By the time a low hum rose from the depths of Lu Yuan's Martial Soul, he was wide awake. He threw on his outer robe and walked into the outer room. The moment he stopped, a silver-black spear formed in his palm of its own accord, its ice-blue and dark-red markings lighting up together. The origin of destiny that had lain dormant within him ever since he changed the outcome of the palace coup stirred as well, streaming through his meridians toward his right hand.
Qian Renxue followed him out of the inner room, wearing only an outer robe. She watched the Return-to-Ruin Spear without disturbing him and soon realized that this change was completely different from the previous ones. There were no new materials, nor any violent fluctuations of ambient energy like those at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Instead, the gray vision before Lu Yuan's eyes changed first.
Two completely overlapping threads of destiny slowly emerged from the depths of the gray light. The words that had appeared last night lingered only briefly before fading, replaced by an ever-deepening golden glow.
[Final evolution opportunity—complete] [Origin of destiny fusion commencing]
Lu Yuan's fingers tightened around the spear.
Over the past decade and more, almost every destiny node he had seen had belonged to someone else. From the earliest death nodes to the paths Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong were originally meant to follow, he had always seen the outcome in advance, then found a way to push that trajectory elsewhere.
Last night, however, had been the first time their two threads of destiny appeared together within the Eye of Destiny and overlapped completely.
Over all these years, Lu Yuan had not been the only one changing Qian Renxue. Without her, he would never have stayed