To be honest, I am just a passerby and cannot understand.

Even if the destiny symbolized by the Destiny Fruit had already been destined and belonged only to Xuan Huang Dao Zun, and others could not refine it, there was no need to give it away, right? In such a world, strength was the only thing. No matter why the Destiny Fruit chose Xuan Huang Dao Zun, when Sanqing and others discovered the fruit, this thing no longer belonged to Xuan Huang Dao Zun.

These people fought a great war for the Destiny Fruit. How is it possible that they would just abandon it after discovering that it is unusable?

Regardless of whether it can be used or not, things that can help people carry their destiny are the most precious treasures. It is better to keep them in your own pocket than to give them to strangers.

For Zhou Qing now, creator-level treasures are useless to him, but if he comes across one on the roadside, he definitely wouldn't mind taking it.

How is it possible to give the treasure to a stranger for no reason?

What's more, the Fruit of Destiny now only belongs to Taoist Master Xuanhuang, but that may not be the case in the future. If the Three Purities and others study it more, perhaps they can change all this.

But now that the Fruit of Destiny has been given to Taoist Master Xuanhuang, things are different.

Daoist Master Xuanhuang will use this opportunity to carry the destiny and allow this world to have one more Lord of the Era. The Three Pure Ones will also have one more companion, and can be considered a competitor.

Who would be willing to cultivate a competitor for themselves?

Zhou Qing was very puzzled. What good would it be for the Three Pure Ones to have a person who carried the destiny? Perhaps before handing over the destiny fruit to Xuanhuang Daozun, the Three Pure Ones could make some requests and gain some benefits from Xuanhuang Daozun.

But this kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, is not profitable.

There is no benefit at all that can compare to a chance to carry the destiny with 100% success! Not to mention the three contemporary people including Master Xuandu, even Zhou Qing, a bystander and a historical ghost, could not accept this result.

Judging from the current situation, Xuanhuang Daoist Master's fruit of destiny came too easily.

It's like a free lunch, pie in the sky, it's too abnormal.

Of course, it was none of Zhou Qing's business who would get the Destiny Fruit. History had already determined it. Even if the Three Pure Ones wanted to give it to him, Zhou Qing would not be able to get it...

So when watching the dispute over the Fruit of Destiny this time, Zhou Qing always maintained a spectator's attitude.

Master Xuandu and the other two stopped talking. The Tai Chi diagram and the Four Swords of Zhu Xian went to the side of Taoist Master Xuanhuang. The locations of these three divine weapons represented the activity trajectories of the Three Pure Ones.

The Three Pure Ones seemed to be having a conversation with the Taoist Master Xuanhuang, but Zhou Qing couldn't hear a word of what they were saying.

This made Zhou Qing very helpless. Without the explanations from Master Xuandu and the others, he was like a deaf and blind man.

However, Zhou Qing guessed that the Three Pure Ones should be negotiating terms with Xuanhuang Daozun now.

"The Three Pure Ones may make extremely demanding requests. As for Daoist Xuan Huang, I'm afraid he will agree to all of them, no matter what they are. After all, such an opportunity is too rare, and no one will refuse it."

"No matter whether he will fulfill his promise in the future, the first thing to do is to get the Destiny Fruit."

Zhou Qing was daydreaming: "The Xuanhuang Daozun carries the destiny, which is a gift from the Three Pure Ones. And to break through in this way, there will be some flaws. I wonder if these things are related to the future destruction of the Tianming Sect?"

"The Three Pure Ones gave Xuan Huang Dao Zun the opportunity to carry the destiny, so why did he do such a thing in the future? This seems a bit unnecessary. If I had known this would happen, I would not have done it in the first place."

"Did Daoist Xuan Huang not keep his promise at this time? No, this shouldn't be the reason. There are traces of various major Destiny Realms in the ruins of the Destiny Sect, not just the Three Pure Ones. If it was just because Daoist Xuan Huang did not keep his promise when he obtained the Destiny Fruit, then this matter has nothing to do with others, and they wouldn't have taken action together."

"When the Tianming Sect was destroyed, Dao Zun Xuanhuang did not show up. He was most likely targeted by the Three Pure Ones and others. This shows that Dao Zun Xuanhuang's problem is unacceptable to other bearers of Tianming, and they have reached a consensus."

