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In particular, that trace of Moonlight Essence fell into the Heavenly Heart within his Sea of Consciousness, making its radiance a little brighter.
A feeling of floating toward immortality welled up. His whole body felt light as though it had no bones; a breath of wind might lift him into the air to dance with his shadow and soar straight into the azure heavens.
But Tang Changsheng quickly suppressed the feeling!
It was a side effect of this stage of cultivation. If he truly chased that sensation of drifting away on the wind, he might lose his hold on his Primordial Spirit, letting it fly out of his body.
Other schools might indeed have methods that called for Hun to leave the body.
Even Little Pearl, who practiced only the Lunar Yin Form-Refining Method, could do so.
But Tang Changsheng cultivated the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Heart Method, and his path was different: the Heavenly Heart must remain firmly at rest while the Divine Soul left the body.
The Heavenly Heart was the light of the Primordial Spirit! With the Heavenly Heart at rest, the Primordial Spirit would remain still, like the North Star enthroned amid the myriad stars. Only the Divine Soul could transform and emerge to wield all manner of supernatural powers...
Now the Spirit Terrace within his Sea of Consciousness expanded a little more beneath the Heavenly Heart's radiance. Bathed in that light, it shone brilliantly.
It even seemed to be growing more solid, with faint patterns becoming visible across it...
At the sight, Tang Changsheng felt no joy. Instead, his face turned as still as water.
A faint movement beside him drew part of his attention. Light flickered above Little Pearl's head, and a pale human-shaped shadow had begun to drift