Cultivating and Devouring Thieves, Countless External Evils

Only, the countless characters within formed a three-dimensional structure, making it look exceedingly strange.

The Curse inscriptions fully took shape and, with a faint flash, flew above his spirit consciousness.

The Supreme Fate Flame flew out of his spirit consciousness and silently burned the sphere.

As time passed, the sphere formed from countless Curse inscriptions began to emit a wondrous attraction.

Faint ripples spread from it, swiftly covering his entire body.

Every cell in Li Qing's body trembled faintly, as though something within them were being drawn by the Curse inscriptions.

Trillions of cells gave off threads of wondrous fluctuations. Like the sea embracing a hundred rivers, they all converged into the gray sphere.

The Supreme Fate Flame continued to burn, and the gray sphere slowly contracted within the flames. At first, the structure of the Curse inscriptions could still be seen.

But as the Supreme Fate Flame burned, the Curse inscriptions seemed to melt completely into one, forming interconnected networks.

The networks inside and out were densely packed, like blood vessels, with something flowing through them.

The sphere continuously shrank. It had originally seemed to be the size of a fist, but it had now shrunk to the size of a little fingernail.

A misty gray pearl, round and smooth as jade, slowly appeared within the Supreme Fate Flame.

Inside the pearl seemed to be a figure. From its features, it was clearly Li Qing.

The gray pearl bloomed with a wondrous radiance, instantly illuminating the entire sea of consciousness.

In the unseen depths, faint whispers seemed to arise from nowhere.

Rustling, skittering sounds appeared within the sea of consciousness.

Tiny, illusory, formless insects silently appeared within the sea of consciousness, exposed beneath Thief-Devouring's radiance.

Li Qing's heart jolted the instant he saw this. He immediately realized something.

"These