A Stirring of Fate

Lei Xiao's pupils suddenly contracted. A storm surged through his heart, and his previously relaxed brow instantly furrowed tightly.

Others might not understand the weight of this news, but as a transmigrator, he knew it all too well!

Hongjun had attained the Dao and become a Saint, setting a precedent for all eternity in the Primordial World. He had then preached at Purple Firmament Palace—this was the grandest gathering of opportunities since the Primordial World first began!

The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, Dijun, Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches... all the supreme experts renowned throughout the later ages of the Primordial World had gathered at Purple Firmament Palace to hear the supreme Great Dao.

More importantly, Hongjun's three lectures at Purple Firmament Palace contained boundless fortunes!

Primordial Purple Qi, the Three Corpses Severing Method, innate spiritual treasures...

This was also the crucial turning point when the grand curtain of the Primordial World was officially raised.

What a pity I transmigrated too late. According to the information I just gathered, Hongjun's first lecture has already ended.

Still, even if I had transmigrated earlier, it would have been useless. My cultivation would have been far too weak; there was no way I could have crossed the chaos and entered Purple Firmament Palace. Lei Xiao sighed inwardly.

"Fourth Brother, why did you suddenly sigh?"

Bi Xiao tilted her head at him, her almond-shaped eyes filled with confusion.

"Nothing. I just feel that I missed out on a great opportunity." Lei Xiao gathered his thoughts, his tone calming.

"So what if you missed it? What's there to sigh about?"

Bi Xiao was unconcerned. "Eldest Sister said that opportunities cannot be forced. If something is yours, it won't escape you. If it isn't yours, you won't get it even if you try to seize it."

Lei Xiao froze for a moment, then laughed. Bi Xiao's words were quite profound. Instead, he was the one who had become fixated.

"Third Sister is right."

"It was Eldest Sister who was right," Bi Xiao corrected.

Lei Xiao: "..."

Shaking his head, Lei Xiao withdrew his divine sense. After all, the East Sea was home to countless sea clans, and there were powerful experts among them. If his divine sense accidentally entered one of those experts' territories, it might be taken as a provocation and bring unnecessary trouble.

In this world where the strong devoured the weak, there was never any reason to speak of. The slightest disrespect could lead to a life-or-death battle. With only early Golden Immortal cultivation, he was merely middle-tier throughout the East Sea.

Three years later.

"Little Fourth, I think I've found an opportunity."

Little Fourth?

Lei Xiao was briefly stunned, but quickly realized that Bi Xiao was calling him. It sounded a little strange, but as long as she did not call him Little Third, it was fine.

Then her latter words caught his attention.

"What opportunity?" Lei Xiao asked.

Bi Xiao did not answer immediately. Instead, she pointed ahead. "Look over there."

Lei Xiao looked in the direction she indicated, but saw nothing at all.

Before Lei Xiao could ask, Bi Xiao explained on her own, "I feel like something in that direction is drawing me."

Lei Xiao: "..."

After a moment of blankness, Lei Xiao understood. Bi Xiao had found her own opportunity.

In the Primordial World, cultivators often possessed an inexplicable yet genuine sense toward opportunities. It could not be clearly described, but it truly existed. This sense was related to fortune, innate foundation, and Dao heart. At times, it was even more accurate than any divination technique.

Since Bi Xiao said something was drawing her, it was certainly not without cause.

"Third Sister, which direction?" Lei Xiao asked.

Bi Xiao raised her hand and pointed southeast, a rare seriousness appearing in her eyes. "It's vague, but it really is in that direction. Little Fourth, come take a look with Third Sister."

Naturally, Lei Xiao would not refuse.

To be honest, he was extremely envious of Bi Xiao at that moment. For such a sensation to arise in her, it had to be at least an innate spiritual treasure.

Why did he not have such "good fortune"?

Lei Xiao sighed inwardly. All he could say was that comparisons really could infuriate people.

He carried the memories of a transmigrator and knew where countless opportunities lay, yet he still had to travel step by step in search of them, following the proper course to contend for fortune.

But Bi Xiao was a top-tier superior innate lifeform, blessed with profound fortune and exceptional Dao roots. She had been favored by heaven and earth from birth. Opportunities sought her out on their own, and fortunes came knocking at her door. Such talent and fortune were truly heaven-defying and incomparable.

No wonder that during the later Investiture of the Gods, the Three Xiao would rise to such heights. Even when all twelve Golden Immortals of the Intercepting Sect joined forces, they were no match for them, and Yuanshi ultimately had to personally intervene.

Of course, in this life, he would certainly rewrite the fate of the Three Xiao.

"Third Sister, let's hurry. We can't let someone else steal the opportunity," Lei Xiao said.

"Don't worry. Since this opportunity has resonated with me, no one else can take it."

Bi Xiao confidently lifted her chin. Then the rosy light around her body surged, transforming into a brilliant streak of light as she sped southeast with Lei Xiao.

Watching Bi Xiao's speed suddenly increase severalfold, Lei Xiao sighed inwardly. Bi Xiao said she was not in a hurry, but her actions clearly said otherwise.

After flying for nearly ten days, the scene before them suddenly changed.

The previously calm surface of the East Sea had become turbulent. An island shrouded in thick mist appeared and vanished from view, like a mirage.

"This is the place!" Excitement flashed through Bi Xiao's eyes. Just as she was about to accelerate into the mist, Lei Xiao grabbed her.

"Third Sister, wait. There's something strange about this island."

Lei Xiao's expression was grave as he cautiously extended his divine sense, only for it to vanish like a clay ox entering the sea.

"This mist can devour divine sense, and there are no other sea clan creatures within a million li of this area." Lei Xiao withdrew his divine sense, his expression growing even graver.

Bi Xiao tried it as well. Sure enough, the moment her divine sense entered the mist, she lost contact with it, as though something had swallowed it.

She frowned, but did not seem overly concerned. "This mist really can devour divine sense. However, as long as we do not actively extend our divine sense beyond our bodies, it will not affect us."

After a pause, Bi Xiao added, "Little Fourth, wait outside for me..."

"No, Third Sister. I'm going in with you."

Before Bi Xiao could finish, Lei Xiao interrupted, "This mist should also contain the power of illusions, which happens to be restrained by my lightning power. If I enter with Third Sister, I should be able to help."

Lei Xiao knew very well that Bi Xiao could never give up this opportunity. Rather than letting her take the risk alone, it was better to enter together. At the very least, he could use the power of Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder at a critical moment.

Bi Xiao looked at him, her gaze somewhat complicated.

She had wanted to enter alone, unwilling to let Lei Xiao take the risk. But Lei Xiao was right—the power of illusions within this mist was indeed restrained by his lightning power. With him there, their chances of success would be greater.

"Alright."

Bi Xiao nodded. "But you have to promise me that if anything goes wrong, you'll retreat immediately. Don't worry about me."

"Third Sister, I should be saying that to you." Lei Xiao smiled, but his gaze was exceptionally serious.

The two said no more and entered the mist side by side.

The instant he stepped into the mist, Lei Xiao felt an invisible force envelop his entire body.

That force was not domineering. Instead, it was gentle as water, silently seeping into his body.