Chapter 3311: Three Possibilities

"Divination caused a lightning tribulation? It seems Fairy Yu Xiao of the Qian Guang Realm also encountered such a situation."

Ye Yuhuan's face showed a thoughtful expression.

The Ye family was a True Spirit family with treasures like the World-Breaking Disc, and they had a good relationship with the Nine Yuan Merchant Alliance. Many Mahayana cultivators from the Ye family had traveled to other realms to seek opportunities.

Mahayana cultivators couldn't advance simply by cultivating diligently.

"Qian Guang Realm? Fairy Yu Xiao?"

Ye Xuanji was bewildered. She had been away from the Ye family for many years and didn't know much about high-level cultivators in other realms.

"Fairy Yu Xiao is a Mahayana rogue cultivator from the Qian Guang Realm, who has cultivated for over 40,000 years. She is a sound cultivator. I heard she asked Granny Tianji to divine an opportunity for her, which attracted a lightning tribulation that almost killed Granny Tianji. Since then, Granny Tianji stopped divining for Mahayana cultivators. Some also say that Granny Tianji and Fairy Yu Xiao staged it, using secret techniques or treasures to draw the lightning tribulation as an excuse to refuse divining for Mahayana cultivators." Ye Yuhuan explained.

Granny Tianji, a Mahayana cultivator from a super-sect, nearly perished when lightning tribulation struck her while divining for Fairy Yu Xiao.

This incident was something Ye Yuhuan had heard from other Mahayana cultivators, and it was widely spread among Mahayana cultivators in the Qian Guang Realm.

"Granny Tianji! How could such a thing happen?" Ye Xuanji asked, puzzled.

"I'm not sure. Yuxuan is a diviner; perhaps he knows," Ye Yuhuan speculated.

Specialization is key; leave professional matters to professionals.

Not long after, a respectful male voice came from outside.

"Yuxuan, come in and speak," Ye Xuanfeng instructed.

A tall young man in a golden robe walked in. He had a square face and fair complexion, clearly a cultivator at the Integration stage.

"Grandson greets Ancestor Xuanji and Ancestor Xuanfeng," Ye Yuxuan bowed respectfully.

"A diviner at the Integration stage performed a divination for an Integration stage cultivator and drew a lightning tribulation. What happened?" Ye Xuanfeng asked. When Mahayana cultivators from the Ye family traveled to other realms, they usually brought younger generations along. This allowed the junior members of the Ye family to meet young talents from other major forces, broadening their horizons and enriching their experience.

Ye Yuxuan had communicated with many diviners, and his innate conditions were superior to those of Divine Lord Xuanji.

"Drawing a lightning tribulation? This happens when he's involved in a significant karmic entanglement. For example, if he's leading a realm-wide war, if a powerful being has obscured his destiny, or if the survival of billions of lives depends on someone close to him," Ye Yuxuan explained.

"The survival of billions of lives? What does that mean? If he were to kill billions of lives, this would happen?" Ye Xuanji asked, puzzled.

"No, it means his actions affect the survival of billions of lives. For example, if he is the leader of a major clan and plans to invade another realm, personally leading the war, then this situation would arise. Merely participating in a realm war would not cause this," Ye Yuxuan clarified.

"Can only true immortals obscure one's destiny?" Ye Xuanji continued to ask.

Ye Yuxuan explained, "I don't know, but as far as I'm aware, obscuring one's destiny is very difficult."

Ye Xuanji was about to ask more questions when Ye Xuanfeng took out a nine-cornered magic disk glowing with white light. He cast a spell, and Ye Tianxue's voice echoed: "Ancestor Xuanfeng, our kin in the Immortal Realm have contacted us."

"What? Our kin in the Immortal Realm have contacted us? Understood, I'll be right there." Ye Xuanfeng's expression changed, and he readily agreed; this was the first time such a situation had occurred.

"Xuanji, you come with me! You can ask them directly how to revive the deceased family members," Ye Xuanfeng suggested.

Ye Xuanji nodded and agreed.

