Within the vast firmament, inside the Nine Pure Heavenly Grotto-Heaven.
As soon as Yin Yang God and Demon departed, the nine great primordial pure energies – Xuan Qing God and Demon, Yu Qing God and Demon, Tai Qing God and Demon, Shang Qing God and Demon, Bi Qing God and Demon, and others – derived from these energies, found themselves exchanging glances. Following this, Xuan Qing God and Demon was the first to speak:
"Yin Yang God and Demon harbors no small ambitions.
Although there is now a sky and an earth, the boundary between them remains a realm of chaos. He wishes to completely separate heaven and earth, to establish Yin and Yang. If he succeeds, his Yin Yang Law might reach an unimaginable level of completeness, and even the heavens and earth will be influenced by his Yin Yang Law, henceforth the clear sky will be Yang, and the turbid earth will be Yin.
However, if heaven and earth are completely separated, it will also benefit us. After all, as long as heaven and earth are not fully separated, our origins will suffer the erosion of the earth's turbid energy day by day, which is extremely detrimental to our pure origins, and even more so to the perfection of our own laws.
So, what are your thoughts?"
They were nine parts of the same whole, with no notion of eldest or youngest among them. Even though Xuan Qing was the first to manifest, he could not make decisions for the others, hence the need to consult each other and gauge their opinions.
"I wish to agree.
I wonder if you have noticed that heaven and earth have been constantly expanding. The primordial pure energy floats higher and higher, while the primordial turbid energy sinks deeper and deeper. This indicates that the complete separation of heaven and earth is a major trend.
It only lacks a binding rule, which is why the boundary between heaven and earth still contains much chaotic energy formed by the intermingling of pure and turbid energies, affecting the clarity of heaven and earth.
Furthermore, you should all have noticed that the number of primordial gods and demons born in heaven and earth is decreasing. It might not even be possible to birth one in tens of thousands of years. However, the number of primordial beings is increasing. This also appears to be a major trend. Yet, the chaotic energies born from the confluence of pure and turbid energies in the world are like poison to many ordinary primordial beings; they die almost instantly upon contact.
For the world, this should be an impediment, right?
Therefore, I believe that completely separating heaven and earth and eliminating the chaotic energies between them will not only benefit us and Yin Yang God and Demon, but also the entire world.
After all, we do not intend to eliminate some turbid energy gods and demons and merge their origins to follow the path of chaos. Thus, I see no harm in agreeing to Yin Yang God and Demon.
However, we cannot agree so easily.
We must find a way to ask for some benefits, or establish some prior agreements, to prevent Yin Yang God and Demon from encroaching on our territory and influencing our authority."
Yu Qing God and Demon, sensing in the depths of the void that Yin Yang God and Demon's proposal was beneficial to the world, felt that by following this trend, it would bring considerable benefits to himself. Therefore, he expressed his agreement as a matter of course.
Simultaneously, Bi Qing God and Demon suddenly stood up. First, he waved his hand and scattered several thousand strands of primordial Bi Qing energy. Then, he retrieved several thousand strands of earth's turbid energy from his collection and began to attempt their fusion.
Each time the pure and turbid energies collided and merged, they invariably formed a strand of chaotic energy – a strand of repulsive chaotic energy bearing the aura of world destruction.
... Immediately afterward, Bi Qing God and Demon hurriedly retrieved the Yin Yang Infinite Divine Light, which Yin Yang God and Demon had given each one of them before leaving, and which carried a faint aura of Yin Yang Law.
He then integrated this wisp of divine light into both the pure and turbid energies.
And allowed them to collide and merge again.
This time, the outcome changed. After the primordial pure energy and primordial turbid energy collided, they did not produce chaotic energy bearing the aura of world destruction. Instead, they gave rise to primordial spiritual energy that carried the profound mysteries of Yin Yang creation. This was primordial spiritual energy more vibrant and creative than the primordial spiritual energy currently filling heaven and earth. Most importantly, the primordial pure energy and primordial turbid energy were not significantly depleted after generating primordial spiritual energy. It wasn't that their collision to produce primordial spiritual energy had no cost.
Rather, the consumption was very little, so little that it seemed to slightly defy the law of conservation of energy. Approximately, one unit of energy of primordial pure energy and primordial turbid energy would merge, and until it was completely consumed, it could produce nearly three thousand units of energy of primordial spiritual energy. Moreover, the primordial spiritual energy that was born was not inferior in essence to the primordial pure energy and turbid energy, nor was there any issue of energy degradation.
Clearly, this could not be the work of the primordial pure energy and primordial turbid energy themselves. It could only be the change caused by the integration of that strand of Yin Yang Infinite Divine Light.
"The depth of Yin Yang God and Demon's mastery of laws has reached such a level. No wonder he specifically told us, when he gave us the divine light, that its name was Yin Yang Infinite Divine Light. Yin and Yang represent Taiji, and Wuji gives birth to Taiji. Taiji represents existence, and Wuji represents non-existence. He has already deduced the Yin Yang Law to the point of creating something from nothing. Although it may only be a preliminary exploration, it clearly surpasses me by a great deal."
The other gods and demons present could all understand this change. Tai Qing God and Demon lamented his inferiority.
"Clearly, Yin Yang God and Demon also believes that the future major trend will be an increasing number of primordial beings, a world of prosperity, rather than the current state where heaven and earth are filled with chaotic energies, and ordinary primordial beings can only survive within primordial arrays or even within heavenly grottoes, finding it difficult to walk freely on the earth.
Let alone flying into the sky.
If his plan to separate heaven and earth is indeed implemented, and pure and turbid energies constantly collide to generate this kind of primordial spiritual energy containing the aura of Yin Yang creation, then it is likely that the number of primordial beings will begin to surge in no time.
With more beings, wait, that's not right..."
At this point, Shang Qing God and Demon suddenly realized another problem: "If my understanding is correct,
Then from now on, will not all primordial beings, and even primordial gods and demons, born in heaven and earth be nurtured and birthed from this kind of primordial spiritual energy containing the aura of Yin Yang creation? In that case, those lives will all contain Yin Yang Law and Yin Yang aura in their bodies in the future.
By then, they will all be considered Yin Yang God and Demon's dependents!"
Upon mentioning this, the gods and demons fell silent again.
"Most primordial gods and demons have stable foundations now. Even if they have not yet been gestated and born, they will not be affected by these primordial spiritual energies containing the aura of Yin Yang creation, nor will their foundations be altered. So, in reality, it is the future primordial beings who will be affected.
If it only means more primordial dependents.
The impact should not be too great, right?
Moreover, it seems only Yin Yang God and Demon has the ability to separate heaven and earth at present. Forget it, in my opinion, we should agree. At least he is doing something beneficial for heaven and earth, unlike some gods and demons who only know how to plunder and kill.
But we shouldn't notify him immediately. We should wait a while longer.
Concurrently, let's discuss internally what benefits we can obtain from Yin Yang God and Demon, and what commitments he needs to make to guarantee our authority."
Xuan Qing God and Demon pondered for a moment and then said.