Chapter 944: Eye of Destiny
The Daoists had a saying that when the senses and the mind were properly aligned, then even spirits would come to dwell. Later, when Buddhism spread eastward, it borrowed Daoist terminology and created the Buddhist Six Supernormal Powers: Psychic Powers, Divine Sight, Divine Hearing, Telepathy, Recollection of Past Lives, and Eradication of Defilements.
Qi Xuansu had studied the beginner form of the Telepathic Technique.
The Eye of Destiny was based on the Taishang Emotionless Sutra, merging Recollection of Past Lives with the Divine Sight.
Divine Sight allowed one to perceive the flow of qi, true essence, and divine power within another’s body, seeing through every acupoint. Recollection of Past Lives opened the hidden storehouse of karmic wisdom and refined the soul, not only greatly enhancing comprehension but also enabling glimpses of the future in dreams.
If it were merely Recollection of Past Lives alone, one might know what would happen but not why. It was vague and inexplicable, like waking from a fragmented dream. But when combined with Heavenly Calculation and Divine Sight, these predictions became controllable. This fusion was called Eye of Destiny.
In Yao Pei’s vision, countless thin lines appeared across the oguji’s body, each glowing a different color, representing a possible future. Choosing one line would lead to one outcome, and another to a different fate. They were called causal lines.
Compared to the purely mathematical deductions of Heavenly Calculation, the Eye of Destiny went further, using Divine Sight to see and Recollection of Past Lives to foresee. Every causal line intertwined and formed points—dead knots, or vital points—where innate qi and true essence converged.
Those who wielded the Demonic Blade could not actually see these points. They could only sense them instinctively and strike. But with the Eye of Destiny, Yao Pei could clearly see them.
Although these points shifted constantly, their positions changed with dizzying speed. Thankfully, to Yao Pei, who had excellent calculating ability, this was not at all daunting.
Under normal circumstances, Yao Pei’s cultivation level made it difficult to discern the oguji’s dead knots. Even the causal lines would flicker faintly, indistinct and blurred. But with Li Changge’s help, the oguji had been forced into the raging state of the Five Aggregates. As a result, the causal lines representing countless possible futures suddenly became sharply visible. One dead knot appeared, constantly shifting its position.
This shifting followed a pattern. The flow of innate qi and divine power was never truly chaotic. Yao Pei swiftly calculated and predicted the trajectory of the dead knot, then hurled a flying dagger that was as swift as lightning.
A streak of light split the air, faster even than a flying sword.