The Great Void.
The Xi Sheep trod through the air, while the deity sat alone.
"Xi Earth shall form a court, wherein five gods shall dwell, named [Nether], [Wasteland], [Azure], [White], and [Xi]. Each shall be a source of Nurturing Earth's Divine Abilities. These are the [Five Earth Spirits], not the [Four Celestial Beasts]."
"Nurturing Earth must have a Divine Ability called [Learning from the Various Sages], emulating heaven and earth and learning from the mysteries of nature. I establish it now, to bear the Mutual Separation of Heavenly Inquiry."
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His profound voice rolled through heaven and earth, neither thunder nor lightning, vast beyond measure, becoming words of law that descended into this world.
"The matter of Mutual Affliction-I shall restore it now, to make this art complete."
Having attained Xi Earth and brought this Dao to flourishing, the authority of Mutual Affliction inherited from the Ancient Era had truly become complete. Ancient secrets from the history of "Nurturing Earth" settled into his heart, and Xu Fayan naturally began to rectify the names used in Aspect Diagnosis!
The Five Virtues changed, giving rise to the Five Aspects.
[Mutual Generation] meant nurturing in the womb;
[Mutual Overcoming] meant restraint and balance;
[Mutual Usurpation] meant granting and taking;
[Mutual Affliction] meant excessive subjugation and reversed subjugation;
[Mutual Separation] meant division and union.
"Mutual Affliction has divisions. When normal overcoming goes too far, it is [Excessive Subjugation]; when overcoming reverses its direction, it is [Reversed Subjugation]. My Dao of Xi Earth endures all four afflictions, encompassing both forms of subjugation. Responding to Yin-Yang, it manifests calamity and fortune, thereby becoming a supreme Spirit Monster."
Vast merit descended upon him from heaven and earth. Once, Mutual Affliction had been chaotic, changeable, and unpredictable. Now, it could all be viewed through the unified mysteries