Designing the World (13)

"The Heavenly Dao is an array... and the Dao of Arrays is the world itself?!"

Although he struggled to accept this form of brainwashing-style enlightenment, once An Jing truly understood what the scene before him represented, he immediately braced his spirit, focusing all his attention on comprehending those [Great Dao Array Patterns] that were far beyond his current reach.

What else could possibly describe those patterns that inscribed the heavens and earth, sculpted the universe, and caused all phenomena to shift and change?

Only the Great Dao.

It was not a metaphor or a description, nor was it a mere approximation or imitation; it was...

The Great Dao itself.

The Immortal was still waving his hand. Hanyue, a disciple of the Supreme Great View Huaixu Immortal and the one who opened the Tianyuan Realm, looked like a painter lost in the joy of creation. With a relaxed and comfortable air, a sense of happiness that he could finally display his full potential, he described the world he wished to create within the empty Tianyu.

He established a path, set the Yin and Yang, divided the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Underworld, anchored the Four Poles, Four Symbols, and Four Seasons, and endowed all things with the Five Elements and five colors... His power caused a universe devoid of Spirit Fiend to suddenly possess it, writing down in detail the [paths] and [realms] for cultivating with Spirit Fiend, turning them into the cornerstone of the world, inscribed into the foundation of all things.

The silver-blue light that had enveloped the entire universe gradually faded. It did not disappear; rather, the Great Dao is nameless, formless, and beyond words.

The Immortal set down his brush.

He looked around at the heavens and earth, nodding in satisfaction.

He said: Thus, the earth