The ball of light pulsed in Qin Chuan's palm like a newborn heart.
The burning pain was not physical. It came from the foundation of his existence.
Light and shadow, two utterly opposed forms of Divinity, were waging a primal war inside him.
Qin Chuan's body had become their battlefield.
"Guild leader!"
The Water God and the others rushed over, only to be thrown back by an invisible force ten meters away.
Half sacred and half fathomless, that force tore against itself, forming a chaotic field of laws around him.
"What's happening? That light..."
The Water God stared at the blinding light in Qin Chuan's right palm, then at the thicker Shadow Power spilling from the left half of his body. He was stunned.
Qin Chuan's body was being split cleanly in two.
Holy Light flowed over his right half. His skin took on the sheen of jade, and tiny golden runes flickered beneath it.
Shadow churned over his left half. His body seemed ready to melt into the surrounding darkness, turning unreal.
[Warning! Your Divinity is in violent conflict!] [Divine Damage Conversion -50%!] [Divine Damage Reduction -50%!] [Your health is rapidly falling!] [All your attributes are dropping sharply!]
Negative status alerts flooded Qin Chuan's vision.
He could feel control of his body slipping away.
The Origin of Light was an arrogant invader, trying to purify every trace of shadow Divinity within him and remake his body into a vessel of light.
His Shadow Power fought back savagely, trying to assimilate the foreign concept.
Qin Chuan grunted.
The pain nearly froze his Divine Soul, leaving him unable to think.
He tried to invoke Night of No Light's Concept Negation to erase the Origin of Light.
But the light had already bound itself to his soul. To negate it