Chapter 2072 Fate Stars
Kira's Fate Star quite shocked Ryu.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
In truth, Ryu didn't spend a lot of time looking at Fate Stars. However, compared to practically anyone else in the world, he had the absolute easiest time.
Even back when he didn't have a single drop of cultivation, he could use his eyes to peer into Fate, let alone now that he had a Fate and Karma Soul Nature to match it.
However, back during his first life, he had had no interest because his own Fate was so bad. He was always destined to shine brightly for a short span and then fall to his death.
As for the Fates of other people, he never cared to look. Had he... maybe he would have been able to see the plans of the Martial Gods ahead of time and planned accordingly.
In that regard, Ryu's arrogance was his own downfall, and that was something that he had yet to truly grapple with.
Now that he was finally using this naturalized ability of his Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils, he was finally getting a real look at what other Fate Stars had to offer. But rather than being like a headless chicken, this came with a natural sort of understanding that only someone with a Soul Nature like his could possibly understand. And all of that could be summarized in a single line.
Kira's Fate Star was truly shocking.
In fact, it was brighter than Ryu's Fate Star had ever been at any single point. Even before he lost his Fate entirely thanks to the Martial Gods.
Though, to be fair to Ryu, he had always been under the thumb of the Martial Gods. It was hard to tell what his Fate Star had been like before it was restricted by Divine Chains.
But for Kira to have such a Fate, one could imagine what he would be like in the future...
If not for the fact his Fate had been forcefully deviated.
It seemed that Ryu had wrongfully blamed Kira. From what he could see here, the odds that it was Kira's choice to take the path he had was unlikely.
He could sense some unhappiness on Kira's Fate Star, and also a hand in the shadows moving everything along to work for him.
Judging by the Fate Star itself, it seemed that Kira had originally been Fated to exactly what Ryu wanted him to do most: to drink the blood of Dragons and use their skulls as cups.
However, someone guided him to do something else...
Eventually, he veered off the path so far that he was showing signs of blinking out.
That was the thing with Fate Stars. They weren't guaranteed outcomes. Much like everything else, they were just opportunities that the person in question still had to be the one to grasp.
A True Dragon Emperor had been born.
ROAR!
The sound drowned out everything. Veins popped along Ryu's neck as he felt the
majesty of countless Dragons before him supporting his Dragon's Roar.
The Flood Dragons were immediately shaken and nearly blown to pieces.
Ryu's handseals suddenly accelerated.
In his line of sight, as though it had been right next to the Fate Star, Ryu could see Kira's Spiritual Foundation just as easily.
His [Third Perspective] locked it down, the simple lake of endless Bronze.
In its center, a Godhood that took the shape of a lion beast roared to the skies, but it
only made Ryu feel disgusted.
He would refine all of that out.
All of it.
If Kira was going to be his corpse puppet, he was going to have to be one of the strongest corpse puppets in existence.
In the future, when he needed to teach his wife a lesson, he couldn't have any weakness on his team.
In which case, he wouldn't accept anything but the absolute, very best.
"Refine."
BANG!
In Ryu's Inner World, a great change was taking place.