Gradually, she sensed a vast will—heavy, bearing, nurturing, and ultimately returning to silence. It was entirely different from the Shangqing Dao teachings her master, Sect Master Tongtian, had passed down, which seized the secrets of Heaven and bared their sharp edge, yet the two possessed a marvelous complementary quality.
The Earthly Dao... bears all things, reincarnates life... So the way of Heaven and Earth is not solely about struggle and seizing... Saint Mother Wudang gained some understanding. She realized that if she could successfully refine this object, she might not only restore her cultivation but also forge a path utterly different from before—perhaps even preserve a true spark of revival for the Interception Sect.
The refinement process was exceptionally slow and fraught with danger. Though the Earthly Dao source was merely a fragment, the level of will it contained was extraordinarily high. One misstep could lead to her being assimilated by it, becoming part of the earth with her consciousness forever sunk into oblivion. Saint Mother Wudang guarded her mind closely and proceeded with utmost caution.
In the depths of the Abyss of the Northern Darkness.
Kong Xuan was in seclusion within a temporary Cave Mansion forcibly carved out by the Five-Colored Divine Light. His face was pale, and his aura rose and fell unsteadily. Clearly, his battle with the Xuanming Ice Kun had drained him immensely and left him seriously injured. Yet excitement and anticipation gleamed in his eyes.
Before him floated a mass of dark, profound water that radiated an extreme chill. It was the source of Xuanming True Water he had obtained with great difficulty. This water was the most yin and cold source in the Primordial Wilderness, containing one of the ultimate forms of the water laws, as well as a trace of the chaotic chill