Suddenly, a trace of coolness came from the depths of his mind, bringing him instantly to his senses. Xu Qingtong immediately circulated the True Origin Scripture, steadily clearing the distracting thoughts from his consciousness and resisting the erosion of the gray mist around him.
Even with the True Origin Scripture, Xu Qingtong's primordial spirit was still being gradually worn away, though much more slowly than at first.
After an unknown length of time, the Soul Refining Pot seemed to suffer a powerful attack and shook violently. The flame-like scorching inside the pot suddenly receded.
Xu Qingtong emerged from his muddled state and glanced around. The flames had vanished, but the gray mist remained, still powerfully corrosive, as though it meant to erase his consciousness completely.
With a stir of his mind, he quickly sensed the other primordial spirit. Guided by his consciousness, the two primordial spirits slowly drew together.
"Primordial spirits, unite!"
Then the two primordial spirits slowly overlapped and fused into one. Xu Qingtong circulated the True Origin Scripture to resist the gray mist. Suddenly, a nearly transparent soul drifted over, opening its mouth to bite him.
Xu Qingtong activated the Divine Soul Technique within the True Origin Scripture, and a vast net instantly enveloped the wandering soul. There was no telling how long this wandering soul had been refined inside the Soul Refining Pot. It had no consciousness left at all, and its soul was incomparably pure.
With a thought, he drew the wandering soul into his primordial spirit as though absorbing spiritual qi, circulating the True Origin Scripture to refine it and repair the damage to his primordial spirit.
Seeing that this method worked, Xu Qingtong continued searching for wandering souls inside the Soul Refining Pot, circulating the True Origin Scripture without pause as he resisted the