Who Can Defy Heaven?

In a world where anyone might glimpse their destiny but no one can change it, the deaf-mute boy Yun Wuyi is born unable to sense fate. By chance, he rescues a gravely wounded woman who defies Heaven. The woman, whose name is Zhu, tells him that the Heavenly Dao can be defied, and that the course of destiny can indeed be changed.

Over six thousand years ago, an extraterrestrial entity called Selfish Desire invaded the universe. To meet the material demands of storing its energy, it needed to consume vast quantities of living resources from across the cosmos. Life everywhere fell into ruin, and the ability of living things to reproduce and regenerate nearly vanished. Selfish Desire then faced a shortage of resources, and the center of the Heavenly Dao arose to meet the crisis. It broke the laws of freedom, nature, and independent existence, forcibly imposing a brutal jungle law of freedom, chaos, and survival of the fittest upon the living world. It established the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to govern life: the Pavilion had to preserve the ability of living things to reproduce and regenerate while ensuring a steady supply of sufficiently high-quality resources.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion created an immense system to control destiny, forcefully promoting the idea that “Heaven’s Mandate cannot be defied.” The living world gradually accepted and believed in the fixed laws that “life and death are predestined, and riches and honors are decreed by Heaven.” To ensure a steady supply for Selfish Desire, the Pavilion continually manufactured disasters, wars, and plagues. Those who broke free of the system’s control were hunted down and erased, with every trace of their existence destroyed.

Under its influence, selfish impulses gradually took root and grew in the living world. Schemes, conspiracies, and open stratagems flourished, while countless arts, cultivation methods, and tempering techniques emerged…

The two set out together on a path to defy Heaven, joining forces against the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, which manipulates the fate of all living things. Through one crisis after another, they uncover the shocking truth behind the order of the Heavenly Dao, until at last they must face a difficult choice…