Chapter 1340: Who Can Predict Everything

The elder's laughter echoed, reverberating several times within the empty cavern.His laughter should have been one of great joy, yet...It was sorrowful as a withered owl's cry.For the art of Destiny Divination to regain its former glory, it must overthrow the art of Stellar Divination. Moreover, because Stellar Divination is intertwined with the present cultivation system, it must also shatter the existing order.Or perhaps one could say... at the very least, it must cause a world-spanning catastrophe, disrupting the already anchored stars, in order to glimpse that sliver of hope.Yu Beidou would not do this, and thus he chose to accept the final outcome.He jokingly asked Jiang Wang if he wished to try, because this Inner Mansion of the First Rank in History was still young, possessing infinite possibilities and hope, perhaps truly able to find another path.But Jiang Wang very seriously refused, and he thus let it be.The art of Destiny Divination has struggled to this point, having already sacrificed too much; there was truly no need to sacrifice more.He laughed heartily.Rather than laughing at that young man who departed in a state of distress, it was better to say he was laughing at himself.Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns!After the laughter, it was over.Yu Beidou closed his splayed fingers, scattering that divination, and still looked at the spot where the Diviner had vanished. Finally, no longer concealing his sorrow, he murmured, "You desired to kill me, and also wished to borrow the source of the Blood Demon to complete your art of Blood Divination — how could it be so easy?""The method left by my Senior Brother, he had a chance to achieve it, but you are far from it. Little Feng.""Human hearts are insatiable, swallowing elephants; how could either I or the source of the Blood Demon be something you could scheme against?""Even I... cannot calculate everything... exhaustively!"As he uttered that suddenly emphasized word "exhaustively," Yu Beidou's left eye suddenly widened, turning blood-red, blood vessels radiating outward from the pupil, forming a flower-like pattern, utterly fierce and terrifying in appearance.But immediately, a black and white Eight Trigram diagram appeared, pressing down within the left eye, suppressing that surging and spreading blood-red color!The blood vessels, which had burst forth like flower petals, were forced back little by little.The blood-red in this eye, like a flowing tide, constantly surged, constantly impacted... yet it could never break through the defense of the Eight Trigram diagram.Finally, it settled into a stalemate.But a voice simultaneously sounded: "How is it, this body, easy to use?"The Blood Demon's voice!Throughout Yu Beidou's entire confrontation with the Diviner, the Blood Demon had shown almost no sense of presence due to being sealed by Yu Beidou from the start.But to be able to restrain the vast majority of Yu Beidou's power, how could it be weak?Having escaped all the way from the State of Cong to the Soul Severing Gorge before being suppressed by Yu Beidou, how could it be simple?To have been passed down through ages, making it difficult to trace its origin, how could it be without means?The Blood Demon should not be underestimated!The Diviner, with the cultivation of a top-tier Divine Ascension, presumptuously attempted to scheme against both the Blood Demon and Yu Beidou, and indeed, he laid many schemes.He brought the four Great Human Demons, buried Zheng Fei and Li Shou as sacrificial pawns, and also set up the Blood Sacrifice Life-Locking Array, brought the ancient stone sacrificial altar...After these means were resolved one by one, he directly committed suicide, drawing a sword strike from Yan Chunhui, intending to perish together with Yu Beidou.He regarded the Blood Demon suppressed by Yu Beidou as nothing, believing that with the method left by his master, he could easily trace its origin, complete the Blood Divination, and ascend to the Cavern True Realm.Yet he forgot how terrifying such a Blood Demon must be, capable of creating opportunities for him in the face of the terrifying Yu Beidou.Yu Beidou calculated almost everything, achieving suppression over the Diviner at every step, but regarding the Blood Demon, he actually did not understand enough. After all, the source of the Blood Demon was too ancient, too mysterious; even in the River of Destiny, there were not many traces.To be reborn through the life-blood of the Blood Demon, how could there be no price?The Blood Demon killed by Yan Chunhui's sword was merely the puppet named Liu Huai; the true source of the Blood Demon was still peering at the mortal world from that ancient place!One could even say that the