Myriad Heavens Divine Pass, central hall.
Dense Taichu energy became visible gray-white mist, wrapping Chu Tian in layer after layer as he sat cross-legged at the center of the hall. Three full days had passed since the Imperial Heart Hunting Grounds collapsed, and he had spent them in seclusion, repairing a body that had nearly been smashed to pieces.
Hum—!
With a muffled rumble, the gray-white mist surged into Chu Tian like a hundred rivers returning to the sea. Nourished by both the Taiyi Dao Heart and Primordial Purple Qi, the shattered half of his body was perfectly restored. A faint gray-white immortal radiance even flowed across his skin.
Chu Tian's eyes flew open. Two gray-white beams, deep as the source of the universe, pierced the void.
He rose slowly and clenched his fists. Within him, the Taiyi Dao Heart—formed from the Human Emperor's Heart, the Taiyi Source Core, and the Return-to-Silence Key—beat with unprecedented force. Each beat seemed to resonate with the fundamental laws of the entire Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and even the Silent Abyss Great World.
After refining the Return-to-Silence Key, Chu Tian's cultivation had broken through some ultimate shackle. It had surged from the middle stage of the Creation Realm straight toward the peak threshold of the Late-Stage Creation Realm!
So this is the power of Taiyi... Creation and destruction were always one.
At a thought, the complete phantom of the Taiyi Balance manifested above Chu Tian's head with a thunderous roar. Its left pan blazed purple-gold, while its right was black as ink. Tempered by the Coexistence Law, the two reached an absolutely perfect balance.
The instant the Taiyi Balance appeared, a vast and wondrous resonance spread from Myriad Heavens Divine Pass. Like ripples across water, it swept through the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, pierced