Research and Growth

Within the Kunpeng Secret Realm, on Wood Element Lotus Island, the Liang Family disciples had built houses from spiritwood for family members to rest and cultivate in the secret realm.

Liang Zhaohuang occupied one such wooden house. Before him stood a table carved from spiritwood, its surface laid with a slab of jade, upon which rested the corpse of a void insect.

This insect corpse had been preserved intact. Its head had not been pecked open by the Kunpeng, nor had that speck of starlight been plucked away.

Liang Zhaohuang held a jade knife and was carefully cutting open the void insect's head, wanting to see exactly what the starlight the Kunpeng had taken from within was.

Yet when he opened the insect's head and that speck of starlight was revealed, before Liang Zhaohuang could examine it, he saw it float up. After several flickers, it vanished into thin air, leaving him no time even to stop or capture it.

"This..."

Liang Zhaohuang was left speechless. Helplessly, he set the remaining void insect corpse aside, took a large number of talismans from his talisman pouch, and began arranging a talisman formation atop the jade slab.

The talisman formation's effects were sealing, suppression, and capture.

Once everything was ready, Liang Zhaohuang took out another intact void insect corpse, placed it within the talisman formation, and once more raised the jade knife to carefully cut open its head.

A speck of starlight rose again. The talisman formation arranged around it immediately activated—sealing, suppressing, capturing. Streams of spiritual light intertwined and locked down upon it.

Yet, to his speechless dismay, that speck of starlight seemed to exist on another level entirely. It was not affected by the talisman formation in the slightest; it flickered once more and vanished into thin air.

"Ah, this..."