Chapter 331: The Two Principles
Within the Primordial God’s Space, the vast and boundless laws of the Central Primordial God surged wildly into Chen Xiao’s body. With these laws at work, the power of the Primordial God within him truly unleashed its might.
Following the art of dual destruction through yin and yang, this power circulated frantically within his body, gradually forming a force of yin and yang. This force seemed like a manifestation of chaos—emerging from it yet seemingly surpassing it.
Gradually, a diagram of the yin-yang taiji formed in Chen Xiao’s mind, much resembling the yin-yang grinding wheel he had obtained earlier. However, that grinding wheel was merely a fragment of a Primordial God artifact, while the diagram in Chen Xiao’s mind seemed to transcend even the concept of a Primordial God.
“The power of the two principles… Good heavens! Who on earth invented such an extreme combat technique and cultivation method?”
Chen Xiao was utterly shocked. At that moment, the power of the Primordial God within him seemed to undergo a chain reaction, transforming entirely into the power of the two principles. Under the influence of this bizarre cultivation method, his Primordial God essence also transformed into a yin-yang Primordial God essence, one black and one white.
Chen Xiao had not anticipated such a change. He hadn’t thought that merely practicing this cultivation method would allow him to fuse the primal forces of water and fire to create the power of dual destruction. Yet, he never expected the power within his body to transform into the power of the two principles as soon as he used that technique—let alone for his Primordial God essence to change as well.
His original water-based Primordial God essence had already changed twice. The first change occurred in the Tianlong Secret Treasury, where it was influenced by the Heavenly Map and turned into a Primordial God essence of chaos. Now, after practicing the art of dual destruction through yin and yang, it had transformed again into a yin-yang Primordial God essence.
However, Chen Xiao’s power of the two principles—unlike his Primordial God essence—seemed even stronger than his original power.
“What’s going on? I’ve only practiced for a short while, and yet this has happened?”
Chen Xiao was incredulous. The power within his Primordial God essence was so vast that it had been transformed in just a short time of practicing this technique. No one would believe it if he told them.
“It seems the creator of the art of dual destruction through yin and yang must also be a being beyond even Primordial Gods; otherwise, they wouldn’t have created such an extreme cultivation method.”
Chen Xiao murmured to himself. Moments later, a hint of joy appeared on his face.
After transforming the power of the Primordial God within him, this technique instantly influenced Chen Xiao’s soul, elevating it greatly. Soon after, another halo appeared around his Primordial God essence, and his Zizai Heaven reached its seventh level.
“Good. Just two more levels, and Zizai Heaven will be complete. Once it’s complete, I can proceed to cultivate Reincarnation Heaven.”
Chen Xiao longed greatly for Reincarnation Heaven, which also possessed a complete Reincarnation Heaven artifact—the Great Reincarnation Mirror.
With the existence of the Great Cycle Mirror, the power of the Cycle Heaven could also be fully utilized. The current Self-Reliant Heaven Equipment, the Tianlong Set, seemed incomplete; only when Self-Reliant Heaven was perfected could it be fully transformed.
The next moment, Chen Xiao opened his eyes. He raised his head and looked at the two masses of Water and Fire primordial energies floating before him, about to merge, and sighed slightly in relief.
“Success or failure depends on this one move.”
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth. The two souls collided instantly.
Boom!
The Spirit Fire of Water and the Spirit Fire of Fire—upon contact, these two primordial spirits generated an immense destructive force. Under this force, countless parallel spaces within the Main God’s Space were destroyed. Yet Chen Xiao’s body remained unshaken.
The Spirit Fire of Water he had separated and the Spirit Fire of Fire he had seized were both extremely weak, fully under his control. It could be considered an experiment—Chen Xiao wasn’t foolish enough to throw all his strength at it from the start; otherwise, he would likely die miserably.
Boom!
Immediately afterward, the laws of the Main God’s Space converged frantically, controlling the Yin-Yang forces within Chen Xiao’s body and pouring them into the Water and Fire primordial energies.
Chen Xiao’s mind jolted. In his sea of consciousness, the already formed Yin-Yang Taiji diagram suddenly detached and flew straight toward the Water and Fire primordial energies to suppress them.