In a white estate, Wang Changsheng and four others were sitting in a white stone pavilion, discussing something.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, your fortune is not shallow!" Shangguan Tianhong said with an envious tone. He had thought that serving Ye Xuanji meant gaining a powerful backer, but he never expected Wang Changsheng to suddenly have a true immortal relative.

"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, you jest. The truth is still uncertain," Wang Changsheng said nonchalantly, feeling somewhat apprehensive.

He was just afraid that the Ye family would investigate the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron. However, Cheng Yao's lightning tribulation had nothing to do with the cauldron, right?

Even if the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron was an immortal artifact, Wang Changsheng was only an Integration stage cultivator and couldn't possibly be its master. Could the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron obscure one's destiny?

Wang Changsheng sensed something and looked up. Ye Xuanji and Ye Xuanfeng descended from the sky, landing before them, their expressions solemn.

They had contacted and communicated with their kin in the Immortal Realm.

"Greetings, Senior Ye!" Wang Changsheng and the other four immediately bowed respectfully.

"Young friend Wang, we have figured out why you attracted the lightning tribulation. The karmic entanglement involved in divining your fortune is too great, with three possible reasons:

"First, you or someone close to you might lead a realm-wide war, affecting the survival of billions of lives, and divining your destiny would implicate this matter. Second, a powerful being has cast a spell to swap destinies with you. Divining your destiny would then be divining that powerful being's destiny, and the immense difference in power would attract a lightning tribulation, at least from a true immortal. The third possibility is that you possess an immortal artifact that obscures destiny. However, you are only an Integration stage cultivator, making it impossible for you to be the master of an immortal artifact. We lean towards the first possibility."

"Didn't Senior Xu say a true immortal relative cast a spell to obscure destiny?" Wang Changsheng asked, confused.

"His knowledge is limited. Does he really believe a true immortal can obscure the destiny of a relative in the lower realm? Our kin in the Immortal Realm said that this is very difficult even for a Golden Immortal. If you were in the Immortal Realm, a true immortal skilled in divination could do it. But casting a spell across realms, even a Golden Immortal would find it very challenging," Ye Xuanfeng explained.

Just as a Qi Refining cultivator cannot control a Sky-Reaching Spirit Treasure despite mastering its activation spell, a Mahayana cultivator cannot control an immortal artifact despite mastering the methods to do so. The reason is simple: immortal artifacts require immortal energy to activate. Cultivators below the True Immortal stage only possess magical power, not immortal energy, and thus cannot operate immortal artifacts.

They had also speculated that Wang Changsheng might be a fragmented soul of a powerful being from the Immortal Realm who descended to the lower realm. However, according to Ye Shenghong's explanation, even for a Golden Immortal, a fragmented soul descending to the lower realm is very difficult, requiring assistance from special formations, and the success rate is still relatively low. Moreover, given Wang Changsheng's cultivation level, he didn't resemble a fragmented soul of a powerful being from the Immortal Realm.

If he truly were a fragmented soul of a powerful being from the Immortal Realm, Wang Changsheng would at least possess the combat strength of a Mahayana cultivator, not merely an Integration stage cultivator.

As for a powerful being swapping destinies with Wang Changsheng, Wang Changsheng, a mere Integration stage cultivator, wouldn't even catch the attention of a powerful being. Swapping destinies carries significant risks; if one party perishes, the other is also affected.

Therefore, even if they were to swap destinies, a powerful being would not swap destinies with Wang Changsheng, as the powerful being would also be affected if Wang Changsheng died.

Moreover, not just anyone can cast a spell to swap destinies; only a powerful being skilled in divination can do so, and casting a spell across realms is extremely difficult.

Of the three possibilities, the first one is the most reasonable.

Wang Changsheng's uncles and aunts are all dead, and his nephews and nieces are only at the Integration stage, lacking the necessary conditions. For a powerful being to cast a spell across realms to obscure Wang Changsheng's destiny, even a Golden Immortal would find it very difficult.

Furthermore, if a powerful being possessed the ability to cast a spell across realms to obscure Wang Changsheng's destiny, it would be simpler for them to bring Wang Changsheng to the Immortal Realm or eliminate him altogether. That way, it would be even more impossible for others to trace the powerful being through Wang Changsheng.