When Xiao Hua walked out of the Star Palace, his heart was still filled with extreme bewilderment. He could not help but think to himself, "Isn't this so-called soul the mysterious dark cloud within my mind? This Xiao had seen it clearly from the very beginning, hadn't I? And I can see other people's souls too, can't I? Why did Gu Jie say that no soul cultivator can see them? If they cannot see them... then what Nine Heavens of Spiritual Essence are they cultivating?"
"But that is true as well! Zi Ming... seemed never to have mentioned the Nine Heavens of Spiritual Essence to this Xiao?" Xiao Hua lowered his head to look at the starlit path beneath his feet. The brilliant starlight was truly captivating, its strands of radiance flashing in shifting, elusive colors that obscured one's naked eyes. "Even the Witch Elder of Houtu Village never mentioned it! Could it be that they truly cannot see it? That only this Xiao can? As for the Nine Heavens of Spiritual Essence they speak of, could it be like the cultivation techniques cultivated by Daoist sects... merely a realm? And that realm just happens to correspond to the condition within the mysterious dark cloud?"
"That's right, the Dharma Eye!!" Xiao Hua suddenly gained some understanding. Whenever he used soul threads, they extended from within his Dharma Eye. If he could see the shape of the mysterious dark cloud, then it could only be due to the mark of the Dharma Eye. Even his mind being able to see his own dark cloud was surely influenced by the Dharma Eye. "Then... what exactly is the origin of this Dharma Eye???"
"Simple!" Thinking of this, Xiao Hua thought of Little White Dragon again. *"All this Xiao needs to do is drag