Fate

Somewhere else.

Above Ji Prefecture.

Rumble!!!

Ji Yanqing and the Seventh and Sixth Marshals joined forces against Xia Yuan. They launched repeated attacks, trying to break through Xia Yuan and kill Chen Yan.

But Chen Yan remained seated there, motionless, while Xia Yuan stood like an iron wall, blocking Ji Yanqing and the other two.

Within the void, Empress Ji watched Chen Yan, who was also seated and recovering. She was on the brink of death.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

After Chen Qi's prophecy came into being, it would set off a chain of changes that would cause the prophecy to fail.

That had always been Lord Chen's belief.

But the problem was that everything happening now was hurtling toward the future Chen Qi had foretold.

Empress Ji's expression shifted, and her pupils contracted.

Perhaps Lord Chen's argument didn't hold.

If the future was a fixed line, then Chen Qi's prophecy—and every upheaval caused by his uttering it—was actually part of the future that had been ordained.

All the measures taken by Lord Chen, Empress Ji, and the others to counter the future had already been woven into the threads of karma.

At the thought, Empress Ji's face turned deathly pale.

"Your Majesty, give the order!" Ji Yanqing roared.

"We can't kill Chen Yan!!!"

One of her arms had already been severed, blood pouring from the wound. Now all she could do was shout, begging Empress Ji to give the order and unleash Ji Prefecture's final trump card.

But Empress Ji slowly shook her head.

"Since the future is bound to happen, then I'll be the one to change it!"

Her eyes grew icily cold.

The Divine Phoenix Army!

This army of five hundred thousand Origin Realm warriors was a vital part of Ji Prefecture's military strength.

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