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Upon seeing this layer of tribulation clouds.

Lu Qing felt a stir in his heart and simultaneously looked towards his mind.

Ever since Lu Qing made up his mind not to meddle in this great era where all things contended for fate, he often secluded himself on Sun Moon Peak, and the Averting Misfortune hexagram reading had not appeared for a long time.

This time, unexpectedly, when he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the tribulation clouds, a hexagram reading popped out.

He focused his gaze back, a hint of solemnity appearing in his eyes.

The hexagram reading that popped out this time was completely different from the past.

The hexagram reading was transparent yet illusory, with words clearly visible upon it.

【Immortals and demons contend, all things contend for Qi Fortune. Murderous intent appears, Calamity Qi descends.】

【Extreme Calamity: At the peak of Calamity Qi, intercept a segment of heavenly secrets to comprehend the Great Concealment Art. However, tribulation Qi Fortune and Karma are intertwined; obtaining fortune without the cultivation to escape will draw the attention of a mysterious gaze. From then on, blessings and misfortunes cannot coexist, and longevity becomes a past memory. Extremely perilous, be cautious.】

The first hexagram reading instantly made Lu Qing's heart of stealth—which hadn't popped out for a long time—even more cautious.

"This is the first time I've drawn this hexagram reading. Extreme Calamity is even more terrifying than Great Calamity or a situation of nine deaths and zero life."

Lu Qing looked at it word by word. The Extreme Calamity hexagram reading appearing within was the first Averting Misfortune hexagram reading he had ever seen since his Transmigration with Averting Misfortune.

"Blessings and misfortunes cannot coexist, and longevity becomes a past memory." Living and Cultivating in this world, it is impossible to have only blessings and no misfortunes. Lu Qing instantly understood what this sentence meant.

"It seems the waters of the Nine Heavens are far deeper than what I see and hear on the surface."

Even the Averting Misfortune skill manifested this prompt, implying that certain situations Lu Qing had always avoided might actually occur.

Longevity is one of his trump cards. Among those in the world called prodigy, Child of Destiny, and powerful experts, which one does not have a great fated opportunity upon them?

But even those Elder-level Cultivators are no different from ordinary people when facing their Lifespan.

Compared to mortals, they merely have an extra choice of paths.

"My previous thought was identical to this hexagram reading, but why didn't it appear before, and instead appeared at this time? Is there something different about the timing?"

Purple light flowed within his Divine Soul and in the depths of his eyes as he looked at the boundless heavenly secret tribulation clouds.

Just the appearance of a wisp of Calamity Qi cloud breath brought a tremendous sense of terrifying oppression.

Lu Qing's mind stirred, and he formed hand seals with his left hand. A stream of light spun on his fingertips, and in an instant, it emitted a faint light before finally sinking into the center of his Divine Sense eyebrows.

Within his Divine Soul, a pair of eyes with their depths shimmering with wisps of purple Qi and purple light similarly raised their gaze, looking towards where the tribulation clouds were located.

The Calamity Qi was dense, seemingly mixed with some strange fate.

"The second one."

Lu Qing lowered his gaze, peeking at the tribulation clouds over there through the Evergreen Qi Observation while looking down at the subsequent hexagram readings.

【Great Calamity hexagram reading: Dragons and snakes contend for the land, winds and clouds surge, prodigys gather, unfathomable entities make a move. Although you secure yourself in a place to cultivation, the Karma of Cultivation is mysterious and hard to determine. The Golden Core washes away mortal Karma, yet new Karma arises on the path of immortal cultivation. At the peak of fate, you decide not to pluck a heavenly number, but suddenly Yinghuo fate descends. You obtain it within the mountain, hiding disasters within. fate contends, ultimately ending in Great Calamity.】

This second hexagram reading likewise gave people a very ominous feeling.

"In the second hexagram reading, if I don't make a move to intercept fate to cultivation the Great Concealment Art, disasters still arise out of nowhere. The reason lies in that Yinghuo fate appearing within the hexagram reading."

Lu Qing's gaze flashed. Seeing a wisp of starlight aura in the tribulation clouds, he vaguely understood why such a phenomenon appeared.

"Last time I saw the heavenly stars falling, it probably wasn't a coincidence either. Leaving aside whether the stars inside that grotto-heaven in the Profound Heaven Domain are real or fake, I have indeed unknowingly formed a wisp of connection with this Yinghuo fate."

"The more prosperous fate is, the more these destinies will seek out those involved in Karma. Even when I meditate in seclusion, I somehow cannot escape it."

"It seems that when these two hexagram readings mention the peak of fate, I still need to pay close attention."

This timing is too special.

Lu Qing suspects that when the fight is most intense, it might precisely be the time when certain chess pieces begin to exert their force.

