Five figures hovered in the sky above the crown of the World Tree, five-colored light interweaving and illuminating the entire Divine Wood Forest as bright as day.
Jin Ling, Wood Spirit, Water Spirit, Fire Spirit, Earth Spirit.
Five Gaias, the wills of five planets, had descended upon Jiquan Star at the same time.
The moment they opened their eyes, the whole of Jiquan Star felt that power.
It was not Spirit Energy, not the power of rules, but a power even more ancient, even more fundamental—the Power of Creation.
It was a ripple that appeared only when a planet was born, an echo from the first opening of the universe.
The earth began to tremble.
It was not an earthquake, but Jiquan Star itself responding.
This ancient planet had sensed the aura of its own kind.
The five planets within Lu Jun's body were only internal planets, yet they possessed complete planetary wills.
As a true, enormous planet, Jiquan Star likewise possessed its own will.
Although that will was still asleep, although it had never awakened, at this moment, under the resonance of the five Gaias, it moved slightly.
Just once.
But in that instant, every living being on Jiquan Star felt that ripple.
It was a shock beyond words.
As if the earth were breathing beneath their feet, as if the sky were pulsing above their heads, as if the entire world had come alive.
In the imperial capital of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, Sheng Tian shot up from the dragon throne, his face deathly pale.
"What... what power is this? Jiquan Star... is moving? No, it isn't moving, it's... breathing? This planet is breathing?"
Prime Minister Li Xuanji held on to a pillar, his voice trembling. "Your Majesty, this minister felt it too."
"That ripple... came from deep