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“What a way to know one’s destiny but refuse to accept it!” Finally, the Lord Wise sighed softly, “But even though you have reversed your fate and shifted your star trajectory, you do not know…”

” Right now!” Without waiting for him to finish, Shi Ying uttered a soft whisper.

Zhu Yan understood and moved at the same time. As they landed, they pushed their fingers on the ground and both unleashed their spells – with a whistle, an arc of light shone through the air, like a curtain of stars, enclosing the entire temple in a shining wave!

This time, they both unleashed their most powerful and most advanced spells, striking at the shadow trapped by the Hollow Chain, a powerful combination of attack and defense that was unprecedented throughout the Six Harmonies!

With a joint effort, the dark shadow figure grunted and suddenly vanished from sight in a blinding burst of light.

In the same instant, the Jade Bone transformed into a stream of white light, breaking free from the enemy’s hand and returning to Zhu Yan’s side, instantly transforming into a sharp sword in her hand.

Was he struck? The two of them glanced at each other, but did not dare to become careless, forming seals with both hands for the entire time.

“Who on earth is this divine being…?” Zhu Yan wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth and muttered, “When did such a powerful individual emerged from the Ice Clan on the Western Sea?”

Shi Ying whispered, “This Wise man, I believe he may not be a member of the Ice Clan.”

“I believe so too!” Zhu Yan nodded, “He is so familiar with the spells of the Kongsang, could it be that…”

“Be careful!” She didn’t finish her sentence when Shi Ying suddenly exclaimed sharply, “Behind you!”

Zhu Yan was startled and before she could turn around, the Jade Bone reacted to the sudden movement and swiftly turned into a stream of light that swirled around to protect her from behind! There was only a crunching sound, and as the lightning struck, thousands of broken bits like myriads of flakes of snow fell to the ground.

The hands that sneaked out from the darkness almost tore Zhu Yan apart, but they were pierced in the blink of an eye and retracted swiftly, disappearing.

However, after blocking the blow for her, the Jade Bone instantly shattered and dissolved into dust!

Zhu Yan gasped in horror and her heart ached so much that she even stopped breathing for a moment.

“The Jade Bone has been protecting you until death…” the voice lamented in a soft sigh, as if filled with sorrow, “Thousands of years ago, it also protected its first master like this.”

“Damn you!” Zhu Yan couldn’t care less what he was nagging about, as she looked at the Jade Bone shattered all over the ground, feeling the blood boiling in her chest, and with a shout, she unleashed an instant attack!

Shi Ying jumped alongside her in the same split second.

Although they had not spoken a word to each other, every time Shi Ying sent out an attacking spell, she simultaneously launched a defensive one without even thinking, and vice versa. In just a few moments, the two of them swapped attacks and defense, chasing after the shadow demon, and exerting their utmost efforts.

The dark figure kept drifting through the temple, faster and faster as they hunted after him, but still unable to catch the man. Several times they thought they have struck their opponent, but in the next instant he appeared in another corner of the temple, and a new counterattack followed like thunder.

Zhu Yan fought with all her might, but realized that there was clearly a considerable gap between herself and her opponent, and if it wasn’t for Shi Ying fighting alongside her, she might not have been able to hold on any longer.

In the end, his speed began to diminish and he stopped at the middle of the temple.

In Zhu Yan’s heart, she rejoiced: so he would also get tired at some point?

“I really underestimated you…” the Wise One looked at Shi Ying and nodded slightly, “I was deeply amazed when I exchanged hands with you across the water mirror at the Purple Terrace that time – and I deliberately came here to see for myself what kind of person is the man that has changed their own astral path. As expected, I was not disappointed.”

Shi Ying replied coldly: “No, I am not the one who changed the course of my star path.”

The Wise Lord was a little surprised to hear the young maiden grunting, “It was me!”

“You? Did you perform the Star Soul Blood Oath?” For the first time, astonishment appeared in his eyes as he gazed at Zhu Yan, and a strange expression crept into his golden pupils, “You are young, you are not bearing the blood of an emperor, nor are you a direct descendant of the White Clan… but you were actually able to change the star trajectory?”

