91: Chapter 91 Fate, Predestination, Variables

"It hasn't disappeared!"

Yu Xiu silently observed the Karma threads he had manipulated for Yuan Tiankuo.

"Fate does not have blanks."

"I manipulated the Karma, ensuring that Yuan Tiankuo will inevitably intersect with that Concept."

"Then, how will Fate arrange things?"

Unfortunately, although Yu Xiu's current Dao cultivation was already very high, it had not yet reached the level where he could see Fate within Karma.

Otherwise, Yu Xiu would have been able to see all of Fate's arrangements from those Karma threads.

"I haven't seen Fate, yet I've already nudged it..."

"Then, after forcibly changing the Karma, will Fate's arrangements be good? Or bad?"

He had only connected Yuan Tiankuo to that Concept with a Karma thread; Fate could arrange for Yuan Tiankuo to comprehend this Concept, it could arrange for Yuan Tiankuo to encounter this Concept but fail to comprehend it, or it could even arrange for Yuan Tiankuo to encounter danger within this Concept, and so on—there were countless possibilities.

"The 'Cause' is already connected, so how can I turn this uncertain 'Result' into an inevitability?"

For example, making it inevitable that Yuan Tiankuo comprehends this Concept!

If one could determine the result and make it inevitable.

Then, regardless of the process, Yuan Tiankuo would inevitably comprehend this Concept in the end.

Judging by Yuan Tiankuo's Comprehension Ability to grasp other Concepts, comprehending another one should pose no pressure on his Comprehension Ability.

This 'inevitability' is not something forced.

In other words, if Yu Xiu could manage to manipulate Karma and forcibly determine the result, then "reversing Cause and Effect" could be considered initially achieved.

As Yu Xiu fell into deep thought, his already astonishing Comprehension Ability began to exert its power, and inspiration surged in his mind, colliding to spark countless flashes of insight.

"A predetermined result!"

"Fate cannot be changed?"

"No, Fate can be changed, just not drastically!"

"At least, I currently cannot change Fate on a grand scale."

"Fate can be changed, but the grand trend is irreversible?"

"Not necessarily; that just means my Dao cultivation isn't high enough yet."

Yu Xiu suddenly looked again at the Karma threads of the people in the Qingwei Sword Sect.

He could see that their Karma threads connected in all directions, yet he could not discern what kind of result these Karma threads would eventually lead to.

"Or is it that these connected Karma threads never had an absolutely unchangeable result to begin with?"

"So that's how it is!"

Yu Xiu suddenly realized, "These Karma threads have never represented Fate."

"Fate is uncertain, undetermined; there are too many variables that can change it!"

Therefore, Fate is the hardest thing to decipher.

If Fate were already destined, Yuan Tiankuo and Qin Shaoshang would die at Guangling Lake, at the hands of the many Yin Demons about to arrive.

Then, has Fate accounted for Yu Xiu?

If Yu Xiu chose to intervene, how could the predetermined Fate take the lives of Yuan Tiankuo and Qin Shaoshang right under his nose?

There is no such possibility.

Unless an "Emperor" appeared among those Yin Demons.

But even if an Emperor appeared, one could not say for sure that it could kill Yuan Tiankuo and Qin Shaoshang right under Yu Xiu's nose.

Moreover, in this world, within the Universe, there are no Emperors!

"Fate!"

"Has never been fixed!"

Even without Yu Xiu, there are countless other variables.

For Yuan Tiankuo, Qin Shaoshang, and the others, let alone Yu Xiu, even the arrival of a Dongtian Realm or Qiankun Realm expert could easily reverse their life and death.

Even for "Luo Yuanyou," the one with great Luck determined by the Heavenly Lord, his Fate is also undetermined.

Just like the Exotic Realm in that nameless mountain; if Yu Xiu wanted to seize it, it would absolutely never fall into Luo Yuanyou's hands.

Or like the many Karma threads here that connect to various spiritual items and precious medicines in Guangling Lake; will those spiritual items and precious medicines definitely fall into these people's hands?

