Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 558 - 287, As fate would have it, one encounters a storm and turns into a dragon.
"You make a valid argument." Chi Yuan nodded after listening. He wasn’t angry; instead, he praised Xu Xing. "However, it’s a pity. Even if the fish transforms into a dragon, it still falls into human hands." He pointed at Xu Xing’s Bamboo Basket. Inside, the fish that had just transformed into a dragon by borrowing momentum was now no different from an ordinary fish. It had returned to its original state and was struggling in the basket.
"Just now, was that female cultivator a disciple of the Cloud Sword Sect? You hinted for her to leave, presumably hoping she would return to the Cloud Sword Sect and summon reinforcements for you?" Chi Yuan put away his fishing rod, folded his sleeves, and stood up from the Waterside Pavilion, his eyes fixed on Xu Xing. "This old man didn’t stop her. I knew that with her speed, even if she returned to the Cloud Sword Sect and persuaded a Nascent Soul Saint Monarch to act, the round trip would take at least one quarter of an hour."
"And in that quarter of an hour, the contest between us can be decided," he said slowly. If it were an ordinary cultivator, he would not have bothered with such talk; he would have suppressed them directly with his cultivation. However, Xu Xing was different. He... appreciated talent! In nearly ten thousand years, no one in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace possessed talent comparable to Xu Xing’s. Including himself.
"Martial Uncle’s eloquence isn’t lacking either..." Xu Xing smiled. Without dwelling on Wu Ziting’s departure, he clasped his hands towards Chi Yuan. "Martial Uncle, your attempt to ambush me here, and your words about the fish of the abyss... this Martial Nephew understands. However, this Martial Nephew is fated to disappoint you, Martial Uncle."
As he spoke, Xu Xing’s aura steadily climbed. Innate Immortal Qi exhaled from the mouths of his Mother-Child Twinning Nascent Souls, forming a milky-white shield that protected his entire body. "I obtained the inheritance of the Ascending Dragon Gate here. Don’t you understand, Martial Uncle? This Martial Nephew... acts under Heaven’s Will! Heaven’s Will intends for this Martial Nephew to defy your wishes here!" Xu Xing held his Tide Feather Sword in a reverse grip, looked up at Chi Yuan floating in mid-air, and spoke, enunciating every word.
First, destiny; second, luck; third, Fengshui. Fourth, accumulating hidden merits; fifth, studying. Compared to mortals, cultivators placed greater faith in the unseen fate, also known as Heaven’s Will.
"Heaven’s Will..." Chi Yuan was momentarily stunned. The distance from Nanhua Sect to Tianyi Gorge was over a hundred thousand miles, a journey of half a month. Yet, he had managed to find Xu Xing’s tracks here and now using Divine Power and secret arts, and had set up a Magic Formation to ambush him. To claim that no unfathomable Heaven’s Will was involved in this seemed somewhat inexplicable.
It is rumored that the Human Emperor Body is born with Immortal Luck, but he has the Golden Crow Immortal Body... not the true Human Emperor Body... No, the Golden Crow Immortal Body also possesses Immortal Luck... Chi Yuan hesitated. The Nascent Soul Stage was already the pinnacle of cultivation in the Human Realm. One more step, and one would achieve immortality. He knew what this so-called Heaven’s Will and Immortal Luck signified: the favor of a world’s consciousness. It was just like how the Fengxi River was known to produce many with Phoenix Bodies. The Heavenly Dao of the Purple Yin Realm favored Xu Xing, who possessed the Golden Crow Immortal Body and was born in this era; hence, all these coincidences had occurred.
Chi Yuan... Ascending Dragon Gate... Chi Yuan’s hands, hidden in his sleeves, trembled slightly. The more he thought, the more terrified he became. He knew the consequences of opposing the Heavenly Dao of a world. Cultivators could indeed defy the heavens, but after doing so, they had to bear the price of such defiance.
Could it be... Did I actually hit the mark? Meeting Chi Yuan here and encountering the inheritance of the Ascending Dragon Gate... is this Heaven’s Will...? Standing outside the Waterside Pavilion, fully prepared, Xu Xing also felt a flicker of doubt upon seeing Chi Yuan refrain from attacking for so long. He had just mentioned ’Heaven’s Will’ because the situation felt too coincidental. Thus, he’d been grasping at straws, hoping to shake Chi Yuan’s confidence in confronting him. Besides, a moment of verbal sparring cost nothing. But now, he too was half-convinced.
Heaven’s Will... could it be related to the Immortal Luck of the Six Commandments Immortal Order [Great Sun Emperor]? Xu Xing speculated. Previously, he had solidified various Destinies and Immortal Fates. Along his cultivation path, his own fate had changed, but never as obviously as it had now, after encountering Chi Yuan. All previous changes had been subtle.
The Six Commandments Immortal Order is an Immortal Fate of the Nascent Soul Stage. In the Human Realm, the Nascent Soul Stage is already the highest realm. The three subsequent great realms of the Zhongtu Dao State—Refining Void, Unification, and Tribulation Crossing—were pioneered by cultivators through a different path and do not fall under the classification of the Immortal Realm... In the past, my Immortal Luck wasn’t prominent because others also possessed their own Luck. Due to this mutual influence, the extent to which my Immortal Luck could alter my destiny was very limited. But now, I possess the Six Commandments Immortal Order of the Nascent Soul Stage. Therefore, it’s enough... to influence this entire world. Xu Xing looked up at the sky, using his Dharma Eyes to observe the workings of the Dao Principles of heaven and earth, a glimmer of understanding dawning in his heart. This time, it was highly probable that this was no accident, but truly Heaven’s Will at play. Only after obtaining the opportunity from the Ascending Dragon Gate did he then encounter Chi Yuan’s attack.
Tianyi Gorge is a place where dragons are imprisoned, yet it holds the inheritance of the Ascending Dragon Gate. And now I run into Chi Yuan... Once I encounter the storm, I will transform into a dragon. A sharp glint flashed in Xu Xing’s eyes. When he left Nanhua Sect, he had already prepared himself to face an ambush and assassination attempt by Chi Yuan, the Nascent Soul Saint Monarch. Now, Heaven’s Will favored him. Towards Chi Yuan, he no longer felt even the slightest trace of fear. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"This old man does not believe! I do not believe! I do not believe in this so-called Heaven’s Will!" Chi Yuan tilted his head back, his gaze icy as he looked at the vast, lofty sky above, and he gritted his teeth. With those words, he flicked his sleeve, stirring the clouds, and transformed into a black-and-white Escaping Light, ascending above the Nine Heavens. Then, he pressed down with his left hand.
In an instant, the entire Tianyi Gorge was enveloped by an immense black-and-white array. The Waterside Pavilion where Xu Xing and Chi Yuan had stood moments before now became the ’heaven stage’ focal point of this Chessboard array.
"No matter how large the dragon, it cannot escape this old man’s Chessboard."
