Outside Of Time

Chapter 1501: Destiny and Luck!

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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

A strange glint appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes as great waves stirred in his mind.

His mind was swaying.

Although he wasn’t sure about the level of this divine authority, the fact that it was interwoven by three divine authorities already showed its status.

“Is it fate or not?”

Xu Qing mumbled and suddenly raised his right hand. At the next instant, the unfamiliar divine authority that seemed to be fate shone with a resplendent light and disappeared from Xu Qing’s body.

When it appeared, it was in his palm.

It transformed into… a carving knife!

It felt solid and also felt illusory. It was extremely bizarre.

In fact, the moment it appeared, the surrounding void seemed to have become a little viscous. It was obvious that it was affected by the knife.

Xu Qing had a strong feeling that be it the ground, the sky, or the countless plants and mountains, it was as though these… could all be cut down by the carving knife.

Once he used it, it seemed like he could change some trajectories.

Moreover, this trajectory wasn’t within the original range.

This feeling was vague and somewhat unclear. Xu Qing’s mind was filled with countless thoughts, but it seemed he could never piece together the truth. It was like being separated by a layer of gauze, unable to grasp the essence of his divine authority.

However, there was one thing he was certain of.

“There’s a high chance that it’s the divine authority of fate, but it’s a little different from what I know…”

Xu Qing mumbled. Waves surged in his mind and he couldn’t calm down.

This was because he had seen a person displaying the divine authority that seemed to be similar to fate.

That person was none other than Crown Prince Purple Green!

Crown Prince Purple Green controlled fate!

Xu Qing drew in a deep breath as the scenes of him seeing Crown Prince Purple Green attack back then surfaced in his mind. He carefully recalled it.

“Purple Green relied on the fragmented-face to revive. In that case, is his divine authority related to the fragmented-face?”

“As for me… my body also came from the flesh and blood of Desolate. Now, by a freak combination of factors, I have also obtained this suspected authority of fate.”

“Is there some kind of karma in this?”

“Purple Green’s fate authority is related to time.”

“Then… what about my divine authority?”

Xu Qing pondered.

A long time later, he retracted his thoughts.

He had already realized that he lacked enough understanding of this divine authority. If he wanted to know the details, he had to have a greater understanding of it.

In that case, rather than exploring without a direction, asking was clearly the best choice.

Even though his master wasn’t here, the Empress was.

As a god, the Empress had already reached the Divine Platform. She might have more precise information about divine authorities than his master.

At the thought of this, Xu Qing rushed toward the Tenth Ruler Mountain.

On the way, he no longer studied this divine authority that seemed to be fate. Instead, he nourished his soul while looking at the other divine authorities.

“Sound, Poison Restriction…”

After Xu Qing compared them, he was even more certain that the divine authority that seemed to be fate was more powerful.

After that, he placed his focus on the candle tattoo on his back and the mask.

Just like that, time flowed by and very soon, two days passed.

With his speed, he was less than an hour away from the Tenth Ruler Mountain. Xu Qing also had some basic judgment about the candle through these two days of research.

“This candle has completely fused with my body.”

“It’s as though it has transferred its carrier from the recording jade slip to my body.”

“Perhaps the way to move it is to extinguish the lit candle…”

“Right now, although it’s in an extinguished state, it gives me the feeling that it can be ignited. However, it requires some specific preparations.”

“As for the specifics, I still need more time to explore and experiment.”

Xu Qing analyzed inwardly. He also made a preliminary judgment that this tattoo was temporarily fine for him.

“As for that mask…”

Xu Qing lowered his head. With a flip of his right hand, the mask appeared in his palm. It was still staring at Xu Qing, as though it was waiting for him to say his wish.

On this day, other than studying the tattoo on his back, he was also researching this mask.

“Unknown material.”

“Although it has spirituality, it’s insufficient.”

“If I don’t make a wish, it seems like it will continue to follow me.”

“As for the price of making a wish, although I still don’t know the details, from its persistence, it must be extremely high.”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, his heart calm.

This was because making a wish was only his method of attracting the mask. It wasn’t his original goal.

From the start to the end, he only had one goal. That was… to obtain the reason why it couldn’t be tainted by karma and think of a way to obtain it.

Hence, the white dust was the main point.

Hence, Xu Qing raised his head. Authority flickered in his eyes as he stared at his fate threads.

His threads connected the surroundings and were astonishingly resplendent. There were a few among them that contained a terrifying intent.

However, at that moment, Xu Qing clearly saw… white dust appearing amidst these threads of fate.

This dust seemed to be growing and silently formed outside Xu Qing’s fate threads.

“Touching the mask can cause such white dust to appear in fate?”

Xu Qing fell into deep thought and was about to retract his gaze. However, at that moment, he suddenly had a sudden impulse and thought of his divine authority that seemed to be fate.

“What would happen if I sent this divine authority into my threads of fate?”

As soon as this thought appeared, it was rapidly ingrained in Xu Qing’s mind and became increasingly intense. In the end, after Xu Qing carefully weighed the pros and cons, determination appeared in his eyes.

“Let’s give it a try!”

Xu Qing didn’t hesitate. He waved his right hand. Immediately, what seemed to be the divine authority of fate in his body flew out and formed a carving knife in front of Xu Qing, heading straight for the fate threads that appeared above his head.

After it entered them, Xu Qing tried his best to restrain the thought of cutting. He only suspended this carving knife in his fate threads and kept it motionless.

The instant the knife entered his fate and stopped…

An unbelievable scene appeared.

A black light emitted from the carving knife, instantly enveloping all of Xu Qing’s fate threads, as though it was covering his fate.

Immediately after, the white dust shook and flew up. They were actually driven away from Xu Qing’s fate threads and all of them floated in the outside world, unable to invade at all.

