As Luo Chen's finger drew a downward line, his mind seemed to return to that experience of confusion and chaos. 

In that sea of primal qi, in that place that gave him an intimate feeling, he had followed the guidance of the Withering-Flourishing Fire Sprite and discovered the Law of Withering and Flourishing. With that, he had come to an understanding as to what Laws were; they were neither physical substances, nor spirit energy, and not even primal qi; in fact, they were not even forces at all. Rather, they were more of a realization—whoever it dawned upon would, in a mysterious and fateful way, instantly understand the various changes of everything in nature, as long as those changes concerned the Law they had comprehended.

Flowers bloom and wilt; clouds gather and disperse; the sun and moon rise and set; birth, aging, illness, and death are all steps along the same cycle, and they all showcase one aspect or another of Withering and Flourishing.

The speed of grasping a Law was thousands of times greater with the...