One glance, then another, then yet another.
Liu Dongqing kept looking toward the Solar Bright Spring in Heavenly Origin Valley, his eyes full of bewilderment and uncertainty.
And the longer he looked, the stronger his bewilderment and uncertainty grew.
At last.
As dense Heavenly River Divine Sense gathered furiously in midair.
Liu Dongqing manifested a spiritual form, something he rarely did.
"Am I imagining this?"
"Now that all three origins are complete and have reached Great Accomplishment, now that the Dao-fruit essence of Three Origins Immeasurable has become one, and now that you and the others, my consorts, have transformed into true Nascent Soul Peak cultivators..."
"I actually..."
"I actually feel as though I can begin nurturing the Great One Diagram!"
"But... that can't be right, can it?"
"Without completing yin and yang and the five elements, how could I nurture my bonded Nascent Soul spiritual treasure?"
"And yet... that sense of a path opening up doesn't seem false."
"Strange! How strange!"
Liu Dongqing's uncertain voice rang across the sky.
This concerned his own path of cultivation and his bonded Nascent Soul spiritual treasure.
At this moment.
Before Liu Dongqing understood the principles behind it, he did not even dare make a casual, forceful attempt.
And just as Liu Dongqing voiced his confusion.
Zhu Faxiang manifested around him, all looking toward Heavenly Origin Valley with the same uncertainty.
Even Cai Siyun, who had lived the longest, and Chen Ange, who had read the widest range of scriptures and texts, said nothing. Clearly, this change lay beyond their understanding as well.
Yet, unexpectedly.
It was Zheng Yubing, who had only just reached Nascent Soul Peak.
After a brief spell of reflection, she seemed to search through a memory long buried by time. Only then did she slowly speak.
"Senior Brother."
"Perhaps