Outside in the wilderness.
Night lay deep as water. A bright moon rose from the west, slowly sliding across the sky before gradually sinking toward the east.
The moon gradually dipped eastward, and the sky slowly brightened.
In the distant eastern sky, a smear of fish-belly white rolled up.
Just then.
In the dim cave.
"It's here!"
Jiang Ning, who had been sitting cross-legged like a statue, suddenly shuddered inwardly.
He sensed that within his Spiritual Platform, a sudden change had appeared.
The Primordial Egg, wrapped in dense Yin Yang Profound Light and slowly rotating, abruptly stopped turning.
Immediately after, an indescribable throb came from the deepest part of the Dao Fetus.
It was as if a god who had slept for ten thousand ages had opened its eyes, and also like the first heartbeat at the opening of chaos.
Low, vast, carrying a majestic power mighty enough to open up all things.
"Thump—"
"Thump—"
"Thump—"
Every heartbeat, every pulse, drew a resonance from the Blood Qi throughout his body.
His blood surged like a great river bursting its banks, his bones hummed like gold and jade clashing, his viscera shook, and all his meridians trembled.
His entire body quivered faintly within this heartbeat that came from the source of his soul.
Inside the cave, Golden Light and Purple Qi escaped uncontrollably from the pores of his body, intertwining and coiling together, reflecting flowing radiance across the stone walls.
The surface of the underground river beneath him rippled with rings of fine waves because of that intangible rhythm.
Within the Spiritual Platform and Sea of Consciousness, wind and clouds were now surging violently.
The Yin Yang Profound Light that had originally enveloped the Dao Fetus suddenly blazed to its utmost.
Black and white light madly circulated, collided, and merged, forming