Of course not, because Yu Xiu could strike early at any time to take those spiritual items and precious medicines, or even seize them right in front of them!

But then again, it is true that there are variables in Fate.

But it seems that the only variable is Yu Xiu!

The other so-called experts who could change the fate of Qin Shaoshang, Yuan Tiankuo, and the others might not even appear under Fate's arrangements!

If they do appear, that must also be Fate's arrangement!

"Fate!"

"I think I sort of understand now!"

"In the unseen!"

"Destiny!"

"Fixed Numbers!"

"Variables!"

"Does change exist within the fixed?"

"Then, what is Destiny?"

"What is changing one's fate?"

"Or is it that so-called changing one's fate is actually also within the Fixed Numbers?"

"Is everything just Fate, and no matter how the process changes, the final result has actually never changed?"

"Why, then, can I change it?"

He had once enchanted a stone man to go and block the path when Luo Yuanyou was inevitably going to enter that Exotic Realm, and he had also thoroughly examined the nameless egg with scales inside that Exotic Realm before Luo Yuanyou entered it.

He could easily change the result of Luo Yuanyou entering the Exotic Realm, which was also changing Luo Yuanyou's Destiny.

"Therefore, I am outside of Destiny, outside of Fixed Numbers!"

"I am the Variable!"

"Fate!"

"I have long since seen Fate!"

Yu Xiu was suddenly enlightened!

From the moment he first sensed Luo Yuanyou's difference, from the moment he first saw that Exotic Realm.

He had already begun to comprehend Karma and Fate.

"It is the Heavenly Lord!"

"It is the Heavenly Lord again!"

Yu Xiu suddenly looked up.

"Heavenly Lord, oh Heavenly Lord!"

"I understand Karma, yet you shroud my Karma and obscure what I know!"

"I understand Fate, yet you still pull this trick; is your guard against me a bit too deep?"

He smiled nonchalantly: "However, I have still comprehended Karma and Fate."

"Heavenly Lord, what can you do about it?"

As soon as his voice fell, a "boom" suddenly erupted from the sky, a thunderous sound exploding without warning.

Following that, a bolt of thunder that illuminated the world flashed by.

Almost simultaneously, a pitch-black bolt of thunder appeared above Yu Xiu's head—it came so fast, so abruptly.

As soon as it appeared, it was already above Yu Xiu's head.

"Why get angry?"

Yu Xiu chuckled, letting the pitch-black thunder fall upon him without causing the slightest ripple; not even a single strand of his hair moved.

"I will not easily nudge Karma and Fate, nor will I change the grand trends. As long as it has nothing to do with me, those who should live will live, those who should die will die, and those who should become a key part of the natural operation of Heaven and Earth will remain that part."

"I only seek the Dao and ask of the Dao in this world!"

"If the Heavenly Lord is interested, you may also discuss the Dao with me!"

Yu Xiu's words were light, but he actually hoped the Heavenly Lord would appear.

Unfortunately, after just that one bolt of thunder, the world returned to calm once again.

The Heavenly Lord did not appear, nor was there any response.

In itself, it was impossible for the Heavenly Lord to respond to him.

The reason for that bolt of thunder was, in all likelihood, because Yu Xiu had manipulated Yuan Tiankuo's Karma, causing an insignificant ripple in Fate.

It was just this tiny thread of a ripple; it seemed that to the ocean of Fate, it was merely a splash so small as to be almost invisible, having no impact.

But in reality, under a chain reaction, it could lead to too many unpredictable consequences!

Therefore, the Heavenly Lord struck down with this thunder, perhaps as a warning to Yu Xiu.

Or perhaps, this was the price that should be paid for recklessly manipulating Karma!

Of course, to Yu Xiu, this was painless and itchy; in fact, that bolt of thunder was even somewhat nourishing...

"The Heavenly Lord's thunder is a bit stingy!" Yu Xiu mused, still savoring the feeling.