Twin Yin-Yang, Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness, Black-White Interplay, Taiji Boundless, Fate Unpredictable...
This is an ancient legend.
And an ancient forbidden legend at that.
Legend has it that as long as Yin and Yang merge into one, the Heavenly Dragon and Earth Phoenix jointly manifest auspiciousness, and Darkness and Radiance interplay, one can form the Taiji Boundless, and fate would no longer be predetermined by the heavens.
Throughout the ages, many great powers have sought to fulfill this legend, thereby transcending fate.
Unfortunately.
To this day, no one has succeeded.
The reason is simple.
The conditions are far too stringent.
The world knows that Yin and Yang, like water and fire, are opposing, mutually restraining existences. To merge Yin and Yang into one is incredibly difficult; the slightest misstep results in utter annihilation.
Of course.
Looking across the ancient and modern heavens and earth, there are those who have fused Yin and Yang. For example, Cang Yan, the Lord of Langya, cultivates both immortal and demonic paths. She is both the Emperor of the Immortal Dao and the Emperor of the Demonic Dao, which is equivalent to merging Yin and Yang.
There is also the Floating Life Emperor, hailed as a hero of the modern era. The Primordial Chaos Dao he created is also a Great Dao born from the fusion of Yin and Yang.
The problem is.
To achieve Taiji Boundless, merely fusing Yin and Yang is not enough; it is only one of the conditions. Beyond that, one must also achieve the Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness.
The Heavenly Dragon and Earth Phoenix—even the old-timers from the Desolate Era have scarcely seen them, let alone witnessed the Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness.
Legend says the Heavenly Dragon guards the Nine Heavens, and the Earth Phoenix guards the Nine Nethers.
Only the ruler of the Nine Heavens can obtain the Heavenly Dragon's guardianship, and only the ruler of the Nine Nethers can obtain the Earth Phoenix's guardianship.
This means that even if someone merges Yin and Yang, they must also become the ruler of the Nine Heavens to gain the Heavenly Dragon's protection and become the ruler of the Nine Nethers to gain the Earth Phoenix's protection.
While merging Yin and Yang is difficult, there is at least hope of success.
To simultaneously ascend as the ruler of the Nine Heavens and the ruler of the Nine Nethers sounds utterly fantastical.
There are precedents for merging Yin and Yang, but being both the ruler of the Nine Heavens and the Nine Nethers—there has never been any precedent in all of ancient and modern heavens and earth.
Even more terrifying.
Beyond merging Yin and Yang and achieving Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness, to accomplish Taiji Boundless, one must also satisfy the so-called Black-White Interplay, meaning making Darkness and Radiance interplay with each other.
As is well known.
The Path of Light is a supreme Great Dao.
The threshold for this Dao is extremely high. It is not something one can step into simply by having high cultivation, good aptitude, or excellent comprehension. To step onto the Path of Light, one must first possess the Radiant Bloodline—this is a prerequisite. Without the Radiant Bloodline, no matter how good one's aptitude or comprehension, one might spend a lifetime without ever setting foot on the Path of Light.
Moreover, possessing the Radiant Bloodline does not guarantee entry into the Path of Light.
The so-called Radiant Bloodline is merely a qualification to step onto the Path of Light, nothing more.
Whether one ultimately steps onto it depends on one's own fortune.
And that's just the Path of Light.
Besides the Path of Light, one must also step onto the Path of Darkness.
If the Path of Light is a supreme Great Dao.
Then the Path of Darkness is a forbidden Great Dao.
Like the Path of Light, the threshold for the Path of Darkness is also exceedingly high.
One requires the Dark Bloodline to even qualify.
Looking across the ancient and modern heavens and earth, those who possess both the Radiant Bloodline and the Dark Bloodline, while not numerous, are not few either. Yet, those who have truly stepped onto both the Path of Light and the Path of Darkness are exceedingly rare. Currently known are only the Great Sun Radiance Emperor, the Floating Life Emperor, and Miao Rulai, who have stepped onto the Path of Light; Black Mountain Old Monster, Green Lantern Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster have stepped onto the Path of Darkness.
Whether it's merging Yin and Yang, achieving Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness, or Black-White Interplay, these three conditions are each more stringent than the last. Satisfying one condition is already incredibly difficult; to satisfy all three—looking across the ancient and modern heavens and earth, no one has ever achieved it to this day.
It is said.
The Warrior Emperor Wuzang and his sibling were twins born in the modern era, connected by blood, sharing life and death. One possessed the Radiant Bloodline, the other the Dark Bloodline; one had the Heavenly Dragon Body, the other the Earth Phoenix Body; one was the destined calamity responder inheriting the true mandate, the other the Original Sin variable defying heaven to change fate.
It can be said their existence is absolutely a match made in heaven, inherently possessing the three conditions for Taiji Boundless.
Even so.
Many still did not hold high hopes for them.
Although the Warrior Emperor Wuzang twins inherently possessed the three conditions for Taiji Boundless, that was merely possession. Whether Yin and Yang could merge, whether the Dragon and Phoenix could manifest auspiciousness, whether Black and White could interplay—all were unknowns, the greatest challenges to achieving Taiji Boundless.
Until now.
Until this moment.
Until this very instant.
Gazing at that androgynous Yin-Yang figure in the void, everyone knew: the Warrior Emperor Wuzang twins had achieved the legend of Taiji Boundless—Yin-Yang united in one body, Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness, Black-White Interplay.
No one dared believe it was real. Even witnessing it with their own eyes, it felt like a dream, unbelievable, even difficult to accept that someone had achieved Taiji Boundless.
This was especially true for the Original Sin Patriarchs present.
They all wanted to seize this opportunity to gamble and vie for the Original Sin Spirit within the Li Palace vortex. Originally, with the appearance of the three Great Dao overlords—Black Mountain Old Monster, Green Lantern Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—their hopes of contention had already greatly diminished. Little did they expect that now, an ancient forbidden legend, Taiji Boundless, had emerged.
If it were only the three Great Dao overlords, the other Original Sin Patriarchs might at least get a sip of soup if they couldn't eat the meat. But with the appearance of Taiji Boundless, they probably wouldn't even get that single sip into their mouths.
Not just them.
Even the three Great Dao overlords—Black Mountain Old Monster, Green Lantern Ghost Emperor, and Liao'e Old Monster—faced with the sudden appearance of this androgynous Yin-Yang figure, their inner shock was evident. Their expressions were all solemn, their eyes filled with deep astonishment.
All three were scheming for the Original Sin True Lord, having laid plans in secret for a long time.
It is no exaggeration to say that across the heavens and earth, whether sacred grounds or forbidden lands, the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens or the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, the Nine Heavens or the Nine Nethers, whether from the Guixu or the Huangxu, any existence—be it various Great Daos, various Original Sins, various destined calamity responders, or various Original Sin variables—that could influence the situation, the three Great Dao overlords had laid plans to guard against them. Not only did they have preventive schemes, but they also had countermeasures. Even if unknown situations arose, they similarly had methods to deal with them.
The Warrior Emperor Wuzang Yin-Yang twins—the three Great Dao overlords had also been secretly observing and guarding against them. The three had never underestimated these twins; on the contrary, they had always regarded them as a significant threat.
After all, these Yin-Yang twins: one was a destined calamity responder possessing the Heavenly Dragon Body and Radiant Bloodline; the other was an Original Sin variable possessing the Earth Phoenix Body and Dark Bloodline. In other words, even without achieving the ancient legend of Taiji Boundless, the threat level posed by these Yin-Yang twins was second only to Gu Qingfeng and Miao Rulai.