Chapter 95: The Great Calamity Early? The Fixed Number of the Great Dao?

Shi Qilin sat cross-legged in the quiet chamber; although he was meditating and cultivating, his expression could not calm.

After a moment, Shi Qilin rose from the futon and muttered to himself:

"Indeed, if the mind is not tranquil, cultivation is just sitting in vain."

He has been irritable for several aeons, irritable about the current situation of the three tribes.

The Dragon tribe developed rapidly; although some problems arose earlier, causing some ripples, its momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers was set back, yet it thoroughly merged into the water god's system, becoming the lord of the primordial waters.

Although the Phoenix tribe had previously developed slowly, it now has a method to eliminate future troubles, enabling it to exert full force afterward and easily achieve the goal of dominating the primordial skies.

At that time, free of future worries and bolstered by the fortune of the entire sky, it can swiftly raise its people's cultivation, accumulating advantage for the later three-tribe struggle.

Only the Qilin tribe, while developing smoothly, progresses slowly; in Shi Qilin's view, the Qilin tribe now is merely standing still.

If it cannot quickly improve, it will likely fall behind in the later three-tribe competition and become a stepping stone for the Dragon-Phoenix hegemony.

This Shi Qilin cannot tolerate; he knows he must do something, yet he has no clue and can only sit in meditation in the quiet chamber.

After Shi Qilin hesitated repeatedly, his gaze became resolute; he must do something, cannot watch the Qilin tribe become scrap in the great calamity at his hands.

Perhaps the Qilin tribe does not need to develop quickly; it only needs to initiate the three-tribe conflict early, before the gap widens.

Shi Qilin had not yet decided to carry this out, but he had drawn a bottom line for himself.

After the Phoenix tribe resolved the Undying Volcano, the primordial rain problem was settled; if by then there was still no solution, he would initiate the great calamity early to decide superiority between Dragon and Phoenix.

If things just sink into silence like this, Shi Qilin would not resign himself, nor would the Qilin tribe.

One should go and contend.

Shi Qilin thought, his gaze also became resolute, and his originally vexed state of mind eased.

Mount Sumeru.

Rahu had already recovered from his injuries and was sitting in meditation under the Bodhi tree, saying:

"It seems the three-tribe conflict's future situation is settled; the three-tribe great calamity I once thought of must be renamed the Dragon-Phoenix great calamity."

At that moment, the World-Annihilating Mill began to turn again, drawing Rahu's attention.

Rahu's complexion turned strange, and he cursed:

"What on earth is happening in this primordial wilderness? Can't we even have a moment of peace?"

After careful contemplation, Rahu's originally strange complexion turned completely black; the great calamity might actually begin early.

"Now the Great Dao has not departed, the Heavenly Dao has not yet appeared; if the great calamity starts now, it will probably be over by the time the Heavenly Dao emerges."

"Who will bear the great calamity when the Heavenly Dao appears? Surely it won't fall to me and Hongjun to be the protagonists of the great calamity?"

Rahu's face turned completely black; despite his mental cultivation, signs of collapse appeared.

In his contest of Dao and demon with Hongjun, even if he loses while having a countermeasure, as long as he is not the protagonist of the great calamity, his envisioned retreat can be carried out.

But once the great calamity begins, its protagonists must have one side die to end it; if the great calamity starts now, who will face the next round of great calamity brought by the Heavenly Dao?

Rahu thought it over; only he and Hongjun could bear the role of protagonist.

After all, besides the two of them, anyone with that weight wants to escape the primordial wilderness.

Moreover, he and Hongjun have reasons they must contend; they are naturally destined to face the calamity.

Rahu turned the World-Annihilating Mill again, carefully sensed the cause of the early great calamity, and after a thousand years of closed-door calculation and analysis, he finally found the source pointing to the Qilin tribe.

Rahu's face turned pale; after a thousand years of relentless, cost-no-object calculation, he finally gained some insight.

He could understand Shi Qilin's desire to start the great calamity early; were it him, he would do the same.

But if he were to bear that cost, it would certainly be unacceptable.

Rahu began to ponder under the Bodhi tree, using its spiritual light to think of solutions, seeking a way out for the Qilin tribe to dispel their notion of initiating the great calamity early.

Rahu swore that this was the first time he had ever put himself in another's shoes to that extent, and coincidentally the first time was of such great difficulty.

The World-Annihilating Mill can sense the occurrence of the great calamity in advance and give hints, allowing Rahu to gain many advantages in past times.

But now, because of the World-Annihilating Mill's ability, he has fallen into predicament and continually suffers injuries.

Hongjun of Mount Jade Capital has no such worries, and his fortune is continuous, yet he would also suffer from losing the initiative and be at a disadvantage in competition.

Rahu is still thinking now; the Bodhi tree's spiritual light has been exerted to the utmost, and he begins to consider a way out for the Qilin tribe.

The primordial spirit manifested; under the Bodhi tree's spiritual light, it continually deduced, rejecting one path after another, leaving only a method that Rahu did not know how to voice.

Rahu also did not expect that it would be this idea he had once especially liked, yet which he had first rejected at the time.

However, upon further reflection, Rahu also felt this made some sense; the Qilin tribe's fortune, compared to that of Dragon and Phoenix, is too deficient.

This cannot be compensated by countless actual benefits, for after cultivation has reached this level, immortal herbs and spiritual roots are of little use.

Those things are supreme treasures for ordinary folk, but for one whose cultivation reaches the heavens, they can only satisfy some cravings of the mouth and belly.

"Since the Qilin tribe lags behind Dragon and Phoenix in cultivation due to deficient fortune, we only need to bolster their fortune."

"The fortune of heaven and earth is fixed; the fortunes of flying creatures, scaled beasts, and walking beasts have been divided, but that is merely a superficial division of fortune, with room for manipulation."

"For example, by thoroughly dominating all tribes, we can condense those superficial fortunes and place all fortune under the Qilin tribe."

"Then the Qilin tribe's fortune will not lag far behind, able to encompass most of the fortune of all beings, after all, the walking beasts of the primordial wilderness occupy the largest share."

"With this method, Shi Qilin should not take risky shortcuts, and by the time they accomplish it, the Heavenly Dao should have appeared."

Rahu having thought of a solution, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the World-Annihilating Mill turned along, indicating that the great calamity originally slated to start early had returned to its fixed time.

Seeing this, Rahu cursed:

"Under the Great Dao, how dull! Every drink and bite is predestined; I never imagined even I would be in its calculation, nor do I fear that I would spoil your reckoning."

His robes flared, and Rahu angrily left Mount Sumeru, heading toward the Qilin tribe.

Cursing aside, harsh words can be spoken, but one cannot, just because one cursed and uttered harsh words, let oneself face the calamity.

For a moment's angry remark to become the protagonist of the great calamity, he is not that foolish.

On the way to the Qilin tribe, Rahu couldn't help but think.

PS: I'll just do 4,000 for today; work is too exhausting, I can't bear it, I need to rest.

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