"Between Cause and Effect needed at least two conditions before it could be used successfully."
Chen Cuo closed his eyes. Thoughts surfaced one after another. Now that he had truly used the ability and received clear feedback, his first derived Divine Ability was gradually coming into focus.
"First, I have to anchor the past and the future. The past is easy enough, but the future can change. It takes a special method to fix it in place. This time, for example, Hou Andu himself spread the news that Hou Xiao had died. He deliberately pushed it until the whole city knew and accepted it as fact. That was as good as anchoring the future!"
"Second, I have to lay the groundwork in advance. A result can't come from nothing; there must be conditions leading to it. This time, that condition was Heartfire. The flame was originally Samadhi True Fire, tempered only because it had mingled with Dynastic Purple Qi. Hou Xiao fought me, so the Fire Poison clung to his bones. Once the Divine Ability took effect, the purple qi dispersed and the Divine Fire erupted, burning him to ashes."
"If those two conditions aren't met, the Divine Ability can't be used. But if the preparations are in place, it can disregard other limits—distance, time, even the gap between realms..."
At that thought, Chen Cuo's heart leaped.
"I still need to test it more and find its limits before I can wield it precisely. But its combat strength and killing power are only incidental. What matters most is comprehending the mysteries within it and truly understanding why it works. Then I can take another step along the path of Path-Seeking..."
His thoughts raced on, but suddenly his whole body trembled. The spiritual light around the Mind Daoist dimmed sharply, and