Within the half-saint domain, a sea of blood surged to the heavens. A divine beast that resembled both turtle and dragon threw back its head and roared madly amid the blood sea, whipping up towering waves. Grand Tutor Meng held the Ancient Morality Stele in one hand, his beard and hair flying, his eyes flashing like lightning as he suppressed all things...
As the scriptures poured continuously from Grand Tutor Meng's lips, echoes and resonances of scripture filled the entire half-saint domain. Golden inscriptions continually emerged upon the black surface of the Ancient Morality Stele in his hand. Like living beings possessed of spirit, the manifested inscriptions leaped from the stele and descended. With each passage falling, domain attacks formed from the four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire crushed everything within the half-saint domain.
A line of inscription fell: Benevolence is the heart of the Dao. The benevolent are like earth; the heart bears all things. As the words rang out, the earth element within the elemental realm resonated and rioted. Countless earthen spikes shot skyward from the ground throughout the half-saint domain, rising a thousand meters high and piercing the turtle-dragon's body into a bloody mess. The earth beneath the sea of blood heaved up and down like a seesaw, damming the waters with earth and swallowing more than half the raging blood waves...
A line of inscription fell: Virtue is the body of the Dao. Supreme virtue is like water, nourishing what lies below without contention. The water element within the elemental realm resonated and rioted. Dazzling heavenly waters descended from above within the half-saint domain. The moment they fell, they became icy blades and frosty arrows, freezing and rending everything apart. Even the churning sea of blood congealed, while white frost gathered over the turtle-dragon