Roaming Union was incomplete; the passage was obstructed.
Both ends of the Primordial Gate had been pierced. The formless domains collapsed and burned within ding fire, while the passage between before and after had temporarily vanished through Xu Xuan's sacrifice, no longer flowing freely at his will as it once had.
With his authority over calamity blessing, however, he could reclaim it at any time and reverse the sacrifice—but that would also mean facing the damage inflicted by the Falling Sun Tribulation Arrow. His authority over formlessness could no longer be used.
Yet the divine status Chi had exchanged for could make up for that perfectly.
[Thunder Marsh]
Of the seven revelations upon Xu Xuan's Dharma Form, one had been extinguished, leaving a gap that represented the incompleteness of his current state.
Coiled upon his shoulder was a bolt of lightning resembling both dragon and serpent, its violet radiance flashing with dazzling brilliance. A majestic Bronze Divine Mask covered its face, cloud-and-thunder patterns emerging across its surface.
Candle Yin and Thunder Marsh existed in similar forms. One wore a face of red iron, the other a face of bronze, while the rest of their divine bodies consisted entirely of thunderfire, appearing as dragons, serpents, and various divine forms to outside observers.
Their essence... was as though fruit positions had come alive.
Seeking the Golden Position and attaining a place ultimately meant seating one's own nature and life upon a golden rank. Immortals, demons, monsters, and spirits were all alike in this, yet these ancient divine beings seemed like fruit positions brought to life, possessing wills of their own.
If [Formlessness] within the calamity blessing fruit position one day awakened and gained consciousness, it too could be called a divine being!
That was also why Thunder Marsh's traces had survived the