"What could be the reason..."

As Zhou Qing thought about it, something moved in his heart.

In the future, when Xuanhuang Daozun bears the destiny, he will also be different from others.

The Three Pure Ones rely on their own efforts to carry the destiny, while the Taoist Master Xuanhuang relies on external things. They are incompatible.

Could this be the problem that arises from this?

In addition, the point that Zhou Qing didn't understand the most was, what was so special about Xuan Huang Dao Zun that he could be chosen by the Destiny Fruit? The Destiny Fruit symbolized destiny, and being chosen by it was equivalent to being chosen by destiny.

Looking at it this way, it seems that Xuanhuang Daozun is destined to bear the destiny.

But since the creation of the void, such a situation has never occurred. Xuanhuang Daozun is undoubtedly special.

Unfortunately, the Tianming Sect has been destroyed, and no one in the world knows what is so special about Xuanhuang Daozun.

Master Xuandu and the others didn't know either, otherwise they wouldn't have been wondering why the Fruit of Destiny behaved like this.

While Zhou Qing was thinking, the Three Pure Ones and the Taoist Master Xuanhuang seemed to have reached an agreement. The Destiny Fruit that was fixed by the Yuanshi Banner floated forward for a distance and then suddenly disappeared.

This was collected by Taoist Xuanhuang and became invisible.

Then Taoist Xuanhuang left. Zhou Qing saw this from the movement of Master Xuandu and the others' gazes.

The three Dao masters were not in a good mood. Such a precious opportunity was in front of them, but they were unable to seize it. It was not a good feeling.

They knew that if they missed this opportunity, they might never be able to carry the destiny in the future.

Although they are protected by "heaven's will", as long as they are not killed, Taoist masters like them can live forever and will not be in danger of eternal damnation.

But if one could go one step further, who would be willing to stay in the Dao Master for endless years? However, some things, once missed, will never come back.

I can only say that it would be better if I didn't know about the existence of the Destiny Fruit from the beginning. In that case, I wouldn't have any delusions or greed.

But this obviously cannot be blamed on anyone else. It was a great favor for them that the Three Pure Ones were able to bring them here.

Other disciples of the Three Pure Ones do not have this treatment.

They were given the opportunity, but they couldn't get the fruit of destiny. Apart from it being God's will, they can only blame themselves for not being able to attract destiny.

The Three Pure Ones seemed to have said something, and Master Xuandu said:

"Master, rest assured, I won't be depressed because of this. This was just an accident. I will just pretend that it never happened."

Duobao Taoist and Guangchengzi also expressed the same view.

After a while of silence, Duobao Daoist nodded: "Well, we understand. We will not disclose what happened today. However, Master, where did you go? What condition are you in?"

The Three Pure Ones did not answer these two questions.

Guang Chengzi looked at the Destiny Tree and said, "Master, I wonder if this tree will have a chance to produce a second Destiny Fruit in the future?"

"Is that the only thing?"

Guangchengzi got the answer and shook his head with great regret.

"Then can we take this tree of destiny away?"

Guangchengzi was indeed very unwilling to accept that he could not obtain the Destiny Soul Stone, so he wanted to take the Destiny Tree away.

If you think about it carefully, there must be something mysterious about the sacred tree that can produce such magical fruits.

Not to mention producing another Destiny Fruit, maybe it could be of some help to them.

But the Three Pure Ones obviously rejected Guangchengzi's proposal.

"Is it necessary to leave this tree here? Is there any other use for it?"

Master Xuandu was a little confused: "Is it left for Daoist Xuanhuang?"

"Who is that?"

“The future will tell?”

After hearing these words, Zhou Qing became more and more confused.

He had a feeling that the Three Pure Ones and other bearers of destiny, after discovering that the ownership of the Destiny Fruit was already determined from the beginning, seemed to have learned something else.

At the beginning, these bearers of destiny did not even know the existence of the Tree of Destiny, but they gradually understood it later.

It can also be seen from the fact that they broke out into a war over this that Sanqing and others may have previously thought that the Fruit of Destiny was also useful to them, until the fruit ripened and they got it, they found that this was not the case.

