"Ascend?" Jade Slip Xiao Hua thought of this and pinched his chin with a bitter smile. How was he supposed to ascend after cultivating a scattered nascent soul? He did not even know that himself. He feared he knew even less about how the disciples in this space could ascend! Moreover, his space differed from Cangxian Continent and the others. Where could those disciples... ascend to?
"We'll talk about it later!" Jade Slip Xiao Hua said with a smile. He tore apart several more Demonic Banners and sent tens of millions of souls into the Nether Fruit Tree. Watching the Nether Fruit Tree rapidly expand and an entire continent take shape in majestic splendor, Jade Slip Xiao Hua formed a hand seal. Several Demonic Banners fell into his hand, and with a slight rubbing motion, they turned into threads of pure black crystal!
"Zhang Xiaohua, oh Zhang Xiaohua, you shall serve as my stand-in and guard Xue Xue. In my name, I grant you divine abilities. Henceforth, you may stand unrivaled in the Netherworld and become the guardian demon god of the Netherworld..." Jade Slip Xiao Hua chanted under his breath as threads of crystalline radiance transformed from the Demonic Banners drifted into the stone statue. One strange demonic pattern after another, carrying the aura of the Netherworld, slowly emerged across the surface of Zhang Xiaohua's stone statue.
Jade Slip Xiao Hua then extended his hand again. A faint crystalline glow flickered on his index finger as he prepared to press it into the statue's brow. Yet just as it was about to touch the brow, Jade Slip Xiao Hua hesitated. He thought to himself, *Since my stand-in is to become a demon god of the Netherworld, he must naturally cultivate Netherworld techniques! Without Netherworld cultivation techniques, nurturing this demon