portion of life-blood that was separated was the Blood Demon's plan within a plan, deliberately leaving Yu Beidou an opportunity to scheme.It sought to find a representative body in the present world.How could one Liu Huai, one Jing Ye, or even that Yang Jiande who suppressed the Blood Demon technique with his powerful will, compare to the contemporary True Man, Yu Beidou?The Blood Demon's body offered almost no resistance, blocking before Yu Beidou and being destroyed by Yan Chunhui's sword. It appeared as though Yu Beidou used it as a shield, but in reality, it was also to protect itself.The Diviner desired Yan Chunhui's sword to extinguish Yu Beidou, Yu Beidou sought rebirth through the Blood Demon's life-blood, but what the Blood Demon sought was Yu Beidou after his rebirth through the life-blood!Each of the three parties had their demands, each reserved their means, colliding together, and even now, the end has not arrived.It was upon sensing the hidden danger within his body that Yu Beidou suddenly became talkative, wanting to converse with Jiang Wang.On the surface, he was chatting, but in reality, he was preparing countermeasures. The Blood Demon had always been lurking, only waiting for the opportune moment.As soon as Jiang Wang left, the collision occurred immediately.And at this moment, facing the voice emanating from deep within his left eye, Yu Beidou remained seated calmly, appearing quite composed, only saying: "I feel quite well, may I inquire if Your Excellency would be willing to part with it?"The Blood Demon's voice said: "Parting for a while is easy, parting for a lifetime is difficult.""Why do you not give it a try?" Yu Beidou pressed: "Unless you give up, how will you know you are very suited to giving up?""Heh heh." The Blood Demon ignored his boring strange words, only asking: "On that young man just now, was there the light of humanity?""Not bad, you saw that too." Yu Beidou said in an odd tone: "It seems sleeping for so many years hasn't ruined your brain."On Jiang Wang's body, there was a trace of the light of humanity. It was the reward of the will of the ancient sages he received when he won the championship at the River View Platform. Or rather, a kind of recognition.With the light of humanity in one's body, if one were a ruler, the nation's destiny would flourish; if one walked alone, one could climb to the peak.Yu Beidou had another move, which was based on this trace of the light of humanity, but unfortunately, it ultimately failed to play its role — since the Blood Demon saw it, it was normal for it not to be able to play its role."Oh?" The Blood Demon's voice asked: "Do you know who this seat is?""Guess if I know?" Yu Beidou retorted."Since you know who this seat is, how dare you be so rude to this seat?" The Blood Demon's voice seemed extremely angry, roaring: "Even Bulian dared not speak to this seat like this, what are you!?""Hey! Hey!" Yu Beidou interrupted displeased: "Why are you shouting? Don't get too into character, alright? Do you really think of yourself as some ancient great figure?""Heh heh heh." The Blood Demon's voice laughed again: "The light of humanity did not even illuminate him, do you not understand the outcome?"Yu Beidou's expression sank: "In the River of Destiny, it was indeed you who tampered!"The Blood Demon's voice replied: "Whether this seat tampered is not important. What is important is, can you face reality? Can you accept the outcome? Or... did Bulian's death never teach you people a lesson?"Yu Beidou said coldly: "The profound lesson I learned from the long river of history is that I cannot let you things live." Beneath the Eight Trigram in his left eye, blood light began to flicker.The Blood Demon's voice said: "Indeed... the only lesson humanity learns from history is that humanity learns nothing from history; this is the inherent depravity existing in your very essence. Only by obliterating you can there be great purity in this world!""It seems sleeping for a long time makes one prone to dreaming, then continue..." Yu Beidou extended his left index finger and thrust it into his left eye!"Go on and dream!"His entire left eye was pierced through, all blood light and Eight Trigrams dissipated, only fresh blood flowed. In the dim cliff cave, only the hole left by Yan Chunhui's sword strike drew in a sliver of sky light.Right before this sliver of sky light.The white-haired elder, sitting cross-legged, had his left index finger thrust into his left eye.His entire left eye was pierced through, the eyeball burst. All blood light and Eight Trigrams dissipated, only fresh blood mixed with the eyeball's mucus flowed everywhere.And the Blood Demon's voice became faint and indistinct—"Good. We have plenty of time..."Until it was no longer heard.