Smoke was the form of incense; incense was the essence of smoke.
The meaning embodied in the Incense Path lingered long and deep, yet to human perception, it was elusive and traceless, difficult to grasp.
Only when fragrant wood burned could people readily perceive the smoke it released.
Li Ling had explored this substance in his early years, even sensing its Dao resonance and creating his own Incense-Form Art.
The divine ability was called Incense-Form, but in truth, it was an art of Smoke Transformation.
What appeared here now had condensed from the smoke released by burning Dragonwood and the netherdream flowers of the wilderness. Together with the fragrance drifting through the air, it took on tangible form. Combined with the methods of Incense Resonance and the Incense Deity, it manifested Human Incense and acquired bodies that seemed almost solid.
When these smoke dragons appeared, Li Ling sat cross-legged in the distant Incense Accumulation Sect, his head slightly bowed, seemingly immersed in meditation.
His consciousness had been drawn far away, as though descending into the bodies of these smoke dragons.
"Who disturbed the Dragonwood tree I placed here?"
The smoke dragons opened their eyes and surveyed the world like living creatures. Their overlapping fields of vision showed the two men from different angles.
An ordinary mind would struggle to adapt to inhabiting multiple forms like this, but Li Ling possessed the innate divine ability granted by his Nascent Soul spirit. Dividing his attention among multiple tasks, he was like a fish in water.
This was true Divided Spirit Manifestation, not an ordinary person merely splitting their attention.
"This feeling..." Yi Chen and Gao Qingchen suddenly detected the presence that had descended. Though the smoke dragons before them were formed from smoke, they unexpectedly carried the aura of a True Person,