Tushita Palace.
The Jade Emperor and Taishang Old Lord stared at the miniature of the great array in the Pill Pool.
At first, the two were merely curious—curious that someone had dared to enter the formation. Then a trace of surprise appeared on their faces, because the intruder had already passed three nodes in succession. What kind of monstrous luck was that?
Next, the two simultaneously felt a pang of pity for the intruder. Once one entered the great array, there was no turning back. Being able to set the formation right after throwing it into chaos was proof that he was a master of formations. Even rarer was the fact that he had continued to enjoy astonishing luck at the nodes, breaking through three checkpoints in a row.
Of course, the two had never considered that he might be cultivating fortune. Ordinary cultivators of fortune could indeed seek good fortune and avoid disaster, but that was only a vague concept. For example, they might encounter disaster sometime in the future, or great fortune sometime later—everything was extremely vague, and sometimes even inaccurate. How could anyone be as exaggerated as Zhong Shan, taking it to the extreme, down to the level of his own thoughts?
Zhong Shan merely had to think of something, and the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture could judge whether it was auspicious or ominous. It was simply a perverse ability. Even if a Sage learned of it, he would certainly do something unbecoming of a Sage.
Every time Zhong Shan and the others passed a node, Taishang Old Lord and the Jade Emperor felt another pang of pity.
But when the two passed twenty nodes, Taishang Old Lord and the Jade Emperor no longer felt any pity. Instead, they focused intently on the scene. The gates of