66: Chapter 66 Fate, Illusion, Time

While feeling shocked, Lin Xiao could not help but feel a twinge of bitterness in his heart. To become a First-order Deity was already the ultimate elimination for Prodigies of his generation.

And the Eighth-order? He simply dared not imagine what one would have to go through to reach such a level. Yet, even these top-tier mighty figures of the Divine Domain...

...could not escape the jungle Law of the Divine Domain, being refined by even higher existences into the blazing sun and the great moon.

What about the nine major Star Domain Lords? Are there even higher existences above them?

He suddenly remembered a famous saying from Blue Star about the Primordial Era: "Below the Saint, all are ants."

What Realm would a "Saint" in the Divine Domain actually be?

[Damn it! This Divine Domain is truly too dangerous; even High-tier Gods have to go to the Star Domain of higher existences to cosplay as the sun and moon.

Crossing ranks to kill lower cultivators—those high-tier upper cultivators simply have no martial ethics! To improve one's strength, one must not only work hard to earn resources...

...but also constantly guard against upper cultivators. One careless mistake and you become an upper cultivator's "divine material"! High-level players camping the newbie village—how is a newbie like me supposed to play?

It seems that in the future, even if I have strength, I must keep a low profile. If I'm too flashy, I might be "noticed" by those upper cultivators.]

The good mood he had enjoyed from shopping over the past two days was instantly ruined by Meng Ning's words.

He had previously thought about creating a limit-breaking Prodigy with hundreds of millions—wouldn't that be invincible at the same Realm and capable of slaughtering higher Realms?

As it turns out, higher-level upper cultivators would likely "greatly admire" such a rare "divine material" like him.

If they turned him into some painting, divine weapon, or wonder, it would be a real disaster.

[In the future, I must continue to keep a low profile and let my subordinates handle things. I should try to maintain a situation where I am invincible at the same Realm but unable to defeat higher Realms.

I must also keep some ultimate weapons on hand that can kill upper cultivators. If I ever encounter a shameless upper cultivator trying to hunt me down, I must finish them off cleanly and leave no traces.]

At the thought of Intermediate Gods, High-tier Gods, and even higher-level great cultivators being so shameless, Lin Xiao felt his heart race.

Recalling something, he suddenly turned to ask Meng Ning.

"I forgot to ask earlier: since deities begin to master Laws, are there any Laws related to predicting the future, controlling fate, or interfering with cognition?"

Lin Xiao's somewhat erratic question left Meng Ning stunned for a moment. He didn't know how the conversation had turned to Laws, but he still nodded and began to answer.

"Naturally, what you ask about exists. The Law of Time-Sequence can not only predict the future but also interfere with, backtrack, deceive, and even tamper with or freeze the future.

The Law of Fate can guide, entangle, twist, transfer, secure, and control fate.

The Law of Falsehood can tamper with cognition, unify collective consciousness, invert worldly logic, modify memories, disrupt the five senses, shield the Divine Soul, and so on."

After listening to Meng Ning, Lin Xiao's heart sank completely. Damn it, not only did the things he mentioned exist, but they had even taken it to a whole new level!

"Then aren't these Laws invincible? Twisting fate, freezing the future—once such abilities are used, isn't victory guaranteed? Everyone might as well just cultivate these Laws."

Meng Ning chuckled at this and offered some comfort.

"So, you are worried about being affected by these Laws? You can rest assured about that, my Lord. These Laws are inherently too ethereal.

Barely mastering one is difficult enough, and seeking proficiency is hundreds, if not ten thousand times harder than with ordinary Laws. Consequently, there are very few who possess such Laws.

Only some top Families will attempt to cultivate them, and it is often difficult to advance to the Third-order. Such precious existences are generally reserved for critical moments.

They certainly wouldn't be wasted on the likes of us."

Well, hearing that just made me panic even more. Top Families cultivate them? Reserved for critical moments? Does my Golden Finger settlement count as a critical moment?

