On the other side of the Chaos battlefield, the clash between World Daoist and Haotian unfolded in an utterly different manner. If Luohu and Ancestor Reincarnation's battle had been a violent collision at the source of laws, and Jidu and Old Ancestor Yang Mei's a meticulous game between Causality and space, then the battle between World Daoist and Haotian was a confrontation over "order" itself.
World Daoist's figure stood within Chaos like a slowly unfolding universe. Countless phantoms of small worlds being born and annihilated circled her, like innumerable stars brightening and fading with each breath. Her gaze was calm and profound, as though wherever her eyes reached, even Chaos itself was being redefined. Her opponent, Heavenly Emperor Haotian, resembled a towering golden pagoda cast from the laws of the Heavenly Dao. Dazzling golden radiance surrounded him, while the Heavenly Emperor Seal continuously released law fluctuations that suppressed all things beneath his control.
"World Daoist, you are renowned for the Dao of creating worlds, but the order within Chaos has long been defined by the Heavenly Dao." Haotian's voice echoed through Chaos, carrying the majesty and unquestionable authority of a Heavenly Emperor's edict. "Those little worlds of yours, forever being born and dying, are nothing more than bubbles that shatter at a touch before the true order of the Heavenly Dao."
World Daoist did not answer at once. She merely raised her hand slightly, and a phantom of a small world slowly forming in her palm drifted soundlessly toward Haotian. As it floated forward, that small world continuously expanded, like a seed breaking through the soil and sprouting. In the void, it transformed into the embryonic form of a complete world spanning several Great Thousand Worlds. Mountains and rivers took shape within it, rivers first emerged, the firmament opened, and