Chapter 350: Divining Fate and Drawing Lots, Mandating Destiny and Upholding Precepts

Jiangnan, Sword-Hiding Villa.

Lü Yang’s celestial spirit body remained concealed within the stone sword. In front of him lay the page of the Mysterious Treasure 【Book of a Hundred Lifetimes】 and a bamboo lot-drawing tube.

“Fortune, fortune, I want fortune!”

As Lü Yang widened his eyes, he saw the lot-drawing tube on the page of the Mysterious Treasure 【Book of a Hundred Lifetimes】 shake slightly, and then three radiant lots spilled out.

Lü Yang focused his gaze and immediately showed a delighted expression.

【Event: The final step in cultivating the 『Scripture of Sensing the Mysterious Spirit’s Response』】

【Minor Fortune: Although your comprehension is lacking, your condition today is excellent, and you soon overcome the final hurdle.】

【Least Fortune: Due to insufficient comprehension, you struggle for a long time at the last obstacle, but eventually, through persistence and determination, you grasp the key.】

【Minor Misfortune: Your talent is insufficient, and you fail to complete the cultivation.】

“A fortune appeared!”

Without hesitation, Lü Yang picked up the 【Minor Fortune】 lot. The other two lots dissipated instantly, while the 【Minor Fortune】 merged into his body.

After several months of experimentation, he had fully mastered the talent of 【Divining Fate and Drawing Lots】.

‘First, this talent can’t be used continuously; each use requires accumulating fortune in advance. Only when enough fortune is gathered can a draw be initiated.’

‘Moreover, the more fortune accumulated, the higher the probability of drawing a good lot.’

‘Second, these lots mostly serve as support; I can’t rely on drawing lots to accomplish things that are theoretically impossible for me.’

For example, if he decided to challenge 【Ang Xiao】 in a duel now, even if he accumulated immense fortune, the lot drawn would still be 【Great Misfortune】. Therefore, strictly speaking, this talent only reveals possible futures; the choice still rests with Lü Yang.

On the other hand, as long as it’s something theoretically achievable for Lü Yang,

He could use the talent of 【Divining Fate and Drawing Lots】 to bypass the process and directly obtain the result, ensuring success!

“Too bad it’s not Great Fortune.”

Lü Yang showed a nostalgic expression. He could still recall the feedback he received more than two months ago when he accidentally drew a 【Great Fortune】.

It truly felt like divine assistance!

During that period, he had been diligently cultivating the 『Scripture of Sensing the Mysterious Spirit’s Response』, a profound second-grade true technique developed by the Sword Pavilion for the 【Mysterious Spirit Realm】.

This differed from the 【Heavenly Firmament’s All-Encompassing Law Body】, which only required resource investment. The former demanded some elusive comprehension.

Therefore, Lü Yang had repeatedly encountered obstacles while cultivating the 『Scripture of Sensing the Mysterious Spirit’s Response』.

However, on the day he drew a 【Great Fortune】, his condition was unbelievably good, and he could easily solve any problem.

It was as if he were answering multiple-choice questions and guessing all the answers correctly.

At that moment, Lü Yang even had the illusion that his comprehension rivaled that of Ancestor Ting You, highlighting the exaggerated boost provided by a 【Great Fortune】.

“Never mind, Minor Fortune isn’t bad either.”

Lü Yang collected his thoughts. He had already reached the final stage of the 『Scripture of Sensing the Mysterious Spirit’s Response』, and a 【Minor Fortune】 was sufficient to help him cross the threshold.

“Whoosh!”

With a thought, a flame appeared in Lü Yang’s hand. This was the 【Six Ding Divine Fire】, one of the three great treasures he obtained in the 【Southern Heavenly Gate】. He had secretly kept it upon leaving, specifically for gathering qi. By now, he had refined most of this fire seed.

“This 【Six Ding Divine Fire】 is a gentle flame.”

“Rather than being a furnace fire used for alchemy or artifact refining, it’s more like a fire of wisdom born from human thoughts, enhancing one’s mental agility.”

Soon, the fire seed was gradually absorbed by Lü Yang.

With the boost from 【Minor Fortune】, Lü Yang had already grasped the successful outcome of his cultivation in advance, so he encountered almost no bottlenecks during the process.

Before long, a multicolored illusion appeared in his sea of consciousness.