From these things, we can see that the understanding of the Tree of Destiny and the Fruit of Destiny by Sanqing and others was gradual, and they did not see through everything at the beginning.

After learning about the characteristics of the Destiny Fruit, they seemed to have learned more relevant information.

It is very likely that it was because of this further understanding that prompted the Three Pure Ones to give the Fruit of Destiny to Taoist Master Xuanhuang.

And what Sanqing said about leaving the Tree of Destiny here for others in the future also attracted Zhou Qing's attention.

There is no doubt that the Tree of Destiny was not left for Taoist Master Xuanhuang. After all, Sanqingming said so.

So who will it be left to?

When Zhou Qing arrived on Earth, there was no trace of the Tree of Destiny on Mount Kunlun, and it was invisible in the entire universe.

"Has it been taken away by the person mentioned by the Three Pure Ones?"

After much thought, the only possibility is that someone from the Tianming Sect had been here.

But what surprised Zhou Qing was that when Master Xuandu and his companions were communicating with the Three Pure Ones, the Tree of Destiny began to change.

The sacred tree that took root in the Kunlun Mountains and whose branches extended to numerous dimensions suddenly turned into colorful rain of light, drifting between heaven and earth, blending into this world, and finally disappearing, no longer able to be perceived by any means.

It was at this time that the cultivation environment of the Earth world began to take a sharp turn for the worse. The environment that had originally been able to support the cultivation of immortals was directly reduced to the level where the Yin Shen Zhen Xue realm was the limit.

The spiritual practice environment during the Zhou Dynasty in the history of the Earth was at this level.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing was stunned, then reacted.

When he returned to Earth, the Tree of Destiny had disappeared. It was not taken away by anyone, but it was merged with the entire world in an extremely secret way.

The Tree of Destiny is still in this world, waiting for someone who needs it!

And this person...

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It’s Zhou Qing!

An extremely strong feeling surged in his heart, and he was very sure of this.

Zhou Qing suddenly had a feeling that he had been searching for him among the crowd for hundreds of times, and when he turned around, he was there in the dim light.

At this point, he had roughly understood what things on Earth could help him achieve enlightenment.

This is the tree of destiny that can no longer bear fruit.

"The Three Pure Ones, and the other bearers of destiny, knew that someone would come here in the future and take away the Destiny Tree after they got the Destiny Fruit..."

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing fell silent.

He thought about the past and his birth on Earth, and Zhou Qing suddenly laughed.

"There is actually no need for me to wonder why Xuan Huang Dao Zun was chosen by the Destiny Fruit. After all, this kind of thing is not an isolated case."

"Am I not another Xuan Huang Dao Zun?"

The fruit of destiny belongs to Xuanhuang Daozun, this is destined.

How much difference is there between Zhou Qing and Xuan Huang Dao Zun? The only difference is that one has obtained the fruit, and the other is about to obtain the sacred tree.

"It disappeared completely, and I can no longer detect the existence of this tree." said Master Xuandu.

Even a top-notch Dao master discovered it, which shows how magical the Tree of Destiny is.

"Only the person in the future can take away the Tree of Destiny. Can't the Great Dao Master directly refine this world?"

It was surprising that the three great masters received a negative answer from the Three Pure Ones.

"This tree is really mysterious."

Both the Tree of Destiny and the Fruit of Destiny are undoubtedly things that transcend the level of the Taoist Master.

Master Xuandu wondered: "Why does this kind of thing appear in this world?"

This is the question Zhou Qing wants to know.

What is so special about this world that can breed such a sacred tree? Unfortunately, Zhou Qing did not hear the answer to this question from the three masters.

Master Xuandu and his two companions were sent away by the Three Pure Ones, and then the Tai Chi diagram and other destiny soldiers disappeared one by one, which meant that those who carried the destiny had also left.

The stagnant space and time began to flow again, and time continued to move forward.

But this time, not long after, an astonishing vision appeared out of nowhere, covering the entire universe.

Then the rules of heaven and earth were rearranged, the laws of the great way were reshaped around a center, and the whole world gave people a completely different feeling.

