That night, after lulling Liu Yan to sleep, Chen Hao went straight into the Crescent Pendant.
As soon as he entered, Qin Meng hurried over and asked, "Chen Hao, how did it go? Is there a way to help the Saintess?"
Seeing the Saintess Remnant Soul still cultivating with her eyes closed, Chen Hao rolled his eyes. She really didn't have a care in the world. "There is, but we'll have to wait a little longer."
"Really? You're amazing, Chen Hao! You actually managed to change the Soul Reaper's mind." Qin Meng showered him with praise.
Chen Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was the Soul Reaper himself! He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. He was utterly speechless.
While he was brooding, Chen Hao suddenly noticed that Qin Meng's soul form seemed much more solid, and her strength had clearly increased considerably. "Looks like this Spirit-Gathering Array has helped you a lot. Your soul power has grown so much."
Qin Meng nodded with a smile. "Yes. Not only can the Spirit-Gathering Array absorb spiritual energy from the air and increase its purity within the spirit array, but the array itself is also an enormous outlet for a spirit source. Inside it, you don't even need to practice any cultivation technique. The spiritual energy in your body keeps circulating automatically, so of course you cultivate faster."
"Mm-hmm!"
Actually, Qin Meng was only half right. As the master of Guanghan Palace, Chen Hao had bound his soul to it from the very beginning, forming an extremely subtle connection between the two.
Now, Chen Hao didn't need to activate the Heavenly Book at all. The Spirit-Gathering Array was like a machine running twenty-four hours a day, tirelessly driving the Heavenly Book within him to operate