372: Predict the outcome

As the tianji plate activated, bursts of dreamy, brilliant starlight rose from it, seemingly converging into a river of stars.

The tianji plate then began to spin, illuminating the entire dark Tianji Hall.

Xiao Shi knew that although there were no restrictions on where the tianji plate could be used—it could be used both inside and outside the Tianji Hall—using it within the Tianji Hall provided a certain degree of enhancement, boosting all its capabilities.

This would make the results he was about to foresee even more accurate.

Xiao Shi intently gazed at the tianji plate, which was enveloped in starlight.

He began to feed his action plan into the tianji plate.

He was very cautious, not daring to have a single distracting thought.

He clearly knew that although the tianji plate's ability to peer into heaven's secrets allowed him to foresee results, this ability required a long waiting period before it could be used again.

In other words, he only had one chance to foresee the results in the short term, so he naturally had to be cautious!

He had to ensure there were no mistakes.

Soon, after Xiao Shi had fed his entire action plan into the tianji plate, a certain area on the tianji plate suddenly shifted slightly, triggering a series of chain reactions that caused significant changes in the starlight river covering the entire tianji plate.

Xiao Shi gazed at the pattern on the tianji plate and understood its meaning.

“This is a pattern where good fortune and disaster coexist, which means… my action plan will either be blessed with great fortune or plagued by continuous disasters, with no middle ground possible.”

Xiao Shi pondered this.

He raised his hand and pressed it onto the tianji plate.

Faintly, he could see a blurry, indistinct image of all things evolving.

However, as the tianji plate operated, the blurry image gradually became clear.

This was clearly a scene from the future.

But the moment the image became clear, it suddenly ripped apart, splitting into three different future scenes.

Xiao Shi first looked at the first future scene.

In a grand and imposing imperial palace, the Great Wu Crown Prince sat on the imperial throne, looking down at Xiao Shi, with Cheng Riyou and Chen Yuan standing silently beside him.

Cheng Riyou’s gaze was cold and arrogant.

Chen Yuan’s expression was complex.

“From now on, Wang Xiao, you shall remain in our Great Wu Dynasty. I can give you the people of the Red Tiger Sect, but Xiang Zizhen is extremely wicked, having violated many prohibitions of my Great Wu Dynasty; he must die!”

The Great Wu Crown Prince said indifferently.

Then Xiao Shi heard his own hoarse voice.

“You broke your promise!! I will never yield. One day… I will surely kill you!!”

With a bang, Xiao Shi saw his body suddenly self-destruct.

The next second, the second future scene appeared in his mind.

In the Imperial Domain, Xiang Zizhen and all the members of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect had black heavens secret masks on their faces.

They used the spatial shuttle ability of the heavens secret masks to escape the Imperial Domain one after another.

Only Xiao Shi remained, standing on the ground, gazing at the Great Wu Crown Prince who was pursuing him, a mocking smirk on his lips.

“You lost!”

Then, with a bang, Xiao Shi’s body exploded.

The final, third future scene was completely different from the previous two.

Perhaps due to his insufficient cultivation, Xiao Shi couldn't see the image of the third future scene.

He could only hear a hoarse roar filled with immense hatred.

“Wang Xiao… I will tear you to pieces and scatter your ashes!!”

Crack!

All the images shattered and exploded like a mirror.

Xiao Shi frowned slightly.

It wasn't difficult to interpret the results represented by these three different future scenes.

The first future scene clearly indicated that his action would fail.

And from it, it could be seen that no matter the outcome, the Great Wu Crown Prince would not spare Xiang Zizhen.

The second future scene was his successful rescue of Xiang Zizhen and the people of the Red Tiger Sect.

As for the third future scene… Although Xiao Shi could distinguish that the roar came from the Great Wu Crown Prince, without seeing any images, he found it difficult to deduce the specific situation.

However, judging from the results presented in the first two future scenes, whether he succeeded or failed, he would ultimately have to self-destruct.

Xiao Shi wasn't too worried about this, because from beginning to end, he had no intention of sending his main body to the Imperial Domain.

