A month later, Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his face slightly pale and his forehead beaded with sweat the size of soybeans. His clothes were already soaked through.
Over the past month, he had gone without sleep day and night, using spirit fire to temper his external incarnation.
Before him floated a watermelon-sized ball of Azure Flame. Within it, a fist-sized miniature figure could vaguely be seen, its body covered in tiny blood vessels that were clearly visible.
The miniature figure had complete facial features and limbs, resembling a tiny infant.
Wang Changsheng drew a deep breath and changed his hand seal. The miniature figure suddenly erupted with dazzling blood light, its body swelling rapidly as it transformed into a naked man over three feet tall. His gaze was hollow and lifeless.
With a flick of his sleeve, Wang Changsheng sent out a palm-sized Azure Jade Box. Several azure lotuses were engraved upon its surface, and a silver-glinting Talisman was affixed to its lid.
Opening the jade box, Wang Changsheng took out a Miniature Nascent Soul. A pale golden Talisman was pasted onto it, its surface covered in tadpole-sized runes.
His fingers formed hand seals without pause, and several hand seals struck the naked man. Blood light suddenly flashed through the naked man's eyes. Opening his mouth, he spat out several thin strands of blood that wound around the Miniature Nascent Soul and slowly dragged it into his mouth.
Wang Changsheng changed his hand seal again, sending several hand seals into the naked man. Rice-grain-sized bloody runes appeared across the naked man's body, and his aura surged sharply.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Wang Changsheng withdrew his hand seal. The naked man closed his mouth, his body covered in rice-grain-sized bloody