Chapter 1103: The Drawbacks of the Dao of Fate! The Butterfly Effect!

To gain without paying a price is impossible.

So Luo Fu did not fix the outcome of exiling Yuan Chen Tianjun into the Forbidden Time Dimension—not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't.

Even with the aid of the Chaos Pearl, Luo Fu remained merely a projection, not his true self, and his power was still limited.

Fixing the outcome of exiling Yuan Chen Tianjun into the Forbidden Time Dimension requires magic power that only Luo Fu's true self can endure.

Of course, if Luo Fu's true self intervened, there would be no need for such complications—a single sword flash would annihilate Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Greatly interfering with another's fate is a taboo for all who cultivate the Dao of Fate.

Unless absolutely desperate, no one would ever do it.

In comparison, fixing the outcome of being struck by the Time Torrent is much simpler.

Among countless streams of fate, the probability of this outcome occurring is extremely high.

The magic power required to stabilize it is minimal.

It's even less than the magic power Luo Fu spent temporarily grafting his own fate onto Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Precisely because Yuan Chen Tianjun's exile into the Forbidden Time Dimension was not fixed, he still has a strong chance to escape the Time Torrent and avoid being directly banished into the Forbidden Time Dimension.

In the end, Yuan Chen Tianjun successfully seized the thread of life and was not utterly banished.

Fate is unchangeable, yet it can be changed.

To some extent, fate is very similar to time.

Every thought a person has may generate a branch of time.

Similarly, every thought a person has also generates a branch of fate.

Because every thought contains a choice, and choice is the fork in the road of fate.

Thus, most people's fate is variable, not fixed.

Of course, this variation refers to the process, not the outcome.

For most sentient beings, their future fate is destined, already written by the River of Fate.

No matter what choices they make, no matter how they act, fate's final outcome will always point to the ultimate result.

Take the Journey to the West as an example: under normal circumstances, without Luo Fu's presence, even if Sun Wukong had foreseen his fate and struggled fiercely, he still could not have changed the outcome of the Journey to the West.

In this world, Sun Wukong's fate changed only because Luo Fu appeared.

Luo Fu, who possesses the Ten Thousand Worlds Chat Group, is a variable on the branch of this world's River of Fate.

Precisely because of Luo Fu as this variable, everyone's fate now has the possibility of change.

Being banished into the Forbidden Time Dimension is not Yuan Chen Tianjun's final outcome—this means the occurrence of this outcome still holds countless possibilities.

Whether this outcome can be changed depends entirely on Yuan Chen Tianjun's performance.

Yuan Chen Tianjun performed excellently, through extensive observation of future possibilities, ultimately finding a sliver of hope for escape.

Splash!

The River of Time reappeared, and Yuan Chen Tianjun's figure soon reemerged at the very spot where he had vanished.

"Soon" here refers to real-time.

For Yuan Chen Tianjun, due to being swept up by the Time Chaos, he had traversed countless time dimensions and experienced a time that was not long, yet certainly not short.

Compared to before his disappearance, Yuan Chen Tianjun's aura had become extremely chaotic, and he radiated an aura of profound weakness.

Clearly, though he escaped the Time Chaos, he paid a heavy price.

Yet, as long as he escaped the Time Chaos and avoided banishment into the Forbidden Time Dimension, it was worth it for Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Injuries and weakness hold little meaning for cultivators skilled in the Dao of Time.

Swish!

Time began to flow, and Yuan Chen Tianjun's condition began to recover at a visibly rapid pace—almost in the blink of an eye, he restored to his peak state.

For Yuan Chen Tianjun, who can manipulate time, if he wished, he could maintain his peak state at any moment.

Of course, doing so still carries a cost.

Every manipulation of time requires enduring the River of Time's backlash.

Manipulating one's own time to restore peak condition likewise requires enduring the River of Time's backlash.

Moreover, within a certain timeframe, the backlash power continuously accumulates.

That is, each time he restores, the backlash he endures increases further.

If the number of restorations reaches a certain threshold, the backlash alone would be enough to severely injure Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Currently, Yuan Chen Tianjun still has ample remaining opportunities to restore his state.

Moreover, Yuan Chen Tianjun has the Heavenly Dao's enhancement.

With the Heavenly Dao's enhancement, he can transfer part of the backlash to the Heavenly Dao.

For Yuan Chen Tianjun, backlash strong enough to cripple him is nothing to the Heavenly Dao.

Thus, Yuan Chen Tianjun merely appears battered—he is still far from total defeat.

Seeing Yuan Chen Tianjun reappear and restored to his peak state, Luo Fu felt no surprise.

Luo Fu also excels in the Dao of Time; he knows full well all its abilities.

Among all the Daos, the Dao of Time ranks among the very best in terms of survival capability.