Supreme God Kings can alter past history by controlling the power of fortune, harvesting fortune without changing the 'grand scheme' and covering up past history.
Summarizing what the Blood Demon God King said, Xu Yuan gained a basic understanding of fortune.
Previously, he had always conflated fortune with faith and similar concepts. Now, he realized that faith might be the mental energy contributed by sentient beings in the universe, capable of achieving various extraordinary effects, while fortune was something inherent to heaven and earth. There might also be connections between the two—perhaps receiving the faith of sentient beings could grant one some fortune. However, most fortune should still belong to heaven and earth itself.
The Blood Demon God King's last statement also caught Xu Yuan's attention.
Indeed, altering the past meant mastering the corresponding fortune, but precisely because of this, it needed to be hidden.
After all, the more fortune one possessed, the easier it was to cultivate, and one's cultivation level might even be directly linked to it.
In such a situation, if an enemy truly wanted to move against you, they would surely target your fortune. Thinking of this, Xu Yuan recalled the first Phoenix God, who had been sabotaged by the Dragon God. Though Xu Yuan didn't know the exact method used, it likely had something to do with fortune.
Given this, after a Supreme God King modifies a piece of history, they shouldn't flaunt it but instead hide it.
Unless…
Xu Yuan looked at the Blood Demon God King, who also glanced over at this moment.
"The other party is deliberately luring us to discover this, or like me, is just a novice."
The Blood Demon voiced his guess, and Xu Yuan nodded in agreement.
Moreover, compared to the former, Xu Yuan leaned more towards the latter.
This was the trace left by someone inexperienced in using fortune.
Xu Yuan slightly narrowed his eyes.
Such a person was hard to predict.
However, Xu Yuan quickly arrived at an answer and was very confident that the person who altered the fortune here was indeed him.
He asked the Blood Demon God King, "If it's the latter, is it possible that he doesn't yet possess this ability, but has a nearly fixed future achievement that results in altering fortune?"
The Blood Demon God King was baffled by Xu Yuan's question.
What?
Not yet, but almost certainly becoming a Supreme in the future?
Who could that be?
Though the Blood Demon God King was supremely confident, he only claimed he should be a Supreme, embodying the posture of a Supreme, but never stated he was guaranteed to become one.
Where is there any certainty about the future?
Xu Yuan didn't explain to the Blood Demon God King.
This world couldn't be explained simply by science.
Though Xu Yuan hadn't seen subsequent plotlines, he had heard some rumors in his previous life and knew that the Douluo series had reached its fifth installment. Tang San had also reincarnated, and the location seemed to be this Falan Planet.
Xu Yuan wasn't clear on the specific plot and development, but as the protagonist of this series with ongoing sequels, and with the highest realm set at Supreme God King, it was highly likely that Tang San's future was fixed.
If, twenty thousand years ago, someone had seized Tang San's opportunities with the Sea God and the Asura God, perhaps everything could have been completely severed. But now that Tang San had already begun deploying his God King abilities over multiple millennia, perhaps the so-called unchangeable grand scheme had already shown some signs?
Xu Yuan pondered.
At the same time, if this line of reasoning was correct, following it, he roughly determined that Tang Wulin and Gu Yue'na were unlikely to reach Supreme God King status in the future. In his conception, the grand scheme of the Supreme God King was difficult to change. If there was indeed a Supreme God King position established in the original work, it shouldn't affect the other party.
As for their child…
Xu Yuan pursed his lips.
Sure enough, it belonged to the reincarnation of the Dragon God.
If that was the case, it must be said that the Dragon God's belief in reincarnation—with all memories invested—still had its basis.
Back to the main topic.
"If the one who altered Falan Planet's history is Tang San, then Tang San's key opportunity to achieve supremacy might be Falan Planet's fortune. After all, this is a plane on the same level as the God Realm—it just hasn't transformed into a God Realm yet, cannot condense god positions, and thus cannot advance beyond the true twelfth stage, which is God King."
"So, Tang San reincarnated in the future, noticed that Falan Planet's history could be altered, and took the opportunity to change history?"
Xu Yuan frowned, leaning more towards another idea of his own.
"He reincarnated into the past, immersing himself in fortune and becoming a part of it, thereby amassing fortune to restore his God King body, and even ascend to Supreme!"
