"Can it be stopped?" Ling Haotian looked at Ji Wubing.
Ji Wubing shook his head.
"No. It's inevitable. The Heavens and Myriad Worlds are all drawing closer to the Main World. It's damned strange," Ji Wubing said helplessly.
His Mandated Number let him see turning points in fate that were certain to occur.
What he saw would happen. That meant the Ancient God Clan and the Shadowmoon Clan would arrive no matter what anyone did.
There was no stopping it. The path there might change, but the outcome would not.
If it could be stopped, it would hardly be called the Mandated Number.
"All right." Ling Haotian stood to leave.
"Where are you going?" Ji Wubing asked curiously.
"To tell the Empire and make sure they're prepared. Keeping the Empire stable comes first right now," Ling Haotian said quietly.
"The Empire already knows, so don't worry about it. Since you have the time, why not try using a Destiny? You might reach Genesis Level," Ji Wubing said.
"You won't use one yourself. What makes you think I would?" Ling Haotian retorted.
Ji Wubing said nothing more.
Destinies were hardly rare in the Empire. It had plenty. Whether to use one was another matter.
Almost none of the Empire's Taboos—those who belonged to the Empire itself, rather than the great Families—would use a Destiny.
Unless they could go no further on their own, they generally refused.
A Destiny might have no immediate drawbacks, but taking a shortcut to Genesis Level would leave serious problems when one tried to advance further.
That was unavoidable. Calling it free of drawbacks did not make it so.
The drawbacks existed; they were merely insignificant compared with reaching Genesis Level. After all, reaching Genesis did not guarantee reaching Eternity.
For that reason, those drawbacks might as