Jin Zhixing picked up the lamp before him after sending off that letter.
The Frostlanders had undergone years of transformation before Celestial Xia people became what they were now. The Frostlanders he had created were only roughly similar, not entirely identical.
To shape a mind capable of commanding the overall consciousness, relying on its own evolution would likely take a very long time.
But where inner strength fell short, external force could make up the difference.
What Nether City had done most in the past was collect all manner of strange objects. This time, for this matter, Daoist Xian Ding had opened the treasury to him, allowing him to select whatever was suitable.
What he had chosen was the "Primordial Heart-Transforming Lamp" before him. After paying a certain price, this object could turn some illusory thought into reality.
It could even realize certain ideas belonging to the realm of Profound Venerables. Naturally, the price involved was immensely high—so high that one could truly only think about it.
Fortunately, they had used this object many times in the past and had roughly grasped the proper method of employing it.
They only needed to complete the necessary steps themselves first, then allow this treasure to carry out the final step. That would reduce the price to the minimum. Moreover, if the thing had once existed in the world, the price would be lowered further.
He said to one of the Frostfolk, "Come forward."
The man walked forward without hesitation.
Jin Zhixing activated his technique and shone the lamp upon him. The man swayed in a daze, then unceasing threads of light erupted from his seven apertures. The light wrapped tightly around him, and within only a few breaths, transformed him into an enormous crystal of deep blue jade.
Jin Zhixing had long