736: The way to balance lies in one's heart.

The battle erupted in an instant!

On this void battlefield, two identical figures transformed into two streaks of dark lightning, colliding frantically!

Five Elements Sword Formation! In an instant, the five-colored Sword Qi of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth crisscrossed, slaughtering each other!

The technique of setting up the formation and the circulation of energy were exactly the same, without the slightest deviation!

Pure Yang Sword Art · Great Sun Burning Heaven! The vast Pure Yang Sword Qi was like a falling scorching sun, burning everything in the eight directions!

"Yao Delong" also swung his sword, the Pure Yang True Fire burning fiercely, and he did not fall behind in the slightest!

Pure Yang Sword Domain! Profound Nether Cold Domain! The diametrically opposite powers of the Domains crushed and annihilated each other!

Heaven Rank Secret Technique · Nine Transformations of the Vast Sun! Nine scorching, brilliant phantom images of the Great Sun rose from behind Yao Delong, and a destructive aura filled the void!

"Everything you know, I know too! And... I am more uninhibited than you! More ruthless!"

The "Yao Delong" opposite him laughed wildly, and nine Great Suns rose behind him as well!

Even the radiance was more violent and reckless than the one Yao Delong displayed!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two torrents of ultimate, rigid, and Yang destruction collided fiercely! The void space shook violently, as if it were about to shatter! A terrifying shockwave swept through everything!

Matched in strength! Evenly matched!

No matter what Divine Ability or secret technique Yao Delong used, the opponent could immediately counterattack in the same, or even more extreme, way!

The opponent was a perfect replica of his own cultivation, combat consciousness, and even combat intuition!

At the same time, the opponent also possessed the madness, ruthlessness, and reckless explosive power that his reason had suppressed!

"As expected..." Yao Delong's thoughts raced amidst the intense collision, and the Yin and Yang Dao Diagram in his Sea of Consciousness spun frantically,

"If we keep fighting like this, there will be no end. Either we perish together, or I will be devoured by him... Compromise? That's even more impossible!"

Unification!

What is the true meaning of Unification?

Looking at the face opposite him, which was identical to his own but filled with madness and paranoia, Yao Delong's heart suddenly became crystal clear!

"He... is not an enemy!"

"He is the other half missing from my Dao Heart! He is the part of myself that I have never accepted, and even deliberately resisted!"

"Yin and Yang, rationality and sensibility, benevolence and decisiveness, forbearance and ostentation... are inherently two sides of the same coin!"

"Forcing a separation will only create conflict; blindly suppressing it will eventually lead to a backlash against oneself!"

"True 'Unification' is not about elimination or suppression! It is about..."

"Acceptance! Understanding! Fusion! Making peace with oneself!"

With this thought, Yao Delong's gaze changed instantly. That intense Battle Intent, those tense nerves, and the impulse to unleash a killing blow once again receded like the tide, leaving behind only clear tranquility and acceptance.

Just as the "Yao Delong" opposite him roared again, gathering terrifying Haoyang True Power, and preparing to launch the next destructive strike—

Yao Delong made a move that was completely unexpected to him!

He put away all his offensive postures and dispersed the sharp Sword Qi around his body.

His figure no longer flickered or dodged, but instead, he calmly walked step by step... toward that crazy version of himself!

The "Yao Delong" opposite him froze, and for the first time, a look of shock and confusion appeared on his ferocious face: "You... you want to surrender?"

Yao Delong did not answer, just continued walking forward.

His gaze was no longer hostile or guarded, but carried a sense of understanding and compassion that saw through everything, as if he were gazing at... himself, lost in the darkness.

He walked up to the phantom that was identical to him. The two were within inches of each other, their auras intertwined, and even their breathing seemed synchronized.

Yao Delong slowly raised one hand, not to attack or defend, but simply extended it, palm upward, as if inviting him.

The "Yao Delong" opposite him trembled all over, his eyes struggling violently!

The destructive energy in his hand flickered, seemingly ready to explode at any moment, yet it was restrained by an invisible force.

Yao Delong's gaze was calm, looking directly into those eyes burning with frantic flames. His voice was gentle yet firm, ringing out like the profound sounds of the Dao, echoing in the deepest parts of their Souls:

"Yin and Yang are originally one; you and I... share the same Dao."

Boom!

This sentence was like the thunder at the beginning of the Universe! It was like the evening drum and morning bell, waking up that "other half" blinded by madness and paranoia!

The manic, cold, and evil expressions on the face of the "Yao Delong" opposite him melted away rapidly like snow.

His frantic eyes gradually became clear and calm, and finally, a faint smile of relief and liberation appeared.

He did not attack, nor did he speak.

He also slowly raised his hand, palm downward, and gently touched Yao Delong's upward-extended palm in the void.

The moment their fingertips touched, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only a warm and soft light spreading from the point of contact between the two!

Hum!

The light instantly engulfed the two figures!

There was no devouring, no pain of Fusion.

There was only a kind of seamless, perfect... Unification!

Yao Delong felt an unprecedented sense of completeness!

Those previously suppressed traits of sensibility, decisiveness, and ostentation did not disappear, but instead integrated into his original rationality, benevolence, and forbearance in a more harmonious and controllable way!

It was as if the Yin and Yang fish were perfectly embracing, with no more barriers! His Dao Heart became incomparably transparent, rounded, and resilient!

The light dissipated. In the void, only Yao Delong remained standing alone.

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze as deep as a sea of stars, with no trace of confusion or conflict left, only pure enlightenment and tranquility.

Hum!

The void scene before him dissipated like a receding tide. In front of him, the three prayer mats that carried the trials of the three stages were silently turning into specks of light dust, vanishing into nothingness.

At the same time! Above the dome of the great hall, the huge Yin and Yang fish diagram, which had been rotating slowly for who knows how many years, suddenly erupted with unprecedented, brilliant light!

The black and white Qi intertwined and swirled, as if it had come alive!

Swish!

The Yin and Yang fish diagram suddenly detached from the dome, transformed into a beam of light condensed to the extreme, like a galaxy from the Nine Heavens falling down, and instantly submerged into the center of Yao Delong's eyebrows and Sea of Consciousness!

Yao Delong shuddered all over!

In his Sea of Consciousness, an ancient scroll, neither gold nor jade, neither silk nor leather, slowly unfolded! It was the supreme Legacy of the Yin Yang Sect—Yin Yang Kongtong True Scripture!

But what Yao Delong felt first was not the vast, ocean-like Profound Truth of the Cultivation Technique.

On the golden title page of the scroll, lines of ancient and vigorous handwriting, which seemed to contain the Origin of the Dao, were branded directly into the depths of his Soul:

"The Yin and Yang of the world are not external objects; they are the ups and downs of your heart, the advances and retreats of your choices, and the manifestations and concealments of your Dao path."

"Those who maintain balance do not avoid extremes, but know when to step into them, when to withdraw, when to be Yang, and when to guard Yin."

"The True Scripture is in the heart, not in the words. If the heart understands Yin and Yang, then all techniques will be mastered, and the Dao will naturally evolve."

These final words were like an enlightening revelation, instantly connecting all the insights Yao Delong had gained through the three trials!

The Yin and Yang Dao is never sought externally, but verified in the heart! The Dao of Balance exists within the heart!

Just as his mind was surging, immersed in this supreme Dao enlightenment.