Although Qin Fengming had already been prepared for what had appeared several miles away, he was still utterly shaken on the spot.
Qin Fengming had possessed the five fragments for over a hundred years. Although he knew that the fragments could absorb pure spiritual energy, he had never expected the soul-force energy before him—energy that was of little use to cultivators—to be of such great benefit to the fragments. This left him greatly astonished.
At that moment, a layer of yellow radiance appeared over the five fragments and wrapped around them. As the vast soul-force energy poured in at tremendous speed, the patterns on the fragments seemed to begin drifting slowly within the yellow radiance.
At first, it was extremely difficult to notice. But after the time it took to finish a cup of tea, a surge of gray mist unexpectedly emerged within the layer of yellow radiance. The patterns that had originally covered the fragments densely now stood out clearly within the gray mist, beginning to move through it slowly.
They looked like countless tiny snakes that had come to life.
As the vast soul-force energy poured into the fragments, an exceedingly strange feeling slowly welled up in Qin Fengming's heart. It was as though the five fragments had some sort of connection with him, as if his mind and spirit were attached to them, yet also as though they shared some kind of flesh-and-blood connection.
As time slowly passed, this feeling grew stronger and stronger.
Even the Profound Micro Pure Radiance Sword had never given him such a powerful sensation. It seemed that the five fragments were originally one with his flesh and blood, and that the soul-force energy pouring in madly was also producing a faint response in their true bodies.
As time slowly passed, a huge