What was Chaos?
Heaven and Earth were like an egg.
Yin and yang were undivided, the turbid and the clear indistinct.
There was no distinction between east, west, south, and north, or up, down, left, and right.
Beyond this Heaven and Earth lay endless Chaos.
Before Heaven and Earth had been folded, the Three Ancestors had opened them up. Turbid qi sank to become the earth, while clear qi rose to become the sky.
The sky's height was bounded by the Phoenix Ancestor.
The sea's breadth was bounded by the Dragon Ancestor.
The earth's depth was bounded by the Qilin!
Thus, before the sky had been folded, it had not been blue, but a murky, shifting blue-gray.
Above the depths of the sky lay the endless murderous intent of Chaos!
Chaos Qi returned all things to their original state; ordinary living beings who touched it would dissolve into their source.
Even Immortals merely sat high above the heavens, never lightly setting foot in the Chaos of the void!
With their immense power, the Three Ancestors had sealed Chaos outside Heaven and Earth, sparing this world from returning to Chaos.
When Heaven and Earth had been folded, their barrier had shattered. Along with the Heaven and Earth Reunion, Chaos Qi had come surging in.
Left with no choice, Li Taibai had risen and transformed himself into the barrier of Heaven and Earth.
He had stopped the Heaven and Earth Reunion and the invasion of Chaos Qi alike.
Now that the folded Heaven and Earth had opened wide, this world's new barrier had been formed from the transformations of many Great Cultivators.
Thus, the sky of the Cultivation World was no longer blue, and the Demon Realm's sky would no longer be gray-black.
The skies of both worlds had turned the same