomical telescope from his two childhood friends and discovers the truth about the world and the universe: the universe isn’t empty, but humanity is alone. Humans are the only intelligent life in the entire universe, whose boundaries stretch only tens of millions of light-years.
How many extraordinary people are there in the world? Do the country’s top officials know that the supernatural world exists?
What does the old Daoist’s prophecy mean? I’m actually the benefactor of the Xu family’s heiress. In a cliched case of a hero saving a beauty and a beauty falling for her hero, watch me save the day from a wheelchair.
What path should Wu Yan take in this city of extraordinary people?
“If only I had ten thousand mansions, sheltering all the poor scholars beneath their roofs, so they could all smile with joy.” Is this truly what I want, or is it the guidance of my superpower?
My close friend Gu Ci has genuinely joined the Eternal Life Society, while my childhood friend Jiang Nian has genuinely joined the Truth Society. Will they be friends or enemies in the future?
The authorities’ extraordinary agents are trying to put Wu Yan in his place. Can he fight back? What role do extraordinary people play in the world?
Why does an organization of extraordinary people with the ability to travel through space always stay in the tiny pond that is Earth?
How powerful is the teacher, really? Can they shelter him from the storm? What is the truth behind the city’s death and rebirth after it was caught up in a war between extraordinary people? What is the truth about ascension? Does an upper realm exist?
Poison. . . . .