The four spirits were the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
Of these four spirits, the Black Tortoise was the most unusual.
Tortoise and serpent united to form the Black Tortoise.
It governed the true water of the north.
Ding Ershier, having assimilated Xuanyuanzi's remnant husk, was beside herself with joy. Her four feet trod the sea, sending wild waves surging and towering breakers crashing against the shores as she raised her head and roared!
Black water and white waves supported her four feet.
"Roar-"
Amid the raging waves, heaven and earth fell still!
Wang Ba's heart stirred.
At that moment, inspiration blessed him.
He swiftly sent out three streaks of spiritual light, each flying in a different direction.
Within the Boundary Membrane overhead, Dafu, who had kept his eyes closed all this time around the Taiyi Daoist Grounds, suddenly opened them!
Then his long, slender azure dragon body, coiled around the Daoist Grounds, flew straight out of the Boundary Membrane toward Emperor Pole Continent in the east.
Er Ya and the White Tiger, on Emperor Pole Continent, also sensed something.
One gave a piercing cry; the other threw back its head and roared.
Then each became a streak of light, flying south and west respectively.
Just then, spiritual light blazed from the Black Tortoise's body!
Similar spiritual light shone from Dafu, Er Ya, and the White Tiger, and their speed abruptly soared!
Almost in the blink of an eye, they reached the eastern, western, and southern extremities of the Little Cang Realm.
With the four spirits in position, they all roared toward the sky in unison.
Though the other three spirits were all inferior to Ding Ershier, they now seemed divinely aided. Their bodies swelled enormously, each lifting a corner of the heavens!
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