Countless rays of Spirit Light rose and finally gathered at Qingxu's fingertip.
"Cult Leader, with your standing, are you really going to go back on your word?" Chen Cuo raised an eyebrow and spoke bluntly. "Is the situation turning against you, so you're changing the terms? You make up the rules as you please, acting as both referee and player. I can hardly see the bearing of a great church in that."
"To tell the truth, being a Cult Leader is nothing so remarkable. Acting on Heaven's behalf sounds impressive, but in the end, I'm only the one standing before the curtain." Qingxu heard Chen Cuo out without anger. Instead, he laughed. "Still, you're not entirely right. I set up this board with each of us on one side precisely so we wouldn't strike directly, but would pit our foundations against each other. If I used my standing as Cult Leader and the laws of the Heavenly Dao to crush you, that would be truly unfair."
As he spoke, he touched the fingertip bearing that speck of Spirit Light to the board.
"Playing this game with what each of us has learned in seeking the Dao is what makes it fair. Whether it is the Heavenly Dao or an Incomplete Dao, both ultimately gather the rules and patterns spread throughout the world, grasp them as methods, and refine them into laws. That is how laws of nature are formed!"
That speck of Spirit Light became a stream on the board, winding as it flowed onward.
A flash of green appeared in the clear water, and a flower bud rose from it.
The next moment, the flower bloomed. Streaks of light spilled from it and spread everywhere in the blink of an eye.
At once, flowers sprang up one after another,