The old man's laughter echoed several times through the empty cavern.
He should have been laughing with great abandon, but...
It was as mournful as a withered owl's cry.
For the Life Divination Art to regain its glory, it would have to overthrow the Star Divination Art. And because the Star Divination Art had merged with the Present World's cultivation system, it would even have to shatter the existing order.
Or, to put it another way... it would have to cause a world-spanning disaster, at the very least, and throw the already-anchored stars into disarray before even the tiniest glimmer of hope could appear.
Yu Beidou would never do that, so he had chosen to accept the final outcome.
He had jokingly asked Jiang Wang if he wanted to give it a try because this First Inner Palace in History was still young, with boundless potential and hope. Perhaps he really could find a way.
But Jiang Wang had refused with complete seriousness, and Yu Beidou had let it go.
The Life Divination Art had struggled on until now, sacrificing too much already. There was truly no need to sacrifice any more.
He laughed loudly.
Rather than laughing at the young man who had left in such an awkward hurry, it would be more accurate to say he was laughing at himself.
Flowers bloomed again, but men were young only once!
Once the laughter ended, so did everything else.
Yu Beidou closed his outstretched fingers, brushing away the divination lot. Still gazing at the spot where the Diviner had vanished, he finally stopped hiding his grief and murmured, "You want to kill me, and you want to use the Blood Demon's source to perfect your Blood Divination Art too. You think it'll be that easy?"
"My senior brother left behind