Whether martial artist or Warlock, anyone who cultivated to the Innate Realm developed a strange intuition. Call it a sixth sense or Innate Spiritual Sense; it had no reason behind it and left no trail to follow, yet once it stirred, it was usually right.
As their cultivation deepened, that intuition stirred more often. That was why the highly skilled were so hard to ambush. Unless you had some unusual means of shielding yourself from their intuition, they would sense trouble beforehand.
And once they sensed it, they could try to change their fate.
The simplest way was to leave. If you sensed danger in some matter or direction, you could stay away and never involve yourself. The premonition would never come true, and your fate would change.
But sensing danger in advance did not guarantee escape. Too much in the world happened by chance; no one could say what might occur.
Besides, many powerful people did not flee when they sensed danger. They prepared to strike back instead. The road to strength was fought, not fled. No expert at running away could become truly strong, however high their cultivation.
At Flowerfall River in Yun Province, Bi Lingkong had known that dozens of Demon Gods meant to join forces against her. She had not fled. She had met them in battle, fought them all alone, and sent them scrambling away in disgrace. Some had even died by her hand. That was the bearing of the strong.
Likewise, Di Cangqiong had known Bi Lingkong was plotting against him. He could have withdrawn into his shell and used the Nine Provinces Grand Array to gather every master loyal to the Imperial Court from all directions into the Divine Capital to protect him. Had he done so, not even Bi Lingkong's immense powers