"By the way, Xiao Shi has been cultivating Heaven’s Enigma, so you can call upon him, Dao Monarch."
Even without Skymender's reminder, Lu Yin would have called Xiao Shi over. After all, the man had been able to read a Book of Destiny even before cultivating Heaven’s Enigma, and he was also capable of reading the merged Book of Destiny, which was something that Skymender could not do.
Long ago, Xiao Shi had been asked to search for information regarding the Immemorial Citadel, which had drawn out the flames that had burned the Books of Destiny.
Xiao Shi soon arrived, and Skymender then started to merge the three Books of Destiny.
Once again, Lu Yin watched as the three books merged into one. Last time, only two books had merged, but this time, there were three. Lu Yin watched with Heaven’s Sight, which gave him an entirely new perspective. In the past, he had been an outsider observer, but this time, he was capable of seeing the sequence particles that were taking action.
Finally, Lu Yin was able to see the power of Destiny.
At the exact moment that the three books fully merged together, Skymender shouted, "Xiao Shi, Heaven’s Enigma!"
Xiao Shi nodded and started seriously using Destiny’s method of Heaven’s Enigma, while Skymender simultaneously started using Inverse Enigma.
At the same moment, elsewhere in the Origin Universe, Destina felt something in her heart, and she turned to look towards the Heavens Sect.
The exact same thing happened with Starsibyl.
Xuan Jiu, who was far away in the Sixverse Association, also felt that something was wrong. "Did someone just trigger Destiny again? That person has to be rotten goods!"
Somewhere on the Endless Frontier, Bai Xian'er’s eyes opened. There was an indifference to her eyes that no one had ever seen before. Her expression would give people a sense of distance. While the eyes were the windows to the soul, at this moment, there was no emotion in her eyes.
"Did you trigger it? What did you use to do so? This shouldn't have happened."
In the Heavens Sect, as Xiao Shi and Skymender used Heaven’s Enigma and Inverse Enigma, a strange and mysterious sensation fell upon them. Lu Yin suddenly turned to stare in a particular direction, feeling as though a pair of eyes were staring at him. Was it an illusion, or could Destiny be watching him?
With Heaven’s Enigma and Inverse Enigma being used in tandem, the pages of the merged Book of Destiny started flipping. Lu Yin stared at the book and saw sequence particles appear, which were the power of Destiny. He saw a thread come out, and it started probing into the endless void. He even saw the blurry form of the river of time, and the thread stretched into the river of time and extended in two different directions.
Was this the power of destiny?
Lu Yin stared more intensely. Destiny was not a power like that of time or space, nor was divination an accurate description of this particular power. This was a shortcut, one that could travel along the river of time.
For an ordinary human, from birth to death, their life would last for 100 years at most, and that time could be seen as a thread that stretched across the years of their life. From this thread, it was possible to see a person’s future as well as their past, depending on which direction one looked.
In the river of time, a person's entire life could be seen at once, though it was difficult for most people to probe the river of time. This was something that only these threads could do.
Connecting the past and present, peering into both the past and the future was the power of destiny.
Yes, since time was a river, it made sense that there were things that could cross that river.
It was at this moment that Zhao Ran arrived, carrying tea. She had prepared some herbal tea, and she had wanted to serve it to Lu Yin and his two guests.
However, at the moment that Zhao Ran arrived, another thread appeared from the Book of Destiny, and it extended towards Zhao Ran, where a thread appeared on her wrist. The two threads connected.
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, as this made it clear that Zhao Ran had some connection to Destiny.
Zhao Ran felt quite confused. She was unable to see any of the threads, but she could see the shock on Lu Yin’s face as he stared at her, and his reaction scared the girl.
Just as Lu Yin was about to use the merged Book of Destiny to investigate Zhao Ran, both Skymender and Xiao Shi vomited blood and collapsed to the ground. The three merged Books of Destiny instantly disappeared, and two books fell to the ground. Even stranger, these two Books of Destiny had the exact same appearance that they had possessed after Lu Yin had attempted to divine information about the Immemorial Citadel. They both looked as though they had been nearly consumed by flames.
It was as though Lu Yin had never restored the books with his die.
Lu Yin quickly grabbed the Books of Destiny. How could this have happened? Why had they reverted to their previous state? Also, what about the third Book of Destiny? Where had it gone?
As for Skymender and Xiao Shi, they had both lost consciousness.
Zhao Ran was startled. "Your Highness, what happened to them?"
Lu Yin looked over at Zhao Ran. Confusion filled the girl’s eyes, and she looked exactly the same as ever. Touching the power of Destiny had not changed Zhao Ran. What was happening with the girl?
And what had happened to the Books of Destiny?
When Lu Yin saw that Zhao Ran was quickly putting the tea down, he told her, "Move back for now."
Zhao Ran wanted to try to help, but as she could not, all she could do was retreat.
Master Shan soon arrived, and he saw the unconscious forms of Xiao Shi and Skymender on the ground. "Young Master, what happened?"
"Please ask Senior Brother Mu Xie to come here," Lu Yin ordered.
Master Shan did not ask any further questions, and he quickly traveled to the Perennial World.
As for Lu Yin, he hurried to the Arboreal Realm to ask Senior Brother Mu Ke for help as well.
Both of Lu Yin’s senior brothers were a bit incredulous when they saw the two Books of Destiny in Lu Yin's hands.