Chapter 1140: Use All Means
The two surging currents of sword qi from the Dragon Tiger Sword Technique correspond to the cosmic law of pure qi rising to form heaven and turbid qi sinking to form earth. From this heaven and earth were divided, and yin and yang emerged. That was why the sun rose and the moon set, giving rise to the principles of life and death and growth and decay.
In the blink of an eye, the two streams of sword qi evolved into a small world shaped like a yin-yang symbol. Yin and yang parted the primordial chaos; clear and turbid forces separated; earth, water, fire, and wind steadied the four directions; six qi filled the realm, forming the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and vegetation. The sun rose, and the moon set. These transformations never ceased.
This small world was the embryonic form of a paradise. If it were enlarged, it would become a true independent realm.
Using the Dragon Tiger Sword Technique, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu created this small world that filled every corner of the main hall, like a river filling its channel with no inlet or outlet.
Wu Guangbi’s first instinct was to crush the two streams of sword qi with his superior cultivation. However, the Dragon Tiger Sword Technique complemented each other. If one stream were destroyed, the other would draw on the elemental qi and recreate the missing half, endlessly self-renewing. Unless both yin and yang sword qi were annihilated in the same instant, they would revive each other in a perpetual cycle.
In truth, the Four Seasons Sword Technique shared a similar principle of cyclical regeneration, forming a self-contained world. All laws returned to one, and different paths reached the same end.
Thus, the Four Seasons sword qi and Dragon Tiger sword qi formed concentric circles. The latter was the inner ring, while the former was the outer ring.
The inner ring expanded outward, while the outer ring contracted inward, creating mutual pressure and confrontation.
Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, and Wu Guangbi stood at the very center of the rings, locked into close-quarters sword combat.
The two Daoist prodigies were like yin and yang, complementing and empowering one another.
Zhang Yuelu suddenly accelerated, closing in on Wu Guangbi. As their swords clashed, she extended a free hand, attempting to seize his wrist.
Wu Guangbi did not know what technique she intended, but years of battle instinct made him reflexively pull back to evade her grip.