Zhi Xin and Quan Xing responded one after another within a quarter hour. The three agreed to meet in the projection space of their temporary gathering ten days later.
After setting down the Communication Token, Wang Ping sank into thought. He pondered the mode of existence of that Outer Realm consciousness from earlier. It was clearly not a Primordial Spirit, but a pure energy consciousness—a state that even Wang Ping could not achieve.
After pondering for a long while, Wang Ping raised his Left Hand and casually drew over a clump of spiritual qi from the Wood Spirit World, gathering it at his fingertips. It swiftly took on a humanoid form, its facial features and limbs rapidly forming, followed by its internal meridians and Qi Sea. Finally, he used the 'Heaven Connecting Talisman' to enlighten an awareness within it.
Yet the moment Wang Ping released it, that energy consciousness instantly twisted. Its facial features and limbs were the first to be swallowed by the surrounding Wood Spirits, followed by the meridians and Qi Sea within its body intertwining and instantly throwing its original rules into chaos. As for the consciousness enlightened by the 'Heaven Connecting Talisman,' it too was devoured by the surging Wood Spirit Qi.
"Sure enough, it wasn't that simple."
Wang Ping lightly shook his head, then smiled at himself.
Yulian curiously circled the spot where the consciousness had just dissipated. Meeting Wang Ping's gaze, she said, "That consciousness wasn't exactly created from nothing. It most likely already existed and was merely modified by someone, which was why it could maintain such stable emotions. Its energy body was not artificially created either—it was the outline of its own Primordial Spirit."
Tilting her head, she thought for a moment before adding, "They were probably trying to evade the invasion