Taisu!
That name exploded like two world-destroying thunderclaps deep within the Elder of Chaos's Primordial Spirit, violently shaking his mind and making his Dao Foundation tremble.
He froze where he stood, his pupils losing focus. His mind went blank, leaving only that name echoing madly within it.
Taisu...
Taisu?!
Taisu, one of the Five Pre-Heavenly Ultimates?!
The Elder of Chaos's breathing stopped completely at that moment.
Not because of fear, but because of...
Shock.
A shock that surpassed his knowledge, his imagination, and every boundary of his understanding.
Of course he had heard the name Taisu.
What sort of existence was that?
The Five Pre-Heavenly Ultimates were supreme Dao Rhythms that had existed before Heaven and Earth opened, before chaos was divided.
Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji-these five were the roots of the Great Dao, the source of all things, and the starting point of every law, every order, and existence itself.
Taiyi was the state in which qi had yet to appear.
Taichu was the beginning of qi.
Taishi was the beginning of form.
Taisu was the beginning of substance.
Taiji was the state in which form and substance were complete, yet chaos remained undivided.
These five were not living beings, not Demon Gods, nor any known form of existence.
In a sense, they were incarnations of the Dao, the source of all rules, existences even older and more unfathomable than the Great Dao Demon Gods.
Legend held that, endless ages before chaos opened and the Three Thousand Demon Gods were born, the Five Pre-Heavenly Ultimates had already existed within that void.
They had no consciousness, no physical forms, and no wills. They were merely pure Dao Rhythms, flowing, evolving, and intertwining within chaos.
Until one day, Taiyi stirred, Taichu gave birth, Taishi took form, Taisu acquired substance,