Xu Yuan felt he had guessed the critical opportunity for Tang San to become Supreme.
As he guessed this, he became increasingly certain of his hypothesis, as if it were the predestined answer.
At the same time, numerous thoughts burst forth in his mind, and he associated them with himself.
"I seem to have also traveled to the past."
Xu Yuan slightly narrowed his eyes, recalling his journey to the Holy Demon Continent.
Perhaps, roughly speaking, the Holy Demon Continent he visited wasn't the real present stage of the Holy Demon Continent—it might also belong to entering fortune and altering it.
"I should have realized." Xu Yuan muttered to himself. "Electrolux was the best reference point. Perhaps there was a difference in the flow rate between the two universes, but whether he died six thousand years ago with his consciousness fragments arriving at Douluo Star, or after passing on his legacy to Cai'er, when did his core consciousness fragment begin wandering and arrive at Douluo Star?"
Being able to bring a Netherworld demi-plane and leave many good things for Huo Yuhao, the consciousness fragment that arrived at Douluo Star must have been Electrolux's core essence.
If that's the case, calculating his death from the point when Electrolux passed on his legacy to Cai'er would be correct.
But all of this had a premise.
That was, Huo Yuhao's consciousness fragment was part of the real timeline, not a result influenced by fortune.
In other words, at the moment of Electrolux's true death, corresponding to the future during the period of Douluo II, Electrolux touched fortune and sensed Huo Yuhao, who resonated with him, thereby entering this era and appearing as Huo Yuhao's teacher.
The grand scheme couldn't be changed, so in the original history, did Huo Yuhao have the opportunity to obtain a third Martial Soul?
Yes, yes!
Excluding God King interference, Huo Yuhao's original growth path might have been much rougher, even...despairing.
Perhaps, with his initial temperament, falling into the Holy Spirit Sect wasn't impossible. A Martial Soul related to the undead wouldn't necessarily be out of the question, or perhaps his Spiritual Eye could gain abilities from the undead lineage without needing a third Martial Soul with undead attributes.
After all, even though Electrolux sacrificed himself, he only gave Huo Yuhao an additional Martial Soul—the Undead Holy Law Spirit—but that soul had no spirit rings and couldn't attach spirit rings. Perhaps the reason was that Huo Yuhao couldn't possess a true three-soul Martial Soul?
Enveloped by fortune, these thoughts surged forth, as if all experiences related to fortune were being forced to be reexamined, then sucked into this vortex.
If unable to struggle out of this quagmire and clarify logic, one might fall into this trap and be unable to extricate oneself.
Which process was correct? Which one was influenced?
Xu Yuan couldn't tell.
He didn't want to distinguish anymore.
"What I experienced is the most correct!"
Xu Yuan's gaze cleared.
The Blood Demon God King's ethereal body showed surprise.
Then, both figures disappeared, and the surrounding forces of fortune vanished.
In perception, Qian Nian reappeared, and nothing in the valley had changed—it was as if the experience enveloped by fortune had been an illusion.
"You..."
The Blood Demon God King was speechless.
Their earlier conversation was brief; Xu Yuan's subsequent thoughts were internal.
When Xu Yuan mentioned a fixed future, the Blood Demon God King thought Xu Yuan was talking about himself.
After all, given Xu Yuan's talent, such arrogant words seemed plausible.
He was about to refute, but unexpectedly, Xu Yuan had fallen into the vortex of fortune and emerged from it the next instant.
At this moment, the Blood Demon God King felt that any words he said would be pale and powerless.
This Xu Yuan might indeed be destined to be Supreme from birth.
However, he completely misunderstood everything.
"I think I understand." Xu Yuan didn't continue the previous topic of fortune.
Because there were too many things that were hard to explain, such as why he firmly believed Tang San would have a fixed future as a Supreme God King.
This might involve fate.
"Blood Demon, this time you might be blessed."
The Blood Demon God King didn't understand.
"Twelve stages correspond below God King in our universe. Among the twelve stages are Celestial Gods, some called Great Celestial Gods—I estimate this is the difference between 1st Class God level and Half-Step God King level."
The Blood Demon God King nodded; he had also considered this correspondence.
Below nine stages should still match.
