Chen Ping'an asked, "What exactly happened down in the depths of Yuzhou's earth veins?"
Bai Jing had already resumed her appearance as the Sable Hat Girl. Instead of answering, she said, "You know the general cause and course of the Water Fire Conflict back then, right?"
Chen Ping'an said, "I've only heard some rough inside accounts, mostly scattered scraps. I barely know a few of the important turning points."
That Water Fire Conflict, earth-shaking in the truest sense, had been the most important fuse of all.
Incense offerings from all living beings with souls could temper a Divine Golden Body. As a result, two Spirits who both ranked among the Five Supremes found that as one's Great Dao waxed, the other's waned. An irreconcilable conflict arose, one that could be called a struggle for the Great Dao unlike any since time immemorial.
According to Qing Tong, the battle had "broken the Heavenly Pillar and severed the earth's bonds." The entire Heavenly Dao tilted, making the paths of the sun, moon, and stars more pronounced; many later lineages of the Dao sprang from this. At the same time, countless Spirits who had joined the battle fell to earth like meteors. Seas of fire swept across the land, life was plunged into misery, and floodwater and dust rose throughout the human world. Flaws appeared in what had once been an almost perfect Heavenly Dao. It was a catastrophe for every living being with a soul on earth, yet for Daoist priests, it was also a second great opportunity after "spells fell upon the world like rain."
Bai Jing clearly did not believe that account. She glanced at the Young Mountain Lord and smiled. "Was that really how it happened?"
Chen Ping'an smiled. "Let me catch my breath. We can rest a while