In the dim void.
Every fragment of Chu Tian's flesh and blood, every shard of bone, every wisp of soul fragment, gathered from all directions as if iron filings were drawn to a magnet.
The fragments reassembled, fused, and transformed within golden light.
Chu Tian's flesh began to regenerate, his bones reformed, and his soul condensed.
The black radiance within those fragments peeled away and gathered in the west of the small world, merging into the Demonic Abyss.
The golden radiance surged from the fragments, enveloping them and guiding them to reassemble into a complete body.
Chu Tian's body slowly took shape between heaven and earth.
First came a hand, then a leg, then his torso and head.
His body emerged from the void, shifting from blurred to clear, from illusory to solid.
His skin regrew, golden and black radiance flowing beneath it at once.
Chu Tian reappeared above the Netherworld Secret Realm, standing in the void of the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
His eyes were closed, yet every pore of his body shone—not with golden light or black light, but with a golden-black radiance formed by the intertwining of both.
That radiance erupted from within him, weaving a dazzling phenomenon through the void.
On one side stood the Human Emperor Phantom, clad in a golden imperial robe, wearing an imperial crown, a longsword at his waist, his majesty as imposing as a mountain.
On the other stood the Heaven-Reaching Great Demon, entirely black, the two demonic horns atop its head piercing the void.
The two phantoms slowly revolved behind him, like two blazing suns, like two bright moons, like two guardian deities.
Suddenly, Chu Tian opened his eyes.
Within the pupil of his left eye was reflected the Human Emperor Phantom.
Within the pupil of his right eye was