Ox-Head and Horse-Face

Yes, Li Qi's coincidence.

Running into Monk Xin Ming like this should never have happened.

But Li Qi had chosen the future. He had calculated that he could do this, so following the direction of cause and effect, he had smoothly arrived here.

Thus, what seemed like a coincidence, an event of tiny probability, happened just like that.

Monk Xin Ming would not notice it, but Li Qi had already grasped this power beyond all doubt.

In truth, Li Qi had no idea where Monk Xin Ming was. He had merely found a way to deduce the existence of the Heavenly Eye.

After that...

It was simple. He only had to follow the karmic connection.

Li Qi knew nothing, nor did he understand where to begin, yet merely following the "guidance," he arrived here.

That was the shameless advantage of the fourth rank.

He needed no clues at all. So long as he had once seen, heard, or felt something, he could weave it into a net of cause and effect, then use it to assemble a vision of the future.

That was the essence of "divination."

When fourth-rank Li Qi wanted to do something, it was this fantastical, even beyond mortal comprehension.

If a mortal had been here, they would probably have felt terrified.

So this was how one could do something one wished to do...

There was no need for plans, nor any need to investigate beforehand. Once Li Qi began moving forward, the "destined future" would draw toward him. He only needed to actively advance toward that future, and countless threads of cause and effect would pave his road, helping him reach the result he wanted.

This was "choosing the future."

The Monk Xin Ming before him was one thread of cause and effect among the path