The scenes of the Heavenly Epoch continued to unfold around them. Xu Fayan watched quietly, while his attainment in primordial witchcraft rose at a tremendous pace, bringing further breakthroughs.
"All things are born from being, and being is born from nonbeing. This [Wu Xuan] entered nonbeing."
Xu Fayan suddenly understood why "calamity blessing" possessed a formless nature: this ancestor of witchcraft had once entered that [nonbeing], the [nonbeing] that had yet to be defined by primordial heaven!
The Heavenly Epoch had been an extraordinarily unusual age, without even the concept of primordial heaven. What state that [nonbeing] before the world took shape had been in was something no one in the present age could likely know.
Since it was nonbeing, it could not even be understood, defined, or observed. It had no meaning and no process, and so even the traces of existence had vanished.
Seeing that he had gained some understanding, Empty-Handed continued, "Although this being's existence vanished, indirect evidence could still establish that such an ancestor of witchcraft had existed. Thus, later generations called this being [Wu Xuan]."
"If it was the manifestation of the primordial one, why use 'Xuan'?"
"All we know is that this was the name used, so it was passed down."
Empty-Handed did not know its origins either and shook his head. The two continued walking through this primordial world, and the scenes around them began to change again.
The sacred emperors of the Ancient Era appeared.
The Nest-Builders emerged from humanity as the divine being of "nestwood," presumably the most ancient sacred emperor. Wood was fashioned into nests, leaves layered into clothing, and thus the human race could thrive and multiply.
Then came Great Flint!
The Fire-Drill Emperor obtained fire, turning warmth into reality. From the moment he was born, he brought the