Ten thousand years passed, and the divine light of the Great Dao above the stone pavilion finally faded.
Qing Yi and Nuwa's discussion of the Dao came to an end.
A breeze stirred the mountain woods again. The chirping insects and burbling springs, shut out by the Dao's lingering resonance, once more reached everyone's ears.
Qing Xuan raised a hand and refilled everyone's tea.
Kong Xuan had just lifted her Teacup when two ripples suddenly spread across the Innate Grand Formation outside Phoenix Perch Mountain.
One presence blazed with the grandeur of the sun at its zenith. The other was fiercer and sharper, accompanied by the faint toll of an ancient bell that seemed to suppress Space-Time itself.
Both stopped outside the formation without advancing another step.
The Primordial Trigrams before Fuxi, not yet fully dispersed, turned slightly. He soon confirmed who had come.
"Fellow Daoists Di Jun and Taiyi."
Kong Xuan set down her Teacup and looked toward the mountainside with curiosity.
She had heard of Taiyi from Qing Xuan. She also knew he owned the Chaos Bell and had once fought her master on Buzhou Mountain.
Nuwa looked at Fuxi. "Why would they come to Phoenix Perch Mountain now?"
Fuxi shook his head.
Though he could divine the workings of heaven, he was not in the habit of calculating everything in advance.
Besides, Di Jun held the River Chart and Luo Script, while Taiyi had the Chaos Bell to shield him. Divining their purpose directly would be no easy task.
He raised a hand and opened the formation.
As the clouds parted, Di Jun's steady voice came from beyond the mountain.
"Di Jun and Taiyi of the Sun Star have come to visit Fellow Daoists Fuxi and Nuwa."
Fuxi opened the formation fully.
Di Jun and Taiyi walked