The towering Zhulong dharma manifestation was wreathed in black-and-white flames, its flame-like long hair streaming wildly. As its long tail coiled and swept, boundless spirit fiends gathered into clouds, linking Taixu and the Present World. As the Cloud Vortex revolved, it transformed into "Chaotic Two Principles," giving rise to the divine anomalies of the Three Origins, Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Bagua.
One of Heavenly Monarch Xi Yi's hands reached into the void and clenched the Haotian Dharma Seal, colliding with a calamity-fire demonic claw striking from the direction of the Demon Kingdom, bearing the Qi of Yin and Yang. His other hand held the Bright Mirror Dharma Seal, creating a spiritual domain of Creation that completely blocked the endless radiant light seeping in from the direction of the Myriad Immortals Array.
Taixu trembled, and the entire Silver Mountain Hub shook violently. Manifested upon the ground, it was as though someone had seized the earth by both edges and shaken it fiercely. The incomparably sturdy Silver Mountain foundation naturally suffered no damage, but the endless frost covering Silver Mountain was all flung away. The inner reaches of the Grotto-Heaven became a vast, white world of ice and snow as a magnitude-ten earthquake and a superstorm swept through it.
For a time, the great hands on both sides were severed by this sudden divine power. Whether Tianyuan humans or Tianyuan demons, all fell briefly into a state of shutdown. From Heavenly Monarchs and True Monarchs above to little demons and Qi Refiners below, the thoughts welling up in their hearts were astonishingly identical.
—Who was this Heavenly Monarch? Where had He come from?
And, most importantly...
—Why did He cultivate the Ascension Path?!
At this point, chaos was breaking out everywhere within the Grotto-Heaven. Only the area around the Zhulong God-Man