The goldfur bear palm was about the size of a human shoulder, encased in clear ice for preservation. It emanated wisps of gold-white radiance that fizzled out and reformed within the ice, strengthening the structure of the water crystals themselves. This was an odd phenomenon of five-phase interaction.0

Even though An Jing was mainly trained in the martial way, he had studied quite a lot of Daoist texts and was familiar with the five phases and how they related to each other. The aspects of metal, wood, water, fire and earth represented the five modes of matter in the universe. But one could also look at it deeper. They were also abstractions of the innate properties of things.0

Metal represented the white, malleability and change. It could be formed according to people's will. The meaning could be expanded...0