This was a conclusion reached only after considerable insight and observation!
"That new world began as darkness! An extreme primordial darkness that could swallow even a Sage!"
At the mention of that primordial darkness, Haotian seemed to recall the suffering he had endured. His expression turned grave for a moment, but he soon regained his gentle smile.
"In that darkness, I had only just stepped inside."
"My flesh turned to sludge there."
"The merit I had accumulated over millions of years became an insubstantial wind in an instant."
"Even my magic power and primordial spirit began to wither at once, like the ashes of a fire about to burn itself out!"
Haotian continued, but his thoroughly sermon-like tone felt rather jarring to Xu Tong, who had spent so long in the Primordial World. Still, Xu Tong did not interrupt and continued listening.
"I don't know how many years I spent there. It seemed to be the beginning, in the deepest reaches of the laws of darkness! Even the definitions of time and space grew hazy there..."
"I merely drifted there in a stupor, until one day!"
"I seemed to faintly hear a child crying!"
For the first time, Haotian's even, peaceful tone grew impassioned!
"Then came a mother's whispers, a father's conversation, laughter between brothers, affection between husband and wife..."
"It came little by little. Only after a long time did I understand that those were my days as the Jade Emperor. Those were the prayers of my people, and their everyday lives!"
"Later, when I thought of Yaochi, I awoke!"
"I was born from the world's most primordial darkness! Without even a shred of magic power or merit, just like a mortal, I merely said..."
"God said, let there be light!"
"In that instant, I illuminated the entire world!"