Divine Powers Can't Defy Fate, but a QR Code Might

No reaction. Did that mean it had failed? Qin Fen scratched his forehead. He had made it sound too simple. Watching Jingwei fly high across the screen, he narrowed his eyes. The rules of the Heavenly Dao couldn't be broken with a simple tip—or perhaps the tip hadn't been big enough. As the saying went, the problem wasn't the bomb. It was the yield!

He began to think. The mood sank to freezing point, and Yinglong's grating words reached everyone's ears.

Guanyin could only smile bitterly. "Fellow Daoist Yan Emperor, it seems the rules aren't so easily overcome. His Holiness did all he could!"

The Yan Emperor closed his eyes and drew a deep breath. After so many years without a breakthrough, his heart had long since sunk to the bottom of the sea. Qin Fen's summoning of the Heavenly Dao had given him a glimmer of hope today, but the result was still the same. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Still, he had endured blows like this more than once or twice.

"Yes. He did all he could. Divine powers cannot defy fate. This is destiny." He meant it. Summoning the Heavenly Dao was already an extraordinary feat; he wasn't making excuses for the man.

The Yan Emperor slowly opened his eyes and sighed. "Thank you, fellow Daoist. This matter cannot be resolved overnight. I appreciate what you've done."

I'm the one suffering here. Qin Fen's face darkened. If the Yan Emperor was merely thanking him, bringing up that other matter would be awkward. He had also thrown away a hundred Merit for nothing. What a loss.

Little White Dragon's face was flushed. Jingwei's problem hadn't been solved, but he had certainly seen something remarkable. Dong Re was truly unfathomable. Even in failure, that terrifying roar