Chapter 2111: Lu Yin And Destina
A meteorite that had been quietly floating through Earth’s solar system came to a stop. Destina stood on it, and she gazed at Earth with a strange expression.
Lu Yin stepped onto the meteorite.
Destina looked over. To most people, she maintained the appearance of a white cloud, but Lu Yin was allowed to see the woman’s true appearance.
"Dao Chosen, were you looking for me?" Destina spoke slowly as she gazed at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin politely responded, "How did you know, Senior?"
"I am Destiny’s heir," Destina answered with a smile. She obviously had the appearance of a very cute and young girl, but her eyes held such depths that she had the impression of being able to see through all things.
Lu Yin stared into Destina's eyes. "Destiny’s heir. So why did you choose to support me?"
Destina shook her head. "I didn't choose you. You fought and obtained my support for yourself. I would have given the same support to anyone who became the Dao Chosen."
"Why?"
"Destiny’s choice."
"What has Destiny chosen?"
"The future."
Lu Yin’s eyes snapped open. "Can you see the future?"
In the past, he would not have believed in such a possibility, but he had personally traveled through time and space, and had come to believe that nothing was impossible. Destiny had been able to see a person's future and past, and it was very likely that this ability was related to time itself. If one could see the past, then they could also see the future.
Destina shook her head. "Destiny can, but it’s beyond me."
Lu Yin continued, saying, "In the past, the Starsibyl Sect did a divination, and they claimed that humanity would eventually suffer a catastrophe. They asked me to protect them at that time. There was also a person named Xuan Jiu who uses Heaven’s Enigma to divine prophecies, and he said that I’m a terribly unlucky person and that anyone who follows me will suffer. Tell me, which of the two divinations should I believe?"
Destina laughed. "They’re both the same vision of the future, so why choose one?"
Lu Yin was taken aback. "They’re the same vision? One wants me to protect them, which means that they want to remain close to me, and the other says I’m an unlucky person and that no one should get close to me. How can both of these be the same divination?"
Destina replied, "What if those divinations were looking at different locations within the same timeline?"
"What does that mean?"
"Xuan Jiu told you that you are an unlucky person, but he never said that you cannot overcome that disaster. The Starsibyl Sect hopes for you to protect them, but they never mentioned that they wanted your protection at the beginning of the calamity they foresaw, let alone mention your luck."
Lu Yin then understood. "So, are you saying that the Starsibyl Sect's divination was at a much later point in time than Xuan Jiu’s?"
"Perhaps. They have their own methods of divination, while I have my own. Even if Destiny herself were here, her methods and results might not be the same as any of the rest of ours," the woman explained.
Lu Yin pursed his lips. "Then I have to trust Destiny."
Destina laughed. "But I’m the one who can help you right now."
Lu Yin looked at the woman with a somber expression. "Please tell me the truth: why did you announce that you would help whoever became Dao Chosen?"
Destina replied, "Divination."
"What did you see?" Lu Yin was curious.
Destina suddenly grew solemn. "I spent twenty years divining the future of humanity, and one result that I saw is the Origin Progenitor’s sword representing the heavens."
Lu Yin's expression changed.
"Those words mean something quite simple: whoever holds the Origin Progenitor’s sword will represent the heavens, and the sword will only appear in the hands of the Dao Chosen," Destina explained.
Lu Yin sighed deeply. Each of these fortune-tellers were more cryptic than the last. However, Lu Yin was dealing with Destina, and it was impossible to force her to reveal her secrets as he had done with Lan Xian. If Lu Yin needed to kill someone, it was possible to use Progenitor Chen's power; even Destina could not resist that power. But would killing or threatening her with death accomplish anything?
Destina was also willing to help Lu Yin.
"Senior-" Lu Yin started, but Destina stopped him.
"There’s no need to address me as Senior. Just call me Destina."
Lu Yin nodded. "Destina, what's wrong with Big Sis?"
This was Lu Yin’s true motivation for wanting to speak with Destina. Twenty years ago, she had captured Big Sis and forced her to become Destina’s disciple. Lu Yin needed to understand why.
Destina showed no surprise at the question. "Do you know Lei Qingqing?"
"Of course."
"Her appearance changes frequently, right?"
"It has something to do with her cultivation art," Lu Yin replied. This was the story that Highsage Leon and Big Sis had always told everyone, though Lu Yin already knew that the truth of the matter must be something different.
Destina shook her head. "It has nothing to do with her cultivation art, though that is also one explanation. Her changes are a sequelae of training in too many cultivation arts. We refer to such sequelae as Everchanging."
Lu Yin was shocked, and he blurted, "Everchanging Yōu Ming?"
A smile appeared on Destina's face. "That’s right. She is Everchanging Yōu Ming from back then."
Lu Yin was stunned. This was far more shocking than seeing the Origin Progenitor’s sword. Was Big Sis actually the Ancient Progenitor Everchanging Yōu Ming?
The current era knew almost nothing at all about Progenitor Yōu Ming, and only people who had lived at the same time as the woman could possibly understand just how terrifying she was. After all, Progenitor Yōu Ming had been one of the Ancient Progenitors, along with the God of Death and Destiny herself.
When Lu Yin had visited the Yōu family, he had been told that, if not for the Yōu Secret Art, even they would not have believed that Progenitor Yōu Ming had ever existed.
Lu Yin had asked the Starsibyl Sect to do a divination regarding Undying Yushan, but the result had pointed to Progenitor Yōu Ming.
Undying Yushan, the Undying Manual, the Yōu Secret Art, Progenitor Yōu Ming, and the eyes that had always been spying on the Yōu family. These various connections would horrify anyone, and Lu Yin had never imagined there would be a connection to Big Sis as well.