Trees toppled, hills were flattened, pits stretched in unbroken swathes, and lava flowed across the ground.
The destruction wrought by the battle had left deep scars on this Black Forest. Everywhere lay in shambles.
The great serpent's corpse slowly turned insubstantial, the yin qi that formed this dream spirit body dispersing like smoke.
Li Ling descended from the sky and frowned slightly at the dissipating dream spirit body. Then he flew up again and began using the techniques he had heard about to stabilize the dream spirit and prevent its disappearance.
He knew no secret Dream Dao arts. What he used now was the incense essence of his Netherdream Incense.
As he poured in and transformed his mental power, the great serpent truly stopped dispersing. Its remains were bound together and solidified into a serpent corpse.
Li Ling's spirits rose. "It really works!"
Both the yin-aspected vital qi contained in the serpent's corpse and the Spirit Resonance of the Heavenly Treasures corresponding to reality had been preserved.
This was undoubtedly the result he wanted. Senior Mo Qingping could use Dream Dao formulas to kill serpents and harvest their gallbladders, and he too had managed to kill a serpent.
But where was this thing's "gallbladder"?
Li Ling looked up. On the enormous, hill-like body, flesh and blood were mangled into a blur. Half-rotten, sludge-like fat bulged outward, and shattered scales lent it an air of ruin.
All of this was yin qi made manifest, but the vast majority of that yin qi was turbid and useless, like the flesh of a mortal body.
Only vital qi containing Spirit Resonance was worth seeking, just like Heavenly Treasures.
After a moment's thought, Li Ling began cutting apart the serpent's corpse before him with his divine sense.
Without any consciousness controlling it, the serpent's