This was the Basic Heavenly Dao contained within the Divine Crystal of the Manghuang World.
The Heavenly Dao within nearly every Chaotic Realm contained these "Basic Elements"—perhaps Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, perhaps Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth; weaker ones might possess only Water and Fire...
Though some appeared to share the same names, they were actually different.
The Heavenly Daos born from Divine Crystals differed markedly from one another even within the Manghuang Great World. Let alone in this world, where they did not even fall under the same overarching framework.
Take the Heavenly Dao of Earth as an example. The Supreme Law of this Source World refused to acknowledge it and directly intervened to distort it, transforming it into the Law of Earth Source.
If it had not been altered, even if the Silver-Clad Spirit comprehended the former, it would have had no way to establish itself in this world.
If Jiang Zhe had not been a native soul, and if the Divine Crystal's novel structure had not possessed the potential to become a Primal Universe—and if this example, so similar to a Cosmic Incarnation, had not been worth recording... then the Supreme Law would never have intervened.
According to the Silver-Clad Spirit's earlier perception, the Dao Principles within the Divine Crystal had split into ten distinct paths.
Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind formed the foundation;
The middle layer held four great Heavenly Daos, paired together yet mutually dependent;
At the highest level were the Chaotic Dao, along with a peculiar "Parasitic" Heavenly Dao that clung tightly to the Chaotic Dao, its origins unknown.
Other than the four foundational ones, Jiang Zhe could not understand any of the Dao Principles in the latter two layers. He could only take them slowly in the future.
Yet the immense foundation within