“You bastard, don’t look down on people!” Zhu Yan coldly snorted, “I’ll let you discover the power of the Red Clan right away!”

“…” The wise man fell silent and gazed at Zhu Yan once again.

After a moment of silence, he sighed: “So it was you who gave up half of your life to save him? But then, what can he give you in return? The Imperial heir can only marry the White Clan princess as Empress for generations, and your sacrifice was worthless.”

“Shut up!” Zhu Yan became impatient and snapped, “Look at my sword!”

However, as soon as her figure moved, the shadow standing in the center of the temple suddenly disappeared again.

“Be careful,” Shi Ying’s voice came from behind her, and now his back was turned towards her and was defending her against the empty darkness surrounding, exhorting in a low voice, “Don’t let him provoke you.”

“You two are really the same mind…” The Wise Man re-appeared in the depths of darkness, a face always shrouded in the shadows of his cloak, and looked at Shi Ying, “You think that if you were able to use the Star Soul Blood Oath to change the star trajectory and reverse your own destiny, you can also change the fate of Kongsang?”

“Why not?” Shi Ying replied stern, “Everything is in the hands of the people.”

“Huh…” the person in the darkness let out a cold laugh, “Did your master, the Grand Master who was known as the Yunhuang Magic Art Master, did he ever tell you about the ‘Law of Unpredictability’ which is intrinsic in astrology?”

“The Law of Unpredictability?” Shi Ying was slightly confused.

Seeing his expression, the other man shook his head and let out a sigh, pointing to the dark clouds of the sky overhead and saying, in a single sentence, “You know what? The stars are orbiting above the nine heavens, and humans on the earth who raise their heads cannot truly grasp their patterns.”

Shi Ying retorted, “The Art of Astrology is recorded in countless arcane scrolls.”

“Wrong,” the wise man shook his head, “mortal trifles are no more than trifles, their strength is not enough to distort the course of space and time to be foretold – but the moment an astrological sign is observed that concerns the rise and fall of a kingdom, and the heavenly message is revealed, the path to the future collapses and becomes distorted. The stars are instantly realigned and new variations are created.”

“What?” Shi Ying blurted out, and his expression altered almost imperceptibly.

“This is the ‘Law of Unpredictability’.” The wise man whispered, “This law serves to teach all the practitioners of magic in Yunhuang that: Heaven’s will is unpredictable and not to be probed. Unfortunately, it is surprising that it has already been lost after seven thousand years.”

“…” Shi Ying fell silent and refrained from answering.

Surprisingly, in his heart, he had a vague feeling that this statement from his opponent was true, though unheard of, but the true essence of the Yunhuang Magic Art.

“Nonsense!” Although Zhu Yan did not fully understand what the interlocutor was saying, she nevertheless already sensed her Master’s wavering heart and immediately retorted loudly, “I don’t believe your nonsense! What heavenly will is unpredictable? Who established the so-called Heaven’s Will?”

“The patterns of the movement of the stars, the legends, are all determined by the God of Hongmeng who founded the Heavens and the Earth.” The Wise Lord actually answered the question with candor, “And everything on this earth is ruled by the stars, with no exceptions, save for the Lord of the Nine Heavenly Floating Clouds and me.”

“What God of Hongmeng? What Nine Heavens Floating Clouds? I’ve never even heard of it.” As Zhu Yan was listening, she grew impatient again and pointed at the other man, “And who are you? Why should you be excluded?”

“Why am I not included?” The wise man laughed bitterly and shook his head, “Forget it… humans on earth will never be able to understand any of this in their lifetime. Just as a well frog cannot understand the ocean, or a summer insect cannot understand the frozen ice – there is no need to talk to you any further.”

Shi Ying was silent, only listening to the conversation between him and Zhu Yan, and his fingers gradually clenched, his knuckles almost turning white. He understood the conversation far more quickly and thoroughly than Zhu Yan, so the astonishment and shock he felt in this moment was even more overwhelming – yes, the mysterious man in the darkness had only spoken a few words, but the meaning of them was far greater than what Da Si Ming would have ever taught him in years of cultivation!

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