This was a nine-petaled Green Lotus condensed from Creation Force.
Its color lay somewhere between tender green and deep azure.
The nine petals were arranged in inner and outer rings.
The outer ring's six petals corresponded to the first six layers of the Creation Heavenly Scripture.
The inner ring's three petals corresponded to the final three layers.
Every petal was woven from countless Creation Laws.
When the Green Lotus bloomed, the light it gave off was warm and gentle, forming the starkest possible contrast with the cold, lifeless Evernight Ruins.
"Is this... the Creation Green Lotus?"
Xu Changqing extended his right hand. Five-Colored Primordial Radiance wrapped around his palm as he slowly approached the Green Lotus. The instant his fingertips touched a petal, his entire body was completely swallowed by an incomparably pure azure light.
Yet in the instant he was engulfed by the Green Lotus's light, the first thing he felt was not pain, but an embrace so heavy it seemed to bear the weight of heaven and earth.
With a tenderness almost maternal, Creation Force wrapped around his entire body and seeped into him from every direction at once.
This was something Xu Changqing had never experienced before. It differed from spiritual energy entering the body in a blessed grotto-heaven, and from the nourishment of laws within a Divine Kingdom domain. It was more like a baptism.
Then, the Green Lotus's light lit up one layer after another.
The first layer: azure light washed away every impurity, rendering his Creation foundation crystal clear.
The second layer: every point of sluggish circulation within his meridians was opened.
The third layer: the core of his laws swelled violently the instant the Green Lotus's light seeped into it.
The fourth layer: a faint tremor came from deep within his bones. Creation