"Exactly!"
Jiang Ling nodded, sighing, "It's just that, even now, I still don't understand why you deliberately approached me."
Jian Zhou's eyes were deep as he asked, "Are you trying to distance yourself from me because you can't fathom my intentions in approaching you, and fear that one day I might harm you?"
Jiang Ling hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Upon hearing this, Jian Zhou's heart leaped with joy, and he quickly explained, "I approached you not for An Qiuyan, nor do I wish to gain anything from you. I'm here to change the tragic fate of my past life."
"Change fate?" Jiang Ling was surprised and asked, "You're a reborn person with the advantage of foresight. Since you know about the tragedies of your past life, can't you just actively avoid them? Why do you need to use me?"
Jian Zhou gave a wry smile. "Foresight isn't always omnipotent, especially when it comes to the mysterious and unfathomable nature of destiny, which cannot be easily changed by human effort. After I was reborn, I once wanted to overturn the heavens and change my entire family's fate. However, after several attempts, many things returned to their original state. It was like a maze, no matter how I navigated it, the present life remained the same as the past life."
Hearing this, Jiang Ling's surprise deepened.
Then, she suddenly understood.
The parallel world she had transmigrated into was not a real existence but a fabrication by the author of a novel.
Fictional worlds often contain many inexplicable and inescapable destinies.
For example, Ruoxi, the protagonist who transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty in 'Scarlet Heart', knew how tragic the outcome of the struggle for power among the nine princes would be. She tried her best to use her foresight to change the destinies of several princes.
As a result, after all her efforts, she herself became a catalyst for fate.
Then there's Li Xiaoyao from 'Sword Immortal One'. With the help of Goddess Nuwa, he returned to over ten years ago to rescue the young Ling'er and her grandmother. He intended to change their fate and deliberately made the phoenix fly in the opposite direction. However, he still couldn't escape the manipulation of destiny and sent Ling'er and her grandmother to the Immortal Spirit Island.
This is what Taoists call 'supernatural powers are no match for heavenly numbers.'
With such heavenly numbers, even if you can foresee the future, it is difficult to break free.
Seeing Jiang Ling's initial confusion quickly turn into clarity, Jian Zhou couldn't help but marvel at her exceptional intelligence.
At this moment, he recalled his elder brother Jian Fan's evaluation of Jiang Ling from two years ago: "Curiosity killed the cat. This woman is truly formidable; even I can't handle her, let alone a simpleton like you. Such a woman is a tiger. If you encounter her, you must flee. Otherwise, she'll devour you to the last bone."
At the time, he had thought Jian Fan's words were exaggerated.
Now, he found them chillingly accurate.
Jian Zhou smiled helplessly.
He had fallen for a woman in his past life and thought he had learned his lesson, vowing never to fall for one again in this life.
Yet, after going through so many twists and turns, he had fallen once more.
Jian Zhou sighed, "To change this situation, I specifically consulted a master skilled in destiny. The master told me that foresight doesn't mean one can arbitrarily change fate. It's especially difficult for those caught in a mire to break free. To escape the predicament, one must find an anomaly that exists outside the Heavenly Dao."
Jiang Ling pointed at herself. "I am that anomaly?"
She had transmigrated from another world, not belonging to this realm, and was therefore an anomaly outside the Heavenly Dao.