The further Lin Tian advanced in his cultivation, the more he felt that the tangled karma of this world far exceeded his imagination.
At the same time, however, he discovered that the closer someone was to him, and the more he knew about them, the easier they were to divine.
For instance, although the monkey was a Great Unity Golden Immortal, Lin Tian knew him intimately and understood his karmic ties, making him easy to divine.
Lin Tian had tried divining the monkey's future, but everything had been hazy and indistinct.
Often, all he could see was a monkey seated on a lotus, draped in a kasaya.
He had fallen silent.
He knew that was the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
But the future held countless possibilities. Though this was the most likely, it was by no means certain.
He had also used this method to divine his own fate, only to find himself utterly bewildered. Looking ahead revealed nothing; looking back revealed nothing either.
After several attempts, he had given up.
Perhaps it bore out that old saying: those who divine the fates of others cannot divine their own.
One day, while cultivating his grasp of heavenly secrets, he glimpsed a sliver of them through the haze. Dimly, he saw a white dragon soaring, tearing through the mist to land before him.
He jolted awake and opened his eyes, unsure when he had fallen asleep.
Frowning slightly, he murmured, "A white dragon?"
He counted on his fingers to perform a brief divination, but could only grasp the vaguest outline. He learned that the white dragon was entangled in a great secret, and that it also had ties to him.
His divination also revealed that when he had emptied the Dragon Palace Treasury and the monkey had taken the Golden Cudgel, they