Wedding Night: I Am Forced To Marry A Dragon Girl
Chapter 1866: Karma and Destiny

Chapter 1866: Chapter 1866: Karma and Destiny

Jiang Xiaobai took a sip of his drink, quietly watching the elderly man in the yellow robe.

Everyone else sat silently beside them.

"I suppose by now, you’ve learned something about the era of the Heavenly Court. Yes, indeed, its fall was due to extraterrestrial demons."

Jiang Xiaobai’s expression remained unchanged, but his heart churned with waves of shock.

Although he had known this for a long time, hearing a certain person affirm it today still left him immensely stunned.

"So the greatest enemy now is the extraterrestrial demons?" Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow.

"Hush, will you let me finish speaking?"

The elderly man in the yellow robe paused, "Back then, there were many reasons for the Heavenly Court’s destruction. Some things are useless to discuss with you; you only need to know that it was the extraterrestrial demons who caused this era’s collapse."

"It was precisely from that event that the Heavenly Path suffered severe damage, never to recover, making the current Earth Immortal realm completely different from back then."

"Later..."

As it turned out, after the cataclysmic disaster wiped out the era of the Heavenly Court, not everyone perished.

Quite a few remained; some were lucky survivors who continued to exist to this day.

But some carried another mission, bearing immense karma and guilt, aiming to find victory in the narrow cracks against the wind.

The elderly man in the yellow robe, Li ZhenTian, and Qing Emperor were among them.

They used methods to sleep through the catastrophe that devastated the heavens and awoke in the new era.

Their purpose was singular: to save the Heavenly Path and defeat the foreign foes.

In that era, many powerful figures left behind numerous safeguards, some to counter the enemies, some to overturn fate.

According to the elderly man in the yellow robe, his master gave him this task before he fell asleep.

"At the time, I was quite disgruntled; with my limited abilities, I was no match for even a toe of my master, so why me?"

The elderly man in the yellow robe muttered, "But my master said it was destiny, that person must be me, chosen by both all beings and the Heavenly Path!"

"My master told me many things before he died, and I learned quite a bit before I fell asleep."

"It’s been five million years since I awoke; during this long era, I’ve traveled through various dimensions in the Earth Immortal realm, seeking that individual."

Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, "So you found me?"

"No, not quite I found you. Whether it was you or others, many computations could be correct, merely the people are different, but the means and route remain unchanged."

The elderly man in the yellow robe stopped himself, "Don’t interrupt!"

"In fact, before you, during these five million years, I’ve encountered more than one person like you."

"I call them the destined ones; they possess a heaven-defying karma, born from small worlds, yet destined to breach the heavens and reach the ultimate goal."

"Unfortunately, in countless attempts and calculations, these destined ones either ultimately perished or died prematurely along the way, with only three reaching the final test."

As he spoke, the elderly man in the yellow robe looked gravely at Jiang Xiaobai, "And that is the ultimate test. Passing it means that person is the one my master chose!"

"What test?" Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow.

"You’ll find out in due time, it’s not difficult, there’s no danger to life, but failing is still failing, as dictated by fate."

The elderly man in the yellow robe suddenly laughed with fatigue, "So many things even Li ZhenTian, that old boy doesn’t know; he always thought I was scheming for the world, thinking I wanted to use the world to contend with extraterrestrial demons."

"In truth, I’m merely an agent of my master."

"What happened to the three who didn’t pass the test?" Jiang Xiaobai urgently asked.

"One died, succumbing on the path of breakthrough, while the other two became dominators of the Earth Immortal realm."

"Still alive?"

"Alive, they are all asleep, it was I who put them to sleep. Because I realized I had overlooked something very important."

The elderly man in the yellow robe spoke earnestly, "All things in the world have their cycles; it might be destiny, it might be machination."

As he spoke, his eyes fixed steadily on Jiang Xiaobai, never wavering.

Jiang Xiaobai was taken aback.

He remembered the previous conversation between Li ZhenTian and the elderly man in the yellow robe; it seemed his own origin was not insignificant?

"You might have guessed something, but I can’t say," the elderly man in the yellow robe laughed, "Back then, I watched with my own eyes as the last of the destined ones failed within the test, my heart turning dead grey."

"You can’t imagine that kind of despair, because the entire world rested on your shoulders."

"I began wandering endlessly, I became dejected, transformed into an old taoist wanderer, witnessing the world’s warmth and coldness."

"Until one day, I met a certain person."

"I felt a familiar aura from him, started following him, watching him grow, seeing him eventually perish as he breached the skies."

"It was then I understood, I knew what my master had been having me search for all along!"

"I began making arrangements, and after endless years, I finally found a glimmer of hope amidst countless failures."

"And that is you, Jiang Xiaobai!"

By this point, Jiang Xiaobai was already clear that he indeed had past lives.

The person the elderly man in the yellow robe talked about was himself.

Except, he had been reincarnated over countless eras!

"But what’s the connection? What were all your schemes for? What is my karma?" Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow.

"Because when I found that glimmer of hope, I realized time was running out; I could only make you improve quickly, grow rapidly."

The elderly man in the yellow robe chuckled, "How about it, do you like the big gift I gave you upon arriving in the Earth Immortal realm?"

"Damn, I knew it was you, you bastard!"

Jiang Xiaobai gritted his teeth, "So all this was just to make me grow quickly, right?"

"Yes and no, after all, I know you well, I know although you’re capable of achieving, fundamentally you’re a lazy person."

"Had I told you about the karma you bear at the start, you might’ve died right in front of me."

"That’s why all this happened."

After the elderly man in the yellow robe finished, Jiang Xiaobai fell silent.

Indeed, he was someone without grand ambitions.

If back when he was still mortal, some old thing came to him and said he was the savior of the entire world, urging him to strengthen quickly.

He wouldn’t have cared at all, might’ve even died to show them out of sheer irritation.

Now, Jiang Xiaobai somewhat understood the karma calculations surrounding himself, though some things remained incomprehensible.

"Extraterrestrial beings were clearly weak a million years ago, why didn’t you act directly?" Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow.

"Even if you wanted to give me experience, it wouldn’t require this, would it?"

The elderly man in the yellow robe laughed heartily, "Hahaha, you still don’t see it, even if I eliminated one extraterrestrial race, another would arise soon after."

"This is destined by the Heavenly Path, as it gradually collapses, the birth of such races can’t be stopped, so they might as well become your stepping stones for growth."