Boundless visions vanished in an instant, like sparks from flint, like a white steed flashing past a gap, leaving Xu Xuan momentarily dazed.
Everything he had just witnessed had been too real, too vast. The overflowing sense of fate's tragic grandeur had nearly crushed him. Without clear qi protecting his mind, he would probably have been paralyzed with terror.
"The fourth demon."
He chuckled softly, then said in self-mockery:
"To think there was a deduction that held me in such high regard. In the eyes of those above, was it delusion, a joke, or... a genuine possibility?"
Xu Xuan looked at Miaolin beside him. Since he could glimpse the future through this fragment, she... and even Mercy Spring must have known as well. "If it were the complete [Great Change Dao Evolution], calculated personally by Immortal Lord Tian Qiong, the possibility would be at least fifty percent. But with only a fragment's deduction, this future is almost impossible to realize."
Miaolin studied Xu Xuan, seemingly unable to imagine him reaching that point, or what sort of existence [Fate] could possibly be.
"Golden Core beings already possess authority. They are difficult to calculate, and outsiders cannot easily overstep that authority... just treat it as a dream." "A dream?"
Xu Xuan fell briefly silent. What he had seen was incomplete, merely a rough selection of several crucial scenes.
He had died seeking the altar, and Desire Tide had come to convert him.
Then, through Child-Mother, he had attained Dai Xi's true fruit and received the title [Mystic Lord Who Opens the Dao and Establishes Dharma Without Absolution].
"Mystic Lord."
"Those called Mystic Lords must accomplish four feats: expounding, manifestation, dissipation, and hidden metal. Their Dao lies in Wonder and Constancy."
Miaolin explained softly, leaning closer as she said earnestly:
"Desire Tide has