Nightfall

Chapter 452: Why Fight with Someone Who Was Not in the Same State as Yours?

Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Two years ago, during their trip to Chanʼan, Lyu Qingchen described what Knowing destiny State was for Ning Que. After he went to the Academy, Ning Que once asked Chen Pipi to show him what Knowing Destiny State was like. One night, when they had just left the old library, Ning Que was impressed by the beautiful picture he saw: under the starry sky, fish stopped swimming in the lake as if they were stored into an amber or as if they were kites in the sky.

”Cultivators that enter this state no longer just understand the flow pattern of Qi of Heaven and Earth from the surface, but grab the essence of the movement pattern of Qi of Heaven and Earth. They are able to understand the connection between Haotian and all living things in the world, and the principle of this world with clarity. People who enter such a state can see the true will of Haotian and understand it.”

Ye Hongyu said, ”Once you enter the Knowing destiny State, you will become a Grand Cultivator. You can understand the destiny of Haotian, so naturally that even the slightest change of the Qi of Heaven and Earth cannot escape your eyes. Therefore, no matter what your enemies want to do, it will always be within your experience and sense. That is the real scary part of the Knowing destiny State.”

Ning Que looked at the reflection of the willow trees in the lake and pondered over this for a long time. Then he asked, ”But you are only at the lower level of the Seethrough State. Why is it still so difficult for me to fight with you?”

”I have once crossed that threshold and reached the Knowing destiny State.”

Ye Hongyu said, ”Once you see it, you will never forget it. Even though my state is falling, my sense still stays at the Knowing destiny State. Of course you are not my equal.”

The willow branches were dancing in the breeze. They bent down low to the lake and dipped into the lake from time to time, rippling the lake surface and breaking the reflections into pieces.

Ning Que stared at the broken reflection of willow branches and light. He asked in a deep voice, ”So, if I want to defeat a Grand Cultivator at the Knowing destiny State, I have to cross that threshold first?”

”The barriers among the Five States of cultivation are very hard to break, which makes it almost impossible to defeat someone at a state higher than yours. But there is a small chance that it will still happen, if every factor is perfect and you also get some extra help.”

Ye Hongyue continued, ”For example, last year in the Wilderness, you shot Long Qing on the snow cliff. And when I was below the Seethrough State, I once defeated an instructor in the Revelation Institute, who was in the middle part of the Seethrough State.”

”But being at the peak state of cultivation, the Knowing destiny State is nothing like the other four states; the gap between them is unreachable. Challenging a Grand Cultivator when you are not in the Knowing destiny State is like a mantis trying to stop a carriage on the road. You are doomed to be crushed.”

Ning Que watched the bugs chasing the shadow of the willow branches and asked calmly, ”I just want to know if someone has ever succeeded before. Even one example will be enough.”

”If you regard the fights between me and Chen Pipi as examples, then I can tell you that I can cross the barrier between states and defeat him any time. But you know that is an exception.”

”What about other examples?”

”In the classics of the West-Hill Palace, there are no records of a case where a Seethrough cultivator succeeded in challenging a Knowing destiny State cultivator.”

Ning Que looked a little disappointed.

Ye Hongyu looked at him and said with hesitation, ”Although the classics didnʼt record it, I have heard the seniors in the Divine Hall talk about Mr. Keʼs story. He once left the Academy. It was when he was at the Seethrough State, he defeated a powerhouse at the Knowing destiny State on the way.”

Ning Queʼs eyes lit up when he heard the story without having any evidence.

He clearly knew about the big difference between him and his Youngest Uncle no matter in which aspect. But at least this challenge happened once; no matter how impossible it was, it still made this issue less disappointing than before.