Delight

Nine ancient chain phantoms wound around the outer layer of the cocoon of light, each woven from countless law patterns finer than strands of hair.

Those were the nine "Primordial Divine Locks" personally set by the Ancestral Dragon before its fall.

They were both a seal and a form of protection.

Curled within the cocoon of light was a slender silhouette.

Though the silhouette was indistinct, it resembled the first wisp of consciousness floating within Chaos at the dawn of creation.

Yet her heartbeat gradually steadied.

Once.

Then again.

With every beat, the law patterns around the cocoon of light rippled with faint golden waves.

Joy

Xiao Qing watched silently for a long while.

Then his brows furrowed slightly.

Cracks had appeared in the nine Primordial Divine Locks.

The cracks were so tiny that an ordinary divine sense sweeping over them would only mistake them for shifting light and shadow produced by the natural circulation of the law patterns.

But beneath the eyes of a Chaos Deity, those cracks were as clear as ink marks on white paper.

Little Qing noticed the change in her master's expression and moved closer.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"The seal is beginning to loosen."

Xiao Qing extended his right hand and lightly tapped the air with his fingertip.

A Chaos-colored light screen unfolded from nothingness, projecting the entire law structure inside the Divine Stone onto it.

Little Qing stared at the crisscrossing law patterns on the light screen, her fox ears drooping slightly.

"Did the Ancestral Dragon leave this behind?"

"Yes."

"Then those cracks..."

"They weren't caused by an external force."

Xiao Qing withdrew his finger, and the light screen slowly faded away.

"Once the Divine Stone's own life aura grows strong enough, the Primordial Divine Locks will automatically unlock."

He paused.

"Like a chick