Nine seals, a game of chaos

Deep within the ice wall, that ancient presence slowly fell quiet for a moment.

Primordial Ice seemed to still be digesting Xuandu's words.

Dao Yi's seal had been broken, but his essence had not been refined. Instead, it had been taken into the Chaos Bead and suppressed.

Such caution had clearly exceeded Primordial Ice's expectations.

"You are more cautious than Pangu." Primordial Ice's voice rang out again, carrying an exceedingly complicated emotion.

"When Pangu reached this place and heard what I had to say, he merely said, 'I have my own plans,' and left."

"Not long after his departure, he chose to merge his body with the Great Wilderness."

"I thought the Great Dao had driven him into a corner. Looking back now, he may have been trying to circumvent its schemes another way."

"After merging his body with the Great Wilderness, he made heaven and earth his board and all living things his pieces. He has been waiting ever since."

"Waiting for someone who could make the next move for him."

"And now you have come."

Xuandu stood before the ice wall, his eyes flickering slightly as he listened.

Pangu had merged his body with the Great Wilderness and had been waiting for someone to make the next move for him.

Had anyone else said this, Xuandu might have taken it as nothing more than a wistful remark.

Coming from Primordial Ice, however, it carried an entirely different weight.

Primordial Ice was a Chaos Being who predated the Great Dao, an ancient existence it had sealed away with its own hands. He had no reason to lie.

"Was I the one Pangu was waiting for?" Xuandu asked calmly.

Primordial Ice fell silent for a moment before slowly answering, "He was waiting for someone who could break the stalemate."

"You