Of course, the tree spirit was not losing out entirely; this naturally benefited it as well.
After all, with heaven and earth to rely on once more, the ceiling that had locked the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart in place would open again.
As long as it kept pace with the Small World's growth, it would surely have a chance in the future to achieve the true "Nine Orifices."
The path the tree spirit had planned would naturally stretch much farther as well.
However.
If it truly embarked upon this path.
Then what Fang Xiao controlled would no longer be only the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart.
Even the tree spirit itself would inevitably be bound by Fang Xiao and become his dependent.
However, for this plan to come true, the prerequisite was for the Small World to accept the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart.
If it could not succeed, then everything would be nothing but empty talk.
And although Fang Xiao was the master of the Small World, it was not as though a single word from him could make the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart immediately merge into it.
There still needed to be a process.
Furthermore, there was a difficulty that required the Small World's Heavenly Heart to cooperate in resolving.
As Fang Xiao's divine consciousness rose without cease, his perception of the surrounding environment rapidly blurred and receded.
Countless scenes began to warp and stretch, as though he had been placed inside a kaleidoscope.
Here, he could see nothing and hear nothing. There was no time, no space. It seemed as if all things would lose their meaning upon arriving here, yet at the same time, it seemed capable of granting meaning to everything.
He could only rely on his divine consciousness to perceive.
And this was not Fang Xiao's first time experiencing such