Chapter 2022

"Chaos Domain..."

Eight-tier Secret Art...

God King Realm self-created the Eight-tier Secret Art...

The three Venerables remained silent.

Xun Shuang slightly opened her lips, looked at Xiao Feng, and also fell into contemplation.

She thought, "This guy is truly a monster; creating the Eight-tier Heart Sword isn't enough, and in such a short time he's already created an Eight-tier Chaos Domain?"

How old is he!

He's only in his twenties!

Xun Shuang, who has cultivated for three thousand years, felt for the first time that she was wasting her life.

"Fairy Maiden, when did you finish your contemplation? What did you comprehend?" Xiao Feng also looked at Xun Shuang.

He is actually somewhat weak now; his mental will can only support him using the Chaos Domain once.

The release of this domain consumes about the same base energy as the Heart Sword; if attacked, the more numerous and stronger the enemy's attacks, the harder it is for him to disintegrate them, and his mental will is consumed doubly.

Just now, the four great experts all made a move, exerting pressure equivalent to continuously releasing the Heart Sword five or six times, causing mental fatigue.

If that happens again, he might pass out on the spot before the fight even ends.

Xun Shuang replied, "My understanding isn't deep; I've merely grasped some principles. Fellow Daoist, let's go back."

Understanding not deep?

Xiao Feng was a bit doubtful.

Xun Shuang's talent is extremely high; otherwise she wouldn't be so powerful.

"Understanding some principles" might actually be more meaningful than comprehending laws and secret arts.

After all, cultivation is fundamentally about refining the mind; comprehending principles offers a chance to make rapid progress!

"Alright, there are indeed many matters to attend to at home."

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Feng didn't press further.

At this moment, his friend list already...

He had accumulated many messages without replying, and upon closer look, Feng Feng Shi was also online.

This time, comprehending the Dao took over two months; the time is indeed not short, so I must first return to learn about recent events and see if there's anything I need to attend to.

Xiao Feng bade farewell to the three Venerables: "Three seniors, this trip has been most fruitful; I am deeply grateful. If anything is needed in the future, just say the word, and I will give my all to repay today's kindness for borrowing the River Chart Stone Carving for observation."

Yin Ling Venerable smiled faintly: "No need for courtesy, young friend; this is simply your opportunity. If you have matters to attend to, go ahead—Star Realm Mountain will always welcome you back."

"Alright, then we'll part for now; until we meet again!" Xiao Feng clasped his fists, and Xun Shuang also performed a salute.

Actually, there's still one thing I want to do on this trip: use the Blood Beast Order to see if I can command the ancient gods of the beast tribe on Star Realm Mountain.

However, upon further thought, those ancestral gods, while members of the beast tribe, are also scholars of Star Realm Mountain; if we were to take them all to serve as war beasts, it might displease the three Venerables.

The gains from this trip to Star Realm Mountain have already been abundant; there's no need to make things look so bad.

Anyway, the exit of his Chaos Secret Realm is still in the Beast God Realm; when the time comes, a trip to the Beast God Realm will allow him to directly subjugate the still-living Venerables with the Spirit Beast Contract, then use the Blood Beast Order to recruit some ancestral gods as underlings—its effect will surely be even better than using it on Star Realm Mountain.

Therefore he abandoned his original idea; after saying goodbye, he and Xun Shuang used the secret realm transmission function to return to the Chaos Secret Realm.

…… -> no.

Inside the secret realm, the scenery remains as it was.

Same as before.

Xiao Feng and Xun Shuang appeared simultaneously at the base of the trunk of the World Ancient Tree.

"It's been over two months without training, and my level has fallen behind a lot." Xiao Feng checked the rankings and saw that the second place, Super Mecha Soldier No. 1, was already level 1061, while he himself was still level 1120, the gap narrowing.

Feng Feng Shi, due to being offline for a while, is now only level 1052 and has fallen to 11th place overall.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao Feng."

At that moment, Xun Shuang called out to him.

Xiao Feng looked at her.

Xun Shuang wanted to speak but hesitated, then transmitted via divine sense: "I observed the River Chart and comprehended part of the 'Destiny Chapter' from the Primordial Classic..."

"The Destiny Chapter? Is that the Destiny Dao within the Tenfold Heavenly Dao?" Xiao Feng was a bit surprised.

This is a late-stage law; the difficulty is very high!

The Ninefold Heavenly Dao inheritance he previously obtained was incomplete; it should have been tenfold.

The Destiny Dao, within the Ninefold Heavenly Dao, is the final tier, requiring level 2000 to begin comprehension.

I didn't expect that Xun Shuang, at only level 1520, would already have gained insight from it; this shows her talent is indeed extraordinary—otherwise, even observing the River Chart Stone Carving would not yield such progress.

Xun Shuang, the Fairy Maiden, nodded slightly and continued the divine-sense transmission: "So-called destiny is the change produced by the interweaving of time and the actions of things. Every decision we make will affect the future."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng's brows furrowed slightly as if he understood something, and he replied, "Do you have something you want to tell me?"

On his own turf, he even specially used divine-sense transmission...

This clearly shows there's something on his mind, doesn't it?

Xun Shuang did not immediately answer his question, but continued: "But...

... only the 'Luck' in one's actions and thoughts can change; 'Fate' remains unaltered, no matter what one does or how one struggles, some outcomes are already predetermined.

Fate, fate—Fate and Luck are two separate things.

As the saying goes, "Do your best and leave the rest to heaven"; striving in human affairs is about trying to change Luck, but success or failure ultimately depends on Fate.

Xiao Feng did not interrupt, quietly listening to her continue.

Xun Shuang gazed into his eyes, then after a moment looked away and said: "I originally wanted to have nothing more to do with you, to go far away to foreign lands, but in the end you brought me here. I originally wanted to conceive a child using the beast clan's qi, but contrary to expectations it didn't succeed, so in the future I will still have to rely on the human clan's qi to nurture. I originally wanted…"

She sighed, her divine sense rippling: "Perhaps this is just my fate."

Xiao Feng felt doubtful, not knowing whether her sigh was dissatisfaction with his existence, or simply helplessness toward Fate.

"What exactly do you want to say?" he asked cautiously.

Xun Shuang looked at him bitterly: "I am ultimately just your foil; you are the true Great Dao Favored Child. Time luck can be changed, heaven's mandate is hard to defy, cannot escape."

Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Don't be silly, what fate? That's merely a possible outcome within a single time line. Once you become a Dao Ancestor, you can open more time branches and create countless possibilities." Xiao Feng comforted.

Xun Shuang was doubtful: "How do you know?"

Xiao Feng's mouth twitched, he leaned close and transmitted his divine sense into her ear, whispering softly: "It was the Dao Ancestor who previously possessed you, causing our fates to intertwine, who told me."

"Ah, her?"

Xun Shuang's body instantly stiffened, her hands clenched, her heart

A surge of feeling, half anger, half resentment, welled up in her head.

Xiao Feng knew she still held a grudge over this, and hurriedly explained: "She has already admitted her mistake and apologized; the past cannot be changed, so let it go. If we get the chance later, I'll help you beat her up!"

Xun Shuang pouted, feeling wronged with nowhere to vent her anger.

Then she realized Xiao Feng's words were wrong and corrected him: "What do you mean you'll help me beat her? Don't you want to take revenge yourself?"

Xiao Feng looked at her with a smiling squint: "I'm grateful she came; otherwise, we wouldn't be here now."

"You!" Xun Shuang flared with anger, her clenched fist almost swinging.

But she was, after all, a Fairy Maiden—not so violent; all her grievances and anger were suppressed in her heart, she snorted and flicked her sleeves away.