A Special "Talent"

Linhu City of Jinyang Prefecture, where the mansion of the Prefecture Lord is established.

Desterie flew all the way, entering the mansion at a steady pace before heading directly into the study located in the inner quarters.

Within the mansion, no one but him was permitted to fly, so as soon as the attendants saw someone in the air, they recognized the familiar figure and aura, knowing it was the Prefecture Lord who had returned.

Taking out Kurado's interspatial ring, Desterie rubbed it between his fingertips and praised, "This Kurado's Laws of Fate actually have some substance to them; they even allowed my Fate divine clone to gain further insights. However, this bit of enlightenment is likely insufficient to support the barrier required to break through to the Paragon level."

He dripped a drop of fresh blood onto it, successfully claiming ownership.

Desterie was not surprised by this, for even among those who became gods outside the planes, it was rare to have multiple divine clones across the various Higher Planes and Divine Planes. Among gods with multiple clones, two was the norm, three was rare, and four was even rarer.

Desterie himself belonged to the "even rarer" category.

Life, Death, Fate, Destruction—he lacked none of the Rules, and he possessed no Laws.

His divine sense probed into Kurado's interspatial ring. The first thing to catch his eye was a massive amount of Celestial currency—Cloud Stone. Calculating it, there were about five hundred billion Cloud Stone, but for the current Desterie, Cloud Stone was merely a number, so he skimmed past it.

As for the rest, there were several high-quality Highgod artifacts, both offensive and defensive, and there was even an ownerless soul-defensive artifact.

However, it still held little significance for Desterie; it could only be considered an addition to his inventory. After all, as a Shura of the Rules of Fate, he had forged quite a few soul-defensive artifacts himself, and he had long since gifted them to his closest kin and helped them refine them.

Soul Golden Pearls, combat projections, a large quantity of godhoods of various elements and ranks...

Desterie was flipping through it with boredom and was just about to toss the interspatial ring into his storage when he suddenly discovered a jade bottle, its stopper sealed by special means. Beside the jade bottle was a nameless book and a black token.

Taking these three items out, Desterie first examined the jade bottle. It took quite a bit of effort to open it, and upon doing so, he found a drop of pure white liquid floating inside, radiating waves of power. He couldn't help but chuckle, "It seems Kurado's strength was even greater than I imagined; he actually managed to obtain a drop of Sovereign's Might of Fate. Unfortunately, he was cut down by my sword before he could even use it. It's my gain."

Although he was a Sovereign's Envoy, Desterie was not exactly wealthy when it came to Sovereign's Might.

Afterward, he picked up the book and flipped through it casually, his expression turning serious, "He actually recorded his cultivation insights on the Rules of Fate in such meticulous detail. Although his comprehension is not as deep as mine, reading through it carefully might provide me with some inspiration."

Finally, Desterie picked up the token. This token was pitch black, possessing the ability to swallow light and sight. One side was engraved with the character "Kill," with a background of incredibly complex depictions of various living beings, while the other side was engraved with the character "Destroy," with a background depicting mountains, rivers, wind, water, and the vast starry sky.

Below the token, there was a circular hole, clearly missing something, and a corner at the top was also chipped.

"What is this thing?" Desterie wondered.

Just then, within Desterie's soul space, the slowly rotating, glowing Longevity White Jade suddenly pulsed like a heartbeat, resonating with the token from afar.

Desterie looked at the token in his hand with some surprise. How many years had it been? Finally, something had caused his companion jade to react again!

That's right, the Longevity White Jade in Desterie's soul space was something he had been holding in his mouth when he was born, and he had carried it with him ever since.

It had accompanied him as he became a warrior, a Saint, and even after he became a god, this piece of jade had autonomously moved into Desterie's soul space, continuing to shine and provide warmth for him.

After entering his soul space, the jade also gained three new functions—as for the old ones, Desterie speculated that they were mostly of the "Heaven's blessing" variety.

The three abilities were Foresight, Great Luck, and Soul Protection.

Soul Protection, as the name suggests, protects the soul. When subjected to intense soul attacks, the jade's glow instantly forms an indestructible jade wall, blocking all direct or insidious soul attacks. However, after such a defense, the jade requires one day to recover before it can be used again.

Through Desterie's personal "experience" over thirty million years, this defensive power had nothing to do with the degree of fusion of profound mysteries, only with the level of energy.

When Desterie was a Lowgod, it could block all Lowgod soul attacks; it was the same as a Midgod, and no accidents had occurred during his Highgod period.

But whether this defense would still be effective against a Paragon, Desterie had no idea, as Sovereign's Will was a power that could turn the rotten into the miraculous.

Therefore, facing Kurado's "Instant Death Spear," Desterie hadn't been worried at all; after all, even if he hadn't blocked it himself, the jade would have.

In this regard, the companion jade could be said to be a castrated version of a soul-defensive Sovereign artifact.

Great Luck was much more peculiar. It was triggered actively by Desterie himself. When Desterie was in an environment or situation that heavily relied on luck, activating the Great Luck function of the companion jade would grant him treatment akin to a "Child of the Plane" or "Favorite of Fate." To put it simply, a stone he kicked while walking might be a Sovereign artifact, the dew dripping by the roadside might be Sovereign's Might, a binary life-or-death question would absolutely result in life, and buying a lottery ticket would definitely win five million.

Great Luck did not consume the jade's own power; it consumed Desterie's own luck—one day of Great Luck meant a hundred years of bad luck.

Therefore, after using Great Luck, Desterie would usually find a safe place to go into seclusion for a hundred years. During those hundred years, he would likely choke on water and trip while walking on flat ground.

The final ability, Foresight, was equally mysterious. It could not be triggered directly by Desterie; it required the companion jade itself to perceive a fluctuation in the future before Desterie could choose whether or not to trigger it.

This "fluctuation of the future" was very capricious. It might be triggered by a certain event or object, or it might appear without any warning at all. It was truly baffling and difficult to summarize any experience from it.

Like the last time, it appeared without warning, later guiding Desterie to find an ownerless material-defensive Sovereign artifact.

And this time, its appearance was clearly a response to the black token he had just obtained.

However, Foresight consumed a massive amount of the jade's energy. Once used, it could not be used again for one hundred thousand years, and even Soul Protection would lose its effect. The harvest was not small, but the loss was not insignificant either.

Yet, how could he ignore a hint from fate?