Ding Ling felt his spirits lift when he heard this. He stepped forward and carefully clasped the sapling in his palm.
"Big Brother, I'll clear the way for you."
As soon as Xiao Shanhai's voice faded, there was a thunderous boom. The stone stele standing nearby suddenly shot into the air, and the Sky Ladder suppressed within it pierced through the heavens like a bolt of silk.
Ding Ling was puzzled. Why weren't they going directly into the abyss behind them?
Xiao Shanhai replied:
"The abyss is the main trunk. The Heavenly Court's Profound Abyss is a branch. We'll pick the softest persimmon first. We'll kill the weaker Void Nether Soul Zombies in the branch, then destroy the Void Nether Soul Zombies in the main trunk. Once they're all dead, I might be able to take form and transform."
"Oh?"
Ding Ling turned to the side, visibly moved.
"How did this happen?"
"I didn't know either. When I split off my 'spirit' and it landed in your palm, Big Brother, some information and knowledge suddenly appeared in my mind. It made me realize that I could actually take form too!"
Xiao Shanhai was beaming.
"Every time Big Brother kills a Void Nether Soul Zombie, the spirit absorbs a bit of World Power from its body. Once it absorbs enough, the spirit will feed it back to me, and I'll be able to take form."
"World Power?"
Ding Ling was baffled.
He had heard of this kind of power.
But when it came to actually absorbing and utilizing it, that was beyond the scope of his abilities.
The Sword Spirit's Celestial Grotto Structure did have the potential to develop into a world.
But it was still a hundred thousand miles from truly becoming a world.
*I wonder if I'll get the