Qing Shuo and Bai Wang each obstructed the Yi Transformation. As expected, three layers of light bloomed from the lotus within the radiance, signifying the emergence of the third transformation.
Zhuang, who was holding the field here, connected at this moment under the guidance of the Word Seal talisman. He precisely met that transformation and, with the forceful operation of his Dao method, pinned down the mystery that had blossomed forth.
Primordial Simplicity followed closely behind and took over. When the lotus's fourth layer of radiance appeared, he likewise blocked the mystery of this transformation, making it difficult for it to continue.
By all reason, Primordial Unity Daoist had just been slain once by Sever All Absolutes, losing one layer of transformation. The fifth transformation should have been difficult to unfold.
Yet no one knew whether the Constant Dao could restore constancy—that was, whether all transformations would return to the unchanging. If so, then no matter how many times its transformations were slain, as long as the Constant Dao was not damaged, the transformations beneath it would not diminish.
Zhang Yu had considered this possibility, so he had arranged people to restrain the fifth transformation, prepared for any eventuality.
The facts now proved that his caution had been correct. The fifth transformation still appeared. But no matter how it transformed, beneath constancy, only the transformations of the Five Primordial States were now permitted. All other transformations lay outside them, so the number of transformations ended here. There could be no more, or else it would only shake the foundation of its own constancy.
Fu Xiang and Chuan Zhen knew that it was their turn. The two came from the same lineage of transmission. Though their fundamental Dao methods differed, they coordinated seamlessly. Following the direction indicated by the Word Seal