Capítulo 1943: Chapter 1944: Arriving as Promised

“Me?”

Su Chengyu stood frozen in place, only then recalling the other party’s initial words.

“So, Senior, you specifically visited Southern Xinjiang to find me just for this matter?”

“Yes, and during the earlier exchange, I saw that you indeed are on a path that your grandfather least wanted to see.”

Su Chengyu blinked and calmed his heart: “Please, Senior, speak clearly.”

“Let me think about where to begin.”

Daoist Chongping pondered for a moment before speaking slowly: “Though you are a member of the Dao Sect, having joined midway, you probably don’t have much understanding of divination, do you?”

Su Chengyu nodded: “Master mentioned it once or twice, but I haven’t delved deeply into it.”

“Divination is exceedingly complex. Besides observing celestial phenomena in the nine heavens and examining the flow of worldly fortunes, the final aspect is to actively participate in the divination itself. Simply put, it involves guiding events to unfold in the direction of your divination.”

Su Chengyu was momentarily taken aback and asked, puzzled: “Isn’t that planning and scheming directly? How can it still be considered divination of the heavenly secrets?”

Chongping smiled: “Who said that those who divinate cannot plan and scheme? We are not the omnipotent gods of Western legends. Divination is exceedingly complex, and if there are means to make your divination more accurate, if it were you, would you do it?”

Su Chengyu heard this and came to some realization.

“Of course, some people won’t do such things. Actively entering the fray may provoke even stronger backlash from the Heavenly Dao. For those who are not highly purposeful, such actions are often troublesome and thankless. But evidently, your grandfather didn’t care about this. He traveled all over Xia Country, making many deployments and designs, all to ensure his divinations were as accurate as possible. Yet despite this, the future he divined had numerous trajectories. You can understand this, right?”

Su Chengyu nodded. Although he hadn’t studied it extensively, he knew that divination was never simply about seeing the future; it was a process of conjecture, albeit using relatively special methods.

“Among them, the two paths with the greatest divergence, I think you should already know them by now, which concern whether you have embarked on the path of cultivation.”

“Yes, my grandfather planted a seed within me, but he never insisted on anything. Looking at it now, stepping onto the path of cultivation truly seems to have been a pure accident, or rather…”

“It is perhaps because the Road of Destiny naturally aligns with me.”

Daoist Chongping interjected: “Indeed, even if your grandfather carved a path for you, the likelihood of you stepping into cultivation was still far greater than any other path. Rather than saying he arranged two paths for you, it’s more accurate to say he added another possibility to your nearly predetermined life path. This should be seen as his favoritism towards you.”

All that Su Linyuan spent his life doing was nearly all in an effort to prepare for the End of Dharma Tribulation, even to the point of disregarding his own life and death. Under such circumstances, carving out a special path for Su Chengyu was already contrary to his principles.

“Grandfather…”

“And this is the very source of the current predicament.”

Su Chengyu looked up, puzzled: “Isn’t stepping onto the path of cultivation something my grandfather predicted?”

“Yes. But have you heard of the butterfly effect?”

Su Chengyu nodded.

“Because of the hidden dangers left behind in carving an alternate possibility, your cultivation trajectory underwent changes. To prevent these changes from having a massive impact, your grandfather made many preparations for you in advance. I assume you have noticed this as well?”

“Yes, such as Bai Qiu, Ao Tian, and even… all those things were specifically left to me by my grandfather, right?”

“Correct, these things indeed smoothed over many twists and turns. But there is still a fatal hidden danger, which is the most crucial divergence point on this path of cultivation you have embarked upon. Your method of practice.”

“If it weren’t for Su Linyuan’s selfishness in specially carving a path for you, you should have started cultivating at a young age, and by the time your grandfather left, you would have understood all the burdens the Su family bears. You would then have moved forward with that burden, advancing smoothly to ultimately walk on the Road of Destiny, the path that has been aligned with your fate since birth.”

“Isn’t that not much different from now?” Xu Nanzhi couldn’t help but voice his confusion from the side.

“No, the difference is significant.”

Su Chengyu articulated, already understanding Daoist Chongping’s meaning.

Xu Nanzhi still didn’t know that he had begun cultivating multiple Heavenly Dao Breaths simultaneously, but after being sent to another world by Su Zhedian and walking that path for such a long time, Su Chengyu realized he had thoroughly deviated from his original cultivation trajectory.

Though the Supreme Mysterious Clarity Decree was still theoretically the foundation of his practice, the channels through which his mana operated had long since become completely different from the beginning.

Although he had yet to name his entirely new cultivation technique, from any aspect of vitality, essence, and spirit, Su Chengyu was entirely reborn compared to before.

This is precisely why Su Chengyu could even engage Earth Immortals without worrying about his internal depletion.

“Does my current state significantly affect my grandfather’s plan?”

“Plan? What plan did he have? As I’ve told you, he merely divined the future and then tried as much as possible to guide the future in his desired direction. Ultimately, he was also gambling—gambling that your generation of young people could provide a new vitality to this world filled with decay. And this was also the reason he made a bet with me.”

“Grandfather and you?”

“Yes. Twenty years ago, Su Linyuan personally told me about this matter, but I didn’t believe it. To be honest, even seeing your current state with my own eyes, I still can’t believe it. How did you manage to integrate a small world into your body?”

Su Chengyu blinked and shook his head: “I don’t understand what Senior is saying. In fact, I haven’t figured out my current condition either, but getting to this point, I suppose I owe it to my disciple.”

“As expected. Su Linyuan, oh Su Linyuan. This guy has been gone for twenty years, yet why do I still feel so inadequate in comparison?”

Daoist Chongping sighed deeply, speaking with a sense of helplessness.

“Hm?”

Su Chengyu looked at Chongping in confusion, and the latter slowly said, “This is precisely where the problem lies. Because of helping you, your disciple has suffered severe internal damage. Her identity is too special, and severe internal damage could directly affect the stability of the entire world. Without unexpected incidents, intense natural disasters have already begun occurring across Xia Country… no, across the globe.”

“How could that be?”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed instantly, and Su Chengyu realized that something was amiss.

“What about Yan’er? Will anything happen to Yan’er herself?”

Su Chengyu urgently asked, to which Chongping smiled wryly and said, “If I hadn’t come, she indeed would have had some troubles. But wasn’t I calculated by your grandfather to appear here right on time?”

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