Compared to that.
Zheng Qing's original intention in using Xuanhuang Wood as the core stabilizing object for the Small World's ascension had been much simpler.
Xuanhuang Wood was a spiritual root of heaven and earth, naturally capable of stabilizing the world, sorting out Earth Veins, and nurturing all things. In particular, the Xuanhuang Wood Zheng Qing had obtained from "Eden" had already been cultivated to the limit a Small World could contain. It came with an immense amount of "resources" of its own. Using it as the core to fill out the "empty framework" of the Xuanhuang Small World would save an enormous investment of resources. Nothing could have been more suitable.
Only.
Waghar's remaining aura was limited. Refining it into this "Zhongshan Dragon Nest" would inevitably weaken the Xuanhuang Small World's foundation and perhaps make its path to ascension somewhat more difficult. But conversely, if the Zhongshan Dragon Nest gathered up that aura, then even if the Xuanhuang Small World failed to ascend, Zhongshan's initial investment of resources would not have gone entirely to waste.
Great clans always liked to hedge their risks.
Within the Xuanhuang Small World.
Inside the Brass Building.
Several skylights in the dome stood open, revealing the gray-white, dim daylight outside.
The silvery-white Dragon Skeleton Aura circling beyond the skylights lined up in neat ranks as if on a pilgrimage. Strand after strand passed through the skylights in sequence, turning into streams of silver light, thick or thin, pouring in like fledglings returning to their nest and falling upon the Black Green Small Pagoda in the center of the hall.
At the beginning, their ranks had remained outside the skylights.
But as more and more aura gathered, silver streams of light began piling up in the hall. They wove into a net beneath