This is just the first star falling from the sky; hereafter, the legendary Star Lords will inevitably appear.

"Let's look at the third hexagram reading."

There are a total of four hexagram readings brushed out this time.

The third one is also a Great Calamity hexagram reading.

This is not surprising at all.

【Great Calamity hexagram reading: At the peak of fate, you go down the mountain wanting to avoid disaster. However, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other; although you avoid one disaster, there is still another tribulation ahead. Though Calamity Qi does not cloud your spiritual altar, you are still affected. On your way, you encounter two mysterious powerful beings fighting. Heaven and earth turn upside down, sea waves overturn, and under heaven and earth, the southeastern land sinks. You are also caught in this tribulation, a situation of nine deaths and zero life, Great Calamity.】

Lu Qing frowned again. "Mysterious powerful beings fighting using magical powers are indeed terrifying. According to what's in my hexagram reading, I will encounter danger on the road leaving the Dao Sect down the mountain."

"This isn't specifically targeting me; it's just that the place and time where I appear are wrong."

Able to fight until the southeastern land sinks—Lu Qing's brows twitched when he saw these words. The east is the Nether Sea; if the southeast disappears, wouldn't it be incorporated into the Nether Sea and become a part of it?

"Looking at the map, it is the southeastern territory bordering the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect and the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty."

Lu Qing is also unclear who the two sides of mysterious powerful beings are. Whether they are powerful beings of the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect or the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, it seems they have no way to prevent this tribulation from appearing.

"At the peak of fate."

Lu Qing had a thought and directly looked down at the final Neutral Divination.

The Averting Misfortune skill is very useful, but this time it is a bit different.

Only one Neutral Divination appeared, and this hexagram reading is not entirely unremarkable; there are still some lingering concerns afterward.

【Neutral Divination: Before the peak of fate, leave Sun Moon Peak and enter the Sword Meridian Dao Field to cultivation. By not leaving the Dao Field a single step, you can avoid the tribulation of fate contention and Calamity Qi generation.】

【However, by not joining the bustle, not entering Karma, and reserving the timing for Cultivation—although it is peaceful seclusion—you also gain no fate fortune. Among the Dao Field disciples, your actions in this great era mean those who are not of the same Dao or kind will not walk with you. To certain occasionally casting down gazes, you are insignificant, neutral.】

Seeing the word "insignificant" at the back, Lu Qing's brows suddenly smoothed out.

"This Neutral Divination at least provides a reliable route. I don't know the Dao Field disciples anyway; though we are fellow disciples, we are nothing more than strangers. Leaving aside how they comment, certain gazes finding me insignificant means this isn't any major Karma."

On the contrary, being noticed is precisely what Lu Qing does not need right now.

As for fate fortune, this is even more within expectations and is something he has already decided on himself.

In a prosperous era of Cultivation, there are heaven-defying Opportunities and fortunes—every Cultivator knows this principle, but no Cultivator can guarantee that they themselves are the Child of Heaven with overwhelming good Qi Fortune.

In comparison, rather than these great fortunes descending from heaven which breed countless Karma and Calamity Qi disputes...

Lu Qing still prefers to cultivation peacefully and low-key. Such days of silently Cultivating, occasionally gaining something, and occasionally experiencing breakthroughs happen to be a state of extreme freedom since he began Cultivating.

"It seems Master's side still has safeguards. Although I don't know what caused this Great Tribulation, inside the Dao Field, there is still no need to worry about external Karma calculations."

Lu Qing is truly convinced by these karmic entanglements. Take that wisp of Yinghuo fate for example; Lu Qing certainly doesn't think he is some great Qi Fortune bearer of Yinghuo fate.

Under such preconditions, he has even thought of some karmic developments: nothing more than a great Qi Fortune bearer descending from heaven, gathering the Yinghuo fate overnight, and ultimately leaping to become a Star Lord.

If it is truly such Karma as described in ancient books, Lu Qing suspects that if he accepts it next, he might truly become a cannon fodder chess piece prepared specifically as nutrients for those important chess pieces.

On the path of Cultivation, one must not only guard against Heart Demons, but sometimes, one must also tread carefully regarding Karma.

After all, one of the hexagram readings has already pointed out his current Cultivation barrier.

Golden Core washes away mortal Karma, yet new Karma arises on the path of immortal cultivation.

"mortal Karma cannot affect me, but on the path of Cultivation, new Karma will still appear. This kind of immortal path Karma is the hardest to tear apart." Lu Qing thought to himself. Back when he entered the Golden Core stage, the shackles all over his body were incomparably light; that was when he was in the ultimate flawless Perfection state, free from all Karma.

It's just that under the prosperous era of Calamity Qi, wisps of murderous intent emerge. Even if some Karma is avoided, remaining within the Sect will still cause it to reappear.