"Hmm?"
Qingxu looked puzzled by the change. He knew, of course, that the path Chen Cuo sought and had created drew on the meaning of rise and fall.
"Rise and fall spans an enormous range and reaches everywhere. It would hardly be wrong to call it a universal principle. But as far as I know, Master Soaring's Way of Rise and Fall is chiefly concerned with the rise and fall of living beings in the Mortal World. Its real focus is the changing of dynasties, through which he draws on the great tides of fortune to accomplish no small number of things. Why, then, when I offer to debate the Dao with him, does he open by creating a sea? The vast Primordial Wilderness, its mountains, rivers, and oceans, can hardly display his Way of Rise and Fall."
As he considered this, his curiosity grew, and he watched intently.
"He is, after all, a practitioner of the Incomplete Dao who has stirred up storms of late. His approach is well chosen, and the Great Calamity is upon us. He may truly have a chance of success. If I observe and comprehend his work now, then make a friend of him, it may benefit me in the future."
As Qingxu thought this, Chen Cuo suddenly beckoned.
At once, the sky outside changed color. Clouds, mist, thunder, fierce winds, and driving rain converged. Chen Cuo caught them all in his palm, then flung them into the chessboard!
Rumble!
Lightning flashed and thunder roared through the world within the board. Dark clouds blanketed it; then the Earth Veins shook, the ground heaved, and with a deafening boom, volcanoes erupted both along the shore and beneath the sea!
The volcanoes surged into full force, spewing lava. Thunder raged overhead and lightning crashed. Islands formed