In an instant, the Spirit Fires of Water and Fire, which were about to collide and explode, were immediately subdued and began to rotate slowly according to the Yin-Yang diagram.
It seemed that these two primordial spirits were also about to take shape, forming their own Taiji diagram.
“In terms of quality, the Spirit Fire of Fire is slightly stronger than my Spirit Fire of Water,” Chen Xiao realized at that moment.
“Since I can’t surpass you in quality, I’ll make up for it with quantity.”
The next moment, another thread of the Spirit Fire of Water emerged from Chen Xiao’s dantian and was injected into the nearly formed Water and Fire Taiji diagram.
Boom!
With the addition of this Spirit Fire of Water, the previously slightly unbalanced Water and Fire primordial energies instantly became perfectly harmonious, forming a rotating red-blue Taiji diagram.
“Activate the full power of the Yin-Yang forces!”
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes. His pupils turned black and white. The two distinctly opposing Yin-Yang forces shot out from his pupils and merged into the Yin-Yang diagram above the Water and Fire Taiji diagram.
Boom!
In an instant, the Yin-Yang diagram expanded further, empowered by the Yin-Yang forces.
At this time, Chen Xiao divided his attention, using the other side of his Tianlong Claws to snatch another thread of Spirit Fire from the Spirit Fire of Fire. Meanwhile, another mass of Water Spirit Fire surged from his dantian and began to flow carefully into the Taiji diagram.
By now, the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram had enough power to suppress these Water and Fire forces, compressing all the primordial energies into the Water and Fire Taiji diagram below.
“What exactly are these Yin-Yang forces? They can even suppress primordial spirits.”
Chen Xiao was horrified, but there was no time for him to overthink things now. Most of his focus had already been devoted to the Two-Yin Diagram, which was frantically suppressing the Water-Fire Diagram below. Meanwhile, within Chen Xiao’s dantian, the Heavenly Dragon Claws continued to feed it with primordial spiritual fire. Gradually, Chen Xiao’s entire being split into two halves—one black and one white—his whole person seemingly transforming into a yin-yang diagram of black and white.
……
“This is…”
On the other side, with Shui Miao’s assistance, Chai Yunkē, who was desperately refining the Life-and-Death Great Mill, was shocked and immediately opened his eyes. “That kid somehow got so many strange things. That celestial diagram was already absurd enough, and now he’s found some kind of weird cultivation method that completely transforms the nature of the Power of the Supreme God.”
A teasing smile appeared on Shui Miao’s lips. “Kanrelas is really unlucky. She put so much effort into creating a pawn, only for it to now escape her control.”
“?”
Hearing Shui Miao’s words, Chai Yunkē was stunned. “Are you saying Lady Kanrelas isn’t dead?”
“If she were dead, would you still exist?” Shui Miao sneered coldly. “You’re not just an ordinary supreme artifact. Can’t you understand why Kanrelas placed you here?”
Chai Yunkē frowned but remained silent.
“Your true form, the Light-Water-Heaven River Diagram, does somewhat match those strange yin-yang forces. If Chen Xiao is willing to share some of those forces with you, it will be of great benefit to you.”
Ignoring Chai Yunkē’s expression, Shui Miao continued calmly. Of course, there was more she hadn’t said. If Chai Yunkē could transform into his true form and merge into Chen Xiao’s yin-yang diagram to help suppress the Water-Fire primordial forces, the benefits he would gain would be even greater. But if he did that, he would have to abandon his true form and begin anew in reincarnation. Yet, after starting over, his achievements would surpass what he has now. In fact, Chai Yunkē understood this principle, but the process of growth was extremely slow, and any setbacks could lead to his failure.
Chai Yunkē wasn’t a true living being like Shui Miao—he was just a spirit.
“Did you think of that too?”
Suddenly, Shui Miao stretched out her hand. On the palm of her right hand was a compressed space, inside which stood an old man with gray hair and white clothes. This old man was the spirit born from the Reincarnation Heaven Diagram. At that moment, he was struggling inside the compressed space, trying to break through its constraints. Yet, despite his strength as a supreme god, he couldn’t break free from Shui Miao’s compressed space no matter what.
