Chapter 904: Chapter 122: The Nine Cauldrons Reappear, Realm Breakthrough!
The Ancient Red Dragon’s gaze seemed to pierce through the connection between the present world and the ethereal Fate Grid.
“However, your Fate Grid seems like a vast, deep void, not really a White Tiger, just absorbing the starlight of the White Tiger… Hmm?” The Red Dragon expressed slight surprise, as if it ‘saw’ Li Guanyi’s Fate Grid.
Not only did it absorb the starlight of the White Tiger Sect, but the Heavenly Four Symbols Fate Grid — Red Dragon, White Tiger, Mystic Turtle, and Phoenix — had threads of starlight converging, entering the Fate Grid of this young man. Such a configuration of destiny in eight thousand years it had not seen.
“…Because fate was contaminated by these, thus leading to encounters with Yao Guang and Breaking Army of the White Tiger Sect, with Siming whose fate bore the He Tu and Luo Shu, with the Chi Xiao Sword left by that kid Red Emperor, and… Phoenix?”
The Ancient Red Dragon turned its gaze to the west.
Vaguely seeing the invaluable Phoenix fate descending.
Vaguely seeing a girl about seventeen or eighteen, with eyebrows flying and a gold-red vertical mark at her brow, possessing the bearing of Dragon and Phoenix, due to the connections of destiny, hence there was karma for their encounter.
However, that is all fate could do.
It could determine who you met, but the final outcome was based on individual choice, in ancient times referred to as the [Lord of Red Flames, Candle Dragon Swallowing Sun Venerable] Divine Dragon looking at Li Guanyi’s Fate Grid.
Fate is thin, full of calamities.
The White Tiger, Red Dragon, Mystic Turtle, and Phoenix were because they absorbed a strand of starlight that their fates had a brief encounter, after which they could continue, yet it depended on their own choices.
Yet this young man’s fate held a plum blossom in winter.
The plum blossom is serene.
Not ordained by heaven.
But sought by man.
The world says striving does not avail.
But this plum blossom refuses to believe, insisting on seeking the unattainable.
The Ancient Red Dragon could not help but lower its eyes in admiration: “Such a determined and persistent heart.”
Li Guanyi said: “Elder?”
The Red Dragon did not wish to speak further; fate could only be observed from this moment past; for the future, it held no significance. Throughout history, how many with noble fates died miserably; how many with ordinary fates rose to prominence.
“The White Tiger Sect, igniting the flames of chaos, is the lord of war and slaughter.”
“Not suitable to bear the Qi Fortune of the people and the land.”
Therefore, the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd and the Breaking Cloud Sky-shattering Bow dispersed into streams of light.
In the end, only the Chi Xiao Sword remained suspended in the air.
The Chi Xiao Sword seemed quite pleased, feeling it had surpassed the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd and the Wooden Sword Dragon Map—
Ever since Murong Longtu forged the Divine Weapon Dragon Map Sword, Li Guanyi gradually used the Chi Xiao Sword less, the Chi Xiao Sword naturally disliked this, and now discovering it had surpassed its two old rivals, the Chi Xiao Sword naturally seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as Li Guanyi, under the guidance of the Red Dragon, was channeling various Qi Fortunes into it.
A clear, crisp sound suddenly rang in his ears.
Like the cracking of gold and jade.
That was the sound of the tripod ringing!
So that Qi Fortune of the mountains and rivers, which was about to fall on the Chi Xiao Sword, was instantly cut off, leaving the Chi Xiao Sword stunned. It no longer hovered or spiraled in the air but hung there stupidly, and with a sudden sword sound, it too transformed into a stream of light and vanished.
Meanwhile, in Li Guanyi’s ears, the sound of the bronze tripod’s roaring grew louder and louder.
The Ancient Red Dragon was astonished: “Hmm???”
“Not the Chi Xiao Sword!?”
“Li Guanyi, you indeed have a fifth Divine Weapon on you?!”
“And this fifth Divine Weapon is more qualified to bear the Qi Fortune of the mountains and rivers than the Chi Xiao Sword?”
Li Guanyi said: “Perhaps?”
The Ancient Red Dragon fell silent, then sighed and couldn’t help but exclaim:
“Hahaha, such a wealthy pauper!”
“You and your grandpa are both rare and extraordinary figures not likely to appear again in eight thousand years.”
“Come, come, come!”
“Let me give you a hand.”
Amid the dragon roar of the Red Dragon, Li Guanyi felt a roar in his ears, as if everything in the world became blurred, the bronze tripod roared at a level surpassing all previous limits, and Li Guanyi, in a trance, with his Primordial Spirit retracted, stepped once again into the world within the bronze tripod.
But this time, it was not like before, entering the bronze tripod.
Not stepping step by step up the white jade steps.
Before Li Guanyi’s eyes, it seemed the bronze tripod became incomparably large, as if it could connect with heaven and earth, its texture ancient and heavy, and Li Guanyi felt the Qi Fortune of the people and the land winding around him. He was inspired and slowly lifted his hand.
He felt himself transform into a giant.
His hand touched the body of the bronze tripod.
In a blur before Li Guanyi’s eyes, scenes flashed by, of the many common folk in Jiangnan, the men farming, the women weaving, the children studying, and everyone protecting this place, thousands and thousands, gathering like brilliant stars.
These stars wound around him, and he could hear voices conversing around him.
The part of the bronze tripod that Li Guanyi’s fingers touched suddenly shimmered with flowing light, and immediately, golden streams of light spread rapidly, outlining the marks of mountains, rivers, and cities on one side of the massive bronze tripod.
Almost instantly, the entire two thousand miles of Jiangnan’s terrain was engraved on the bronze tripod, transforming into beautiful, ancient map patterns slowly unfolding.
The bronze tripod emitted a series of violent, majestic rings that echoed without end.
Li Guanyi felt the earth and mountains shaking, and he lost track of time until an ancient voice echoed in his ears: “Li Guanyi, what is this object, why does it absorb Qi Fortune so fiercely?!”
Li Guanyi suddenly opened his eyes, seeing the Ancient Red Dragon rapidly soaring into the sky.