Following the instructions, Zhou Kongming injected a thread of mana into the Seed of Spiritual Origin.
Silently, the entire Seed of Spiritual Origin seemed like a flower bud, gradually "blooming" open from the outside.
The mana followed the fine golden threads winding across the Seed of Spiritual Origin's surface, gradually flowing inward.
Bzzzt—!
A dazzling seven-colored ripple spread outward from the Seed of Spiritual Origin at its core. Only after expanding several meters did the splendid seven-hued halo completely dissipate into the air.
At the same time, a subtle change was quietly taking shape in the depths of the world.
In less than a minute, the Seed of Spiritual Origin in Zhou Kongming's hand had fully bloomed, becoming a flower with eighty-one petals, each covered in fine golden threads.
Suspended amid the eighty-one petals was a hazy ball of pure white light, while rings upon rings of seven-colored radiance rippled around it.
Grains of light like fine sand rose from the Spiritual Origin Flower, gathering into wisps of white quicksand. They were exceedingly clear and ethereal, yet vanished after rising to a certain height.
Meanwhile, the Spiritual Origin Flower in Zhou Kongming's hand, which had bloomed from the Seed of Spiritual Origin, gradually became illusory throughout the process.
In the end, only a blurry outline remained.
With a slight lift of his hand, even that remaining outline rose into the air and vanished.
After finishing all this, Zhou Kongming closed his eyes and began carefully sensing the changes in this world.
His powerful Void Return Realm perception passed through the world's surface and gazed upon the web of principles hidden in its deepest reaches, breathing in and out immeasurable chaos.
Specks of light like grains of sand drifted away, weaving and creating the concept of "spiritual energy" upon that "web