Su Ming watched as Xu Yuan entered his cultivation state, then withdrew his attention back to himself.
"Fate..."
He could feel his domain becoming more complete.
By changing Xu Yuan's fate of death, the future timeline had undergone drastic changes, and Su Ming received feedback from Fate itself.
"Xu Yuan's talent is astonishing, and he himself lacks much fortune, making him the most cost-effective investment."
A Spirit King at fourteen, and his Mecha Design was also close to level five, having begun designing his own Battle Armor.
The coverage range of his Spiritual Domain also expanded at this moment, increasing from nine parallel worlds to ten.
"I have already sorted out the history of this parallel world. For me, this is about understanding the cause and effect. But for the Douluo 2 version of me, this is the future fate. Any action taken by the Douluo 2 me could trigger changes in this future fate."
Standing from the Douluo 2 perspective, Su Ming re-examined the history described by Xu Yuan and gained a different understanding.
Coupled with the fact that the Douluo 3 Su Ming had already mastered the power of Fate and gained its favor, the Douluo 2 Su Ming also took this opportunity to complete his touch with the power of Fate.
Unlike the Auspicious Beast's connection to the fate of Spirit Beasts, the power of Fate that Su Ming touched involved the development of an entire plane.
"I need to continue deeply understanding the developments in other parallel worlds to enrich the Douluo 2 me's comprehension of Fate. Perhaps after exploring all nine parallel worlds, the Douluo 2 me can master the power of Fate."
As for the current parallel world he was in...
Su Ming 'looked' towards the cultivating Xu Yuan.
"This parallel world is destined to collapse."
Su Ming did not plan to achieve godhood through the God of Spirit Souls.
Therefore, the foundation of this future branch was wrong from the start.
The natural deduction of the River of Time was still too conservative, still considering the Spirit Transmission Pagoda as necessary.
"Or perhaps it's not that the River of Time is conservative, but that among the countless possibilities, this one is the closest to my True Future."
Similar future branches were probably grouped together, which is why the developments in the other nine parallel worlds within the range of Su Ming's Spiritual Domain would share similarities with the True Future—the original storyline.
With this idea, Su Ming visited other parallel worlds, found several proxies, such as Su Wen and Su Yu, all talented but lacking fortune. After his investment, their fates transformed.
After busy with this round, a month had passed in the True Future.
The Douluo 2 Su Ming successfully mastered the power of Fate.
"Fate is truly marvelous."
Having altered fate multiple times, Su Ming was getting a bit carried away.
However, he did not lose his reason and did not excessively change an entire parallel world.
He temporarily started observing from the change of a single individual.
In the River of Time, time is worthless.
Especially for someone like Su Ming, who observes the development of parallel worlds across the Long River, the significance of time can almost be ignored.
After changing a node, if one doesn't want to wait through the long passage of time, they can directly enter its corresponding future.
Although this would lock in the previous process, it wasn't impossible to start over again.
Save and load.
Su Ming spent a whole month engaged in this process, similar to a raising simulation game.
This month was in the time of the True Future, but the parallel world branch where Xu Yuan resided was advanced by a full ten years!
Over these ten years, Xu Yuan successively crafted One-Word, Two-Word, and Three-Word Battle Armor, condensed a Spirit Core, and advanced to Spirit Sage.
Yet even so, he still hadn't mastered Su Ming's Supreme Shockwave Spear. Instead, he independently developed a set of Five Elements Divine Light Spear Technique. He didn't follow Su Ming's path of forcibly compressing and harmonizing the Five Elements for explosion, but used skill to connect the Five Elements, achieving mutual generation among them, making the spear radiance endless.
There was also a branch involving a person named Su Yu. In that branch, Mingde Hall was preserved, and Su Yu was a member from Mingde Hall. His Martial Spirit was the Everlasting Life Vine, focusing on the life attribute, which served as an inspiration for Su Ming. Consequently, Su Ming maintained a learning attitude in that branch.
Across multiple branches, Su Ming felt he had learned a great deal.
He understood that his ability to invade timelines wasn't just for experiencing fate, but also for enhancing his comprehension, observing the rise of geniuses with different attributes, and drawing nourishment from their processes.
"It's a pity my experience is still one-sided. In Xu Yuan's case, it seemed like ten years passed, but I couldn't see every detail of those ten years; I could only see the results at different nodes I entered."
"If only one day in the True Future could allow me to rapidly experience ten or a hundred years within a timeline."
Su Ming set his sights on Chunqiu.
One of the Spirit Skills Chunqiu had bestowed upon him was "Millennium in an Instant," which could stretch Su Ming's thought processes.
If he used this Spirit Skill within his Spiritual Domain, Su Ming could observe the progress of people like Xu Yuan more comprehensively.
However, doing so would be similar to passive observation during a period when an "old grandpa" is dormant. Su Ming would just be idling in that branch, unable to exert influence at all times.
Moreover, there was a limitation for Su Ming: his intervention was finite, only possible when the spiritual power of people like Xu Yuan hadn't yet reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
Once their spiritual power broke through to the Spirit Domain Realm, Su Ming would be at their mercy.
Hence, the Xu Yuan branch only lasted ten years.
After completing the "raising" of several nearby branches, his Spiritual Domain expanded once again.
Downstream in the River of Time, Su Ming stood within his True Future, looking down upon the entire downstream. His Spiritual Domain spread outwards, presenting a scene akin to mastering the future.
[Douluo 2]
Su Ming successfully mastered the power of Fate.
"Finally broke through to level 60."
His Spirit Power became more viscous. Under the operation of his two Spirit Cores, this high-quality Spirit Power still maintained its fluidity, flowing and scouring through his meridians.
Such high-quality Spirit Power also made his meridians far surpass those of ordinary Spirit Masters.
"Trinity, I've fallen behind."
The Douluo 1 version had already broken through to level 60, hunted and absorbed Da Ming's Spirit Ring, and now possessed Spirit Power at level 67.
The Douluo 3 version, relying on the two Immortal Herbs and the gift from the Golden Ancient Tree, caught up from behind and surpassed the Douluo 2 Su Ming, now at level 64.
"This is normal. After all, my Spirit Power becomes more difficult to cultivate the further I go, and I have to shoulder the burden of being the pioneer in condensing more Spirit Cores. It's normal for my Spirit Power cultivation to lag behind."
While the other two main bodies didn't need to condense Spirit Cores yet, the Douluo 2 Su Ming had to accumulate experience with dual Spirit Cores for them. The total time wasted in this process had to be counted in years.
The issue of cultivation speed wasn't a big deal.
Su Ming set it aside.
At this moment, the key issue he needed to consider was his sixth Spirit Ring.
Feeling just as headache was Du Busi, who came to check on the situation after sensing the fluctuations of Su Ming's Spirit Power breakthrough.
"Xiao Ming, which Fierce Beast have you set your sights on?"
For his fifth ring, he absorbed a Blue Silver Emperor close to two hundred thousand years. Surely, for his sixth ring, he couldn't go back to a hundred-thousand-year one, could he?
One should always strive for greater heights, just as water flows downwards.
Since Su Ming was in a period of vigorous advancement, it was naturally impossible for him to seek something lower.
"The power of Fate, the Auspicious Beast..."
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