Red Heart Patrols the Sky

But what he was dragging... was not a corpse.

This shouldn’t be the choice he would make!

Jiang Wang has been in the Monster Realm for many days...

He spent the Spring Festival of Dao Calendar 3922 in the Monster Realm.

And also celebrated his twenty-second birthday in the Mirror World.

Every day in the Monster Realm, he is fighting against Heavenly Will!

Holding a ceremony in a shell.

He can’t leave Mo Yun City, yet he stirs up what he can within the city. From Chai Asi, Pig Dali, and Yuan Laoxi, three completely different members of the Demon clan, he develops three completely different paths, but every path eventually entangles in a dead-end.

Secretly slipping away to Lianxi Inn, only to have things come full circle, returning to the old courtyard of the Chai family.

Constantly trying, constantly failing. Constantly failing, yet constantly trying.

And the Astray Path is precisely a response to the so-called Heavenly Will, the so-called fate!

I am on the Astray Path, you’ve entered the Astray Path!

Am I wrong, or are you wrong!

Whose mistake!?

Until he entered the Shenxiao World.

The setup of Xing Nian, the setup of Mi Zhiben, the setup of Lu Ximing, the setup of Ji Xingkong, the setup of Chan Fayuan, the setup of Zhu Yi, the setup of Tiger Taisui, the setup of Xuan South Duke...

And above this, the moves of Emperor Yuan Xi and Yu Zhen Ancestor spanning tens of thousands of years in dialogue.

And beneath this, being treated as a pawn yet each with their own will like him Jiang Wang, struggling just as much if not more like Xiong Sansi, and including True Demon Spider String, Quan Yingyang, Demon King Yang Yu, Shujia Lan, Zhu Lanruo, Lu Qilang, She Guyu, and even Lingxihua!

Tracing backward in time, there is the generation of Heavenly Demon, Crane Huating.

Looking further down, there are Chai Asi, Pig Dali, Yuan Mengji, Yu Xin, Zhu Zheng.

Countless clues intersecting each other, seemingly every anchor point is entangled with numerous destinies. Just listing these clues out makes one dizzy, yet they all weave into a river of destiny!

Who can navigate a lone boat on this river?

Time, space, cause, and effect.

Every pawn is the player of their own destiny. And every so-called "player" is none other than the pawn of a higher existence?

At that time, Jiang Wang was bathed in blood, crossed the Heaven Demon Dharma Altar, leapt over the Bronze Cauldron, amidst the soaring Divine Fire, rang the Knowledge and Hearing Bell yet gained nothing, pointed his sword at the Long River of time yet obtained nothing. He felt an unprecedented sense of loss and bewilderment, yet also an unprecedented sense of freedom and clarity.

It’s not saying—I am already doomed, so I might as well do what I can.

Nor is it saying—I tried all possibilities, but the road ahead is indeed blocked, so let’s leave it at that.

Rather, at that moment, he suddenly understood a truth—the road is beneath his feet.

Does taking the Knowledge and Hearing Bell mean it must be responsible for your journey home, must it respond with the path home?

If the Knowledge and Hearing Bell cannot find the road home, does that road definitely not exist?

The Knowledge and Hearing Bell couldn’t find a way home, he himself lacked enough vision, couldn’t see the distance, didn’t know the direction home.

But he could see the three feet of ground before him, so he walked within those three feet.

Under limited conditions, make the best choice.

Hasn’t it always been this way?

Even if in the end it’s completely wrongheaded, who can say I am not moving forward in this moment?

At that moment, the gods were gazing up, the Divine Fire was blazing.

He felt himself on a multi-dimensional chessboard, surrounded by lines of cause and effect everywhere, up, down, left, right, even at each diagonal.

Pull one thread, the whole body moves.

Every choice concerns destiny.

He saw "right," saw "wrong," and also examined his own "seeing right" and "seeing wrong."

His Astray Path had reached Perfect Knowledge, able to blossom, but the correct timing was not at that moment.

The prerequisite for mastering the Astray Path is to recognize the Astray Path, understand oneself, perceive right and wrong. He clearly knew even if the Astray Path blossoms, it is difficult to shake the True Monster, this is based on a thorough understanding of Quan Yingyang. As for Xuan South Duke, that side path Night Bodhisattva, is even more unimaginable.

During the process of fighting against the Heavenly Will of the Monster Realm, he was inspired—

Heavenly Will never specifically points at a particular thing or person, but when many coincidences collide together, it can naturally evolve into results that conform to the Heavenly Will.

The Astray Path, of course, makes an article in the choice of the goal, guiding the target towards wrong choices. But it’s not necessarily limited to this application.

Just as earlier in that inn, he let Chai Asi purposely glanced at the rooftop before leaving the room, naturally triggering Yuan Mengji’s suspicion about the environment, and then naturally using Astray Path to guide Yuan Mengji to explore under the bed.

Just as he faced Zhu Lanruo many times without utilizing the Astray Path, even though the Astray Path should be very difficult to shake Lan Yin’s threads... But under the pressure of his battle, Zhu Lanruo had no choice but to graft cause and effect, even helping him survive against the odds.

These things he was actually always doing.

Especially at this moment, at this very moment!

At the right time, in the right place, he activated Divine Skills! In the second Inner Mansion, that black-and-white seed slowly bloomed.

Everything was so calm, silently.

Even the Five Mansions Sea had no ripples. Even the second Inner Mansion did not manifest, the Divine Power Light showed no change. Even outside, in the sky above the Sea of Ten Thousand Gods, where Daqi genius Jiang Qingyang stood motionless due to the capture of the Manifested Spirit Body, he still advanced with inertia.

Silently entering the Astray Path without knowing he’s in the Astray Path.

The Astray Path lets opponents make the wrong choice among existing options. After blooming, the Astray Path can directly provide targets with a new option!