Dao Xuan's Design, the Sun-Moon Celestial Roc

Of course, most importantly, Dao Xuan now had a way to avoid taking such enormous risks.

After all, the Yang Five Elements spiritual roots in the Inner World were now in place, and the foundation for the Five Elements Law had been laid.

Continuing to gather Yin Five Elements spiritual roots atop the Yang Five Elements spiritual roots was merely the icing on the cake.

Besides, he could still seize a Parasol Tree from the Phoenix Clan for a Ding Fire spiritual root, but Dao Xuan truly had no idea where to find Ji Earth and Xin Metal spiritual roots.

Thus, Dao Xuan came up with a solution.

He first tossed the Gourd Vine in his hand beside the World Tree. One was Jia Wood and the other Yi Wood; Jia and Yi complemented each other, while yin and yang flourished together. With the Jia Wood Essence of the World Tree, the Gourd Vine could grow more quickly.

Having settled the Gourd Vine, Dao Xuan began to display his divine abilities once more.

This time, he took out an egg. Yes, the Phoenix Egg Zhunti had given him.

Had Dao Xuan not intervened, what hatched from this egg would later have been the Roc.

The first Golden-Winged Roc in heaven and earth.

Dao Xuan guessed that the reason the Roc had become a Golden-Winged Roc rather than a Yin-Yang Roc was likely related to Zhunti.

The Innate Yin-Yang Origin contained within it had been stolen by Zhunti.

Zhunti had replaced it with his own Geng Metal Origin, which was how the Roc became a Golden-Winged Roc.

Dao Xuan did not particularly blame Zhunti for what he had done.

After all, if he had been Zhunti, he would most likely have done the same.

Of course, he was not Zhunti, so his methods would naturally not be the same as Zhunti's.

Though he too had set his sights on the Roc's Innate Yin-Yang Origin, Dao Xuan had devised a solution that benefited both sides.

"Little fellow, don't blame me for not discussing this with you beforehand. After all, you can't exactly discuss it with me, can you? Besides, this is also a great fortune for you. If it succeeds, your future achievements may even surpass those of your elder brother, Kong Xuan," Dao Xuan said with a smile to the Phoenix Egg.

Then Dao Xuan began to wield a supreme Heavenly Dao divine ability.

He still began with Creation by Rotation, yet it seemed to be more than merely that, involving even more laws.

It was as though he had fused all laws into a single furnace, using creation as the core and commanding principle!

Under this move, a strand of Innate Geng Metal Origin hidden within the egg was extracted first and fed directly to the Bodhi Tree by Dao Xuan.

Immediately afterward, two streams of qi, one black and one white—the Yin-Yang Qi—were also extracted from the Phoenix Egg by Dao Xuan.

One had to know that this was the Innate Yin-Yang Origin! Two origins, one yin and one yang, fused together in perfect unity.

Even Zhunti had been unable to do anything about it and had not dared forcibly extract it from the Roc's soul.

Otherwise, he would injure the Roc. At best, its soul would be severely damaged, turning it into a muddle-headed fool; at worst, its soul would collapse entirely, and it would die an untimely death.

Zhunti could only use his own Geng Metal Origin as a gradual substitute, ultimately stealing the Innate Yin-Yang Origin.

But Dao Xuan had accomplished it.

One could well imagine how terrifyingly profound Dao Xuan's cultivation and attainments had become by this point.

Moreover, this was within his Inner World, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the process.

At this moment, the Phoenix Egg no longer contained the Innate Geng Metal Origin, nor did it contain the Innate Yin-Yang Origin.

If it continued incubating, then even if it successfully gave birth to something, it could no longer hatch a Golden-Winged Roc.

What would hatch should instead be a Phoenix with a truly pure bloodline. Naturally, it could no longer be called a Roc then.

But that was not Dao Xuan's sole purpose.

He did not intend to claim the Innate Yin-Yang Origin for himself. He merely wished to borrow it and form a mutually beneficial arrangement with the Roc.

At this moment, Dao Xuan did not even glance at the Yin-Yang Qi. Instead, he focused all his attention upon the enormous egg.

Dao Xuan slowly extended his right hand, holding it upright like a palm blade. At the same time, an aura that made one's hair stand on end spread outward.

This aura was precisely the aura of the Destruction Law.

Dao Xuan fused the Destruction Law into his palm, then brought it down in a vertical chop toward the giant egg.

In an instant, it was as though lightning had flashed past, and the blade radiance illuminated the world.

The next moment, the giant egg split into two. Yet miraculously, though the egg had been divided in half, it was not damaged.

Rather—

One egg had become two eggs.

Even more astonishingly, the exact same soul aura emanated from both eggs. In other words, the same living being was being nurtured within both eggs.

This nearly defied all common sense. Yet it was the truth: Dao Xuan's slash had divided the Roc's soul into two portions.

One was yin, and one was yang!

Moreover, he had successfully allowed the Roc to retain its consciousness, though it was now divided between two places.

Both eggs were the Roc!

What came next was simple. Dao Xuan fused the yin and yang origins into the two eggs separately.

Thus, one of the eggs swiftly turned pitch-black, clearly becoming the yin-attributed one.

The other became a white egg, the yang-attributed one.

Afterward, Dao Xuan sent the two eggs respectively into the origins of the Lunar Star and the Solar Star.

He would use the origins of the Lunar Star and Solar Star to nurture and hatch the Roc.

Of course, throughout this process, the Lunar Star and Solar Star would also benefit, gradually becoming imbued with the Roc's Innate Yin-Yang Origin.

This would allow the origins of the two great stars to gradually transform, reversing the acquired into the innate.

There was no need to elaborate on the benefits this would bring to the Solar Star and Lunar Star.

And this was the benefit Dao Xuan gained by borrowing the Roc's Innate Yin-Yang Origin.

What about the Roc?

Dao Xuan was using the Sun-Moon Origin to nurture and hatch him. Thus, when the Roc eventually took form and entered the world—

Aside from his own Innate Yin-Yang Origin, he would also receive the Sun-Moon Origin bestowed by the Solar Star and Lunar Star within Dao Xuan's Inner World.

He would also gain a degree of control over the myriad stars of the heavens.

With that, the Roc that emerged would no longer be the original Golden-Winged Roc.

He should instead be called the Yin-Yang Celestial Roc, or the Sun-Moon Celestial Roc!

Of the two, Sun-Moon Celestial Roc was the more fitting name. After all, the Roc was nurtured and hatched within those two great stars, and the abilities he gained were closely tied to them.

According to Dao Xuan's calculations and design, when the Roc took form and entered the world, he would no longer possess that gleaming golden appearance.

Instead, one wing would shine brilliantly like the great sun, while the other would be pure white like moonlight. Yin-yang radiance would flow across both wings.

When he spread his wings, beyond his original extreme speed, a single beat could overturn yin and yang, turn the sun and moon, and draw endless stellar power and Magnetic Force upon himself.

One could imagine how terrifying such innate potential would be if it corresponded to the Primordial World's myriad stars, sun, and moon.

Even within Dao Xuan's current Inner World, such innate potential was terrifying to the extreme.

Once he matured, he would definitely not be inferior to the Four Symbols Divine Beasts!