"Mm." Chu Mo glanced at the Dharmic Treasure in Primordial Beginning's hands and smiled. "But this Dharmic Treasure still needs a little more tempering."
He turned his hand over, and a mote of dark light flickered into being in his palm.
Within the dark light, there seemed to be principles of law-the source of all things' final resting place. It was as though everything in the world, upon death, had to return to it and leave behind a trace of its soul, an imprint of its true spirit.
The nether origin.
Chu Mo held up that mote of darkness. "I previously needed this to deduce Dao arts. Besides, you could gain the same understanding through your contemplation in the Netherworld Court, so I didn't give it to you.
"Now that everything is ready, this east wind can naturally be returned to you as well."
Primordial Beginning's pupils contracted slightly, his gaze falling on [Netherworld].
No one understood the preciousness of a root origin better than a Source-Wielding Dao Lord like him.
Since Chu Mo had never given it to him before, he had thought the Sect Master intended him to achieve Dao Integration through [Name] alone.
"Thank you, Sect Master." Primordial Beginning bowed solemnly.
Chu Mo pushed the nether origin forward, and the dark light flew straight toward the book in Primordial Beginning's hands.
The instant the two touched, Primordial Beginning shuddered. The book seemed to come alive. The words "Life and Death" on its cover suddenly burst with a luminous dark glow. Countless names flickered across its pages, giving rise to more tiny characters that recorded the sins, punishments, and evil karma of the people of the world, their cause and effect, and their reincarnations.
At the same time, a third word, "Book," slowly appeared beside "Life and Death"