Ye Qingci's eyes blazed with brilliant azure light, and a faint green glow rose from her body. Braving the crushing pressure, she made her way step by step to the Meditation Cushion on Fang Chen's left and sat down.
Great Emperor Huo Li exerted himself too. He reached Fang Chen's side and sat down on his right.
Then Ye Kong took a seat on a Meditation Cushion behind them.
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm settled onto the Meditation Cushion in front of Fang Chen.
The others took their seats in turn.
Fang Chen occupied the very center. The inner circle consisted of Ye Qingci, Great Emperor Glazed Glass, Ye Kong, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the myna bird.
The outer circle held Palace Mistress Lingxin, Yue Canglan, Li Qingyao, and the others.
Farther out sat the Nether Prison Immortal King, the Black Phoenix Immortal King, White Fox, the Void Heaven Three Brothers, Gu Daozi, and his disciples.
The instant Fang Chen sat down, he felt a cool, immense energy surge from beneath him into his body.
This energy was utterly unlike ordinary Immortal Spiritual Energy. It was purer, more ancient, and closer to the origin of all things.
At the same time, the words of the Sky Origin Qi Transformation Art on the wall seemed to come alive. They became streaks of silver light that flew into everyone's Sea of Consciousness.
The art was not complicated, but its underlying meaning ran deep.
The Sky Origin Qi Transformation Art had twelve layers in all.
The first three layers involved sensing and drawing upon the Heaven and Earth Origin Force.
The middle six involved refining the Origin, condensing a Sky Origin Seed, then nourishing it as it grew.
The final three involved completely fusing Sky Origin Qi with oneself, reaching a state of