The will of the Great Dao Incarnate descended like invisible shackles, instantly enveloping this Chaos that boiled amid the clash of light and darkness.
The words "return" carried an absolute decree that brooked no doubt, as though they were the mandate of heaven itself, striking directly at the foundation of Ming Xin's existence!
Yet the obedience it expected never came.
The boundless radiance around Ming Xin not only did not recede, but grew ever more blazing, ever more independent, ever more unyielding!
He abruptly raised his head, his gaze like two bolts of lightning that split heaven and earth, piercing through the continuously collapsing Chaos.
As though staring directly at the hidden source of the Great Dao, his voice was firm and decisive, carrying a self-will tempered through countless calamities without ever being worn away:
"Return?"
The single question was earth-shattering, shaking the collapsing laws!
"I am the Lord of All Daos. I have already attained the Primordial Taiji!
"Though I originated from your benevolent intent, after endless reincarnations and trials across the Myriad Worlds, I am no longer your subordinate, but an independent 'Ming Xin'!"
His voice rose higher and higher, carrying the resolute momentum of severing fate and taking his destiny into his own hands:
"Moreover, the 'darkness' you claim needs to be balanced... has long ceased to be merely your own dark side!"
He pointed at the core of the Darkness of the Great Dao, which writhed and struggled within the light while still emitting a terrifying aura of Terminus, and shouted:
"It is the wails of every world across countless eras of the Myriad Worlds, the despair of all living beings, the ruins of every civilization, and every law that has been brought to an end...
"Mixed with the forbidden Ashes of Dao Tribulation, it is