Chen Mochuan activated Spirit Devourer, expecting to feast on the gold and silver spiritual essence and absorb it to his heart's content.
Yet although advancing to the Innate Realm had considerably increased how much Spirit Devourer could digest, he reached his limit after devouring only a tiny amount.
What pure, immense spiritual essence!
He barely had time for that thought before the consciousness he had extended to the dome through Spirit Devourer immediately retreated into his mental world.
Then he discovered that the wisp of intertwined gold and silver spiritual essence he had devoured did not merge separately into the Great Sun and Bright Moon imprints suspended in his mental world, as ordinary spiritual essence usually did.
Instead, as though drawn by some force, it plunged straight into the imprint of the character for "spirit" at the boundary between them.
Before Chen Mochuan could react or intervene, the spirit imprint flared with light the instant they touched, then rapidly began to melt and break apart.
Alarmed, Chen Mochuan instinctively tried to stop the process, but the immediate feedback from his mental world was positive and encouraging.
He felt nothing wrong, either. His mental power even seemed to grow more active, with a clear upward trend in its strength.
Realizing that this change was not a bad thing, Chen Mochuan quickly calmed down.
On second thought, he had long since cultivated the Seal Spirit Technique to perfection and knew the method for forming the spirit imprint inside out.
Even if this imprint truly dissipated, forming another would not be difficult. It would only take some time and effort.
So he temporarily suppressed the urge to interfere, steadied his mind, and carefully observed the wondrous changes taking place within his mental world.
The process did not last long.
Amid gentle ripples of