Yang Mei Emerges
Midnight. The moon was sinking in the west, and the sky was as dark as splashed ink. All was silent.
Outside the Small Courtyard, the Withered Willow that had weathered countless storms stood motionless in the darkness. Its twisted, dragon-like branches gave off a faint tremor in the breeze, almost inaudible, as if suppressing some ancient throb.
Deep within the tree's core, a Chaos Light Cocoon pulsed like a heart. The obscure runes flowing across its surface suddenly blazed brightly, as though they could no longer contain the immense power surging within!
Crack—!
A crisp sound sharply tore through the heavy silence! Spiderweb-like cracks suddenly burst across the surface of the light cocoon, dazzlingly bright!
Billions of Golden Threads surged violently from the fissures. Their radiance was majestic, like the rising sun, suddenly piercing the eternal night!
Wherever the golden light reached, it rendered the Withered Willow translucent. Its charred, cracked old bark peeled away inch by inch like shedding skin, rustling to the ground and revealing a fresh trunk within, smooth as jade and flowing with the radiance of life.
The intangible Dao Resonance solidified into waves of sound, sweeping powerfully across the wilderness with the Withered Willow at its center!
Space rippled like water, folding into layer upon layer of creases. Within a hundred miles, mountains and stones silently disintegrated into dust, while countless plants bowed their heads, as if worshiping the Supreme Being who was about to descend.
Steaming azure Spirit Mist surged and gathered, like rivers flowing into the sea. In an instant, it condensed into nine mist dragons with every scale clearly defined!
The mist dragons let out long cries that shook the heavens. They coiled and spiraled through the air, and at the point where their dragon heads converged, a tiny