493: Chapter 493 Fate, a Heart Full of Guilt

Immortal Alliance, the Peak of the Immortal Mountain.

Dense Immortal mist billowed and swirled, and the Immortal Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was as thick as a physical substance, slowly flowing over every inch of the mountain Peak.

Qin Wushang felt his head spin for a moment, his body swayed, and in the next instant, he landed steadily here.

He composed himself and looked around carefully, his gaze shifting until it finally settled on the ethereal and solitary figure ahead.

It was the Immortal Lord!

She stood proudly at the windward edge of the mountain Peak, one fair jade-like hand behind her back, her plain white Immortal dress fluttering in the wind, and her long black hair dancing wildly, carrying an innate supreme aura that looked down upon all living beings.

"Greetings, Revered Master."

Mu Bingyun took a step forward first, cupping her hands and bowing with dignified etiquette.

"Greetings, Senior."

Qin Wushang also bowed with cupped hands, his heart filled with uncertainty as he muttered to himself.

Why did this Immortal Lord suddenly summon him again?

What for?

"Mhm."

The Immortal Lord replied indifferently, her posture unchanging, and she still did not turn around.

She stood with her hands behind her back, wisps of lustrous white immortal light swirling around her, slowly diffusing and gently enveloping the bodies of Qin Wushang and Mu Bingyun.

Qin Wushang's brows furrowed slightly, a trace of unease inexplicably rising in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask, "Senior... what do you mean by this?"

"Silence!"

The Immortal Lord's cold words suddenly rang out, directly interrupting him.

The immortal light falling from the sky poured into their bodies, traversing their four limbs and hundred bones, permeating their Meridians and Spiritual Roots, and even probing into their internal dao palace worlds to conduct a detailed deduction and investigation.

A mysterious and indescribable feeling instantly swept through their bodies.

After a moment, the Immortal Lord seemed surprised and muttered to herself, "Strange... there's actually nothing..."

Mu Bingyun's elegant brows suddenly furrowed.

She could not contain her curiosity and stepped forward to stand side-by-side with the Immortal Lord at the mountain Peak, asking softly, "Revered Master, what happened? Is there something wrong?"

The Immortal Lord remained silent for a moment, gazing at the vast sea of clouds before slowly speaking.

"Fate."

"Your fate has long been tightly bound and inextricably entangled with his."

"But in his trajectory of fate, there is no trace of being bound to you at all."

"You and he are actually bound by a one-way fate; such an anomaly is something I, having cultivated for eternity, have seen only once in my life."

These words made both their hearts sink!

Mu Bingyun's delicate body shook violently, and she quickly followed up, "Revered Master, a one-way entanglement of fate... what exactly will be the consequences?"

Qin Wushang's expression was also solemn as he cupped his hands and asked again in a deep voice.

"Senior, will such a bond of fate bring about a great disaster in the future and involve each other?"

The Immortal Lord's back remained cold, the Immortal mist slowly rising and falling around her, her tone indifferent.

"The reason is very simple."

"Heavenly Dao opportunities, life and death, fortunes and misfortunes, Great Dao tribulations, the rise and fall of Luck—every action of your Qin Wushang will deeply affect Bingyun's path of fate."

"When you, Qin Wushang, attain the Dao, Bingyun's cultivation will skyrocket."

"If he encounters a tribulation, your Dao Heart will be damaged."

"If he falls, your Divine Soul might also shatter, and your Immortal path will be severed."

"Even if it is unseen Karma, Heaven and Earth curses, or eternal killing tribulations, as long as they fall upon him, you must bear them together; even if they don't manifest at that moment, you will bear them in some way in the future."

Pausing for a moment, the Immortal Lord's voice shifted again, becoming cold and blunt.

"But the reverse is completely different.

"Bingyun's life and death, her various honors and disgraces, opportunities, and calamities will not affect you, Qin Wushang, in the slightest."

"If Bingyun reaches the Peak and achieves Immortal Ascension, his Luck will not diminish."

"If your Dao is destroyed and your body perishes, he will remain safe and sound."

"If you encounter a desperate situation of Heavenly Punishment, he will have no sensation of it and will not be affected in the slightest.

"Whether it be Reincarnation, the reversal of time, or the changing of the Great Dao... no matter the situation, this one-way bond will never be reversed and will never change."

Qin Wushang was shaken to the core, never expecting that he and Mu Bingyun would have such an unequal, Heaven-Defying bond.

Mu Bingyun stood there in a daze, her eyes filled with confusion.

There's such a thing?

"Cultivation emphasizes Karma and Reincarnation, so why is it like this?"

Qin Wushang asked in a heavy voice.

The Immortal Lord pondered for a moment, "It is a setup."

"The things you carry are by no means simple; someone has deliberately set a scheme, unidirectionally severing others' Karmic entanglements with you, protecting you from being affected by anyone."

She turned to look at Mu Bingyun, her tone solemn: "Bingyun, you must sever your Dao and recultivate."

"This fate is too disadvantageous for you; in the long run, you will have no chance of becoming the Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor and can only serve as his foil."

"I won't."

Mu Bingyun shook her head without hesitation.

"As long as he can reach the summit and end this chaotic era of the Great Dao, I am willing to have it be so."

"Foolish! The Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor wields the Eternal Immortal Dao; even I am moved by it. How can you be bound by love?"

The Immortal Lord shouted coldly, showing her displeasure.

She had taken Mu Bingyun as a disciple for this very reason.

"Revered Master, if he becomes invincible throughout the ages and attains eternity, as his Dao Companion, I will naturally share in the glory."

"Why must it be like this?"

Mu Bingyun retorted again.

Qin Wushang stood to the side, remaining silent.

The Immortal Lord glanced sideways at him, her tone sharp: "Kid, do you have nothing to say?"

"Using the Body as a Seed, walking the Ancient Path of Invincibility, internally evolving a Chaos Realm within your body—all things in the heavens must revolve around you."

"Watching her be bound by fate with your own eyes, where all her sacrifices are for you, do you feel no guilt?"