After a long while, Shi Yi opened his eyes. A radiance of unparalleled brilliance surged from his body, suppressing everything, as though it could seal even a breach in the heavens.
A peculiar power and law wreathed his body. Formless and intangible, it could nonetheless alter an outcome and grant him another chance.
This was the ultimate profound meaning of the Perfect Heaven Mending Technique, a power that utterly defied heaven.
To others, such a secret technique might seem inconceivable, an outright cheat that overturned the saying "there is no medicine for regret in this world." It was practically impossible to counter.
But to Shi Yi, everything about the Heaven Mending Technique could be traced and understood. It held immense significance for him, its value comparable to a Ten Fiends Treasure Technique, if not greater.
The reason was simple: through the Astral Ring, sacrificing his Supreme Bone, and other means, Shi Yi had blasted open the forbidden gate and connected to the forbidden sea of bitterness.
That vast ocean contained the powers of fate, karma, time, and more. Breaking through his shackles and connecting to the forbidden sea of bitterness had endowed Shi Yi with many mysterious abilities, giving him a rudimentary grasp of time, karma, and fate.
These manifested as the ability to seek fortune and avoid calamity, gain fate's favor to a certain extent, break others' locks on him in battle, erase the traces he left behind, conceal his aura...
These abilities seemed to lack offensive power and offer no substantive improvement to Shi Yi's strength. In truth, however, they greatly increased his chances of survival and helped him seize the initiative, keeping him from being so passive in many situations. Their usefulness was immense.
Yet ever since he had opened the forbidden sea of bitterness, his attainments