Above that, ten-stage Star Gods correspond to God level, True God level, and Moon Gods correspond to Super God level. Celestial Gods should be comparable to Half-Step God Kings. As for whether 1st Class God level belongs to Moon Gods or Celestial Gods here, it's temporarily inconclusive.
Xu Yuan tended to classify 1st Class God level under Celestial Gods and correspond Half-Step God Kings to Great Celestial Gods here.
"It doesn't matter. Our two strengths should be among the strongest sequences on Falan Planet. You wouldn't consider yourself an ordinary Half-Step God King, right?" The Blood Demon God King's tone was casual.
What he cared about was Xu Yuan saying he'd be blessed.
"What do you mean I'll be blessed?"
"Are your nine divine beasts necessary? Can powerful bloodlines of the same category replace them?"
"Yes, but in that case, I'll need to readjust the balance points for fusing these bloodlines," the Blood Demon God King said.
"I plan to seriously cultivate on Falan Planet for a while, at least reaching genuine God King-level combat strength. During this period, if there's an opportunity, the nine bloodlines you need can be truly Celestial God-level bloodlines."
The Blood Demon God King was also excited.
He understood—Xu Yuan was talking about bloodline essences condensed from killing true Celestial God-level experts.
Celestial God level might very well be equivalent to Half-Step God King.
With nine bloodlines, only three coming from Half-Step God Kings, he had a hundred percent confidence that the new body he nurtured would directly achieve God King status.
This was certainly good news.
However, the Blood Demon God King didn't think Xu Yuan would make this decision for no reason.
After all, Xu Yuan's previous goals were to recover his body and seek God King opportunities—not necessarily to possess God King-level combat strength.
Was it because he touched fortune?
What hint did he gain from fortune?
The Blood Demon God King didn't understand.
Xu Yuan didn't explain to the Blood Demon God King. He continued to inquire about Falan Planet's history from Qian Nian.
At this moment, he was quite excited, feeling that he had regained motivation.
It was as if there was a brand-new threat.
"Perhaps, I won't be able to directly sever Tang San's opportunity, and might even face obstruction from the virtual future's Supreme God King Tang San. So I need strength, to first settle down and possess God King-level power before attempting to repair the history here."
"Moreover, the assertion of a fixed future is too hasty. Perhaps I can believe in other conjectures—for example, Tang San was originally a Supreme God King, but for some unknown reason, he reincarnated. He altered his memory of Falan Planet, investigated the opportunities awaiting his reincarnation on Douluo Star, organized relevant memories, and passed them to his reincarnated self, making Tang San believe he was a time traveler, thereby gaining informational advantages step by step. Finally, after ascending to God King, Xiao Wu dies, and Tang San reincarnates again, recovering his 'optimized' memories from Falan Planet within fortune, smoothly achieving a new Supreme God King."
Timelines were difficult to clarify—who came first, who came later, who was in front, who was behind, who was scheming against whom.
Precisely because of this, one would fall into the vortex of fortune.
Xu Yuan didn't unravel the logic within.
He only believed, starting from himself, that everything he experienced was real.
This was also a coping strategy.
As long as he was strong enough, seizing the corresponding fortune, then all timelines Xu Yuan experienced would be correct, immutable—even the order Xu Yuan perceived would become true memories, recorded in the long river of time in this universe.
"Alright, boy, go adjust your body first."
Xu Yuan still hadn't obtained much detailed intelligence from Qian Nian.
A child, especially a wastrel, knew too little.
Even if he seemed to have some background.
"My aptitude!"
Qian Nian began attracting heaven and earth's primordial energy to cultivate according to the Blood Demon God King's explanation.
However, after absorbing the surrounding primordial energy, he widened his eyes.
Still so poor!
"Boy, what are you thinking about?" The Blood Demon God King sneered.
"I only modified your constitution to make you more compatible with various bloodlines. I didn't alter your cultivation aptitude."
Qian Nian fell into a stupor at this moment.
So, the dream of the Nine Gates families regaining glory shattered before it even began?
"Changing your aptitude would trap your future." Xu Yuan said, "This Blood Demon only altered some trivial parts of you, allowing you to better fuse with the bloodlines of demon clans and spirit races. You can use this ability to change your own aptitude. How far you can go in the future depends entirely on you."
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