From the ambush on Black Tortoise to the ambush on Zhenwu, these two seemingly similar backstories actually had one crucial difference.
It was not the difference between the Form of the Black Tortoise and a human form, but the fundamental difference between a Heavenly Realm still in its primordial chaos and one that already had an Emperor of the Four Directions.
The fundamental difference between a Heavenly Realm created by the Heavenly Emperor and one created by the Heavenly Dao.
Had the Four Symbols ascended to establish the Four Extremes, or descended to bring the mortal world into being?
This was a struggle for control of the narrative.
More interestingly, amid this shift between the old and new portrayals, Chu Ge had slipped in another detail.
A wisp of black energy flickered between the Heavenly Emperor's brows, marking the invasion of an "Outer Realms Demon."
Why would a perfectly fine Heavenly Emperor "rebel"? Because an Outer Realms Demon had instigated it. This was the origin of the present Heavenly Emperor's split personality, and it also carried an allusion.
Where had the Outer Realms Demon come from?
Were certain people in the Mortal World not Outer Realms Demons themselves?
A complete logical loop, with everything neatly accounted for.
Qiu Wuji finally understood why Chu Ge had been so exhausted during those first few days of writing the Heavenly Realm.
The extreme strain of overwriting the old with the new, the overload on his vitality, energy, and spirit, was far beyond anything outsiders could imagine.
The Heavenly Emperor had not been tormented into a split personality so easily. The current situation had been hard-won.
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Their spirits receded from that time and space like a tide, returning to the present. Chu Ge gently stroked "Buzhou Mountain" and said softly,