"Rowing upstream..." An Jing murmured, "If this is my Fate Pattern, then what about the Divine Skills I have already developed?"
"It's the same," Mingguang Dust said. "If a Martial Artist does not fulfill their Fate Pattern, even their Divine Skills will decay... Their hearts can no longer support the power of the Fate Pattern."
"Why is it that Lifebound is considered genius, while Strange Mandate is deemed a seed of Heaven's Chosen? Because a Lifebound can advance to a Strange Mandate, and if a Strange Mandate manages to achieve something that shocks the heavens, then it can become a Divine Mandate."
At this point, Mingguang Dust lowered his eyes, "This is why we, the Martial Artists bound by Fate Patterns, persistently follow our paths."
