The laws of the Netherworld Realm were in chaos. Beneath a gray, fog-like sky, the River of Time flowed backward, cause and effect lay tangled, spatial structures twisted into an impossible snarl, and the laws of reality repeatedly struggled between collapse and reconstruction.
Amid the boundless chaos, two goddesses faced one another in silence.
Queen Mother of the West stood atop Western Kunlun, holding a Wordless Heavenly Book. Graceful and regal, she bore herself with extraordinary poise;
The Six Paths Goddess stood upon the Yellow Springs Mother Tree, holding the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation. Ethereal as a dream, tranquil and beautiful as a painting;
The Netherworld Realm had been scoured over and over by the River of Time, then suppressed several times by Western Kunlun. Time held no meaning here, so although the two goddesses' garments were spotless, as if they had only just met and had not even begun trading threats, this battle had in fact been going on for a very long time.
Within the wordless Kunlun Book in Queen Mother of the West's hand lay the path to immortality and the secrets of eternal life. With a gentle turn of a page, the laws of heaven and earth trembled, all things submitted, and every spirit bowed.
As for the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation in the Six Paths Goddess's hand, there was even less need to explain. During the most ancient era of the Heavenly Court, this supreme treasure had been an existence as bug-like as they came. The killing art of stripping away Primordial Spirits was merely a minor application; its true power lay in controlling fate, karma, reincarnation, and their alternation.
One represented eternal life and deathlessness, the other the alternation of reincarnation. To some extent, they countered each other.
Fortunately, Supreme Elder Lord had reinforced