The sky was dim, and white rosy clouds shimmered.
Amid boundless jade light sat a blood-robed sage, bearing seven wounds, his figure indistinct. The various authorities and intentions of the Jade Void Great Dao were temporarily vested in this venerable being of Imaginary Creation.
Heavy snow swirled through the world.
A lone figure walked through the wind and snow, sword in hand, cutting through all things. Living beings, Immortals and Deities passed beside him one by one, all dissolving into nothingness before finally filling that infinite wound.
"Severance... runs fundamentally counter to seeking immortality and cultivating truth."
The further he cultivated, the more keenly he felt how unique this Dao was.
Cultivators seeking the Dao generally cultivated images, wielded authority, and refined Dao fruits. All of this amounted to augmentation. Even Greater Yin augmented its own [Hidden Metal] and [Diminution] in a certain sense.
But Severance was absolute subtraction, utter negation. The further a cultivator walked along this Dao, the more he lost.
Its sole image was [Sword], with nothing else besides. Dividing Yin-Yang, separating Life and Death-all such things were merely spillovers of its power.
Cultivated to its utmost, it could indeed cleave apart even Being and Nonbeing, True and False, and Root and Branch!
Crack.
A sound like cracking ice rang out. He abruptly raised his head and saw chaos surging beyond heaven and earth, golden light weaving through it. Dimly, he sensed some kind of change.
"Suspended Chaos? What has it connected to-"
He sensed it briefly and formed a conjecture.
Qi Embryo.
Within [Roaming Union], a wondrous image had taken shape, yet no master could be found for it, so it could only remain vacant. It concerned the various completions and enhancements of Arcane Arts.
"It seems a great upheaval has occurred in the true history..."