Chapter 281: Transcendent Qing (18)
The Will of the Stars was the fundamental nature bestowed by the heavens.
In the Central Plains, they called it one's Heavenly Nature.
The higher a martial artist ascends in cultivation, the more they become capable of. And people—by their very nature—have this strange compulsion to do what they are capable of doing.
No one really knows why.
Back in Qing’s homeland, she’d seen it often—people doing weird, pointless things just because they could. Dozens of them. Hundreds. A species defined by its bizarre compulsions.
So it made sense. The higher a martial artist climbs, the less they can resist the pull of their true nature—until it inevitably erupts to the surface.
And that—ultimately—is the dividing line between the Orthodox and Unorthodox paths.
In Daoist and Buddhist sects, the core was spiritual cultivation. As one’s power increased, so too did the training of the heart, grounding them in self-discipline and restraint.
The great noble families, led by the Ten Great Clans, had their own safeguards: reputation.
They didn’t refrain from atrocity because they couldn’t—but because they didn’t want to disgrace their names. The family’s honor, their personal dignity—those became the leash.
But the Unorthodox Factions were different.
Their dream was, from ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) the beginning, to live without constraint. To seize the world and crush it beneath their boots. To act on every impulse, damn the consequences.