Zhou Xuan's finger twitched.
"Go on."
"What is the Colossal Being's true nature?"
Ye Changqing raised his voice.
"An amalgamation of War Intent and vow power! That Demon Spike is lodged in its core and can't be pulled out because War Intent interprets the act of removing it as an attack. But what if there were a place where the concentration of vow power was high enough to make War Intent willingly lower its guard?"
Zhou Xuan's pupils contracted.
"You mean—"
"The Kui Kingdom."
As Ye Changqing spoke the name, his breathing quickened.
"The Kui Ruins in the Western Desolate Region, the heart of the Ancient Buddha Kingdom. Fragments of emotion from hundreds of thousands of departed souls are still sealed within the earth veins there. The entire site is a natural cage of vow power. When you went looking for Little Monk, you said yourself that the vow power there was far purer than in Jade Dragon City."
Ye Changqing spoke faster and faster.
"The fragments of War Intent inside the Colossal Being share the same source as vow power. Didn't that strand of vow power you just used prove it? Thoughts like 'stay alive, protect our home' can resonate with it."
"The vow power in the Kui Ruins accumulated over a thousand years of the Ancient Buddha Kingdom's teachings. Its purity and concentration are among the highest in this world."
"Lead the giant there and immerse it in a vow power field of that caliber, and its battle intent core will naturally enter something like a restful sleep."
"And what about the Demon Spike once the core is asleep?" Zhou Xuan pressed.
"Once the core relaxes, the demonic spike will lose the target it's fighting against, and its activity will drop sharply. If you pull it out then,