"But you are merely 'using' your bodies, not 'becoming' heaven and earth."
"The true form of the Demon Race should not merely be an enlarged shell. It should bear mountains, rivers, wind, and fire within its flesh."
"Only when the body itself becomes a universe can one be a great demon."
Before his words had faded, the Desolate Star beneath their feet suddenly shook violently.
"Bind!"
Zhou Yan and Murong Li had taken their positions at opposite poles without anyone noticing.
A massive chessboard spanning the entire star instantly appeared across the barren ground.
Countless chains condensed from the power of fate and karma erupted from the earth or pierced through the void, forming a net that blanketed heaven and earth, seeking to imprison Si Chen at the center of the chessboard.
Yet Si Chen merely looked down at the chessboard beneath his feet and shook his head gently.
He raised his right foot and gave the chessboard's central point a light stamp.
Crack!!
The perfectly square Star River Chessboard, which had calculated every secret of heaven, instantly filled with cracks beneath that single stamp and shattered outright!
"Old Zhou, your karmic chess game is too 'square.' Your head is full of calculations bound by rules and restrictions."
"Li, your law of fate is too submissive. You always think that once you have seen the destination, it cannot be changed."
Si Chen looked at the two of them and gently offered guidance:
"True divination is not seeing through heaven's secrets. It is 'creating variables.'"
"Taichu's appearance gave me an idea... watch closely."
Si Chen slowly raised both hands and lightly traced a shape before him.
Hum!
Beneath his feet, two swimming fish, one yin and one yang, slowly emerged.
Then the two principles began to revolve.
Taiji gave rise to