Five-colored radiance interwove within Heavenly Tribulation Mountain, forming a curtain of color like a rainbow descending from the heavens.
Wang Xiwei led the disciples of the Fire-Waiting Hall away to settle the Spirit Mountain into place, leaving only Wen Guang and Cheng Yan beside Xu Xuan.
Xu Xuan looked at the [Five-Element Mountain]. It was roughly half the size of Azure Sky Peak, with a mysterious-yellow base and five Spirit Peaks standing separately above it. He focused his senses and examined them one by one.
"Geng metal, Jia wood, Gui water, Bing fire, and nurturing earth?"
Doubt stirred in Xu Xuan's heart. This differed somewhat from what he had imagined, so he looked at Wen Guang.
"Why arrange them like this, rather than using the proper aspects such as Kan water?"
Logically, the five proper aspects had clear sources and readily traceable channels. Their cycles of generation and suppression followed an innate order, requiring no further effort to harmonize. Wen Guang's arrangement, however, was rather muddled.
"Reporting to the Sect Leader, Spirit Treasures of the five proper aspects are difficult to find these days, especially those of Li fire. We don't have a single one in the sect. I sent people to inquire, and they're only produced near the imperial capital."
"Besides, the Spirit Treasures in our stores were barely enough to assemble these five aspects. Getting them to coexist at all was already the limit. We can only gather the rest bit by bit."
Wen Guang's Dharma body of flame drifted in the winds high above the earth as he spoke quietly.
"This artifact is only at foundation establishment, so naturally it cannot achieve an endless cycle of the five virtues, generating life without cease. Still, it can use generation and suppression against enemies. Its functions are varied and