Su Changqing looked at the ancient book in his hand.
The mundane martial arts that even body-refining cultivators scoffed at, yet it made his eyes light up brightly.
The techniques recorded in Tai Chi Boxing are very simple, even somewhat rudimentary.
But the artistic conception contained within this boxing is precisely what he has been searching for, the power of Time!
"Yin and yang are balanced, hardness and softness are combined..."
The light of understanding in Su Changqing’s eyes grew stronger, and the power of Space within him began to operate subconsciously.
He lightly touched the void, and the space rippled like the surface of a lake.
A tangible yet formless power of Space gently rotated from the void.
Su Changqing touched the void again, and the power of Time, which had been used once within, slowly emerged.
The powers of Time and Space slowly integrated and intertwined.
Su Changqing carefully controlled the balance point of the two powers, and when neither exceeded by a fraction, the entire space suddenly shook!
Buzz!
The intertwined Time and Space seemed to undergo a qualitative change, like two yin-yang fish, head to tail, slowly rotating.
With each turn of the Tai Chi Diagram, the place where Su Changqing stood seemed isolated from the heavens and earth, freezing Space-Time.
The book in his hand decayed and rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A strange light flashed in Su Changqing’s eyes, and with a gentle touch on the Tai Chi Diagram, the diagram began to reverse.
Instantly, the book slowly recovered from decay, as if reborn!
"Time and Space..."
The enlightenment in Su Changqing’s eyes was profound, he murmured to himself,
"Single Time without the carry of space is like emptiness."
"And only Space without the flow of time is like a dead thing."
"Time and Space combined, yin and yang merged, everything balanced... this is the Dao of Time and Space!"
Bang!
The grand library erupted into a fierce wind, and a special domain spread from Su Changqing’s feet.
At this moment, within hundreds of zhang around him, it was like the heavens and earth were reopened, independent from the continent.
Time and Space, the foundational energies of the world, now that Su Changqing has comprehended the Dao of Time-Space balance, his personal world is rapidly expanding.
Truth be told, Su Changqing had long mastered the power of Space, but his application was very superficial.
He came to read Daoist secrets, always feeling that those missing elements were indeed the powers of Time and Space within him!
In other words, the Daoist Venerable really left unparalleled heritage within Daoism.
Yet this heritage was like a locked treasure, continuously missing the key to unlock it.
Perhaps the Daoist Venerable had foreseen this day.
He left a wealth of techniques regarding ’Time and Space’, techniques that would not vanish with time.
But wait for someone to awaken and unlock the true unparalleled Daoist heritage!
"So that’s it..."
Su Changqing murmured aloud, then turned his gaze to those techniques, almost ubiquitous in Daoism.
The Tai Chi Diagram spun slowly before him, he picked up a book again, and studied it with dedication.
Understanding the Dao of Time-Space balance is only the beginning.
The true Great Divine Skill is hidden within these simple techniques!
Su Changqing, already possessing a fierce intuition, now understands these simple techniques almost instantly.
He flips through books swiftly, his eyes bright.
Before him, the Tai Chi pattern, from its initial slow rotation, begins to speed up.
Yin and yang intertwined, black and white distinct.
At the start, the Tai Chi Diagram could still be seen as distinctly black and white, simple and clear.
But as the rotation speeds up, the eyes of the two fish gradually turn into four!
"Two instruments give rise to four images..."
Su Changqing’s eyes shone brightly.
Around him, the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter rotate, the four directions of east, south, west, and north constantly shift.
The rotation of Time-Space brings new changes to the world.
Seasons arise, directions are defined, the world becomes more complete.
And this is just the beginning.
As Su Changqing delves into one book after another, the Tai Chi Diagram spins even faster.
Two instruments give rise to four images, four images rotate, further splitting and transforming.
This time emerging is the Eight Trigrams Map!
Witnessing the Tai Chi Diagram, from the initial small yin-yang two fish, encased by four images, then further covered by the Eight Trigrams.
The Eight Trigrams Daoist Diagram became even more profound and complex.
The world that birthed the seasons and directions continuously perfects itself.
The seasonal cycles, cycles of celestial movements, clearer directionality, and various space layers’ conditions.
Su Changqing’s face slowly revealed a look of shock.
The Dao of Time-Space is far more terrifying than he imagined.
Two instruments, four images, Eight Trigrams...
These things are completely constructing a perfect world!
Even...
By now the transformation of Tai Chi Space-time has exceeded his control.
He watched from a god-like perspective as a simplistic world transformed into completeness.
In this state, his comprehension of the Heavenly Dao progressed by leaps and bounds.
Before, he could still understand two instruments, four images, Eight Trigrams.
But as it proceeded, its profundity reached a level beyond even his comprehension.
Watching the Tai Chi rotation, the Eight Trigrams following, gradually evolving into the Six Realms of Reincarnation!
The Tai Chi Diagram spinning at great speed, six yin-yang eyes, three black, three white, interweaving and transforming.
"Reincarnation... three virtues, three evils, the way of balance..."
Su Changqing’s eyes glimmered with enlightenment and doubt.
He was wholly immersed in the changes of the world.
But even before he fully comprehended, the Six Realms of Reincarnation further evolved into the cyclical interchange of Five Elements.
The Five Elements here are not merely gold, wood, water, fire, earth, but also include time, space, spatial layers...
The profound and complex Dao resonated, flashing before his eyes, as if the transformation of heaven and earth.
Su Changqing hardly had time to comprehend, as the Tai Chi Diagram underwent yet another change.
By now the Tai Chi Diagram’s speed reached the extreme.
The yin fish and yang fish, intermingled with one another.