As someone who had comprehended the time laws, Chu Luohen naturally knew this too.
He raised a hand slightly, and a totem glowing with a golden halo drifted out of it. Before everyone's eyes, it slowly expanded without limit, until it encompassed them all.
Only after the golden totem stopped expanding did Su Jiu get a clear look at its form. It was an enormous sun wheel, but besides the markings on it, there were images and inscriptions unfamiliar to her. They looked like twelve animals-or perhaps demon beasts? Magic beasts? She could not be sure.
Under Chu Luohen's control, the golden sun wheel began turning slowly beneath their feet. Then its lines shifted as though they had come alive. Strand after strand of golden thread peeled away from the original totem at a steady pace, flew into the air, and traced a new pattern.
The twelve unfamiliar animals finally transformed into four totems everyone recognized.
"Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise. The four sacred beasts of the cardinal directions?" Yang Guo stared unblinkingly at the lines in midair, which had yet to settle into place. A rare look of astonishment appeared in her eyes.
Sacred beasts ranked below divine beasts and were the sea-calming pillars of the Azure Realm. Yet however powerful sacred beasts were, they could not compare to divine beasts, so existences such as divine beasts were not tolerated by the Azure Realm at all.
They possessed an innate trace of power that transcended the Azure Realm's laws. That was why its Heavenly Dao imposed such severe restrictions on them, but no amount of restriction could change the abilities they were born with.
The Phoenix Egg she had fought Bai Su over in her youth was one example, and Swallowing Heaven, who had already exploded,