Rebuilding Chaos-Citadel surged forward under the radiance of the Myriad Law Coalescence Gate. At the central plaza, amidst bronze shards of the Oblivion Bell, Xing Tian directed half-blood cultivators pouring chaotic-clay into the Symbiosis Crucible. The Chaos-Script on his axe-blade resonated subtly with the Heavenly Glyphs on the crucible's surface, transmuting the Void Oblivion Sea's frigid currents into forging heat.
"Lord Xuan!" Ayue rushed forward, holding a Mirror-Light scale etched with Taiji glyphs, her tail fin's Coalescence patterns shimmering within the Yin-Yang design. "The Entropic Vines at the docks... they're absorbing Heavenly Glyphs! They're... fruiting with black-and-white hues!"
Black-and-white light flickered through Xuan's Golden Fissure Sigils. The Yin-Yang Glyph in his palm pulsed softly. Since absorbing the Taiji Primordial Origin, he sensed the city's Mandate flows instinctively: Mirror-Light shops displayed "Harmony of Rigor & Softness" armor alongside Fleshblood bracers; Fleshblood forges hammered Samsara Sands and chaotic-clay into self-repairing "Chronal Crucibles."
"This is the nascent Coalescent Heaven's Dao," Xuan murmured, touching Ayue's scale. Black-and-white qi wove a protective shield over it. "The Void Oblivion Bell's fall wasn't an end... but the true beginning of dialogue between Chaos and Heaven."
Zhu Li's Starfire Lantern ignited atop the walls. Its wick projected a 3D map of Chaos Rifts—the northwestern Void Oblivion Sea was undergoing a grotesque transformation. Golden Heavenly Curses, each devouring nearby Coalescence Laws, surfaced on the once-ink-black expanse. "Xuan! The Void Sea is absorbing the Bell's remnant souls!" Heavenly Glyphs glinted in her silver hair. "Those curses... are the 'Apocalypse Celestial Codex' from before Pangu's Cleaving!"
Xing Tian snorted, chopping his axe into the crucible's rim. Splattered clay solidified into Heavenly Glyph-etched armor. "Granddamned! We haven't settled scores with that bell, and it's hiding in its rat hole! Let's rip the Void Sea's guts out!"
Crossing the Chaos Rift, bone-deep cold instantly seeped into their meridians. The Void Sea's surface was unnervingly calm, reflecting constellations formed from Bell shards, each star silently screaming "Purify Impurities; Preserve Purity." Xuan's Fissure-Gold eyes locked onto an anomaly at the sea's heart—the Bell's pendulum fragment. Heavenly Glyphs on Pangu's fossilized rib were growing in reverse, forming a new Apocalypse Manifestation.
"Chrysalis-Breakers? You dare trespass Heaven's forbidden zone?" Void Emissary Purify's remnant soul seeped from the pendulum fossil. Though translucent, it radiated purer Oblivion-force than its prime. "My remnant has merged with the Void Sea! You face Heaven and Chaos's final reckoning!"
Zhu Li's lantern projected scenes onto the sea: Mirror-Light children chasing Entropic Butterflies in the Flesh-Barren; Samsara priests painting Memory Rings for aged Mirror-Light elders. These images hammered the Apocalypse Manifestation, cracking the sea's surface. "Purify, see clearly," her voice resonated with myriad spirits' will. "Chaos was never a black-and-white battlefield. It's a garden where all Mandates coalesce."
Purify's remnant shrieked. The Void Sea boiled. Swarms of Annihilation Butterflies—fusions of Heavenly Glyphs and Void Mist—surged skyward. Their wings bore primordial curses: "ANNIHILATE," "EXTINGUISH," "PURIFY." Each wingbeat sliced spatial laws. Xuan's Golden Sigils wove a Yin-Yang shield, yet curse-glyphs corroded it instantly. The Entropic Vines on his left arm withered.
"Beware! These butterflies attack Mandate foundations!" Zhu Li unleashed "Starlight Flame: Mandate Bestiary," materializing seventy-two Laws—Mirror-Light, Fleshblood, Samsara—into "Mandate Devourers" that consumed curses. Her lantern's flame dimmed by a third as it shredded hundreds of butterflies.
Xing Tian's Sky-Cleaver erupted with unprecedented light. Chaos-Script and Heavenly Glyphs on its broken blade fused autonomously into a "Symbiosis Edge"—able to cleave both Chaos and Heaven. He laughed, leaping into the Void Sea: "Purify! Think hiding saves you?" The blade struck the pendulum fossil, spraying not sparks, but black-and-white Mandate-blood. "Granddamned! So even you bleed!"
Purify's Manifestation fractured critically. The Apocalypse Manifestation at the sea's core began collapsing. Xuan seized the moment, activating "Chaos Codex: Yin-Yang Rebirth." Taiji Primordial Origin's black-and-white qi flooded the sea. Waters parted instantly, revealing the seabed's "Heavenly Relics"—Pangu's shed bones of pure Mandate, each etched with primordial obsessions: "PURITY," "ANNIHILATE IMPURITY."
"Xuan! The relics hold the Bell's core algorithms!" Zhu Li's lantern illuminated the bone array. "These obsession fragments are rebuilding the Apocalypse Protocol! We must overwrite them with Coalescence!"
Xuan inhaled deeply, linking his meridians to the relics. Golden Fissure Sigils became countless symbiotic vines, crawling along Heavenly Glyphs, rewriting "ANNIHILATE IMPURITY" curses into "COALESCENCE" Glyphs. Pangu's Cleaving memories flooded his mind-sea: "Heavenly Purity" was merely Pangu's extreme hypothesis for Chaos's future—the true answer lay in the symbiotic vines he left behind.