It wasn't that he was afraid of death.

Rather, even if he wanted to go to the Imperial Domain with his main body, it would be difficult to do so.

The Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation, which currently protected his domain, was formed by the Martial Emperors Royal Robe.

And during the period when the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation was formed, he had to constantly wear the Martial Emperors Royal Robe.

Although the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation was powerful, it also had a flaw: the formation could not be moved.

In other words, once Xiao Shi formed the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation, he could only operate within its protective range and could not leave it.

Once his main body stepped out of the domain, it would leave the protective range of the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation, causing the formation to fail.

Regardless of whether he left by spatial shuttle or Dream Leap, as long as his main body left the domain, the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation protecting the domain would become ineffective.

This was also one of the reasons why he had previously used the Crimson Refinement Corpse to lead the people of Tianji Hall into his domain.

In addition to his cautious nature, he was currently unable to leave his own domain.

After all, if there were no Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation, the three Demigod Heavenly Kings would undoubtedly occupy his domain immediately.

Therefore, no matter what, his main body could only remain in his own domain at this time and could not leave.

As for how to enter the Imperial Domain, he had already thought it through: he would use the martial emperors cloak to form a clone!

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi couldn't help but look at the martial emperors cloak.

Although he had acquired the martial emperors cloak relatively early, he had never had the opportunity to use it before.

The condition for wearing the martial emperors cloak was to become the strongest Martial Demon Grade.

Xiao Shi had only successfully reached the strongest Martial Demon Grade by integrating his Demonic Body Clone in the special area earlier.

After that, he broke through to become a Saint in one go.

Therefore, the martial emperors cloak had never had a chance to be used.

However, when he put on the martial emperors cloak, he already had a specific understanding of its function.

Now, as Xiao Shi gazed at the martial emperors cloak, information about it immediately appeared in his vision.

Name: martial emperors cloak

Type: Cloak

Grade: Martial Demon Grade

Description: It is the iconic Emperors Armor of successive Martial Emperors. It is said that collecting the complete set of Emperors Armor qualifies one to ascend as the new Martial Emperor.

Note 1: The Martial Emperor Regalia consists of eight parts, each corresponding to a martial arts realm.

Note 2: Only the strongest in that martial arts realm can wear the Emperors Armor.

Note 3: The martial emperors cloak can condense and form a clone. The clone will inherit the main body's cultivation and realm, and be controlled by the main body's will, essentially identical to the main body. However, it will not possess the characteristics of a normal clone, so others cannot identify it as a clone.

Note 4: The main body can transfer damage it suffers to the clone, and the clone can also transfer damage to the main body. However, once the clone dies, it takes thirty days before it can be formed again.

Note 5: The clone can be self-destructed to form the strongest attack at the current realm.

Note 6: If the Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor can be collected and paired with it, there will be additional abilities and enhancements to existing abilities.

…When Xiao Shi pondered his plan of action this time, the first thing he thought of was to use the martial emperors cloak to form a clone, thereby allowing the clone to enter the Imperial Domain.

The clone formed by the martial emperors cloak would not be weaker than the main body in terms of strength.

At the same time, as long as Xiao Shi had the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree deposit a root in the clone's body, the clone would be able to share all the items in the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree's storage space with the main body.

And even if the clone died, there was no need to worry about items being left behind; he could simply put all the items on his person into the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree's storage space before dying.

Furthermore, in terms of Emperors Armor, both the clone and the main body could use them interchangeably.

Therefore, the combat power that the main body could achieve, the clone could essentially also achieve.

Only Emperors Armor like the Martial Emperors Royal Robe, which Xiao Shi needed to wear constantly, could not be transferred to the clone.

However, the impact would not be too great.

Although the clone did not have the Martial Emperors Royal Robe, it possessed something the main body did not: the clone could be fearless of death!

It could even create an incredibly powerful attack by self-destructing.

This was also the reason why, in the future scenes Xiao Shi saw, he chose to self-destruct regardless of success or failure.

