The nine awakened paths were Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, reincarnation, Immortal Dao, Buddhist Dao, Demonic Dao, vitality, death, and fate. Heavenly Dao and death were both within the sword. Earthly Dao was now with Zhao Qian, while my wife's elder sister controlled reincarnation. As for the other awakened paths, before I could discuss borrowing one from the other party, I would probably have to get past Zhao Qian and my wife's elder sister first.
After all, those two were my closest family. I couldn't even get their paths from them—what right did I have to ask others to give me theirs? I wasn't Xiao Jianlan. Surely I couldn't really go and snatch them away, could I?
Immortal Dao was in Li Poxiao's hands. He was tens of millions of li away from me, so he was certainly not the best choice.
As for Buddhist Dao, it was currently with Yuanci. Yuanci losing the Buddhist Dao path would be a huge loss for the Heavenly Realm, so that was hardly a good idea.
As for Xia Ruize's Demonic Dao, forget it. I wouldn't even consider that fellow.
Vitality was currently in Yun Bingxin's hands, but she was the person I owed the most. How could I take the path of vitality away from her?
The remaining path was fate. In fact, it was with Shen Jinzhao, but he had not fully awakened yet. Besides, he possessed the bearing of a protagonist and was an upright, incorruptible person. If I took his awakened path, wouldn't that cripple him completely? There was a hot-blooded kindness in his nature that few others possessed, though he was a little too straightforward...
If Xiao Jianlan had stolen their fates, they could still seek revenge against him. But now, if I personally took their fates, I might