Xu Qingtong gained a great deal from his conversation with Zhong Ziqing. Within his five golden cores, the Dao Heart Seeds, which had not appeared for a long time, began to flicker again.
"Master, I need to carefully reflect on what you just said. Perhaps this time I can gain an entirely new understanding of the five elements origin!" Xu Qingtong said with a bow.
Zhong Ziqing nodded. "Mm, go back and contemplate it thoroughly. As for shattering your cores, I'll give it some more thought!"
Xu Qingtong took his leave of Zhong Ziqing and returned to his cave abode.
Senior Sister had not returned yet. Presumably, Uncle-Master Lü was also giving her personal guidance, helping her prepare for Nascent Soul Formation.
Xu Qingtong sat cross-legged on the stone couch. At times, scenes of his older female cousin's Core Formation appeared in his mind; at others, Zhong Ziqing's words rang out. They flashed through his mind one after another like a revolving lantern.
Finally, Xu Qingtong thought of how, during his Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, he had comprehended the principles of five elements generation and restraint and the transformations of yin and yang in the Creation Pool.
Five elements generation and restraint was precisely the waning of one and the waxing of another, like the moon hiding as the sun rose and shining as the sun set. Fire and wood arose above the earth and were called yang; metal and water arose beneath the earth and were called yin.
"All things bear yin on their backs and embrace yang; one yin and one yang are called the Dao!" When things reached an extreme, they reversed; at the utmost limit of yin, yang arose. Nothing in the world could escape the transformations of yin and yang and the five elements.
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