Destiny is ashes

Chapter 29: Destiny, Earthly Fate and Human Luck
Three minutes is actually not short.

In those three minutes, An Jing was confident that he could defeat any instructor except the two who were in the realm of 'Inner Breath Like Tides'. Even if they were in the realm of 'Inner Breath Like Tides', he was confident that he could fight one of them alone.

During this period of time when he was accumulating strength, An Jing not only mastered his inner breath, but also gradually mastered the [Evil Sword Magical Power] that awakened when he broke through his inner breath.

But he still didn't quite understand what was going on.

"This is your destiny magic."

One late night, An Jing, who was calling out the evil sword to appear and disappear at will, asked the sword spirit. The sword spirit said: "Although it is only a part, it means that you already have the destiny - as long as you continue to practice in the future, your destiny will become more and more outstanding, and then fully manifested."

"However, you have just obtained your destiny, and you already have your own destiny magical power before you even fully awaken... This proves that your destiny is quite extraordinary, and you are extremely compatible with it."

"My fate? Yes, I remember now. The reason why these followers of the Heaven's Will Demon Cult gathered children like us is because they believed that we, the special 'Children of Disaster', could awaken our fate better than others."

Retracting the evil sword in his hand, An Jing thought of the five special children he saw at the first gathering, who never appeared afterwards and might have been sent back to the "mountain": "If the fate is not awakened, there is no way to discover it?"

"Since I have already awakened my destiny, will the Medicine Manor Master and the others find out and change their plans to take me away early?"

——If that happens, I won’t be able to protect my friends.

To be honest, if An Jing had this fate from the beginning, he would have been sent back to the mountain to be trained just like those five children, and then gone through the same brainwashing process as the cult at Xuanming Manor.

Since he had not made any other friends or developed any relationships with them, it was basically impossible for him to have any evil thoughts towards the Demon Cult.

When he becomes powerful, he will most likely be transformed by the cult's moral concepts and way of thinking and become a true member of the cult.

Even more so, when I later learned about the many tragedies that happened in Xuanming Manor, I, who had never really interacted with those "people", might have a sense of superiority and think that I was special.

Those children who did not awaken their destiny at the beginning should not be like him, and should pay the price of their lives to catch up with him.

Thinking of this possibility, An Jing felt extremely disgusted, and a burning anger rose up, sharpening the rusty sword in his heart.

"Destiny comes from heaven. If the holder does not activate it himself, or is not in a special ritual formation, it is difficult to spy on it with ordinary methods. It must be a special 'heaven's will' magical power."

"Otherwise, any cultivator who comes here can take a look and tell who has a destiny, right? Don't worry, the Demon Cult Manor Master can't tell."

The sword spirit explained in detail the hidden nature of fate, but regarding An Jing's previous question, the sword spirit directly rejected it: "As for the previous question, you got it wrong."

“Although people often say ‘fate awakens’, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as awakening or not awakening, only ‘strong or not’.”

"Everyone has a destiny, and their destiny is determined by heaven. But 'destiny' is not everything, there are also 'geographical factors' and 'human luck' to assist."

In response to An Jing's doubts, the sword spirit explained seriously: "'Destiny' has been determined since birth. It is destined by heaven. It depends on the ability of reincarnation. Even if the birth date is not special and there are no auspicious stars in the fate palace, being born in an emperor's family is also a kind of 'noble fate' in itself."

"But just having a 'noble fate' is useless. To determine whether your fate is good or bad, you must consider not only 'heavenly fate' but also 'earthly fate'."

"'Earth' means 'status and position', which represents the position of an individual. As the saying goes, heroes are made by the times. When a person's position becomes high enough, his original fate will naturally change, from a grass snake to a latent dragon. Just like a country bumpkin who is enlightened by us one day and enters the sect, his destiny will naturally change."

"On the other hand, if one does not have a rank, even if one is born with a noble destiny, it will only be covered by dust and mud, just like when a royal noble is expelled from the royal family, his destiny will become ordinary until his 'luck turns'."

“So besides ‘heaven’s destiny’ and ‘earth’s fate’, there is also ‘human destiny’.”

"It is human effort, will and chance." The sword spirit said with admiration: "An Jing, you are the representative of human destiny."

"Your fate was dormant originally, and you were just an ordinary person. But you witnessed life and death, and you became angry and vowed to kill all the cannibals and evil cults. With your heart as the source, you changed your fate and awakened your 'destiny'."

"So, it's not that the Heaven's Will Demon Cult didn't discover your fate, but that you didn't have the fate before you mustered up the courage to fight them."

"How can a child who doesn't resist and doesn't feel murderous anger towards the demon cult have a fate as evil as yours?"

"Even if you have this life, you will never be able to use its power, let alone awaken the magical power of [Evil Sword]."

"And I, too, was awakened from my long sleep because of your wisdom and kindness, and because of your 'thought to subdue evil', I am willing to help you."

"This is also a manifestation of your 'luck' changing your 'fate'."

"I see."

An Jing listened to the explanation of the Fuxie Sword Spirit and couldn't help but understand something.

He whispered to himself: "Destiny is determined by heaven, but success depends on human efforts... 'Destiny' is just a driving force given by heaven to all living beings, while the 'geographical location' and the ever-changing 'human luck' are also very important."

"Yes. If I hadn't made up my mind to resist to the end, vowed to kill all the man-eating evil spirits, and was willing to take action, I would be nothing more than a trembling child. No matter how noble my fate was, I would still be a fish on the chopping board."

“You can’t stop.”

After a pause, he said softly: "No matter what the fate is, it will not work if we don't take action."

"That's right. As cultivators, even if we have a destiny, we should still follow our Dao heart."

The sword spirit was very satisfied with An Jing's ideas and guided An Jing to gradually enter into a state of meditation and practice.

The days passed like this.

Recently, An Jing has not taken the time to go to another world.

It's not just that there is not enough time, but also because An Jing doesn't think that place is very safe. Being able to kill so many alien practitioners with guns, the danger of the ruins is definitely beyond his imagination.

He would not go back easily until he became stronger, or when it was a matter of life and death.

Everything returned to superficial calm.

Just as An Jing was calmly improving his strength and waiting for the opportunity, he encountered an accident.

This unexpected person turned out to be a companion who also knew the true nature of the cult.

The other party could be considered an acquaintance, a person whose name An Jing had specially memorized. He was the one with the most remote origin among the 108 Sons of Disaster.

Bai Qinghan from Hannan Road.

(End of this chapter)