A moment later, Su Shi'er reopened his eyes, his gaze swiftly shifting back and forth between the Loose Immortal Body and the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda beside it.
If he wished to continue cultivating, he would have to enter the small world space or summon Yunlong and retrieve the Divine Emperor Sacred Art's inheritance from him.
But compared to cultivation, Su Shi'er was more concerned about the Loose Immortal Body's current condition.
He could clearly sense the Loose Immortal Body's cultivation body circulating, continuously absorbing and refining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. From time to time, pure Immortal Essence surged forth and flowed into the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella nearby.
Such a thing clearly could not be accomplished through the body's instincts alone.
Only conscious control could refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and actively channel Immortal Essence into the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella beside it.
The independent consciousness born within the Loose Immortal Body had awakened several days ago, and Su Shi'er naturally knew this.
The Nascent Soul that had become the Loose Immortal Body had originally been the Second Nascent Soul separated from his body long ago.
His prolonged cultivation of Loose Immortal techniques had likewise relied on a portion of his divided divine sense, allowing him to use one mind for two purposes and have the Second Nascent Soul switch to cultivating Loose Immortal techniques.
However, after his original body left the Hundred Thousand Mines and drew farther away from the Second Nascent Soul, only a faint, intermittent bond of perception remained.
The Second Nascent Soul's cultivation and the formation of the Loose Immortal Body had all depended on the portion of divine sense he had left behind, instinctively circulating the cultivation body.
It was also during this process that the Loose Immortal Body gradually gave