As the chaos furnace withdrew, the suffocating aura of darkness vanished completely.
Immediately afterward, an abrupt change occurred.
Boom!
Deep within the secluded valley, where the five Fierce Beasts had originally stood guard,
an immense pillar of light shot skyward, instantly piercing the heavens and tearing through the clouds and mist that lingered year-round within the Myriad Laws Heavenly Gate.
The light was dazzling beyond measure. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet intertwined, accompanied by immortal mist so dense it seemed impossible to disperse.
A thousand streams of auspicious energy and ten thousand rays of rosy light illuminated the entire gloomy forest of stone steles, making it resemble a pure land in the divine realm.
"Th-that's..."
Someone cried out, the earth-shaking spectacle reflected in their eyes.
Within that pillar of light, phantoms of dragons and phoenixes resonated with one another.
True Dragons coiled through the air, their roars shaking eternity; Divine Phoenixes bathed in flames, scattering auspicious feathers across the sky.
Then the earth began to tremble. It was not a destructive earthquake, but a surge of immense earthly energy.
Golden lotuses emerged out of thin air from the soil and the void, each as large as a millstone.
Their petals were crystalline and translucent, flowing with Great Dao runes as they swayed gently in the breeze.
They gave off the rustling sound of scriptures being recited, as though three thousand Buddhas were chanting, or the gods and devils of all heavens were praying.
"Golden Lotuses Springing from the Earth, auspicious radiance descending from heaven! Is this the sign of a Saint's birth, or the appearance of a supreme treasure?"
Yet the most stunning sight was still to come.
At the center of those sky-filling manifestations, the phantom of a snow-white beast slowly emerged, standing upon auspicious clouds.