Next, the perception that appeared in Xu Qing’s entire body caused intense waves in his heart, as though there was a storm rumbling.

There was a rare change in his expression. In fact, he was stunned.

This was because in his perception, the moment the light emitted by the carving knife covered his fate threads, he suddenly had the illusion that he had crawled out of water and arrived on the surface of the water, breathing freely.

His soul was infinitely at ease.

His body exceeded its previous freedom.

In fact, Xu Qing had a strong realization. Compared to the feeling at this moment, it was as though he had been living in suffocation and mud. There were huge shackles.

However, before he had his current perception, he didn’t sense the suffocation and shackles in the past at all.

Only by comparing were they clearer!

It was as though at this moment, his fate was finally under his control.

Xu Qing’s breathing was hurried. This comparison really surprised him. At the same time, a realization surfaced in his mind.

“The feeling of controlling fate?”

Xu Qing mumbled.

At the same time, the instant Xu Qing grasped his fate, different existences in many places on Wanggu sensed it.

Wanggu, in a region enveloped in black fog.

The density of anomalous substances in this region surpassed all the areas in Wanggu.

All kinds of terrifying roars continuously echoed in the heaven and earth of this region.

At the center of this endless pitch-black fog was a huge city. This was an imperial palace.

In the palace, the hall was deathly silent.

It was empty.

There was only one person sitting on the throne.

This person was extraordinarily handsome, dressed in imperial robes, with one hand resting on his forehead, eyes closed and motionless. In the next instant, he suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head to gaze at the sky, and his brow gradually furrowed.

“Took off the hook?”

The person mumbled softly. After a long time, his brows relaxed and a faint smile appeared on his face.

“Brother, this is interesting.”

In the outer sea, waves rose and fell. In the depths, black lines rose from the surface of the sea. They rapidly weaved in the air and finally formed Jade Flowing Dust’s cross-legged figure.

He was absorbing His gain.

Originally, before He completely absorbed it, He wouldn’t wake up.

However, now, an inexplicable feeling that He had never felt before caused Him to wake up from His slumber. After He showed up, He looked at the sky.

“A character from my past story has disappeared from within the story…”

At the top of the Tenth Ruler Mountain of the Demon Feather Holy Land, the Empress who had transformed into Lu Lingzi opened Her eyes.

She stared at the foot of the mountain with a strange expression.

An hour later, a voice rang out from the foot of the mountain.

“Xue Chenzi requests to see the Ruler!”

The Empress seemed to be in deep thought as She grabbed below.

At the next instant, Xu Qing’s figure directly appeared in the main hall in front of Her.

The moment he appeared, Xu Qing hurriedly bowed and was about to speak.

However, the Empress’s voice had already echoed.

“For me to not notice anything amiss within the secret realm under the gaze of my avatar, and only sense it at the moment this divine authority was activated… Xu Qing, you possess an additional divine authority.”

“Its name is… Fate!”

Xu Qing immediately raised his head and looked at the Empress.

This was exactly what he wanted to ask. Now that the Empress saw through it at a glance, his desire for the knowledge of this divine authority grew even stronger. He took a deep breath and respectfully spoke.

“Your Majesty, can you clear my doubts?”

The Empress’ gaze landed on the top of Xu Qing’s head. After a long time, She slowly spoke.

“Fate, which encompasses destiny and luck, refers to the trajectory of all things in the world formed by a combination of fixed and variable elements. It is also one of the supreme divine authorities within the god system.”

“And destiny and luck are two completely different concepts.

“Destiny is fixed, referring to specific trajectories, like pre-existing paths.”

“Back then, during my battle to become a god, you should have witnessed Crown Prince Purple Green’s method of controlling the fate of others.

The fates of others became a book in the hands of Crown Prince Purple Green.

Through fate, He saw the past and deduced the future.

Countless futures could be deduced, but they all existed to begin with.

He removed the future that belonged to a desperate situation and replaced everything, changing and affecting the fate of others.”

When Xu Qing heard this, he instantly understood most of it. He felt as though he had been enlightened. At the same time, the fluctuations in his mind were also huge.

The scenes of Crown Prince Purple Green attacking back then appeared in his mind. That divine authority was extremely powerful.

“Therefore, through this divine authority, Crown Prince Purple Green deduced countless future trajectories of His opponent. All of them really exist and this is fixed.

Is it also the ‘destiny’ aspect of the divine authority of fate?”

Xu Qing mumbled.

The Empress nodded and continued speaking.

“And luck is a variable, referring to the traces beyond the fixed numbers. More precisely, it represents those new paths that might be carved out.”

“The path to the future that originally didn’t exist was created through the fusion of luck and misfortune, exceeding the established trajectory.

This is the variable.”

“Your divine authority is the luck of fate. It’s also a variable!”

Xu Qing took a deep breath. At this moment, his thoughts were completely clear.

“Your Majesty, do you mean that my divine authority of fate can borrow luck and misfortune to transform into two hands to fiddle with a person’s fate, allowing it to form a new fate other than the existing fixed fate?”

The Empress nodded.

“Your understanding is correct.”

“Although you and Purple Green’s fate divine authority is from the same source, the direction is different. However, it can be described in one sentence.”

“Anything is possible.”

“For fixed, the countless trajectories that already exist might become reality.”

“For variables, it’s naturally possible to create a new path that replaces the original.”

Xu Qing closed his eyes and carefully analyzed and absorbed the Empress’s words before opening his eyes.

His eyes were clear as he spoke softly.

“Therefore, Crown Prince Purple Green’s divine authority of fate is similar to a book. Because that fate is already written, Crown Prince Purple Green flipped through it and found the most suitable page.”

“As for the carving knife formed by my divine authority of fate… Its function isn’t to read books but to carve a new fate trajectory on it, becoming a new page..”