Boundless gray-white mist shrouded everything. The entire space lay deathly still, without wind, light or shadow, or the slightest trace of life.
Two slender figures took shape simultaneously within the mist and silently touched down.
Qian Renxue and Qian Renyou stood side by side, their appearances almost identical.
Both abruptly opened their eyes, their gazes piercing the dense layers of mist. The instant their eyes met, their minds connected, and they immediately understood their strange surroundings.
They needed neither words nor meaningful glances. The understanding forged through years of sharing the same origin and existence had long since been carved into their bones.
They shifted slightly, then pressed tightly back to back, reaching behind themselves to clasp hands, their fingers firmly interlocked.
Blazing, dazzling golden divine radiance erupted from Qian Renxue. In contrast, deep, dark streams of pitch-black light flowed from Qian Renyou, spreading in cold silence.
The opposing lights, one gold and one black, burst forth and instantly enveloped both figures.
The lights churned and flowed, the gold solemn and righteous, the black profound and mysterious. The two utterly different powers mingled, entwined, and tempered one another without the slightest rejection. Instead, they complemented each other like yin and yang, fitting together perfectly.
Layer upon layer of light accumulated and condensed. Within that radiance, the two figures slowly overlapped and merged, their outlines gradually becoming one, their auras blending until neither could be distinguished from the other.
Several breaths later, the surging gold and silver divine light abruptly contracted, drawing back into a single whole.
A new figure appeared, strands of gold and silver interwoven in her hair.
Her eyes defied all convention, veiled in faint chaos mist. They were unfathomably mysterious; a single look could shake the soul and leave one afraid to meet her gaze.
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