The Founding Ancestor and the Lightning-Averting Robe had both been destroyed by the Dao-Proving Heaven. Only the star seed had survived because it was too powerful. I seized the star seed, my heart drowning in sorrow. Yet the instant I touched it, streaks of meridian imprints seeped into my body. My heart jolted, and I hurried to protect those meridian imprints, hoping to preserve the Founding Ancestor's power of rebirth.
Unfortunately, the result was not what I had wished for. These were not complete meridians; they could not be preserved. They were not even more than wisps of obsession, as though they were conveying the Founding Ancestor's final thoughts—the hatred he bore toward the Nine Heavens Extinction Dao, which had kept him from departing for so long.
I immediately rushed out of the lightning pool and began searching for more of the Founding Ancestor's imprints. Thus, I went straight to the area where the star seed had burst out. At that moment, because the Dao-Proving Heaven had been dragged out with the star seed, leaving behind a strange, empty space, I was able to seize the opportunity and charge into the Dao-Proving Heaven!
Just as I expected, the empty passage inside the Dao-Proving Heaven was filled with lightning and thunder. This was a trace the Founding Ancestor had struck out. More of the meridians he had extended at the time remained here. I immediately drew those meridians toward myself. After all, the Dao-Proving Heaven was currently flowing back to fill the passage, so every meridian trace remaining here was desperately clinging to any living force. I understood meridians far too well, and the Founding Ancestor's recent use of the Dao-Creation Art had affected me deeply, allowing me to comprehend another possibility besides the Extinction Dao!
That was to guide the