Light Fortress

Chapter 1742 - 394: Fate Simulation

Living long is the true path to power!

This is indeed the truth... As long as one lives long enough, all enemies will eventually crumble on their own.

Gu Shen thought of Ian, who had lived for one hundred and twenty years.

Spanning a century and beyond, even the Divine Throne may not outlive Ian.

"So, Mr. Turing is really still alive and within the Five Continents?"

Gu Shen took a deep breath; he chose not to hide anymore and directly mentioned the name he cared about. In the Divine Domain of the Empress, if the information here was not safe, then nowhere was.

"Perhaps."

Lin Lei said calmly, "You shouldn’t expect him to reveal his identity and meet with you... Deep Sea never believed the news of his death. After all, the person who executed the capture mission back then was Gu Changzhi. Once he reveals his identity, he’ll be crushed terribly and will likely have to flee north like before."

Gu Shen recalled something that Mr. Bai Shu had vaguely mentioned years ago.

The layout of the Ice Sea had another hand behind it.

Looking at it now.

The secret of Turing being alive was something these two had known six years ago, but he himself had always been kept in the dark.

"Regarding the matter of ’Qinglong’s’ assassination... I’ve simulated destiny cycles many times."

The Empress said regretfully, "For those existing as bearers of the flame, to spy on each other, especially when involving life and death karma, it’s extremely difficult."

"Perhaps it’s because you lack key items in destiny divination?"

Gu Shen spoke.

He took out from his bosom the completely repaired "Sanctuary of the Goddess of Destiny," along with the "Calamity Bracelet" that originally did not belong to him.

The destiny trio.

The most important ’main item’ was in the Empress’s hand.

The other two had accidentally been passed to him through the main item’s divination cycle.

"This is..."

This time it was the Empress’s turn to be surprised.

The complete cross pendant?

"It seems that even someone as powerful as you cannot predict or fully control everything."

Gu Shen smiled, handing over the cross pendant. Wind Snow supported the pendant, rising slowly within the Divine Domain. The Empress reached out, rubbing the pendant.

"I’ve searched many times during simulations, all in vain."

The Empress sighed, "How did you find this pendant?"

"A cultivator with very thin Extraordinary Realm accidentally picked up the missing part."

Gu Shen laughed, "In his life afterward, he merely regarded it as a ’lucky charm,’ occasionally using the destiny power emitted from the missing part for divination, without tapping into greater powers. By chance, I encountered him and luckily restored the pendant."

"No wonder I searched to no avail..."

The Empress muttered softly.

The missing part of the pendant had never been officially used, never tapped into real power, hence leaving no ’trace’ in simulations.

Thus it was impossible to find.

"But this isn’t luck."

Lin Lei said meaningfully, "After encountering the power of destiny, you should understand that... all meetings are destined."

She had once thought of collecting all three pieces of the destiny trio herself.

However, the result simulated was not good.

So she found that the optimal solution was to split the destiny trio... Now the correctness of the optimal solution has emerged.

The broken pendant that could not be found before was restored, as Gu Shen found the missing part.

If she had chosen to keep it personally earlier, due to restrictions of staying at the pavilion, the Empress might never have been able to collect the missing part of the pendant.

Causality and consequence.

It was because of earlier decisions that today’s "completion" occurred.

Gu Shen proposed, "Why don’t you use this complete power to perform another destiny simulation?"

He handed over both the bracelet and pendant.

The Empress silently gazed at these two precious destiny artifacts, and after a long while, she slowly nodded, "...Okay."

Sitting in the Snow Pavilion, Lin Lei extended her wrist.

The "Calamity Bracelet" automatically circled.

The pendant obediently hung on the Empress’s chest.

As these three destiny sealing items were placed on one person, the entire pavilion pulsated with an inexplicable strong power... The sky and storm reversed, and the Divine Domain Book Tower roared. Gu Shen’s expression suddenly turned serious, as the tremendous force almost sent him falling backward.

"Gu Shen, just sit here with me, and watch... the final outcome of this ’destiny simulation’."

In the next moment.

The Empress stretched out a hand, gently resting it on Gu Shen’s shoulder across the distance.

Wind and snow spread, pressure vanished.

With the Divine Throne taking action, the pressure from destiny’s power was entirely absorbed by one person.

Gu Shen looked up, and as the three destiny sealing items combined, the Empress’s Divine Domain underwent an unimaginable transformation... At this moment he realized the importance of completing the "Sanctuary of the Goddess of Destiny"; if the pendant was incomplete, the power of this entire set of sealing items couldn’t be activated at all.

Complete and whole, bound as one.

When fragmented and deficient, reduced to zero.

The difference here is like the gap of heaven!

"Boom!"

A massive rumbling sound descended from the Skytop of the Book Tower, as all sentinels outside the Empress Manor and Lin’s Imperial Guard looked up.

Directly above the pavilion.

