"Then forget it." Li Shun curled his lip.
Fortunately, he had only been joking and had not truly taken it to heart.
What Li Shun cared about more was whether Ancient Web had successfully glimpsed the principle behind the Mind-Communicating Bead's operation while Borrowing Longevity from Heaven.
"Rest assured. If I were not absolutely certain, I would not have gone to such lengths to reconstruct my body and divine soul."
"You must understand, to you humans, this body is utterly flawless."
"But to me, it is not worth mentioning. I can discard it at any time."
Though this might have been Ancient Web's sincere thought, hearing it still left a sour taste in Li Shun's heart.
Yet before long, his attention shifted to Ancient Web's demonstration.
Ancient Web's body vanished, transforming out of thin air into a vast, unbroken net that shimmered with fluorescent light.
The net was incomparably complex. Spread above Square Inch Mountain, it already carried the faint air of blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
When Li Shun tried to inspect the net's details with his divine sense, he was astonished to discover that every thread that appeared thinnest was actually woven from hundreds and thousands of even tinier nets.
Layer upon layer, endlessly nested, inexhaustible.
After watching for only a moment, Li Shun felt dizzy and lightheaded, forcing him to avert his gaze.
Ancient Web's voice came from the air.
"By relying on Mingxing Wangyu to traverse the myriad worlds of Chaos, the Great Qian Heavenly Dao is the true main body. The Mind-Communicating Bead is merely a credential for connecting to the Heavenly Dao. At the same time, it provides a certain degree of protection, shielding the user's divine sense from being assimilated by the Great Qian Heavenly Dao."
"As for exactly how