After Chen Lin leaped into the air, his body felt light, and he rose with ease.
This surprised him greatly.
He had originally thought that crossing a node with no line beyond it would be difficult.
Previously, whenever he crossed a node with a line beyond it, a formless barrier had blocked him, requiring an enormous expenditure of destiny force to penetrate.
Sometimes, he could not penetrate the barrier at all.
That meant his attempt to change his fate had failed.
Surprised as he was, being able to leap across meant there was hope of success, and Chen Lin's spirits lifted.
He flicked his tail again.
His fish body traced a beautiful arc, flying over the node.
But just as delight rose in Chen Lin's heart, and he thought the correction would go smoothly-
He suddenly realized something was wrong.
After leaping over the node, his body did not fall.
Instead, it kept rising!
This gave him quite a fright.
Normally, after crossing a node, he would descend in his fish form and land on the line connected to the node's far side.
The destiny river exerted a gravitational pull on him.
But this time, that pull had vanished.
As a result, the force of his leap did not diminish, and he continued upward!
An understanding dawned on Chen Lin.
The pull actually came not from the destiny river, but from the lines of destiny that resembled ripples in the water.
Those lines were his destiny trajectory.
They were both his shackles and the guarantee of his existence.
Now that the line beyond the node had vanished, he had effectively broken free of the lines, so naturally he could no longer feel their pull.
In other words, his fate had lost its direction at this very moment!
As these thoughts