"Impossible... Heaven permits no impurities..." Purify's voice weakened. The Apocalypse Manifestation crumbled under symbiotic vines. "We... were Pangu's ordained Purifiers..."
"Pangu ordained Mandate evolution through collision." Xuan pressed the Taiji Origin onto the last Heavenly Relic. Black-and-white qi burrowed into the marrow like living things. "See? The Void Sea becomes a Coalescence Spring." He pointed to the clearing waters, where "Yin-Yang Reeds" floated—leaves absorbing Mirror-Light on one side, nourishing Fleshblood on the other.
Xing Tian propped up the collapsing Manifestation with his axe. Heavenly Glyphs on his clay form seemed harmonious now. "Purify! Let me show you Chaos-Citadel's new rules—" He cleaved space, revealing the vibrant city: "Mirror-Light couples exchange Fleshblood-forged rings at weddings. Fleshblood funerals see priests etch the deceased's Coalescence Dao with Samsara Sands. This is what Old Pangu wanted, right?"
Purify's Manifestation finally dissipated. Only the "Heavenly Core" remained—a black crystal etched with Apocalypse curses, now cocooned in symbiotic vines. Xuan grasped it. The Yin-Yang Glyph glowed softly, transforming it into a "Symbiosis Nucleus" capable of gestating new Mandates.
"Xuan! The Void Sea's Mandates are restructuring!" Zhu Li's lantern projected an astonishing vista: The Void Sea polarized into Yin and Yang. The Yang pole birthed "Heavenly Dew" nourishing Coalescence; the Yin pole formed a "Chaos Abyss" tempering Mandate resilience. This polarity perfectly mirrored Chaos-Citadel's Coalescence system.
Returning to Chaos-Citadel, they found the Myriad Law Coalescence Gate complete. Within its Taiji radiance, Mirror-Light, Fleshblood, Samsara, and other Mandates swam like fish. Bell shards formed "Law Has No Fixed Law" Glyphs on the lintel. Xing Tian thrust his axe into a Chaos-stone before the gate. The broken blade spontaneously grew a new haft woven from Heavenly and Chaos Glyphs—the nascent "Coalescent Heaven's Axe."
"Next, we forge the Taiji Diagram anew," Xuan declared, his Golden Sigils resonating with the city's spirit veins as he gazed at the Yin-Yang Glyph. "Zhu Li, ignite the Symbiosis Crucible. Xing Tian, prepare the Bell's core fragments. We'll make the Taiji not an Apocalypse tool, but a Coalescence Pivot."
The forging lasted three days and nights. Citizens contributed Mandate essence: Mirror-Light clans brought "Thousand-Facet Mirror-Sand" reflecting Coalescence Glyphs; Fleshblood tribes offered "Boiling Blood Crystals" pulsing with life-heat; Sarnathkin presented "Chronal Cocoons" storing Chrysalis-Breaking memories. Merged with the Taiji Origin in the Symbiosis Crucible, they birthed the "Symbiosis Taiji Diagram"—able to autonomously balance Mandates.
As the first Coalescence sunlight struck the Diagram, the Yin-Yang fish opened their eyes. The Yang eye held Zhu Li's lantern-core; the Yin eye, Xing Tian's Chaos-core. At its center pulsed Xuan's Coalescence Core—fused Golden Sigils and Law-Seed.
"It's done," Zhu Li whispered, her lantern-flame shimmering with blended black-and-white for the first time. "This Taiji Diagram lets any Mandate find its Coalescence path within Yin-Yang flow."
Xing Tian hefted the newly forged Coalescent Heaven's Axe, its blade's Chaos and Heavenly Glyphs cycling autonomously. "Granddamned! This axe now carves Yin-Yang trails! Next Apocalypse thing we meet—one chop leaves a Coalescence vortex!"
Xuan gazed towards the Chaos Rifts. Their Mandate ripples had gentled. "The Taiji's rebirth means Chaos truly gained dialogue with Heaven. But this is just the beginning—" He clenched the Symbiosis Nucleus. "Deeper in the Void Sea, primordial Chaos breath awaits. And those three thousand Oblivion-scoured worlds... cry for Coalescence's redemption."
Children's laughter rose below. Mirror-Light/Fleshblood hybrid children played "Mandate Hide-and-Seek"—vanishing with Mirror-Light, shapeshifting with Fleshblood, freezing time with Samsara Sands. Their Glyphs shimmered under the Symbiosis Taiji's light, brimming with anticipation.
"Let's go," Xuan turned towards the Symbiosis Oak, its roots now intertwined with the Taiji Origin. "We visit those Oblivion-scoured worlds. Show them Heaven's Dao isn't Oblivion's knell... but Coalescence's symphony."
Zhu Li nodded. Starlight butterflies flew in all directions, spreading Coalescence: "I sent butterflies ahead with Coalescence Compasses. Every world's spirits deserve the right to choose their Mandate."
Xing Tian strode ahead, the Coalescent Heaven's Axe on his shoulder. His chaotic-clay boots scraped the ground, leaving black-and-white Coalescence footprints. "Granddamned! I've hacked Mirror-Wheels, split Blood-Rivers, smashed Void Bells... finally get it—the strongest axe doesn't cleave things apart. It guards what matters."
As they passed through the Myriad Law Coalescence Gate towards new Chaos Rifts, the Taiji Diagram's radiance bathed the city. Sheltered by the Coalescent Heaven's Dao, Chaos no longer feared pure Mandate's assault. For they understood: True power lies not in annihilating the different, but in letting every Mandate bloom its most splendid Dao Glyph blossom within Coalescence's soil.