"Open up the Spirit Sea into an independent world?" Su Mo looked up, waiting for the Great Calamity to continue.
The Great Calamity nodded, then shook her head.
"The Spirit Sea is the foundation of a cultivator's entire cultivation. Before Spirit Transformation, it is merely an illusory thing; after Spirit Transformation, it becomes tangible. Thus, some people open their Spirit Seas into tiny worlds after reaching Spirit Transformation, spaces only they themselves can open."
"But..." The Great Calamity hesitated.
"What?" Su Mo asked.
"If you want to open up your Spirit Sea before Spirit Transformation, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven."
Su Mo looked at the withered Flower of the Other Shore in his hand. It lay there quietly, saying nothing...
"Is there a way?" Su Mo asked in a low voice.
"Yes. I have a method that can help you force open your Spirit Sea, but you will suffer pain like the torments of purgatory in the process..." The Great Calamity sighed, seemingly reluctant to reveal this method.
"No matter what... I have to open up my Spirit Sea." Su Mo looked at the Flower of the Other Shore. "What pain could compare to losing Girl?"
He seemed to be able to see Little Girl's smile upon the Flower of the Other Shore, that fondness and attachment.
Only by placing Little Girl inside his own Spirit Sea could Su Mo rest easy.
Those people wanted to seize Girl. They had not yet discovered that she was with him, but once they did, how could he, with his meager late-stage Core Formation cultivation, protect her?
The Great Calamity gazed deeply at Su Mo in her arms and sighed. "You don't understand that kind of pain. If you can't endure it, you will go mad..."
Su Mo looked