Heavenly Cloud shrouds, wind and thunder sweep.

The Purple Rain Commander and Mu Wanqiu arrived outside the pavilion at this moment, both with solemn expressions.

"Such strong pressure..."

Even as powerful as the commander, still felt the terrifying pressure emanating from the pavilion.

With Her Majesty the Empress’s control, how could such formidable power be leaking in the Divine Domain?

Mu Wanqiu took a deep breath, murmuring, "What are Gu Shen and Her Majesty... doing?"

Even two Titled individuals felt uneasy, not to mention the others in the manor—the stationed guards and the Imperial Guard no longer dared to look directly at the pavilion’s direction. Ripples of invisible waves spread and agitated, and the commander immediately released the [Dragon Annihilation] domain to counteract the incomplete power overflowing from the pavilion, thus restoring stability within the manor.

...

...

The external scene was so astonishing.

The phenomenon at the center of the Divine Domain was even more significant.

Countless snowstorms surrounded the Book Tower, piecing together towering "walls of copper and iron," as the Empress used the Divine Domain’s power to restrain more than ninety percent of the prohibitive power of destiny, yet still some destiny power scattered uncontrollably.

The scene outside the manor was only the "aftereffects" of this.

Gu Shen’s soul seemed to "ascend" at this moment; it was his first time as the Master of Pure Land perceiving his spirit’s "existence" in another’s domain.

But, in fact, the Empress did not extract Gu Shen’s spirit and place it within the [Furnace] Divine Domain.

Instead, the destiny taboo’s cycle had already commenced.

Gu Shen and the Empress entered this spectacle as "spectators."

Because the fire fragment was not yet merged, Gu Shen did not grasp the origin, and his soul appeared fragile before the grand divination of destiny, like a sheet of delicate paper.

The Empress used the Divine Domain’s power to protect this unqualified "extra spectator," forcibly keeping him within the evolved cycle’s Spiritual World.

Gu Shen held his breath silently; he did not wish to waste the "sacrifice" the Empress made for him, thus he resisted this overwhelming mental pressure.

He was unsure whether he could endure to the end.

But he could witness as much as possible.

"Rumble... Rumble..."

Sounding with the thunder, the destiny divination’s image gradually became clear; what Gu Shen saw first was chaos, slowly clearing as fog dispersed.

Three destiny sealings pieced together gave a vivid image—

An imposing and towering giant tower emerged into view.

Source Tower!

This is a part of the divination’s main body.

The person the Empress truly intended to divine was Qinglong.

Since this destiny divination manifested, it signaled success, and the following images were hints destiny provided for the "spectator."

Chaos dissipated, and thunder began.

The pinnacle of the Source Tower gradually gathered numerous dark clouds.

It is known that because Qinglong can freely control the weather, Upper City never rains.

But paradoxically, in the destiny divination manifest, large patches of dark clouds appeared, indicating a significant rain was approaching.

Gu Shen saw the dark clouds enveloping and wrapping the top of the Source Tower.

Amidst the sullen thunder.

Countless splendid golden rays burst within the dark clouds, the pinnacle of the Source Tower seemed dyed in golden hues.

Once this golden hue dissipated.

A torrential rain immediately fell.

Within the furious thunder and downpour, a streak of dark blaze ignited amidst the chaotic thunderstorm, a long line that tore through the iron vault ran through the entirety of the destiny divination’s view, the aura of this arrow made Gu Shen’s Heart Lake tremble uncontrollably.

Because he was exceedingly familiar with this narrow pathway that tore the void.

"Extinguishing Candle."

The Empress spoke softly, uttering words unfamiliar to most Transcendents.

She looked at Gu Shen.

"This doesn’t seem like my Extinguishing Candle..."

Gu Shen murmured, "I used the Truth Ruler to replicate Extinguishing Candle, and the arrow path trajectory would be silver."

Because the [Truth] rays are silver.

But this arrow is black.

"It is said Qinglong once lost a battle in his youth, due to the times being so long past, and there was no [Deep Sea] recording the data then, so the data from that battle has been forgotten..."

The Empress gazed into Gu Shen’s eyes, saying, "Through some unique means, I obtained information about that battle."

Not waiting for the Empress to speak.

Gu Shen’s voice, hoarse, stated, "Back then, Qinglong lost to a very mysterious Transcendent. The battle occurred during a stormy night, and that Transcendent wielded [Extinguishing Candle], severely injuring him."

He heard Red Dragon mention this long-hidden tale.

And it was due to this defeat.

After Qinglong governed the Source Tower, Upper City virtually never rained. After merging the sky fire fragment, he truly became the master of this sky; he did not want to see rain, hence Source Tower would not have rain.

The destiny evolution’s image concluded here.

The final scene.

Was the origin of the dark arrow amidst endless dark clouds, layers of Thunder Light entwined, faintly hiding a figure.

"That Transcendent’s capability..."

"Named [Thunder Realm Walker]."