Chapter 1034

If he wanted to kill these people himself, it would truly be easy beyond compare.

But just when he managed to beat them to the brink of death, this strange force would suddenly appear out of nowhere.

No matter how profound his cultivation was, facing this force he would still have to crumble.

The doubts within this matter—General Chilaowen truly racked his brains and still could not work it out.

Thinking that this time he had obtained guidance from the God of Immortality, he had finally turned the tables.

He immediately knew that the God of Immortality must certainly know a thing or two about it.

At this moment, how could he possibly contain himself, so he stepped forward to inquire.

The God of Immortality smiled faintly, also raised his palm before his chest, returned the courtesy to General Chilaowen, then slowly said,

"Every world, every faction, even every person, has their own fortune.

These fortunes gathered together are precisely where the Heavenly Dao of this world resides.

Among them, those whose fortune runs deep and whose blessings stretch long—in the Qinglong Society's terminology—are called Children of Fortune.

Before this fortune is exhausted, this person will turn ill fortune into good, and transform calamity into auspiciousness.

Only when this fortune is completely spent can this person be slain."

The God of Immortality's words, however, made General Zhebie and General Chilaowen greatly caught off guard.

This theory of fortune, they too had heard of it before.

For instance, the reason the Great Yuan Imperial Court could dominate the world was truly because the Earth Yuan Qi fortune of Great Yuan was excellent, to say the least.

Moreover, in the process of vying for supremacy, masters of Mingwang Temple such as Living Buddha Lianhua had taken action, plundering a great deal of fortune from other factions.

The secrets within this matter—Tie Muzhen, having grown up alongside General Chilaowen and General Zhebie since childhood, had actually mentioned a word or two to them.

"That's not right! Master."

General Chilaowen understood the God of Immortality's meaning—it was that before he himself had taken a life, that person's fortune was still present, hence he suffered the backlash of fortune.

But recalling his doubts, he could not help but ask,

"Since fortune is not exhausted, this person will not die.

Then the so many people we killed in the Nine Provinces—were they all people whose fortune had been completely spent?"

General Chilaowen and General Zhebie—the two of them were first and foremost great generals of Great Yuan, and only afterward members of the Great Yuan Thirteen Wings.

Before becoming members of the Great Yuan Thirteen Wings, the two of them had led Yuan armies on campaigns north and south, killing countless foes.

Among those who died directly or indirectly at their hands, there were no less than eighty thousand even if not a hundred thousand.

It could be said that the two of them had accumulated a mountain of blood debts.

But aside from coming to this world, the so many people they had killed before had never suffered any so-called backlash of fortune!

"Killing people within the same world naturally will not entangle one with fortune.

Unless that person is a Child of Fortune, favored by the Heavenly Dao.

Otherwise, one generally will not suffer such backlash either."

Seeing him raise doubts, the God of Immortality did not grow angry either; on the contrary, he patiently began to explain,

"But this world is not the Nine Provinces.

Our coming from the Nine Provinces is itself a violation of this world's Heavenly Dao.

If one takes a life, especially that of a person possessing fortune—

To put it simply, a person whose fate is not meant to end—

Then one will certainly receive severe punishment from this world's Heavenly Dao!"

So it turned out that just now he had actually been contending against the Heavenly Dao of an entire world?

Hearing this, General Zhebie and General Chilaowen exchanged a glance, and both saw lingering fear in the other's eyes.

If it had not been for the God of Immortality's reminder just now, had the two of them continued to resist—

Even if their cultivation had advanced several more degrees, they would still likely be no match for a world's Heavenly Dao!

When the Heavenly Dao truly grew wrathful, the two of them would absolutely have been doomed with no hope of survival.

"Then why did Seeing Meng Chixing only cripple this Tianxian Star, yet still suffered the backlash of fortune?

Whereas when General Chilaowen struck, he directly blasted him to death, yet was instead fine?"

General Zhebie's mind was meticulous; he suddenly discovered a strange point within the matter.

Seeing Meng Chixing had only used the demonic seed's strange power to cripple Tianxian Star, and had not killed him.

Yet it had already triggered a violent backlash of fortune, nearly costing him his life.

Yet General Chilaowen had directly hardened his heart and struck ruthlessly, blasting this Tianxian Star into smithereens.

But not only did it not bring about the backlash of fortune, that force of fortune's backlash had instead vanished into thin air.

This truly was rather strange!

"The theory of fortune can also be called karma."

The God of Immortality suddenly cast a strange glance at General Chilaowen, then slowly said,

"Everything that has a cause has an effect, and everything that has an effect has a cause.

Since this Tianxian Star has been utterly destroyed in both form and spirit, dead beyond any further death, the Heavenly Dao naturally has no trace to follow and cannot use fortune as a mechanism to attack others."

Hearing this, General Chilaowen could not help but feel a sudden relief in his heart.

So that was how it was?

"But killing Tianxian Star means forming a karmic tie with the Heavenly Dao.

When next you encounter another person favored by the Heavenly Dao, and once again trigger the backlash of fortune—

Then even an immortal, I fear, would not be able to save you..."

Unexpectedly, the God of Immortality suddenly shifted his tone, and the words he spoke made General Chilaowen's heart turn cold with dread.

So you were waiting for me here?

Killing a person blessed by the Heavens' fortune means forming a karmic tie with the Heavenly Dao itself.

In other words, you've been put on that Heavenly Dao's blacklist.

The next time you run into another person blessed by the Heavenly Dao's fortune and trigger another backlash of fortune,

the Heavenly Dao will discover that General Chilaowen is the one on the blacklist.

At that point, the punishment will be doubled — no matter how formidable General Chilaowen is, he probably won't be able to withstand it…

"Th-this this this…"

General Chilaowen felt that somehow, he seemed to have been set up?

Set up by the God of Immortality, no less?

You told me to kill the Star of Heavenly Ease, but you never told me this would land me on the blacklist!

If he'd known he'd end up on the blacklist, General Chilaowen would have had to be a fool to lift a hand against the Star of Heavenly Ease!

After all, that Duan Tianya — the moment he saw him, he flew into a rage.

If he himself, unable to bear the entanglement, had raised a hand against him and triggered the backlash of fortune, drawing the Heavenly Dao's notice,

he probably would never have been able to leave this world again.

What kind of situation is this!

For a moment, General Chilaowen gazed at the God of Immortality with a bellyful of grievance.

821 You all go on ahead; this venerable one will arrive shortly!

No matter how unwilling he was, General Chilaowen ultimately did not dare truly resent the God of Immortality.

After all, setting everything else aside, if the God of Immortality wanted to crush him to death, it probably wouldn't be any harder than crushing an ant.

When you're under someone's eaves, you have to bow your head!

General Chilaowen could only mutter about his rotten luck, secretly reflecting that from now on, whenever he raised his hand, he absolutely had to think thrice before acting.

If he ran into Duan Tianya or Zhu Wushi, he'd have to give them a wide berth.

General Zhebie also cast a faintly sympathetic glance at General Chilaowen, knowing this old friend had been set up rather badly by the God of Immortality.

But he couldn't very well speak up for General Chilaowen either, so he could only bring up something else,

"Why has the Dharma Lord suddenly come here?"

That truly was strange.

Since that battle with Tang Yuan back then, the Azure Dragon Summit had emerged into the world.

As a top-tier powerhouse of the Great Yuan's side, the God of Immortality had been scared off in public by Wu Wudi.

That scene not only spread Wu Wudi's fame far and wide, but also dragged the reputation of the God of Immortality — and of Great Yuan — through the dirt.