Chapter 160: The Dao is Non-Action!

"This is simply impossible!" Ji Qingyu denied it in an instant.

She paced back and forth, walking to and fro incessantly.

Until the very end.

Only then did she suddenly freeze, asking with a tone of confusion: "Father, could it be that you accidentally misread it..."

Ji Han's tone was somewhat impatient.

"Impossible! How could I possibly misread it?"

But...

But the Heavenly Book could not possibly be wrong either!

Ji Qingyu opened her mouth, but in the end, she swallowed those words back down, only knitting her brows tightly as she sat back down on the soft couch, thinking continuously.

Lu Ren had actually climbed one step higher.

Yet according to his original Fate, he should have stopped right there.

The so-called Fate...

Ji Qingyu was, of course, not the person manipulating things from behind the scenes.

She was merely fortunate enough to have once been able to see the Heavenly Book.

The Heavenly Book.

No one knew exactly when the Heavenly Book appeared, nor did anyone know why it appeared.

It was only when the Heavenly Book manifested in the world that it was seized by several forces, who kept it together in a Secret Realm.

And that Secret Realm...

Had a very beautiful name, called the Zanghua Secret Realm.

This Secret Realm was currently controlled by four forces together, among whom Ji Han was one of the controllers of this Secret Realm.

However.

Decades ago, when they had flipped through the Heavenly Book and seen the Fate displayed within it, Ji Han had already handed over this power of control to his own daughter.

Qingyu was his daughter.

She was now eighteen years old.

She was born to Ji Han and a mistress over ten years ago.

To give birth to this daughter, he had made countless efforts, and had even kept it hidden from his own son the entire time.

Naturally...

After Ji Qingyu was born, the son Ji Cunxi was completely disregarded by Ji Han.

What use was a son?

A daughter was the one who could lead the Qingyun Sect to its peak!

Because they had seen the Fate in the Heavenly Book.

The Fate showed that Ji Han was destined to have one son and one daughter in his life; the son would be cowardly and incompetent, a piece of trash incapable of achieving great things, while the daughter, Ji Qingyu, would eventually become the wife of the Sovereign of Heaven and Earth.

She would eventually rule over the world as a phoenix! Relying on the status of this noble daughter, Ji Han would also leap to become someone whom all cultivators in the world would have to respect.

Therefore.

From that time on, Ji Han could be considered arrogant once he achieved his ambition, never having looked at anyone with any regard.

Including the widely praised Lu Ren.

And including that father of his with extremely profound cultivation.

However.

In order for his daughter's future path to be smooth, Ji Han still found a way to use a scheme to trap Ji Shisi in the Qingyun Sect for decades.

Whenever Ji Han thought of this matter, he felt extremely resentful.

To think that Ji Shisi was his own father!

He was actually willing to defect to Lu Ren rather than continue to serve the Qingyun Sect! It served him right that he would not be able to bask in his daughter's glory in the future! And in the Fate of the Heavenly Book, the future Sovereign of Heaven and Earth would meet Ji Qingyu in the Zanghua Secret Realm; at that time, due to uncontrollable forces, Ji Qingyu would be bound in the Zanghua Secret Realm, and the two would fall in love at first sight, their destiny bound for three lifetimes.

The Fate of the Heavenly Book could not be changed!

This was the shared understanding of the several forces over these many years.

But minor, fluctuating changes could be made.

For example...

Ji Qingyu was extremely intelligent in her youth; she knew she was a child her father raised outside, and she also knew that only she could truly make the Qingyun Sect flourish.

She did not like her mother, and in fact, loathed her intensely.

Because that ordinary woman was nothing but her own shame!

Unfortunately... Ji Cunxi's birth mother was already dead.

She could only choose such a shameful way to be born.

Fortunately, after she was born, her father directly killed the woman who had brought her shame. She would be Ji Cunxi's twin sister, but because she was weak in the womb and had suffered from the residual toxins brought by her mother, she was sealed by her father, suffering bitterly in the Zanghua Secret Realm.

Therefore, her bone age was only ten-plus years.

This was the script she and Ji Han had already concocted.

When the time came.

As soon as her identity was made public, she would be the most doted-upon youngest daughter of the Qingyun Sect, and she would also receive the pity and guilt of that nominal Young Sect Master.

By taking advantage of this, it would not be difficult for her to want the position of Young Sect Master in the future.

And everything seemed to be developing according to the Heavenly Book.

Ji Qingyu also waited patiently for the man who would eventually become the Sovereign of Heaven and Earth to meet her.

She was both calculating and extremely patient.

Although she had never left the Zanghua Secret Realm, thanks to the existence of a special token, she was able to receive news from various factions every month.

Those factions... were all subtly currying favor with Ji Qingyu.

Of course they had to curry favor! She was the future Mother of Heaven and Earth!

The more she thought this way, the more anxious Ji Qingyu became.

She suppressed the unspeakable urgency in her heart and said softly to the other end of the transmission token: "Father... I have an idea..."

Inside the Secret Realm.

After hearing his daughter's proposal, Ji Han could not help but feel a chill in his heart.

Even though he was Ji Qingyu's father, sometimes he would subconsciously feel terrified by his own daughter's ruthlessness.

But since he had already boarded this ship, there was no turning back.

After brief consideration, Ji Han discovered that the proposal his daughter had put forward was actually the best one.

He slowly agreed: "I know what to do... However, it will soon be time to view the Heavenly Book again; this time, we must see who the true Master of Heaven and Earth is in the Heavenly Book!"

Mentioning this topic, a look of dominance and determination to succeed appeared on the face of Ji Qingyu on the other end of the token.

She gave a soft hum: "Rest assured, Father! Daughter will certainly handle this matter well! For the Qingyun Sect! For our future!"

Only then did a long smile appear on Ji Han's face.

Compared to his daughter, his son was simply a piece of rotten wood.

He truly did not care about Ji Cunxi.

Ji Han did not think he was cold-blooded; if one were to speak of being cold-blooded... then his father must be the most cold-blooded person!

He did not even care about his own son!

After the transmission token call, Ji Han raised his eyes to look in the direction of the City Lord Mansion, his gaze flickering with malice.

He gave a cold hum and mourned for Lu Ren in his heart.

What a pity.

Lu Ren should never have lived in the first place.

The Heavenly Book is the Heavenly Dao's revelation to the people; everything should follow the Fate of the Heavenly Book so that the world will not fall into chaos and the cultivation world can endure.

If Lu Ren wants to blame someone, he should blame his own bad luck!

In the City Lord Mansion.

Cultivation knows no time.

Lu Ren did not know how much time had passed before he slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, a wisp of golden mist floated, but it quickly disappeared.

Lu Ren lowered his head to look at his hands, feeling the active power within his body, and surprise could not help but flash through his eyes.

Dao...

His mood was somewhat complex.

He had not expected it.

He had actually truly found his own Dao!

It was not the Dao of Carefree! Nor the Dao of the Emperor! And it was certainly not the Dao of Sentiment or the Dao of Ruthlessness that everyone had once speculated about...

It was...

Wuwei.

(End of chapter)