Beneath the flowing radiance of the Eight Trigrams, the lightning absorbed by the world of thunder seemed to be rapidly worn away.
This lightning was being absorbed bit by bit by the entire world.
It was even possible to see that, after being cycled through the Eight Trigrams, the power of the lightning silently gathered at the formation eye of the feng shui configuration.
It seemed to be flowing back into the earth dragon.
The earth dragon appeared to be undergoing an infusion of the essence of heaven and earth, a trace of wondrous light spreading from its body.
This, too, was within Li Qing's calculations. As the Dao of Heaven went, it diminished what was excessive and replenished what was lacking.
To create a powerful grotto-heaven and avert the grim tribulations of the future, he intended to make use of the mighty power of heaven and earth drawn forth by the tribulation itself.
He would further nourish the earth veins, making the grotto-heaven born from them even more perfect.
One of the immense functions of the Starry Sky Earth Dragon Configuration was to gather and shape the earth veins into the form of a dragon.
The dragon form was a wondrous state, conforming to some mysterious principle or logic between heaven and earth.
In this state, the illusory earth dragon possessed an almost simulated intelligence, and it would actively devour the essence of heaven and earth.
As it continuously devoured that essence, a hint of reality emerged in the earth dragon's illusory body, as though some kind of chemical reaction were taking place within it.
Time passed second by second, while the thunder outside grew ever fiercer, lightning pouring down like a torrential rain.
The disturbance at Myriad Dragon Mountain was immense, yet it remained confined within the mountain's