Chapter 853: 442 Tian Lei_2
Fang Zhixing glanced sideways at Bai Niu, lost in thought.
But he said nothing, stepping into the corridor.
Xigou also ignored Bai Niu, disappearing in the depths of the corridor under Bai Niu’s gaze.
Before long, the trio and the dog stood outside a door.
Looking up…
It was an old stone door, its surface mottled, exuding an aura of ancient times.
Ye Zixuan knelt on one knee, facing the stone door, and said with utmost reverence: “Master, His Majesty and Fang Zhixing request an audience.”
“Oh…”
After a moment, a misty voice came from within the stone door, tinged with a bit of surprise: “Fang Zhixing, we meet again.”
Fang Zhixing examined the stone door and said with his hands behind his back: “Tian Lei, could you come out to meet, or let me inside for a chat?”
Tian Lei replied: “I am a Heavenly Person, it’s inconvenient for me to see guests, just say what you have to directly.”
Fang Zhixing asked directly: “Can you really grant any wish?”
Tian Lei quickly responded: “To be exact, I can fulfill all reasonable wishes.
To put it plainly, any event that has previously happened in reality can be recreated through a wish.”
Fang Zhixing said: “Only humans make wishes, so your power essentially changes someone’s fate, right?
For instance, if a woman wants a child but has been unable to conceive, after wishing to you, she can become pregnant, is that so?”
Tian Lei was silent for a moment, then responded: “You can understand it that way, after making a wish, the trajectory of fate might change.”
Fang Zhixing glanced at Ji Hongsheng and asked with a smile: “Suppose a servant wishes to kill His Majesty and replace him, can you do that?”
Tian Lei decisively said: “Yes! However, I have made an agreement with the Imperial Family, that I will not do anything to harm them, so this wish is meaningless to me.”
Fang Zhixing understood clearly and in the next moment, suddenly reached out, grabbed Ji Hongsheng’s scalp, and forced him to the ground.
Ji Hongsheng was horrified and trembled as he said: “What are you doing?”
Fang Zhixing stared at the stone door and sneered: “Your Majesty, wish to Tian Lei now, have Him protect you from death, I’ll give you a count of ten.”
“Ten!”
“Nine!”
“Eight!”
…
Ji Hongsheng was terrified, shouting toward the stone door: “Tian Lei, save me!”
With a scream, Fang Zhixing increased the force, squeezing Ji Hongsheng’s skull out of shape.
“I sincerely wish to you!”
Ji Hongsheng screamed shrilly.
Ye Zixuan looked around, somewhat at a loss.
“Three!”
“Two!”
“One!”
“Boom~”
Ji Hongsheng’s head exploded, blood and flesh flying, a horrific sight.
He had not yet merged with the fate of the Great Zhou, unable to infinitely resurrect.
Just like that, the new emperor died on the spot.
The world plunged into deathly silence!
Only Ye Zixuan’s breathing grew heavier, her delicate body shaking uncontrollably.
Earlier, she had vaguely sensed that Fang Zhixing was extremely dangerous.
Yet she never imagined…
After a while, Tian Lei’s voice came from inside the stone door again, hesitantly asking: “How are you so certain that I cannot kill you?”
Fang Zhixing replied: “I have been pondering over what power the Heavenly People rely on to grant wishes; I couldn’t figure it out earlier, but now it makes sense.”
Xigou curiously raised its head.
Ye Zixuan also gazed deeply at Fang Zhixing, her face full of curiosity.
Fang Zhixing continued: “The answer is quite simple, you are a master of the Fate Realm, capable of pre-setting future outcomes, thereby altering others’ fates.”
Xigou blinked its dog eyes, suddenly understanding.
Previously, it had heard Fang Zhixing mention the Fate Realm, saying he could temporarily pre-set his own future.
Apparently, Tian Lei also possessed this power.
However, Tian Lei seemed to be stronger, already capable of pre-setting others’ futures.
Even so, Fang Zhixing and Tian Lei were on the same level.
Tian Lei had no ability to directly pre-set Fang Zhixing’s future.
Otherwise, a mere wish could invisibly kill Fang Zhixing.
Fang Zhixing asked again: “Also, not all reasonable wishes can be fulfilled by you, right? Did no one ever wish for my death when I became the greatest rebel?”
Ye Zixuan couldn’t help but turn her head towards the stone door.
Tian Lei sighed: “Indeed, I can pre-set others’ futures, but the prerequisite is that the person must come before me, close enough.
Indeed, someone wished they could kill you, and I agreed to fulfill his wish.
However, that person failed.”
Fang Zhixing thought to himself that it was expected.
“That person” was actually Ji Yuanwu, and his wish was not to kill Fang Zhixing, but…
“I will eventually face Fang Zhixing!”
After all, in Ji Yuanwu’s view, with his strength, it was impossible for him not to defeat Fang Zhixing, killing Fang Zhixing was entirely within his grasp.
However, Fang Zhixing had previously been elusive, coming and going as he pleased, so Ji Yuanwu couldn’t find him to kill him.
Thus, he made this wish to Tian Lei.
As a result, he met Fang Zhixing as he wished but was instead killed by Fang Zhixing.
This was why Tian Lei was so surprised to see Fang Zhixing just now.
In the future preset by Him, Ji Yuanwu should have already killed Fang Zhixing.
Tian Lei fell silent for a moment, marveling: “I didn’t expect you to know about the Fate Realm and that you’ve stepped into it as well!”
Fang Zhixing smiled and asked: “So, are you from the Third Layer of the world?”
Tian Lei replied: “To tell the truth, my memory is incomplete, I don’t know where I am from.”
Fang Zhixing asked again: “Then what is your true form?”
Tian Lei responded: “My true form is a bolt of thunder.”
As he spoke, the stone door rumbled open.
Ye Zixuan’s expression underwent a dramatic change.
Though she was Tian Lei’s direct disciple, she had never seen Tian Lei in person either.
This stone door had never been opened before.
The next moment, the stone door was completely open.
However…
Ye Zixuan’s eyes gleamed, and she was instantly frozen in place.
She saw a cubic jade stone, its surface engraved with intricate patterns, like chains wrapping around it.
And at the center of the jade stone, there was a blurry shadow, resembling a brilliant bolt of lightning, or a person entwined with lightning!
The lightning figure remained motionless, emitting a faint glow of lightning.
The lightning glow could penetrate the jade stone, allowing a clear view of the interior from the outside.
At first glance, this cube looked like a cage, imprisoning that bolt of thunder.
Tian Lei slowly said: “Since the moment I awoke, I have been trapped inside this cube, unable to escape.
Thus, an unknown amount of time passed, a group of people found me, and then I remembered some things.
I realized I could alter their destinies; using this method, I made a deal with those people, hoping they would find a way to free me.
Those people were the Imperial Family of the previous dynasty. At first, they respected me greatly, seeing me as a deity, but over time, I gradually became a tool to satisfy their endless desires.
So I grew weary and made minor changes to some people’s destinies, completing a change of dynasties.
However, even so, nothing truly changed.”
Fang Zhixing couldn’t help but ask: “What about Heavenly Locust and Tian Yin? Why are they free to act?”
Tian Lei replied: “I’m not sure either, they don’t really know themselves.
However, I speculate that they were initially imprisoned too, but later managed to escape under certain circumstances.”
Fang Zhixing clicked his tongue in amazement and pressed on: “You once said that the Heavenly People are the product of the ‘Mother’s’ consciousness, to guard this world. Is that true?”
Tian Lei promptly answered: “It’s true, in the fragments of memory I found, such information exists.”