Wind.
Snow.
A layer of Ice Layer buried beneath deep snow.
A blurred figure slammed down, punched through the snow and ice, pierced the frozen earth, and plunged into the bone-chilling depths of the sea.
Li Bai.
He hung upside down in the icy sea, eyes wide and vacant as he watched bubbles drift from his body.
The bubbles floated away in silence.
Everything around him seemed to return to eternal stillness.
Li Bai still did not move.
He had already spread his divine sense across the icefield, watching the situation without looking away for an instant.
When Xu Yuan had a Conversation with the monster of Truth, his hand settled on his sword again.
When the monster struck, his sword had slowly begun to leave its sheath.
Then an Ancient God had suddenly appeared to save the day.
Li Bai's hand stopped at once.
A trace of amusement finally touched his wild, cold eyes.
Taiji gave rise to the Two Principles, and the Two Principles gave rise to the Four Aspects.
Life, death, possession, Emptiness.
All Four Aspects were present.
—He could sense the aura of "Emptiness" on Xu Yuan. In another universe, the law representing "return to Emptiness" must already have descended.
That alone would have been enough.
But more importantly—
The "possession" hidden within "death" had been dragged into the light.
The truth was laid bare for all under heaven.
The Common People had remained ignorant, while the Ancient Gods and universes had been bound by "life and death," all because the Four Aspects had been incomplete.
Now—
The Ancient Gods would learn the truth.
—Which meant he could do something.
Should he?
Hesitation flickered in Li Bai's eyes.
But only for a moment.
He slowly drew his Long Sword and murmured:
"Above lie the Nine Heavens,