The revelation that Old Senior Feng Zhu had sent even a single wisp of Divine Thought into Reincarnation already astonished Gu Qingfeng. He never imagined the old man had actually sent *numerous* Divine Thoughts into Reincarnation—so many that even Feng Zhu himself didn't know the exact number.
This was utterly terrifying.
So terrifying it sent a shiver down Gu Qingfeng's spine.
Just imagine, transforming into countless Divine Thoughts and sending them all into Reincarnation—what kind of concept was that? How many reincarnated individuals born from Old Senior Feng Zhu's Divine Thoughts would exist across the Myriad Realms?
Even if these reincarnated Divine Thoughts had all developed their own self-awareness, their root still lay with Old Senior Feng Zhu. That meant he was the cause, creating so many effects, and these effects were continuing the chain of Karma. Who knew how much Karma that would propagate?
This method was truly…
Too dreadful.
Moreover, Gu Qingfeng dared to assert that sending numerous Divine Thoughts into Reincarnation would incur a sin far greater than that of soul reincarnation—so vast they were incomparable. This method could no longer be called defying the heavens to change fate; it was defying the heavens to *create* fate. Both the consequences borne and the impact caused were absolutely unimaginable.
"You sent numerous Divine Thoughts into Reincarnation solely to guard the Omen Object?"
"It was indeed for the Omen Object, but not for guarding it. Although this old man sent numerous Divine Thoughts into Reincarnation back then, the number that successfully reincarnated should not be many. Even fewer could trace the Karma to arrive at these Desolate Ancient ruins. Moreover, with the capabilities of those reincarnated from my Divine Thoughts, they are far from qualified to guard the Omen Object."
"If not to guard it, then for what?"
Old Senior Feng Zhu looked at Gu Qingfeng, pondered for a moment, then responded, "To graft Karma, and to forge Fate."
"Graft Karma?
Forge Fate?"
Gu Qingfeng was greatly surprised. "Whose Karma are you grafting?
And whose Fate are you forging?"
As he spoke, his heart jolted as he realized something. "You're grafting the Karma of the Omen Object, and forging Fate for the Omen Object as well!"
"Correct."
Old Senior Feng Zhu did not deny it, stating frankly, "There have always been those who covet the Omen Object. Since the end of the Desolate Ancient Era and the dawn of the Primordial Era, some have come to seize it, others to probe it. This old man feared the Omen Object might fall into others' hands, hence I had no choice but to conceive the plan of grafting Karma and forging Fate."
He paused, then sighed. "It was a move born of desperation. Because I am not the only one who grafted Karma hoping to forge a Fate-bond with the Omen Object. Within this cauldron, among those white bones, there are also quite a few who are reincarnations of Divine Thoughts from other existences. They, too, wished to forge a Fate-bond with the Omen Object, to claim it for themselves!"
Hearing this.
Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but suck in a cold breath, feeling this matter was far too bizarre. He never would have imagined that among the white bones within the giant cauldron, there were actually other reincarnated Divine Thoughts.
"Fortunately, I failed to forge a Fate-bond with the Omen Object, and the other existences also failed. Grafted Karma remains grafted Karma; even a forged Fate is but an illusory bond."
"Old Senior."
Gu Qingfeng asked with grave seriousness, "Do those reincarnated Divine Thoughts know they are reincarnations of someone else's Divine Thought?"
"They would not know. However… if they seek to trace their Karma, they might gain some inkling. But it would only be an inkling."
"Old Senior created this Spatial-Temporal Illusion presumably because you feared the predestined person awaited by the Omen Object might be a reincarnation of someone's Divine Thought, correct?"
"Indeed so!"
"Old Senior, do you think I am a reincarnated Divine Thought?"
Old Senior Feng Zhu stared at Gu Qingfeng, his expression solemn. "What do you think yourself?"
Gu Qingfeng nodded, then shook his head.
He did not know. He was not clear.
But when Old Senior Feng Zhu mentioned Mind-Will Reincarnation, for a fleeting moment he suspected he might indeed be a reincarnated Divine Thought of some other existence.
A person reincarnated from a Divine Thought, because they originate from a Divine Thought, possesses no past life of their own.
Gu Qingfeng had no past life of his own—at least, he had not detected one so far.
Similarly, because they originate from a Divine Thought, such reincarnations, while having no past life of their own, possess inexplicable Karma due to the nature of the Divine Thought.
And Gu Qingfeng had many inexplicable threads of Karma.
Just now, Old Senior Feng Zhu said many existences, like him, used the method of Mind-Will Reincarnation to graft Karma and forge a Fate-bond with the Omen Object. Among the white bones within the giant cauldron were many such reincarnated individuals. Who dared guarantee that Gu Qingfeng was *not* someone else's reincarnated Divine Thought?
Thinking further, there was that inexplicable Great Dao Seed that had struck and fused with him earlier, like the Tear of a Lonely Star.
And the eerie voice from the Great Dao Seed, telling him not to believe in Karma or Fate.
Gu Qingfeng had never been able to make sense of this matter. But if he *were* someone else's reincarnated Divine Thought, then everything could be explained. All the inexplicable Karma he had encountered in this life could also find its root.
Thinking this, he couldn't help but ask inwardly: Could it be that I truly am a reincarnated Divine Thought of someone?
"Let us set aside for now whether Little Friend Qingfeng is a reincarnated Divine Thought."
At this moment, Old Senior Feng Zhu spoke. "This old man will ask you a question first. If you truly are a reincarnated Divine Thought, what would you do?"
"If I truly am a reincarnated Divine Thought of someone,"
Gu Qingfeng said bluntly, "then I'd at least have to meet the master of that Divine Thought, wouldn't I?"
"Why meet them?"
"The reason is simple: I want to know who I am."
"If Little Friend truly is a reincarnated Divine Thought, you have long since developed your own independent self-awareness. You are you, with no relation whatsoever to the master of the Divine Thought."
"Though there may be no relation, there is Karma."
"Karma is very complex…"
"Precisely because it's complex, shouldn't it be all the more important to clarify it?"
Old Senior Feng Zhu sighed again. "Little Friend Qingfeng, have you ever heard of the term 'Sea of Bitterness'?"
"I have some recollection."
"Looking across heaven and earth, from ancient times to the present, all who seek to trace their Karma have without exception fallen into the Sea of Bitterness."
Speaking here, Old Senior Feng Zhu let out another sigh. "Karma cannot be severed; the more you try to sever it, the more tangled it becomes. Karma has neither beginning nor end, only endless cycles of Reincarnation… Under such circumstances, how can you ever sort out your own Karma?"
"If the Karma of ordinary people is already like this, needless to say Little Friend Qingfeng's Karma. You are a person of Original Sin, and Original Sin itself is formed from a series of chaotic, disordered Karma. You are also a variable of Original Sin, and the greatest variable at that. In all heaven and earth, I'm afraid no one's Karma is more chaotic or more complex than yours…" Hearing Old Senior Feng Zhu say this, Gu Qingfeng pondered and felt it was not without reason.