Before the River Suppressing Tablet.
The bonfire blazed fiercely as Su Yi, Heavenly Venerable Yi, and Hong Ling sat around the stove.
Within the stove simmered rare delicacies from the Four Seas.
These were all congratulatory gifts presented by the overlord factions of the Four Seas. Every item was a rare treasure of the sea, beneficial to cultivation, yet Su Yi had now simply taken them out and tossed them into a hot pot.
The three drank as they conversed, utterly carefree.
Su Yi inscribed the "Mystic Radiance Edict" into a jade slip and handed it to Heavenly Venerable Yi.
A peach offered was repaid with a plum.
Heavenly Venerable Yi could not command the complete source power of the Nine Imperial Edicts of the Heavenly Dao, but he could comprehend the secrets of all nine edicts.
To him, this also counted as completing a Great Dao.
Moreover, while drinking, Su Yi held nothing back as he laid out one by one some of the secrets of destiny he had comprehended.
The secrets of the Great Dao could often only be grasped through intuition.
Anything passed down by word of mouth would, in the end, remain only on the surface.
Even so, Heavenly Venerable Yi listened with great earnestness and etched every word firmly into his heart.
And during their discussion, Heavenly Venerable Yi also told Su Yi the secrets he knew concerning Fate Officials, the Book of Destiny, and the Nine Imperial Edicts of the Heavenly Dao.
He specifically reminded Su Yi that, after taking control of the Book of Destiny and the Nine Imperial Edicts of the Heavenly Dao, he must beware of unfathomable calamities he might encounter on his future Dao Path.
And those so-called "calamities" were connected to the River of Destiny Origin.
Su Yi silently