I'm not a drama god

Lord Wei nodded without hesitation:

"Since you've asked, I will certainly answer to the best of my knowledge."

"Then let me ask you," Chen Ling said calmly, "who will be the next person in this world to ascend to demigod status...?"

Lord Wei was taken aback, and he looked at Chen Ling with surprise:

"I actually did divine this question a few years ago... and the final answer was beyond my expectations."

"The next person to advance to demigod... is actually a Qing Shen Dao."

Lord Wei continued:

"Looking at the Chengtian Dynasty and the eight great prisons, no exceptionally talented Qing Shen Dao experts have emerged in this era, but the divination results do indeed point to the Qing Shen Dao... This is something I have been unable to understand for a long time."

"I originally intended to divine the identity of that Qing Shen Dao, but there was interference in his fate, so I did not delve into it."

Chen Ling calmly took a sip of tea, showing no surprise whatsoever at Lord Wei's answer.

Judging by the timeline, Yao Qing had indeed reached the point where he should advance to demigod status. In fact, he could have done so hundreds of years ago, but he had devoted all his energy to preparing the human body embroidery for Su Zhiwei. As for the interference of fate mentioned by Lord Wei… perhaps it was because of his past interactions with him.

This first question was meant to test Lord Wei's abilities. Chen Ling then immediately posed the second question:

"Then can you predict when Akahoshi will return?"

Upon hearing this question, Lord Wei's expression immediately became serious:

"To be honest, I've been calculating the time of Crimson Star's return for most of my life... but Crimson Star itself is too mysterious, and the Divination Path's ability to predict it is limited in many ways. Every time I use divination, I suffer a backlash..."

"To my shame, I still can't calculate a specific time... but I do have a general idea."

Lord Wei paused for a moment, then slowly uttered eight words:

"It could take as little as one year or as long as two years."

Chen Ling frowned slightly.

In the world of the Fifth Generation, the return of the Crimson Star is at least two and a half years away from the current time... but Lord Wei's foresight has shortened the time to one to two years.

Chen Ling had already tested this fortune teller twice, and he was indeed very capable. If his prediction of the Crimson Star's return time was correct...

Doesn't that mean that Akahoshi's return has been brought forward this time?

Was it because of the emergence of this "variable" that contained a large amount of Red Star's willpower?

Chen Ling knew very well that one of the main reasons for the return of the Crimson Star was that a large amount of the Crimson Star's will power remained on Earth. This will power came not only from the Nine Lords, but also from the Gray Realm, which had completely merged with Earth...

In the deduction of the Tower of Akash, Chen Ling also tried to guide all the Nine Lords to their deaths from the beginning, so that there would be no Red Star Willpower on Earth. However, the Gray Realm then merged, and humanity only lasted for less than ten days under the impact of the calamity before being completely wiped out.

Having come from the fifth generation world to the sixth generation world, I have undoubtedly added a large amount of Red Star's power to Earth, so it is normal for it to accelerate the Red Star's return.

The Divine Path of Divination is, after all, only a divine path on Earth. It's already quite good that it can vaguely perceive the time of the Red Star's return. If you want a more precise time, only the Heavenly Pivot Lord can do it.

"One last question."

Chen Ling finished her tea, slowly placed the cup back on the table, and gazed into Lord Wei's eyes.

“Even just a fragment will do… Tell me everything you can foresee about what will happen when Akahoshi returns a year from now…”

……

Thump—!

A deafening roar came from the inner wall.

The surging waves of bones relentlessly assaulted the last line of defense of Ruoshui Prison. Grotesque cracks spread across the walls at an alarming speed. Under the violent tremors, even the watchtower snapped in half and crashed to the ground with a deafening roar!

At the same time, several skeletal vultures flew directly over the high wall and swooped down towards the chaotic battlefield like lightning!

"Nine of Hearts!!"

"You're insane!!"

The 9 of Spades, who had been relatively calm just moments before, now cursed in a low voice, a rare occurrence. His figure transformed into numerous strokes, struggling to move amidst the waves of calamity, thus avoiding being trampled into mincemeat by the massive skeletal calamities.

Not only the 9 of Spades, but also all other members except for those with the letters J and Q, have fallen into difficult circumstances due to the occurrence of numerous calamities...

The good news is that the original garrison of Ruoshui territory has basically been reduced to corpses in the ruins, along with the collapsed inner walls and watchtowers.

The bad news is that they will now need to replace the original garrison and protect Ruoshui Base during the wave of calamity.

The task Chen Ling gave them was simply to breach the inner wall and liberate the Ruoshui base... not to completely destroy it, since Ruoshui Jun was still inside and had not yet fully awakened.

"That newbie is insane! I'll teach him a lesson once this is over!"

Hearts 10 rode on the back of Spade 10, her red hair fluttering in the wind. Her once fair face had turned ashen, and she was angrily cursing. She slapped Spade 10 on the head, and the latter instantly transformed into a black calamity wolf over ten meters tall, crushing the nearest skeleton calamity into fragments with a single claw.

At this moment, Li Shangfeng seemed to realize that he had caused a great disaster, but he did not seem to repent at all. Instead, he became even more excited and mustered all his strength, laughing loudly as he fought against the approaching calamity.

"Cool!!"

All the weapons he had developed over the years finally had a chance to be unleashed. He transformed into a war fortress, suppressing the calamity with overwhelming firepower, drawing the attention of the other members...

As for the Plum Blossom 8 beside him, he was much more low-key. He simply used his paintbrush to draw traps and set them up in the places where the calamities were most concentrated. Whenever the defense line was about to be breached, he could always trigger them at just the right time to delay the calamities for a certain period of time.

"No... there are too many calamities."

Q stood tall in mid-air, his long, light blue hair fluttering in the wind. He looked down at the numerous members surrounding the Ruoshui base below, frantically resisting the calamity waves, his expression extremely solemn.

The Twilight Society is in a difficult situation, not because the calamities brought by the Red Heart 9 are really that many. With his strength, even if he goes all out, how could he really bring about a calamity strong enough to destroy the Twilight Society?

Q looked into the distance and saw that, as time passed, the gray boundary intersection area in Ruoshui Prison was expanding at an alarming rate...

The expansion of the gray boundary intersection area means that more calamities will enter through the intersection, and the stronger the calamities that can enter will be. This is the key reason why the Twilight Society is unable to resist.

After all, no matter how powerful they are, how could they possibly withstand an entire Wasteland of Sighs head-on?