Lin Xiao felt that his future was bleak.

[No, I must cultivate some as well. I don't need to influence others; I just need to ensure that I cannot be influenced.]

Within Qingxu Market, a somewhat roguish young man was tossing a coin-like object up and down in his hand, muttering to himself.

"Fate guided me here, but Qingxu Market is so vast. How am I supposed to run into this 'Opportunity'? Oh Fate, can't you just give me a clear sign?"

The young man scratched his hair in irritation. He had been in Qingxu Market for three days, and the feeling of that "Opportunity" was growing stronger, yet he simply couldn't find it.

If he waited until the market closed, this Opportunity would vanish without a trace, like a drop of water in the ocean. How could he not be anxious?

"I'll wait a little longer. If I still can't find it by the very end, I'll have to take a risk and try reverse guidance…"

Guan Hong felt helpless. Judging from his intuition, this was definitely an incredible "Great Opportunity" for him.

But it was precisely because this Opportunity was so great that it indirectly proved that the holder of this Opportunity—or the Opportunity itself—was very powerful.

He was only a First-order Deity; if he used reverse guidance, it would be difficult not to be detected by the Opportunity. If this Opportunity were too vicious, it might very well backfire on him.

Therefore, even though he had been in Qingxu Market for several days, he had never dared to attempt reverse guidance.

Outside the Teleportation Hall of Qingxu Market, a graceful young woman sat cross-legged at a distance from the hall.

Occasionally, individual deities would approach her to strike up a conversation, but the woman simply kept her eyes closed and remained silent, as if she hadn't heard them at all.

Jiang Meng recalled the glimpse of the future she had deduced hundreds of times using her Laws: a man with a somewhat roguish appearance following a large group of deities who were surrounding someone.

A young man with an even younger face, wearing a faint smile.

Who that surrounded young man was, what his background was, or why he was being surrounded by these deities—Jiang Meng knew none of it.

The only thing she did know was this: that man who smiled with a roguish air cultivated the Law of Fate! That was enough.

Those who cultivated the Law of Fate were always accompanied by significant Opportunities whenever they appeared. Based on the hundreds of future visions she had deduced...

...this time, the Opportunity was likely that young man being surrounded—a Divine Being who hadn't even reached the demigod level.

A second-generation heir of a great Family? Or perhaps a direct descendant of some Family?

It didn't matter; as long as she could rapidly improve her strength, she didn't care about anything else.

Her parents' blood-curdling voices echoed in Jiang Meng's mind once more.

"Good child, you must live on well in the future. Change your name and go to a Star Domain where no one knows you. Never pry into anything that happened today! Remember!"

Then she had fallen asleep. When she woke up, she was already in a strange Star Domain. Her Divine Kingdom had been quietly imbued with her parents' supreme treasure, the [Chenxu Fate-Hiding Mysterious Crystal], which could conceal her own fate and future.

The resources and buildings her parents had originally given her in her Divine Kingdom had all been dismantled. Only some ordinary S-rank buildings and three ordinary Spiritual Veins remained.

Later, Jiang Meng searched for information online via her wrist-device and learned that the massive Jiang Family had completely disappeared overnight.

This included the Clan Chief, who had been a Intermediate God for over a thousand years, and three Clan Elders who were also Intermediate Gods.

Neither the living nor the dead could be found. Every member of the Jiang Family, including Slave Gods, Subordinate Deities, and even Divine Beings...

...had all vanished along with the entire estate. She had checked the Star Domain's official report, and the conclusion was: suspected interference by an alien High-tier God.

What a convenient "alien High-tier God"!

Jiang Meng knew that the one most likely to have done all this was the Lord of the Qingming Star Domain!

The reason was that the Jiang Family had wanted to consider the Star Domain Lord's proposal of vassalage; the Family had originally prepared for migration immediately after the Star Domain Lord left.

Unfortunately… in the end, they were still one step too late.