Zhou Xuan curled his lip, his tone dripping with mockery.
"Unfortunately, they overestimated their abilities and underestimated the destructive power of Nothingness."
"They understood only creation, not destruction."
"The two powers fell out of balance inside the seed. That was why, instead of sprouting, it nearly killed itself."
Old Ancestor Cangwu listened, dumbstruck.
Rules that touched on the foundations of a world lay entirely beyond his understanding.
"Yin alone cannot give birth; yang alone cannot grow."
Zhou Xuan looked at the two men, a wild gleam flashing in his eyes.
"This thing needs Immortal Court law, and it also needs world-destroying Nothingness. Neither can be missing."
"It's dying because the powers inside it are fighting each other."
Zhou Xuan patted his chest.
"And my black-gold Dao fruit just happens to be able to harmonize those two powers perfectly!"
The cave fell silent the instant he said that.
Ji Chen gaped, unable to utter a word for a long while.
Old Ancestor Cangwu drew in a sharp breath, his grip on his sword unconsciously loosening.
They finally understood what Zhou Xuan intended to do.
He did not intend to destroy the seed or take it away. He intended to use his own power to accomplish the feat the Immortal Court had failed to achieve all those years ago!
"Starting today, our 'scrap for crystal stones' business needs a new name."
Zhou Xuan turned to face the enormous crystal seed and spoke unhurriedly.
Ji Chen instinctively asked, "What name?"
"I'm going to turn all of Central Province into a farm."
Zhou Xuan's voice was quiet, yet carried the overbearing authority of someone who held heaven and earth in his grasp.
"The Seventy-Two Immortal Veins and all those sects, large and small, will be my farmers."
Zhou Xuan turned to Ji Chen and