Chu Tian did not look at him.
He forced another bead out from between his brows—black and white intertwined, black for yin and white for yang. Two Dao patterns coiled across its surface like two fish biting each other's tails.
The Yin-Yang Heavenly Bead.
He tossed the Yin-Yang Heavenly Bead to Yuan Wuxing as well.
Yuan Wuxing could no longer hold them all in his hands.
The two beads slowly revolved in his palms. Five colors and black-and-white light intertwined, casting shifting shadows across his face.
His eyes reddened, not from gratitude, but from something too tangled to name. For all these years, this was the first time anyone had treated him this way.
It was absolute trust—letting go and allowing him to act, unwavering support.
"Heavenly Lord, I—"
"Shut up."
Chu Tian cut him off again.
Then he raised a hand and, through the Imperial Crown Mark between his brows, separated a strand of the Five Elements Heaven Realm's origin—the five-colored band of light spanning the heavens, the land as weighty as primordial divine mountains, the void engraved with the ancient runes of the Five Elements Heaven Clan—and sent it into Yuan Wuxing's brow.
Yuan Wuxing's body jolted violently.
He felt it. The Five Elements Heaven Realm was opening itself to him.
This was not the acceptance granted by the Altar before. Chu Tian had given him half of the Five Elements Heaven Realm's authority.
From this day onward, he was half the master of the Five Elements Heaven Realm.
He could draw upon its origin, command its laws, and come and go freely within it.
At last, his tears fell.
He was not crying. The tears simply fell on their own. He could not control them.
"Heavenly Lord, I..."
"I said shut up."
Chu Tian looked at him.