Chapter 383: Trouble Fate Brings

After all, if someone at that level took action, they would not merely investigate the situation. The moment they discovered him, they would simply crush him to death.

Therefore, Joo Joowon temporarily assumed that the other party only knew he was a Transcendent who followed the Path of Fate. Perhaps they had learned something more, such as the fact that he belonged to the Astral Palace faction, but they probably had no more detailed information than that.

Before taking action, he had already weighed the pros and cons and used Fate to make his own predictions. The outcome had not reached the point where death was absolutely inevitable.

Otherwise, he was not so noble that he would willingly sacrifice himself to save someone else.

Of course, there were always exceptions. His level was still relatively low, after all. If a powerful expert interfered while he was making his predictions and deliberately caused him to receive an incorrect answer, he would certainly be unable to detect it.

However, the possibility of this happening was extremely small. Ordinary experts generally could not accomplish such a feat. Only a powerful expert who followed the same Transcendent path might be able to do so.

It was not entirely impossible, but since he believed the likelihood was low, taking a little risk was acceptable. After all, what in this world came without any risk at all?

Therefore, although Joo Joowon was concerned, he was not particularly anxious.

Besides, a wanted notice issued by the Temple of the Profound Darkness did not necessarily represent the Eternal Lord of the Dark Light.

A god could have many different identities and preside over many different temples, but a temple could not worship multiple gods.

Judging from the fact that this system notification had only mentioned the Temple of the Profound Darkness, while the Eternal Lord of the Dark Light had not appeared at all, Joo Joowon could roughly infer that the incident involving MusclePotato404 might not have been carried out under the Eternal Lord of the Dark Light's orders. Instead, the Temple of the Profound Darkness might have been acting on its own.

Otherwise, if he had disrupted the plans of an evil god, then even if that god did not take action against him personally, it would certainly have cast its "gaze" in his direction. It would not have been just the Temple of the Profound Darkness faction making all the noise.

Joo Joowon had seen posts on the player forum mentioning that some players suddenly received a buff called [God's Gaze] while causing trouble.

If there had been no such notification, it would prove that even if the evil god had ordered someone else to carry out this plan, the matter was not particularly important. It was also possible that the incident had nothing to do with the evil god in the first place.

After all, just because a temple worshipped an evil god did not mean that the temple and the evil god were united in purpose.

All members of evil god temples followed the Path of Corruption. Transcendents who followed this path were similar to demonic cultivators in cultivation novels. Many of them had fallen because their natural talent was poor, leaving them unable to become powerful through their original paths.

At their core, they did not truly believe in anyone. They simply craved power. Naturally, there was no reason to expect them to have much faith in the evil gods. They were certainly not above using the name of an evil god to pursue their own interests.

This was also why many factions maintained a neutral stance toward evil god temples.

If their actions were driven primarily by personal interests rather than by the fanaticism of people who would charge into battle for the sake of their faith, then there was still a possibility of cooperation between them. There was no need to condemn everyone without distinction.

The Transcendent world was a very practical place.

However, that did not mean that Transcendents who followed the Path of Corruption were particularly good people, either.

The vast majority of them were not the kind of straightforward, fearless demonic sect members who lived by their own principles and sought revenge whenever they felt wronged. Instead, they were genuinely fallen individuals whose values clashed with those of ordinary people, people who would kill or even eat others over the slightest disagreement.

So, in a way, this could also be considered doing the public a favor.

Joo Joowon even had enough time to think about it this way.

He had probably disrupted a fairly important plan of theirs. Otherwise, their hostility toward him would not have increased so quickly. Would this, to some extent, interfere with their future actions?

Even if it did not, that was fine, too.

At least he still had some territory and a map now. These should make it somewhat more difficult for the other party to deal with him.

After all, back when the police had finally brought him back from the border, he had been completely penniless and did not even have a place to live. Yet he had already become a target.

Back then, he could barely sleep peacefully at night. He was always afraid that the criminals who had not yet all been caught would decide to kill him before their own deaths, simply because he had nearly caused their entire operation to be exposed.

At the time, Joo Joowon had also been very confused. Why had his experiences been so dangerous? The danger alone was one thing, but why was it that when the police came to rescue them, his particular case had happened to uncover such a major criminal?

By now, Joo Joowon had already come to terms with it. He had the Harbringer of the Endless Misfortune, after all, bringing misfortune wherever he went and causing trouble for everyone around him. At least he knew where the danger was coming from, so he could make targeted preparations to deal with it. That was pretty good.