Thunderbolts exploded.
Pang Yan's murmured chant slowly faded, and rustling violet sparks flickered in its wake, curling like tiny snakes. Xu Xuan's expression gradually grew more solemn.
How was he to recognize Suspended Chaos?
As the former master of union of preservation, Pang Yan surely understood Suspended Chaos. What he said ought to be correct.
The seven apertures represented seven opportunities to act: to break free of bewildering primordial chaos, regain awareness, and thereby lay plans.
And this Lord of Shock Thunder had used his final awakening to help Pang Yan attain the Dao.
What remained afterward should have been a mind steeped in primordial chaos.
Then who had spoken those words, "Borrowing the Beginning to Seek the Mystery"?
"To think I turned out no different from Kui..."
Xu Xuan gave a bitter laugh. Once, he had privately thought Duke Kui Dragon failed to recognize the Thunder Lord. He had never expected to be the same.
"But shock thunder connects to primordial chaos, and seven immortals bored his apertures. How could an outsider usurp his authority?"
"I do not know either."
Doubt appeared between Pang Yan's brows. He sighed deeply. "If you mean that one of lesser yin... that is impossible too. That one has been in seclusion for years, cultivating the three-in-one to stabilize the greater configuration of yin-yang, and would not act lightly. Besides..." He seemed to suffer some restraint and could say no more, so he turned his gaze toward the woman beside him.
The light of water transformation flickered, and loving kindness enveloped the surroundings. Xi En spoke for him. "That one is among the strongest, complete in achievement and renown, possessed of both Dao and method, and dislikes playing games with people's minds... Once, Dao Lord Yize wished to perform the [Transplanting Geng to Refine