“This is…” Chai Yunkē was slightly stunned upon seeing the old man.
“This is the legendary Spirit of Reincarnation—the spirit formed from the power that once ruled the entire universe and even controlled the life and death of the gods.” Shui Miao’s embroidered brows furrowed slightly as she tried hard to recall something, but her memories seemed sealed by something, only slightly unlocked at the moment.
“If you devour this spirit, you will possess its power of reincarnation, and thus be able to break free from the cosmic cycle. As long as the cycle endures, you will not perish.” Shui Miao said with a slight frown. In truth, she herself didn’t fully understand the implications of her words. “The cosmic cycle—since the cycle endures, I will not perish…” Chai Yunkē stared at the sealed old man in Shui Miao’s hands, gritted his teeth, tore open that space, and swallowed the gray-robed old man whole. Immediately afterward, Chai Yunkē’s body trembled and transformed into its true form—the Guangshui Tianhe Map. Boom! By now, the Life and Death Mill had been absorbed into Chai Yunkē’s body. Though not entirely transformed, seven or eight out of ten parts had already been assimilated. The Guangshui Tianhe Map then turned into a stream of light and appeared above Chen Xiao’s head in an instant. “Use your cultivation techniques at full strength; I’ll help you,” Chai Yunkē’s voice echoed in Chen Xiao’s mind. “Hm?” Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up. He seemed to realize what Chai Yunkē intended to do. Immediately, the seals in his hands changed, and the Yin-Yang Map, which had been suppressing the Water-Fire Map, suddenly flew up and merged into the Guangshui Tianhe Map. Boom! In the next moment, the originally gold-blue Guangshui Tianhe Map erupted with a loud noise—as its internal energy was completely transformed into the power of Yin and Yang by the Yin-Yang Map. “What an overwhelming power!” With a thought from Chai Yunkē, his spirit instantly absorbed part of this Yin-Yang energy, turning his originally water-and-light spirit into a Yin-Yang spirit as well. Then, he made a quick decision: he abandoned his true form, handed control over to Chen Xiao, and flew off to a corner of the Main God’s Space to refine that Yin-Yang energy and the spirit of the Reincarnation Map. Boom! Once Chen Xiao gained control of the Guangshui Tianhe Map, his mind was shocked. The Yin-Yang energy within him rushed wildly into the map, turning it into a Yin-Yang Map in just a short while. At this point, all the forces of the major heavens in Chen Xiao’s mental sea retreated back into the map, not daring to show themselves, seemingly afraid of facing the power of Yin and Yang. At this time, only the power of the Free Heaven, relying on its unique properties, connected to the Heavenly Dragon Claws and continuously seized the primordial spiritual flames of fire. Now, with the help of the Yin-Yang Map, Chen Xiao could easily suppress the primordial elements of water and fire below, creating the power of life and death. Gradually, the last primordial spiritual flame of water in Chen Xiao’s dantian was also sent into the Water-Fire Map. Instantly, Chen Xiao’s spirit soared—the aura originally associated with the primordial spiritual flame vanished without a trace under the combination of water and fire. But it wasn’t over yet. In the next moment, the Yin-Yang Map, transformed from the Guangshui Tianhe Map, floating above Chen Xiao’s head, slowly descended and swallowed the Water-Fire Map as well. Bang! It was as if two colossal forces were colliding—the entire Main God’s Space was shattered by the terrifying impact force, and even the chaos outside the space could be seen.
“Do these two things want to devour each other?”
Chen Xiao’s body was also sent flying millions of miles away. He barely managed to stop his body and stared in shock at the two massive diagrams clashing in mid-air.
By now, the Water and Fire Diagram had reached perfection, its power almost on par with that of the Two Elements Diagram.
“No, I can’t let this continue.”
With a thought from Chen Xiao, the Two Elements Diagram transformed into a black-and-white light and flew into his sea of consciousness. Meanwhile, the Water and Fire Diagram obediently entered Chen Xiao’s dantian, turning into a small version that rotated slowly, replacing the original Water Origin Spirit Fire.