Inside the lofty pavilion, the atmosphere was stifling, as though even the void had frozen solid.
Misty vapors hung suspended in midair, utterly motionless.
The Heavenly Instrument representing the Three Talents had also stopped turning.
Even the flow of time seemed to have slowed.
Only in Elder Ge's eyes did terrifying Celestial Pivot and perilous Karma churn ceaselessly like monstrous waves at the bottom of the Abyss.
No one knew how much time passed before the atmosphere eased slightly.
The void began to flow once more.
The vapors swirled again, and the Heavenly Instrument continued turning.
Everything returned to normal.
Elder Ge still wore that drowsy, blank look, as if he might suddenly nod off at any moment.
Yet the ripples stirred by Celestial Pivot within his heart had still not subsided.
"Reincarnation..."
"That person's... reincarnation?"
Elder Ge found it somewhat unbelievable.
Karma that had already died was slowly beginning to breed anew.
The earthshaking chess game, already obscure and bewildering, had unknowingly spawned another terrifying variable.
"The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Array reverses yin and yang, transforms death into life, overturns all bonds of order, and disregards the laws of the Dao..."
"This Array Technique cannot be learned..."
"People these days truly have enormous nerve. They dare to imagine anything, dare to do anything...
Was it the fearless ignorance of those who knew nothing, or did they truly possess... unfathomable mettle beyond the reach of gods and ghosts?"
"Why did it have to be... this Array Technique..."
Elder Ge fell silent for a long while, then sighed.
No one understood better than he, an Elder Ge, just how terrifying the four words "Yin-Yang Reincarnation" truly were.
Once it was released, the Karma it stirred would be far too immense. Even those old things slumbering in the depths would likely have to