Chapter 1303 - 590: Peeping at Destiny

Chapter 1303: Chapter 590: Peeping at Destiny

In the destiny that Destiny Walkers originally peered into, Finn was a special existence.

One could say that Finn’s ascent from obscurity was not only due to his personal abilities but also thanks to the covert intervention of the Destiny Church.

Before becoming Legendary, they provided timely assistance or challenges at every crucial juncture of Finn’s growth, guiding him.

The Destiny Church cultivated him, and naturally, their expectations went far beyond that.

In the original destiny, he would not have intervened in the Frost Crystal Kingdom but would have ruthlessly seized the pocket watch early, successfully completing the final missing piece.

Then... he would be backstabbed and miserably die at the hands of the Witch Association’s leader during his divine ascension ceremony, becoming nourishment for the opponent.

And although the leader of the Witch Association succeeded, absorbing most of the power, the cautious mage was not eager for quick success but returned into seclusion, accumulating power in secret.

She had a fifty percent chance of successfully ascending as a deity in a hundred years, becoming a Low Tier Divine Power deity, probably as the "Ice Witch Goddess" based on the entire Witch Association.

Very weak, but indeed a deity.

In the remaining ninety-five percent possibility, she would keep waiting, ultimately missing the best opportunity, passing the power to other members of the Witch Association before passing away.

And this accumulated power would eventually create a true "fated one"!

But now, Finn failed, completely exiled by the Witch Association’s leader.

Yet in a way, he also succeeded.

Finn, though having lost everything, managed to escape the original destiny and survived.

The Destiny Walker isn’t a deity and can no longer observe the threads of destiny in the Star Realm, having completely lost sight of Finn.

Unable to find, unable to calculate.

This person is off the radar.

This also means that the church’s centuries of efforts have all been in vain.

Such a regret naturally made the Destiny Church quite anguished, resenting Finn’s failure bitterly.

Waste!

The Destiny Walker himself was alright; he had long lost too many emotions and felt little disturbance over such matters.

A life too long and the deep connection to the Eye of Destiny had gradually dulled his emotions, leaving only an obsession with fulfilling his mission.

Yet, even such a person as he felt a hint of long-lost... irritation amidst the recent string of anomalies?

He had another concern.

The Destiny Walker discovered the root of these changes.

Those changes seemed random, unconnected, but when he zoomed out and observed from a higher scale, a faint "line" began to appear.

After analyzing and comparing all the distortions, he could sort out a clear thread—a special line of destiny.

This line started from a single point, extending numerous branches, each intersecting with other crucial destiny nodes, causing deviations and changes at these intersections.

Like a stone thrown into a calm lake, the ripples spread, affecting an area far exceeding the size of the stone itself.

In the vast majority of changes, there seemed to always be the same figure.

Because of "him," those people’s destinies would change significantly.

"He" was the one who twisted others’ destinies.

"The Godslayer, Herbert Albert."

The Destiny Walker thought of that special youth initially regarded by the church as a "fated one" candidate, squinting his eyes.

"For you to cause such changes in destiny, you..."

The Destiny Walker stood before the Eye of Destiny, his pale fingers gently brushing over the intertwined sphere of silver threads.

Inside the sphere, a light dot shone unusually bright, yet unlike other destiny nodes, it didn’t extend out clear trajectory lines, but instead emitted unstable light like a miniature sun, surrounded by a ring of pitch-black void.

That pitch-black, an area even the Eye of Destiny cannot peer into.

Destiny that cannot be observed.

Before this, such a situation had only appeared on deities.

"Is it the child of destiny favored by fate?"

"Or rather..."

The Destiny Walker furrowed his brow tighter, softly murmuring:

"Are you, indeed, the new destiny?"

Buzz—

As he slowly uttered these words, the temperature around seemed to drop a few degrees.

The reliefs on the walls engraved with the Holy Emblem of the Goddess of Fate seemed to tremble slightly, and the magic wafting in the air momentarily disrupted.

If the world can nurture the first deity of destiny, it can nurture a second.

If so, then everything makes sense.

Why Herbert can break prophecies time and again, why his actions always trigger a chain reaction, why even the destinies of deities change because of him.

The [Destiny] Divine Position’s place is vacant, everyone can have a share.

If Herbert is the new "destiny," then he would unconsciously absorb the scattered authority of the Goddess of Fate.

Every portion he absorbs expands his influence on the world, while weakening the stability of the existing destiny system.

This for the Destiny Walker and the Destiny Church is an unprecedented crisis, and also... a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The crisis lies in, if Herbert indeed fully gathers the destiny authority and becomes the new deity of destiny, then the last hope for the revival of the Goddess of Fate will entirely vanish.

