Published: February 3, 2025
On the river of fate, Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, held Qin Chen's hand and walked across the waves step by step.
After entering the river of fate, the perceptions of the powerful beings in the Wasteland of All Gods could no longer delve deeper.
In the river of fate, only those who have mastered the path of the river of fate can catch glimpses of it; otherwise, even other divine emperor level beings cannot easily probe it, only vaguely sensing some blurred and unshaped images.
This is the unique attribute of the river of fate.
At this moment, beneath Qin Chen and Hua Zhi's feet, the turbulent waters of the river of fate flowed, containing rich fate energy. Qin Chen looked down and could see the fates of countless beings rising and falling within.
"Every drop of water down there represents a strong one's entire life."
With a flick of her hand, Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, conjured a droplet of water. When Qin Chen looked over, he saw what seemed to be a figure within that droplet, acting out its entire life, vivid and clear.
"Hiss."
Qin Chen inhaled sharply; this was quite impressive. The fate of another person's life can be seen—what kind of concept is that?
"Miss Hua Zhi, is the image in this water of fate from the past, or...?" Qin Chen frowned and asked.
As someone who had just gained control over the power of fate, it was his first time in the river of fate, and his knowledge of such common concepts was rather limited.
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, smiled at him, adjusting her graceful posture, and said, "What you see can be from the past, or it may not have happened yet. Everything is possible; it all depends on how you perceive it."
"Everything is possible." Qin Chen furrowed his brow, "What do you mean?"
"It's simple. The river of fate is like the river of time, an extremely mysterious river in the cosmic sea. Within the river of time, the experiences of countless powerful beings are condensed, allowing one to clearly glimpse a powerful being's past, present, and future."
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, spoke eloquently, "Of course, due to the uncertainties of life, the past is set, the present is happening, and the future is filled with countless changes. However, for some top-tier powerful beings, the past can even be changed; we won't discuss that right now. The river of fate is quite similar to the river of time."
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, looked down at the droplet in her hand, "Look at this life; his fate shows a fixed past, a present that is occurring, while the future is continually changing..."
"Originally, he would flow along this tributary of the river of fate and might be obliterated at this point—meaning the fate would disappear, assimilated, slain, or absorbed by other strong ones' fates. But if I do this..."
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, snapped her fingers, and the droplet fell into the river below, instantly destroying several droplets, forming a larger droplet.
Qin Chen felt a unique force being born from the void, attempting to land on Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, but before it could descend, it was already shaken into nothingness by the aura surrounding her.
"Now, the fate of this droplet has been altered."
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, chuckled, "Originally, this strong one's future might have only lasted for ten thousand years before being obliterated in the river of fate, his fortune fading. But I changed his fate; his future is very likely to go further, stepping from the original limit of the earth saint realm into the saint master realm, or even aspiring to enter the human venerable realm."
"All of this depends on the fate tributaries he encounters next."
Hua Zhi, the Divine Emperor, murmured.
Qin Chen felt a stirring within him.
Is fate truly so changeable?
He looked down at the river of fate beneath him.
The fates of each being flowed like droplets of water, containing their life and death, swept along, unable to escape their fates.
What they would encounter was undecidable by anyone; only the river of fate could determine it. If Qin Chen and the others wanted to interfere, they must follow that droplet of water and surge forward together to influence it at all times.