After leaving the Northern Dark Sea, Qing Xuan and Qing Yi did not return to the Purple Star.
The date Hongjun had set for his lecture was drawing near. Guided by the Great Dao's unseen pull, they crossed the Primordial World's starry skies, passed through where heaven and earth met the outer void, and entered the boundless Chaos.
For ordinary living beings, the currents of Chaos were enough to wear away their Dao bodies and corrode their primordial spirits. Yet when they reached the pair, they could only part around the azure Dao light.
Neither of them lingered along the way.
By the time an ancient palace emerged from the depths of Chaos, quite a few Innate Divine Beings had already gathered outside Zixiao Palace.
Before Qing Xuan and Qing Yi could approach, a bell toll that shook Chaos rang out from ahead.
Qing Xuan raised his eyes.
Zixiao Palace's gates had yet to open, but many Innate Divine Beings had already assembled outside.
At that moment, however, everyone remained at a distance, leaving an exceptionally empty stretch of Chaos in the middle.
Four figures were fighting within that open space.
Three of them were the Three Pure Ones, whom they had met in the Northern Dark Sea not long ago.
Qing Xuan was somewhat surprised. "Why are these three brothers fighting someone again?"
At his words, Qing Yi also looked over.
But upon seeing the person opposite them, Qing Xuan no longer found it strange.
Facing the three was a young man dressed in golden robes.
A dazzling blazing sun hung behind him. Brilliant golden flames lit up the surrounding Chaos, while an ancient bronze bell rested in his hand. Every time he swung it, the Chaos around them trembled.
Taiyi.
Though this was Qing Xuan's first time seeing