"I understand."
Within the Coffin Microcosm, before the enormous mass of immortal source in which the Western Emperor had sealed herself, Yuangeng withdrew his gaze from her thirty-three-tier Immortal Tear Green Gold Pagoda. Ignoring the startled, puzzled looks of the several experts from the Nine Heavens, he nodded slightly as he spoke.
Understanding dawned in his heart. No wonder Wushi did not exist in this world. That emperor's parents had both taken utterly different paths of fate: one had been corrupted by darkness, while the other had been guided away by Cao Yusheng and escaped its corrosion. This had naturally severed the possibility of that innate sacred body dao embryo being born.
But Yuangeng was not actually worried that Great Emperor Wushi could not be born in this timeline. Reincarnation was profoundly mysterious. When one karmic connection was lost, another would arise. He believed that, at some point in the future, fate would converge upon that coincidence.
Then Yuangeng turned his head, suddenly realizing that he had misspoken. He nodded to the Western Emperor with a trace of apology and left the ancient hall housing their emperors together with Cao Yusheng and the others.
"From what the Heng Emperor said, is there something special about the Western Emperor? Could she be the reincarnation of some great figure from Immortal Ancient?"
The Netherworld Venerable had naturally noticed the change in Yuangeng's mood as well. After leaving the hall, he voiced his question. Having cultivated in the Shrouding the Heavens universe for many years, he possessed a profound understanding of reincarnation.
"There is nothing special about the Western Emperor herself, but I can sense that her fate intersects with that of an important king who fell at the Imperial Pass during the Immortal Ancient Era. They share a certain karmic connection."
Yuangeng