Time hurried past, and the power surging from the great cocoon grew ever stronger. A primal, savage aura slowly rose within it.
Behind Li Dao, silver-white rings nested within one another and slowly revolved, brewing a mighty force that could warp space and time.
"Eons Fleeting!"
Li Dao's eyes snapped open, and strange ripples swept from his body, instantly engulfing the surrounding area.
In an instant, everything around him turned black and white, as though it had fallen into a world of ink wash.
Mountains, rivers, and trees were all rendered in black and white, yet nothing stood still. Instead, everything moved in a bizarre fashion.
The entire ink-wash world flowed slowly. Li Dao raised a finger and tapped the air.
Within the ink-wash world, the flow of black and white accelerated, while the silver-white divine rings behind him blazed with boundless divine light.
Outside, time and space around the mountain stream seemed to accelerate in an instant. The Horsetail Grass struggling to grow on the cliff face withered and flourished eighteen times in a single breath.
The lush vegetation around the stream did the same, and even the rocks began to weather.
Within the ink-wash world, Li Dao felt his divine power draining rapidly. Cracks spread across the ink-wash world.
Crack-
With a crisp shattering sound, the ink-wash world burst apart, and color immediately returned to the world before Li Dao.
The Horsetail Grass that had withered eighteen times also recovered as the ink-wash world shattered, as though nothing had happened.
Li Dao's face was somewhat pale. His Cave Heavens all emerged, transforming into divine rings that gulped down the essence of heaven and earth like a whale swallowing water.
His pale complexion slowly regained its healthy color, and his aura grew increasingly profound.
"Phew."
Li Dao let out