Dongling Marquis Mansion.
East Courtyard.
Sunlight spilled across the lake, making the water shimmer.
By the lake, Jiang Ning half-closed his eyes as countless insights collided and converged within his heart.
The Five Elements circulated, the Five Elements transformed...
The Five Animal Five Momentum...
Gradually, he saw something at a deeper level.
The Five Elements generated one another, cycling without end, and thus all things were born.
The Five Elements restrained one another, balanced in orderly fashion, and thus all things existed.
Above the Five Elements lay the Yin Yang Two Qi.
Above Yin and Yang lay Chaos Return to One.
And all of this was the path he had traveled, all of it already grasped and comprehended by him.
The Five Animal Frolics Fist had initially merely imitated the forms of the five animals, drawing upon the qi of the five viscera to temper that qi.
Yet it had never truly touched upon the foundation of the Five Elements, much less the mysteries of Yin and Yang or the singularity of chaos.
Suddenly, his heart jolted violently.
The mist within his heart was abruptly torn apart by a streak of light, and inspiration flashed forth!
Within his mind, the Five Elements Qi returned to the five animals, their auras beginning to intertwine, merge, and evolve.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth cycled over and over, Sheng Sheng Bu Xi.
The Five Elements generated one another, yet also restrained one another.
They merged upon a higher level, gradually forming a perfect cycle.
Within that cycle, a point of chaos suddenly emerged.
It was the primordial stage before Yin and Yang divided, before the Five Elements were determined.
It was the source of all things, the beginning of heaven and earth.
At this moment, dazzling light burst forth within his heart.