"Master, you cannot see He Pingsheng's future?"
Lingbo asked Six Words.
Six Words shook his head. "I cannot... That is nothing strange... As I just said, I cannot see through half the people in this world!"
"If Sages could see through the futures of all living beings, what need would there be for the Heavenly Dao?"
With a hint of a smile in his wise eyes, he looked dotingly at his disciple. "You are my favorite disciple, and the one with the greatest comprehension!"
"After studying the Dao with me for so many years, you still do not know what a predetermined course is?"
Lingbo gently knelt on the other side of the table, picked up a teacup, and took a sip before saying, "May I ask, Master, what is a predetermined course?"
Six Words said, "A predetermined course is the immutable decree of the Heavenly Dao!"
"It cannot be changed by human effort!"
"For example... back then, you exhausted every means to find the great Dao order of creation, yet in the end, even after felling the Heavenly Mulberry Tree, you saw no trace of it!"
"Yet your disciple Qiao Huizhu obtained that great Dao order of creation within a very short time on her very first visit to the Heavenly Mulberry Tree Immortal Enclosure!"
"That is a predetermined course!"
"The Heavenly Dao favored her, not you!"
"Another example!" Six Words spoke calmly and slowly, yet his words made the female disciple across from him turn paler little by little. "Driven by selfishness, you killed your own disciple, yet still failed to obtain that great Dao order of creation. But this time, He Pingsheng entered and obtained it!"
"This... is a predetermined course!"
Having cultivated for countless years, how could Lingbo, a Great Dao Lord at the pinnacle of