"Origin" meant beginning.
All things began from it, and all things ended with it.
The Five Elements formed the skeleton of all things, Creation granted them vitality, and Abyssal Ruins reclaimed them when they moved toward their end, turning them into nourishment for the next creation.
This One Origin.
Was not the One Origin of the cosmos.
Nor was it the One Origin of the Heavenly Dao.
It was Xu Changqing's One Origin.
It was the Dao he had planted from the soil as a Spirit Farmer.
It was the Dao he had comprehended over thirteen hundred years within this time passage.
At the same time, several techniques had been born.
Return to Origin!
No barriers were erected, no shields sacrificed.
When attacks landed on his body, the Primordial Dao Cycle dismantled them on its own.
The power of the Five Elements returned to their respective places, Creation Vitality mended the wounds in his flesh, and negative forces such as annihilation and curses were diverted into the Abyssal Ruins Black Hole.
The harder his opponent struck, the faster Xu Changqing recovered.
If an attack exceeded the cycle's upper limit, the excess power would be forcibly funneled into the Abyssal Ruins and accumulated there. Once full, it would detonate, becoming a devastating counterattack.
Origin Flame!
A new flame born from the fusion of the Heaven-and-Earth Furnace and his sea of qi.
It did not burn the flesh. It burned laws alone.
Evil entities, curses, and the like were all subject to its purification.
Fueled by the Primordial Dao Cycle, it required no additional spiritual or magical power and would never extinguish.
Five-Colored Primordial Radiance!
A new form of the Five-Colored Divine Radiance.
The mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements operated automatically. When it encountered fire, it became Profound Water;