Pangu's Remnant Soul Accelerated Its Awakening, Spurred on by the Great Battle

Deep within Yue Sheng Palace, the Chaos Great Hall that nurtured Pangu's remnant soul was perpetually suffused with azure-gold Heaven Opening Dao Rhyme and colorful Innate Spirit Qi. The hall's floor was paved with Chaos Spirit Jade and engraved with eighty-one layers of nurturing Dao Patterns. Their glowing lines channeled the spiritual energy, Power of Merit, and Samsara Power gathered from all directions toward the nurturing platform at the hall's center. Twelve Innate Soul Stabilizing Pearls floated around the platform, their gentle white light firmly protecting Pangu's remnant soul at the center from any foreign energy. Ever since news of the battle in the River of Time had reached Yue Sheng Palace, the Dao Rhyme in this already spirit-rich hall had grown stronger by the day. Even the Quasi-Saint elders on guard outside could clearly feel the pressure from the Heaven Opening era rising at a visible pace.

After Lin Yue had merged the fragment of Pangu's remnant soul—containing insights into the Origin of the Heaven Opening Axe that he had won in the River of Time—into the formation, and Ancestor Witch Houtu had bolstered it with the Origin of Reincarnation, the phantom of Pangu's remnant soul had already grown solid enough for its features to be discerned. Now, the karmic upheaval from the battle in the River of Time had become an invisible force that powerfully stirred Pangu's origin. In that battle, Lin Yue had slain Nightmare Demon God's remnant soul with the Power of Five Ways, while the Three Pure Ones had joined forces to grievously wound the Western Teachings. Though Pangu's remnant soul had not been there in person, their shared origin allowed him to clearly sense the Chaos Remnant's destruction and the Western Teachings' crushing defeat. He also felt the efforts All Saints of the Primordial