When the Lotus Root Avatar vanished, Sky-Gazing Hound released his divine sense and casually swept the area, yet he found not the slightest trace of the avatar.
He froze, sweeping several more times with his divine sense, but still failed to find the Lotus Root Avatar.
"Where is your avatar? Where did it go?"
Xu Chunniang stopped circulating her cultivation, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. "I refined it away."
"Refined it away? How is that possible?"
Sky-Gazing Hound refused to believe it. She had gone to such great lengths to refine that avatar—how could she have so easily refined it out of existence?
"Tell me. Where exactly did you hide your avatar?"
Xu Chunniang smiled faintly. "Didn't you say the avatar I refined was useless? If you can find my avatar, I'll admit you were right."
Still unconvinced, Sky-Gazing Hound released his divine sense again and searched back and forth around the Spiritual Eye, yet he still discovered nothing unusual.
"How strange. Your avatar only has the cultivation of the early Void Refining stage. By all reason, it shouldn't have escaped my divine sense."
With a thought from Xu Chunniang, the Lotus Root Avatar she had turned into nothingness appeared once more.
"I already told you, this avatar of mine is no ordinary avatar. It is a void body. Ordinary means simply cannot detect its existence."
"A void body? What is that?"
Sky-Gazing Hound was somewhat puzzled.
"A void body and a physical body stand opposed to one another. Cultivation in the Void Refining Stage requires one to refine the spirit into void, and also refine the body back into void. One void, one real—only then can one unite with the Dao."
Xu Chunniang glanced at the dried-up Spiritual Eye beneath her, turned the void body back into