The Way of Heaven and Man

"We understand."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, their expressions solemn.

Seeing this, Chen Nianzhi gave a slight sweep of his long sleeve and said calmly, "Since that is so, let us begin."

As his words fell, he flicked his sleeve and pointed into the void, conjuring a phantom gleam of spiritual light.

The crowd looked up and saw the phantom light continuously evolve in the air, slowly taking shape from a vague embryo until it finally became an infant.

Jiang Venus furrowed his brow and could not help murmuring, "This is..."

"This is the scene of a mortal's birth being evolved." Xuan Qingyi spoke softly, then frowned and muttered to herself, "What profound meaning does Senior's action hold?"

At the same time, the image in the void gradually took form, eventually becoming a fetus emerging from the womb.

Only after completing this step did Chen Nianzhi begin to explain. "Do you young friends know what it represents for a mortal to go from gestation to birth?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback. Jiang Venus immediately answered, "A person's life begins with the gestation of a wisp of true spirit, followed by birth from the mother's womb."

"This process of gestation is the Human Dao. It is the true Great Dao."

Chen Nianzhi nodded and said with a smile, "The gestation of man is not merely the Human Dao—it is also the legendary Heavenly Dao."

"This..."

The crowd revealed stunned expressions. Xuan Qingyi could not help asking, "Please enlighten us, Senior. Why is the Human Dao connected to the Heavenly Dao?"

Chen Nianzhi did not answer directly. Instead, he pointed into the void once more and conjured another phantom gleam of spiritual light.

The light bloomed, transforming into a hazy world at the beginning of primordial chaos, like the ancient scene of heaven and