This self-destruct ability of the clone and the “rebirth” time after the clone's death were both additional abilities and enhancements to existing abilities obtained after forming a set with the Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor.

If he only had one martial emperors cloak, there would be no self-destruct ability.

At the same time, the “rebirth” time after death would be far more than thirty days; it would be three years!

By sending the clone to rescue them, even if it failed, Xiao Shi would not be imprisoned in the Great Wu Dynasty by the Great Wu Crown Prince.

Of course, Xiao Shi certainly did not want to fail.

After all, the price of failure would very likely be the death of Xiang Zizhen and the people of the Red Tiger Sect.

“Judging from the foreseen results, although nothing can be seen in the third future scene, given the Great Wu Crown Prince’s exasperated tone, it is highly likely to be a success as well…”

Xiao Shi pondered this.

However, he also knew that these three results from peering into heaven's secrets might not be entirely accurate.

This ability of the tianji plate also depended on individual strength.

Generally, the stronger one's own strength, the more accurate the foreseen results would be.

For example, if a Demigod used the tianji plate to peer into heaven's secrets and foresee results, the results displayed would generally not be wrong.

But if it was only a Saint, then the results displayed might have a certain degree of error.

In other words… among these three future scenes, it was highly possible that one or two of them were inaccurate.

However, with Xiao Shi's current strength, even if the foreseen future scenes were not entirely accurate, there would not be a particularly large deviation.

And most importantly… among these three future scenes, the situation he worried about most did not appear.

“In other words…”

“The extremely crucial part of my plan will basically not have any problems!”

Xiao Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

He was very clear that if he wanted to take Xiang Zizhen and the people of the Red Tiger Sect from the Imperial Domain, there was an extremely crucial link.

If this link went wrong, this operation would definitely fail!

Fortunately, through the foreseen future scenes, he could basically confirm that this link in the plan would definitely succeed.

“The rest will require Chen Yuan’s help to buy me time.”

A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes… When Chen Yuan told the Great Wu Crown Prince that performing a Dream Leap would take five days, the Great Wu Crown Prince did not suspect anything.

After all, Dream Leap was a unique and extremely high-end method of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

The Great Wu Crown Prince did not know much about Dream Leap.

His focus was mainly on whether he could lure Xiao Shi over.

From beginning to end, his biggest concern was that Xiao Shi would disregard the lives of Xiang Zizhen and the Red Tiger Sect members and refuse to come.

Now, upon learning that Xiao Shi had agreed to come to the Imperial Domain, the Great Wu Crown Prince’s heart was especially elated.

It was not in vain that he used Fate Diviners, at great cost, to calculate Xiao Shi, successfully figuring out Xiao Shi’s weakness and thus gaining leverage against him!

Compared to the three Demigod Heavenly Kings, they could only set up barriers outside Xiao Shi’s domain. As long as Xiao Shi stayed within his own domain, they couldn’t do anything to him.

But the Great Wu Crown Prince could use Xiao Shi’s weakness to quietly lure him over.

“Once he enters the Imperial Domain, he will surely be at my mercy.”

In the Great Wu Crown Prince’s eyes, as long as Xiao Shi stepped into the Imperial Domain, this Fifth Domain would essentially be his.

Although they had already learned about Xiao Shi’s unusual past deeds through Xiang Zizhen, ultimately, the other party was still just a Saint.

And the Great Wu Dynasty had two Dao Masters openly, not to mention the Great Wu Crown Prince’s control over the Imperial Domain.

A mere Saint entering the Imperial Domain was undoubtedly like a lamb entering a tiger's den.

Once the Fifth Domain was controlled and Xiao Shi was imprisoned in the Great Wu Dynasty, all the lost fortune of the Great Wu Dynasty would be restored.

And it would even achieve a greater degree of growth.

“No one can take what belongs to my Great Wu Dynasty!”

The Great Wu Crown Prince clenched his fists.

Just like that, five days passed in a flash.

When Xiao Shi entered the Dream World and met Chen Yuan again in the Dream World, Chen Yuan looked deeply at Xiao Shi.

“Are you ready?”