Watching Little Butterfly and Little Bone transform, Huo Hai temporarily stopped cultivating. Little Bone was very straightforward; after receiving Huo Hai's permission, it quickly entered its transformation state. The other Ghost Bone Insects nearby remained the same as before.
Any Ghost Bone Insect split off from another would lose its chance to transform. Whatever it was born as was all it could ever become. It seemed that once Little Bone completed its transformation, these ordinary Ghost Bone Insects would be eliminated. Because Huo Hai had not managed the Inner Space carefully, the number of ordinary Ghost Bone Insects inside had now exceeded one hundred thousand.
What depressed Huo Hai was that Little Butterfly showed no intention of transforming on its own. "Why haven't you transformed yet? What did you say? You want that thing? Can you even use it? What if it hurts you?" Huo Hai was deeply frustrated.
The reason Little Butterfly would not transform was that it wanted the Soul-Extinguishing Flame Huo Hai had brought into the Inner Space. Huo Hai knew perfectly well how dangerous that thing was. Could Spirit Insects also condense their own Source Spirit Treasures?
Wouldn't that make them just like humans? Then Huo Hai slapped his forehead. He remembered that, according to the legends, humans had once been unable to use Source Spirit Treasures and Source Spirit Stones as well. Humans had originally been no different from other Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects, able only to cultivate through their own bodies. Yet even with that method of self-cultivation, humanity's overall strength had not been weak.
Moreover, although this method of breaking through through one's own cultivation was extremely slow, it built an exceptionally solid foundation. Under normal circumstances, such people were the strongest Spirit Masters. Only when Source Spirit Treasures and Source Spirit