“Somewhat resembles a divine ability.”

Lü Yang looked at the illusion in his sea of consciousness. This was the result of completing the 『Scripture of Sensing the Mysterious Spirit’s Response』—something akin to a divine ability but not quite, resembling a spiritual treasure yet not exactly.

Its name was: 【Mandating Destiny and Upholding Precepts】.

Through it, Lü Yang also learned the name of the fruit position in the Mysterious Spirit Realm: 【Controller of Fate】, implying that all things in heaven and earth have their predetermined destinies.

In fact, the overall structure of the 【Mysterious Spirit Realm】 was precisely like this, with the heavenly court reigning supreme and the five immortals under its orderly governance.

However, since the heavenly court of the 【Mysterious Spirit Realm】 hadn’t truly achieved total control over heaven and earth and the destinies of all beings, this fruit position likely still had room for growth.

Unfortunately, before that could happen, it was attacked by the Holy Sect.

As a result, the endeavor collapsed halfway through, and now the heavenly court is fragmented. The fruit position has fallen into this world, and it’s only a matter of time before it’s completely devoured.

As for 【Mandating Destiny and Upholding Precepts】, it was a marvel derived from the 【Controller of Fate】 fruit position.

What does it mean to mandate destiny?

What does it mean to uphold precepts?

“The so-called mandating destiny is actually a method of weaving fortune, directing limited fortune towards a specific direction to maximize its effect.”

“And upholding precepts is the method of restraining fortune.”

“After mandating destiny, one must accept a precept. As long as the precept isn’t violated, the blessing of the mandated destiny can be maintained. However, once the precept is broken, fortune will immediately backlash.”

Similar methods also existed in the 【Mysterious Spirit Realm】, though with different effects. Cultivators in the Mysterious Spirit Realm, although not subjected to the erosion of soul by the Bi Feng, faced the “Disaster of Dao Transformation,” so they needed to uphold precepts to counteract it. This was one of the reasons for the strict immortal laws established in the 【Mysterious Spirit Realm】.

“If I were to mandate destiny for myself…”

With a thought, the illusion in Lü Yang’s sea of consciousness immediately reflected back, and he sensed a response. A look of surprise appeared in his eyes:

“…It should be the 【Pomegranate Wood Destiny】!”

This was the destiny Lü Yang had annotated for himself.

“With this destiny’s blessing, I can establish a connection with the 【Pomegranate Wood】 fruit position, which will greatly aid in awakening my innate divine ability and in future pursuits of gold!”

The only issue was the precept that needed to be strictly observed to maintain this destiny.

“From now on, I need to uphold the precept of chastity, absolutely refraining from self-restraint, and must engage in dual cultivation with others daily… This, this is too challenging for me!”

Lü Yang felt the feedback from 【Mandating Destiny and Upholding Precepts】 and showed a troubled expression.

Although he wasn’t a lustful person, for the sake of cultivation, even if he was internally reluctant, he had to sacrifice his personal desires for the greater good!

Several thousand days later.

Lü Yang’s true body awakened from meditation, opened his eyes, and then showed an expectant expression: “Finally, it’s here… My long wait wasn’t in vain!”

Daoist Dangmo had come!

This Foundation Establishment Realm grandmaster from the Sword Pavilion truly kept his promise, personally deducing karma and traveling thousands of miles to find the reincarnated soul of Lü Yang’s split soul.

Coincidentally, the split soul was now eight years old.

During this period, Lü Yang hadn’t been idle either, focusing on cultivation and digesting the gains from the 【Southern Heavenly Gate】. His cultivation had reached the critical point.

“Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, after 【Upholding the Law】 comes perfection!”

“The next step is to undergo the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, thereby officially breaking through to the late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm! This is another major hurdle on the path of cultivation…”

Heavenly Thunder Tribulation!

The master of Mending Heaven Peak died during this, so it’s not to be taken lightly. It’s considered a life-and-death ordeal. For this reason, Lü Yang had already decided to make thorough preparations before attempting it. After all, he had come this far with great effort; it would be a huge loss to start over due to failing the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

“…Hmm?”

At this moment, Lü Yang suddenly raised an eyebrow, his consciousness focusing on the split soul, then he grinned: “Interesting, it seems the previous arrangements are taking effect.”

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