A name was like a brand, an important spatial anchor for a True Spirit in the world.
When it appeared, memories sprouted in full like bamboo shoots after rain. In an instant, his original self returned.
That glimmer swiftly gathered, gradually taking the shape of Gu Yuanqing's divine soul.
It was like the single thought that divided being from nonbeing, the beginning of the Dao.
The shattered darkness seemed to flow and boil, changing from absolute void into a state of chaos.
Gu Yuanqing watched this passage from nothingness to existence calmly. At this moment, all those Dao insights seemed to become his cultivation in their entirety.
Only after a long while did he raise his fingers in a Sword-Finger and slash.
As though heaven and earth were being opened, chaos split in two.
The pure and the turbid separated, and yin and yang were first distinguished. Pure Qi rose to become heaven, while turbid qi sank to become earth. The Heavenly Human World was reborn.
Earth, fire, wind, and water unfolded anew, and the cycle of the five elements appeared once more.
The stars of the Great Dao lit up again, and the radiance of the Sun and Moon shone down anew.
The laws coalesced, with creation as their pivot, intertwining, nourishing, and counterbalancing one another. Finally, they became a surging, roaring Great Dao River, enveloping the entire world like a net of laws.
From then on, the myriad Daos were one, endlessly renewing themselves.
At the same time, Gu Yuanqing's immortal body was reborn as well.
Golden light rose from his crimson palace and spread outward. Bones, organs, meridians, and flesh appeared out of thin air within the void.
At the center of the Heavenly Human World, a Divine Mountain stood with its feet on the earth and