Yet why had Nine-Nether, so incomparably mysterious in the eyes of the world, suddenly manifested a corner of its heaven and earth in the present world at such a time?
Did this Variable Fate arise from ripples in the Long River of Time, or was there some other Cause and Effect at work?
After the Dao Ruler withdrew downstream along the River of Time,
the clamorous Heavenly Secrets and Destiny gradually returned to their former calm.
But before that calm had settled, many Destinies had already begun to stir.
Some wished to interfere with a corner of future Heavenly Secrets, placing the first move upon the chessboard.
Others likewise wished to set chaos right, to return Heavenly Secrets to their proper state of hazy obscurity.
Naturally, some merely acted as unseen hands pushing events along. They might not seek a resounding victory on the chessboard, but a game whose winners and losers could be seen plainly was far too dull. Only by stirring up outside Variable Fates could they rouse the still, ancient-well-like emotions they had possessed after cultivating the Dao for so long.
And at this very moment, at this critical juncture,
those Destinies drifting out from Nine-Nether passed through the hands of mighty experts who likewise belonged to Nine-Nether, stirring a corner of Heavenly Secrets and Destiny—not the Heavenly Secrets of this age,
but the Reincarnation Destiny represented by Nine-Nether.
Reincarnation also represented the days yet to come, the future.
The River of Time of all living beings' Destinies in their next lives would ultimately fall into Nine-Nether.
These Destinies appeared with extraordinary speed, and with equal secrecy.
It was nearly impossible for cultivators of the world to detect any clue.
Yet since there were those born with knowledge, there would naturally also be those born close to