"Taiyi Seal..."
Tai meant supreme; yi meant the one and only.
Taiyi was the Supreme and Unique God.
Taiyi, in the First Kalpa and even into the Second Kalpa, had been an unrivaled Supreme God, the Master of All Species—even a god above Teacher and the Northern Emperor. Since this seal was named after Taiyi, it was plainly connected to that Supreme God. The young Daoist regarded the seal with three parts reverence and three parts wariness.
He saw the seal shimmer faintly, then its streams of light shifted in countless ways, crystalline and boundless, shining with brilliant radiance. Qi WuHuo could almost see the traces left within the seal: a powerful figure radiating magnificent, dazzling light, facing seven silhouettes at once. Among them, he could vaguely make out Teacher, who had yet to attain his present composure.
And the Northern Emperor in his youth!
And another ancient figure.
The Three Pure Ones and Four Emperors, along with another figure at the forefront, had surrounded this world's former Supreme God, Taiyi. It was only a fleeting afterimage, like the remnant of a powerful will preserved upon an object. But that brief glimpse was already enough to shake the heavens and move the earth. Suddenly, Qi WuHuo sensed that the figure had seemed to turn his eyes slightly.
He looked toward Qi WuHuo's teacher, yet a strand of an immensely powerful will also fell upon Qi WuHuo.
In that instant, a boundless Dao.
Even the tiniest trace of it.
Nearly pierced through Qi WuHuo's soul in an instant.
The Azure Dragon seized the Daoist in one claw. Then an ancient, desolate roar rang in Qi WuHuo's ears, shaking his mind and bringing the young Daoist out of his daze. He wiped the corner of his mouth; his mind had already been