Within Wa Huang Tian, the Hunyuan Great Dao's misty aura permeated the air, and Saint Nuwa's Dao charm washed over the void like a torrential flood.
Just as Lu Yuan was immersed in the Saint's Sermon, a fierce and baleful backlash of the Great Dao abruptly erupted—the "Decline of Mana," one of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, descended with savage force!
The mana of Taiyi Perfection ebbed away from his Primordial Spirit, fleshly body, and even his true spirit, collapsing and peeling away like a receding tide. The force of decay ran rampant; in an instant, Lu Yuan's body withered, while the light of his Primordial Spirit dimmed like a candle in the wind.
Yet Lu Yuan's gaze remained clear and calm, devoid of fear. To be surrounded by the Saint's Great Dao was both the greatest trial and an Excellent Opportunity!
He carefully sensed the Decline of the Great Dao ravaging his body, Primordial Spirit, and true spirit. Under the backlash of the Great Dao, an air of rot spread from his entire body, and in the blink of an eye, the mana he had painstakingly cultivated scattered completely.
Calmly turning his awareness inward, Lu Yuan's Dao heart stood firm as a rock. The true meaning of the Profound Yellow Great Dao surged and circulated, beginning to resist the force of the Great Dao's backlash.
His originally dissipating mana was forcibly bound by the vast, weighty Profound Yellow Dao Charm. Deep within his Dao Fruit, the three innate ancestral sigils—"Birth and Extinction," "Reincarnation," and "Evolution"—spun madly. Like the core flame seeds of the Profound Yellow Furnace, they used the Great Dao as fuel and decaying mana as kindling, igniting a blazing Dao fire.
Within the Auspicious Cloud Dao Fruit above his head, the Profound Yellow Gate suddenly