# Chapter 3325: Recovering the Severed Fate
"That's right!"
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "To be honest, Your Majesty's spiritual power and martial arts cultivation are quite strong among great gods. But compared to Huangtian Great God, Qiangu Nüdi, and Xiuchen Heavenly God, you are still far behind. Compared to several deities from Shenguchao, there is also a gap! On Xinghuantian, you can only be considered mid-to-upper level!"
"What I need is not this amount of combat power. What I need is an archery path god venerable, what I need is an elf clan population."
"So, if you submit to me! I hope you can spend time cultivating in seclusion and stop wasting your energy on worldly affairs."
Dai Xue Nüwang sighed inwardly, knowing that although she possessed the Soul-Stopping Realm cultivation, the Infinite Realm was a heavenly chasm, and she could never become an archery path god venerable in this lifetime.
"Fine, I'll trust you this once! But I, this king, will never be an enemy of Paradise Realm in this lifetime. If you violate today's words in the future, if you force me to take action, then I will have no choice but to self-destruct my divine source and perish together with you."
Her eyes were deep blue like gems, her snow-white neck raised, containing a strong will, she said, "Take half of my divine soul!"
Zhang Ruochen reached out through the air.
His finger probed into Dai Xue Nüwang's brow, extracting half of her divine soul.
Quanzhongsheng was shocked, never imagining that Dai Xue, who was noble as the elf clan queen, would submit to Zhang Ruochen so easily, saying, "That archery path god venerable of the elf clan will surely kill you! Your relatives and friends, your clan members, will also be implicated."
"When the Infinite Realm returns from the northern expedition, who can break into Xinghuantian to kill her?" Following that, Zhang Ruochen added, "I will use all resources and energy to bring her relatives, friends, and clan members to Xinghuantian."
Dai Xue Nüwang said, "I want to go and receive them myself!"
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment, nodded, and divine light surged from his eyes as he unsealed Dai Xue Nüwang.
Dai Xue Nüwang bowed to Zhang Ruochen, spread the light wings on her back, and transformed into a beam of divine light.
Her beautiful figure disappeared, leaving Kunlun Realm.
Quanzhongsheng felt Zhang Ruochen's gaze fall upon him, and immediately, the pressure in his heart increased greatly. Thinking of the earlier Puerbas, who didn't even have a chance to speak before being directly refined and killed.
He had never experienced such pressure before.
In the past, whenever a great god faced mortal danger, the Paradise Realm's god venerables, even the hall master, would personally come to rescue them. So, great gods were practically immortal!
Quanzhongsheng sighed deeply and said, "Boundary Lord Ruochen should understand that over ninety percent of this god cannot become a king or venerable. How about imprisoning this god on Xinghuantian?"
"Waiting for the Radiant Divine Temple hall master and the Heavenly Court army to come to Xinghuantian to rescue you?" Zhang Ruochen's gaze gradually deepened, "You have one last chance!"
Quanzhongsheng glanced at the Earth Cauldron and said, "This god's conditions are the same as Dai Xue Nüwang's. I will never be an enemy of Paradise Realm in this lifetime. Moreover, this god also has countless clan members and disciples in Paradise Realm!"
"I'll give you three months, is that enough?" Zhang Ruochen said.
"Enough!"
Quanzhongsheng offered half of his divine soul and left Kunlun Realm.
Xiuchen Heavenly God was very regretful, saying, "You are still too merciful! Controlling half of their divine souls only gives you control over their life and death. The risk is too great. They might completely do something reckless, and then you would be raising tigers to bring disaster."
"After Koro and Shang the Big Beard return, they might even have means to help them resolve their death tribulation."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Not everything needs to be solved by killing. Killing is the fastest way to solve problems, but blindly killing—wouldn't that be walking the old path of Hell Realm?"
"There is never an absolutely perfect result in this world."
...
Western Region, Ten Thousand Buddhas Path.
An old monk and a young monk sat beneath a golden Vajra Tree, having already exchanged teachings for several days.
The old monk was Master Yintuoluo.
The young monk was Candeng, whom Zhang Ruochen had encountered in Wuding Divine Sea.
Da Sikong and Er Sikong stood to one side, serving tea, burning incense, and passing scriptures, behaving quite properly.
Suddenly, Candeng's gaze moved away from the bamboo slip in his hand, and he smiled, "The person this poor monk has been waiting for has returned. Today is the time to leave."
He stood up and bowed to Master Yintuoluo.
"Absolutely not! Master Candeng's Buddhist teachings are profound, his cultivation reaches heaven and earth. After several days of exchange, this old monk has benefited greatly." Master Yintuoluo quickly stood up and bowed back to Candeng.
