"Reopening the heavenly gate?"
At those words, all the saints froze.
Gu Changqing offered no explanation.
He merely raised the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe in his hand and slowly traced a line across the Primordial World's sky.
Crack!
The sky split open.
A boundless, majestic gateway appeared above the Nine Heavens.
Beyond that gateway lay neither the Heavenly Dao's divine palace nor Zixiao Palace.
Instead, there lay an entirely new world.
There was no lofty, overbearing might.
There were no cold, austere laws.
Only endless currents of chaos and infinite possibilities yet to be defined.
Gu Changqing gazed at the gateway and slowly spoke:
"Since the Heavenly Dao originated from heaven and earth, it should not stand above all living beings."
"From this day forth, the Heavenly Dao shall return to its rightful place."
"The Human Dao shall govern all living beings."
"The Earth Dao shall govern reincarnation."
"The Heavenly Dao shall govern order."
"The Three Daos shall stand side by side, checking and balancing one another."
"None shall reign supreme."
Boom!
Endless thunderous echoes of the Great Dao suddenly resounded throughout heaven and earth.
Human fortune surged.
Reincarnation in the Underworld trembled.
The origin of the Heavenly Dao coalesced anew.
Three pillars of light shot skyward from three directions across the Primordial World Heaven and Earth.
One was crimson-gold, representing the Human Dao.
One was pitch-black, representing the Earth Dao.
One was deep blue-green, representing the Heavenly Dao.
The three pillars converged above the Nine Heavens, forming a new seal of heaven and earth.
That seal had no ruler.
No single will.
Only a balance in which the Three Daos restrained one another and coexisted.
At that moment, countless living beings sensed a freedom unlike anything they had ever known.
They remained bound by the heaven and earth rules.
Yet