Between life and death lay a great terror.
This was already the second time Yang Huai had experienced such a moment of utter darkness.
It was as though his mind and spirit had sunk into boundless darkness, vast and chaotic, unable to break free.
Yet he had long since seen the Dao, and his Dao heart was firm. After that brief sinking, his Origin Core once more merged with the incomparably pure radiance of life within him, enlightening the core's head. The true yin within yang and the true yang within yin, deep in his soul, mingled like Qian and Kun joining in union.
Kan and Li were acquired; Qian and Kun were innate.
The final trace of true yin was drawn out and filled into true yang. At once, a wisp of true yang flame was ignited, causing a layer of true fire to arise around the Origin Core deep within his dantian. This true fire seemed to sever every connection between his essence, qi, and spirit and Heaven and Earth.
Rumble—!
The instant Yang Huai felt those connections severed, a terrifying force followed the spirituality of Heaven and Earth straight into the depths of his inner core.
In a daze, he seemed to see a terrifying grayish-white wheel of light manifest in the void. Black and white flowed within its depths, turning faster and faster. As the wheel revolved, his flesh seemed to age soundlessly.
Like spring breezes and radiant sunlight silently stealing away everything he possessed, it all came as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
Yet a spark of innate true yang sprang forth from the depths of Yang Huai's inner core. The fire of true yang flowed into the hundred apertures throughout his body, slowly resisting the corrosion of that gray substance.
At his