Another Divination

The Taiji Diagram's radiance gradually dimmed. With a slight flick of Laozi's sleeve, he prepared to withdraw it.

"Eldest Brother, wait!"

Yuanshi suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a trace of barely perceptible urgency and an unprecedented stubbornness.

He rose to his feet, his blazing gaze fixed on the Taiji Diagram that had yet to fully vanish,

then turned to Laozi, whose expression remained calm. Yuanshi's handsome face was filled with the determination to never rest until he achieved his goal.

"This matter... concerns the smoothness of our Dao Hearts and seems deeply tied to our future Dao Paths. With things so unclear, it is truly difficult to be at ease."

Yuanshi's tone was exceptionally solemn.

"Now that we have confirmed its existence and that it benefits us, how can we stop merely because the road ahead is slightly obscured by mist?

When have opportunities in the Prehistoric World ever been so easily obtained?

We must face the difficulties head-on and see its true form, so that we may make preparations early. That is the proper course!

I ask Eldest Brother to lend me your strength once more. This time, we must divine the matter clearly and thoroughly!"

His ultimate pursuit of order, clarity, and control had transformed into a powerful obsession at this moment.

That final thin veil was not protection to him, but a provocation, a denial of his Yuqing Dao.

He could not tolerate an existence that might be deeply connected to him remaining forever within Chaos.

Tongtian clicked his tongue at the side and muttered quietly, "Second Brother is too serious about this... If we know there's something good, wouldn't it be enough to just rush over and find it?

Why keep divining? What a hassle..."

But seeing Yuanshi's rare expression of severity, he did not dare refute him aloud.

Laozi quietly watched Yuanshi, his clear gaze seemingly able to see through the unwillingness and persistence in his heart.

He fell silent for a moment. The only sound around them was the gentle crash of East Sea waves against the shore.

After a long while.

Laozi slowly sighed. His voice remained calm, though it carried a nearly imperceptible helplessness. "The secrets of Heaven are obscure. Forcing a glimpse may bring unforeseen danger. You should know that excess is as bad as deficiency."

"I understand."

Yuanshi's reply was decisive.

"Yet if my thoughts remain blocked, my Dao Path will be blocked as well. Even if there is backlash, I will bear it alone! I beg Eldest Brother to grant this!"

He clasped his hands and actually gave a bow. His posture was extremely humble, showing just how firm his resolve was.

Seeing him like this, Laozi knew that Yuanshi's Dao Heart had become fixated on this matter. If he forcibly stopped him, Inner Demons might arise instead, which would be even worse.

After pondering for a while longer, he finally nodded slightly.

"Very well. We shall try once more. But know when to stop. If the situation becomes untenable, withdraw immediately."

"I shall obey Eldest Brother's instructions!"

Sharp light immediately burst from Yuanshi's eyes.

Laozi said no more. He raised two fingers and pointed before him once again.

The Taiji Diagram unfurled once more, Yin-Yang Qi surging with even greater solidity than before!

Myriad Golden Bridges, Rosy Clouds, and Auspicious Radiance completely enveloped the heavens where the three stood,

isolating a sacred ground of divination where order was absolute and the Laws were clear.

This time, the power of the Taiji Diagram was clearly greater than before. Evidently, Laozi had put in a little more effort as well.

"Come!"

Yuanshi shouted lowly and sat cross-legged again without hesitation.

His hand seals moved faster. The Innate Pure Qi Crystal upon his forehead shone brilliantly, nearly becoming a tangible pillar of light. It drew the Jade Purity Immortal Light around him, like a surging river, into the Taiji Diagram without reserve!

He even burned a trace of his source essence to strengthen the power of the divination!

To see the truth behind the mist, he was truly going all out!

Laozi's expression also grew more solemn. Taiqing Immortal Light, rich and unending, flowed from his fingertips and merged into the Taiji Diagram, arriving after yet taking the lead.

It provided the most stable and vast support while he carefully controlled the boundaries of the divination, preventing an uncontrollable backlash from the secrets of Heaven.

Seeing this, Tongtian knew this was no trivial matter and no longer dared to recklessly pour in his mana.

He merely clenched his fists nervously and stared wide-eyed.

With Yuanshi's desperate reinforcement and Laozi's earnest assistance, the power of the Taiji Diagram was pushed to a new extreme!

Upon the scroll, the Prehistoric Phantom suddenly began to flow much faster.

Countless silken threads of Laws were sorted, revealed, and analyzed!

The thick mist shrouding the secrets of Heaven over the East Sea was finally viciously torn open by a tiny crack under their combined strength!

Yuanshi's divine sense became like the sharpest sword, fiercely piercing through that crack into the core of the secrets of Heaven that had always been concealed!

The scene before him abruptly became clear!

No longer was it vague perception and fragmented information!

He saw it!

It was an Immortal Island protected by endless Innate Grand Formations, hidden within the Deepest East Sea,

an island that even Great Experts would find difficult to locate!

Immortal light swirled over the island, Spiritual Qi condensed into liquid, exotic flowers and rare herbs covered the ground, and a pool of Three Lights Divine Water shone brilliantly!

And beside that pool...

There was a childlike figure in a Warm Orange Little Bellyband, delicate as carved jade.

The child hugged a pearl that emitted Five-Colored Radiance, lying crookedly on the grass in deep sleep. Sparkling drool lingered at the corner of his mouth, and his little cheeks were rosy.

He seemed to be having some wonderful dream, radiating incomparably pure Innate Spiritual Essence that made Yuanshi feel an inexplicable familiarity and closeness...

This was...

A... child?

Yuanshi froze, and even his divine sense faltered.

How could it be a child?

And at the very instant his focus wavered.

His act of forcibly breaking through the concealment of the secrets of Heaven seemed to trigger some higher vigilance in the unseen.

The Heavenly Dao Will, which had been gently concealing everything, seemed to frown slightly.

Almost at the same time.

—BOOM!!!

A terrifying bolt of thunder that shook the universe, as though it could split Chaos apart, exploded without warning within the absolute domain shrouded by the Taiji Diagram!

This was no ordinary Heavenly Thunder, but backlash thunder directly born from the Heavenly Dao Laws!

It was the color of Chaos and twisted in form, containing the supreme intent of judgment and warning. Ignoring the Taiji Diagram's defensive golden light, it crashed straight toward the source of Yuanshi's Nascent Soul as he forcibly performed the divination and peered into the secrets of Heaven!

"Second Brother, be careful!"

Laozi's usually placid expression abruptly changed as he shouted.

The Taiji Diagram erupted with unprecedented radiance and spun madly, trying to block it!

Tongtian was so frightened that he cried out, "Holy shit!"

Yuanshi bore the brunt of it.

An irresistible, boundless, terrifying pressure descended upon him in an instant,

and it felt as though his Nascent Soul had been viciously pierced by hundreds of millions of steel needles!

Before the Chaos-colored thunder even struck his body, the wrath of the Heavenly Dao contained within it had already made his Dao Heart tremble violently.

His blood and qi churned, sweetness rising in his throat as he nearly spat blood!

His act of forcibly performing the divination had, in the end, still drawn a violent backlash from the secrets of Heaven!