Fierce Future, Bustling City

Su Muqin had completely departed. Li Qing controlled the Shadow Paper Doll and sent it toward Yang Province City.

Pulling his attention back to the present, he continued shaking the tortoiseshell in his hand.

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

The sound of copper coins striking the tortoiseshell rang out without end.

The Worldly Copper Coins scattered across the astrolabe, while the tortoiseshell was placed at its center.

Silently chanting the Curse, Li Qing's consciousness drifted through the haze and connected to the boundless starry sky.

Within that starry sky, endless and infinite, the three copper coins radiated a wondrous light that resonated with countless stars.

Li Qing was now calculating the future. He was calculating Yuan Zhihui.

Countless starlights in the unseen pulled at his mind. It was as though he were soaring through the radiance, and that radiance seemed capable of illuminating the future.

Who knew how much time had passed.

Suddenly, an image appeared before his eyes. He saw a handsome young man, and the instant he saw him, he knew this was Yuan Zhihui.

Within that image, he saw Yuan Zhihui smiling at "him," his eyes holding nothing but endless coldness.

He himself had already been tied up like a trussed fowl, bound to an anomalous black altar.

A strange force descended into his body, dragging a Jade Tablet out from within him. That strange force seemed able to reach his greatest trump card—the Jade Tablet.

At the sight of this, Li Qing's heart jolted, and he woke up at once.

His expression shifted between light and dark. "This future is a possible future calculated from the information I currently know, following the threads of the Heavenly Secrets network."

"It may not be one hundred percent accurate, but it foretells events that may occur."

"It seems Yuan Zhihui is