Heavenly Destiny.
As the name implies, it is the fate bestowed by heaven.
Every era has its own Heavenly Destiny.
Like the Thrones of the Ancient Times.
The Imperial Seals of the Remote Ancient Era.
The Great Dao of the Primordial Era.
Gu Qingfeng had both ascended to the Throne of the Ancient Times and attained the Imperial Seal of the Remote Ancient Era, so he was quite familiar with this thing called Heavenly Destiny. He clearly understood its unparalleled power. Once one achieved a true Heavenly Destiny, it meant they had accepted heaven's conferment, becoming heaven's envoy.
Since his awakening, Gu Qingfeng had also heard some about the Heavenly Destiny of the Present Era. He heard that the Present Era's Heavenly Destiny took the form of Stellar Fate. Upon achieving it, one would become a Great Dao Star Lord, a being who stood above both Immortals and demons.
This was not only a symbol of status and position but also a symbol of the authority of the Great Dao. In other words, it granted the privilege to wield the power of the Great Dao.
Whether it was the Thrones of the Ancient Times or the Imperial Seals of the Remote Ancient Era, they all possessed a certain degree of authority over the Great Dao. Similarly, the Stellar Fate of the Present Era was no exception.
What exactly the authority of the Stellar Fate entailed, Gu Qingfeng didn't know, nor did he bother to think about it.
Heavenly Destiny originally had no distinction of major or minor.
The so-called major Heavenly Destiny referred to the true Heavenly Destiny.
As for minor Heavenly Destiny, this thing wasn't actually a true Heavenly Destiny. It was merely some scattered fragments of the Breath of the Heavenly Destiny that appeared when the Heavenly Destiny descended.
A single Heavenly Destiny might produce a few scattered Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny, or it might produce many.
Do not underestimate these scattered Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny. If one's luck was good enough, seizing a Breath of the Heavenly Destiny and integrating it into oneself was also an extraordinary great fortune. One's soul, physical body, dantian purple mansion, meridians, and bones would all undergo qualitative changes, and one's strength would increase severalfold. But that wasn't the important part.
What was important was that if one integrated a seized Breath of the Heavenly Destiny into oneself, they could be considered half a person of Heavenly Destiny, and they would also be qualified to contend for the true Heavenly Destiny.
What was Heavenly Destiny?
The fate bestowed by heaven.
When the Heavenly Destiny descended, it was already predestined who it belonged to. It might be an unborn infant, a dying beggar, an ordinary person without any cultivation, even a weed, or a dog.
But it was only predestined at the moment of descent.
This was innate.
But being innate did not mean it couldn't be changed later.
Nothing in the world was absolute.
Heavenly Destiny was no exception.
Although the chance was minuscule, one could say it was extremely slim.
After all, it was a fate bestowed by heaven. Even if it was just a dying beggar, they could instantly become an Immortal. It wasn't impossible for them to become a world overlord in three to five days. Relying solely on a wisp of the Breath of the Heavenly Destiny to snatch the Heavenly Destiny from these heaven-chosen individuals was undoubtedly like competing with heaven itself.
However.
As long as there was a possibility, there was hope. Even if it was just a slim hope, it was still hope.
If you seized a Breath of the Heavenly Destiny and integrated it into yourself, as long as you had the courage and audacity, you could go and seize it.
Exaggerated?
No!
Not exaggerated at all.
Were there precedents?
Of course there were.
Throughout history, the number of Heavenly Destinies seized by force was not large, but it wasn't small either.
Not to mention others.
Gu Qingfeng himself was a precedent.
He was only born five hundred years ago. At that time, the Ancient Times were already in their final stages. The Thrones of Heavenly Destiny from the Ancient Times had descended millions of years earlier. In other words, all the Heavenly Destinies of the Ancient Times were already 'spoken for.' Back then, he was lucky enough to come across an ancient cave dwelling where he accidentally obtained a wisp of the Breath of the Heavenly Destiny. Later, he encountered the person of Heavenly Destiny, killed them, and forcefully seized it back.
And he didn't just kill one person of Heavenly Destiny, but two.
