Jiang Ding gazed at the Sun Fruit at the heart of the Fusang Divine Tree.
The fruit was like a true sun, filled with endless radiance and boundless power of creation. It was the crystallization of millions of years of solar laws and countless immortal opportunities.
The Fusang Sun Immortal Fruit appeared to be one fruit, yet it also seemed to be two fruits, one large and one small, growing together.
The larger fruit was the sun. Its aura was scorching and destructive, ferociously volatile. It held at least ninety percent of the power of creation, along with many dangers.
The smaller fruit was far gentler. It shone too, but carried the aura of the Taiyin Star, as though moonlight from the nine heavens had condensed within it. It contained the purest, gentlest solar laws.
Taiyin and the sun were two parts of one whole. The sun's purest and gentlest aspect was Taiyin.
The two fruits were intimately connected.
Their bond transcended cause and effect, laws, and the starry sky. They were like the two faces of a coin: viewed from different angles, they looked utterly different, like two separate things. In truth, they were one whole.
"Is this what the Fusang Sacred Land achieved in its attempt to make full use of the Sun Immortal Fruit?"
Jiang Ding asked.
"Yes."
"Tu Shan, your perception far surpasses that of an ordinary eighth-step Dao Child, especially when it comes to how the legacies of different orders evolve and develop."
Approval showed on the Fusang Holy Maiden's face.
She cast her mind back.
"Many years ago, the Fusang Sacred Land's system was much like that of most Immortal Orders. It was nothing remarkable, and its strength was nothing special either."
"Then an ancestor named Fusang obtained the Fusang Divine Tree through extraordinary