Taoist Xuanhuang successfully carried the destiny. From today on, the Taiyi era ended and entered the Xuanhuang era.

On Earth, the Central Plains also ended the rule of the Shang Dynasty and entered the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Qing was still in history. He saw a jade seal appear on the earth, which meant that Xuanhuang Daozun, the new Lord of the Era, had come here.

The Xuan Huang Seal shone brightly and sealed and covered this world again. With the power of Xuan Huang Dao Zun, from then on, only through the Xuan Huang Seal could one successfully reach here.

Of course, if Xuanhuang Daozun can personally send you in, then there will definitely be no problem.

After sealing this world, Xuanhuang Daozun left directly. He did not try to find the Tree of Destiny.

After carrying the destiny and reaching another level, he seemed to understand something. He knew that the Tree of Destiny did not belong to him and he would not force it.

He should feel the most deeply about this situation.

After Daoist Master Xuanhuang left, this world entered the development trajectory that Zhou Qing was familiar with. No other major events were discovered, and the overall strength of the cultivation world declined year by year until the extraordinary people were completely cut off.

Zhou Qing returned to the present time node from the past history. Looking at the modern world, Zhou Qing was silent for a long time before he sighed heavily.

"I thought I was a mortal cultivating immortality, but now it seems..."

The Taoist Xuanhuang who carried the destiny with the help of the Destiny Fruit, the inexplicably destroyed Tianming Sect, the fragments of the Xuanhuang Seal found in Tianxu, and returned to the earth through the fragments.

Now the truth of history has been discovered, the existence of the Tree of Destiny.

Everything seems to be a circle, everything seems to be in a cycle, everything is already predetermined.

Who created this "circle"? Who constructed this cycle? It was destiny, and those who carried destiny were just following the trend.

The ownership of the Fruit of Destiny is predetermined by fate, and so is the ownership of the Tree of Destiny.

Transcending everything is the destiny that is the source of all things; it is high above and far away from the human world.

But it seems so "close" to Zhou Qing.

So, this doesn’t look like a story about “mortals cultivating immortality” at all.

Zhou Qing's eyes were deep and his emotions could not be seen.

This trip to the Earth allowed him to learn a lot of information, and many of his doubts were answered.

But along with it come new doubts.

What is the nature of the Tree of Destiny? What is the situation with Xuanhuang Daozun and his destiny? What is the ultimate purpose of destiny choosing them? What have the Three Pure Ones and other bearers of destiny discovered? What is the purpose of following destiny? Zhou Qing cannot get the answer to such questions now, but he knows what he should do to find the answer.

Improve your own cultivation, and all the truth will naturally come to light.

Judging from the existing information, both he and Xuanhuang Daozun Tianming hope to see their strength improved.

However, Zhou Qing was puzzled by one thing. What on earth was this destiny? This thing should be just like the Great Dao, but it was an objective existence that transcended the Great Dao. There was no will, spirituality, or even instinct. It was purely an operating rule that embraced everything.

Why did Destiny choose Xuanhuang Daozun and Zhou Qing one after another to inherit the Fruit of Destiny and the Tree of Destiny respectively, as if to help them?

Logically speaking, the supreme operating rules such as destiny will not have such "deviations", nor will they have their own "purpose".

Only intelligent creatures will have consciousness and do things purposefully; rules won’t.

Also, he still hasn't figured out what Zhou Qing was in the beginning.

Where did the brilliance that was transformed into him come from?

As for whether Zhou Qing could be the reincarnation of Xuanhuang Daozun?

it's out of the question.

If he was the reincarnation of Xuan Huang Dao Zun, would the Tai Chi Diagram still take extra care of him? He would have been killed long ago!

What's more, the Three Pure Ones have clearly stated that the Tree of Destiny is not left to Taoist Master Xuanhuang. Only in the future will we know who it belongs to.

This sentence directly ruled out the possibility that Zhou Qing was the reincarnation of Xuanhuang Daozun.

He must have other background, and it must be extremely extraordinary. Zhou Qing suspected that this might be the reason why destiny chose him.

These things are really complicated and difficult to sort out.

My head itches so much, I feel like I’m going to grow a brain.

(End of this chapter)