Both were monarchs of the Immortal and demonic paths.
Not only were the Immortal and demonic Thrones seized back, but the Nine Nethers Imperial Seal back then was also seized back by him step by step after killing many experts who possessed Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny.
Thinking back on it now, Gu Qingfeng still felt a lingering fear, sighing at how audaciously reckless he had been back then, not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth. If he had to start over, he really wasn't sure if he would have the courage to contend with those people of Heavenly Destiny again.
"How many of the Present Era's Heavenly Destinies descended into this world?"
Nine years ago, when the Heavenly Destiny descended, Gu Qingfeng had the fortune to witness the unparalleled grand spectacle. He still clearly remembered that over thirty beams of Heavenly Destiny light appeared back then. One beam of Heavenly Destiny light represented one Heavenly Destiny. There were at least over thirty Heavenly Destinies.
"I heard there were thirty-five Heavenly Destinies in total. However...
To this day, only twelve Heavenly Destinies have known names attached to them. As for the other twenty Heavenly Destinies, who obtained them remains a mystery to this day. No one knows."
Gu Qingfeng nodded. This situation was within his expectations.
Something as important as Heavenly Destiny—whoever obtained it wouldn't broadcast it loudly. They would definitely hide it immediately and hurry to fuse with it. What if someone with a Breath of the Heavenly Destiny snatched it away? They wouldn't even have a place to cry then.
However.
Gu Qingfeng dared to affirm that among these thirty-five Heavenly Destinies, they definitely weren't just the Great Dao Stellar Fates of the Present Era. There might also be Thrones from the Ancient Times, even Imperial Seals from the Remote Ancient Era, perhaps even the Great Dao from the Primordial Era, or maybe other unknown Heavenly Destinies.
For example.
The Sin Blood he fused with contained an unknown Heavenly Destiny.
Truly unknown.
It wasn't the Stellar Fate of the Present Era, nor the Throne of the Ancient Times, nor the Imperial Seal of the Remote Ancient Era, nor the Great Dao of the Primordial Era.
As for what kind of Heavenly Destiny it was.
He didn't know.
His left arm, which had fused with the Sin Blood, aside from gaining some complex and profound patterns, seemed no different from before. It wasn't that Gu Qingfeng hadn't tried to investigate it, but he found nothing. Naturally, he also didn't know what the Heavenly Destiny that descended within the Sin Blood back then actually was.
"With over thirty Heavenly Destinies descending into this world at once, I imagine there were quite a few Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny that bloomed as well?"
"Reportedly, there were over a thousand."
"That many?"
Although he had anticipated there would be many, hearing 'over a thousand' still made Gu Qingfeng unable to help but feel surprised. Moreover, he dared to affirm that this 'over a thousand' was just the surface appearance. Who knew how many Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny had secretly leaked out.
There were only a little over thirty Heavenly Destinies, but there could be thousands of Breaths of the Heavenly Destiny.
One could imagine how fiercely competitive the Heavenly Destiny of the Present Era was.
Whoever the hell obtained the Present Era's Heavenly Destiny in this world was truly cursed with terrible luck. With bad luck, they might end up preparing the bridal chamber for someone else. The taste of falling from heaven into hell was absolutely unpleasant. Although Gu Qingfeng hadn't experienced it himself, he could imagine a thing or two just by thinking with his toes.
"In Yanluo Kingdom, there is one major Heavenly Destiny bearer and over ten minor Heavenly Destiny bearers. The Crimson-Letter Sect alone occupies one-third of them, with five minor Heavenly Destiny bearers."
Fei Kui bowed and continued, "The Crimson-Letter Sect's Edict Envoys, Heaven-Chosen Ones, and now these five minor Heavenly Destiny bearers—Zhou Taihe relies on them to look down arrogantly upon all heroes in Yanluo Kingdom. In the past, Black Buddha Lord still made them somewhat wary, but now that they have grown up, they've also started to disregard Black Buddha Lord...
Especially Zhou Taihe. From only daring to play tricks in the shadows before, he has now begun to act openly and brazenly..."