Wrathful Heaven's words were profound and subtle. Not only Su Che, Hua Gu, and Jin Yunu, the younger generation, but even Devil Lord Sackcloth himself was left wandering in clouds and fog, unable for the moment to tell whether this disciple he had taken in was a treasure or a root of calamity.
But it did not matter. Worry-Free Heaven was here, a silver-medal foil and gold-medal translator. He explained Yang Sui's current condition in terms everyone could understand.
Yang Sui's state was not the result of cultivating several lineages at once. Rather, an Outer Dao Devil Master had taken a liking to the boy and was using his body to evolve his own great Dharma.
This was what was known as the Devil Master's Trace.
The Devil Master's Trace was much like those bald donkeys' Crowning Prophecy—a good fortune one could encounter but not seek. It represented the Devil Master's expectations and protection for this person's future progress upon the demonic path.
At the highest level, of course, it would be the Primordial Devil Master himself bestowing his favor. But such a momentous matter might not occur even once in several thousand years. Everyone only knew that such a thing existed; as for precisely what it was like, they did not understand, did not know, and did not care.
Next came the favor of beings at the level of the Dharma-Ending Lord and the Unfettered Heavenly Demon.
In theory, Wrathful Heaven possessed such power as well. But according to Wrathful Heaven's explanation and Worry-Free Heaven's translation, accomplishing such a thing required "the convergence of causes and conditions"—the timing had to be exactly right.
The Devil Master's Trace was both a manifestation of a Devil Master's power and a further perfection of the Devil Master's Dao Path.
According to Wrathful