"How can I help you hatch, then? Do I have to let you devour my divine soul?" Song Wen asked.
Shadow Void replied, "There is no need for that. You need only release some divine sense power for me to absorb, and it will help me hatch."
"How long will it take you to complete the hatching?" Song Wen continued.
"Roughly a hundred years."
"Another hundred years?" Song Wen frowned slightly.
He had no desire to wait a hundred years for Shadow Void.
Shadow Void said, "If you are willing to split off some soul fragments from your divine soul, my hatching speed will greatly increase."
Song Wen immediately understood. Perhaps it was because Shadow Void had secretly been devouring part of Jiang Yushan's soul all along that his soul had remained wounded for years, forcing Jiang Lanruo to continually search for spiritual medicines to repair it.
The higher Jiang Yushan's cultivation, the stronger his soul and soul power would become, and the faster Shadow Void's hatching would progress.
Song Wen raised a hand and pointed into the air.
In an instant, wisps of silvery-white motes poured from the black hole overhead.
These motes were soul fragments, formed after the souls devoured by the black hole had been torn apart within it.
"Can you devour these?" Song Wen asked.
"Yes! Of course!" Shadow Void's voice abruptly rose as it greedily stared at the falling motes overhead. "Th-this is the purest Soul Source Essence! With these, I would not even need to absorb your divine sense power to complete my hatching."
"Soul Source Essence?"
Another term Song Wen had never heard before emerged from Shadow Void's mouth.
However, he did not ask further.
Song Wen waved his hand, and the motes stopped falling. Instead, they slowly rose and returned to the