Die a Miserable Death

The way of destiny had its rises and falls; the way of tribulations held both misfortune and fortune.

Tribulations themselves were inevitable in the process of advancement and transformation. They were the backlash of breaking the original balance. Without tribulations, things might proceed smoothly, but that also meant mediocrity and decline to a certain extent.

For a moment, Adam gained a profound insight.

The surface of the Fate Card became increasingly profound and mysterious—

Within the vast net woven from countless threads, one knot after another became clearer. They were not only intersections of fate, but also tribulations born during the course of destiny's development.

The more complete Fate Card gave Adam a deeper grasp of the changes in destiny and a more detached perspective. However, in a world where Daoist arts flourished, meddling in this domain without attaining Hunyuan was rather dangerous.

His understanding of tribulations also indirectly pushed the principles of Buddha and demon within the Heart Lamp to further intertwine and merge.

Buddha and demon came from the same source. They were each other's tribulations, harming one another, fulfilling one another, and tangling with one another.

The lotus that had originally possessed golden and black sides now fused into one. Every petal gradually shifted between black and gold, with Buddha-nature and demonic nature flowing across them and emerging like living things.

The flame at the lotus's center was Adam's increasingly brilliant and radiant true self amid the intertwining of Buddha-nature and demonic nature. The light it released was vast yet gentle, illuminating everything within and without him.

If Adam wished, this light could even affect everything beyond himself.

It could be open and aboveboard, or it could work subtly and imperceptibly.

Like the Dipankara Buddha Wu Tian spoke of, he could use it to guide others through