A New World, the Creation of Heaven and Earth
No one knew how much time had passed before peace returned to the whole world. Starlight speckled the endless mountains, and leaves swayed as the evening breeze brushed past. The scene was peaceful and magnificent!
Ye Fan was still asleep.
Rumble...
A muffled peal of thunder shattered the mountains' silence! It was like stormy waves pounding the shore, like falling stars colliding.
At that moment, a world-shaping event was taking place inside Ye Fan's body-or, more precisely, within his sea of consciousness... And Ye Fan was watching it all.
After the cyan-green light had fully merged into Ye Fan's body, it seemed to have grown even stronger, and the million-zhang mass of light shone more brilliantly. It repeatedly slammed into the chaos in this void world, each impact producing a sound like thunder, deep and immense!
Under the cyan-green mass of light's relentless onslaught, vast stretches of chaos were annihilated. The sky gradually turned gray and hazy, no longer pitch-black as it had been moments before! Space was slowly being opened up, and below, Ye Fan's phantom looked up at it all!
The cyan-green mass of light grew faster and faster, purple lightning covering its surface, born of its extreme speed! Each time it tore through space, it crackled. Each time it struck the chaos, a heaven-shaking explosion rang out! Vast swaths of chaos were rapidly receding!
Yet the chaos surged, constantly repairing the annihilated space in an attempt to return this world to chaos! Thus began a tug-of-war between the cyan-green mass of light and the chaos...
Chaos was born before heaven and earth! It represented the void, without time or space! It was as still as death; nothing could exist there, nor was anything allowed to exist...
The cyan-green mass of light charged wildly in every direction as this space was annihilated and repaired again and again. Purple lightning and the mass of light repeatedly erupted with dazzling brilliance, striking the dark, oppressive chaos that filled one with despair! Heaven-shaking explosions rang out incessantly in the sea of consciousness...
No one knew how long the tug-of-war had lasted before a vast area centered on Ye Fan had been opened up. A hundred stars shone as they emerged one after another from within Ye Fan's phantom, each so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it. The stars that emerged did not join the struggle against the chaos! Instead, they rose and fell around Ye Fan's phantom, as if protecting him and stabilizing this newly opened space!
Ye Fan watched it all: the cyan-green mass of light, the purple lightning, the hundred stars, the chaos... He did not know how much time had passed. The world had yet to take shape, and there was no concept of time! Perhaps hundreds of years had passed, or perhaps only an instant!
With every impact, the cyan-green mass of light grew a little dimmer. Dispelling the chaos required an immense amount of energy!
More and more chaos poured into the space, intent on annihilating everything within and returning it all to the void! The cyan-green mass of light struggled to break through, while the purple lightning crackled. They seemed helpless against the endless chaos!
The newly opened space was continually annihilated, returning to chaos! More and more chaos surged toward Ye Fan, about to drive his phantom out! Just then, the hundred stars moved, no longer rising and falling around Ye Fan!
Boom! One star slammed into the chaos, sending energy spilling in all directions! The star's light was worn away, but a huge rift was also torn in the chaos!
Boom! Another collision made the entire space shake violently! The chaos dimmed, and the chaos pouring into the space grew thinner!
Boom! At the third collision, the star exploded with a crash! Boundless energy scattered across the space! Specks of light disappeared into the cyan-green mass of light! With this collision, the chaos dimmed completely!
The cyan-green mass of light broke free of the encirclement and accelerated once more!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Accompanied by purple lightning, the cyan-green mass of light slammed into the dimmed chaos again and again!
A second star moved. It shot high into the sky and confronted the chaos! The cyan-green mass of light soared heavenward and enveloped the star in an instant!
Crackle!
Boom!
The star enveloped by the cyan-green mass of light blazed with dazzling light, tearing through the space and hurtling into the chaos!
Explosions rang out without cease as the chaos churned and dispersed! Within the opened space, energy flowed in turbulent currents, and multicolored radiance continually intertwined. This was the power of the stars: boundless energy scattered throughout the space, stabilizing it.
Boom!
Bearing the star with it, the cyan-green mass of light struck the chaos once more. Space trembled, and an entire expanse of chaos was annihilated! Energy burst in all directions, stabilizing the newly opened space!
The opened space grew larger and larger, streams of energy shooting out and dispelling the void left behind by the chaos!
Boom!
Another heaven-shaking blast rang out as the second star exploded! Like the first, it annihilated an entire expanse of chaos. A stream of energy was released in an instant, scattering across the space.
The cyan-green mass of light blazed brilliantly, filling the entire space! Energy surged in and out, and radiant light shot forth, utterly shattering the void left behind by the chaos!
The remaining stars stopped circling Ye Fan and shot high into the sky. Then they collided with one another, releasing more and more energy! It scattered across the space!
Boom...
Purple lightning, fiery red lava, flashes from the collisions, and cyan-green light shone in concert! Energy currents surged, and a vast breath of life spread...
The chaos had been driven out completely. Within the space, countless rays of radiant light filled every corner, and the breath of life surged without cease! The heat from the stars' collisions also continued to spread...
The stars were still colliding, but no energy flowed out! For life to be born, the energy of the stars was indispensable!
Each collision was a fusion! Nearly a hundred stars were to merge into one, becoming a primordial star for this world!
Stars could preserve energy, lock down space, and wear away the encroaching chaos. Only with a primordial star could one continually grow stronger and open up new space! All things in the universe came from primordial stars!
No one knew how much time had passed before the collisions finally stopped. The nearly hundred stars had now completely fused into a new star. The lava stopped flowing, the energy was fully contained within, and the temperature gradually fell. As the primordial star cooled, it slowly stabilized!
A new world had finally been born, and the wheel of time began to turn. This moment was the "beginning"! It would still take a long passage of time for it to teem with life and grow into a great world!
Ye Fan's phantom had witnessed a "creation" inside his body! He was now dumbstruck, his face full of disbelief!
"This is a new world? A world inside my body?"