Night of No Light trembled in midair. Black and white light coiled around its blade like two venomous snakes locked in a savage fight.
Every collision sent dangerous ripples through the surrounding space.
Fine cracks appeared across the blade with each clash of light and darkness, then sealed themselves again.
The entire dagger looked ready to shatter at any moment and dissolve into the most basic dust of energy.
"Can you even call this forging?" Water God took a step back. "Because it looks like it's about to explode."
"The energy structure is extremely unstable. Those opposing laws have already exceeded what the Divine Artifact's material can withstand," Season Star confirmed. The data streaming through her vision had turned entirely red.
"Has the guild leader gone too far?" Night Cherry Tangle tightened his grip on his Blade Hilt, ready to help at any moment, though he knew he might not be able to do a thing.
Qin Chuan did not answer. His entire focus was on the floating dagger.
He could feel Night of No Light's resistance and pain.
Its pure Void Origin Essence was being forcibly invaded and defiled by the concept of light.
"Still not enough."
Qin Chuan extended a finger. A wisp of chaotic Gray Divinity slipped from its tip and touched the trembling blade.
It was neither light nor darkness.
It was the Trickster's power to define lies.
Qin Chuan copied the concept of the Möbius Strip that had established order within him and branded it into Night of No Light's core.
"From now on, light is the beginning of darkness, and darkness is the end of light."
"You are not opposites. You are a cycle."
As the "lie" entered the dagger, its violent trembling miraculously subsided.
The black and white light that had been tearing