Written at the front, this book was originally called Ring of Destiny, but later because the four characters of Ring of Destiny violated regulations! Thus, it was changed to Causal Sequence, but overall the sequence did not change.
As for why it violated regulations, hmm! I also don't know, everyone can taste it carefully.
Because the ability of destiny is too special, using only the two words "destiny" is hard to describe the complexity of destiny and easily causes misunderstanding. Therefore, this book divides the definition of destiny into four stages. Their binding power towards events:
Fate ≥ Fixed Destiny ≥ Causal Destiny.
Fate is unique and unchangeable, is the eternal past, is the certain present, is the solidified future, cannot be deceived, fooled, hidden, etc.
Fate cannot be defied, fate cannot be reversed, fate leads all directions.
Fixed Destiny is the destiny that occupies the future within a timeline; when all timelines are contracted and solidified, it becomes fate.
Causality is the starting and ending point of fixed destiny, therefore after perfecting the evolution process of cause and effect, it can to a certain extent be regarded as fixed destiny.
Destiny is all kinds of possibilities of the future, is the confirming present, is countless unoccurring possibilities.
All destinies ultimately converge towards fate, starting from cause, ending by effect.
Uniqueness: Causality
The appearance of causality is a small fruit; it is the manifestation of cause and effect, the embodiment of the holder's inherent impression of the fruit.
Causality possesses self-awareness.
When it contacts gas or liquid, it deepens its connection to the spirit world, absorbing spiritual power to accelerate activation.
The holder of causality will see a tip of the iceberg of future fate.
This foreseen future will definitely happen and cannot be dodged by deception or trickery.
As the activation of causality deepens, more and more people will be affected, until it spreads to the entire world.
When causality activates to a certain degree, it will no longer show the future to the holder and will attempt to escape by manufacturing coincidences.
Fully activated causality has extremely high autonomy and will even hide and disguise its own existence!
Causality will spontaneously approach fate, even after full activation.
Sequence-related Information
Sequence 9: Passerby
Summary:
The passerby is an observer of destiny events, a person who cannot intervene in fixed destiny, a fleeting passerby in others' destinies — unremarkable and insignificant.
The passerby can perceive the flow of destiny, possesses very high spirituality, and can notice events around them that affect the course of destiny.
All people and objects intertwined with their destiny appear particularly striking in their eyes.
[Super Perception]:
The passerby can perceive the flow of destiny through super perception, can use spiritual vision to see things entangled with their own destiny.
When the fixed destiny of this timeline is formed, they can vaguely perceive the future events of fixed destiny.
[Nameless One]:
The passerby's presence is very low, often ignored outside of fixed destiny, unable to affect the progress of fixed destiny.
Over time, the passerby gradually loses their own sense of existence.
Nameless One is not an ability actively released by the passerby; even the passerby cannot control it well.
If not people or objects intertwined with their destiny, even close family will gradually forget their existence.
You are just a passerby in others' lives, unremarkable and insignificant.
Formula:
A pair of Bronze Hummingbird Eyes
One wind-dried Adult Black-Eyed Chameleon
Auxiliary Materials:
80 ml Pure Water
10 grams Swamp Willow Bark
8 Moonflowers
Bronze Hummingbird:
A small, nimble bird species, migrates all over the world, tends to flock among themselves and does not mingle with other birds, appearing extremely reclusive.
Adult Black-Eyed Chameleon:
A chameleon living in forests within the Fusak Territory.
Due to their black pupils, they cannot blend perfectly with the environment.
Their immutable black pupils are like a joke played by fate.
Sequence 8: Player
Summary:
The player is a participant in destiny events, an explorer of destiny; the player throws themselves into the main storyline of destiny with a cynical attitude, searching for the fixed destiny within it and striving to explore the side quests of destiny.
Some say the player is the Fourth Calamity, that the player can do anything, but in reality, the player is merely a chess piece of destiny.
The world is like a game; the ones leading the game are not players but the version and the organizers — that is, destiny itself.
Players have significant improvement in memory, reasoning ability, and observation, and can sometimes unintentionally avoid dangers about to happen.
[Instance]:
The "fixed destinies" experienced by the player eventually form an instance.
The player can enter the instance through meditation, re-experience it, observe missing or ignored information, and infer whether different choices will affect fixed destiny.
Everything inside the instance is simulated and will not affect reality.
If there is missing information, the instance will show some deviation from reality, thus it is not fully reliable.
Formula:
Complete Pituitary Gland of an Aibinkel Monkey
Tongue of a Green-Striped Hawk
Auxiliary Materials:
100 ml Pure Water
9 grams Highland Ice
3 Grapes
Aibinkel Monkey:
A large monkey species living in the ancient forests of Bairan, adept at using complex traps.
There seem to be no records of an Aibinkel Monkey injuring itself with its own traps.
Green-Striped Hawk:
A hawk living along the shores of the Furious Sea, famous for its extremely long sight distance.
Some sailors particularly love these birds, claiming they can predict imminent sea storms and thus avoid terrible natural disasters.
Sequence 7: Witness
The witness observes the development nodes of events, seeking fixed destiny amidst the tangled chaos of fate.
Witnesses cannot actively search for unfixed destinies but are guided by soon-to-be-formed fixed destinies to witness events.
Fixed destiny is the grand trend of a timeline.
Witnesses are the darlings of fixed destiny, catalysts for the formation of fixed destiny; but also toys of fixed destiny, puppets without "power."
Witness others' destiny, and witness your own destiny.
[Destiny Witness]:
Witnesses will randomly fall into a trance, seeing the future of themselves or others.
The foreseen future becomes a node of fixed destiny and, whether good or bad, will definitely occur.
[Suspicion]:
Witnesses can now control the [Nameless One] ability independently.
At the scene of a crime, even if the witness did nothing, they will be suspected of being the culprit.
The more one tries to stay low-key, the more suspicion will accumulate on them, until others find them.
When you are forgotten by the world, what should you do?
Then become the point of suspicion in every event — make everyone remember you, consider you, and seek you out!
You are like a drop of ink on white paper — striking, unforgettable.
Formula:
60 grams Blue-Violet Crystal
Tentacle of a Black Sea Octopus
Auxiliary Materials:
100 ml Pure Water
9 drops Night Orchid Juice
10 ml Black Sea Octopus Ink
5 grams Deep-buried Underground Gravel
Blue-Violet Crystal:
The world's top-class divination crystal, every diviner dreams of obtaining it.
Black Sea Octopus:
A mollusk living along the shores of Seigal.
Its inky color stands out sharply in the blue seawater.
Its ink does not easily fade and is a luxury ink sought after by high society.
Due to its ability to predict, it is extremely difficult to capture.
Sequence 0: Tower of Fate
Great Old Ones : Ring of Fate