Their thousands of years of schemes will become a mirage, and the Destiny Church will lose its reason for existence.

The opportunity lies in, if they can find Herbert after he has absorbed quite a bit but before he has fully ascended, capture him, and extract the authority fragments gathered in him...

Then these fragments can be directly used in the revival ceremony of the goddess, potentially yielding effects ten, a hundred times better than originally planned!

Herbert himself, this existence becoming a vessel of destiny, might even become the best container for the goddess’s revival.

But... can it be done?

Herbert is not some easy-to-deal-with soft persimmon but the most brutal mortal of this era, existing as a repeated slayer of deities.

Can such a person truly be treated as a container?

"..."

The Destiny Walker was silent for a long time.

Inside the Holy Hall, only the nearly inaudible humming of the rotating Eye of Destiny could be heard.

The magical torch on the wall cast flickering shadows, elongating his figure woven from threads of destiny.

Finally, he lifted his head and spoke to the empty room: "Summon all the ’Hands of Destiny’, initiate the ’Weaving Net Ceremony’."

Ripples appeared in the air as a vague, shapeless shadow gathered in the corner of the room, responding hollowly: "As you command, Great Shepherd."

"Additionally..."

The Destiny Walker added, his voice terrifyingly calm: "Prepare to initiate the Resonance Ceremony. I want to personally conduct a deep observation, trying to explore the fate of [Godslayer Herbert]."

"I want to uncover the truth, before... he fully matures."

The shadow did not reply, simply bowed slightly, then dissipated into the air.

The Destiny Walker once again turned his gaze towards the Eye of Destiny, staring at that exceptionally bright point of light.

For the first time in thousands of years, he felt such a strong sense of urgency.

Time was no longer on his side, and the river of destiny was flowing towards the unknown.

And all of this was because of that mortal.

"Who exactly are you?"

The Destiny Walker softly murmured, pressing his hands fully on the surface of the Eye of Destiny, whispering: "Where will destiny ultimately lead?"

The silver sphere suddenly erupted with dazzling light, countless points of light swirling madly inside, forming a series of fuzzy images.

Every image seemed to describe a magnificent story, yet none of them could be clearly seen.

It was still unobservable.

But this time, the Destiny Walker did not stop. Instead, he continued to pour his power, making the Eye of Destiny increasingly brighter.

Buzz buzz buzz—

The points of light within the Divine Artifact spun faster and faster, the images becoming quicker and more chaotic, finally converging into a dazzling whirlpool of light.

At last, just as the Destiny Walker was reaching his limit, in the deepest part of the whirlpool, he vaguely saw a pair of eyes.

Those eyes were both young and ancient, both confused and clear, with gray pupils reflecting the flowing, intertwined destinies.

"What is this!!?"

But just as the Destiny Walker tried to see more, those indifferent eyes moved slightly, looking into his eyes.

!!!

The next moment, the Destiny Walker felt a cold gaze fall upon him.

As if from an unknown future, or from a distant past.

Next, the Eye of Destiny in his hands abruptly stopped, all the light vanished, everything returned to darkness.

"Cough!"

The Destiny Walker had no time to be shocked as his spirit body was instantly torn apart, turning into scattered fragments.

He was not dead; such an injury was not enough to kill a powerful Saint.

However, when the Destiny Walker recovered, his presence inevitably fell by more than half.

"Cough, cough cough cough..."

He suffered the worst backlash of destiny and will require a long time to fully recover.

But even worse, he did not obtain the answer he hoped for.

"Destiny..."

"What kind of destiny is this!!?"

...

...

In the center of the ruins, the beam of light slowly contracted.

"Phew..."

Herbert reopened his eyes.

His appearance had not changed much, but his temperament had undergone a dramatic transformation.

The eyes that were already deep now seemed to contain a sea of stars, beneath the calm lay a power capable of shaking rules.

The aura flowing around him was harmonious and restrained, yet carried an undeniable majesty.

He lightly clenched his fist, feeling the epic power that surged within him like an obedient arm, and the tighter connection with the surrounding world.

He succeeded.

Not only did he step into the epic, but while doing so, he engraved his mark in this land.

Although this was just the first step, it did not draw the attention of other Divines, but for a newly ascended epic, it was especially difficult.

"Oh, getting to this point, it was all due to effort and sweat, really not easy... Hmm?"

Just as Herbert was sighing, he suddenly felt a vague gaze.

Was someone spying on him?

He abruptly turned his head with a sharp gaze towards the deeper part of the mountains behind him.

"Who?"

Herbert initially asked tentatively, but unexpectedly, a reaction appeared where he looked.

A vague shadow suddenly fled!

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