Some of the fragments lay in a state between the three.
Their cores had already cooled, yet faint law reconstruction still stirred across their surfaces.
The old structures were gradually crumbling, while new existences were budding in a hazy, half-real state.
This was not the cycle of life and death, but the most fundamental circulation of matter.
Xu Changqing crouched and pressed his hand against a Star Core fragment half a man tall before him.
It felt icy to the touch, bearing the distinctive rough texture of a cooled Star Core.
This fragment was dark gray. Tiny specks of light were embedded within the cracks webbing its surface, likely lingering embers of laws.
He closed his eyes, activated his Origin Dao Foundation, and sank his consciousness into the fragment's internal law structure.
A complete course of events.
From creation, to stable order, to collapse after burning out, and finally to the cooling of the core.
The entire process unfolded in full beneath the perception of the Origin Dao, like an open book, every page densely and clearly written.
The Origin Dao Foundation itself formed a closed loop of creation, order, and terminus.
Now, standing upon this land piled from countless Star Core fragments, every breath Xu Changqing took and every step he made resonated with that closed loop.
Origin Flame silently flickered within his sea of qi, its rhythm noticeably faster than usual.
It was excited.
Indeed, if he went to the Azure Emperor's Back Garden, he could likewise gain the support of the laws of life and death, and the Origin Dao could temper itself to completion.
But the Back Garden's law structure centered on life; life was overwhelmingly strong there, while death was exceedingly weak.
Here, however, life and terminus appeared together. Where there was creation, there was