Candeng smiled, "It has nothing to do with cultivation. This poor monk borrowed and read the classics of the sages of Ten Thousand Buddhas Path throughout the ages, gaining no small harvest from them. Discussing the path with Master Yintuoluo has also been enlightening. How about this: consider this poor monk owing Ten Thousand Buddhas Path a favor. Does Master have any matters that need resolving? This poor monk would like to repay that favor now."
Master Yintuoluo knew that the young monk before him had terrifyingly profound cultivation, able to come and go freely from Fate Divine Mountain, a feat even the Dragon Lord could not accomplish.
Moreover, he held six volumes of the Fate Heavenly Scripture in his hands.
Perhaps he could truly unravel the mystery in his heart!
"This old monk does indeed have an impertinent request!"
Master Yintuoluo looked at Da Sikong and Er Sikong and said, "Master should be able to see their true forms, right? If possible, please, Master, consult the Fate Heavenly Scripture to find the whereabouts of Kunlun Realm's divine artifact, the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform?"
The Heaven and Earth Chess Platform was a divine artifact refined by the Second Confucian Ancestor.
Da Sikong and Er Sikong were two chess pieces on that platform, one white and one black.
The whereabouts of the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform concerned the secret of the Fourth Confucian Ancestor's disappearance.
Finding the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform would mean finding the Fourth Confucian Ancestor!
Candeng took out the Fate Heavenly Scripture and began to consult it.
On the scripture, there were records concerning the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform and the Fourth Confucian Ancestor. But the text suddenly turned blank after the character "boundary" in "the Fourth Confucian Ancestor left Kunlun Realm."
"It seems this matter is no small thing. A great power has erased the heavenly secrets and severed the fate."
Candeng smiled calmly, and every part of his body began to glow.
Immediately, the fate rules of heaven and earth, the divine qi of the entire Kunlun Realm, surged into the scripture.
At this moment, Candeng was like a Buddha appearing in the world, sacred to the extreme.
Da Sikong, Er Sikong, Xu Rulai, and Master Yintuoluo all felt an urge to kneel and worship.
"Truly, there is heaven beyond heaven, and people beyond people. Is the Great Brahma Heaven of the Western Buddha Realm this powerful?" Master Yintuoluo felt he had underestimated Candeng's cultivation.
Xu Rulai was also shocked in his heart. How long had Candeng possessed the Fate Heavenly Scripture? Yet he could already mobilize the fate power of heaven and earth to forcibly deduce the unknown.
To restore the erased heavenly secrets, to recover the severed fate.
And he wanted to recover the fate of the Fourth Confucian Ancestor...
This was to contend with the supreme being who had severed the Fourth Confucian Ancestor's fate, to contend with heaven and earth!
On the scripture, behind the sentence "The Fourth Confucian Ancestor carried the Heaven and Earth Chess Platform and left Kunlun Realm...," gradually, characters forcibly condensed one by one.
As if an invisible brush in heaven and earth was writing on the scripture, stroke by stroke.
"Went to Heavenly Court." Only these four characters manifested, and nothing more could appear behind them.
Candeng withdrew his divine power, somewhat dissatisfied, saying, "The heavenly and earthly rules of this universe still suppress me, preventing me from seeing everything in fate. Moreover, the cultivation of the one who erased the heavenly secrets is probably not weak."
"Being able to see the four characters 'Went to Heavenly Court' is already a great clue."
Master Yintuoluo bowed to Candeng once more, saying, "We are even now!"
The four characters "Went to Heavenly Court" shocked Master Yintuoluo. This indicated that the Fourth Confucian Ancestor had likely not died at the hands of Hell Realm deities as the legends said, but had fallen in Heavenly Court.
He had fallen at the hands of his own people!
This possibility was very high, because with the Fourth Confucian Ancestor's cultivation, if he had died at the hands of Hell Realm deities, it could not have happened silently.
Candeng quickly waved his hand and smiled, "Since I owe Ten Thousand Buddhas Path a favor, only deducing four characters—how can that be considered repaying it? How about this: let these two young masters accompany this poor monk to Heavenly Court. Perhaps the deduction will be easier there. In any case, since this poor monk has promised something, I must find a definite answer."
"Then many thanks to Master!" Master Yintuoluo said.
Da Sikong and Er Sikong were overjoyed, quickly stepping forward to bow, expressing their willingness to accompany him. This young monk looked so handsome he seemed not of this world, and his cultivation was ten streets ahead of their master's.
If they could follow him for a time, their cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds.
(Chapter End)