As time entered the final years of the Ming Dynasty, yang waned and yin waxed, and each year grew colder than the last. In winter, even the regions south of the Yangtze began to see snow, and Lake Tai began to freeze.
The "Water and Fire in Harmony" project, brought about single-handedly by Shi Feiyang, went into operation.
Ling Hun and Cui Wugu personally carried True Solar Fire from place to place to replenish the heat. Their adjustments were exceedingly subtle, so subtle that people could not feel them at all, for too heavy a touch would also bring disaster.
Disciples from the Snow Mountain Sect's Taoist temples throughout the land cooperated, steadily pushing back the freezing line. Neither of the two knew how far they ought to push it. After all, every hundred miles it moved could determine the survival of countless living beings. The karmic burden was too great for them to make the decision themselves, so they could only seek Shi Feiyang's advice.
Shi Feiyang told them outright, "Push the freezing line beyond the Yellow River!"
The two were greatly startled. "If the Yellow River no longer freezes in winter, the implications would be enormous!"
"In the age of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, towering trees covered the Central Plains, and elephants and rhinoceroses roamed everywhere. We would merely be restoring the splendor of those days. What is wrong with that?"
Ling Hun said, "The lives and deaths of too many beings are involved. Though you could save many lives, you could also kill many..."
Shi Feiyang smiled. "When the Three Sovereigns ruled the world, they did not scrimp and count like this! There is no need for such calculations, for idle wrangling over karma and painstakingly weighing gains against losses. This is a method of