Chapter 1052 - 1050: No Escape (3 updates)
"Continue speaking."
Su Chen vaguely understood a little.
"Simply put, if a person’s life trajectory is 0—20—50—100—500—300—40—10—0, it forms a parabolic process. There is a beginning and an end, birth and death, cause and effect. It is complete, a circle. If Xi devours someone at the 100-point, then that person’s life would only be 0—20—50—100. The process from 100—500—300—40—10—0 would no longer exist. These experiences that should have happened, which were decreed by the heavens, are gone now. What happens then? They must be transferred onto Xi, because it was Xi who forcibly disrupted and severed their cause and effect."
"I understand." Su Chen nodded, finally comprehending.
"I’m talking about ordinary people. If it were just the cause and effect of an ordinary person, Xi could bear it. But everyone’s cause and effect is different. For example, the life trajectory of an ordinary person on Earth might simply be 0—100—0. That’s straightforward. If Xi devours them, it’s no big deal. But for some individuals, like you, Su Chen, their life’s cause and effect might span from 1 million to 1 billion to 1 million. If Xi devoured you, she wouldn’t be able to withstand it. This woman named Hongying is probably a similar case."
"The starting point of cause and effect can be as high as 1 million?" Su Chen appeared puzzled again.
"For ordinary people, the starting and ending point of their cause and effect is naturally 0. But some people are not ordinary, like reincarnators. In this life, they carry the immense cause and effect of their past lives the moment they’re born. Their starting point is already at 1 million. Any issue with that?"
Su Chen nodded again, with a deeper understanding.
Cause and effect, what a profound concept.
"However, this only applies to Xi. Xi can devour the cause and effect along with her target. Others, though, cannot. For instance, if you kill Hongying before you, there won’t be any question of cause and effect," Jiuyou continued.