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Starlight once again gathered around Wang Sheng, forming a natural shield for his Primordial Spirit.
Ziwei then slightly raised his hand and made a small gesture, making the wooden boat sway gently and slowly sail across the calm lake. Right after, he gestured again.
Wang Sheng stepped forward to the bow, not daring to stand side by side with the emperor.
As the surrounding mist gradually thickened, Ziwei explained, "You have just almost reached the True Immortal Realm. Your understanding of Chaos is likely shallow. Do you know where Chaos came from?"
"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
"Chaos came into existence when the Primordial Chaos first split, which was before yin and yang were separated. It is boundless and endless, yet one could also say it does not truly exist because this very place is just an illusion. Tell me, then, where did all living beings come from?"
"They seem to have come from… nothingness."
"Many great cultivators have said as much, but that answer is incomplete. In truth, this question can't be answered," Ziwei sighed. "What is nothingness? If all living beings were born from it, then wouldn't that make it a form of existence in itself?"
Wang Sheng felt a little tangled in the logic. "Actually, Your Majesty, I once let my mind wander freely. My cultivation was shallow then, and I indulged in simple guesswork."
"What did you come up with?"
"Before the concepts of nothingness and existence came to be, there had to have been a true nothingness that we can't comprehend. There was absolutely nothing...
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