The deathly silence between Heaven and Earth continued.
That magnificent spectacle, as though the world itself were being created, continued as well.
All living beings kneeling on the ground had grown utterly numb.
Their thoughts had long since failed to keep pace with everything unfolding before their eyes.
They could only stare upward instinctively, blankly, at that drunken figure, watching him pluck the strings of the entire world's destiny with something approaching artistry.
Under Gu Changqing's seemingly casual Mudra Seals, which in truth contained supreme truths, the chaotic threads of karma filling the sky were being sorted anew at a speed visible to the naked eye, falling into orderly alignment.
Good deeds earned good rewards; evil deeds bore bitter fruit.
Life, death, and reincarnation each returned to their rightful place.
All laws were empty, but karma was not!
At that moment, this understanding arose unbidden in the hearts of all living beings.
This was precisely why the importance of the karma laws to a world spoke for itself.
Though ordinarily unseen and untouchable, they were indispensable.
The destinies of all creatures were reconnected to their proper paths.
The terror that had gripped all living beings before, mingling dread and alarm until their scalps tingled, also subsided strangely.
Yet this was not the true end.
As karma was reshaped, this shattered Primordial World also began repairing itself through an inconceivable power.
Rumble!
At a certain moment, waves of deep heavenly sound rang out, deafening and beyond description.
All living beings clearly sensed that the earth spiritual veins torn apart by the storm were once again radiating faint divine light.
Then they spread through the depths of the earth at tremendous speed, nourishing all things.
The spiritual qi filling Heaven and Earth, which the storm had rendered violent and impure, swiftly regained