Facing the descending pillars of light, Cang Linzu spread his arms as if in an embrace, holding the light floating before his chest—the True Person Array Realm he had compressed into a Spirit Fiend.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze. Only the light continued to change.
Ketu was the remnant of earth. The Array Realm tainted by Ketu's power, though it had originally been light, became dim and obscure, as though shrouded beneath an eternal shadow, filled with deathly stillness and heaviness.
And in the next instant.
Earth gave birth to metal.
Within the pure shadow, a faint thread of light was born. This light was incomparably keen, incomparably condensed, like the first edge born when the universe opened. It cleaved apart the black veil and became dazzling. Its radiance flowed, transforming into Taibai, becoming solid as a forest of blades. A chilling intent to slaughter spread outward, as though it would shatter every tangible form.
Metal gave birth to water.
That solid power, too condensed into a single whole, suddenly dispersed, softened, and became infinitesimal. The indestructible Taibai golden light transformed in an instant into countless millions upon millions of dark mist-like particles. They penetrated through every opening, becoming even more dangerous, as if eroding all life and bringing an absolute, equal silence.
Water gave birth to wood.
The dispersed, minute power continued to spread. Like thirsty roots, it greedily seized all the Spirit Fiend energy between heaven and earth for itself. This was growth taken to its extreme, and expansion taken to its extreme. What had originally been no more than a single compressed point of power swelled violently in the span of a breath. Like a Divine Wood taking root in the void, countless verdant branches, leaves, and roots frantically forked and spread. It made itself