Every time Yin imposed a law of ending, Yun Lintian focused not on the effect, but on the principle behind it—the absolute, unwavering intent to return to nothingness. Every time the Creator reaffirmed existence, he focused on the profound certainty of being she embodied.
Is there any better way to learn? he wondered, his soul trembling with excitement. To witness the very concepts of Creation and Uncreation demonstrated by their original masters? This is not a catastrophe; it is the greatest opportunity imaginable.
The battle raged on, and Yun Lintian lost all sense of time. Eons passed in what felt like both an instant and a lifetime.
The two primordials, embodiments of fundamental forces, showed no signs of fatigue. Their power was self-sustaining, drawn from the very concepts they represented.
Yun Lintian witnessed a stalemate of a duration and scale he could never have conceived. It was a perfect equilibrium.
