362: Follow the will of Heaven!

As if sensing this prying gaze from across the endless void, the Daoist suddenly snapped his eyes open!

In an instant, two invisible wills seemed to collide across layers of space!

A flash of cold killing intent crossed the Daoist's eyes, and immediately, the black and white Yin and Yang dao rhyme surrounding him surged violently.

Like a black-and-white millstone sweeping through heaven and earth, it crushed down ruthlessly toward the line of sight that was spying on him!

"Hmph!"

Inside the Star Gazing Tower, Zhuge Xuanji let out a muffled groan, his body trembling slightly.

Within that pure white vertical pupil, several fine blood-red cracks instantly split open, and a line of dark red bloody tears slowly slid down the bridge of his nose.

His prying into the heavenly secrets was forcibly interrupted, bringing about a significant backlash.

However, in the second after the bloody tears flowed out, before Zhuge Xuanji could even begin to heal himself...

Above the dome of the Star Gazing Tower, the void rippled slightly, and a wisp of incredibly pure, Azure Spiritual Light containing vibrant vitality descended out of thin air, instantly sinking into those vertical pupils.

In an instant, the bloody tears stopped, and the cracks in the vertical pupils healed and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not only that, Zhuge Xuanji even felt that his own comprehension of the Law of Karma seemed to have deepened slightly, and his aura had also risen a bit.

"What is this, compensation?"

Zhuge Xuanji raised his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the vertical pupil that had already returned to its original state, murmuring to himself in a tone that revealed neither joy nor anger.

He knew that the Heavenly Dao had no self-awareness.

This wisp of "Azure Spiritual Light" was merely feedback from the operation of the rules of the Heavenly Dao for his "following the will of heaven and not forcibly intervening in the tribulation," or perhaps "reward" would be the most appropriate description!

But this method of "giving a slap and then a sweet date" still made him feel a hint of irony.

His clansman met his tribulation, and he could not save him.

The backlash of Karma occurred, and yet it rushed to "soothe" him.

Everything seemed incredibly cold, like a pre-set program.

However, Zhuge Xuanji quickly suppressed that trace of emotion and regained his calm.

"Yun Chenzi..."

Thinking of the glimpse he had just caught, Zhuge Xuanji spoke the name indifferently.

With his attainments in Karma, combined with the fragments he had glimpsed earlier, he had roughly straightened out the cause and effect.

The reason was that Zhuge Mingyi and Li Daoxuan had provoked the Qingming Immortal Sect and were punished by Yun Chenzi.

However, while Yun Chenzi appeared overbearing, he had actually left some leeway; he did not deliver a killing blow, but merely exiled Zhuge Mingyi into the void as a warning.

From the perspective of karmic weight, Yun Chenzi was not the "main cause" in this matter.

But the strange part was that after Zhuge Mingyi was thrown into the Void Turbulence, his karmic thread actually snapped!

It wasn't interfered with, nor was it obscured; it was brutally cut off by some kind of power.

This was actually quite incredible.

After all, with his cultivation at Golden Core Perfection, his control over the Star Gazing Tower, and his primary focus on the Law of Karma...

Looking at the entire Outer Domain of the Profound Spirit Domain, except for the Inner Domain's Seven Grotto-Heavens or certain Forbidden Grounds involving Nascent Souls, there was almost no karmic miasma he could not see through.

Yet, Zhuge Mingyi's final destination had become a blank space that he could not pry into!

"I'm afraid there's someone else behind this!"

Zhuge Xuanji's eyes narrowed as he realized the problem.

If it were just Yun Chenzi, even if he was known as the "Number One in Northern Border Combat," he was still only at the Golden Core level.

Furthermore, he did not Cultivate Karma, so it was absolutely impossible for him to completely hide from his own tracing.

The level of power involved behind this to cause such an effect, perhaps... Thinking of this, Zhuge Xuanji steadied his mind again, fully activating the Law of Karma and the power of the Star Gazing Tower to launch a fierce assault toward that "blank space"!

The pure white vertical pupil shone brightly once more as the web of Karma spread out in his eyes.

Then, he saw... many people!

Yes, just many people.

Countless blurred figures with varying auras drifted and intersected within the mist of Karma.

They all seemed to have some level of karmic connection, deep or shallow, direct or indirect, with Zhuge Mingyi's final disappearance.

These figures were disorganized, their auras varying in strength, and their karmic threads were tangled into a mess, making it impossible to pick out a clear and definite target!

"This..."

Zhuge Xuanji's brow furrowed, and a flash of shock and suspicion crossed his eyes.

What on earth happened? How could such a development occur!

If he weren't certain that the scene before him was undoubtedly real, he would have suspected that something was wrong with the Law of Karma.

Zhuge Xuanji naturally didn't know that Lu Ming's existence was a BUG to begin with.

At this moment, Lu Ming was using the golden book to Cultivate, and he had selected multiple people for AFK cultivation.

This made him look like an "aggregate" pieced together from the Karma of countless "others," making it impossible for him to be locked onto.

And from Zhuge Xuanji's perspective, his karmic connections were practically jumping back and forth across countless "karmic nodes," almost as if he were taunting Zhuge Xuanji to his face.

"I jumped out! I'm back in! I jumped out again! How about it, how about it, how about it? Hit me, you dummy!"

"..."

Zhuge Xuanji naturally didn't know these things, but he suddenly realized that the waters behind this matter were likely deeper than he could imagine!

After all, to be able to create such a complex and chaotic karmic mist, it was highly likely that the intervention of a Nascent Soul True Monarch was involved!

"Forget it, everyone has their own fate..."

Zhuge Xuanji remained silent for a long time before slowly withdrawing his Divine Ability. The pure white vertical pupil gradually faded, returning to normal.

The small thought in his heart of "seeking justice" for Zhuge Mingyi also quickly cooled down.

As the saying goes, a wise man submits to circumstances. Facing a hidden hand that might involve the Nascent Soul level, Zhuge Xuanji was very decisive in backing down.

After all, he was just a Golden Core Perfection ant. Even if he was proficient in the mysteries of Karma, facing a Nascent Soul True Monarch was no different from seeking death.

However, he couldn't just swallow this grievance entirely.

If I can't touch a Nascent Soul True Monarch, can't I touch you, Yun Chenzi?

A cold arc curled at the corner of Zhuge Xuanji's mouth.

"You still want to break through to Nascent Soul? Hehe..."

He certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to directly attack the Qingming Immortal Sect. After all, Yun Chenzi indeed didn't kill Zhuge Mingyi, and he really couldn't win... Rashly showing up at their door would instead play into some people's hands and might trigger even greater changes.

But don't forget, what is the Zhuge Family best at?

Deducing heavenly secrets, of course!

"Since you, Yun Chenzi, have your sights set on the Nascent Soul, then this old man will properly calculate for you exactly what methods you have prepared for this path of soul condensation!"

A cold light flashed in Zhuge Xuanji's eyes.

If he could clearly deduce the soul condensation methods that Yun Chenzi had prepared for years and relied upon, and then 'inadvertently' reveal them to Yun Chenzi's potential enemies or even competitors...

Surely, they would be very interested!

This is called—killing with a borrowed knife!

Moreover, in Zhuge Xuanji's view, his current action was itself one of the necessary "Human Tribulations" on Yun Chenzi's path to the Nascent Soul stage!

He was merely "following the will of heaven," triggering or intensifying this tribulation in advance.