Refinement

The Chaos Qi around him churned wildly, thick as syrup. Every surge was accompanied by a muffled boom, like the beating of the universe's pulse, or the roar of an ancient beast, making his soul tremble uncontrollably. The terrifying backlash he had suffered when he rashly touched the Chaos Qi still left him shaken. He knew that if he wanted to refine the Chaos Qi Fragment, he first had to gain a deeper understanding of the World Laws and greatly enhance his own strength. Otherwise, he would simply be courting death.

Within this Chaos Space, he found a relatively stable place and slowly sat down cross-legged. Floating before him were the corporealized World Laws, each taking a different form and radiating a mysterious, alluring aura. A massive crystal pillar first seized his full attention. Within it, multicolored light flowed endlessly like lively spirits, while the trajectories governing all things in the world appeared and vanished, as though whispering the mysteries of the universe to him. Li Yang drew a deep breath, trying to calm his tension and excitement. Then he slowly closed his eyes and cautiously extended his consciousness, like a feeler groping through the darkness, inching toward the crystal pillar.

In an instant, a vast flood of information concerning the composition and transformation of matter surged into his mind without warning. It was as if he had gained eyes capable of seeing into the microscopic world. He watched the tiniest particles collide and combine upon the microscopic stage, while electrons raced around minuscule atomic nuclei like an untiring troupe of dancers, together performing all manner of wondrous microscopic structures. The chemical reactions between different elements resembled a dazzling fireworks display, releasing or absorbing energy as new substances were continuously born amid these miraculous changes. From simple inorganic compounds to