Reopening Chaos

After becoming a Sage, the first thing Zhou Qing did was try to use the power of a Sage to completely repair, even expand, this heaven and earth, so that it might truly reproduce the grand scene of the Prehistoric World.

He mobilized the Chaos Bead's origin, drew upon the power of All Saints, guided in the qi of chaos, and evolved earth, water, fire, and wind.

Yet no matter how hard he tried, once heaven and earth expanded to roughly thirty percent of the original Prehistoric World's size, it could no longer advance another inch.

Though the network of laws had become clearer, it still always felt as if a layer stood between them, not rounded and lively enough.

The world itself also seemed to lack a kind of foundation of "truth without falsehood," of "sole supremacy."

"I keep feeling that something is missing." Zhou Qing frowned and looked toward Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Moral Heavenly Venerable, Jieyin, Nuwa, and the other Sages.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Reincarnated Body pondered, then said, "In the end, this realm depends on the Chaos Bead. It is like flowers in a mirror, the moon in water."

"However complete the laws may be, they are still an imitation. The foundation is not firm, like a tree without roots."

Moral Heavenly Venerable said slowly, "The Prehistoric World of old was nurtured by chaos and formed through the opening of heaven. It was the center of chaos, the source of the heavens."

"Though this realm is good, it is 'one among them,' not 'the only one.'"

Daoist Jieyin softly chanted a Buddhist invocation. "My Buddha once said: in one grain of sand, a world; in one leaf, a Bodhi."

"Yet though the myriad worlds are many, true suchness is one. What this realm lacks is that 'true