Fate Comprehension

What was the greatest advantage of a transmigrator? It wasn't a cheat—it was foresight and knowledge. As a transmigrator, Hodan knew the entire plot of Coiling Dragon. That was his greatest advantage.

Hodan began making plans. First, he needed to confirm how far the story had progressed. Since he was going to take up the position of Plane Overseer of the Yulan Continent, Linley, the protagonist of Coiling Dragon, definitely hadn't been born yet. After all, a Plane Overseer's term lasted at least a thousand years. He'd have to wait until he reached the Yulan Continent to find out exactly when. Hell didn't keep records of the years on a particular Material Plane.

Hodan thought about it. Next, he needed to improve his strength, because only the weak met with misfortune. All suffering in the world stemmed from anger at one's own helplessness.

If Hodan had the strength of a Seven-Star Fiend, his parents in the Coiling Dragon World wouldn't have died. If he had the strength of a Sovereign, he could wipe out the Four Divine Beasts Clan with a wave of his hand. He wouldn't even need to act personally—he could provide an unlimited supply of Sovereign's Might and wear the Four Divine Beasts Clan down. If he had Hongmeng's strength, he could remake the world and reshape the cosmos whenever he wanted.

The Renars Clan was one of the few great clans in Hell, apart from the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to hunt down the Four Divine Beasts Clan across planes.

Plane travel was most expensive when traveling from a Higher Plane or Divine Plane to a Material Plane. It cost a trillion Inkstones, or the equivalent in Godstones. Even an ordinary Seven-Star Fiend would probably think twice before paying for a single trip.

Travel between Divine Planes cost a hundred billion Inkstones—already the entire fortune of an ordinary Six-Star Fiend. The Eight Great Clans had pursued the Four Divine Beasts Clan across planes, so one could imagine how much wealth they'd spent, even if it had accumulated over countless years.

As a member of the Renars Clan, Hodan had a Divine Clone of his own, which was why he'd been able to take up the post of Plane Overseer. Unfortunately, he had only a Mid-God Thunder Element clone and a Saint-level True Body. Hodan himself wasn't especially talented; otherwise, he wouldn't have remained merely a Mid-God.

He'd gotten the easy position of Plane Overseer thanks to Elder Muli, a member of his clan. Elder Muli was a friend of Hodan's parents. Otherwise, he wouldn't have escorted Hodan to the Yulan Continent. He'd hoped Hodan would distinguish himself, but it was also a way to protect him by keeping him far from the conflict with the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Yet Hodan had still died at the hands of Elder Jiawei. No one knew that the original Hodan had died and been replaced by a Hodan from Little Broken Ball.

Hodan couldn't help sighing at the fickleness of fate. Elder Muli had sent him to become an overseer to protect him, but instead he'd died at Jiawei's hands. By a twist of fate, that had allowed him to take over Hodan's body. For a moment, he thought of his parents on Earth and Xiaoyan, who would soon become his wife, and was overcome with emotion.

As Hodan sighed and immersed himself in the currents of fate, a unique wave of energy began to surround him. The laws of the Coiling Dragon World were outwardly manifested, making them easier to approach and comprehend than in other worlds. And after years of development, the Coiling Dragon World had developed methods for comprehending and cultivating all kinds of laws and rules.

People on the Material Planes regarded such knowledge as precious, but in the Divine and Higher Planes, it was commonplace. Any shop could sell it. But how far one could cultivate depended on the individual. As the saying went, a master could show you the way, but the rest was up to you.

As a transmigrator whose two lives had fused, Hodan had gained a vast store of memories, along with a stronger soul. There was a reason transmigrators who survived were favored by fate. Even setting everything else aside, knowledge from another world was a tremendous treasure—it all depended on how you put it to use.

The enhancement of Hodan's soul allowed him to draw closer to the laws and rules. When he came to his senses, he was startled. "I just had an epiphany?" As an avid reader, Hodan had seen scenes like this plenty of times.

Hodan calmed himself and carefully examined what he'd gained from the epiphany. He discovered that he hadn't just begun to comprehend the Fate Rule—he'd already reached its limit. He was only one step away from becoming a god.

He didn't know when he'd take that final step, but he was still delighted. He'd now proven that, although he didn't know about other paths, cultivating the Fate Rule in the Coiling Dragon World was possible for a transmigrator. What's more, transmigrators had a unique advantage in cultivating the Fate Rule.

The Fate Rule was one of the Four Rules. Unlike the Seven Elemental Laws, it couldn't be divided into different Mysteries. Cultivation involved comprehending the Fate Rule of the world. When a breakthrough came, a sudden insight would naturally arise, and the soul would instantly grow stronger.

Unlike with the laws, there was no way to tell how far one had progressed in cultivating the Four Rules. The degree of one's comprehension was determined entirely by the laws of the world.

It was even possible to ascend straight to Highgod in a single step. If one's comprehension was deep enough, becoming a Paragon directly wasn't impossible either. And unlike the Elemental Laws, there were no specific Mysteries to fuse in order to measure one's progress in the Fate Rule.

The Four Rules had only Lowgod, Mid-God, Highgod, and Paragon levels. There was a vast gap between Highgod and Paragon, but no requirement to fuse anything. It all depended on how deeply one comprehended the rules. The deeper the comprehension, the greater one's strength. Once one had fully comprehended the rules, one became a Paragon.

That was why Highgods who cultivated the Four Rules were often the last people anyone wanted to provoke. Their strength couldn't be judged from their appearance. Who could tell whether they were ordinary Highgods, Six-Star Fiends, Seven-Star Fiends, Asuras, or Paragon High-Gods?

Unless they deliberately released their auras, one could only distinguish them by the strength of those auras.

Once a god who cultivated one of the Four Rules reached Highgod, they had the means to protect themselves in Hell. As long as they didn't go out of their way to provoke other gods, no one would bother them.

Hodan reviewed his current progress. For now, he had only a Mid-God Thunder Element clone and a Saint-level True Body. That wasn't bad. His Saint-level True Body was crucial to his ability to grow stronger in the future.

With Internal Godhood, one could have at most a single divine body and a single life. With a Saint-level True Body, there was at least a chance to grow stronger—to comprehend other laws and rules, or, at the very least, to refine a Divine Spark and become a Highgod.

That made sense. If the clan could send Hodan to become a Plane Overseer, he must have had a Divine Clone. Otherwise, how could he have contacted his clan and asked them to come to the Yulan Continent in the original story?

After digesting what he'd gained from the epiphany, Hodan reassessed his strength.

The Thunder Element Mysteries were Thunder Element, Swiftness, Violent, Scorching, Annihilation, and Judgment. Hodan had comprehended only Thunder Element and Swiftness, which had made him a Mid-God. He hadn't fused any Mysteries, so he was just an ordinary Mid-God.

His comprehension of the Fate Rule, meanwhile, had reached the Saint-level limit, and he could become a god at any moment. Yet countless Saint-level experts were stuck at that step. Though Hodan was a transmigrator, he couldn't say when he'd become a god. It might happen in the next second, or he might be stuck for decades.

Still, the fact that he'd reached the threshold of godhood through his own epiphany as soon as he'd transmigrated gave him hope. Hodan knew that in this cruel world, there was nothing he could trust. The only thing he could rely on was his own strength.

Whether to protect himself or to find a way home.

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