Within the mind's square inch

"Square Inch..."

Li Shun could not help reconsidering the meaning of those two words.

His consciousness moved in and out of Square Inch Space, feeling the differences in his state of mind inside and outside it.

He grew increasingly certain of his earlier discovery.

"Square Inch can do more than store external objects and puppets. It can also keep my original heart unchanged."

"No matter what beliefs wash over and temper my body, within Square Inch, I always remain in my purest, most fundamental state."

"Square Inch, Square Inch..."

"It is both a square inch and the heart."

The instant that thought arose in Li Shun's mind, a sudden transformation swept through Square Inch Space.

It began in the central core, where [Li Shun] and the two puppets stood.

[Li Shun] had originally looked just as he had when he was replaced: only twenty-nine, yet already showing every sign of old age.

Now, however, this puppet was undergoing an astonishing, earth-shaking transformation.

As though he, too, had successfully borrowed lifespan, he transformed into a youth of seventeen or eighteen in the blink of an eye!

Even the aura of the Spring-Autumn Brush Lineage's cultivation appeared within the puppet, giving him the strength of the middle grade of the Mortal Embryo Realm.

"This is... the puppet's state has synchronized with the outside world."

Li Shun's consciousness immediately descended into the puppet [Li Shun] to examine him.

"The synchronization doesn't happen in real time. I have to initiate it myself."

"Over the past twenty-seven years, my body in reality aged by the day, declining steadily, while the puppet's state remained anchored to the moment I stored him. Synchronizing would have done more harm than good. But now, things have changed."

"I've borrowed two hundred years of lifespan in reality and officially embarked