The Sea of Elemental Origin remained as violent as ever.
Yet unlike before, at the center of this raging tide that represented disorder and chaos, a tiny yet incomparably stable "world" radiated a gentle but resolute glow.
This world possessed clear Spatial Barriers. Within it, the land was solid and heavy, water rippled and flowed, flames rose, wind currents circulated, and light and darkness alternated... Like a tranquil place within the eye of a storm, it remained unmoved no matter how the outside world overturned.
Qin Mo's will incarnation stood above the heavens of this newborn world, overlooking his own creation.
His mind was intimately connected to every inch of land, every wisp of air, and every trace of energy within this miniature world. He was the Heavenly Dao of this world, the maker of its rules, and the driving force behind all things.
He could sense the steady pulse of earth elements deep beneath the ground, hear water elements flowing joyfully through rivers, lakes, and seas, control the violent yet tame burning of fire elements at the core, guide wind elements to bring life and change, and regulate the balance between light and darkness, maintaining this world's "day and night" and "emotions."
This was not merely control over power, but an all-knowing, all-encompassing "understanding."
He understood why ice originated from water yet was colder than water: because it condensed the Laws of "stillness" and "low temperature."
He understood why lightning arose from clouds yet commanded the heavens: because it gathered the ultimate extremes of "destruction" and "speed."
He understood that life was not the creation of a single element, but the resonance and sublimation of water's nourishment, light's warmth, earth's support, wind's circulation... under some wondrous opportunity.
He also understood that destruction was not an end, but the complete