Speaking of light, Li Ye's first reaction was naturally sunlight.
The sun's light nourished all things. It should be suitable as the first ray of light in his inner world, shouldn't it?
—Yet the moment doubt arose, he knew sunlight was absolutely not the best choice.
Jianmu was equivalent to his "true heart."
If even his own true heart harbored doubts, how could he use sunlight?
Then what other light was there?
The light of the Five Elements, starlight, moonlight, Buddha light...
Then, he suddenly recalled something very important—his panel, its outline flickering with multicolored radiance.
Through inner vision, he stared at the Jianmu sapling within his dantian.
As expected, the panel appeared as it always did:
Name: Jianmu · Li Ye Mood: Doubtful, probing. Status: Newly sprouted tender shoot, lacking the necessary "light," currently exploring, drawing radiance from the panel... Bindable: ?
"Since you're inside my body, can I command you? Or rather, are you willing to accept my command?"
He murmured repeatedly in his heart:
"Come, light. Come, light. Come, light..."
He did not know whether his muttering had truly worked or whether it was merely psychological, but he seemed to see the flowing radiance on his panel freeze for an instant.
No!
It had truly worked.
Because he felt the Vital Essence that had originally filled his body rapidly dissipate, until it was finally reduced to nothing.
"Drip."
At that moment, an exceedingly tiny droplet of light slipped from the edge of the panel and fell into Jianmu.
It let out a crisp yet earthshaking sound—the first ray of light and the first sound in Jianmu's little world.
In that brief instant, the little world within Jianmu, once utterly pitch-black, was filled with light.
High in the heavens of that little world, a faintly visible