Looking at Yi Xiaochuan in "The Myth," and then at Ruoxi in "Scarlet Heart."
Striving with all their might to change history, they themselves become the drivers of it.
Jian Zhou did not know he was a character in a novel. He desperately tried to change things, but his life's trajectory was like sand in his palm. No matter how tightly he squeezed it into a ball, it would scatter as soon as he loosened his grip.
The harder he tried, the more he was ruined, as if nothing could be turned around.
Jian Zhou was unwilling and tried desperately to change it, but in the end, he returned to the starting point.
In utter helplessness, Jian Zhou had to pull strings and find a renowned fortune-telling master.
He lied, claiming he had a dream about his tragic fate and asked how he should change it if the nightmare came true.
The master said, "Supernatural powers cannot overcome destiny; great forces are at play, and change is impossible."
Jian Zhou was still unwilling and pressed, "Is there truly no way?"
The master replied, "Supernatural powers cannot overcome destiny. To forcefully defy heaven's will is to invite suffering."
Jian Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I hope the master will show compassion. I am willing to donate one billion yuan in the master's name to poverty-stricken mountainous areas, to fund children's education and the care of orphaned elders, as a merit for the master."
The master listened, remained silent for a long time, and finally said, "Heaven's will is hard to defy, but our ancestors also left us the idiom 'Man can conquer nature.' As long as you can find that person, you can overcome destiny and change your fate."
Jian Zhou was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Who is that person?"
The master said, "I don't know how to describe what kind of person this is. Our Taoist sect calls them 'an anomaly,' someone independent of the heavenly way, not governed by destiny."
"Not governed by destiny? Does such a person truly exist?" Jian Zhou asked, half-believing.
The master nodded with great certainty, "Yes, but such people are one in ten thousand, rare and sought-after. It is incredibly difficult to find them."
Jian Zhou asked, "Then how should I find this person?"
"These people are like rootless duckweed, ethereal and unfixed, without a set trajectory. It is impossible to find them; you can only rely on luck. If you encounter one, hold on tight, get close to her, and borrow her luck. This will break through everything and dissipate the tragedy invisibly."
The master looked at Jian Zhou with an exceptionally meaningful gaze.
After a pause, the master added, "If you see someone whose fate is very terrible, but she is not impoverished and tragically ends as her destiny foretold, then this person is the anomaly I speak of. She has used her own luck to break free from the trajectory of the heavenly way and seized control of her life."
Jian Zhou meticulously remembered the master's words. For several months after his rebirth, he ignored everything else and watched no news, focusing solely on finding this so-called anomaly.
As a result, after searching, he didn't find a single person who fit the criteria.
Just as Jian Zhou was preparing to seek out the master again, he heard about Jiang Ling from Jian Fan, which utterly stunned him.
What was going on?
Jiang Ling, the brainless vase from his previous life who fought with An Qiuyan over Shen Mingjue and repeatedly courted disaster.
Shouldn't she have been completely discredited online and then, unwilling to accept defeat, tried to harm An Qiuyan, only to be trapped by the latter, burdened with huge debts, forced to work in a bar to repay them, drugged, and finally died an unspeakable death in the bed of a greasy old man?
Why, after being blacklisted by the entire internet, did she not only survive but also make a comeback from obscurity to become a top star again?
This was impossible!