From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 343 Exposing the Mask of the Book of Derivation

My Lord, I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush!
Ao Qian really wanted to say those words in front of Erlang Shen, but unfortunately, feeling Erlang Shen's current aura, he decisively backed down.

"True Lord, who in this world has such audacity to scheme against you?" Ao Qian was naturally not foolish enough to reveal what he knew about the Lotus Lantern and his future nephew, so he just asked tentatively.

“This matter involves many things, and the more you know, the less good it will do for you,” Yang Jian said. “As long as you go to Mount Hua and do as I say, it’s just about preventing one reincarnation, and there’s no difficulty in doing so.”

"Since I have promised you, True Lord, I will certainly do my best to handle the matter. It is precisely because this matter involves so many things that I need to understand it clearly. True Lord, could it be that you are thinking too simply?"

"Did I think it was too simple?" Yang Jian raised an eyebrow, his divine eyes fixed on Ao Qian as if he wanted to burn him through.

Ao Qian steadied himself before saying, "This matter involves your sister, and it makes you hesitant to act, so you even sought out a mere Dragon King of the Flowing Sand River to do your bidding. You think that just because I come from the underworld, I can influence that so-called Book of Derivation? Isn't that an oversimplification? In the end, I'm just a nobody from the underworld. How much ancestral blessing can I possibly receive? How can you be so sure that I can influence the Book of Derivation, which even you are wary of?"

"Because you have already had an impact," Yang Jian said. "The journey to the West was deduced by Guanyin and fixed in the Book of Derivation. As soon as you appeared, you changed Guanyin's deduction, causing Guanyin to fail in fixing the destiny and suffer damage to her cultivation. This is why she came to find you, and it is also why I came to find you."

hiss! !

Ao Qian gasped, suddenly realizing that he hadn't been wronged by Guanyin's beating; after all, Guanyin had written Journey to the West!
"The greatest function of the Book of Derivation is to fix destiny and eliminate variables. Although all the great powers in the world can predict the future, the future is ever-changing and full of variables. By fixing one's predictions in the Book of Derivation, there will be no variables. The premise is that the predictions need to be recognized by the Book of Derivation to be solidified. Otherwise, there will be a backlash. Guanyin's predictions have been recognized and written in the Book of Derivation, but they have now disappeared. Tell me, can you influence the Book of Derivation?"

Ao Qian was stunned. The Book of Derivation was actually something like this? Moreover, it seemed to be something that only powerful beings could use. What was most deadly was that he could be affected by something that only powerful beings could use. So, if I hadn't been born in the underworld, I would have died long ago, right?
"So, you mean that a powerful being has deduced an unfavorable outcome for your younger sister, and that this outcome is fixed in the Book of Derivation, with the fetus to be born into the Liu family tomorrow being the key?"

"Exactly."

“No, this is not right,” Ao Qian shook his head repeatedly. “It doesn’t make sense.”

"What's wrong?"

“Although my strength is meager, I know that there are countless powerful beings in the myriad realms. No matter how strong a treasure is, it cannot possibly reach this level. By fixing the results of one’s deductions onto the Heavenly Book, the variables are smoothed out. Where can there be such a powerful magic weapon? Just like now, True Lord, you know that your sister’s future is not good, so you will definitely try to change it. Even without me, with True Lord’s abilities, I don’t believe that the Liu family’s fetus can be born smoothly tomorrow. True Lord, if you go in person, who would dare to stop you? Even if someone dares to stop you, can’t you ask someone for help? In any case, your sister is related to the Great Heavenly Venerable. Would the Great Heavenly Venerable just stand by and do nothing? Where in this world can there be such a mysterious magic weapon? Anyway, I don’t believe it,” Ao Qian said.

“The problem is I shouldn’t have known.” Yang Jian understood Ao Qian’s meaning and said with a wry smile, “The matter of the pilgrimage was due to Guanyin’s overconfidence. So after successfully writing it in the Heavenly Book, she announced it to the world. Given her status and position, most people in the Three Realms would give her face and not change it. As for the other deductions, no one would make them public, after all, they just wanted to eliminate variables…”

At this point, Yang Jian suddenly fell silent, his eyes lighting up. "That's right, I shouldn't have known. Now that I do, I'll naturally try to change things. Once this kind of thing gets leaked..."

"So, what I affected wasn't the Book of Derivation, but only the Journey to the West itself. Because the Journey to the West was made public, I knew the whole process, and being of low status, I didn't understand the gravity of the situation, so I recklessly barged in, offending the Bodhisattva. Isn't that the truth?" Ao Qian said with a wry smile. "This so-called Book of Derivation can only be used to scheme in secret. Once it's out in the open, it loses its effectiveness... So, True Lord, how did you know the contents of the Book? Who revealed it to you? Could there be some kind of conspiracy involved?"

“There’s no conspiracy, but what you said makes sense.” Yang Jian glanced at Ao Qian, his expression somewhat embarrassed. “I guess I got carried away by my concern, but…”

He glanced at Ao Qian again, "But you'll have to handle this matter."

“If True Lord deems this necessary,” Ao Qian smiled, a hint of fear creeping into Yang Jian’s composure, “However, since someone is plotting against your sister, if it fails once, there will likely be a next time…”

“There won’t be a next time.” Yang Jian suddenly looked up and said, “You put your son in the pilgrimage team?” “That’s right, my son…”

"You know the magic of dream marriage, and you can even send him dreams?"

"Yes, mere trifles..."

"They have just passed through Chechi Kingdom. They appeared to him in a dream and told him to tell the monkey that after Tang Sanzang was captured when crossing the Tongtian River, he should come to Guanjiang Estuary to find me."

"Hmm?" Ao Qian blinked, looking at Yang Jian with a puzzled expression.

"Do as I say." Yang Jian didn't explain, but Ao Qian could clearly sense that Yang Jian was gritting his teeth as he said this. "Also, don't make too much of a commotion at Mount Hua, no..."

Once Yang Jian relaxed, his mind finally cleared up. He suddenly realized that when he learned of this news, the balance of power had shifted, and now the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark. "You seem to have a few sons who are Dragon Kings in Guanzhong, don't you?"

"Exactly."

"Don't disrupt the reincarnation process, lest the other party discovers something amiss and resorts to other methods. Choose a reliable son to keep an eye on the reincarnated boy for me," Yang Jian said. "Also, use your connections in the underworld to dig up as much information as possible about that boy. I know you are under the newly appointed Emperor of the Eastern Peak, so doing this shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"We'll do our best." Ao Qian breathed a sigh of relief. "I can't say for sure about other things, but as long as it's in the Book of Life and Death, we should be able to find it."

“Alright.” Yang Jian nodded and said, “Our agreement still stands. I will help Guanyin take on the karma on her side.” With that, he disappeared.

"Phew!!" Ao Qian let out a long breath and sat down heavily on the ground. Yang Jian's pressure on him was too great, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.

However, the Book of Derivation? Eliminating variables and fixing destiny?
There are such bizarre things in the Three Realms? I've never heard of them before!

This thing is said to be useless if it is made public. It may seem like nothing, but think about it, among the people who use it, apart from Guanyin, none of them make it public!

The reason why the future has countless possibilities is because there are variables.

The more powerful a being is, the more variables they can deduce, and the more futures they can predict. If they secretly fix a future that is beneficial to them onto this thing and keep it a secret, wouldn't they gain a great advantage?

This is also the best trick for scheming: choose the most unfavorable future for your opponent and secretly fix it in the Heavenly Book...

"Hmm, time to drift off to sleep!"

(End of this chapter)