Within the Pure Profound Dao Palace, Zhang Yu learned of the report from below and also came to know what had happened there.
With a turn of his mind, he knew that the influence of Grand Chaos was indeed involved. Yet this time, Grand Chaos had not actively invaded Celestial Xia.
Celestial Xia's Heavenly Order had now been initially established. Though it was not as rigorous and stable as Origin Xia's, it could still sense all external disturbances. If Grand Chaos entered, it would immediately be detected.
Thus, the true situation this time was that Chi Mian had thrown himself into Grand Chaos's embrace, and Grand Chaos had given him a certain response.
His gaze lowered, and he casually reviewed Chi Mian's past. Every experience from his birth to his entry into the Dao flashed before his eyes. He discovered that this man had actually been influenced by Grand Chaos from a very early time.
It was not that he had ever come into contact with Grand Chaos. Rather, after hearing that Turbid Canon cultivators could borrow power from Grand Chaos, he had remembered it, and it had since taken deep root in his mind, never to be forgotten.
This man had always thirsted for higher-level power, and his heart in seeking the Dao had been extremely resolute. Yet he was also wary of such power, believing that unchecked power was unacceptable. One force ought to counterbalance or oppose another, so that he himself could survive amid them.
At first glance, this seemed somewhat similar to his own Dao of Holding the Center, but they were in truth two entirely different directions. His Holding the Center lay in harmonizing all things, so that all living beings might benefit; what this man revered, however, was climbing upward through every crack, treating