Then he silently said in his heart, "Claim."
The next moment—
Buzz—!
The entire Imperial Hall—no, the entire Bright Realm Space—
seemed to resonate and tremble faintly at the command to claim, which came from the depths of his soul. The tremor was slight, yet unmistakably clear.
The first to descend was the immense power of water and earth.
Yu Yuan felt as though he were immersed in an endless deep sea, yet at the same time, as though he had the boundless earth at his back.
The power of water, at once supremely strong and supremely gentle, able to engulf all beneath the heavens, nourish all things, and nurture life—
and the power of earth, immense and weighty, able to bear all things and bring forth life—blended together perfectly.
Along with the already strengthened Wood Element Power, Fire Element Power, and Metal Element Power, they instantly formed an even more perfect and stable Five Elements Great Cycle, one that would endure without end.
The comparatively weak links in the Five Elements Cycle had now been fully made whole.
This allowed the Five Elements to flow more smoothly and freely, while the source of the Emperor Armor grew more stable and powerful.
The Five Elements revolved, endlessly generating one another.
An aura that seemed capable of giving form to all things rose from Yu Yuan.
His vitality, recovery, and defense, along with his resistance to and control over the natural energies of heaven and earth, all reached an astonishing new height.
Just as Yu Yuan was shrouded in Five-Colored Radiance atop the throne in the Imperial Hall,
two energies, one black and one white, slowly emerged from the void, carrying an aura of boundless mystery, as though they could divide heaven and earth and all things within them.
They were