Before the Hanyuan Palace, there was an air of solemn stillness, except for the elderly voice of Scholar Nan.
"Heaven creates all things, and the operations of all things comply with Heavenly Law; yet Heavenly Law is profound and distant," Nan Xiu stood calmly, "and while fortune takes precedent over everything, it discerns the trends of worldly affairs but cannot grasp the affairs themselves."
"What are the affairs themselves?" he asked himself.