Lu Chen abruptly came to a halt.
An incarnation?!
—Impossible!
Where I came from, how could I not know that myself?!
But if I wasn't an incarnation?
How could this string of coincidences be brushed aside with a single word—"chance"?
Could it really be destiny?
Lu Chen suppressed his turbulent thoughts and began breaking things down step by step.
First, assume he was neither an incarnation nor destined by fate.
If some great power truly had been arranging things behind the scenes—
Who could it be?
At that thought, Lu Chen pointed a finger. A streak of spiritual power shot forth, immediately forming several words in midair:
—Daoist.
—Divine office.
—Fleshly Body Attaining Sainthood.
These were, astonishingly, the three paths laid out before him.
The Daoist path had come bundled with his transmigration and could be considered his innate, powerful cheat.
The reason Lu Chen had been able to befriend immortals and gods was entirely because of his identity and methods as a Daoist.
Whether it was the Deity-Invocation Spell, Heavenly Gold, Netherworld currency, rituals, or talismans—
None of these methods, at their core, could be separated from dealing with gods and immortals.
Although he was still fighting alone for now, if this path gradually grew wings in the future and he established a sect, its potential would be no less than that of a divine office.
One had to know that the Four Celestial Masters, in Daoist records, were top-tier deities even when viewed across the Heavenly Court.
They were the Four Venerable Gods of the Jade Emperor's Tongming Hall, equal in rank to chief ministers.
Their status was below the Three Pure Ones, Six Royals, and Five Elders, yet above star officials such as the Six Offices of the Southern Dipper and Seven Luminaries of the Northern Dipper.